A Novel ZnO catalyst
- Technology Benefits
- Main Advantages of this InventionΓÇó Inexpensive to produce ΓÇó Simple to produce large quantitiesΓÇó Mild reaction conditions during hydrogenation or oxidation reactions
- Technology Application
- Potential Areas of Application ΓÇó Conversion of CO2 to MethanolΓÇó Other hydrogenation reactionsΓÇó Oxidization reactions
- Detailed Technology Description
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- Industry
- Environmental/Green Technology
- Sub Category
- Solar Cell
- *Abstract
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This invention takes advantage of the unique surface chemistry of a ZnO crystalline nanostructure to catalyze a variety of chemical reactions. One such reaction is the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to methanol. Alcohols interacts both molecularly and dissociatively with the single-crystalline ZnO surfaces at room temperature and can be partially oxidized by increasing the temperature.
- *Principal Investigator
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Name: Juncheng Hu
Department:
Name: Lifang Chen
Department:
Name: Ryan Richards
Department:
- Country/Region
- USA
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