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Catalyst Design Engineering Lab
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A lab that designs catalysts for fuel cells and hydrogen production starting from the materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Taking on energy and environmental challenges with the power of materials
The Catalyst Design Engineering Lab aims to contribute, from the standpoint of materials science, to future energy conversion technologies and environmental problems.
Many of the materials it handles are inorganic compounds and ceramics, which it combines or composites with metals and polymer materials to build devices such as fuel cells and catalysts for hydrogen production.
Key terms
- Solid oxide fuel cell
- A fuel cell that uses a ceramic electrolyte and operates at high temperatures of 700–1000°C. Also called SOFC
- Reforming
- Reacting a fuel such as methane with steam or similar to extract hydrogen
- FIB-SEM
- A device that reconstructs internal three-dimensional structure by milling a little at a time with an ion beam while imaging with an electron microscope
ResearchResearch themes
The lab works on developing new materials, centered on fuel cells, which are high-efficiency energy conversion devices, and on catalysts for hydrogen production that will support a future hydrogen energy system.
*Illustrative imageFuel cells that generate power from hydrocarbons
When hydrocarbon fuel is supplied directly to a solid oxide fuel cell, carbon can deposit on the fuel electrode and degrade performance. The lab analyzes carbon deposition behavior with various fuels and develops fuel electrode materials that suppress the deposition.
*Illustrative imageGenerating power with ammonia
Noting that the operating temperature of fuel cells is close to the decomposition temperature of ammonia, the lab aims for high-efficiency power generation technology that uses ammonia. It is studying electrode materials and cell configurations suited to feeding ammonia in directly.
*Illustrative imageElectrode microstructure and performance
The lab obtains the three-dimensional structure of electrodes with FIB-SEM and, from the correlation between structure before and after power generation and cell performance, quantitatively analyzes the activation of the air electrode, the agglomeration of Ni particles, and the changes in fuel electrode microstructure and performance caused by redox cycling.
*Illustrative imageCatalysts for extracting hydrogen
The lab is developing Ni-based catalysts for hydrogen production from methane and ethanol, and, for the reforming of dimethyl ether (DME), a new Cu catalyst in which fine copper particles are highly dispersed via a spinel oxide.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorToshiaki Matsui
- Program-Specific Assistant ProfessorShinji Naruse
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Secretary Perry and Scientists Discussing Solid Oxide Fuel Cells at NETL ( )” U.S. Department of Energy from United States / Public domain (cropped)
- Fuel cells that generate power from hydrocarbons: “SOFC solid oxide fuel cell” Luketheslovak / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Generating power with ammonia: “Gas cylinder ammonia rotated 90o” Gas_cylinder_ammonia.jpg: Masur derivative work: Michał Sobkowski / Public domain (cropped)
- Electrode microstructure and performance: “Fib tem sample” english User:Cm the p / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Catalysts for extracting hydrogen: “Nickel(II) oxide catalyst” Leiem / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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