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Solid Catalyst Chemistry Lab
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The lab creates new catalyst materials from alloys and ceramics.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating innovative catalysts from new inorganic compounds.
The Furukawa Lab (Solid Catalyst Chemistry Lab) designs and synthesizes new inorganic compounds, mainly alloys and ceramics, to develop materials for solid catalysts.
The target reactions include the utilization of shale gas and CO2, hydrogen production, and nitrogen conversion.
The lab also works to clarify, at the atomic level and using both experiments and theoretical calculations, why catalysts work well.
The lab is a new lab established in May 2023, and it welcomes lab visits and consultations at any time.
Key terms
- Propane dehydrogenation
- A reaction that removes hydrogen from propane to produce propylene, a key raw material of the chemical industry
- High-entropy alloy
- A solid-solution alloy in which five or more elements are mixed. It is heat-resistant and has multiple functions derived from the different metals
- Intermetallic compound
- An alloy with an ordered structure, in which multiple elements are arranged in fixed positions
NewsLab news
A doctoral student won the Best Presentation Award at the Young Researchers' Meeting of the Catalysis Society of Japan
A master's student won the Outstanding Presentation Award and the Encouragement Award at the Kansai Analytical Chemistry Research Conference
A master's student won the Outstanding Presentation Award at the Catalysis Society of Japan Meeting
A master's student won the Best Presentation Award at the Kansai Analytical Chemistry Research Conference
A master's student won the Outstanding Presentation Award at the research presentation meeting of the Kansai Branch of the Japan Institute of Energy
ResearchResearch themes
Through research that treats fundamentals and applications as two equal pillars, the Furukawa Lab aims to create and deepen catalyst technologies for the conversion of materials and energy to solve social problems, along with the scientific theory that makes them possible. Its catalysis research is built on three pillars: the conversion of CO2 and lower alkanes, multi-element alloys and ceramics, and analysis of reaction mechanisms.
*Illustrative imageConversion of CO2, lower alkanes, and more
The lab develops catalysts that convert CO2, nitrogen, and lower alkanes (the main components of shale gas) into high-value molecules. Using a new alloy-based design, it created a propane dehydrogenation catalyst that works stably for one month even under harsh conditions.
*Illustrative imageMulti-element alloys and ceramics
The lab developed "high-entropy intermetallic compounds," which add an ordered structure to high-entropy alloys made by mixing five or more elements, and found that they work as high-performance catalysts. It is also advancing multi-element approaches in ceramic materials based on metal oxides.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis of reaction mechanisms at the atomic level
To clarify "why good catalysts are good," the lab uses theoretical calculations in addition to experiments to study the mechanisms of reactions on catalysts at the level of atoms and orbitals.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Furukawa Lab consist of faculty, a Project Assistant Professor, research fellows, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and administrative assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorShinya Furukawa
- LecturerMasayoshi Miyazaki
- Assistant ProfessorYuki Nakaya
- Project Assistant ProfessorDuanxing Li
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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: “Vintage laboratory glassware, Chemical Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology Poland” LukaszKatlewa / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Conversion of CO2, lower alkanes, and more: “Gas chromatograph NeoCHROM in the laboratory” NeoLyo89 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Multi-element alloys and ceramics: “Microstructure of High-Entropy Alloy AlCoCrFeNi₂.₁” OndrejAmbroz / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Analysis of reaction mechanisms at the atomic level: “Study of the decomposition of ammonia on catalyst surfaces - DPLA - f7951a7dac3d9718b03194975bb3d1a9” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
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