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Nishibayashi Lab
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A lab that makes ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen using molecular catalysts.
AboutAbout the lab
Freely designing coordination complex catalysts to discover unprecedented reactions.
The Nishibayashi Lab uses catalyst technology to research how to create new energy resources.
In particular, it develops catalysts for "nitrogen fixation," which produces ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen.
Ammonia is expected to be a new energy resource that emits only water and nitrogen when used.
This is an experimental chemistry lab where students "make molecules" by hand, and it provides instruction in experiments from scratch.
Key terms
- Nitrogen fixation
- A reaction that converts nitrogen in the air into easy-to-use compounds such as ammonia
- Molecular catalyst
- A catalyst that functions as individual molecules. Its structure can be designed at the molecular level, as with metal complexes
- Coordination complex
- A compound in which other molecules or ions are bound around a metal atom or ion
NewsLab news
Assistant Professor Suginome received a presentation award at the American Chemical Society Fall Meeting
A master's student was selected as a MERIT-WINGS course student
A paper from joint research with another lab was accepted by Dalton Transactions
A student received a poster award at the Summer School of the Young Organometallic Chemists' Meeting
A paper by a Lecturer and a master's student was accepted by Chemical Science
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to convert renewable energy into the energy of matter, creating new energy "resources" that can be widely used in society, and to build new social systems that use them. Centered on catalyst technology, it develops catalysts for turning ammonia into a resource, as well as chemical reactions that are efficient in terms of resources and energy.
*Illustrative imageCreating New Energy Resources
To use renewable energy such as solar and wind power efficiently, the lab aims to convert that energy into the energy of matter and create new energy "resources" that can be widely used in society.
*Illustrative imageCatalysts for Making Ammonia
Ammonia, which can be made from atmospheric nitrogen, is expected to be a new energy resource. The lab designs nitrogen complexes as molecular catalysts and develops ammonia synthesis reactions that proceed under mild conditions of ambient temperature and pressure.
*Illustrative imageCatalytic Reactions from the Perspective of Resources and Energy
Plastics, pharmaceuticals, and other products are made through a series of catalytic chemical reactions. Using catalyst technology, the lab develops chemical reactions that are more efficient in terms of resources and energy and that will shape the future.
MembersFaculty
The Nishibayashi Lab consists of faculty, joint research fellows, a secretary, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoshiaki NishibayashiPublications ↗
- Project Chief Researcher荒芝 和也
- LecturerYasuomi YamazakiPublications ↗
- Project LecturerYoshiaki TanabePublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorShun SuginomePublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorTakahiro NakamaPublications ↗
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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: “Deutsches Chemie-Museum Merseburg, Ammoniak-Synthesekammer (2014)” Reinhard Ferdinand / CC0 (cropped)
- Creating New Energy Resources: “Wind turbine and solar panels - geograph.org.uk - 6529328” Philip Jeffrey / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Catalysts for Making Ammonia: “Ammonia-3D-balls-A” Ben Mills / Public domain (cropped)
- Catalytic Reactions from the Perspective of Resources and Energy: “Plastic pellets for injection molding” Teemeah / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Suzuki-Yamashita Lab): “Alfa-Keggin” Quimiprof / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sunada Lab): “(Cp'3Sm)2(bpy) crystals” Brian N. Long, María J. Beltrán-Leíva, Joseph M. Sperling, Todd N. Poe, Cristian Celis-Barros & Thomas E. Albrecht-Schönzart / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Yamaguchi Lab): “Manganese-dioxide-sample” Benjah-bmm27 / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Functional Coordination Chemistry Lab (Ishii Lab)): “Phthalocyanine-3D-balls” Jynto (talk) / CC0 (cropped)
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