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US 2010/0137131 A1Published application
Photocatalyst structure
AssigneeNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
InventorsKoichi Awazu, Hirotaka Murakami, Toshiya Watanabe, Naoya Yoshida
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Abstract
The present invention provides a photocatalyst structure capable of improving catalyst efficiency dramatically and stably. In the present invention, the photocatalyst structure is comprised of a metal nanoparticle, a semiconductor photocatalyst, and a material intervening between the metal nanoparticle and the semiconductor photocatalyst. The material is transparent to a light of a wavelength which excites the semiconductor photocatalyst.
Claims7
A photocatalyst structure, comprising:
- a metal nanoparticle;
- a semiconductor photocatalyst;
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- a material transparent to a light of a wavelength which excites the semiconductor photocatalyst, the material intervening between the metal nanoparticle and the semiconductor photocatalyst.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.