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Sungkyunkwan University researchers develop catalyst to turn CO2 into useful chemicals

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Researchers at Sungkyunkwan University have developed a highly efficient catalyst for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable chemicals in a collaborative study. The university said Wednesday that its research team, led by professors Kim Jung-kyu and Lee Sang-uck of the School of Chemical Engineering, developed the catalyst in collaboration with a research team led by Dr. Koh Jai-hyun of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology. Kim Jun-young, a professor in the Department of Biomedical-Chemical Engineering at the Catholic University of Korea, also participated in the study. Experiments demonstrated that the catalyst successfully converted CO2 into 2-propanol, a high-value industrial chemical and complex alcohol widely used as a semiconductor cleaning agent and disinfectant. The findings were published online in Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, one of the world’s leading journals in catalysis and environmental science. Ph.D. candidate Hong Won-tae and postdoctora

First report: Catalyst converts CO₂ into high-value industrial chemical at room temperature with record efficiency — phys.org, 6d