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PI Hiroki Habazaki　Professor

PI message

The control and mechanistic understanding of charge transfer reactions at the electrified interfaces and electronic and ionic migrations in thin film materials are crucial for developing novel electrochemical devices and functional surfaces. At Interfacial Electrochemistry Laboratory, we are trying to control the interfaces for fabricating novel materials and devices for efficient electrochemical energy conversion and designing nanostructured surfaces with various functionalities.

Research

In the Laboratory of Interface Electrochemistry, we conduct research to solve environmental, energy, and resource problems based on the study of electrochemistry. Electrochemistry is applied to a wide range of fields in society, including anticorrosion coatings, batteries (fuel cells, solar cells, and next-generation secondary batteries), and electrolysis, and we work on research leading to various applications. In the anticorrosion coatings, we create a surface that repels water and oil stains by fabricating a microstructure on the metal surface using an electrochemical technique, i.e., anodization. In the batteries, we synthesize ceramic conductor materials that efficiently conduct protons, hydrides, and oxygen, and develop highly efficient fuel cells. We also synthesize nanomaterials such as nanosheets and nanoparticles designed from the aspects of nano and atomic arrangement, which are applied water electrolysis for highly efficient H2 gas production.

Member

• Hiroki Habazaki

  Professor

  Research Field

  Electrochemistry, surface chemistry, batteries, capacitors, electrolytic reactions
• Koji Fushimi

  Associate Professor

  Research Field

  electrochemistry, cossosion science, surface engineering
• Mana Iwai

  Assistant Professor

  Research Field

  Electrochemistry, Surface Science, Material Science and chemistry
• Sho Kitano

  Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

  Research Field

  Electrochemistry, electrocatalyst, nanosheet, photocatalyst

Main Research Achievements

• Y. Aoki, S. Nishimura, S. Jeong, S. Kitano and H. Habazaki, Acs Appl Energ Mater, 2022. 10.1021/acsaem.1c03313
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c01739
• R. J. Zhu, H. J. Yang, W. Cui, L. Fadillah, T. H. Huang, Z. T. Xiong, C. M. Tang, D. Kowalski, S. Kitano, C. Y. Zhu, D. R. King, T. Kurokawa, Y. Aoki and H. Habazaki, J Mater Chem A, 2022, 10, 3122-3133.
  DOI: 10.1039/d1ta10079c
• “S. Kitano, T. G. Noguchi, M. Nishihara, K. Kamitani, T. Sugiyama, S. Yoshioka, T. Miwa, K. Yoshizawa, A. Staykov, M. Yamauchi, Adv. Mater., 2020, in press,
  DOI: 10.1002/adma.202110552
• R. Yamamoto, D. Kowalski, R. J. Zhu, K. Wada, Y. Sato, S. Kitano, C. Y. Zhu, Y. Aoki and H. Habazaki, Appl Surf Sci, 2021, 537ARTN 147854.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147854
• N. Wang, H. Toriumi, Y. Sato, C. M. Tang, T. Nakamura, K. Amezawa, S. Kitano, H. Habazaki and Y. Aoki, ACS Appl Energ Mater, 2021, 4, 554-563.
  DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c02447
• C. M. Tang, K. Akimoto, N. Wang, L. Fadillah, S. Kitano, H. Habazaki and Y. Aoki, J Mater Chem A, 2021, 9, 14032-14042.
  DOI: 10.1039/d1ta02848k
• K. Sakuraba, S. Kitano, D. Kowalski, Y. Aoki and H. Habazaki, ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 2021, 13, 45089-45096.
  DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c13071
• M. Nishimoto, S. Kitano, D. Kowalski, Y. Aoki and H. Habazaki, ACS Sustain Chem Eng, 2021, 9, 9465-9473.
  DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c03116
• S. Jeong, N. Wang, S. Kitano, H. Habazaki and Y. Aoki, Adv Energy Mater, 2021, 11ARTN 2102025.
  DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202102025
• Y. Aoki, K. Takase, H. Kiuchi, D. Kowalski, Y. Sato, H. Toriumi, S. Kitano and H. Habazaki, J Am Chem Soc, 2021, 143, 6505-6515.
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c00449
• N. Yamada, S. Kitano, Y. Yato, D. Kowalski, Y. Aoki and H. Habazaki, ACS Appl Energ Mater, 2020, 3, 12316-12326.
  DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c02362
• R. Masuda, D. Kowalski, S. Kitano, Y. Aoki, T. Nozawa and H. Habazaki, Coatings, 2020, 10ARTN. 1014.
  DOI: 10.3390/coatings10111014

Contact

habazaki(at)eng.hokudai.ac.jp