2025.3

YK attended the ACS Spring 2025@San Diego to celebrate our JST ASPIRE collaborator, Prof. Kelsey Stoerzinger (University of Minnesota), receiving the 2025 Marks-Ipatieff Award in Catalysis. Congrats!

2025.3

YK attended the MATSUS Spring 2025@Sevilla and gave an invited talk (JST ASPIRE). 

2025.1

Our paper in collaboration with Prof. Hyungjun Kim and Prof. Chang Hyuck Choi et al. on "Cation Effect on the Electrochemical Platinum Dissolution" has been accepted in JACS!　

2025.1

Welcome back, Dr. Matthew Spry (ICL), to the group! He will work on operando analysis of the electrochemical nitrogen conversion catalyst! Excited to have you here!

2025.1

YK was selected as a Vice-Chair (Division 3) of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)

2024.12

We're excited to share that we've received a JST ASPIRE grant to build a Rising International Research Partnership for Leading Power-to-X Technology!

2024.11

YK attended the MATSUS Fall 2024@Lausanne. Thank all the attendees/speakers at the EEInt symposium!

2024.11

We are excited to host Prof. Maria Crespo (Queen Mary University of London)! She will give us a seminar on recent work on the development of sodium-ion batteries.

2024.10

YK attended PRiME2024＠Hawaii and gave an invited talk.

2024.9

YK attended the 37th Fall Meeting of The Ceramic Society of Japan@Nagoya and gave an invited talk.

2024.9

Welcome Louis Gaspard (Supervisor Prof. Maria Crespo, Queen Mary University of London) to the group! He will be staying here for two months and working on operando analysis of the sodium-ion battery! Excited to have you here!

2024.9

Welcome Junsic Cho (Supervisor Prof. Chang Hyuck Choi, POSTECH) to the group! He will be staying here for a month and working on operando analysis of the electrical double layer! Excited to have you here!

2024.8

It was amazing to host Prof. Magda Titirici (ICL) and her group! We had a joint international symposium and exchanged cool research ideas!

2024.8

YK attended MCARE2024@Jeju and gave an invited talk.

2024.8

YK visited KIST@Korea and gave a seminar on operando infrared spectroscopy.

2024.7

Welcome Mario Gallone (Supervisor Prof. Simelys Hernandez, PoliTO) to the group! He will be staying here for 3 months and working on operando analysis of the CO2 reduction reactions! Excited to have you here!

2024.7

YK attended the 64th Electrochemical Seminar@Kyoto and gave an invited talk.

2024.6

YK visited our wonderful collaborator Prof. Ifan Stephens's group @Imperial College London and discussed the progress on the Nitrogen conversion reaction project.

2024.5

We are excited to host Prof. Soren Scott (University of Copenhagen)! He will be giving us a Python workshop as well as a seminar on recent work on the oxygen evolution reaction.

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! 

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 Favero 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.

2022.12

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