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Yamada Lab
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An electrochemistry lab tackling energy problems through the development of electrolytes and catalysts.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring materials to store, convert, and use energy.
The Yamada Lab (Energy and Environmental Materials Research Group) focuses on the flow of storing, converting, and using energy, and studies materials and technologies that help solve environmental problems.
To make lithium-ion batteries higher-performing and safer, and to realize new secondary batteries that go beyond them, the lab develops new materials and reactions, centered on the electrolyte that carries ions between the positive and negative electrodes.
For fuel cells, the lab develops electrode catalysts that reduce the amount of precious metals used. It also works on Power-to-X devices that use electricity to synthesize high-value-added substances.
The lab also takes on establishing new theories that form the foundation of electrochemistry.
Key terms
- Electrolyte
- A liquid that carries ions between the positive and negative electrodes of a battery. In lithium-ion batteries, it is made by dissolving a lithium salt in an organic solvent
- Coordination state
- The way ions and solvent molecules are connected and arranged in an electrolyte
- Single-atom catalyst
- A catalyst that uses a metal in the form of individual single atoms
- Power-to-X
- Technology that uses electricity to synthesize high-value-added substances
NewsLab news
A student received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Electrochemical Society of Japan
Associate Professor Katayama received the FY2026 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Young Scientists' Prize
A master's student received the Poster Award at the 29th ISIR International Symposium
A master's student received the FY2025 Kansai Electrochemistry Encouragement Award
A master's student received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award from the Electrochemical Society of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
The lab focuses on each stage of storing, converting, and using energy, and aims to develop materials and technologies that help solve environmental problems. While exploring the unknown functions and properties of electrolytes and catalysts, it works on developing innovative devices.
*Illustrative imageNext-generation secondary batteries and electrolytes
Using an original design that tunes how ions and solvent molecules are connected (the coordination state), the lab develops new electrolytes and reactions suited to high-voltage, high-capacity batteries. It also works on new aqueous secondary batteries and on analyzing reaction mechanisms for fast charging and discharging.
*Illustrative imageFuel cells with single-atom catalysts
The lab is working to make the Pt catalysts used in fuel cells even smaller, ultimately down to single atoms (single-atom catalysts). By housing metal in two-dimensional nanospaces to suppress aggregation, it aims to realize low-cost, high-efficiency fuel cells.
*Illustrative imageMaking next-generation fuels with electricity
The lab develops the foundational technology for electrolysis devices that produce next-generation fuels from water, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen using electricity. In addition to developing catalysts and electrolytes based on reaction mechanisms, it works to open up new electrochemical reactions using the nano reaction fields of layered MnO2.
*Illustrative imageNew theory and new fields of study in electrochemistry
The lab is working to establish new theories for the chemistry and electrochemistry of liquid materials, including electrolytes with high salt concentrations. It aims to develop methods to visualize, at the atomic level, the reactions that occur at the boundary (interface) between an electrode and an electrolyte, and to actively control that interface.
MembersFaculty
The Yamada Lab consists of faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and administrative assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorYuki Yamada
- Associate ProfessorYu Katayama
- Assistant ProfessorYasuyuki Kondo
- Assistant ProfessorYuta Takaoka
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Philips BT6000A-12 - Lithium Ion Battery ICR” Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Next-generation secondary batteries and electrolytes: “Lithium-ion coin cell batteries in laboratory testing fixture” Chingo K / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Fuel cells with single-atom catalysts: “Platinum crystals” Periodictableru / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Making next-generation fuels with electricity: “Electrolysis Apparatus” Ivan Akira / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- New theory and new fields of study in electrochemistry: “EQCM1” Ruoha Zhao / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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