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Polymer Electrolyte Materials Lab (Masamichi Nishihara)
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A lab that develops polymer materials for use in fuel cells and water electrolysis.
AboutAbout the lab
Developing polymer materials for next-generation hydrogen energy devices.
The Nishihara Lab develops polymer materials for fuel cells and water electrolysis, which are next-generation hydrogen energy devices.
Focusing on the gas permeability of electrolyte materials, the lab studies membranes that improve durability and materials that improve power generation performance.
The lab also works on carbon materials that store hydrogen and on physical models that describe the behavior of fuel cells and water electrolysis.
Members come from a variety of backgrounds, including chemistry, physics, materials, and mechanical engineering, and carry out research across fields.
Key terms
- fuel cell
- A type of hydrogen energy device. This lab studies electrolyte materials for polymer electrolyte fuel cells.
- gas barrier properties
- The property of resisting the passage of gas. This lab studies it in order to improve the chemical durability of electrolyte membranes.
- ionomer
- A polymer electrolyte used in the catalyst layer. This lab works on ionomers that let gas pass through easily.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to develop polymer materials for application to fuel cells and water electrolysis, which are hydrogen energy devices. It studies the tuning of gas permeability in electrolyte membranes and ionomers, carbon materials for hydrogen storage, and physical models of the devices.
*Illustrative imageGas-Barrier Electrolyte Membranes
The lab aims to improve the gas barrier properties of electrolyte membranes in order to raise chemical durability and power generation performance. The idea is to increase durability by suppressing the formation of radicals.
*Illustrative imageGas-Permeable Ionomers
The lab aims to improve power generation performance by using polymer electrolytes with high gas permeability in the catalyst layer. The idea is that better gas transport improves the performance of the fuel cell.
*Illustrative imageCarbon Materials for Hydrogen Storage
Using the property of hydrogen adsorbing onto carbon materials, the lab develops materials that can store hydrogen efficiently. This is joint research with Prof. Rice of the University of Strathclyde in the UK.
Physical Models of Fuel Cells and Water Electrolysis
The lab builds physical models that describe the various phenomena occurring in fuel cells and water electrolysis, and applies them to materials development. This is joint research with companies and with Prof. Ismail of the University of Hull in the UK.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Nishihara Lab are faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and doctoral and master's students.
- ProfessorMasamichi Nishihara
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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: “PEM Fuel Cell (Arabic)” Ciphers / Public domain (cropped)
- Gas-Barrier Electrolyte Membranes: “Cell membrane 23 -- Smart-Servier” Laboratoires Servier / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Gas-Permeable Ionomers: “Ionic polymer-metal composites” Chapulinaaa / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Carbon Materials for Hydrogen Storage: “Activated carbon A” Aariuser I / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (〈Polymer Electrolyte Materials Lab〉): “Solid-polymeric-foam” Giovanna Canu, Eva Santini / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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