The Japanese Institute of Industrial Technology has developed a new technology, through the semiconductor photoelectric pole, can be at room temperature and pressure with about 99% of high-selectivity synthesis of raw materials such as nylon ka oil (cyclohexanone + cyclohexanol).
The developed technology uses solar energy and weak electrical energy to synthesize high-value-added chemical materials. Semiconductor photoelectric pole is the electrode that connects the wire on the plate and the film semiconductor, the oxidation reduction reaction through the illumination. The researchers will produce a good semiconductor photoelectric pole and the electrode into a single chamber reaction vessel, using the reaction solution containing cyclohexane and nitric acid, in the oxygen state to the photoelectric electrode simulated sunlight, generated ka oil. A faint reaction can occur only when the sun is illuminated, and the external voltage can be increased up to 6 times times faster.