Development of Ni-B, Ni-C, Co-B and Co-C nanoparticles as electrode catalyst for fuel cell

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24360330
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Catalyst/Resource chemical process
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: MURAMATSU Atsushi 東北大学, 多元物質科学研究所, 教授 (40210059)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KANIE Kiyoshi 東北大学, 多元物質科学研究所, 准教授 (60302767) ; NAKAYA Masfumi 東北大学, 多元物質科学研究所, 助教 (80451681)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 資源・エネルギー有効利用技術 / 燃料電池 / 白金代替

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Fuel cell system needs a lot of amount of platinum to prepare electrode its catalyst. However, platinum is very expensive and it is dwindling natural resources. Therefore, the development of the electrode catalyst without including platinum is strongly required. Here, we have developed the electrode catalyst by preparation of carbide or boride of Co or Ni nanoparticles, which are expected to show catalytic activity as electrode of fuel cell. By using liquid phase synthesis method, we succeeded in preparation of Ni-B, Ni-C, Co-B, and Co-C nanoparticles. They showed electrode catalytic activity on oxygen reduction reaction. Especially, carbide nanoparticles showed higher activity.

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触媒化学