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Hydrogen Utilization Process Lab
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A materials and process lab working toward a hydrogen energy society, with fuel cells at its core.
AboutAbout the lab
Aiming for a hydrogen society, with fuel cells at its core
The Hydrogen Utilization Process Lab studies materials and processes for fuel cells and related hydrogen systems, aiming to realize a hydrogen energy society with fuel cells at its core.
The lab aims to solve challenges such as developing new materials, clarifying mechanisms, establishing guidelines for system design, and improving durability.
The lab has a setup that allows it to carry out the full range of research, from material preparation and cell fabrication to evaluation of electrochemical properties and observation of microstructures.
People from a wide range of academic backgrounds are welcome, including mechanical engineering, electrochemistry, materials engineering, chemistry, energy science, and systems engineering.
Key terms
- Fuel cell
- A device that converts energy without combustion to produce electricity and heat. The lab studies it as the core of a hydrogen energy society
- Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)
- A type of next-generation fuel cell that can flexibly use a wide variety of fuels
- Electrocatalyst
- A material used in the electrodes of a fuel cell. This lab works on developing highly durable ones
ResearchResearch themes
The Hydrogen Utilization Process Lab aims to realize an environmentally friendly hydrogen energy society with fuel cells at its core. It tackles challenges such as developing new materials, clarifying mechanisms and processes, establishing system design guidelines, and improving durability, through an integrated line of research that runs from material preparation and cell fabrication to evaluation of electrochemical properties, microstructure observation, and process simulation.
*Illustrative imageNext-generation electrodes and processes for PEFCs
For polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs), the lab develops new high-performance, highly durable electrocatalysts and works on material design guidelines starting from the catalyst support. Its results include electrocatalysts using oxide supports, which fundamentally solve the problem of carbon corrosion.
*Illustrative imageElectrode materials and processes for SOFCs
Aiming at the practical use of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), the lab develops high-performance, highly durable cells while clarifying reaction processes and thermodynamic stability in the cells. It is involved in a national project (NEDO), including research on long-term durability, and in international joint research with MIT aims to develop reversible cells capable of both fuel cell power generation and steam electrolysis.
*Illustrative imageMetal-supported SOFC cells
Aiming for SOFC cells that are highly robust against thermal shock and fuel starvation, the lab researches and develops cell materials and structures for metal-supported SOFCs that use heat-resistant stainless steel as the support.
*Illustrative imageAtomic-level design of fuel cells
Aiming to establish "hydrogen utilization engineering" for hydrogen utilization systems, the lab covers defect chemistry and solid-state electrochemistry at the atomic, electronic, and molecular levels, through to thermodynamics, mass transport, and electrode processes. It is also developing evaluation methods such as electrochemical measurement, microscopy, three-dimensional microstructure observation, and accelerated testing.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Hydrogen Utilization Process Lab are faculty, senior technical specialists, academic researchers, technical staff, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Vice President / Chief ProfessorKazunari Sasaki
- ProfessorMasamichi Nishihara
- ProfessorShunsuke Taniguchi
- ProfessorJunko Matsuda
- Associate ProfessorYuya Tachikawa
- Assistant ProfessorMasahiro Yasutake
- Assistant ProfessorShiun Noda
- Assistant ProfessorMoritz Lukas WEBER
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles at ITM Power Hydrogen Station” Bexim / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Next-generation electrodes and processes for PEFCs: “Microbial fuel cell stack that converts urine into electricity ( )” SuSanA Secretariat / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Electrode materials and processes for SOFCs: “SOFC” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Metal-supported SOFC cells: “Metal foam - big porosity” Blanchet matthieu / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Atomic-level design of fuel cells: “Histidin (space-filling model)” Cube26 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (〈Polymer Electrolyte Materials Lab〉): “Solid-polymeric-foam” Giovanna Canu, Eva Santini / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Polymer Electrolyte Materials Lab (Masamichi Nishihara)): “PEM Fuel Cell (Arabic)” Ciphers / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Electrode Materials and Porous Transport Layers Lab): “Arc welding electrodes and electrode holder.triddle” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Electrode Materials and Porous Diffusion Layers Lab (Masahiro Yasutake)): “Cell” 473SHRUTHI V / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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