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Interfacial Electrochemistry Lab
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A lab that uses the power of electrochemistry to create metal surfaces and battery materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Electrochemistry for environmental and energy challenges.
The Interfacial Electrochemistry Lab conducts research based on electrochemistry to solve problems of the environment, energy, and resources.
Using anodization, an electrochemical technique, the lab creates fine structures on metal surfaces and produces surfaces that repel water and oil stains.
In the field of batteries, the lab develops solid ceramic materials that conduct protons and oxygen efficiently, and works on building cells for high-efficiency fuel cells.
The lab also designs nanomaterials such as nanosheets and nanoparticles, and is advancing research on producing hydrogen by water electrolysis.
Key terms
- Electrochemistry
- Electrochemistry: the field of chemistry that deals with the relationship between the flow of electricity and chemical reactions between substances
- Anodization
- Anodization: a treatment in which a metal is used as the anode in electrolysis to form an oxide film on its surface. Also called anodic oxidation
- Nanosheet
- Nanosheet: a paper-thin, plate-shaped material only a few atoms thick
NewsLab news
A doctoral student's paper was selected for the cover of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A
A student received a Poster Award at a seminar of the Hokkaido Branch of the Electrochemical Society of Japan
A master's student received a Young Presenter Encouragement Award at Materials and Environment 2026
The lab held a lab tour for students expected to join the lab in the new academic year
ResearchResearch themes
Using electrochemistry as a tool, the lab works on efficient methods of hydrogen production and on high-performance, long-lasting batteries and capacitors. It combines surface treatment techniques to create new material surfaces, and also develops its own measurement methods for investigating reactions that occur at interfaces.
*Illustrative imageCreating liquid-repellent surfaces
The lab creates nano-sized structures on metal surfaces to produce superliquid-repellent surfaces that repel water and oil. This research leads to surfaces that resist stains, like anti-fouling coatings.
*Illustrative imageFunctional thin films by anodization
Using anodization, an electrochemical technique, the lab forms thin films on metal surfaces and investigates how those films form. The aim is material surfaces with high corrosion resistance or photocatalytic activity.
*Illustrative imageNext-generation fuel cell and storage battery materials
The lab develops solid ceramic materials that efficiently conduct protons, hydrides, and oxygen, and builds cells that can run high-efficiency fuel cells.
*Illustrative imageElectrocatalysts from nanosheets and nanoparticles
The lab makes electrocatalysts by controlling nanosheets and nanoparticles down to the atomic level, and works on efficiently obtaining hydrogen gas through water electrolysis.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Interfacial Electrochemistry Lab are faculty members, students at the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate levels, a secretary, and technical assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorHiroki Habazaki
- Associate ProfessorKoji Fushimi
- Project Associate ProfessorSho Kitano
- Assistant ProfessorMana Iwai
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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: “The army of titanium dioxide nanotubes” Robert Kamalov, Irina Dorosheva, Alexander Vokhmintsev, Ilya Weinstein / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Creating liquid-repellent surfaces: “Superhydrophobic surface” Galiya Magazova / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Functional thin films by anodization: “Anodized titanium (detail) - c” Mauro Cateb / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Next-generation fuel cell and storage battery materials: “Apollo SM fuel cell” James Humphreys - SalopianJames / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Electrocatalysts from nanosheets and nanoparticles: “Hydrogen electrolyser - Science Museum, London” The wub / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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