Sungkyunkwan University researchers develop catalyst to turn CO2 into useful chemicals

Bifurcated reaction pathways converting carbon dioxide into 2-propanol on the surface of a newly developed catalyst / Courtesy of Sungkyunkwan University 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.