論文

査読有り
2022年9月27日

Efficient Hydrogen Isotope Separation by Tunneling Effect Using Graphene-Based Heterogeneous Electrocatalysts in Electrochemical Hydrogen Isotope Pumping

ACS Nano
  • Satoshi Yasuda
  • ,
  • Hisayoshi Matsushima
  • ,
  • Kenji Harada
  • ,
  • Risako Tanii
  • ,
  • Tomo-o Terasawa
  • ,
  • Masahiro Yano
  • ,
  • Hidehito Asaoka
  • ,
  • Jessiel Siaron Gueriba
  • ,
  • Wilson Agerico Diño
  • ,
  • Katsuyuki Fukutani

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開始ページ
14362
終了ページ
14369
記述言語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1021/acsnano.2c04655
出版者・発行元
American Chemical Society (ACS)

The fabrication of a hydrogen isotope enrichment system is essential for the development of industrial, medical, life science, and nuclear fusion fields, and therefore, efficient enrichment techniques with a high separation factor and economic feasibility are still being explored. Herein, we report a hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) separation ability with polymer electrolyte membrane electrochemical hydrogen pumping (PEM-ECHP) using a heterogeneous electrode consisting of palladium and graphene layers (PdGr). By mass spectroscopic analysis, we demonstrate significant bias voltage dependence of the H/D separation factor with a maximum of ∼25 at 0.15 V and room temperature, which is superior to those of conventional separation methods. Theoretical analysis demonstrated that the observed high H/D factor stems from tunneling of hydrogen isotopes through atomically thick graphene during the electrochemical reaction and that the bias dependence of H/D results from a transition from the quantum tunneling regime to the classical overbarrier regime for hydrogen isotopes transfer through the graphene. These findings will help us understand the origin of the isotope separation ability of graphene discussed so far and contribute to developing an economical hydrogen isotope enrichment system using two-dimensional materials.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c04655
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36047703
URL
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsnano.2c04655
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ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1021/acsnano.2c04655
  • ISSN : 1936-0851
  • eISSN : 1936-086X
  • PubMed ID : 36047703
  • SCOPUS ID : 85137879608

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