iYagi Lab.

Graduate School of Environmental Science
Hokkaido University

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Recent peer reviewed papers

  1. Masaru Kato,* Ryoya Sano, Narumi Yoshida, Masatoshi Iwafuji, Yoshito Nishiyama, Sayuki Oka, Kyoko Shinzawa-Itoh, Yuya Nishida, Yasunori Shintani, and Ichizo Yagi*, Effects of Interfacial Interactions on Electrocatalytic Activity of Cytochrome c Oxidase in Biomimetic Lipid Membranes on Gold Electrodes, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. accepted.
  2. Abinash C. Sarker, Masaru Kato*and Ichizo Yagi*, Electrocatalytic nitrate and nitrous oxide reduction at interfaces between Pt-Pd nanoparticles and fluorine-doped tin oxide, Electrochim. Acta 425, 140628 (2022).  [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140628]
  3. Akinobu Yamaguchi*, Naoya Akamatsu, Shunya Saegusa, Ryo Nakamura, Yuichi Utsumi, Masaru Kato*, Ichizo Yagi, Tomoko Ishihara, Masayuki Oura, In Situ Fluorescence Yield Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Electrochemical Nickel Deposition Processes with and without Ethylene Glycol, RSC Adv. 12, 10425-10430 (2022). [DOI: 10.1039/D2RA01050J]
  4. Masaru Kato*, Yoshimi Iguchi, Tianchi Li, Yuta Kato, Yu Zhuang, Kotaro Higashi, Tomoya Uruga, Takahiro Saida, Keiko Miyabayashi, and Ichizo Yagi*, Structural Transformation of Pt–Ni Nanowires as Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts to Branched Nanostructures during Potential Cycles, ACS Catal. 12 (1), 259–264 (2022). [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04597]
  5. Xiao-Fei Gong, Yun-Long Zhang, Lei Zhao*, Yun-Kun Dai, Jia-Jun Cai, Bing Liu, Pan Guo,  Qing-Yan Zhou, Ichizo Yagi and  Zhen-Bo Wang*, Zinc/graphitic carbon nitride co-mediated dual-template synthesis of densely populated Fe–Nx-embedded 2D carbon nanosheets towards oxygen reduction reactions for Zn–air batteries, J. Mater. Chem. A 10, 5971-5980 (2022). [DOI: 10.1039/D1TA08007E]
  6. Koki Matsumoto, Masaru Kato, Ichizo Yagi, Siqi Xie, Kiyotaka Asakura, Shin-ichiro Noro, Norimitsu Tohnai, Stéphane Campidelli, Takashi Hayashi*, Akira Onoda*, One-step Preparation of Fe/N/C Single-atom Catalysts Containing Fe−N4 Sites from an Iron Complex Precursor with 5,6,7,8-Tetraphenyl-1,12-diazatriphenylene Ligands, Chem. A Euro. J. 28(5), e202103545 (2021). [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103545]
  7. Masaru Kato*, Yuki Unuma, Manabu Okui, Yunteng Qu, Jinhang Zheng, Satoshi Taguchi, Fumiya Kiguchi, Mashu Torihata, Yunzhi Gao, Nagahiro Hoshi, Ichizo Yagi*, Electrocatalytic activity and volatile product selectivity for nitrate reduction at tin-modified Pt(100), Pd(100) and Pd–Pt(100) single crystal electrodes in acidic media, Electrochim. Acta 398, 139281 (2021). [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139281]
  8. Satoshi Yasuda*, Kazuhisa Tamura, Masaru Kato, Hidehito Asaoka, Ichizo Yagi, Electrochemically Driven Specific Alkaline Metal Cation Adsorption on Graphene Interface, J. Phys. Chem. C 125(40), 22154-22162 (2021). [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c03322]
  9. Masaru Kato*, Yuya Masuda, Narumi Yoshida, Takehiko Tosha, Yoshitsugu Shiro and Ichizo Yagi*, Impact of Membrane Protein–Lipid Interactions on Formation of Bilayer Lipid Membranes on SAM-Modified Gold Electrode, Electrochim. Acta 373, 137888 (2021). [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.137888]
  10. Masaru Kato*, Natsuki Fujibayashi, Daiki Abe, Naohiro Matsubara, Satoshi Yasuda and Ichizo Yagi*, Impact of　Heterometallic Cooperativity of Iron and Copper Active Sites on Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Kinetics, ACS Catal. 11(4), 2356-2365  (2021). [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04753]
  11. Masaru Kato*, Yukatsu Shichibu, Kazuya Ogura, Mitsuhiro Iwasaki, Mizuho Sugiuchi, Katsuaki Konishi and Ichizo Yagi*, Terahertz-Raman Spectroscopy of Ligand-Protected Au8 Clusters, J. Phys. Chem. Lett.  11(19), 7996–8001 (2020). [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02227]
  12. Masaru Kato*, Ryota Nakahoshiba, Kazuya Ogura, Shoichi Tokuda, Satoshi Yasuda, Kotaro Higashi, Tomoya Uruga, Yohei Uemura and Ichizo Yagi*, Electronic Effects of Nitrogen Atoms of Supports on Pt–Ni Rhombic Dodecahedral Nanoframes for Oxygen Reduction, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 3 (7), 6768-6774 (2020). [DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c00903]
  13. Satoshi Yasuda*, Kazuhisa Tamura, Tomo-o Terasawa, Masahiro Yano, Hideaki Nakajima, Takahiro Morimoto, Toshiya Okazaki, Ryuushi Agari, Yasufumi Takahashi, Masaru Kato, Ichizo Yagi and Hidehito Asaoka, Confinement of Hydrogen Molecules at Graphene–Metal Interface by Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, J. Phys. Chem. C 124 (9),  5300-5307 (2020). [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c00995]
  14. Masaru Kato and Ichizo Yagi, Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction at Multinuclear Metal Active Sites Inspired by Metalloenzymes, e-J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech. 18, 81-93 (2020). [DOI: 10.1380/ejssnt.2020.81] OpenAccess&ReviewArticle
  15. Masaru Kato*, Keita Kon, Jun Hirayama and Ichizo Yagi*, Host–guest chemistry between cyclodextrin and hydrogen evolution catalyst of cobaloxime, New J. Chem. 43, 10087-10092 (2019). [DOI: 10.1039/C9NJ00081J]
  16. Masaru Kato*, Shogo Nakagawa, Takehiko Tosha, Yoshitsugu Shiro, Yuya Masuda, Kou Nakata and Ichizo Yagi*, Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of Bacterial Nitric Oxide Reductase under Electrochemical Control Using Vibrational Probe of Carbon Monoxide, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9 (17), 5196–5200 (2018). [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02581]
  17. Masaru Kato*, Kazuya Ogura, Shogo Nakagawa, Shoichi Tokuda, Kiyonori Takahashi, Takayoshi Nakamura and Ichizo Yagi*, Enhancement of Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Activity and Durability of Pt–Ni Rhombic Dodecahedral Nanoframes by Anchoring to Nitrogen-doped Carbon Support, ACS Omega 3 (8), 9052–9059 (2018).[DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01373]OpenAccess
  18. Masaru Kato, Ai Araki, Yuki Hara, Satoshi Taguchi and Ichizo Yagi*, Cathodic Arc-plasma Deposition of Platinum Nanoparticles on Fluorine-doped Tin Oxide for Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction Reaction, Electrochemistry, 86 (5), 220-222 (2018).[DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.18-00031]
  19. Masaru Kato*, Marika Muto, Naohiro Matsubara, Yohei Uemura, Yuki Wakisaka, Tsubasa Yoneuchi, Daiju Matsumura, Tomoko Ishihara, Takashi Tokushima, Shin-ichiro Noro, Satoru Takakusagi, Kiyotaka Asakura and Ichizo Yagi*, Incorporation of Multinuclear Copper Active Sites into Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 1 (5), 2358–2364 (2018).[DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b00491]
  20. Masaru Kato*, Hisako Sato, Ichizo Yagi, Miwa Sugiura*, Bio-inorganic hybrid photoanodes of Photosystem II and ferricyanide-intercalated layered double hydroxide for visible-light-driven water oxidation, Electrochim. Acta 264, 386-392 (2018).[DOI://10.1016/j.electacta.2018.01.133]
  21. Tomoko Ishihara, Takashi Tokushima, Yuka Horikawa, Masaru Kato, Ichizo Yagi, Development of a spectro-electrochemical cell for soft X-ray photon-in photon-out spectroscopy, Rev. Sci. Instr. 88, 104101 (2017). [DOI: 10.1063/1.4997820]
  22. Masaru Kato,* Manabu Okui, Satoshi Taguchi and Ichizo Yagi,* Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction on well-defined surfaces of tin-modified platinum, palladium and platinum-palladium single crystalline electrodes in acidic and neutral media, J. Electroanal. Chem. 800, 46-53 (2017). [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.01.020]
  23. Masaru Kato,* Takeshi Murotani and Ichizo Yagi,* Bio-inspired iron and copper-incorporated carbon electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction, Chem. Lett. 45(10), 1213-1215 (2016). Editor's Choice [DOI: 10.1246/cl.160573]OpenAccess
  24. Masaru Kato, Nobuhisa Oyaizu, Katsuaki Shimazu and Ichizo Yagi,* Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalyzed by Self-Assembled Monolayers of Copper-Based Electrocatalysts on a Polycrystalline Gold Surface, J. Phys. Chem. C 120(29), 15814-15822 (2016). [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11663]
  25. Masaru Kato, Ken'ichi Kimijima, Mari Shibata, Hideo Notsu, Kazuya Ogino, Kiyoshi Inokuma, Narumi Ohta, Hiromitsu Uehara, Yohei Uemura, Nobuhisa Oyaizu, Tadashi Ohba, Satoru Takakusagi, Kiyotaka Asakura* and Ichizo Yagi,* Deprotonation of a dinuclear copper complex of 3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole for high oxygen reduction activity, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 8638-8641 (2015). [DOI:10.1039/c4cp05595k] OpenAccess

Recent Invited talk

  1. Masaru Kato*, Naohiro Matsubara, Marika Muto, Ichizo Yagi, Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts Inspired by Multinuclear Metal Complex Active Sites of Metalloenzymes, Bangladesh Chemical Congress 2018, Keynote lecture, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2018.10.17)
  2. Masaru Kato*, Naohiro Matsubara, Marika Muto, Ichizo Yagi*, Incorporation of Multinuclear Metal Active Sites into Nitronge-doped Graphene for Electrochemical Reactions, 3rd ISQBS, Mito (2018.05.31)
  3. Ichizo Yagi*, Kazuya Ogura, Shoichi Tokuda, Masaru Kato*, Effect of Substrate-Metal Interaction on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction at Pt-Ni Nanoframe Deposited on N-Doped Carbon Supports, 233rd ECS Meeting, Seattle (2018.05.17)
  4. Masaru Kato*, Bioinspired electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction to water, MIRAI Project Sustainability Workshop, Lund, Sweden (2017.10.18)
  5. Masaru Kato*, Marika Muto, Naohiro Matsubara, Nobuhisa Oyaizu, Ichizo Yagi, Bio-inspired Multinuclear Catalytic Active Sites Incorporated in Nitrogen-doped Carbon for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, ISPAC2017, Ho Chi Minh City (2017.06.10)
  6. Ichizo Yagi*, Naohiro Matsubara, Marika Muto, Tsubasa Yoneuchi, Yohei Uemura, Masaru Kato*, In situ XAFS spectroscopy of bio-inspired multinuclear catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction, 231st ECS Meeting, NewOrleans (2017.05.30)
  7. 八木一三*, 燃料電池電極触媒の周辺環境計測と非白金系触媒への展開（1H17）, 電気化学会第84回大会　S16「ナノスケール界面・表面の構造とダイナミクス」特別講演, 首都大学東京（2017.03.25）
  8. 八木一三*, 燃料電池における触媒周辺環境計測と非白金系触媒開発, 第14回ナノ材料科学環境拠点 （GREEN）シンポジウム「社会システム全体を俯瞰した統合型材料開発：大陽光発のエネルギーフローで鍵を握る水素・燃料電池」, 一橋講堂（2017.02.01）
  9. 八木一三*, 金属酵素に学ぶ酸素還元触媒の開発と計測, 電気化学会北海道支部・東海支部合同シンポジウム「インテリジェント電気化学の新潮流」, 北海道大学理学部大講堂・百年記念会館（2016.11.23）
  10. 八木一三*, 電気化学者が挑んだin situ XAFS計測のあれこれ，XAFS夏の学校2016，小樽自然の村おこばち山荘 （2016.09.27）
  11. Ichizo Yagi*, Adsorbed state of ionomers on platinum surfaces，第7回SFG研究会・「柔らかな分子系」ワークショップ，東工大大岡山キャンパス （2016.06.11）
  12. Ichizo Yagi*, Marika Muto and Masaru Kato,* Tri-Copper-Incorporated Carbon Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, 229th ECS Meeting, San Diego（2016.05.29）
  13. 加藤 優*, 金属酵素に学ぶ電極触媒開発，第４回錯体化学若手の会北海道支部勉強会，北海道大学学術交流会館 （2015.11.27）
  14. 八木一三*, 金属錯体構造のグラフェンへの組み込みとその電極触媒活性，電池材料に関する北大－新日鐵住金合同セミナー，北海道大学フロンティア応用科学研究棟 （2015.10.19）
  15. Ichizo Yagi*, Bio-inspired Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR), First International Symposium of Institute for Catalysis－ Global Collaboration in Catalysis Science toward Sustainable Society, Sapporo（2015.10.15）
  16. 加藤 優*, 水の酸化反応を触媒する光合成タンパク質, 光化学系II複合体の電気化学, 第21回若手研究者交流会, おたる自然の村おこばち山荘（2015.6.27）
  17. Masaru Kato*, Ken'ichi Kimijima, Mari Shibata, Hideo Notsu, Kazuya Ogino, Kiyoshi Inokuma, Narumi Ohta, Nobuhisa Oyaizu, Hiromitsu Uehara, Tadashi Ohba, Yohei Uemura, Satpri Takakusagi, Kiyotaka Asakura and Ichizo Yagi, Deprotonation of a multi-nuclear copper complex for high oxygen reduction reaction activity investigated by in situ X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, 227th ECS Meeting, Chicago (2015.5.27）
  18. 八木一三*, 固体高分子形燃料電池をターゲットとする非白金系電極触媒の開発，平成26年度新日鐵住金ー北海道大学講演会，北海道大学工学部材料化学棟 （2015.03.23）
  19. 八木一三*, プラズモニック結晶基板におけるSERS 活性化と電極反応計測への応用, 2014年度日本分光学会北海道支部シンポジウム, 北海道大学理学研究院5号館 (2014.07.01).
  20. Ichizo Yagi* and Kiyoshi Inokuma, In situ Observation of O-Metal Vibrations at Pt and Au Electrodes By Plasmonic Crystal-Based SERS, 225th ECS Meeting, Orlando (2014.05.13).
  21. 八木一三*，界面振動分光法で観る白金表面のアイオノマー吸着構造, 2013年度日本分光学会北海道支部シンポジウム, 北海道大学理学研究院5号館 (2014.01.24).
  22. 八木一三*，燃料電池電極触媒の深化を目指すいくつかの研究例, 第29回ライラックセミナー, 小樽おこばち山荘 (2013.06. 15).
  23. Ichizo Yagi,* Ken'ichi Kimijima, Mari Shibata, Kazuya Ogino, Hideo Notsu, Kiyoshi Inokuma, Narumi Ohta, Hiromitsu Uehara, Yohei Uemura, Satoru Takakusagi, and Kiyotaka Asakura, In situ XAFS spectroscopy at multi-copper complexes catalyzing oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), 223rd ECS Meeting, Toronto (2013.05.15).
  24. 八木一三*，プラズモニック結晶構造に基づくSERS活性基板の構築と電極触媒研究への応用，日本分光学会高感度表面・界面分光部会第5回シンポジウム，埼玉大学東京ステーションカレッジ （2013.03.08）

Books

  1. Ichizo Yagi, "Electrochemical Second Harmonic Generation", in "Compendium of Surface and Interface Analysis", Ed. The Surface Science Society of Japan, Springer, 91-95 (2018)
  2. 八木一三，「第2章第6節　触媒層アイオノマー薄膜の構造解析」，『PEFCの内部現象・反応機構と評価・解析技術』，S&T出 版, 東京, 78-88 (2015)
  3. 八木一三，「界面反応計測」，『近接場光のセンシング・イメージング技術への応用』，民谷栄一，朝日剛（監修），シーエムシー出 版, 東京, 144-154 (2010)
  4. 八木一三，「燃料電池技術におけるコロイド界面科学」，『現代界面コロイド科学の事典―シャンプーから宇宙まで―』，日本化学会・ コロイドお よび界面化学部会(編)，丸善，東京，148-149 (2010)
  5. A. Hayashi, K. Kimijima and I. Yagi, “Pt/Mesoporous Carbon Nanocatalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell”, in “Nanocatalysts: Volume 2: Preparation, Processes and Production”, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 325-346 (2010)
  6. I. Yagi, K. Ueda and K. Uosaki, "Electrochemical Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Mechanisms at B-doped Diamond Electrodes Investigated by TOF-ESD Methods, in "Diamond Electrochemistry", Ed. A. Fujishima, Y. Einaga, T.N. Rao, D.A. Tryk, Elsevier, 132-143 (2005)
  7. 八木一三，「冷蔵庫をくらべる」，『くらべるシリーズ〈1〉さびる?さびない?金と鉄』，神奈川科学技術アカデミー科学書編集委員 会 (編)，丸善，東京，(2004)
  8. 藤嶋　昭，八木一三，「ダイヤモンド電極」，『電気化学便覧』，電気化学会（編），丸善，東京，714-717 (2000)
  9. K. Uosaki, Y. Sato, K. Shimazu and I. Yagi, "Preparation of Functionality Surface by Self-assembling Method and Characterization of Molecular Assembly", in "New Functionality Materials, C", Ed., T. Tsuruta, M. Doyama and M. Seno, Elesevier, 711-716 (1993)

Reviews

  1. 八木一三，加藤 優，中田 耕，中川省吾：「表面増強赤外吸収分光法による電極／溶液界面における反応計測」，分光研究，67 (2), 41-56 (2018).
  2. 八木一三：講座　光と色と物質　「光をつくる：物理発光ーインコヒーレント光源とレーザー光源」，化学と教育，65 (9), 456-459 (2017).
  3. 加藤 優：特集　支部発話題欄　「脱白金　地球環境に優しい水素循環型エネルギー社会の実現に向けた非白金系酸素還元電極触媒開発」，化学と工業，70 (3), 236-237 (2017).
  4. 八木一三：特集「壁の存在感」トピックス「アイオノマー／金属界面の局所コンホメーション」，高分子，66 (2), 65-66（2017）.
  5. 君島堅一，林 灯，宮本淳一，八木一三：「細孔径制御したカーボン粒子を担体に用いたPEFC用カソード電極触媒」，燃料電池，8 (4), 26-30 (2009).
  6. 八木一三：「In situ 非線形分光法による電極表面の分析」，電気化学および工業物理化学，76 (3), 220-226 (2008).
  7. 八木一三，魚崎浩平：「二次高調波発生分光法による金属電極／溶液界面の電子構造評価とキラル化学への展開」，光化学，36 (1), 2-9 (2005).
  8. 八木一三：「注目の論文：表面単分子層による巨視的特性の動的制御－分子レベルの隙間活用法」, 化学，58, 56-57 (2003).
  9. 八木一三, 藤嶋　昭：「ダイヤモンドの電気化学反応への応用」,　表面技術, 50 (6), 486-493　(1999).
  10. 本多謙介, 八木一三, 藤嶋　昭：「ダイヤモンド電極～電気化学的特性と機能材料への応用」,　触媒, 41 (4), 264-269 (1999).
  11. 野津英男, 八木一三, 藤嶋　昭：「機能性ダイヤモンド薄膜の電気化学的応用」, 電気化学および工業物理化学, 67 (4), 389-394 (1999).
  12. 八木一三、魚崎浩平：「半導体薄膜の電気化学的原子層エピタキシャル成長」, 機能材料, 17 (10), 13-22 (1997).

Others

  1. 【書評】加藤優，八木一三；化学の本棚「自己組織化ー自然界の法則に学ぶ未来のエンジニアリング」，化学，70 (6), 60 (2015)
  2. 【報告】林灯，八木一三；「第223回ECS Meeting参加報告」，燃料電池，13(1), 87 (2013)
  3. 【報告】八木一三；「第10回日中光知能シンポジウムに参加して」，光化学，34(3), 228 (2003)
  4. 【報告】八木一三，大古善久；"Thirteenth International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (IPS-2000)", 光化学，31(3) 213-214 (2000)
  5. 【報告】八木一三；第５回シンポジウム「光触媒反応の最近の展開」，光化学，30(1), 86 (1999)
  6. 【報告】八木一三；日仏共同セミナー「光科学の新展開」，光化学，29(1), 52 (1998)

Papers

Electrochemical SEIRA spectroscopy at Cytochrome c oxidase (CcO)-tethered bilayer lipid membrane (by Mr. Ryoya Sano, who graduated in 2022)

Nitrate and its intermediates' reduction at Pt, Pd, and PdPt nanoparticles on FTO (by Dr. Abinash C. Sarker, who graduated in 2022)

PtNi nanowire electrocatalysts with high durability (by Mr. Tianchi Li and Ms. Yoshimi Iguchi, who graduated in 2020 and 2021, respectively)

Nitrate reduction reaction@Pt, Pd, and PdPt(100) electrodes (by Mr. Yuki Unuma who graduated in 2021)

Artificial bilayer lipid membrane formation with and without cNOR (by Mr. Yuya Masuda, who graduated in 2019)

Bio-inspired non-platinum electrocatalysts motiefed cytochrome c oxidase (by Ms. Natsuki Fujibayashi, who graduated in 2020)

THz Raman spectroscpy at Au8 clusters collaborated with Konishi Lab.

Electronic states change by the deposition of PtNi nanoframes on N-doped sites (by Mr. Ryota Nakahoshiba, who graduated in 2020)

Review of non-platinum catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction.

Photoexcited hydrogen evolution reactivity of Co-complex by inclusion with cyclodextrin (by Mr. Keita Kon, who graduated in 2016)

Surface enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) spectroscopic study of  cNOR enzyme at Au electrode (by Mr. Shogo Nakagawa who graduated in 2018)

Improvements of oxygen reducution reaction (ORR) activity and durability of Pt-Ni nanoframe(NF) on N-doped carbon supports (by Mr. Kazuya Ogura, who graduated in 2018)

Nitrate reduction activity of Pt nanoparticles on FTO surface, prepared by ark-plasma deposition (by Ms. Ai Araki, who graduated in 2017 and by collaboration with Prof. Taguchi in Hokkaido Univ. of Education)

Electrocatalyst prepared by introduction of tri-nuclear Cu complex in reduced graphene oxide（by Ms. Marika Muto and Mr. Naohiro Matsubara, who graduated in 2016 and 2018, respectively）

Photoelectrochemistry at electrode with parpendicularly oriened LDH modified by PS II (by Dr. Kato in both Ehime Univ. and Hokkaido Univ.)

Development of photo-electrochemical cell for soft X-ray absorption/emission spectroscopy (by collaboration with Drs. Tokushima and Ishihara of RIKEN and Dr. Horikawa in Yamaguchi Univ.)

Nitrate reduction reactivity of Sn-modified Pt, Pd and PdPt alloy single crystalline electrodes (by Mr. Manabu Okui, who graduated in 2017 and by collaboration with Prof. Taguchi in Hokkaido Univ. of Education)

Bio-inspired oxygen reduction electrocatalyst including both Cu and Fe (by Mr. Takeshi Murotani, who graduated in 2016)

Oxygen reduction reaction at Cu-coordinated self-assembled monolayer on polycrystalline Au surface (by Mr. Nobuhisa Oyaizu, who graduated in 2015)

In situ Electrochemical XAFS measurements at bi-copper complex electrocatalysts on carbon black

Books