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Putra, A.; Yamaguchi, Daisuke; Zhao, Y.; Koizumi, Satoshi
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Zhao, Y.; Koizumi, Satoshi; Rikukawa, Masahiro*; Yoshida, Miru*
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Yamaguchi, Daisuke; Noda, Yohei; Koizumi, Satoshi; Hasegawa, Yoshio*; Hishinuma, Yukio*; Suzuki, Masashi*; Kodama, Hiroto*; Onuma, Masato*; Oba, Yojiro*
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The structure of nitrogen (N)-doped titanium dioxide (TiO), which is a visible light photocatalyst, was investigated by small-angle neutron (SANS) and X-ray scattering (SAXS) methods. The bare TiO was fabricated by sol-gel method and possessed a characteristic length of ca. 10 nm due to some regularity consisting of TiO particles and pores. In the air, bare TiO and N-doped TiO specimens showed a similar scattering profiles each other for both of SANS and SAXS measurements. A slight increase of scattering intensity was observed for N-doped TiO specimen only on the SANS profile. To confirm whether the slight difference in SANS profiles between bare TiO2 and N-doped TiO specimens was due to the doped N atoms, both of bare TiO and N-doped TiO specimens were soaked in the mixture of HO/DO = 55/45 (w/w) mixture, of which scattering contrast for neutron is the same as TiO, and measured by SANS. The resultant SANS profiles of soaked bare TiO and N-doped TiO specimens were distinctly different each other and the scattering from doped N atoms, which gives the information of their distribution was captured.
Koizumi, Satoshi; Putra, A.; Zhao, Y.; Noda, Yohei; Yamaguchi, Daisuke; Ueda, Satoru*; Gunji, Hiroyuki*; Eguchi, Mika*; Tsutsumi, Yasuyuki*
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In order to investigate water history during fuel cell operation, we employed deuterated gas (D) as a fuel (deuterium fuel cell). With exchange of H and D, we aim to perform a contrast variation as for polyelectrolyte film (Nafion). When D gas is used as a fuel, DO is produced at the cathode and diffuses back to the film. Then the film, originally swollen by HO, exhibits change of coherent scattering contrast. By changing a fuel gas from H to D, SANS quantitatively detected decrease of scattering intensity at scattering maximum originating from the ion-channel in the electrolyte. After quantitative analyses on scattering intensity, which is related to water ratio (HO/DO) in the ion channel, we could determine the water ration swelling a membrane.