The research group includes Associate Professor Moriya Furukawa of Hokkaido University's Institute for Catalysis, Professor Tomohiro Nozaki of Graduate School of Engineering, and graduate student Kim Dae-Yeong (second year doctoral student). We have succeeded in greatly increasing the efficiency of the reduction reaction of carbon dioxide (CO2) using non-equilibrium plasma* technology. The results of this research are expected to lead to the fixation of CO2, its effective use as a resource, and contribution to environmental conservation.

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Nonequilibrium plasma*

Generally, plasma in a state where electron temperature≫gas temperature is called non-equilibrium plasma. Here, it is simply written as "plasma".

Vibration excitation*

By applying energy to molecules, the distance between the atoms that make up the molecule and the angles of bonds increase.