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Tago-Fujitsuka Lab
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The lab makes catalysts, follows reactions, and designs chemical processes.
AboutAbout the lab
Making catalysts and designing reaction pathways.
The Tago-Fujitsuka Lab studies the synthesis of functional materials, including solid catalysts, and the design of catalysts based on catalytic reaction engineering.
To address environmental and energy problems, the lab develops new materials and carries out analyses grounded in physical chemistry.
It also works on proposing and developing catalytic reaction processes that incorporate these materials.
The two pillars are research on improving the efficiency of petrochemical processes and research on putting biomass-related materials to use.
Key terms
- solid catalyst
- A solid material that makes reactions of surrounding substances proceed more easily without itself being changed
- zeolite
- A crystalline porous material with fine pores smaller than 1 nanometer arranged in a regular pattern
- catalytic reaction engineering
- The field that studies the rates of reactions occurring on catalysts and applies them to the design of reactors and processes
NewsLab news
Paper on a heat-resistant platinum-encapsulated zeolite catalyst published in an academic journal
A doctoral student received the Student Poster Presentation Award at the Catalysis Society meeting
Paper on a catalyst that produces hydrocarbons by hydrogenation of carbon dioxide published in an academic journal
Paper on a catalyst that promotes conversion of glucose to HMF published in an academic journal
Paper on a catalyst that produces 5-HMF from glucose published in an academic journal
ResearchResearch themes
Through catalytic reaction engineering and the development and design of catalyst materials, the lab works on catalytic reaction processes that improve the efficiency of petrochemical processes. It also conducts research on making effective use of biomass-related materials.
*Illustrative imageZeolite-encapsulated ultrafine metal particles
The lab is developing birdcage-type catalysts in which ultrafine metal particles a few nanometers in size are covered by zeolite crystals with pores smaller than 1 nanometer. Because the metal is fixed inside the crystal, high activity and thermal stability are expected.
*Illustrative imageCarbon-supported metal catalysts
Carbon supports have no active sites that cause unwanted reactions, so they are said to make it easier to promote only the target reaction. Using an ion-exchange resin carrying metal ions as a precursor, the lab prepares catalysts in which ultrafine metal particles 1 to 3 nanometers in diameter are fixed on porous carbon, and uses them in hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis of mixed metal oxide catalysts
Partial oxidation of olefins is one of the important reactions in petrochemical processes. For cobalt-bismuth-molybdenum mixed oxide catalysts that show high activity in this reaction, the lab clarifies the relationship between structure and activity through reaction kinetics analysis, and explores structures and preparation methods with higher performance.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Tago-Fujitsuka Lab are faculty, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and administrative assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorTeruoki TagoPublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorHiroyasu FujitsukaPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorKentaro KimuraPublications ↗
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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: “Altona Oil Refinery Victoria” Sgroey / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Zeolite-encapsulated ultrafine metal particles: “ZeolitesUSGOV” U.S. Geological Survey / Public domain (cropped)
- Carbon-supported metal catalysts: “Activated carbon A” Aariuser I / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Analysis of mixed metal oxide catalysts: “Acrolein-3D-balls” Ben Mills / Public domain (cropped)
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