| Project/Area Number |
15F15070
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 外国 |
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| Research Field |
Composite materials/Surface and interface engineering
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| Research Institution | National Institute for Materials Science |
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Principal Investigator |
葉 金花 国立研究開発法人物質・材料研究機構, 国際ナノアーキテクトニクス研究拠点, MANA主任研究者 (90230630)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ZHAO GUIXIA 国立研究開発法人物質・材料研究機構, 国際ナノアーキテクトニクス研究拠点, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-07-29 – 2017-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
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| Keywords | Photocatalysis / Carbon nitride / H2 evolution / CO2 reduction |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The project is mainly focused on exploring highly efficient photocatalysts for chemical fuel production based on visible-light responsive organic semiconductor, i.e. carbon nitride. We have been devoted to enhance the charge carrier separation and transport through the following two pathways and have obtained significant progress:
1) Constructing an imine-linked antenna-reaction center complex composed of low-molecular-weight carbon nitride and Co porphyrin, where the photo-generated electron-hole is separated more efficiently since electrons could be easily trapped by Co(II) to form Co(I) species and the active site immobilized on the C-N framework facilitated the redox photocatalytic reaction;
2) Designing carbon nitride with enhanced in-planar ordering by controlling the self-assembly of heptazine precursors and calcination of the assembled precursors, where the intraplanar transport of the photo-generated charge carriers can be largely enhanced. It was found that the sub-micro rod-like morphology of the assembled heptazine precursor was well maintained during the poly-condensation without volumetric shrinkage in spite of different temperature-rise rates in the calcination process. The enhanced ordering within the graphitic planar and the induced excellent charge separation contributed to a tremendously improved H2 evolution rate of 420 umol/h under visible light (λ > 420 nm) with an apparent quantum efficiency of 8.9% at 420 nm, which is among the highest value for C3N4-related photocatalyst in the literature.
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| Research Progress Status |
28年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
28年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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