Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tsubame BHB Co., Ltd. have been selected as subcontractors for the "Research and Development of Non-Precious Metal Catalysts," which plays an important role in the "Development and Demonstration of New Catalysts" project (hereinafter referred to as "this project") with an assumed project period of FY2021 to FY2030 in response to the "Green Innovation Fund Project / Fuel Ammonia Supply Chain Construction" publicly solicited by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). The Chiyoda Corporation is taking the lead on this project, which is being implemented together with the JERA Co., Inc. and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. for determining subcontractors.
Hosono Laboratory and Kitano Laboratory of Tokyo Tech, further research on ammonia synthesis catalysts is underway based on the concept of an electride that has been developed and demonstrated in collaboration with Tsubame BHB in order to promote the development of non-precious metal catalysts through this project. Tsubame BHB has been industrializing catalysts since its establishment in 2017, and is promoting the industrialization of non-precious metal catalysts using its know-how with catalysts industrialization including examination of manufacturing methods and pilot plants demonstrations.
Tokyo Tech and Tsubame BHB will work together to further promote research
and development of non-precious metal catalysts based on this contract
with the goal of developing catalysts for efficiently producing ammonia
at large-scale ammonia production plants.
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