Catalyst Made by Molybdenum, Nickel and Magnesium Recycles Greenhouse Gases

Catalyst made by molybdenum, nickel and magnesium could be used to recycle greenhouse gases. The new study published by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Science on February 14 showed that taken a major step toward a circular carbon economy by developing a long-lasting, economical catalyst that recycles greenhouse gases into ingredients that can be used in fuel, hydrogen gas, and other chemicals. The results could be revolutionary in the effort to reverse global warming. According to foreign media reports.

Greenhouse gases are gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat. They let sunlight pass through the atmosphere, but they prevent the heat that the sunlight brings from leaving the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases are gases that can trap heat. They get their name from greenhouses. A greenhouse is full of windows that let in sunlight. That sunlight creates warmth. The big trick of a greenhouse is that it doesn't let that warmth escapes.

The researchers said that the catalyst is made of inexpensive and abundant nickel, magnesium, and molybdenum. It is nickel-molybdenum nanoparticles formed into a reducing environment in the presence of single crystal magnesium oxide. Response rate, and the validity period can be more than one month.

This conversion is called "dry reforming" where harmful gases, such as carbon dioxide, are processed to produce more useful chemicals that could be refined for use in fuel, plastics, or even pharmaceuticals. Previously, this process required rare metals such as platinum and rhodium to generate the chemical reaction.

The researchers named it a single-crystal edge nano-catalyst (NOSCE), which can close its high-energy active sites in the reaction and permanently fix the position of the nanoparticles, which means that the catalyst does not yet produce carbon builds up.

Catalyst made from molybdenum, nickel, and magnesium by KAIST recycles greenhouse gases into ingredients that can be used in fuel could great help to relive the greenhouse effect. The researchers said that they believe the NOSCE mechanism will improve other inefficient catalytic reactions and provide even further savings of greenhouse gas emissions, which will be a revolutionary result to reverse the global warming trend.

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