Group Leader

（Concurrent post: GZR Fundamentals of Ionic Devices Research Team）

Research interests

• Fabrication technologies of solid-oxide electrochemical cells
• Gaseous fuel synthesis technologies using SOEC and CO₂-H₂O co-electrolysis
• Protonic ceramic fuel cell and electrolysis cell

Specialty

• Inorganic materials chemistry
• Electrochemistry

Senior Researcher

Research interests

• Development of high purity CO₂ generation technology suitable for CO₂ recycling
• Gasification and pyrolysis of woody solid biomass under controlled ambient O2 concentration
• Combustion characteristics of flammable substances derived from woody solid biomass

Specialty

• Combustion engineering
• Thermal fluid dynamics
• Combustion byproducts

Chief Senior Researcher

（Concurrent post: GZR Hydrogen Production and Storage Team）

Research interests

• CO₂ decomposition via molten salt electrolysis
• Synthesis of carbon materials from non-fossil resources

Specialty

• Carbon materials
• Electrochemistry
• Thermodynamics

Researcher

Research interests

• CO₂-H₂O co-electrolysis using solid oxide electrochemical cell
• Proton conducting ceramic electrolysis cell
• Deposition of oxide thin films using physical vapor deposition method

Specialty

• Electrochemistry
• Solid state ionics

Researcher

Research interests

• CO₂ electrolysis operating in low to medium temperature ranges for synthesis gas production
• CO₂ recycling technology integrating CO₂ electrolysis and fuel synthesis units
• MEA-type water electrolysis cell for producing hydrogen peroxide

Specialty

• Electrochemistry
• Photochemistry
• Organic-inorganic hybrid material science

Researcher

Research interests

• Deposition of oxide thin films using physical vapor deposition method
• Structural and property control of electrochemically conductive materials

Specialty

• Physical vapor deposition method
• Electrochemistry

• Yuka OOYA
• Aya AKAMINE

• Yurika SONE (Gunma University, Kazuyoshi SATO research laboratory)