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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMisao Kusunoki, Tomikazu Watanabe, Shigehide Yamamichi, Masafumi Ata, Shinichi Mizuno, Matthias Ramm
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A photocatalyst having superior durability; a manufacturing method for the photocatalyst and a method and apparatus for decomposing a gas, where a film which is fullerene-based but different from the evaporated fullerene film is used. The photocatalyst has a fullerene polymer film layered on a substrate. There may be carried fine metal particles on the fullerene polymer film. These fine metal particles are carried by sputtering, evaporation or coating on the fullerene polymer film. The apparatus for decomposing the gas includes a light source and a fullerene polymer film. In effecting gas decomposition, the gas to be processed is contacted with the fullerene polymer film under light illumination.
A photocatalyst having a fullerene polymer film consisting essentially of fullerene molecules bonded together by covalent bonds.
A method for producing a photocatalyst comprising:
A gas decomposition method comprising a step of contacting a gas under light illumination for decomposition with a fullerene polymer film consisting essentially of fullerene molecules bonded together by covalent bonds.
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