Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT)

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Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT)

R&D and public infrastructure services support in the sectors of chemistry
and related convergence and complex

Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) - provided in order to President, Establishment Date, Location, Contact, Homepage.
President Young Kuk Lee
Establishment Date 1976.09.02
Location KRICT, 141, Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon
Contact 042-860-7114
Homepage www.krict.re.kr

Key Functions

  • To develop eco-friendly chemical process technologies
  • To develop high value-added green chemical materials
  • To develop new substances and convergence chemical technologies
  • To develop and operate the public infrastructure for chemical safety, analysis, evaluation, standardization, and certification as well as provision of compounds and information
  • To cooperate with government, the private sector, corporations, and organizations in R&D and provide and commission technical services
  • To support and cooperate with related SMEs and commercialize technology
  • To support training professionals specialized in key mission areas and establishing related technology policy

Recent Achievements

  • Development of environment-friendly non-toxic microbial pesticide

    caution Technology transfer (April '13), registration of organic farming materials ('13), and the product launch in February '14

  • Commercialization of the manufacturing technology of FT synthetic oil from synthetic gas

    caution Technology transfer (Dec. ’13) and collection of 520 million won

  • World's first development of catalyst utilization naphtha cracking process commercialization technology development

    caution Technology transfer (March '14), collection of 1,653 million won (confidential)

  • Technology transfer of candidate technology of virus growth inhibitor (confidential)

    caution Technology transfer (Oct. '14), collection of 16 billion won, 1.5 to 3% of ordinary net sales, and advance collection of 1.6 billion won

  • Development of the world's highest efficiency perovskite solar cell manufacturing technology

    caution Development of low-cost new concept solar cells with high efficiency and high durability, achievement of the world’s highest level of efficiency, and online publication of the journal Nature (Jan. '14)