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Ryoko Suzuki1 , Mitsuhito Sudo1 , Megumi Hirano2 , Naokazu Idota<sup>3</sup> , Masashi Kunitake4 , Taisei Nishimi5 and Yoshiyuki Sugahara1,6\*

1 Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

2 Technical Division, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

3 Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan

4 Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

5 Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process (ARPChem), Tokyo, Japan

6 Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Science and Technology, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

\*Address all correspondence to: ys6546@y.waseda.jp

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