Development of hydrogen oxidation reaction catalysts to overcome CO poisoning and elucidation of reaction mechanism

Inagawa, Kohei*; Matsumura, Daiju; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Uegaki, Shinya*; Nakayama, Tomohito*; Urano, Junnosuke*; Aotani, Takuro*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(24), p.11542 - 11549, 2023/06

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c02237

Performance tests of catalysts for the safe conversion of hydrogen inside the nuclear waste containers in Fukushima Daiichi

Reinecke, E.-A.*; Takenaka, Keisuke*; Ono, Hitomi*; Kita, Tomoaki*; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Nishihata, Yasuo; Hino, Ryutaro; Tanaka, Hirohisa*

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(23), p.12511 - 12521, 2021/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.08.262

The safe decommissioning as well as decontamination of the radioactive waste resulting from the nuclear accident in Fukushima Daiichi represents a huge task for the next decade. At present, research and development on long-term safe storage containers has become an urgent task with international cooperation in Japan. One challenge is the generation of hydrogen and oxygen in significant amounts by means of radiolysis inside the containers, as the nuclear waste contains a large portion of sea water. The generation of radiolysis gases may lead to a significant pressure build-up inside the containers and to the formation of flammable gases with the risk of ignition and the loss of integrity. In the framework of the project "R&D on technology for reducing concentration of flammable gases generated in long-term waste storage containers" funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT), the potential application of catalytic recombiner devices inside the storage containers is investigated. In this context, a suitable catalyst based on the so-called intelligent automotive catalyst for use in a recombiner is under consideration. The catalyst is originally developed and mass-produced for automotive exhaust gas purification, and is characterized by having a self-healing function of precious metals (Pd, Pt and Rh) dissolved as a solid solution in the perovskite type oxides. The basic features of this catalyst have been tested in an experimental program. The test series in the REKO-4 facility has revealed the basic characteristics of the catalyst required for designing the recombiner system.

X-ray absorption spectroscopy study on water formation reaction of palladium metal nanoparticle catalysts

Matsumura, Daiju; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Nishihata, Yasuo

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(11), p.7749 - 7754, 2017/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.08.189

Development of new type passive autocatalytic recombiner, 1; Experimental study on degradation of catalyst

Kamiji, Yu; Matsumura, Daiju; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Nishihata, Yasuo; Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Hirata, Shingo*; Hara, Mikiya; Hino, Ryutaro

Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-23) (DVD-ROM), 4 Pages, 2015/05

In a severe accident at a nuclear power plant, a large amount of hydrogen can be released to primary containment vessel or reactor building. Passive autocatalytic recombiner (PAR) is one of the most effective systems for hydrogen mitigation and safety accident management. The new type PAR is under developing to improve conventional PARs, especially its size and weight. In this study, the influence of steam coexistence for the automotive catalyst activity was experimentally examined. These results show that the steam slightly affects the reaction start up and catalyst activity.

Development of new type passive autocatalytic recombiner, 1; Characterization of monolithic catalyst

Kamiji, Yu; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Nishihata, Yasuo; Nagaishi, Ryuji; Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Hirata, Shingo*; Hara, Mikiya; Hino, Ryutaro

Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Maintenance Science and Technology (ICMST-Kobe 2014), p.87 - 88, 2014/11

For hydrogen mitigation, a new type passive autocatalytic recombiner is under development. In this study, the activation energy of hydrogen-oxygen recombination reaction was examined to clarify the basic characteristics of the catalyst. In addition, the degradation of the catalyst by -ray irradiation simulating the environmental condition in nuclear power plants was also examined. As a result, the activation energy was experimentally estimated at 5.75 kJ/mol. Besides, no significant differences were observed in the compositional distribution from the EPMA results between the non-irradiated and the irradiated catalyst. However, the irradiated catalyst showed much more activity because of larger specific surface area of the catalyst and surface area of the precious metals. It showed that -ray irradiation up to 1.0 MGy can increase activity of the catalyst.

NO dissociation on Cu(111) and CuO(111) surfaces; A Density functional theory based study

Padama, A. A. B.*; Kishi, Hirofumi*; Arevalo, R. L.*; Moreno, J. L. V.*; Kasai, Hideaki*; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Uenishi, Mari*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Nishihata, Yasuo

Journal of Physics; Condensed Matter, 24(17), p.175005_1 - 175005_6, 2012/05

https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/24/17/175005

no abstracts in English

Dynamic structural change of Pd particles on LaFeO under redox atmosphere and CO/NO catalytic reaction studied by dispersive XAFS

Matsumura, Daiju; Okajima, Yuka; Nishihata, Yasuo; Mizuki, Junichiro; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Uenishi, Mari*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 190, p.012154_1 - 012154_6, 2009/11

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/190/1/012154

Pd/LaFeO is known to keep the metal particle size small even after the long time redox processes because Pd atoms make complex oxide with LaFeO perovskite-type crystal under the oxidative atmosphere. We observed the local structure of Pd atoms by dispersive optics from the viewpoint of dynamical structure change of Pd during metal-oxide change and CO-NO catalytic reaction. It was recognized that, under the reductive atmosphere, Pd atoms show similar speed of movement from oxide to metal state both on LaFeO and AlO. However, under the oxidative atmosphere, Pd atoms on LaFeO show faster movement from metal to oxide state with single reaction step than those on AlO with two-step oxidation. In addition, many differences in structure and shape between Pd particles on LaFeO and AlO are observed.

Self-regenerating Rh- and Pt-based perovskite catalysts for automotive-emissions control

Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Uenishi, Mari*; Kajita, Nobuhiko*; Tan, Isao*; Nishihata, Yasuo; Mizuki, Junichiro; Narita, Keiichi*; Kimura, Mareo*; Kaneko, Kimiyoshi*

Angewandte Chemie; International Edition, 45(36), p.5998 - 6002, 2006/09

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200503938

no abstracts in English

The Intelligent catalyst; Pd-perovskite having the self-regenerative function in a wide temperature range

Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Tan, Isao*; Uenishi, Mari*; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Nishihata, Yasuo; Mizuki, Junichiro

Key Engineering Materials, 317-318, p.827 - 832, 2006/08

no abstracts in English

LaFePdO perovskite automotive catalyst having a self-regenerative function

Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Tan, Isao*; Uenishi, Mari*; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Kimura, Mareo*; Nishihata, Yasuo; Mizuki, Junichiro

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 408-412, p.1071 - 1077, 2006/02

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2004.12.138

no abstracts in English