水素は、燃焼温度や発熱量が高く、重量当たりのエネルギーはガソリンなどを大きく上回る特性を有しています。しかしながら、水素は通常気体として存在するため、かさ高く、そのままでは輸送や貯蔵に向かない物質です。
そこで、一般的には圧縮水素や液体水素の形で体積を大幅に減らして輸送・貯蔵されています。圧縮水素や液体水素にすることで、リチウムイオン電池などの蓄電池より高いエネルギー貯蔵密度が得られ、自己放電の可能性のある蓄電池より長期に保管できる優れたエネルギー貯蔵体と言えます。最近では、再生可能エネルギーで得られた電力を水素として貯蔵する「Power to Gas」として注目されています。
今後水素をより幅広い分野で活用するため、従来の圧縮水素や液体水素より効率的で(より軽量・コンパクトで)、より安全に輸送・貯蔵する技術として、水素を「アンモニア」や「有機ハイドライド(有機水素化物)」に変換する方法が開発されつつあります。当研究センターでも、水素の効率的な物質変換を助ける新しい触媒の開発などを行っています。
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Toshio Shudo
Energy Engineering, Automotive Engineering
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Takashi Sakurai
Combustion engineering, Propulsion engineering
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Masataka Ijiri
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Shinsuke Takagi
Photochemistry, Nanostructural chemistry, Chemistry of porphyrins, Chemistry of inorganic-organic complexes, Clay science
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Yuji Kubo
Organic chemistry, Supramolecular chemistry, Photofunctional molecular chemistry
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Wataru Setaka
Physical Organic Chemistry, Structural Organic Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry
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Tetsuhide Shimizu
Materials Processing and Microstructure Control Engineering, Surface Engineering, Thin Film Engineering, Plasma Engineering, Tribology
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Kiyoshi Sato
Drug nanocarrier synthesis, Cell engineering, Engineered exosomes, Stem cell therapy, Aging chemistry, Mitochondrial therapy, Cancer therapy, Regenerative medicine, Structural organic chemistry, Heterocyclic chemistry, Molecular recognition chemistry, Synthetic organic chemistry"
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Yusuke Inagaki
Structural Organic Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry
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Masato Ito
Structural Organic Chemistry、 Main Group Element Chemistry
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Tetsuya Shishido
Catalyst Chemistry, Surface Science
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Hiroki Miura
Catalyst Science, Synthetic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry
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Fumiaki Amno
Photocatalyst, Photoelectrode, Electrocatalyst, Artificial Photosynthesis, Renewable energy, Energy carrier, Heterogeneous Catalyst, Photoelectrochemistry, Applied Materials, Surface Science, Reaction Engineering, Spectroscopy
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Kosuke Beppu
Inorganic material chemistry, Catalyst chemistry, X-ray absorption spectroscopy
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Satoshi Kobayashi
Composite Materials Engineering, Biomaterials, Fracture Mechanics
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Sota Oshima
Composite Materials Engineering, Materials Strength Science, Impact Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
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Masafumi Yamato
Polymer Structure, Polymer Properties, Magnetic Science, Computational Science
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Hiroyoshi Kawakami
Polymer Chemistry, Functional Polymer Membranes, Nanofibers, Biomaterials, Epigenetics Engineering, Free Radical Science
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Kiyoshi Sato
Drug nanocarrier synthesis, Cell engineering, Engineered exosomes, Stem cell therapy, Aging chemistry, Mitochondrial therapy, Cancer therapy, Regenerative medicine, Structural organic chemistry, Heterocyclic chemistry, Molecular recognition chemistry, Synthetic organic chemistry
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Seiji Yamazoe
Inorganic chemistry, cluster science, catalytic chemistry, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, functional inorganic materials
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Soichi Kikkawa
Catalyst Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Spectrochemistry
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Tamao Ishida
Catalyst Chemistry, Organic Chemistry,
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Koichi Kajihara
Inorganic materials chemistry, photo-, electronic-, and ion functional ceramics and glasses, highly efficient energy conversion
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Takashi Yanagishita
Materials Science, Electrochemistry
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Hirokazu Munakata
Electrochemistry, Materials Chemistry
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Masanao Ishijima
Inorganic material chemistry, metallic nanomaterials
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Manabu Tanaka
Polymer chemistry, Functional polymers, Energy materials
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Ming Yang
Precision Measurement, Intelligent Sensing, Micro Processing
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Kiyoshi Kanamura
Electrochemistry, Battery
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Shungo Kato
Atmospheric Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
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Hizuru Nakajima
Instrumental Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Biological Analytical Chemistry