| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
On the basis of sol-gel method, high surface area mesoporous Ta2O5 (117 m2/g) and crystalline mesoporous Ta3N5 (44 m2/g), which can adsorb visible light up to 600 nm, has been successfully synthesized. For the crystalline mesoporous Ta2O5, the photocatalytic performace demonstrated three times higher than that of noporous courtpart. For the Ta3N5, however, the performance are not ideal. Although the surface area of mesoporous Ta3N5 were dramatically increased comparing with bulk counterparts, the crystallinity was still low, which is disadvantage and easily results in the combination of photo-induced electron and hole. Several organic dyes have been used to improve the charge separation and photocatalytic activity of the catalysts. Some interesting phenomena was observed, although the overall water splitting has not be achieved. The correponding results will be published in near future. Now, I am trying to increase the crystallinity of the as-synthesized mesoporous Ta3N5.
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