Deveropment of a molecular photo-fuel cell with self-maintenance property

• Project/Area Number: 15K17832
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Inorganic chemistry
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Yatabe Takeshi 九州大学, 工学研究院, 助教 (00748387)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
• Keywords: 光燃料電池 / 水の酸化触媒

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to develop an anode catalyst for photo-fuel cell that consists of water oxidation for anode reaction and oxygen reduction for cathode reaction with photo-irradiation. We have succeeded in synthesizing μ-oxo trinuclear Fe complex and Ir oxide embedded in amorphous silicon for water oxidation catalysts. Further, we have constructed a photo-fuel cell using an Ir mononuclear complex and tungsten oxide (WO3) as an anode catalyst.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Structure and Reactivity of a Ru-based Peroxide Complex as a Reactive Intermediate of O2-Promoted Activation of a C-H Bond in a Cp* Ligand. (2017)
  • Author(s): Yatabe, Takeshi; Kishima, Takahiro; Nagano, Hideaki; Matsumoto, Takahiro; Yamasaki, Mikio; Yoon, Ki-Seok; Ogo, Seiji
  • Journal Title: Chemistry Letters Volume: 46 Issue: 1 Pages: 74-76
  • DOI: 10.1246/cl.160909
  • NAID: 130005308316
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Inorganic Clusters with a [Fe2MoOS3] Core―A Functional Model for Acetylene Reduction by Nitrogenases (2016)
  • Author(s): Yoshimoto, Koji; Yatabe, Takeshi; Matsumoto, Takahiro; Tran, Viet-Ha; Robertson, Andrew; Nakai, Hidetaka; Asazawa, Koichiro; Tanaka, Hirohisa; Ogo, Seiji
  • Journal Title: Dalton Trans. Volume: 45(37) Issue: 37 Pages: 14620-14627
  • DOI: 10.1039/c6dt01655c
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] An Fe-based Model for Metabolism Linking between O2-reduction and H2O-oxidation (2015)
  • Author(s): Takeshi Yatabe; Mitsuhiro Kikkawa; Takahiro Matsumoto; Keishi Urabe; Andrew Robertson; Hidetaka Nakai; Seiji Ogo*
  • Journal Title: Chemistry Letters Volume: 44 Issue: 9 Pages: 1263-1265
  • DOI: 10.1246/cl.150468
  • NAID: 130005096899
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] An IrSi oxide film as a highly active water-oxidation catalyst in acidic media (2015)
  • Author(s): Viet-Ha Tran; Takeshi Yatabe; Takahiro Matsumoto; Hidetaka Nakai; Kazuharu Suzuki; Takao Enomoto; Takashi Hibino; Kenji Kaneko; Seiji Ogo*
  • Journal Title: Chemical Communications Volume: 51 Issue: 63 Pages: 12589-12592
  • DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04286k
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] New strategy of artificial photosynthesis (2015)
  • Author(s): 谷田部剛史, 松本崇弘, 中井英隆, 小江誠司
  • Organizer: 第６５回錯体化学討論会
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良女子大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-21
• [Remarks] 九州大学大学院工学研究院小江研究室
  • URL: http://web.cstm.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ogo/