RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS | Energy Process Research Institute, Energy Catalyst Technology Group

2023

Artita Na Rungsi, Apanee Luengnaruemitchaia, Nuwong Chollacoop, Shih-Yuan Chen, Takehisa Mochizuki, Hideyuki Takagi, Yuji Yoshimura, Performance and sulfur poisoning of SiO2, γ-Al2O3 and SiO2-Al2O3-supported bimetallic Pd-Pt catalysts for partial hydrogenation of soybean oil-derived FAME, Fuel, 2023, 331, 125919.

2022

Chih-Li Chang, Wei-Cheng Lin, Li-Yu Ting, Chin-Hsuan Shih, Shih-Yuan Chen, Chia-Yeh Lu, Hiroyuki Tateno, Jayachandran Jayakumar, Che-Yi Chu, Chin-Wen Chen, Chi-Hua Yu, Yu-Jung Lu, Takehisa Mochizuki, and Ho-Hsiu Chou, Boosting visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution of polymer photocatalysts by a universal main-chain-engineering strategy of hydrophilic non-conjugated building blocks, Nature Communications, 2022, 13 (1), 1-11.
Chih-Li Chang, Wei-Cheng Lin, Li-Yu Ting, Chin-Hsuan Shih, Shih-Yuan Chen, Chia-Yeh Lu, Hiroyuki Tateno, Jayachandran Jayakumar, Che-Yi Chu, Chin-Wen Chen, Chi-Hua Yu, Yu-Jung Lu, Takehisa Mochizuki, and Ho-Hsiu Chou, Boosting visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution of polymer photocatalysts by a universal main-chain-engineering strategy of hydrophilic non-conjugated building blocks, Nature Communications, 2022, revision.
Artita Na Rungsi, Apanee Luengnaruemitchaia, Nuwong Chollacoop, Shih-Yuan Chen, Takehisa Mochizuki, Hideyuki Takagi, Yuji Yoshimura, Performance and sulfur poisoning of SiO₂, γ-Al₂O₃ and SiO₂-Al₂O₃-supported bimetallic Pd-Pt catalysts for partial hydrogenation of soybean oil-derived FAME, Fuel, 2022, revision.
Paramabhorn Tosuwan, Shih-Yuan Chen, Hiroyuki Tateno, Takehisa Mochizuki, Apanee Luengnaruemitchai, Aluminum-Grafted SBA-15-Catalyzed Conversion of Glucose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural, Catalysis Communications, 2022, 170, 106488.
Masayasu Nishi, Shih-Yuan Chen, Hiroyuki Tateno, Takehisa Mochizuki, Hideyuki Takagi, and Tetsuya Nanba,A Super-growth Carbon Nanotubes-supported, Cs-promoted Ru Catalyst for 1-8 MPaG Ammonia Synthesis, Journal of Catalysis, 2022, 413, 623-635.
Fumihiko Kosaka, Tomone Sasayama, Yanyong Liu, Shih-Yuan Chen, Takehisa Mochizuki, Koichi Matsuoka, Atsushi Urakawa, and Koji Kuramoto,Continuous CO₂ Capture and CH₄ Production using Dual Function Materials in a Circulating Fluidized Bed System, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 450, Part 2, 138055.
Hiroyuki Tateno, Shin-Yuan Chen, Yugo Miseki, Tomohiko Nakajima, Takehisa Mochizuki, Kazuhiro Sayama, Photo-electrochemical Oxidation of Glycerol to Dihydroxyacetone over Acid resistant Ta:BiVO₄ photoanodes, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 10, 23, 7586–7594.
Tomone Sasayama, Fumihiko Kosaka, Yanyong Liu, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Shih-Yuan Chen, Takehisa Mochizuki, Atsushi Urakawa, Koji Kuramoto, Integrated CO₂ capture and selective conversion to syngas using transition-metal-free Na/γ-Al₂O₃ dual-function material, Journal of CO₂ Utilization, 2022, 102049.
Shih-Yuan Chen, Chih-Li Chang, Masayasu Nishi, Wei-Chih Hsiao, Yves Ira A. Reyes, Hiroyuki Tateno, Ho-Hsiu Chou, Chia-Min Yang, Tiffany Hsin-Yi Chen, Takehisa Mochizuki, Hideyuki Takagi and Tetsuya Nanba,Unraveling the roles of Cs for ammonia synthesis over Cs-promoted Ru/γ-Al₂O₃ catalysts for mild ammonia synthesis, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022, 310, 121269.

2021

Hiroyuki Tateno, Yugo Miseki, Hitoshi Kusama, Shih-Yuan Chen, Takahisa Mochizuki, Kazuhiro Sayama, NaBr-assisted Photoelectrochemical and Photochemical Integrated Process for Isomerization of Maleate Esters to Fumarate Esters, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 2021, 9, 19, 6886–6893.
Artita Na Rungsi, Thuong Hai Truong, Chachchaya Thunyaratchatanon, Apanee Luengnaruemitchai, Nuwong Chollacoop, Shih-Yuan Chen, Takehisa Mochizuki, Yuji Yoshimura, Tuning the porosity of sulfur-resistant Pd-Pt/MCM-41 bimetallic catalysts for partial hydrogenation of soybean oil-derived biodiesel, Fuel, 2021, 298, 120658.
Fumihiko Kosaka, Yanyong Liu, Shih-Yuan Chen, Takehisa Mochizuki, Hideyuki Takagi, Atsushi Urakawa, Koji Kuramoto, Enhanced Activity of Integrated CO₂ Capture and Reduction to CH₄ under Pressurized Conditions Towards Atmospheric CO₂ Utilization, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9, 3452–3463.
Parncheewa Udomsap, Apiluck Eiad-Ua, Shih-Yuan Chen, Takahisa Mochizuki, Nuwong Chollacoop, Yuji Yoshimura, Masayasu Nishi, Hiroyuki Tateno, Hideyuki Takagi, Effect of Pd Precursor Salts on the Chemical State, Particle Size, and Performance of Activated Carbon-supported Pd Catalysts for the Selective Hydrogenation of Palm Biodiesel, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, 22(3) 1256.
Tetsuya Nanba, Yuki Nagata, Keisuke Kobayashi, Rahat Javaid, Ryosuke Atsumi, Masayasu Nishi, Takehisa Mochizuki, Yuichi Manaka, Hirokazu Kojima, Taku Tsujimura, Hideyuki Matsumoto, Takayoshi Fujimoto, Koichi Suzuki, Takahiro Oouchi, Sho Kameda, Yuki Hoshino, Sho Fujimoto, Mototaka Kai, Yasushi Fujimura, Explorative Study of a Ru/CeO₂ Catalyst for NH₃ Synthesis from Renewable Hydrogen and Demonstration of NH₃ Synthesis under a Range of Reaction Conditions, Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute, 2021, 64(1), 1–9.
Tomohiko Nakajima, Hiroyuki Tateno, Yugo Miseki, Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Kazuhiro Sayama, Solar-to-Pharmaceutical Raw Material Production: Photoelectrochemical Naphthoquinone Formation Using Stabilized BiVO4 Photoanodes in Acid Media, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021,13, 48, 57132–57141.
Tomohiko Nakajima, Yugo Miseki, Hiroyuki Tateno, Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Kazuhiro Sayama, Acid-Resistant BiVO4 Photoanodes: Insolubility Control by Solvents and Weak W Diffusion in the Lattice, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 48, 12079–12090.

2020

Shih-Yuan Chen, Masayasu Nishi, Albert Chang, Wei-Chih Hsiao, Takehisa Mochizuki, Hideyuki Takagi, Chia-Min Yang, Well-ordered Cs-Ru/SBA-15 Nanocomposite Materials for Mild Ammonia Synthesis, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2020, 4, 5802–5811.
Albert Chang, Jyun-Hong Pan, Nien-Chu Lai, Takehisa Mochizuki, Makoto Toba, Shih-Yuan Chen, Chia-Min Yang, Template-free Synthesis of Mesoporous Titanosilicates as Efficient and Cost-effective Solid Acid Catalysts for Biodiesel Fuel Production, Catalysis Today, 2020, 356, 56–63.
Shih-Yuan Chen, Albert Chang, Artita Na Rungsi, Lalita Attanatho, Chih-Li Chang, Jyun-Hong Pan, Amornrat Suemanothan, Takehisa Mochizuki, Takagi Hideyuki, Chia-Min Yang, Apanee Luengnaruemitchai, Ho-Hsiu Chou, Superficial Pd nanoparticles supported on carbonaceous SBA-15 as efficient hydrotreating catalyst for upgrading biodiesel fuel, Applied Catalysis A:General, 2020, 602, 117707.
Masayasu Nishi, Shih-Yuan Chen, Hideyuki Takagi, X-ray absorption spectroscopy of Ba- and Cs-promoted Ru/Mesoporous carbon catalysts for long-term ammonia synthesis under intermittently variation conditions, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2020, 4, 832–842.
Natthida Numwong, Panisa Prabnasak, Patsakol Prayoonpunratn, Pholawat Triphatthanaphong, Chachchaya Thunyaratchatanon, Takehisa Mochizuki, Shih-Yuan Chen, Apanee Luengnaruemitchai, Tawan Sooknoia, Effect of Pd particle size on activity and cis-trans selectivity in partial hydrogenation of soybean oil-derived FAMEs over Pd/SiO₂ catalysts, Fuel Processing Technology, 2020,203, 106393.
Artita Na Rungsi, Apanee Luengnaruemitchai, Sujitra Wongkasemjit, Nuwong Chollacoop, Shih-Yuan Chen, Takehisa Mochizuki, Yuji Yoshimura,Preparation of MCM-41-supported Pd–Pt catalysts with enhanced activity and sulfur resistance for partial hydrogenation of soybean oil-derived biodiesel fuel, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2020,117351.

2019

Masayasu Nishi, Shih-Yuan Chen, Hideyuki Takagi,Mild ammonia synthesis over Ba-promoted Ru/MPC catalysts: Effects of the Ba/Ru ratio and the mesoporous structure, Catalysts, 2019, 9(5), 480.
Shih-Yuan Chen, Lalita Attanatho, Albert Chang, Masayasu Nishi, Takehisa Mochizuki, Hideyuki Takagi, Chia-Min Yang, Yohko Abe, Makoto Toba, Nuwong Chollacoop, Yuji Yoshimura,Profiling and Catalytic Upgrading of Commercial Palm Oil-derived Biodiesel Fuels for High-Blend Fuels, Catalysis Today, 2019, 332, 123–131.
Masayasu Nishi, Shih-Yuan Chen, Hideyuki Takagi, Energy-efficient and Intermittently Variable Ammonia Synthesis over Mesoporous Carbon-supported Cs-Ru Nanocatalysts, Catalysts, 2019, 9, 406.
Shih-Yuan Chen, Takehisa Mochizuki, Masayasu Nishi, Hideyuki Takagi, Albert Chang, Chia-Min Yang, Yuji Yoshimura, Sugimoto Yoshikazu, Makoto Toba,Hydrotreating of Jatropha-derived Bio-oil over Mesoporous Sulfide Catalysts to Produce Drop-in Transportation Fuels, Catalysts, 2019, 9(5), 392.
Tomohiko Nakajima, Megumi Kanaori, Hiroyuki Tateno, Junichi Nomoto, Yugo Miseki, Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Kazuhiro Sayama, Diffusion controlled porous WO3 thin film photoanodes for efficient solar-driven photoelectrochemical permanganic acid production, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2019, 3, 2380–2390.
Shoji Iguchi, Hiroyuki Tateno, Soichi Takasugi, Yugo Miseki, Kazuhiro Sayama, Solar-light-driven non-bias photoelectrolysis for bleach production from sea water and atmospheric oxygen, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2019,3, 3441–3447.
Hiroyuki Tateno, Yugo Miseki, Kazuhiro Sayama, PINO/NHPI-mediated selective oxidation of cycloalkenes to cycloalkenones via a photo-electrochemical method, Chemical Communications, 2019,55, 9339–9342.

2018

Chachchaya Thunyaratchatanon, Apanee Luengnaruemitchai, Jakkrapong Jitjamnong, Nuwong Chollacoop, Shih-Yuan Chen, Yuji Yoshimura, Influence of Alkaline and Alkaline Earth Metal Promoters on the Catalytic Performance of Pd-M/SiO₂ (M = Na, Ca or Ba) Catalysts in the Partial Hydrogenation of Soybean Oil-derived Biodiesel for Oxidative Stability Improvement, Energy & Fuel, 2018, 32, 9744–9755.
Chachchaya Thunyaratchatanon, Apanee Luengnaruemitchai, Nuwong Chollacoop, Shih-Yuan Chen, Yuji Yoshimura, Catalytic hydrogenation of soybean oil-derived fatty acid methyl esters over Pd supported on Zr-SBA-15 with various Zr loading levels for enhanced oxidative stability, Fuel Processing Technology, 2018, 179, 422–435.
Artita Na Rungsi, Apanee Luengnaruemitchai, Sujitra Wongkasemjit, Nuwong Chollacoop, Shih-Yuan Chen, Yuji Yoshimura, Influence of silica sources on structural property and activity of Pd-supported on mesoporous MCM-41 synthesized with an aid of microwave heating for partial hydrogenation of soybean methyl esters, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2018, 563, 80–90.
Masayasu Nishi, Shih-Yuan Chen, Hideyuki Takagi, A mesoporous carbon-supported and cesium-promoted Ru catalyst with enhanced activity and stability for sustainable ammonia synthesis, ChemCatChem, 2018, 10, 3411–3414.
Shih-Yuan Chen, Masayasu Nishi, Takehisa Mochizuki, Hideyuki Takagi, Akira Takatsuki, Wuttichai Roschat, Makoto Toba, Yuji Yoshimura, Co-processing of Jatropha-derived Bio-oil with Petroleum Distillates over Mesoporous CoMo and NiMo Sulfide Catalysts,, Catalysts, 2018, 8, 59.
Mahito Atobe, Hiroyuki Tateno, Yoshimasa Matsumura,Applications of Flow Microreactors in Electrosynthetic Processes, Chemical Reviews, 2018, 118, 9, 4541–4572.
Hiroyuki Tateno, Shoji Iguchi, Yugo Miseki, Kazuhiro Sayama, Photo-Electrochemical C−H Bond Activation of Cyclohexane Using a WO3 Photoanode and Visible Light,, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018,57, 35, 11238–11241.
Tomohiko Nakajima, Megumi Kanaori, Aya Hagino, Hiroyuki Tateno, Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Kazuhiro Sayama, Sustainable chromic acid oxidation: solar-driven recycling of hexavalent chromium ions for quinone production by WO3 nanosponge photoanodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018,6, 110–117.
Takehisa Mochizuki,Development of Highly Active Co/SiO2 Catalysts with Chelating Agents for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute, 2018,61, 332–341.