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[15p-PB2-47]Potential for Enhanced Efficiency of Deuterium–Tritium Muon-Catalyzed Fusion Reactions on an Electrolysis Platform Employing Palladium Cathodes
〇Yuko S Yamamoto1, Tamitake Itoh2 (1.JAIST, 2.AIST)
Keywords:
Muon-catalyzed fusion
Muon-catalyzed fusion is regarded as a promising next-generation nuclear energy source, but practical implementation requires the output energy to exceed the input energy. The key challenges are: (1) the significant energy burden associated with achieving high hydrogen isotope density under extremely low-temperature and high-pressure conditions, and (2) the loss of muons from the catalytic cycle when they attach to helium. To address challenge (1), we propose an electrolysis approach using a palladium cathode to achieve hydrogen densities comparable to liquid hydrogen under near-ambient conditions.