Outline

As part of efforts to realize a sustainable low-carbon society, there is a strong demand for the development of technologies that use energy efficiently and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Our group is developing thermoelectric conversion technology that uses thermoelectric conversion technology, which directly converts thermal energy into electrical energy, to recover unused waste heat as electricity. It is believed that large-scale energy savings can be achieved by recycling unused thermal energy that is discarded in various situations in the transportation, consumer, and industrial sectors as electricity. Furthermore, in order to reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector, which accounts for approximately 20% of carbon dioxide emissions, we are developing innovative storage batteries by developing new materials, elucidating mechanisms, and conducting electrochemical evaluations to develop high-performance next-generation batteries.