Research Results
Jan 10, 2024
- Press Release
A press release on the research results of Mika Takeuchi (2nd year master's student, Graduate School of Science, OMU) and Prof. Yutaka Amao has been issued
Direct use of carbon dioxide gas as a raw material, doubling the efficiency of fumaric acid synthesis as a raw material for plastics
Key points of this study
- Developed a new dye to double the yield of fumaric acid formation.
- A new method of artificial photosynthesis using carbon dioxide gas directly!
Summary
Professor Yutaka Amao and Graduate student Mika Takeuchi (second-year master's student at the Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University) have succeeded in synthesizing fumaric acid, a raw material for plastics, by twice the yield of fumaric acid, which is a raw material for plastics, by developing a new dye using carbon dioxide gas and solar energy.
This is a valuable step in aiming for synthesis by using renewable energy as a raw material and further improving yields.
The results of this research were published online in Dalton Transactions, an academic journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, on November 27, 2023. This paper was also selected for the cover of the second volume of the journal 2024. The design of the cover is based on the image of the process of producing fumaric acid from carbon dioxide gas using solar energy.
Publication Information
| Publications: | Dalton Transactionss |
|---|---|
| Title of Paper: | An effective visible-light driven fumarate production from gaseous CO2 and pyruvate by the cationic zinc porphyrin-based photocatalytic system with dual biocatalysts |
| Author: | Mika Takeuchi and Yutaka Amao |
| URL: | https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/dt/d3dt03492e |
All Press Release (PDF:363.8KB)
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