Issue 11, 2004
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Analysis of the generation of hydrogen and fixation of atmospheric nitrogen during alcoholpolymerization in an unsymmetrical electric potential†

Hiroshi Matsuura,*a   Shuichi Ushiba,b   Mamoru Komatsub  and  Tamio Tanikawaa  

* Corresponding authors

a Intelligent Systems Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
E-mail: hiroshi-matsuura@aist.go.jp
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b IR/Raman Group, Spectroscopy Department, Thermo Electron, C-2F 3-9 Moriya-cho, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
E-mail: shuichi.ushiba@thermo.com
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Abstract

We investigated plasma-induced generation of hydrogen and simultaneous fixation of atmospheric nitrogen during alcohol polymerization. Alcohol polymerization was conducted in the unsymmetrical electric potential generated between a negative AFM tip and the surface of alcohol placed on a positive tungsten electrode. The unsymmetrical electric potential induced both electron emission from the negative AFM tip and upward-flowing alcohol from the alcohol surface. The emitted electrons and upward-flowing alcohol molecules interacted through energy exchange between the kinetic and electromagnetic energy. The interaction decomposed the alcohol molecules, generated hydrogen, and simultaneously fixed the atmospheric nitrogen during alcohol polymerization.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B403791J
Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Mar 2004
Accepted
19 Apr 2004
First published
26 Apr 2004

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2004,6, 2994-3000

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Analysis of the generation of hydrogen and fixation of atmospheric nitrogen during alcohol polymerization in an unsymmetrical electric potential

H. Matsuura, S. Ushiba, M. Komatsu and T. Tanikawa, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2004, 6, 2994 DOI: 10.1039/B403791J

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