The primary component of natural gas, methane, is itself a potent greenhouse gas.
The primary component of natural gas, methane, is itself a potent greenhouse gas. A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a high performance catalyst for methane conversion to formaldehyde.
This breakthrough has been led by Professor Kwang-jin Ahn and his team in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST in collaboration with Professor Ja Hun Kwak (School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST), Professor Eun Duck Park from Ajou University, and Professor Yoon Seok Jung from Hanyang University.
In this work, the team has presented an excellent ‘methane oxidase catalyst’ consisting of nanomaterials. This material has a stable structure and high reactivity at high temperatures, increasing the efficiency of converting methane to formaldehyde more than twice as much as before.
Read more at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Image: Professor Kwang-jin Ahn (center) and his team in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST. From left are Jihyun Lee, and Dr. Chinh Nguyen-Huy. CREDIT: UNIST
