Research

We study photoinduced processes occurring in various materials for carbon capture utilization (CCU) and renewable energy to unravel their reaction dynamics and mechanisms in detail. The primary research tool is time-resolved laser spectroscopy with a wide range of time resolution. 

The below lists are the current research topics we are interested in and the experimental techniques we use. 

<Research Topics>

• Reaction dynamics (including electron and energy transfers) in photocatalytic CO2 reduction

• Reaction dynamics in ionic liquids, supported ionic liquid membranes (SILMs), and ionic liquid gels

• Reaction dynamics in singlet fission and triplet-triplet annihilation up-conversion

<Experimental Techniques>

• Femtosecond transient absorption

• Nanosecond transient absorption

• Time-resolved fluorescence (streak camera)

• Time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC)