VCU nhwehwɛmufo ahu ade a etu mpɔn a ɛbɛma wɔatumi adan carbon dioxide ayɛ no formic acid wɔ ɔhyew mu — ade a wɔahu a ebetumi ama wɔanya ɔkwan foforo a wɔfa so kyere carbon a wobetumi atew so bere a wiase no redi wim nsakrae ho dwuma no. Ade a ebetumi ayɛ nea ɛho hia ma wim mframa bɔne a wɔfrɛ no carbon dioxide.
Ɔkyerɛwfo panyin Ɔbenfo Shiv N. Khanna, Commonwealth Ɔbenfo a Wɔagye Din wɔ dwumadibea hɔ no kae sɛ: “Wonim yiye sɛ mframa a ɛma wim yɛ hyew a enyin ntɛmntɛm wɔ wim ne nkɛntɛnso bɔne a enya wɔ nneɛma a atwa yɛn ho ahyia so no yɛ nsɛnnennen atitiriw a adesamma hyia nnɛ no mu biako.” abɔde mu nneɛma ho adesua wɔ Faculty of Humanities VCU. "CO2 a wɔdannan no ma ɛbɛyɛ nnuru a mfaso wɔ so te sɛ formic acid (HCOOH) no yɛ ɔkwan foforo a ɛho ka sua a wɔfa so brɛ CO2 nkɛntɛnso bɔne ase.Formic acid yɛ nsu a awuduru nnim a ɛnyɛ den sɛ wɔde bɛkɔ na wɔde asie wɔ baabi a ɛhɔ yɛ hyew.Wobetumi nso de adi dwuma sɛ nnuru a ɛsom bo kɛse a edi kan, hydrogen a wɔkora so, ne nea ebetumi aba sɛ wɔde besi fossil fuel ananmu daakye."
Hanna ne VCU nhwehwɛmu abɔde mu nneɛma ho nimdefo Oduruyɛfo Turbasu Sengupta hui sɛ dade chalcogenides akuwakuw a wɔakyekyere no betumi ayɛ adwuma sɛ nneɛma a ɛma CO2 dannan formic acid wɔ ɔhyew mu. Wɔaka nea efii mu bae no ho asɛm wɔ krataa bi a wɔato din “Conversion of CO2 to Formic Acid by Tuning Quantum States in Metal Chalcogenide Clusters” a wotintimii wɔ Communications Chemistry of Nature Portfolio mu.
Hanna kae sɛ: “Yɛada no adi sɛ, sɛ wɔka ligand ahorow bom yiye a, wobetumi atew akwanside a ɛmma wontumi nsakra CO2 ma ɛbɛyɛ formic acid no so kɛse, na ama formic acid a wɔyɛ no ntɛmntɛm kɛse.” "Enti yɛbɛka sɛ saa nneɛma a wɔkyerɛ sɛ ɛkanyan nneɛma yi betumi ama formic acid a wɔyɛ no ayɛ mmerɛw anaasɛ ayɛ yiye.Akuw akɛse a ligand kyekyere mmeae pii a wɔde bedi dwuma anaasɛ denam donor ligand ahorow a etu mpɔn kɛse a wɔde bɛbata ho no ne nkɔso foforo a yɛanya wɔ formic acid a wɔdannan mu no betumi anya asen nea wɔada no adi wɔ kɔmputa so mfonini ahorow no mu no hyia."
Nhwehwɛmu no gyina Hanna adwuma a wadi kan ayɛ a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ligand a wɔpaw no yiye no betumi adan akuwakuw bi ayɛ superdonor a ɔde ɛlɛtrɔnik ma anaasɛ agyefo a ogye ɛlɛtrɔnik.
Hanna ka sɛ: “Seesei yɛkyerɛ sɛ nkɛntɛnso koro no ara wɔ tumi kɛse wɔ catalysis a egyina dade chalcogenide akuwakuw so no mu.” “Tumi a wotumi yɛ akuwakuw a ɛka bom a ɛyɛ den na wodi tumi a wotumi de ɛlɛtrɔnik ma anaasɛ wogye no so no bue kwan foforo a wɔfa so yɛ ade, efisɛ nneɛma a ɛma nneɛma yɛ kɛse no mu dodow no ara gyina nneɛma a ɛma ɛlɛtrɔnik ma anaasɛ wogye so.”
Nyansahufo a wodii kan sɔɔ hwɛe wɔ adwuma no mu no mu biako, Ɔbenfo Xavier Roy, Ɔbenfo Panyin a ɔkyerɛ Nnuruyɛ ho ade wɔ Columbia Sukuupɔn mu, bɛkɔ VCU wɔ April 7 ama Abɔde mu Nneɛma Ho Dwumadibea Ahohuru Bere mu Nhyiam no.
Hanna kae sɛ: “Yɛne no bɛyɛ adwuma ahwɛ sɛnea yebetumi ayɛ ade a ɛma nneɛma yɛ kɛse a ɛte saa ara na yɛde adi dwuma denam ne nhwehwɛmu dan a ɔde yɛ nhwehwɛmu no so.” "Yɛne ne kuw no ayɛ adwuma abɛn dedaw, faako a wɔyɛɛ magnetic ade foforo bi. Saa bere yi de ɔno na ɔbɛyɛ nea ɛbɛkanyan no."
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