{"id":117697,"date":"2022-10-28T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=117697"},"modified":"2022-10-26T12:36:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T10:36:09","slug":"80-yield-success-in-synthesizing-biodegradable-plastic-materials-using-sunlight-and-co2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/80-yield-success-in-synthesizing-biodegradable-plastic-materials-using-sunlight-and-co2\/","title":{"rendered":"80% yield! Success in synthesizing biodegradable plastic materials using sunlight and CO2!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Visible light-driven 3-hydroxybutyrate production from acetone and CO2<\/sub>. Utilizing sunlight and biocatalysts, Osaka Metropolitan University scientists synthesized 3-hydroxybutyrate, a biodegradable plastic material, from acetone and CO2<\/sub>. Mimicking natural photosynthesis, the team artificially reproduced a light reaction, which involves sunlight, and a dark reaction, which fixes CO2<\/sub>. \u00a9<\/strong> Osaka Metropolitan University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tremendous effort has been put into making plastics not only durable and convenient but also environmentally-friendly materials for everyday products. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists made a significant advance in this journey with their innovative artificial photosynthesis technology that produces biodegradable plastics from acetone and CO2<\/sub>, addressing the plastic waste crisis while moving toward the goal of carbon neutrality. Their findings were published in Chemical Communications<\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research team led by Professor Yutaka Amao from the Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis at Osaka Metropolitan University has successfully synthesized 3-hydroxybutyrate, a raw material for poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB)\u2014a strong water-insoluble polyester used for packaging materials\u2014from acetone and CO2<\/sub>. With a visible light-driven catalytic system utilizing sunlight and two biocatalysts, the researchers achieved a yield of about 80%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mimicking natural photosynthesis, the team artificially reproduced a light reaction, which involves sunlight, and a dark reaction, which fixes CO2<\/sub>, and synthesized 3-hydroxybutyrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This study is the latest in a series of the researchers\u2019 articles on using artificial photosynthesis to produce useful substances, generate renewable energy, and achieve a carbon neutral society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis research result of synthesizing 3-hydroxybutyrate, a raw material for PHB, from CO2<\/sub> is a significant contribution to addressing both the plastic and CO2<\/sub> reduction issues,\u201d said Professor Amao<\/strong>. \u201cIn the future, we aim to produce 3-hydroxybutyrate through artificial photosynthesis using CO2<\/sub> contained in exhaust gas emitted from factories.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Funding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This work was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (22H01872) and Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)) (19KK0144).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paper Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Title: Visible-light driven 3-hydroxybutyrate synthesis from CO2<\/sub> and acetone with the hybrid system of photocatalytic NADH regeneration and multi-biocatalysts
Journal: Chemical Communications
DOI: 10.1039\/D2CC03660F
Author: Yu Kita and Yutaka Amao
URL: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/D2CC03660F<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contribution to SDGs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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7: Affordable and clean energy
12: Responsible consumption and production<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tremendous effort has been put into making plastics not only durable and convenient but also environmentally-friendly materials for everyday products. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists made a significant advance in this journey with their innovative artificial photosynthesis technology that produces biodegradable plastics from acetone and CO2, addressing the plastic waste crisis while moving toward the goal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Osaka Metropolitan University scientists achieved an 80% conversion yield of a biodegradable plastic material from acetone and CO2, tackling the plastic waste crisis while moving toward carbon neutrality","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572,5571],"tags":[11270,10744,13634,16934,10743],"supplier":[20946],"class_list":["post-117697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","category-co2-based","tag-biodegradability","tag-carboncapture","tag-photosynthesis","tag-sunlight","tag-useco2","supplier-osaka-metropolitan-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117697"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=117697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}