제 17 호 A Student Thesis at Sangmyung University Published in an International Journal
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A Student Thesis at Sangmyung University Published in an International Journal
By Su-Young Kim, Reporter
In December 2022, Ju-Yeong Lee’s thesis in the Department of Biochemical Engineering at Sangmyung University was published in an international journal called the International Journal of Molecular Sciences for Cover Paper. The title of the thesis is “CuO Modified by 7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane and Its Application to CO2 Separation”. From now on, let’s look at the thesis and find out what it is about.
As the industry develops, the use of fossil fuels increases, and carbon dioxide emissions are increasing. This can affect queue balance and cause environmental problems such as ecosystem destruction. To improve this, it is important to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the process of burning fossil fuels, and Carbon Capture technology is being used as a way. Carbon Capture technology is to extract carbon dioxide emitted from fossil fuels before discharging them into the atmosphere and then apply pressure to make them into liquids. The captured carbon dioxide is usually injected into the geological underground structure and deposited through a long lithification* process. Ju-Yeong Lee used “7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane” materials to modify the surface of copper oxide and increase the solubility of carbon dioxide, thereby increasing the efficiency of carbon dioxide separation membranes. This study is expected to have great academic implications in research related to Carbon Capture technology and environmental problems, which are almost the only solutions to reducing large scale CO2 occurring in industrial sites.
*Lithification: Process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock.
I hope that all of our students and freshmen will receive good impacts by hearing this news; everyone should study hard and try to develop themselves in the new semester. Lastly, you can see the student’s thesis published on the site directly through this link -https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/23.
Source: https://www.smu.ac.kr/webzine/today.do?mode=view&articleNo=733518
