This photo provided by LG Chem Ltd. shows the company’s researchers testing a newly-developed electrochemical reactor.
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical maker, has developed a new process to convert carbon dioxide in the air into a high value-added material needed for plastic production.
The company said Monday it had developed an electrochemical reactor in collaboration with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology for converting carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide at the highest level of efficiency.
Carbon monoxide is a high value-added material needed to produce a variety of chemical materials including plastic as well as alternative fuels such as synthesis gas and methanol.
The electrochemical conversion technology uses electricity to convert carbon dioxide into high value-added carbon compounds such as carbon monoxide.
The newly-developed reactor can produce not only carbon monoxide but also syngas, a component of various fuels and chemical compounds.
In particular, the efficiency of the electric current used to break down and deoxidize carbon dioxide is more than 90 percent, the highest reported so far.
In addition, by using a stack method, the newly-developed reactor achieved the most optimal size among currently existing electrochemical reactors to seek commercialization.
Ashley Song (ashley@koreabizwire.com)
