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Environmental Materials Lab
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A lab that uses electrochemistry to tackle metal corrosion and hydrogen energy.
AboutAbout the lab
Environmentally friendly materials, through electrochemistry.
The Environmental Materials Lab studies environmentally friendly materials from many angles, with electrochemistry at the core.
Its main themes are corrosion and corrosion protection of metallic materials used in bridges and buildings, plating of aluminum alloys, and battery regeneration technology.
The lab also works on research related to hydrogen energy, such as water electrolysis, which splits water to produce hydrogen, and fuel cells.
Using atomic force microscopy and laser light, the lab observes reactions occurring at the nanoscale in situ.
Key terms
- Corrosion
- Corrosion: the process in which a metal reacts with surrounding substances and rusts or deteriorates.
- Water electrolysis
- Water electrolysis: splitting water with an electric current to obtain hydrogen and oxygen.
- Atomic force microscope
- Atomic force microscope: a microscope that traces a surface with a very fine tip to measure nanoscale bumps and dips.
NewsLab news
A paper by a doctoral student was selected as an Editor's Choice 2026 article in Electrochimica Acta
A paper by a doctoral student received an award from Electrochemical Science Advances
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies environmentally friendly materials from many angles, including corrosion and corrosion protection of metallic materials, plating of aluminum alloys, development of battery regeneration technology, and hydrogen energy research such as water electrolysis and fuel cells.
*Illustrative imageCorrosion Protection Technology for Longer-Lasting Metals
To make metallic materials used in bridges and buildings last longer, the lab investigates how steel materials corrode and studies techniques for plating them with corrosion-resistant materials.
*Illustrative imageCirculation of Resources and Energy
As future sources of electrical energy, the lab studies a new type of battery using aluminum (the aluminum-chlorine battery) and alkaline oxygen-hydrogen fuel cells that do not use rare metals such as platinum.
*Illustrative imageWatching Nanoscale Reactions In Situ
Using the tiny tip of an atomic force microscope and a laser interference microscope, the lab observes reactions occurring at the nanoscale in real time. This leads to the development of batteries that withstand cold and last a long time.
*Illustrative imageHydrogen Energy for the Near Future
The lab uses water electrolysis and fuel cells to take on the separation and enrichment of hydrogen isotopes, the fuel for nuclear fusion, which is expected to be the power plant of the next generation. It also studies hydrogen energy systems for use in space and carbon dioxide capture.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Environmental Materials Lab are faculty members, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, researchers, and administrative staff.As of 2026
- ProfessorMikito Ueda
- Associate ProfessorHisayoshi Matsushima
- Assistant ProfessorTakehiko Kumagai
- Assistant ProfessorTakuto Miyashita
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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: “Anode effect steel” Александр Наумов / Public domain (cropped)
- Corrosion Protection Technology for Longer-Lasting Metals: “Electrode protecting a screw” Rémi Kaupp / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Circulation of Resources and Energy: “Aluminium for recycling” Mauro Cateb / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Watching Nanoscale Reactions In Situ: “Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) tip attached to a tuning fork” Dinesh.dhankhar / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Hydrogen Energy for the Near Future: “U.S. Department of Energy - Science - )” U.S. Department of Energy from United States / Public domain (cropped)
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