| Budget Amount *help |
¥18,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥8,190,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,890,000)
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| Research Abstract |
A direct ethanol fuel cell in which cheap, nontoxic and carbon-neutral bioethanol is used as a fuel is a significant power source for realizing a safe and eco-friendly society. However it is hard to break the carbon-carbon bond in an ethanol molecule, and therefore the development of a new active cathode catalyst for complete ethanol oxidation reaction to carbon dioxide is urgent. In this study we clarified with a model electrode that the selective and catalytic complete ethanol oxidation reaction was realized by not simple mixing but the controlled atomic arrangement of platinum/rhodium/tin oxides where platinum and tin oxides were not neighboring. Moreover we succeeded in synthesis of a nanoparticle catalyst with the controlled atomic arrangement.
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