Japan Science and Technology Agency

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Yangfan Lu

Hideo Hosono

Toshiharu Yokoyama

Masaaki Kitano

Yoshitake Toda

Jiang Li

Jiazhen Wu

Tomofumi Tada

Tiannan Ye

Yutong Gong

Provided are an intermetallic compound having high stability and high activity, and a catalyst using the same. A hydrogen storage/release material containing an intermetallic compound represented by formula (1): RTX . . . (1) wherein R represents a lanthanoid element, T represents a transition metal in period 4 or period 5 in the periodic table, and X represents Si, Al or Ge.

Intermetallic compound, hydrogen storage/release material, catalyst and method for producing ammonia

An electride, which is more stable and can be more easily obtained, is provided or is made available, and as a result, a catalyst particularly useful for chemical synthesis, in which the electride is particularly used, is provided. A transition metal-supporting intermetallic compound having a transition metal supported on an intermetallic compound represented by the following formula (1): AX. . . (1) wherein A represents a rare earth element, and X represents Si or Ge.

Transition-metal-supporting intermetallic compound, supported metallic catalyst, and ammonia producing method

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