Explore Highly Effective Transition Metal Oxide Catalysts for Electrolytic Propylene Epoxidation

• Project/Area Number: 25K01737
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 32020:Functional solid state chemistry-related
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: LI HAO 東北大学, 材料科学高等研究所, 教授 (50967198)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 藪 浩 東北大学, 材料科学高等研究所, 教授 (40396255)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2028-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥18,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,350,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥6,630,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,530,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
• Keywords: Catalyst design / Electrolytic epoxidation / Catalysis theory

Outline of Research at the Start

i) A data mining framework will be developed to identify stable TMOs for electrolytic propylene epoxidation; ii) activities and mechanism of the electrocatalytic conversion of propylene to PO will be analyzed on the stable TMOs; iii) experiments will be conducted to verify the identified catalysts.