Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for recovering styrene monomers from waste polystyrene, and more specifically, to a method for recovering styrene monomers from waste polystyrene, in which the waste polystyrene is depolymerized using an eco-friendly solvent and a potassium-containing carbonate depolymerization catalyst to suppress the generation of ethylbenzene, etc. generated as by-products in a styrene monomer recovery step, and thus the styrene monomers can be recovered in high yield.

Abstract: Proposed are a coordination complex compound-ZIF complex and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, proposed are a coordination complex compound-ZIF complex, which is a complex on which a coordination complex compound is supported by being chemically and directly bonded to a metal vacancy site of a ZIF, capable of being usable as a heterogeneous catalyst that can be recovered and reused in subsequent processes and maintaining catalytic functions of the coordination complex compound, which is an active ingredient, and to a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a catalyst for preparing 1,2-pentanediol from furfural and/or furfuryl alcohol, and more particularly to a catalyst, which is configured such that a catalytically active metal containing both at least one transition metal and tin (Sn) is supported on a basic support and is capable of increasing reaction selectivity for 1,2-pentanediol, and a method of preparing 1,2-pentanediol using the same.

Abstract: Proposed is a catalyst complex having high activity for carbon dioxide conversion reaction that converts carbon dioxide to useful compounds through reaction of carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon containing at least one hydroxyl group, and a carbon dioxide conversion process using the same, wherein the catalyst complex includes, as an active metal in the catalyst complex, at least one of noble metals and at least one of transition metals other than noble metals, thereby having high activity for the carbon dioxide conversion reaction.

Abstract: Proposed is a high-yield simultaneous conversion method for a hydrogen source and a carbon dioxide source. The method significantly increases a yield of a formate through conversion of carbon dioxide. To this end, a carbon dioxide source and a hydrocarbon containing one or more hydroxy groups undergo a simultaneous conversion reaction in the presence of a solvent containing one or more alcohols and having a pH of 10 to 14.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a preparing method for 5-alkoxymethylfurfural, including steps of (a) preparing fructose, (b) mixing the fructose, an organic acid catalyst, and an organic solvent, thereby preparing mixing solution, and (c) heating the mixing solution, thereby preparing 5-alkoxymethylfurfural. Therefore, 5-alkoxymethylfurfural may be effectively prepared without by-products from fructose.

Abstract: Proposed is a two-pot-two-step simultaneous conversion system for carbon dioxide and a hydrocarbon containing at least one hydroxy group and a method thereof. The system integrates a process of producing a metal salt that is a dehydrogenated form of the hydrocarbon, hydrogen, and water by reacting a hydrocarbon containing at least one hydroxy group in the presence of water and a metal oxalate, and a process of converting carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide-derived carbonate into formate by hydrogenation, thereby increasing energy efficiency while maintaining a higher hydrocarbon conversion rate and a higher carbon dioxide conversion rate than the one-pot conversion system for hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal-organic framework (MOF) having a three-dimensional porous structure and being represented by the chemical formula of [Al8(OH)a(BTC)b(IPA)c(L)d], a preparation method therefor, and a use thereof as an adsorbent and a catalyst.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of sorption of H2O from an environment by associating the environment with a porous material such that the association results in the sorption of H2O to the porous material. The porous material includes a (M)-2,4-pyridinedicarboxylic acid coordination polymer, where M is a divalent metal ion selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Mg, and combinations thereof. The coordination polymer has a one-dimensional pore structure and shows reversible soft-crystal behavior. The porous material may be a Mg(II) 2,4-pyridinedicarboxylic acid coordination polymer (i.e., Mg-CUK-1). The methods of the present disclosure may also include one or more steps of releasing the sorbed H2O from the porous material and reusing the porous material after the releasing step for sorption of additional H2O from the environment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic-inorganic hybrid nanoporous material, maintaining a nanoporous skeleton structure formed by coordination of an organic ligand containing an aromatic compound to a trivalent central metal ion, and further having an intramolecular acid anhydride functional group modified on the aromatic compound of the nanoporous skeleton structure, and thereby exhibits selectivity for olefins, and an adsorbent comprising the same. Specifically, the organic-inorganic hybrid nanoporous material of the present invention exhibits an excellent olefin-selective adsorption capacity through differences in adsorption equilibrium and adsorption rate, and thus can be usefully employed in the separation of C2-C4 hydrocarbons.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of sorption of H2O from an environment by associating the environment with a porous material such that the association results in the sorption of H2O to the porous material. The porous material includes a (M)-2,4-pyridinedicarboxylic acid coordination polymer, where M is a divalent metal ion selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Mg, and combinations thereof. The coordination polymer has a one-dimensional pore structure and shows reversible soft-crystal behavior. The porous material may be a Mg(II) 2,4-pyridinedicarboxylic acid coordination polymer (i.e., Mg-CUK-1). The methods of the present disclosure may also include one or more steps of releasing the sorbed H2O from the porous material and reusing the porous material after the releasing step for sorption of additional H2O from the environment.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organometallic framework modified using a compound having a hydroxyl group (—OH), a catalyst for a hydrogenation reaction including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. The catalyst according to the present disclosure has high activity to the hydrogenation reaction even at a low temperature of 30 to 40° C., thus making low-grade waste heat usable.

Abstract: Provided are a water and/or alcohol adsorbent including organic-inorganic hybrid nanoporous materials, and use thereof, and more particularly, a water and/or alcohol adsorbent having a high adsorption amount at a low relative humidity or partial pressure, of which desorption/regeneration is possible at a low temperature, the water and/or alcohol adsorbent including organic-inorganic hybrid nanoporous materials having 0.5 to 3 mol of a hydroxyl group (OH) or a hydroxide anion group (OH?) per 1 mol of a central metal ion, and use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides an energy-saving air dryer comprising: a compressor for compressing the air in the atmosphere to form compressed air; a heat exchanger which is disposed on one side of the compressor and recovers compression heat from the compressed air; a pre-filter which is disposed on one side of the heat exchanger and removes pollutants from the compressed air; a pair of adsorption towers which communicate with the pre-filter and are filled with an adsorbent, wherein dry air is formed when compressed air flows into the adsorption towers according to the opening and closing of a valve and moisture is adsorbed, or moisture is desorbed from the adsorbent when dry air retaining the compression heat recovered in the heat exchanger is transferred to the adsorption towers; and an after filter which extends from the one side of the adsorption towers and removes pollutants from the dry air from which moisture has been removed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a catalyst for preparing 1,2-pentanediol from furfural and/or furfuryl alcohol, and more particularly to a catalyst, which is configured such that a catalytically active metal containing both at least one transition metal and tin (Sn) is supported on a basic support and is capable of increasing reaction selectivity for 1,2-pentanediol, and a method of preparing 1,2-pentanediol using the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a preparing method for 5-alkoxymethylfurfural, including steps of (a) preparing fructose, (b) mixing the fructose, an organic acid catalyst, and an organic solvent, thereby preparing mixing solution, and (c) heating the mixing solution, thereby preparing 5-alkoxymethylfurfural. Therefore, 5-alkoxymethylfurfural may be effectively prepared without by-products from fructose.

Abstract: Proposed is a catalyst complex having high activity for carbon dioxide conversion reaction that converts carbon dioxide to useful compounds through reaction of carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon containing at least one hydroxyl group, and a carbon dioxide conversion process using the same, wherein the catalyst complex includes, as an active metal in the catalyst complex, at least one of noble metals and at least one of transition metals other than noble metals, thereby having high activity for the carbon dioxide conversion reaction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an olefin metathesis reaction catalyst where rhenium (Re) oxide or molybdenum (Mo) oxide is supported, as a catalyst main component, on a surface-modified mesoporous silica or mesoporous alumina support, and a preparation method therefor. The olefin metathesis reaction catalyst of the present invention allows highly efficient metathesis of long-chain unsaturated hydrocarbons having at least eight carbons at a low temperature of 150° C. or lower. The catalyst can be separated readily from reaction solution, regenerated at a low temperature of 400° C. or lower by removing toxins accumulated on it during the metathesis reaction, and used repeatedly in metathesis reaction many times, thereby being made good use in commercial olefin metathesis processes.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery having a battery case which accommodates an electrode assembly including a cathode, a anode, and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode, together with an electrolyte, wherein one or more selected from the group consisting of the cathode, the anode, the separator, the electrolyte, and the interior of the battery case include, as a water adsorbent, a first organic-inorganic hybrid nanoporous material which may be regenerated by desorbing 70% or more of a total adsorption amount of adsorbed water at 150° C. or lower; and optionally, a second organic-inorganic hybrid nanoporous material, of which water adsorption capacity is higher than water desorption capacity at a relative humidity p/p0 of 0.3 or less (herein, p0 represents a saturated vapor pressure at an application temperature and p represents a vapor pressure upon adsorption).

Abstract: A deformation sensing sensor as disclosed includes a conductive material inside the body thereof such that, by sensing a change in resistance or capacitance resulting from a deformation, a degree of deformation of the measurement object can be detected. The body includes an elastic layer, which has a corrugation formed on one surface thereof, and a conductive layer, which is formed on the other surface of the elastic layer using a conductive material. When the body is deformed in the lateral direction of the surface on which the corrugation is formed, the change in resistance of the conductive layer before and after the deformation, or the change in capacitance thereof is measured, thereby detecting the degree of deformation of the measurement object.