Low temperature catalysis by surface protonics promoted by an electric field

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17H01344
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Catalyst/Resource chemical process
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: SEKINE YASUSHI 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (20302771)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 表面イオニクス / 二酸化炭素 / バイオメタン / 水素製造 / 低温触媒反応

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project aimed to establish the science of catalytic reactions by surface ionics at low temperatures under an applied electric field, and to develop its application. As a result, we were able to construct a low-temperature reaction system (in the 100°C range) that utilises highly controlled surface ionics in endothermic reactions such as the reforming of methane with carbon dioxide and reverse water gas shift, and elucidate the science behind this. This has paved the way for the next generation of on-demand, low-temperature-operated catalytic processes. We were also able to establish an evaluation method for surface solid-state ionics on semiconductor supports and systematise it.

Free Research Field

触媒化学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

再生可能エネルギーを利用しての、ほしいときにほしいだけ化学反応を駆動させることができる体系を見出し、その学理を構築し、多くの応用展開をはかることが出来た。これにより、今後オンデマンドで再生可能エネルギーを用いた低温化学反応を体系的に用いることができることが期待される。