LG Chem develops electrochemical conversion reactor to make plastic raw materials from carbon dioxide

On May 9, LG Chem announced that through joint research with KIST, it has developed an electrochemical conversion reactor that can increase the efficiency of converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide (CO) to the world's highest lev.

Carbon monoxide is a high value-added substance required for the production of various chemical feedstocks, including alternative fuels such as syngas and methanol, as well as plasti.

Electrochemical conversion technology uses electricity to convert carbon dioxide into high value-added carbon compounds such as carbon monoxi.

The reactor jointly developed by LG Chem and KIST produces not only carbon monoxide, but also syngas (Syngas) as a raw material for various fuels and compoun.

In particular, the current efficiency for carbon dioxide decomposition and reduction is over 90%, the highest number reported in any published paper to da.

With the reactor they developed, LG Chem and KIST plan to secure a technology that enables mass production by increasing the size of the reactor more than tenfo.

Yu Jiyong, executive vice president/chief technology officer of LG Chem, said: "The results we have achieved from our research are meaningful because it lays the foundation for the commercialization of carbon dioxide conversion technology," adding that the company "will continue to strengthen sources of The development of technology is in the field of carbon neutrali.

Min Byung-kwon, head of KIST's Clean Energy Research Department, said, "We confirmed the possibility of scaling up carbon dioxide conversion technology to produce high-value-added compounds on a large scale by using electrici.

At the same time, LG Chem and KIST signed an agreement in April last year to jointly develop carbon neutrality, hydrogen energy and other related technologies, and proposed ten promising carbon neutrality tas.