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 170. "Local charge-carrier dynamics of a particulate Ga-doped La5Ti2Cu0.9Ag0.1O7S5 photocatalyst by pattern-illumination time-resolved phase microscopy and the impact of Rh cocatalyst

T. Chugenji, Z.  Pan,  V. Nandal, K. Seki, K.  Domen and K. Katayama

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022,24, 17485-17495
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 169. "Multivariate Curve Resolution法による混合物スペクトルデータの定性・定量分析

永井優也、片山建二

ぶんせき 2022年5月号p.182-188 

 168. "BiVO4-dotted WO3 Photoanode with an Inverse Opal Underlayer for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Y. Taga, Z. Pan, K. Katayama, S. W. Yong

ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2022, 5, 5, 5750-5755

 167. "Microscopic Interfacial Charge Transfer at Perovskite / Hole Transport Layer Interfaces Clarified by the Pattern-illumination Time-resolved Phase Microscopy Microscopy

T. Chugenji, Z. Pan and K. Katayama

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2022, 126, 17, 7548-7555

 166. "Distinction and separation of different types of charge carriers from the time-resolved local charge carrier mapping for photocatalytic materials

K. Kawaguchi, T. Chugenji, S. Okunaka, H. Tokudome and K. Katayama

J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 15, 6646-6652

 165. "Prediction of Photoelectrochemical Performance of Hematite Electrodes by Analytical Data

Y. Nagai and K. Katayama

Analyst,   2022, 147,  1313-1320

 164. "Particulate Hematite Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

 Z. Pan*,  Y. Rito, T. Higashi, Y. Pihosh and S. Hu and K. Katayama

Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2022, 6, 2067-2074

 163. "Overall photosynthesis of H2O2 by an inorganic semiconductor

T. Liu, Z. Pan*, J. J. M. Vequizo, K. Kato, B. Wu, A. Yamakata, K. Katayama, B. Chen, C. Chu* & K. Domen

Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 1034

 162. "Photocontrollable Crystallization at the Topological Defect of a Liquid Crystalline Droplet

Y. Sakai, H. Kusaki and K. Katayama

ACS Omega, 2021, 6, 50, 35050-35056

 161. "Defocus-Induced Phase Contrast Enhancement in Pattern Illumination Time-resolved Phase microscopy

 K. Katayama, T. Chugenji, and K. Kawaguchi

AIP Advances, 2021, 11, 115215

 160. "Investigation of the Photo-Excited Charge Carrier Dynamics in Bismuth Vanadate (BiVO4) Photoanode by the Heterodyne Transient Grating Technique

A. Minato, K. Katayama  and W. Y. Sohn

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A, 2022, 424, 113659

 159. "Controlled Formation of Topological Defects of Liquid Crystals in Micro-Wells

H. Sakanoue, S. Yamashita, T. Murakami, H. Suzuki and K. Katayama

Liquid Crystals, 2022, 49(4), 580-588

 158. "Charge Carrier Trapping during Diffusion Generally Observed for Particulate Photocatalytic Substrates" 

K. Katayama, T. Chugenji, and K. Kawaguchi

Energies, 2021, 14(21), 7011.

 157. "Time-resolved dynamics of dye-doped liquid crystals and the origin of their optical nonlinearity, "  

K. Katayama, W. Y. Sohn

"Unconventional Liquid Crystals and Their Applications" edited by Prof. Wei Lee and Prof. Sandeep Kumar, Chapter 8, p. 331.

 156. "Analysis of Molecular Disordering Processes in the Phase Transition of Liquid Crystals Observed by Patterned-illumination Time-resolved Phase Microscopy" 

N. Sato and K. Katayama 

Materials, 2021, 14(19), 5491

 155. "Multivariate Curve Resolution Combined with Estimation by Cosine Similarity Mapping of Analytical Data"

Y. Nagai and K. Katayama

Analyst,  2021, 146, 5045 - 5054

 154. "Charge Carrier Mapping for Z-scheme Photocatalytic Water-Splitting Sheet via Categorization of Microscopic Time-resolved Image Sequence"

 M. Ebihara, T. Ikeda, S. Okunaka, H. Tokudome, K. Domen and K. Katayama

Nature Communications, 12, 3716 (2021)
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 153. "Charge Carrier Inhomogeneity of MAPbI3 Clarified by the Clustering of the Time-Resolved Microscopic Image Sequence"

 T. Chugenji, M. Ebihara, and K. Katayama

ACS Applied Energy Materials2021, 4, 7, 6430–6435

 152. "Time-resolved dynamics of dye-doped liquid crystals and the origin of their optical nonlinearity"

K. Katayama and W. Y. Sohn

  "Unconventional Liquid Crystals and Their Applications" edited by Prof. Wei Lee and Prof. Sandeep Kumar, Walter de Gruyter GmbH

 151. "Inference of molecular orientation/ordering change nearby topological defects by the neural network function from the microscopic color information"

 H. Sakanoue, Y. Hayashi, and K. Katayama

 Scientific Reports, 11, 9108 (2021)

 150. "Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Efficiency of Hematite (α-Fe2O3)-Based Photoelectrode by the Introduction of Maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) Nanoparticles"

 T. Tokubuchi, R. I. Arbi, P. Zhenhua, K. Katayama, A. Turak, and  W. Y. Sohn

 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A,  2021, 410, 113179

 149. "Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Study of Photo-Excited Charge Carrier Dynamics in Hematite (-Fe2O3): Effect of Re-Growth Treatment"

 Y. Taga, K. Katayama, and  W. Y. Sohn

 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A,  2020, 408, 113107

 148. "Demonstration of rewritable hologram by using photo-induced optical nonlinearity in liquid crystals"

  M. Miyagawa, W. Y. Sohn and K. Katayama

 Moleculare Crystals and Liquid Crystals,  712, 97-103  (2021)

 147. "Anomalous charge carrier decay spotted by the clustering of time-resolved microscopic phase image sequence"

  M. Ebihara and K. Katayama

 Journal of Physical Chemistry C,  124, 43, 23551-23557

 146. "パターン光照射時間分解位相差顕微鏡の開発 ー光触媒・太陽電池材料の光励起キャリヤを可視化するー"

  片山建二

 可視化情報学会誌2020年10月号p.10-13

 145. "Photo-excited charge carrier imaging by time-resolved pattern illumination phase microscopy "

  K. Katayama

 Journal of Chemical Physics 153, 054201 (2020)

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 144. "Photo-controllable rotational motion of cholesteric liquid crystalline droplets in a dispersion system"

 Y. Sakai, W. Y. Sohn, and K. Katayama

RSC Advances, 10, 21191-21197 

 143. "Cooperative Effects of Surface and Interface Treatments in Hematite (a-Fe2O3) Photo-Anode on Its Photo-Electrochemical Performance"

M. Inaba, K. Katayama, and W. Y. Sohn

Sustainable Energy & Fuels DOI:10.1039/C9SE01081E 

 142. "Development of small-scale experiments for the education of chemical engineering and its practice for undergraduates"

K. Katayama, R. Ichinose, Y. Konno, W. Y. Sohn, S. Kuwahara, T. Funazukuri 

ChemRxiv, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.9947474.v1

 141. "Initial estimation method by cosine similarity for multivariate curve resolution: Application to NMR spectra of chemical mixture"

Y. Nagai, W. Y. Sohn and K. Katayama

Analyst 2019, 144, 5986 - 5995 

 140. "Optical motion control of liquid crystalline droplets by host-guest molecular interaction"

Y. Sakai, W. Y. Sohn and K. Katayama

Soft Matter doi: 10.1039/C9SM01265F 

 139. "Molecular orientation change nearby topological defects observed by photo-induced polarization/phase microscopy"

H. Sakanoue, W. Y. Sohn and K. Katayama

 ACS Omega doi:10.1021/acsomega.9b01611 

 138. "Lifetime mapping of photo-excited charge carriers by the transient grating imaging technique for nano-particulate semiconductor films"

M. Ebihara, W. Y. Sohn and K. Katayama

Review of Scientific Instruments 2019, 90, 072905 

 137. "Origin of optical nonlinearity of photo-responsive liquid crystals revealed by transient grating imaging"

K. Katayama, D. Kato, K-I. Nagasaka, M. Minagawa, W. Y. Sohn, K-W. Lee

Scientific Reports, 9, 5754 (2019) 

 136. "Improving Photovoltaic Performance of ZnO Nanowires Based Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells via SnO2 Passivation Strategy"

S. Ozu, Y. Zhang, H. Yasuda, Y. Kitabatake, T. Toyoda, M. Hirata, K. Yoshino, K. Katayama, S. Hayase, R. Wang, Q. Shen

frontiers in Energy Research, 2019, 7, 11 

 135. "Uncovering Photo-Excited Charge Carrier Dynamics in Hematite Hidden in Nanosecond Range by Heterodyne Transient Grating Technique Combined with Randomly-Interleaved-Pulse- Train Method"

W. Y. Sohn, M. Inaba,T. Tokubuchi, J. E. Thorne, D. Wang and K. Katayama

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123, 11, 6693-6700 

 134. "Optically induced motion of liquid crystalline droplets"

Y. Dogishi, Y. Sakai, W. Y. Sohn, K. Katayama

Soft Matter, 2018, 14, 8085-8089 

 133. "Aggregation-induced expansion of poly-(N-isopropyl acrylamide) solutions observed directly by the transient grating imaging technique"

D. Kato W. Y. Sohn, K. Katayama

ACS Omega, doi:10.1021/acsomega.8b01241

 132. "Comparative Study of Photo-Excited Charge Carrier Dynamics of Atomic Layer Deposited and Solution-Derived Hematite Films: Dependence of Charge Carrier Kinetics on Surface Orientation"

M. Inaba, J. E. Thorne, D. Wang, W. Y. Sohn, K. Katayama

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, DOI:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.06.048 

 131. "Facile and quick preparation of colloid crystals with micron-sized particles by intentionally induced convex flow"

Yoshinaga, Naoya; Nakajima, Naoto; Sohn, Woon Yong; Katayama, Kenji

Chemistry Letters, doi/10.1246/cl.180461 

 130. "Two-photon actuation of crosslinked liquid-crystalline polymers utilizing energy transfer system"

Shota Sasaki, Toru Ube, Kenji Katayama, Masayasu Muramatsu, Hiroshi Miyasaka & Tomiki Ikeda

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals DOI:10.1080/15421406.2018.1466241 

 129. "Photoexcited Charge Carrier Dynamics of Interconnected TiO2 Nanoparticles: Evidence of Enhancement of Charge Separation at Anatase-Rutile Particle Interfaces"

Shingai, Daiki; Ide, Yusuke; Sohn, Woon Yong; Katayama, Kenji

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018, 20, 3484 - 3489. 

 128. "Response of liquid crystals in the pre-phase transitional state"

K. Katayama, D. Kato, K-I. Nagasaka M. Miyagawa, W. Y. Sohn

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 657, 89-94, 2017 

DOI:10.1080/15421406.2017.1403236

 127. "Formation of photo-responsive liquid crystalline emulsion by using microfluidics device"

Yoshiharu Dogishi, Shun Endo, Woon Yong Sohn, Kenji Katayama

Entropy, 2017, 19(12), 669.

DOI:10.3390/e19120669 

 126. "Charge carrier kinetics in hematite with NiFeOx coating in aqueous solutions: Dependence on bias voltage"

Woon Yong Sohn, James E., Thorne, Yaohong, Zhang, Shota Kuwahara, Qing Shen, Dunwei Wang and Kenji Katayama

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2018, 353, 344-348.

DOI:j.jphotochem.2017.11.029  

 125. "Photoexcited charge carrier dynamics of interconnected TiO2 nanoparticles: evidence of enhancement of charge separation at anatase–rutile particle interfaces"

Daiki Shingai, Yusuke Ide, Woon Yong Sohn, and Kenji Katayama

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018, 20(5), 3484-3489. 

DOI:10.1039/C7CP07563D 

124. "Optimization of Experimental Parameters for the Performance of Solid-state Dye-sensitized Solar Cells"

Miki Yamaguchi, Taisei, Nisimura, Woon Yong Sohn, Qing Shen, Shota Kuwahara, and Kenji Katayama

Aanlytical Sciences, 2017, 33(9), 1041-1046. 

DOI:10.2116/analsci.33.1041 

123. "Investigation of photo-excited carrier dynamics in hematite and the effect of surface modifications by advanced transient grating technique"

Qing Shen, Teresa S., Ripolles, Jackey Even, Yuhei Ogomi, Koji Nishinaka, Takuya Izuishi, Naoki, Nakazawa Yaohong Zhang, Chao Ding, Feng, Liu, Taro Toyoda, Kenji Yoshino, Takashi, Minemoto, Kenji Katayama Shuzi, Hayase

Applied Physics Letters, 2017, 111(15), 153903. 

DOI:10.1063/1.4991993 

122. "Investigation of photo-excited carrier dynamics in hematite and the effect of surface modifications by advanced transient grating technique"

Woon Yong Sohn, Shota Kuwahara, James Throne, Dunwei Wang, and Kenji Katayama

ACS Omega, 2017, 2(3), 1031-1035. 

DOI:10.1021/acsomega.7b00021 

121. "Direct measurement of the propagation of the phase-transition region of liquid crystal"

Takahiro Sato, and Kenji Katayama

Scientific Reports, 2017, 7, 44801. 

DOI: 10.1038/srep44801 

120. "Host-guest molecular interactions in the phase transition of liquid crystals"

Takahiro Sato, Shota Kuwahara, Kenji Katayama

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2016, 120(50), 28509-28519. 

DOI:10.1080/15421406.2016.1277327 

119. "Air Stable PbSe Colloidal Quantum Dot Heterojunction Solar Cells:Ligand-Dependent Exciton Dissociation, Recombination,Photovoltaic Property, and Stability"

Yahong Zhang, Chao Ding, Guohua Wu, Naoki Nakazawa, Jin Chang, Yuhei Ogomi, Taro Toyoda, Shuzi Hayase, Kenji Katayama and Qing Shen

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120(50), 28509-28519. 

DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b10920 

118. "Ligand-dependent exciton dynamics and photovoltaic properties of PbS quantum dot heterojunction solar cells"

Jin Chang, Yuhei Ogomi,Chao Ding, Yao Hong Zhang, Taro Toyoda, Shuzi Hayase, Kenji Katayama and Qing Shen

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 6358-6367. 

DOI:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.11.004 

117. "Specific Interaction between Dyes and Ions In Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Observed with Temporal Spectral Shift of Dyes"

R. Hosokawa, S. Kuwahara and K. Katayama

J. Photochem. Photobio. A: Chemistry, 2016, 18, 25271-25276. 

DOI:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.11.004 

116. "Distinction of electron pathways at titanium oxide / liquid interfaces in photocatalytic processes and co-catalyst effect"

S. Kuwahara, K. Katayama

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 25271-25276. 

DOI:10.1039/C6CP04016K 

115. "The effect of CdS on the charge separation and recombination dynamics in PbS/CdS double-layered quantum dot sensitized solar cells "

K. Sato, K. Ono, T. Izuishi, S. Kuwahara, K. Katayama, T. Taro, Q. Shen

Chem. Phys., 2016, 478204), 159-163. 

DOI:10.1016/j.chemphys.2016.03.014 

114. "Photocatalytic organic syntheses using a glass-milled microchip"

A. Nakamura, K. Yoshida, S. Kuwahara, K. Katayama

J. Photochem. Photobio. A, 2016, 322-323, 35-40. 

DOI:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.02.020 

113. "The Electronic Structure and Photoinduced Electron Transfer Rate of CdSe Quantum Dots on Single Crystal Rutile TiO2: Dependence on the Crystal Orientation of the Substrate"

T. Toyoda, W. Yindeesuk, K. Kamiyama, K. Katayama, H. Kobayashi, S. Hayase, Q. Shen

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120(4), 2047-2057. 

DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09528 

112. "Characterization of hot carrier cooling and multiple exciton generation dynamics in PbS QDs using an improved transient grating technique"

Q. Shen, K. Katayama, T. Toyoda

J. Ener. Chem., 2015, 24(6), 712-716. 

DOI:10.1016/j.jechem.2015.11.002 

112. "Characterization of hot carrier cooling and multiple exciton generation dynamics in PbS QDs using an improved transient grating technique"

Q. Shen, K. Katayama, T. Toyoda

J. Ener. Chem., 2015, 24(6), 712-716. 

DOI:10.1016/j.jechem.2015.11.002 

111. "Uncovering the charge transfer and recombination mechanism in ZnS-coated PbS quantum dot sensitized solar cells"

J. Chang, T. Oshima, S. Hachiya, K. Sato, T. Toyoda, K. Katayama, S. Hayase, Q. Shen

Solar Energy, 2015, 122, 307-313. 

DOI:10.1016/j.solener.2015.08.035 

110. "Blocking Effect for Carrier Transfer to Triiodide in case of Alkyl Functionalized Dyes in Dye Sensitized Solar Cell"

K. Omata, S. Kuwahara, R. Hosokawa, T. Nishimura, S. Qing, T. Toyoda, K. Katayama

Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2015, 88, 1308-1311. 

DOI:10.1246/bcsj.20150090 

109. "Optical absorption, charge separation and recombination dynamics in Sn/Pb cocktail perovskite solar cells and their relationships to photovoltaic performances"

Q. Shen, Y. Ogomi, J. Chang, T. Toyoda, K. Fujiwara, K. Yoshino, Y. Kuga, K. Katayama, S. Hayase

J. Mater. Chem. A., 2015, 3, 9308-9316.  

DOI:10.1039/C5TA01246E 

108. "The cause for the low efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells with the combination of Ruthenium dyes and Cobalt redox"

K. Omata, S. Kuwahara, K. Katayama, Q. Shen, T. Toyoda, K. M. Lee, C. G. Wu

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 10170-10175. 

DOI:10.1039/C4CP05981F 

107. "Evaluation of the Water-treatment Ability of Silica-doped Titanium Dioxide-coated Glass Plates Using a Cationic Coupling Reagent Based on a Flow Analytical System"

T. Sugita, M. Mori, A. Mase, S. Noguchi, T. Tokutome, K. Fujii, C. Hara, K. Katayama, S. Iwamoto, H. Itabashi

Anal. Sci., 2015, 32(1), 15-21. 

DOI:10.2116/analsci.31.15 

106. "Depth-selective microscopic observation of photomobile liquid crystal polymer under UV illumination"

K. Katayama, Y. Choi, J. W. Kang, Z. Yaquoob, P. T. C. So, T. Fujii, S. Kuwahara, K. Takado, T. Ikeda

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16(48), 27074-27077. 

DOI:10.1039/C4CP04602A 

105. "Role of lithium and co-existing cations in electrolyte to improve performance of dye-sensitized solar cells"

S. Taya, S. Kuwahara, Q. Shen, T. Toyoda, K. Katayama

RSC Advances, 2014, 4(41), 21517-21520. 

DOI:10.1039/C4RA02309A 

104. "Study on photocatalytic organic reactions using photocatalytic microreactors"

K. Shimaoka, S. Kuwahara, M. Yamashita K. Katayama

Anal. Sci., 2014, 30(5), 619-621. 

DOI:10.2116/analsci.30.619 

103. "Molecular dynamics in azobenzene liquid crystal polymer films measured by time-resolved techniques"

T. Fujii, S. Kuwahara, K. Katayama, K. takado, T. Ube, T. Ikeda

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 10485-10490. 

DOI:10.1039/C4CP00457D 

102. "Novel screening method of oxidation and reduction abilities for photocatalytic materials"

K. Katayama, Y. Takeda, K. Shimaoka, K. Yoshida, R. Shimizu, T. Ishiwata, A. Nakamura, S. Kuwahara, A. Mase, T. Sugita, M. Mori

Analyst, 2014, 139, 1953-1959. 

DOI:10.1039/C3AN02167J 

102. "Novel screening method of oxidation and reduction abilities for photocatalytic materials"

K. Katayama, Y. Takeda, K. Shimaoka, K. Yoshida, R. Shimizu, T. Ishiwata, A. Nakamura, S. Kuwahara, A. Mase, T. Sugita, M. Mori

Analyst, 2014, 139, 1953-1959. 

DOI:10.1039/C3AN02167J 

101. "Photoexcited carrier dynamics of double-layered CdS/CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cells measured by heterodyne transient grating and transient absorption methods"

N. Osada, T. Oshima, S. Kuwahara, T. Toyoda, Q. Shen, and K. Katayama

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16(12), 5774-5778. 

DOI:10.1039/C3CP55177F 

101. "Photoexcited carrier dynamics of double-layered CdS/CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cells measured by heterodyne transient grating and transient absorption methods"

N. Osada, T. Oshima, S. Kuwahara, T. Toyoda, Q. Shen, and K. Katayama

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16(12), 5774-5778. 

DOI:10.1039/C3CP55177F 

101. "Photoexcited carrier dynamics of double-layered CdS/CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cells measured by heterodyne transient grating and transient absorption methods"

N. Osada, T. Oshima, S. Kuwahara, T. Toyoda, Q. Shen, and K. Katayama

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16(12), 5774-5778. 

DOI:10.1039/C3CP55177F 

100. "マイクロ(スモール)スケール実験手法を用いた大学向け物理化学実験教育の開発"

桒原彰太、片山建二

化学と教育, 2014, 62(2), 94-97.