Nitto-denko Corporation

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Takuya Fukumura

Rajesh Mukherjee

Ekambaram Sambandan

Guang Pan

Takashi Ozaki

Keita Mine

Amane Mochizuki

Toshitaka Nakamura

Hiroyuki Katayama

Sazzadur Rahman Khan

Brett T Harding

Tao Gu

Hideki Hayama

Masayuki Minakata

Daniel Popovici

Haruka Ona

Akiko Mimoto

Ekambaran Sambandan

Naoki Ban

Embodiments of the present invention include a filter element for decomposing contaminants including a substrate, and a photocatalytic composition comprising at least a photocatalyst and a co-catalyst. The embodiments of the present invention also includes a system for decomposing contaminants including a substrate, and a photocatalytic composition comprising at least a photocatalyst and a co-catalyst; and a method using the system.

Filter element for decomposing contaminants, system for decomposing contaminants and method using the system

A photocatalytic element including: a photocatalytic layer containing at least one photocatalytic material; and a light emitting source in optical communication with the photocatalytic material, the light emitting source disposed sufficiently proximal to the photocatalytic material to raise the surface temperature of at least some of the photocatalytic material to a temperature between 10&#xb0; C. and 90&#xb0; C. is provided.

Photocatalytic element

Methods for making photocatalyst compositions and elements exhibiting desired photocatalytic activity levels and transparency.

Transparent photocatalyst coating and methods of manufacturing the same

The present invention provides a photocatalytic composition comprising: a photocatalyst; and an adsorbent material.

Photocatalyst coating

Embodiments of the present invention include a filter element for decomposing contaminants including a substrate, and a photocatalytic composition comprising at least a photocatalyst. The embodiments of the present invention also includes a system for decomposing contaminants including a substrate, and a photocatalytic composition comprising at least a photocatalyst; and a method using the system.

There is provided a photocatalyst sheet comprising a base material and a photocatalyst layer containing at least a photocatalyst, wherein the photocatalyst layer is firmly adhered to the base material. In an embodiment, there is provided a photocatalyst sheet comprising a base material; and a photocatalyst layer that contains at least a photocatalyst, and is formed on at least one surface of the base material through an aerosol deposition method. This photocatalyst sheet has an excellent photocatalytic activity and an excellent adhesion.

Photocatalyst sheet

Photocatalyst compositions and elements exhibiting desired photocatalytic activity levels and transparency.

Transparent photocatalyst coating

The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising a substrate, an organic electroluminescent element, and a photocatalyst layer, wherein the organic electroluminescent element includes: a first conductive layer provided on the substrate; an organic electroluminescent layer provided on the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer provided on the organic electroluminescent layer, wherein the photocatalyst layer covers all or part of a light-emitting region of the organic electroluminescent element, and contains a photocatalyst and a co-catalyst, and wherein an absolute value of the difference (|R1&#x2212;R2|) between the refractive index (R1) of the photocatalyst and the refractive index (R2) of the co-catalyst at a wavelength of 589 nm is 0 to 0.35.

Organic electroluminescent device having a photocatalyst layer

A method for forming an oxide coated substrate comprising heating a pre-coating mixture in the presence of a substrate to synthesize an oxide coating on the substrate. The pre-coating mixture comprises a solubilized reducing additive, a solubilized oxidizing additive, and the substrate. The heating is conducted at a temperature sufficiently high enough to exothermically react the solubilized reducing additive and solubilized oxidizing additive and low enough to control the phase and composition of the oxide.

Method for forming an oxide coated substrate

Photocatalytic materials are described herein which include thin nanostructures. For example, the catalytic material can include a nanostructure that has a thin structure of a photocatalytic composition, wherein the thin structure is defined by a first surface and a second surface on opposite sides of the thin structure of the photocatalytic composition. The photocatalytic composition may include an inorganic compound, such as a titanium and/or stannous oxide. The first surface and a second surface may be relatively large as compared to the thickness of the thin structure, or the thickness of the nanostructure.

High surface area photocatalyst material and method of manufacture

Disclosed herein are titania photocatalysts, titania photocatalytic compositions, and methods of making the same. The photocatalysts may, for example, be represented by the formula of (TiM)(OCN), where M, r, x, are y defined in the specification. The photocatalysts may, in some embodiments, provide superior photocatalytic activity relative to titania. Also disclosed are methods making the photocatalysts. The method may provide economical techniques for obtaining the titania photocatalysts.

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Osaka, Japan

Takuya Fukumura