Fuel cells are promising environmentally-compatible technologies for this century. For technological development and their commercialization, however, various scientific as well as engineering aspects should be clarified and established. Our laboratory, the Hydrogen Utilization Processes Laboratory, wishes to contribute to this promising technological field, based on more than 20 years of research experience in the field of fuel cell technology.
So far, we have built up the highest level research facilities in Japan, and our own facilities enable us to conduct a wide range of fuel cell R&D, from materials to systems. Fuel cell fabrication equipment, facilities for electrical, thermal, and electrochemical analysis including ca. 40 fuel-cell evaluation systems and characterization instruments, such as the highest-resolution FESEM-EDX and STEM-FIB systems are available exclusively to our group members. At this moment, we address the development of novel electrode materials, establishment of system design criteria, elucidation of mechanisms and processes and breakthroughs in technological issues concerned.
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The Main Research Topics
Material and process study on next-generation polymer electrolyte and solid oxide cells
Atomic-level and molecular-level design of fuel cell materials
Next-generation fuel cell and electrolysis cell system design
Device design of polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis