Yu Katayama's website
-Part of the Department of Energy and Environmental Materials Group (Yamada Group) at SANKEN, Osaka Univ.-
Electrocatalysis for Sustainable Future
Updates
2024.4
Welcome Dr. Silvia Favero (ICL) to the group! She will be staying here for 3 months under the RSC international collaboration and working on operando analysis of the oxygen reduction and glycerol oxidation reactions! Excited to have you here!
2024.4
Our paper on "Stabilization of lithium metal in concentrated electrolytes: effects of electrode potential and solid electrolyte interphase formation" has been accepted in Faraday Discussions!
2024.4
YK will organize symposia "Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces in Electrocatalysis" at MATSUS Fall 2024@Lausanne! Please submit your abstract using the link below!
2024.4
Prof. Ifan Stephens from Imperial College London (UK) visited SANKEN and gave us a fantastic talk!
2024.4
Welcome Romain (ICL) to the group! He will be giving us a seminar on his work on electrochemical nitrogen conversion catalysts! Excited to have you here!
2024.4
Excited to share that we've received an ERCA grant to develop the catalysts for seawater electrolysis!
2024.3
Our paper in collaboration with Dr. Reshma Rao (ICL) et al. on "Role of Electrolyte pH on Water Oxidation for Iridium Oxides" has been accepted in JACS!
2024.3
YK attended the MATSUS Spring 2024@Barcelona and gave an invited talk.
2024.1
Our paper in collaboration with Prof. Hiromori Tsutsumi (YU) et al. on "Trifluoromethylated Lithium Borates as Electrolyte Salts for High-Energy-Density Lithium-Ion Batteries with High-Voltage LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Positive Electrodes" has been accepted in ChemElectroChem!
Research Topic
Our group works closely with researchers worldwide to develop novel materials/devices to solve global environmental/energy challenges. We welcome motivated students across the globe with strong academic backgrounds in electrochemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, or closely related fields.
企業の方へ
我々のグループでは、独自の界面設計技術・オペランド解析技術により広範な電気化学デバイスの課題解決をサポートします。
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Previous News
2023
2023.12
YK visited Prof. Maria Forsyth's group @Deakin University and gave a seminar!
2023.12
YK visited our wonderful collaborator Prof. Ifan Stephens's group @Imperial College London!
2023.10
Our paper on "Electrospun CuO−Fe3O4 Tube Catalyst for the Decomposition of Organic Matter via an Accelerated Heterogeneous Fenton-like Process" has been accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C and selected as a Supplemental Cover!
2023.10
YK attended the 244th ECS@Gothenburg and MATSUS Fall 2023@Torremolinos. Thank all the attendees/speakers at the CO2X symposium at MATSUS Fall 2023!
2023.10
Our paper in collaboration with Ifan (ICL) and Alexander (DTU) et al. on "Searching for the Rules of Electrochemical Nitrogen Fixation" has been accepted in ACS Catalysis!
2023.9
YK attended the 74th ISE@Lyon and gave an invited talk.
2023.8
Our paper on "Impact of LiBOB additive on cycle-performance degradation of lithium mono-chelated borate electrolytes: minimize the crosstalk-derived deterioration" has been accepted in RSC Advances!
2023.7
YK's comprehensive paper (Sano Award Account) on "Operando Spectroscopy-Inspired Design of Electrochemical Interface" has been accepted in Electrochemistry!
2023.6
YK attended the CSC2023@Vancouver and gave an invited talk.
2023.5
YK attended the 243rd ECS Meeting@Boston and visited the Electrochemical Energy Lab at MIT.
2023.4
Welcome Matthew Spry (ICL) to the group! He will be staying here for 3 months and working on operando analysis of the electrochemical nitrogen conversion catalyst! Excited to have you here!
2023.4
Prof. Magda Titirici, Dr. Maria Crespo, Dr.Heather Au, and Silvia Fabero from Imperial College London (UK) visit SANKEN and gave us a fantastic talk!
2023.4
A member of the board of directors of NEDO visited our lab.
2023.4
New Member Alert: 1 Ph.D. candidate and 5 Master course students joined our lab.
2023.3
YK attended the ECSJ meeting@Sendai and gave an award lecture/片山が第90回電気化学大会にて進歩賞（佐野賞）を授与されました.
2023.3
YK visited the University of Cologne to kick off the newly-established international collaboration.
2023.3
YK visited the Liquidloop (Start-up company from TUBerlin)@Berlin to see the DEMS assembly line.
2023.2
Excited to share that we've received a NEDO wakasapo grant (Industrial collaboration phase) to develop the operando spectro-electrochemical technique for understanding electrochemical interface!
2023.2
Our paper in collaboration with Prof. Ueno (YNU) et al. on "Concentrated Nonaqueous Polyelectrolyte Solutions: High Na-Ion Transference Number and Surface-Tethered Polyanion Layer for Sodium–Metal Batteries" has been accepted in ACS Appl. Mater. Inter.!
2023.1
Our paper in collaboration with Ifan (ICL) and Alexander (ICL) et al. on "Water Increases the Faradaic Selectivity of Li-Mediated Nitrogen Reduction" has been accepted in ACS Energy Lett.!
2023.1
YK attended the ICACC2023@Florida and gave an invited talk.
2023.1
New Member Alert: Welcome Dr. Ryansu Sai to SANKEN!
2023.1
Welcome Prof. Ifan Stephens at Imperial College London (UK) to SANKEN!
Ifan will give us a talk at SANKEN international symposium.
2022
2022.12
Our paper on "Effect of a Weak Coordination Solvent on a Kinetically Favorable Electrode Reaction in Concentrated Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolytes" in collaboration with Prof. K. Fujii (YU) has been accepted in ACS Applied Energy Materials!
2022.12
Our paper on "(Electro)Chemical Processes of Poly (Ethylene Oxide)-Based Electrolyte on Cu Surface during Lithium Secondary Battery Operation" has been accepted in Energy Technology!
2022.12
YK won the Young Researcher Award (Sano Award) from The Electrochemical Society of Japan (ECSJ)!
片山の進歩賞（佐野賞）受賞が決定しました。
2022.12
YK visited Kyoto University and gave a career-path seminar!
2022.12
YK participated in the 2022 MRS Fall Meeting@Boston.
YK visited the Shao-Horn lab at MIT and gave a guest seminar!
2022.11
Our paper on "The Role of Ion Solvation in Lithium Mediated Nitrogen Reduction" in collaboration with Ifan (ICL) and Alexis (BC) et al. has been accepted in J. Mater. Chem. A!
2022.11
YK visited ALBA synchrotron facilities and NanoESC lab (Prof. María Escudero Escribano)@ICN2 for research collaboration!
2022.10
YK gave an invited talk at the 2022 nanoGe conference@Barcelona.
YK will be co-organizing the CO2RR symposium at the 2023 nanoGe conference!
2022.10
We will be hosting Prof. Ifan Stephens at Imperial College London (UK) in January 2023. Welcome to SANKEN, Ifan!
Ifan will give us a talk at SANKEN international symposium as well!
2022.10
Our paper on "Properties of Trifluoromethylated Lithium Borates for Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolytes" in collaboration with Prof. Hiromori Tsutsumi (YU) has been accepted in the Journal of Physics: Energy, as part of "Emerging Leaders 2022" special collection!
2022.9
Our paper on "Concentrated Lithium Dodecyl Sulfate Aqueous Electrolytes: Utilizing Self-Assembly and Interfacial Adsorption for Aqueous Li-ion Batteries" with collaborator Prof. Kazuhide Ueno (YNU) et al. is accepted in ChemElectroChem!
2022.9
YK visited Prof. Ifan Stephens at Imperial College London (UK) for research collaboration!
2022.7
Our paper on "Carboxamide-directed Stereospecific Couplings of Chiral tertiary Al-kyl Halides with Terminal Alkynes" with collaborator Prof. Takashi Nishikata is now available online in ACS Catalysis.
2022.7
Excited to share that we've received a NEDO International Collaboration grant to study electrochemical nitrogen reduction with Prof. Ifan Stephens at Imperial College London (UK)!
2022.6
Excited to share that we've received a NEDO GI grant to study the electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to value-added products!
2022.4
Thrilled and deeply honored to have been awarded a JSPS grant!
2022.3.1
YK is appointed as an Associate Professor at SANKEN, Osaka University