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Tsuyohiko Fujigaya, Professor
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The Fujigaya Lab conducts research on various nanomaterials, including carbon nanotubes, ranging from fundamental physical properties to applied development aimed at practical use. Carbon nanotubes are an attractive material for battery materials, near-infrared light-emitting materials, and life science materials. Building on molecular synthesis techniques and supramolecular chemistry, the lab wants to bring world-leading materials into society through the power of "chemistry." The lab is also working on the development of next-generation fuel cells.
Hiroshige Matsumoto, Professor
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The Matsumoto Lab (Hydrogen Production Process Lab) uses “environmental and energy electrochemistry” as its keyword and studies the development and application of functional materials, centered on solid materials that transport protons. Using proton-conducting oxides, the lab works on technology development for devices such as fuel cell power generation and hydrogen production by steam electrolysis. From the standpoint of solid-state electrochemistry, the lab aims to contribute to technologies that improve the environment, such as environmental purification, moving away from oil, and realizing a low-energy society.
Yasuhiro Yamada, Professor
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The Energy Resources Engineering Lab studies undeveloped resources such as the mantle and seafloor resources, as well as renewable energy. Research themes include measuring rock mass with drones, methane hydrate, making use of the mantle as a resource, geothermal power generation, and lunar regolith. Professor Yasuhiro Yamada, a faculty member, works in research, education, and social activities under the theme of “exploring the subsurface.” The lab's website presents it under the name “Energy Resources Engineering Lab (Eneshi).”
Junji Hyodo, Associate Professor
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The Hyodo Lab develops ceramic materials that conduct hydrogen ions and electrons, aiming to realize protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs). Fuel cells, which can extract electrical energy from hydrogen without emitting CO2, are drawing attention as a way to achieve a carbon-neutral society by 2050. Because the fuel cells in practical use today are expensive, the lab aims to lower material and maintenance costs by bringing the operating temperature down to an intermediate range of about 200–400°C. The lab belongs to the Energy Systems Design Research Center of the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, and its website presents it under the name “Hyodo Lab.”
Shigenori Fujikawa, Professor
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The Fujikawa Lab develops materials whose structures are designed from the molecular level up to the nanoscale, based on materials chemistry. The lab regards atmospheric carbon dioxide and the sunlight falling from the sky as "ubiquitous" sources of carbon and energy that are available anywhere. It aims to open up a new field called carbon-neutral chemistry, in which these substances and this energy are used effectively.
Toshinori Matsushima, Professor
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The Matsushima Lab studies solar cells that convert inexhaustible solar energy into electrical energy. In particular, it aims to establish the science and technology needed to make perovskite solar cells, which can be fabricated by coating, more efficient, more durable, and larger in area. Perovskite solar cells can emit light when driven in reverse, so LEDs and lasers are also important research topics. The lab also works on creating hybrid materials and devices that combine organic and inorganic materials.
Motonori Watanabe, Professor
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The Watanabe Lab, led by Professor Motonori Watanabe, develops new organic materials and studies functional organic devices. By drawing out the properties of organic materials and combining them with inorganic materials, the lab aims to develop devices with unprecedented properties. For example, it works on developing organic materials for hybrid organic–inorganic photocatalysts, optoelectronic devices, and organic transistors. The lab's website invites anyone interested in its research or in studying there, or anyone who would like to visit, to get in touch.
Miki Inada, Associate Professor
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In Associate Professor Inada's lab, researchers use liquid-phase synthesis, a method of making materials in solution, to study ceramic materials for environmental remediation, energy, and electronics. The lab aims to control structures from the arrangement of atoms within crystals to the shape of particles, in order to improve adsorption and photodecomposition performance, steam corrosion resistance, and electrochemical properties. By comprehensively examining crystal and surface structures, pore structures from the nano to the macro scale, and the coordination environment of elements, the lab builds an understanding of the relationship between structure and function from the synthesis side. The lab's website is the Ishihara Lab website, where Associate Professor Inada is introduced as a faculty member.
Hisao Matsunaga, Professor
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The Hydrogen Storage Systems Lab studies the hydrogen embrittlement of metallic materials used in hydrogen gas environments. In addition to elucidating the mechanisms of hydrogen embrittlement, the lab works to establish selection criteria for metallic materials and strength design methods for equipment that uses hydrogen. Using equipment such as apparatus that can run material tests in high-pressure hydrogen gas, students operate the equipment themselves and carry out experiments. The lab is also introduced on its website under the name "Matsunaga Lab."
Akari Hayashi, Professor
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The Advanced Hydrogen Systems Lab aims to combine renewable energy and hydrogen energy, and studies the whole chain from hydrogen production by water electrolysis to hydrogen storage and power generation in fuel cells. Its main subjects are polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) for automobiles, polymer electrolyte water electrolysis cells, and hydrogen storage using metal hydrides. Focusing on electrocatalysts, which determine fuel cell performance, the lab covers everything from materials design at the nanometer scale to the fabrication and evaluation of devices. Applicants from a variety of backgrounds, including mechanical engineering, electrochemistry, materials engineering, and chemistry, are welcome.
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