2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigation of the mechanism for photo-functional property of meso-porous silca and application for photo-catalysts
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20560637
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Inorganic materials/Physical properties
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| Research Institution | Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | 機能性ガラス / 光触媒 / メソポーラスシリカ |
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| Research Abstract |
Meso-porous silica is considered inert for UV-Vis light. We found, however, that meso-porous silica showed photo-catalytic property and selectivity for volatile organic compounds. The meso-porous silica showed activities to synthesize ethanol from ethane and oxidize carbon mono-oxide. But these phenomena is not based on meso-porous structure which is periodically controlled in nm scale but on absorption of light of silanol formed on the silica with extremely large surface area.
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