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Kono Lab (Hydrogen Energy)
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The lab studies how to produce hydrogen from renewable energy, then store it and put it to use.
AboutAbout the lab
The future of hydrogen: make it, store it, use it
Kono Lab researches hydrogen energy as a means of achieving carbon neutrality.
The lab develops hydrogen energy systems that use renewable energy to produce hydrogen, then store and use it.
It also works on regionally distributed energy systems that combine renewable energy, hydrogen, and storage batteries.
The lab is also developing hydrogen storage alloys that can store hydrogen safely, as well as a new type of hydrogen storage battery.
Key terms
- Carbon neutrality
- Balancing greenhouse gas emissions with the amount removed, so that net emissions are effectively zero
- Hydrogen storage alloy
- A metal that can absorb and release hydrogen. It can store hydrogen safely at a higher density than liquid hydrogen
- Energy management system
- A system that looks at the whole process of generating, storing, and using electricity, and combines and operates these elements without waste
NewsLab news
Developed a "battery × hydrogen" control technology that lowers hydrogen production costs by using surplus renewable energy
Prof. Kono receives the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Research Category)
ResearchResearch themes
Achieving a carbon-neutral society by 2050 requires the large-scale deployment of renewable energy, but this creates challenges such as grid stabilization and unused electricity. The lab studies hydrogen energy, which is a key solution to these problems and which is also needed for early practical use from the standpoint of energy security.
*Illustrative imageHydrogen Energy Systems Based on Renewable Energy
The lab develops systems that use renewable energy to produce hydrogen, then store and use it. Aiming at regionally distributed energy systems that combine renewable energy, hydrogen, and storage batteries, it is building an integrated energy management system that also draws on AI forecasting technology.
*Illustrative imageHigh-Capacity Hydrogen Storage Materials and Hydrogen Storage Batteries
Hydrogen storage alloys are materials that can store hydrogen safely at a higher density than liquid hydrogen. They are used in stationary tanks and in the nickel-metal hydride batteries installed in hybrid vehicles and other cars. The lab is researching ternary alloys that would further improve the performance of the La-Mg-Ni superlattice alloys it has developed so far, and is also developing a new type of hydrogen storage battery.
MembersFaculty
The members of Kono Lab include faculty, advisors, project researchers, collaborative researchers, project specialists and project professional staff, secretaries, and doctoral students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTatsuoki Kono
- Project Assistant ProfessorNobuyoshi Yamaguchi
- Project Assistant ProfessorCamila Nicole Bonacina
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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: “Electrolyser, front, A” CambridgeBayWeather / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Hydrogen Energy Systems Based on Renewable Energy: “Amenities photovoltaic power station 1” Qurren / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage Materials and Hydrogen Storage Batteries: “Tally T7110 - Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery-0411” Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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