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Takashi Ichii, Associate Professor
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Building on the physical chemistry of surfaces and interfaces, the Functional Construction Lab aims to master how to create, observe, and use material surfaces. The solid-liquid interface, where a solid meets a liquid, is the site of many reactions, such as those at battery electrodes, but because it is buried, it is not easy to investigate. The lab therefore develops its own atomic force microscopes (AFM) that can operate inside liquids and see the structure of solid-liquid interfaces at the atomic scale.
Hideyuki Okumura, Associate Professor
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Aiming for a sustainable society, the Energy and Society Engineering Lab studies how to achieve the richest possible life with the fewest possible resources. Here, resources include energy resources, mineral resources, and land resources. The lab works through two groups: a fundamental/engineering group that develops materials and processes from a microscopic viewpoint, and an applied/social group that analyzes the real world with the aim of putting results into practice in society.
Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Professor
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The Energy Chemistry Lab studies new substances, devices, and systems for converting, storing, and using electrical and chemical energy. Its foundations are physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and electrochemistry. The lab works on electrolyte and electrode materials for secondary batteries, battery design and analysis, new ionic liquids, and functional fluorine compounds.
Takashi Sagawa, Professor
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The Quantum Energy Processes Lab studies energy-related materials that make use of the interaction between light and matter. The lab designs new materials and processes that can efficiently extract the energy of light shining on organic molecules or inorganic semiconductors as useful work, such as light emission or electricity generation. It conducts basic research on building nanoscale structures from organic and inorganic materials and bringing out functions such as light harvesting, polarization of light, photoelectric conversion, charge transport and storage, and light emission.
Jun Hayashi, Professor
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The Thermal Energy Conversion Lab does research together with the Energy Conversion Systems group as the Combustion and Power Engineering Lab. Heat engines are widely used in automobiles, ships, construction machinery, power generation, aircraft, and spacecraft. Toward a carbon-neutral society, the lab studies higher efficiency and zero emissions for heat engines and power systems, and the use of new fuels such as hydrogen and synthetic fuels. It also works on understanding and controlling the physical and chemical processes of heat and flow that underlie this research.
Hiroshi Kawanabe, Professor
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The Conversion Systems Lab jointly runs the Combustion and Power Engineering Lab with the Thermal Energy Conversion field (Hayashi Lab). Applications for the graduate school entrance exam (choice of desired division) are made separately from the Hayashi Lab. Across the whole lab, research covers higher efficiency and zero emissions for heat engines and power systems, and the use of new fuels such as hydrogen and synthetic fuels. Prof. Kawanabe's group investigates fundamental combustion phenomena such as ignition and flame stabilization, using optical measurements and a rapid compression expansion machine.
Takashi Sumigawa, Professor
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The Energy Materials Design Lab studies the strength and failure mechanisms of nano- and micro-sized materials and structures. When materials shrink to nano- to micro-scale dimensions, they show properties different from those of large materials. The lab conducts experiments that apply loads to materials inside various microscopes, and investigates them together with mechanical and theoretical analysis. It also works on the relationship between the ferroelectricity or magnetism of nanomaterials and their deformation, and on the design of mechanical metamaterials.
Katsuyuki Kinoshita, Associate Professor
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The Functional Systems Design Lab uses theory and numerical analysis to uncover the properties and behavior of structural, electromagnetic, and functional materials involved in energy conversion. It describes material behavior in a unified way with nonlinear continuum mechanics, aiming to design more functional and intelligent material systems. It also focuses on developing nondestructive evaluation techniques that use ultrasound and electromagnetic fields to examine material degradation, damage, and defects without destroying the material.
Masao Miyake, Professor
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The Materials Process Science Lab studies new energy conversion and storage devices and materials, along with their manufacturing processes, for a sustainable future. The lab works on electrochemistry-based batteries, surface treatment, and the formation of microstructures. It is also developing methods to make semiconductor films for new electronic devices.
Masakatsu Hasegawa, Associate Professor
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The Process Thermochemistry Lab studies metal production processes with low environmental impact, as well as semiconductor materials for solar cells, thermoelectric power generation, and power semiconductors. The lab's strengths are techniques for measuring the activity of components and in situ observation at high temperatures. Using these techniques, the lab clarifies how reactions work at high temperatures and aims to develop more efficient processes and higher-performance materials.
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