LG Chem, KIST develop tech for environment friendly carbon dioxide conversion
LG Chem researchers study a newly developed reactor. (Yonhap)
LG Chem and the Korea Institute of Science and Know-how (KIST) have developed a expertise that effectively turns carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, which is used to provide various fuels and plastic.
The 2 events have developed an electrochemical reactor for changing carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide on the highest stage of effectivity by way of joint analysis, the corporate stated.
Carbon monoxide is required to provide various gas sources resembling synthesis fuel and methanol, in addition to varied chemical supplies together with plastic.
The electrochemical conversion expertise makes use of electrical energy to transform carbon dioxide into excessive value-added carbon compounds resembling carbon monoxide, serving to scale back greenhouse fuel and making use of the ample carbon dioxide within the air to attain carbon neutrality.
By controlling the ratio of carbon monoxide and hydrogen by way of voltage adjustment, the reactor developed by LG Chem and KIST also can produce synthesis fuel, which is used to make varied fuels and chemical compounds.
The effectivity of the electrical present used to interrupt down carbon dioxide and deoxidize is greater than 90 p.c, the very best reported to this point.
By making use of a stack methodology, builders can construct an electrochemical reactor of an optimum dimension to hunt commercialization, the corporate stated.
LG Chem and KIST plan to extend the scale of the reactor greater than tenfold to safe expertise for mass manufacturing.
Additionally they plan to develop a expertise to gather carbon dioxide from the air to provide ethylene, which is used to make varied petrochemical merchandise.
By Kim So-hyun ([email protected])
