About Us
Message from the Director
Director AKITA Tomoki |
It's necessary to reduce the amount of energy consumed at the demand side like vehicles and household appliances and to promote renewable energy in order to make the transition to a low-carbon economy. Energy conservation in daily life must be achieved with safety and environmental acceptability - namely, through "green innovation" that promotes the economic growth and environmental protection together. To attain the propose, our Research Institute of Electrochemical Energy (RIECEN) aims to develop highly efficient power sources for the transportable and stationary use, notably advanced rechargeable batteries (secondary batteries) and fuel cells. We are currently engaged in organized research and development, ranging from basic materials research to systemization investigation. Director, Research Institute of Electrochemical Energy |
The Mission of the Research Institute of Electrochemical Energy
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has been engaged in Full Research that is concurrent and coherent methodology from basic research to product realization, and has worked to contribute to the government's economic and industrial policies. In RIECEN, we view society and industry as our customers and contribute to them through sowing the seeds of future technological progresses, and offering the provision of industrial standards and evaluation/analysis technology that support the development of the industry. We consider our core competency that is defined as the rational methodology of the new material development by examining fundamental links between processes, structures and properties at multiple scales, from nano to macro, by using systematic experimental, theoretical or computational methods.
Organizational Information
Overview of Organizational Divisions
| Director | AKITA Tomoki |
|---|---|
| Deputy Director | TANAKA Shingo | KURATANI Kentaro |
| Principal Research Manager | KOBAYASHI Hironori |
| Research Manager | KIYOBAYASHI Tetsu |
| Technical Senior Officer | TANAKA Hideaki |
| Carrier Expert | UEDA Atsushi | KIYOHARA Kenji | ANDO Hisanori | KOJIMA Toshikatsu | TAKEDA Sahori | TABUCHI Mitsuharu |
| Concurrent | YASUDA Kazuaki |
Research Groups
| Group | Members |
|---|---|
| Advanced Electrochemical Device RG | OKUMURA Toyoki, Leader TAKEUCHI Tomonari MORINO Yusuke OTOYAMA Misae GAMO Hirotada FUJITA Yushi KOBAYASHI Hironori* |
| Advanced Battery RG | YOSHII Kazuki, Leader SIROMA Zyun KUBOTA Keigo MAEYOSHI Yuta YAMAMOTO Hiroki ITO Yuta SANO Hikaru* |
| Molecular Function Energy Device RG | YAO Masaru, Leader SANO Hikaru KATO Minami FUKUMA Saki AKAI Ryota |
| RG of Functional Material for Energy | KATAOKA Riki, Leader FUJIWARA Naoko MASESE Titus Nyamwaro ISHIDA Naoya INOUE Yuta TAKEICHI Nobuhiko* TSUDA Yuki* |
| Materials Science RG | MAEDA Yasushi, Leader OZAKI Hiroyuki HINUMA Yoyo KITTA Mitsunori YAMAGISHI Yuji TANAKA Shingo* KIYOBAYASHI Tetsu* |
| Battery System RG | TAKEICHI Nobuhiko, Leader MATSUMOTO Hajime UCHIDA Satoshi ICHIHARA Fumihiko YOSHIDA Luna ISHII Yusuke KURATANI Kentaro* SENOH Hiroshi* OZAKI Hiroyuki* |
| Advanced Fuel Cell RG | IOROI Tsutomu, Leader YAMAZAKI Shin-ichi ASAHI Masafumi NAGAI Tsukasa CHIDA Yoshihiro SIROMA Zyun* |