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Kimura Lab
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A lab that turns wasted heat into electricity and develops metals that stay strong at high temperatures.
AboutAbout the lab
Giving new value to wasted heat.
The Kimura Lab studies metallic materials that contribute to the efficient use of energy.
Its main targets are thermoelectric materials, which convert wasted heat into electricity, and heat-resistant materials used in high-temperature environments.
By gaining a deep understanding of the relationship between a material's microstructure and its properties, the lab aims to design materials that deliver higher performance and help build a sustainable society.
By designing how atoms are arranged and which phases form inside a material, the lab works to achieve both strength and fracture resistance.
Key terms
- Thermoelectric materials
- Materials that can generate electricity from a temperature difference, or create a temperature difference when an electric current is passed through them
- Heat-resistant materials
- Materials that keep their strength at high temperatures and resist deformation even after long use
- Microstructure
- The internal structure of a material that can be seen under a microscope, such as the size and arrangement of crystals and precipitated phases
ResearchResearch themes
By making use of unused heat and developing materials that work in high-temperature environments, the lab aims to improve energy efficiency and realize a sustainable society. Its research rests on two pillars: thermoelectric materials, which recover energy lost as heat in the form of electricity, and heat-resistant materials, which perform well at high temperatures.
*Illustrative imageThermoelectric Materials
These are materials that can extract electricity even from small temperature differences, such as factory waste heat, car engines, or human body heat. For environmentally friendly materials such as Half-Heusler compounds, β-FeSi₂, and Mg₂Si, the lab controls the electronic structure and microstructure, aiming to efficiently convert waste heat at several hundred degrees Celsius into electricity.
*Illustrative imageHeat-Resistant Materials
In power plant gas turbines and aircraft engines, materials are used at high temperatures ranging from several hundred degrees Celsius to nearly 1,000°C. To satisfy the requirements of being strong at high temperatures, resistant to fracture, and resistant to deformation over long periods all at once, the lab designs the arrangement of atoms and the phases that precipitate.
MembersFaculty
The Kimura Lab's members consist of faculty, doctoral students, master's students, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoshisato KimuraPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorYixun WangPublications ↗
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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: “Axial compressor rotor of a gas turbine, Deutsches Museum” Wilfredor / CC0 (cropped)
- Thermoelectric Materials: “New Horizon’s Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (nh-1280)” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Heat-Resistant Materials: “Tumansky R-11 cutaway 04” VargaA / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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小林研究室): “Gas Turbine 4” Pro-Per Energy Services / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) - Related lab (史・春本研究室): “Magnetic domains of non oriented silicon or electrical steel” Matesy / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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