| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
|
|---|
| Research Abstract |
Fuel cells utilizing renewable energy sources attract much attention. A novel fuel cell utilizing biomasss and solar energy has been studied. Nanostructured electrodes were developed by immobilization of TiO2 and Au nanoparticles on functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes for the photocatalytic and electrochemical oxidation reactions of biomass. The electrochemical characteristic to the sodium hydroxide solution of methanol, ethanol, glucose, and alginic acid was examined. A biofuel cell was constructed by using the nanostructured electrode. The improvement of the power density by UV irradiation was attained for these materials. The power density was increased by 4 times by 50mW/cm2 UV irradiation for alginate acid.
|
