REACTION METHOD USING OXIDATION-REDUCTION REACTOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reaction method for performing oxidation and reduction with a high selectivity using an oxidation-reduction reactor without requiring the supply or replacement of a reducing agent and an oxidizing agent.

SOLUTION: The oxidation-reduction reactor, which is constituted of electrodes comprising a solid electrolyte comprising an oxygen ion conductor and at least an electron conductor, is used in oxidation-reduction reaction. In this reaction method, a reducing substance (R) is applied to a cathode to produce a reduced substance of AOx-y(0 < y ≤ x) by the oxidation-reduction reaction of an oxide AOxand the reducing substance (R) based on a reaction formula : AOx+ R → ROy+ AOx-yor an oxidizing substance (R'Ox) is applied to an anode to produce an oxide of AOxby the oxidation-reduction reaction of a compound A and the oxidizing substance (R'Ox) based on a reaction formula : A + R'Ox→ R'Ox-y+ AOy.

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