APPLICATIONS

The 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant accident was a hydrogen explosion caused by concentrated hydrogen inside a power plant cut off by the tsunami. QuantumCat catalysts can be used to eliminate the generated hydrogen, by converting it at low concentrations to water, even during power failures, thus providing a new solution to fundamentally block hydrogen explosions.

Fuel cells produce electricity by oxidizing the hydrogen fuel supplied. But the existing platinum metal catalysts used in hydrogen fuel cells requires temperatures above 60 °C, thus, making it difficult to be used in extreme environments. Additionally, the performance is continuously degraded by the small amount of carbon monoxide contained in hydrogen. QuantumCat catalysts can oxidize hydrogen at 25°C, operating at low temperatures and also immediately
removing the carbon monoxide, hence serving the dual purpose.

The petrochemical industry, which produces a variety of chemicals from petroleum, is based on more than 90 percent catalysts. Most of these catalysts operate at high temperatures, but using QuantumCat catalysts that operate at low temperatures can help reduce energy use and reduce costs, thereby helping to secure national competitiveness in the petrochemical industry.