| Budget Amount *help |
¥16,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,870,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥5,980,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,380,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this project, I aim to increase the electric power density of direct methanol fuel cells up to 120%, compared to that obtained before the project inception. I tried to use novel carbon nanomaterials including carbon nanocoil (CNC) for micro-porous layer (MPL) and catalyst support, respectively. Among the four-types of carbon nanomaterials used, CNC showed the highest performance as a catalyst support for the anode of DMFC. Consequently, the Pt-Ru-supported CNC was used in the anode catalyst layer of the DMFC. In the MPL, two carbon nanomaterials were compared. Vulcan, a commercially available carbon nanomaterial, resulted in higher power density.
In the final year of the project, the objective was achieved.
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