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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2003
Koichi Niihara, Osaka, JP;
Tadachika Nakayama, Osaka, JP;
Jun Hasegawa, Kariya, JP;
Miho Ito, Kariya, JP;
Koichi Niihara, Osaka, JP;
Tadachika Nakayama, Osaka, JP;
Jun Hasegawa, Kariya, JP;
Miho Ito, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A catalyst assembly comprising a substrate, nanofilaments which have a nanometer-size diameter and are formed on the substrate, and particles which have a nanometer-size diameter, at least one of the nanofilaments and the particles having a catalytic function, is provided to use a catalyst more efficiently and to provide a catalytic function more efficiently. Interstices between the nanofilaments serve as distribution channels of a reactive gas, and the reactive gas spreads sufficiently not only around the ends of nanofilaments but also inside a catalyst assembly. A combination of nanofilaments and particles enables dispersion of a catalyst at a distance of not more than about 100 nanometers.