Our group aims to develop novel materials and technologies for energy storage (batteries), conversion (fuel cells), and utilization (power-to-X devices) based on the establishment of new theories and understandings in “electrochemistry”. We are developing (1) functional battery materials based on our unique design strategy, (2) unprecedented electrochemical reactions to realize high-energy-density batteries that surpass lithium-ion batteries, (3) novel electrocatalysts that drastically enhance the performance of fuel cells, and (4) next-generation power-to-X devices that produce industrially important substances (hydrogen, hydrocarbons, ammonia) from common materials. Based on our unique materials and analytical methods, we are challenging to develop innovative devices that can solve energy and environmental problems.
Staff
2021.4- | Professor, SANKEN, Osaka University |
2020.4-2021.3 | Associate Professor, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
2018.4-2020.3 | Lecturer, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
2010.10-2018.3 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
Current Research Topics
- Design strategy of functional electrolytes for next-generation batteries
Electrode potential influences the reversibility of lithium-metal anodes
Seongjae Ko, Tomohiro Obukata, Tatau Shimada, Norio Takenaka, Masanobu Nakayama, Atsuo Yamada, Yuki Yamada
Nature Energy (27 October 2022)
- Elucidation of interfacial reactions in lithium-ion batteries
Kinetics of interfacial ion transfer in lithium-ion batteries: mechanism understanding and improvement strategies
Yasuyuki Kondo, Takeshi Abe, Yuki Yamada
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (February 15, 2022) - Operando analysis-driven development of high-performance CO2 electrolyzer
An in situ surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy study of electrochemical CO2 reduction: selectivity dependence on surface C‐bound and O‐bound reaction intermediates
Yu Katayama, Francesco Nattino, Livia Giordano, Jonathan Hwang, Reshma R. Rao, Oliviero Andreussi, Nicola Marzari, Yang Shao-Horn
J. Phys. Chem. C (December 19, 2018) - Unlocking ambient ammonia electrosynthesis by designing electrode|electrolyte interface
Water increases the Faradaic selectivity of Li-mediated nitrogen reduction
Matthew Spry, Olivia Westhead, Romain Tort, Benjamin Moss, Yu Katayama, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Ifan EL Stephens, Alexander Bagger
ACS Energy Letters (January 31, 2023)