| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Under this project, I was successful to produce fullerene C60 microcrystals from zero to higher dimensions including newer class of nanocarbon material called mesoporous fullerene crystals with crystalline frameworks. Solvent drying out (upon mild heat-treatment) from the solvated fullerene crystals is expected to play a key role in pore formation. Upon extremely high temperature heat-treatment, the fullerene crystals were converted into a new family of nanoporous carbons having π-electron conjugation within the sp2-carbon robust frameworks. These new nanoporous carbons show excellent electrochemical capacitance and superior sensing properties for aromatic compounds compared to commercial activated carbons.
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