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Kondo Lab
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The lab creates new metal complex catalysts by harnessing the power of molecular assembly.
AboutAbout the lab
Innovative catalysts born from molecular assembly
The Kondo Lab studies how to use the power of molecular "assembly" to create unprecedented metal complex catalyst materials.
Many useful compounds that support daily life are made through catalytic chemistry.
Its challenges are to greatly improve reaction efficiency, to create catalytic reactions based on new principles, and to understand reaction mechanisms in detail.
Its targets are artificial photosynthesis reactions such as water oxidation and carbon dioxide reduction, and reactions that convert organic compounds into other substances.
Key terms
- Metal complex
- A compound formed when organic molecules and other species bind around a metal ion. Many act as catalysts that assist reactions.
- Catalyst
- A substance that speeds up or facilitates a chemical reaction without being changed itself.
- Artificial photosynthesis
- Research on using artificial materials to carry out reactions that produce useful substances from water and carbon dioxide, as plant photosynthesis does.
- Active site
- The part of a catalyst where the chemical reaction actually takes place.
NewsLab news
Master's and doctoral students won the Excellent Poster Award at the Summer School of the Young Coordination Chemists' Group
A doctoral student won the Excellent Presentation Award, among other awards, at the Summer School of the Young Coordination Chemists' Group
A doctoral student's paper accepted by Inorg. Chem. Front.
A doctoral student's paper selected for the cover art of Chem. Sci.
A doctoral student's paper accepted by Chem. Sci.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab advances catalytic chemistry, which produces substances essential to daily life, through the power of molecular "assembly." Its goal is to produce high-performance catalysts by assembling metal complexes and combining various functions in a single material.
*Illustrative imageCombining an "active site" with a "reaction field"
The lab developed "framework catalysts," in which metal complexes with active sites are arranged and combined with a reaction field that captures the reacting molecules. They efficiently drive diverse reactions, including carbon dioxide reduction in water.
*Illustrative imageCombining an "active site" with a "charge-transfer site"
Following the example of natural metalloenzymes, the lab makes catalysts with a built-in mechanism for carrying charge around the active site. It showed that a polymer-type material assembled from complexes works well as a catalyst for generating oxygen.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Kondo Lab consist of faculty, secretaries, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKondo MioPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorKento KosugiPublications ↗
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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: “Vaccuum line IMG 20230205” Jonathansammy / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Combining an "active site" with a "reaction field": “Iron-based Metal-organic Framework ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- Combining an "active site" with a "charge-transfer site": “Mn of OEC in PSII” Marco Carraro / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (前田研究室): “U.S. Department of Energy - Science - )” U.S. Department of Energy from United States / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (豊田研究室): “Anthracen” H. H. W. Preuß / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (川口研究室): “Double vac line front view” Polimerek / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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