Labs in Nagoya University

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The lab studies artificial photosynthesis, using sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into fuel.

The Wang Lab studies the materials, methods, and technologies needed to produce renewable fuels from solar energy through artificial photosynthesis. Inspired by photosynthesis in plants, the lab designs and builds photocatalytic systems that use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into hydrogen and carbon-containing fuels. Beyond understanding the chemistry of photocatalysts, the lab also places importance on demonstrating scalable approaches to producing solar fuels at a practical scale. The research connects with many fields, including materials engineering, chemistry, semiconductor physics, and chemical engineering.

#Artificial photosynthesis #Photocatalysis #Solar fuels

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The lab creates new energy materials by exploiting the relationship between spin and heat in magnetic materials.

The Mizuguchi Lab studies materials, based on magnetic materials, that convert energy through new mechanisms. The lab explores mechanisms of energy conversion via spin current, the flow of spin, which is the tiny magnet-like property of electrons. It works on spin caloritronics, the study of the relationship between heat and spin, and on developing materials and devices that extract electricity from heat flow. The lab is also developing new magnetic materials useful for next-generation magnetic recording materials, permanent magnet materials, and spintronic devices.

#Spin caloritronics #Anomalous Nernst effect #Magnetic materials

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A lab that creates environmentally friendly chemical processes using ultrasound and tiny bubbles.

The Yasuda-Yamaguchi Lab studies high-performance chemical processes with low environmental impact that use ultrasound and fine bubbles (very small bubbles). The lab also studies properties that are important for chemical process design, such as how liquids and solutions mix and their viscosity. Liquid properties are investigated from a microscopic, molecular-level perspective through both experiments and computer simulation.

#Ultrasound #Fine bubbles #Molecular simulation

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A lab that develops regenerative medicine and cancer treatment technologies using tiny magnetic particles.

The Ito Lab studies medical technologies that use magnetic nanoparticles (nanomedicine). The lab coats iron oxide nanoparticles, which are harmless to the body, with various biomaterials to create magnetic nanoparticles with functions suited to specific purposes. Taking advantage of the fact that these particles can be gathered and transported with magnets, the lab develops regenerative medicine technologies, and, using their property of generating heat in an alternating magnetic field, develops cancer hyperthermia therapy.

#Magnetic nanoparticles #Regenerative medicine #Cancer hyperthermia

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A lab that stores heat through chemical reactions so it can be used whenever it is needed.

The Kojima Lab studies technologies that make good use of heat through adsorption and chemical reactions. The times and temperatures at which heat is released often differ from the times and temperatures at which it is needed, and this mismatch is one reason heat cannot be used effectively. The lab works on chemical heat storage, which stores heat through chemical reactions and releases it when needed, and on systems that dehumidify and humidify using materials that take up water vapor.

#Chemical heat storage #Heat pumps #Desiccant air conditioning

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A chemical systems lab that uses the power of catalysts to efficiently convert substances such as ammonia.

The Nagaoka-Sato Lab studies mechanisms that use catalysts to convert substances efficiently. The lab creates new catalysts in which combinations of metals, or of metals and supports, are precisely controlled. It works on reactions that can help solve energy and environmental problems, such as technologies that use ammonia to transport energy. The lab also advances joint research with companies, aiming for the societal implementation of new chemical systems for a sustainable society.

#Catalysis #Ammonia #Energy carriers

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化学反応システム工学研究グループ（小林 敬幸） (introduction coming soon)

Development of thermal devices involving chemical reaction, heat transfer, and mass transfer; thermochemical heat storage, heat pumps, and other high-density thermal energy storage and utilization technologies; design of carbon-free energy systems and development of their component technologies

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The lab uses colloid technology to design the interfaces between fine particles and materials.

The Interface Systems Engineering Lab studies the surfaces and interfaces of composite materials and soft materials. The lab produces colloids, in which small particles are dispersed in a liquid, through processes with a low environmental impact. It applies colloid technology to CFRTP, a material that combines carbon fiber and resin. The lab is also developing a new reactor for making colloids at the nanoscale.

#Colloids #Interfaces #Composite materials

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材料電気化学研究グループ（市野 良一） (introduction coming soon)

Recycling processes for metallic materials and recovery of valuable metals from waste; creation of functional material surfaces using soft aqueous solution chemistry. Also covers detoxification of waste containing hazardous substances and selective recovery of toxic substances and valuable resources from wastewater, centered on electrochemistry, surface treatment, and resource recycling

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The lab uses plasma generated in water to create materials for batteries and fuel cells.

The Saito Lab studies how to create new materials using solution plasma, a plasma generated in water. With this method, substances can be synthesized at atmospheric pressure and low temperature, without oxidizing or reducing agents. The lab develops catalysts and electrode materials for secondary batteries and fuel cells. Focusing on the unique properties of water, it works on environmentally friendly material processes and the creation of new materials.

#Solution plasma #Catalysis #Two-dimensional materials