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Sato-Yamaguchi Lab
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The lab supports devices that generate and store energy, starting from the strength of materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Supporting generation and storage, starting from material strength.
The Sato-Yamaguchi Lab studies "energy circulation systems" for achieving carbon neutrality.
Using mechanics of materials and strength of materials as its academic foundation, the lab works on fuel cells that generate electricity from hydrogen and batteries that store electricity.
It is also developing electrolysis cells that produce hydrogen from steam and all-solid-state batteries for use in space.
The lab is also developing evaluation techniques for battery materials, which are essential for bringing new batteries into practical use quickly.
Key terms
- Solid oxide fuel cell
- A device that generates electricity from hydrogen. It is highly efficient and has the advantage of not using noble metal catalysts
- Solid oxide electrolysis cell
- An electrolysis device that produces hydrogen from steam. For practical use, establishing the mechanical reliability of the cell is a challenge
- All-solid-state battery
- A battery in which the liquid electrolyte is replaced with a solid one. It has advantages in safety, voltage, and capacity
NewsLab news
A paper on the development of space batteries is published in Energy Storage Materials
A paper with a doctoral student as first author is published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Assistant Professor Mina Yamaguchi joins the lab
A paper with a doctoral student as first author is published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
A paper from the lab is published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
ResearchResearch themes
Using mechanics of materials and strength of materials as its academic foundation, the lab studies "energy circulation systems" for achieving carbon neutrality. It works on fuel cells that generate electricity from hydrogen, electrolysis cells that produce hydrogen from steam, and all-solid-state batteries that store electricity, and it is also developing evaluation techniques for battery materials.
*Illustrative imageGenerating electricity from hydrogen
A solid oxide fuel cell is a device that generates electricity from hydrogen. In addition to its high efficiency, it has the advantage of not requiring noble metal catalysts, and it is expected to become a next-generation energy device.
*Illustrative imageProducing hydrogen from steam
A solid oxide electrolysis cell is an electrolysis device that produces hydrogen from steam. For practical use, an important challenge is how to establish the mechanical reliability of the cell.
*Illustrative imageBatteries with a solid electrolyte
Today's lithium-ion batteries use a liquid electrolyte. By replacing it with a solid electrolyte, it is possible to realize batteries that are safer and have higher voltage and capacity.
*Illustrative imageBatteries for use in space
Space is a harsh environment, with a vacuum and extreme differences in temperature. The lab is developing all-solid-state batteries that can supply power stably over long periods even in such an environment.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Sato-Yamaguchi Lab are faculty members, academic researchers, project researchers, and affiliated researchers, technical assistants, and students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs.As of 2026
- ProfessorKazuhisa Sato
- Assistant ProfessorMina Yamaguchi
- Project ProfessorYoshihito Ozawa
- Project Assistant ProfessorYihui Huang
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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: “Battery researcher” Altynay N Zhumabekova / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Generating electricity from hydrogen: “Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles at ITM Power Hydrogen Station” Bexim / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Producing hydrogen from steam: “Hydrogen electrolyser - Science Museum, London” The wub / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Batteries with a solid electrolyte: “Lithium Ion Battery Cell - Cylindrical Cell, Prismatic Cell, Pouch Cell” CRBAman / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Batteries for use in space: “One of five THEMIS satellites undergoes a solar array test” Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller / Public domain (cropped)
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