2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Use of carbon nanocoil as catalyst support for development of high-performance fuel cell
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22760208
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Power engineering/Power conversion/Electric machinery
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| Research Institution | Toyohashi University of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
SUDA Yoshiyuki 豊橋技術科学大学, 大学院・工学研究科, 准教授 (70301942)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | カーボンナノコイル / 直接メタノール型燃料電池 / Pt/Ru触媒 / 膜-電極接合体 / 化学気相合成法 / ポリオール法 |
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| Research Abstract |
When carbon nanocoils(CNCs) are used in fuel cell electrodes, the diffusion of fuel and gas, and the removal of reaction products, becomes considerably smoother. In this research project, I used CNC as an anode or cathode catalyst support material in direct methanol fuel cells(DMFCs). Other carbon nanoparticles, Arc-Black(AcB) and Vulcan, were also used as catalyst supports to compare with the CNCs. Compared with the catalyst layers of AcB and Vulcan, the catalyst layer of CNCs was confirmed to have several voids. As for the anode catalysts, the voltages of the PtRu/CNC and PtRu/Vulcan became almost the same at a high current density. As for the cathode catalysts, the power density of Pt/CNC was 1. 2 times higher than that of Pt/Vulcan and 1. 6 times higher than that of Pt/AcB. These results clearly show that CNC is a good catalyst support for fuel cell.
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Research Products
(19 results)
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[Journal Article] Preparation of Arc Black and Carbon Nano-Balloon by Arc Discharge and Their Application to Fuel Cell2011
Author(s)
Takashi Ikeda, Shota Kaida, Tosiyuki Satou, Yoshiyuki Suda, Hirofumi Takikawa, Hideto Tanoue, Shinichiro Oke, Hitoshi Ue, Takashi Okawa, Nobuhiro Aoyagi, Kazuki Shimizu
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Journal Title
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Volume: 50(1)
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[Journal Article] Splitting and flattening of helical carbon nanofibers by acid treatment2010
Author(s)
Masashi Yokota, Yuichiro Shinohara, Takahiro Kawabata, Kotaro Takimoto, Yoshiyuki Suda, Shinichiro Oke, Hirofumi Takikawa, Yohei Fujimura, Tatsuo Yamaura, Shigeo Itoh, Koji Miura and Masakatsu Morioki
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Journal Title
The Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volume: 10(6)
Pages: 3910-3914
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