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Evaluation Instruments for
Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy for Building a Sustainable Society
Shimadzu offers solutions that contribute to next-generation energy technologies for achieving a sustainable society. These
technologies include biorefineries to produce fuel or chemical raw materials from microalgae, artificial photosynthesis to create
hydrogen or organic matter from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide using a photocatalytic reaction based on the photosynthesis
system of plants, and zero carbon dioxide emission fuel cells or hydrogen electric generation.

Field Manufacturing Process and Components Shimadzu Products
Monitoring quantities of algae cells and generated organic matter TOC, UV, Balances
Analysis of generated oils/fats and hydrocarbons GCMS, LCMS, HPLC
Algal Biomass
Cell surface hardness and particle size distribution SPM, SALD
Qualitative–quantitative analysis of purified substances GCMS, LCMS, HPLC, Balances
Evaluation of heterogeneous photocatalysts UV, XPS, FTIR, SPM
Photocatalysts Evaluation of homogeneous photocatalysts UV, LCMS, FTIR
and Artificial
Photosynthesis Evaluation of reaction products GC, HPLC
Isotopic evaluation of reaction mechanisms GCMS

Energy Carriers Analysis of impurities in hydrogen GC, GCMS
(hydrogen energy) Evaluation of synthetic or reforming catalysts UV, XPS, FTIR, SPM
Catalyst layers EDX, FTIR, XPS
Supported carbons Particle size analyzers, Balances
Fuel Cells Membrane electrode assemblies (MEA) X-ray CT system, EPMA
(Solid PEFC)
Electrolytes Thermal analyzers, SPM, Micro hardness tester, Tensile tester,
Fatigue tester
Electrolyte membrane degradation components in generated water Ion chromatograph, LCMS

Algal Biomass Photocatalysts and Artificial Photosynthesis
Fuel Cells Energy Carriers

UV-1900i P. 33 IRXross P. 36 EDX-7200 P. 40 SPM-Nanoa P. 43
UV-VIS Fourier Transform Infrared Energy Dispersive X-ray Scanning Probe Microscope/
Spectrophotometer Spectrophotometer Fluorescence Spectrometer Atomic Force Microscope

LCMS-8060NX P. 19 GCMS-QP2020 NX P. 24 Nexis GC-2030 P. 14
Liquid Chromatograph Gas Chromatograph Gas Chromatograph
Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Mass Spectrometer

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