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Energy Process Engineering Lab
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From solar cells to space, advancing energy technology with computation and AI.
AboutAbout the lab
Solving resource and environmental problems with technology
The Energy Process Engineering Lab develops energy technologies that help solve resource and environmental problems.
Targeting energy materials, semiconductor materials, and manufacturing processes, the lab makes use of computer simulation and AI.
Covering everything from fluids to solids and from the nanoscale to the macroscale, the lab uses first-principles calculation, machine learning, and statistical physics to explain phenomena.
The lab aims to achieve an integrated approach, from materials design to the optimization of manufacturing processes.
Key terms
- First-principles calculation
- A method of calculating the properties of materials from the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics, without relying on experimental values
- Hydrogen storage
- A technology for storing hydrogen, an energy carrier, by absorbing it into metals or other materials
- Polymer melt
- The state of a polymer such as plastic when melted by heat, which is its form during molding
NewsLab news
Paper on the search for solar cell materials published in J. Appl. Phys.
Paper on predicting the critical temperature of superconductors published in APL Mach. Learn.
An undergraduate student received the Yoshida Graduation Research/Thesis Award
Paper on high-entropy alloys published in Mater. Trans.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab develops technologies that help solve resource and environmental problems, such as generating natural and renewable energy and using energy efficiently. Its research looks ahead to advanced technologies that will support future society, including solar cells, hydrogen storage, nuclear fusion, devices for space, and functional polymers.
*Illustrative imageLow-Cost, High-Efficiency Solar Cells
To make solar cells widely adopted, their power generation efficiency must be raised significantly and their cost lowered. The lab uses AI to discover new materials and explores low-cost fabrication methods as well as new operating principles and cell structures.
*Illustrative imageStoring Hydrogen Quickly
Metal nanostructures that can store large amounts of hydrogen are attracting attention. The lab models how hydrogen moves in and out to understand the processes that determine the rate, and explores ways to greatly increase the overall speed of adsorption and absorption.
*Illustrative imageMaking Semiconductors in Space
Focusing on the fact that space is a natural ultra-clean room and on the advantages of microgravity, the lab studies from the fundamentals how to make high-quality semiconductor materials and devices. The lab is also considering the concept of a self-sustaining "space industrial park."
*Illustrative imagePredicting the Flow of Molten Plastics
Aiming for molding processes that are optimal in terms of energy, the lab develops computational methods to predict the flow of complex fluids such as polymer melts. The lab is exploring ways to predict macroscopic flow based on microscopic molecular models.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Energy Process Engineering Lab consist of faculty, doctoral students, master's students, and fourth-year undergraduates.As of 2026
- ProfessorKatsuaki Tanabe
- Assistant ProfessorSota Miyamoto
- Program-Specific Assistant ProfessorWataru Takahara
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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: “Solar panels - geograph.org.uk - 5893008” Alan Hughes / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Solar Cells: “Perovskite Efficiency Curve” Georgetulloch / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Storing Hydrogen Quickly: “Metal Hydride for Hydrogen Storage-Ovonic” Sandia National Laboratory / Public domain (cropped)
- Making Semiconductors in Space: “Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) (nasa-image-iss )” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Predicting the Flow of Molten Plastics: “Co extrusion for multiple polymers” Chauhanadi / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Interfacial Energy Process Lab): “Molten salt extraction line” United States Department of Energy / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Natural Product Organic Chemistry Lab): “Glovebox at Gdansk University of Technology” LukaszKatlewa / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Polymer Properties and Functions Lab): “Natural latex collected” Vis M / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Molecular Assembly Chemistry Lab): “CSIRO ScienceImage 11637 Scanning electron microscope image of the seed inside the MOF crystals” Dr Paolo Falcaro and Dr Dario Buso, CSIRO / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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