2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Synthesis of alloy nanoparticle catalysts by solvated electron
| Project/Area Number |
15K13801
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Inorganic industrial materials
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
Kitano Masaaki 東京工業大学, 元素戦略研究センター, 准教授 (50470117)
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| Research Collaborator |
TSUJI Yuki
FUKAZU Yuhei
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 溶媒和電子 / 合金ナノ粒子触媒 / アンモニア合成 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In the present study, we have investigated the preparation of alloy nanoparticle catalysts by using solvated electron with high reducing power. Sodium naphthalenide can be prepared by reacting sodium metal with naphthalene in THF solution. And it is known to be a strong reducing agent (E0 = 3.1 V). We have successfully prepared Co-Mo alloy nanoparticles with a particle size of 4 nm yb using this reducing agent. The Co-Mo alloy nanoparticles loaded on CeO2 exhibits much higher catalytic activity for ammonia synthesis than monometallic catalysts such as Co/CeO2 and Mo/CeO2. In addition, the catalytic activity Co-Mo/CeO2 is comparable to that of Co3Mo3N, even if the amount of loading metal in Co-Mo/CeO2 was only 1/20 of that in Co3Mo3N.
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| Free Research Field |
触媒化学
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