2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Enhancement and Mechanism Clarification on CO2 Reforming Performance of Combined Photocatalyst Absorbing Wide Wavelength Range Light

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23760845
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Energy engineering
Research Institution	Mie University
Principal Investigator	NISHIMURA Akira 三重大学, 大学院・工学研究科, 助教 (60345999)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	環境調和
Research Abstract	The main goal of this study is improvement of CO2 reforming performance of TiO2 photocatalyst into fuel such as CH4, CO and H2 by improvement of reduction performance of TiO2. This study aims to prepare the high performancephotocatalyst responding to wide wavelength range light by combination of Pd which canproduce H2 and several metals with different absorption wavelength range light. The surface characteristic of prepared photocatalyst was analyzed by SEM and EPMA. In addition, CO2 reforming experiment was carried out under illumination of wide wavelength light including ultra violet light as well as under illumination of visible light, the characteristics of CO2 reforming was evaluated.