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Catalytic Reaction Chemistry Lab
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The lab uses catalysts to convert carbon dioxide and nitrogen compounds into useful substances.
AboutAbout the lab
Environmentally friendly catalysts, designed at the nano level.
The Catalytic Reaction Chemistry Lab (Teramura Lab) aims to reduce environmental impact and realize a circular society, guided by precise design at the molecular and nano levels based on a deep understanding of reaction mechanisms.
The lab works on developing next-generation catalysts, electrocatalysts, and photocatalysts and on building catalytic chemical processes, following the principle of 'no applied research without an understanding of fundamental properties.'
Key terms
- Photocatalyst
- A substance that absorbs light and drives a chemical reaction without itself being changed
- Cathode
- In electrolysis, the electrode where a substance receives electrons (is reduced)
- XAFS
- An analytical method that measures X-ray absorption to examine the structure and state around atoms
ResearchResearch themes
The lab clarifies the interfacial properties and catalytic action of metal oxides at the nano level, and feeds this back into catalyst design to develop highly efficient reaction systems.
*Illustrative imagePhotocatalysts that reduce carbon dioxide
The lab has precisely designed photocatalysts and cocatalysts that reduce carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, and has succeeded in developing a photocatalyst with the world's highest performance. It now aims to achieve response to longer-wavelength light and direct conversion to hydrocarbons.
*Illustrative imageHydrogenation of carbon dioxide
Focusing on the catalytic action of oxygen vacancies formed on metal oxide surfaces, the lab has developed a reverse water-gas shift reaction system that proceeds through an original mechanism. It continues to develop metal oxide catalysts that are active in carbon dioxide hydrogenation.
*Illustrative imageMaking ammonia with electricity
The lab develops cathode catalysts for the electrochemical synthesis of ammonia, which is used as a hydrogen carrier and a fuel, from NOx gases and nitrate ions.
*Illustrative imageObserving catalysts in situ during reactions
Using spectroscopic methods centered on XAFS, measured at large synchrotron radiation facilities such as SPring-8, the lab elucidates the mechanisms of catalytic reactions and the active species of catalysts, getting closer to the true nature of catalytic reactions.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorKentaro Teramura
- Associate ProfessorShoji Iguchi
- Assistant ProfessorShimpei Naniwa
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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: “SPring-8 synchrotron SP8 BL01B1” Drac2000 at English Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Photocatalysts that reduce carbon dioxide: “Carbon dioxide 3D ball” Jynto (talk) / CC0 (cropped)
- Hydrogenation of carbon dioxide: “Catalyst zoom” Preston MacDougall / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Making ammonia with electricity: “Ammonia-3D-balls-A” Ben Mills / Public domain (cropped)
- Observing catalysts in situ during reactions: “Beamline-self-portrait” Warrenmck / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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