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Creating useful compounds from CO2 using copper-based catalyst - Sookmyung Women's University

Objective/theme

The researchers revealed that they succeeded in observing the reaction intermediate adsorbed on the surface of copper-based catalyst during the process of synthesizing ethylene by reducing carbon dioxide, as well as analyzing its behavior in real time.

Process & benefits

Copper-based catalysts can convert carbon dioxide to synthesize not only relatively simple carbon monoxide or formic acid, but also multi-carbon compounds such as ethylene, methane, and ethanol having two or more carbons.

carbon monoxide and ethylene intermediate (OCCOH) were produced at the same time, while methanol intermediate (CHO) was produced relatively slowly compared to the two intermediates.

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