2018.09
Ph. D. in Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo   (Prof. Dr. Masaru Miyayama)

2015.09

M.S. in Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo   (Prof.  Dr. Kazuhito Hashimoto)

2013.03

B.S. in Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo  (Prof.  Dr. Koji Kishio)

2023.04 ~ Present
Senior Assistant professor
Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University  (Prof. Dr. Takaaki Tomai)

2019.04 ~ 2023.03
Assistant professor
Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University  (Prof. Dr. Itaru Honma)

2018.10 ~ 2019.02
Visiting researcher @Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Schmidt)

2018.10 ~ 2019.03
Research Fellow for Young Scientists of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Postdoctoral Fellow (PD) (Prof. Dr. Shuji Nakanishi)

2018.04
Visiting Scholar of Osaka university (Prof. Dr. Shuji Nakanishi)

2016.04 ~ 2018.09
Research Fellow for Young Scientists of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Doctoral Course Students (DC1)

Accepted articles: 28
Corresponding author (*) : 7 (Accepted articles)
First author († : equally contributed to first author) : 13 (Accepted articles)

2023

1. Kazuyuki Iwase,* Masaki Otaka and Itaru Honma*
   "TBA" (oxygen evolution electrocatalysts composed of spinel oxide)
   in preparation.

2. Yoshinobu Utagawa, Kosuke Ino,* Kaoru Hiramoto, Kazuyuki Iwase, Itaru Honma, Yuji Nashimoto, Hitoshi Shiku*
   "Vasculature-on-a-chip with a Porous Membrane Electrode for In Situ Electrochemical Detection of Nitric Oxide Released from Endothelial Cells"
   Anal. Chem., 95, 49, 19158-18165 (2023). DOI: acs.analchem.3c03684.

3. Kazuyuki Iwase,* Masaki Ohtaka and Itaru Honma*
   "Rational strategy for tuning electrocatalytic oxygen evolution activity of perovskite oxides via low-temperature fluorination"
   Chemistry of Materials,  35, 7, 2773–2781 (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03099.

4. Shintaro Kato, Takuya Hashimoto, Kazuyuki Iwase, Takashi Harada, Shuji Nakanishi*, Kazuhide Kamiya*
   "Selective and High-Rate CO2 Electroreduction by Metal-Doped Covalent Triazine Frameworks: A Computational and Experimental Hybrid Approach"
   Chemical Science, 14, 3, 613–620 (2023). DOI: 10.1039/D2SC03754H.

2022

5. * Kazuyuki Iwase* and Itaru Honma*
   "High-Entropy Spinel Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized via Supercritical Hydrothermal Processing as Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts"
   ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5, 8, 9292–9296 (2022).  DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.2c01751. 

6. * Kaoru Hiramoto,† Kazuyuki Iwase,†,* Yoshinobu Utagawa, Yuji Nashimoto, Itaru Honma, Kosuke Ino* and Hitoshi Shiku*
   († These authors equally contributed to this work)
   "Electrochemical microwell sensor with Fe-N co-doped carbon catalyst to monitor nitric oxide release from endothelial cell spheroids"
   Analytical Sciences, 38, 10, 1297–1304 (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s44211-022-00160-0.
   Selected as "Hot Articles".

7. Yuto Katsuyama,* Nagihiro Haba, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Iwase, Akira Kudo, Itaru Honma, and Richard B. Kaner*
   "Macro- and nano-porous 3D-hierarchical carbon lattices for extraordinarily high capacitance supercapacitors"
   Advanced Functional Materials, 32, 24, 2201544 (2022). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202201544.
   東北大学プレスリリース：3Dプリンターで世界最高性能のスーパーキャパシタを実証～多重細孔構造を人工的に制御し高いエネルギー密度と出力密度を達成～

8. * Kazuyuki Iwase,* Takayuki Kojima,† Naoto Todoroki† and Itaru Honma
   († These authors equally contributed to this work)
   "Activity switching of Sn and In species in Heusler alloys for electrochemical CO2 reduction"
   Chemical Communications, 58, 31, 4865–4868 (2022). DOI: 10.1039/D2CC00754A.

9. Yuto Katsuyama, Hiroaki Kobayashi,* Kazuyuki Iwase, Yoshiyuki Gambe, and Itaru Honma*
   "Are Redox-Active Organic Small Molecules Applicable for High-Voltage (>4 V) Lithium-ion Battery Cathodes?"
   Advanced Science, 9, 12, 2200187 (2022). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202200187.
   東北大学プレスリリース：4Vで動作する有機リチウムイオン電池を実証～金属資源を一切使用しない高エネルギー密度蓄電池へ～
   Press Release：A 4 V-class Metal-free Organic Lithium-ion Battery Gets Closer to Reality

10. * Kazuyuki Iwase,*,† Tomo Hirano† and Itaru Honma
    († These authors equally contributed to this work)
    "Copper aluminum layered double hydroxides with different compositions and morphologies as electrocatalysts for the carbon dioxide reduction reaction"
    ChemSusChem, 15, 2, e202102340 (2022). DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202102340.

2021

11. Yoshiyuki Gambe, Hiroaki Kobayashi,* Kazuyuki Iwase, Stauss Sven and Itaru Honma*
    "A photo-curable gel electrolyte ink for 3D-printable quasi-solid-state lithium-ion batteries"
    Dalton Transactions, 50, 45, 16504–16508 (2021).  DOI: 10.1039/d1dt02918e.
    東北大学プレスリリース：疑似固体リチウムイオン電池の３Ｄプリント製造技術を開発～EVから医療用まで、固体リチウムイオン電池を短時間でオンデマンド製造～

12. * Keitaro Ohashi, Kazuyuki Iwase,* Takashi Harada, Shuji Nakanishi and Kazuhide Kamiya*
    "Rational Design of Electrocatalysts Comprising Single-Atom-Modified Covalent Organic Frameworks for the N2 Reduction Reaction: A First-Principles Study"
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125, 20, 10983–10990 (2021).  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02832.

13. Yuxin Wu,† Kazuyuki Iwase,† Takashi Harada, Shuji Nakanishi* and Kazuhide Kamiya*
    († These authors equally contributed to this work)
    "Sn Atoms on Cu Nanoparticles for Suppressing Competitive H2 Evolution in CO2 electrolysis "
    ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4, 5, 4994–5003 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c00514.

14. Tomoya Hosokawa, Masaki Tsuji, Kosei Tsuchida, Kazuyuki Iwase, Takashi Harada, Shuji Nakanishi* and Kazuhide Kamiya,*
    "Metal-doped bipyridine linked covalent organic framework films as a platform for photoelectrocatalysts"
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9, 11073–11080 (2021). DOI: 10.1039/D1TA00396H.

15. * Kazuyuki Iwase,* Kathrin Ebner, Justus Diercks, Viktoriia Saveleva, Seçil Ünsal, Frank Krumeich, Takashi Harada, Itaru Honma, Shuji Nakanishi, Kazuhide Kamiya,* Thomas Schmidt and Juan Herranz*
    "Effect of cobalt speciation and the graphitization of the carbon matrix on the CO2 electroreduction activity of Co/N-doped carbon materials"
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 13, 15122–15131 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c21920.

16. Kazuyuki Iwase, Sven Stauss,* Yoshiyuki Gambe, Ryuichi Miyazaki and Itaru Honma*
    "Direct printable proto conducting nano-composite inks for all-quasi-solid-state electrochemical capacitors"
    ACS Applied Energy Materials, 4, 4, 3651–3659 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c00076.
    東北大学プレスリリース：固体蓄電デバイスの３Ｄプリンティング製造法を開発 ～ウェアラブルデバイス電源の基盤技術として期待～
    英語版：First 3D-printed Proton-conductive Membrane Paves Way for Tailored Energy Storage Devices
    JSTでの紹介記事：JSTnews 2021年7月号　3D印刷でプロトン伝導膜を整形～電池やキャパシタの基盤技術に～

17. Masanori Yamamoto,* Kazuma Takahashi, Mao Ohwada, Yuxin Wu, Kazuyuki Iwase, Yuichiro Hayasaka, Hisashi Konaka, Henry Cove, Devis Di Tommaso, Kazuhide Kamiya, Jun Maruyama, Fumito Tani and Hirotomo Nishihara*
    "Iron porphyrin-derived ordered carbonaceous frameworks ”
    Catalysis Today, 364, 164–171 (2021). DOI : 10.1016/j.cattod.2020.07.003.

2020

18. Yuki Takahashi, Yuta Nakayasu,* Kazuyuki Iwase, Hiroaki Kobayashi and Itaru Honma,
    ”Supercritical Hydrothermal Synthesis of MoS2 Nanosheets with Controllable Layer Number and Phase Structure”
    Dalton Transactions, 49, 27, 9377–9384 (2020).  DOI : 10.1039/D0DT01453B.

19. Shintaro Kato, Kazuyuki Iwase, Takashi Harada, Shuji Nakanishi* and Kazuhide Kamiya,*
    ”Aqueous Electrochemical Partial Oxidation of Gaseous Ethylbenzene by a Ru-Modified Covalent Triazine Framework”
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12, 26, 29376–29382 (2020). DOI : 10.1039/D0DT01453B.

20. Kazuyuki Iwase, Shuji Nakanishi, Masaru Miyayama and Kazuhide Kamiya*
    "Rational Molecular Design of Electrocatalysts Based on Single-Atom Modified Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction"
    ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3, 2, 1644–1652 (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b02141.

21. Hiro Tabata, Shintaro Kato, Shingi Yamaguchi, Takashi Harada, Kazuyuki Iwase, Kazuhide Kamiya* and Shuji Nakanishi*
    "Glycerol oxidation catalyzed by high-valency ruthenium species at electrochemical interfaces"
    Chemistry Letters, 49, 5, 304–307 (2020).  DOI : 10.1246/cl.200056.

22. Joe Komeda, Ryo Shiotsuki, Amalia Rapakousiou, Ryota Sakamoto,* Ryojun Toyoda, Kazuyuki Iwase, Masaki Tsuji, Kazuhide Kamiya and Hiroshi Nishihara
    " 'Click' conjugated porous polymer nanofilm with a large domain size created by a liquid/liquid interfacial protocol"
    Chemical Communications, 56, 25, 3677–3680 (2020). DOI : 10.1039/D0CC00360C.

2018

23. Panan Su,† Kazuyuki Iwase,† Takashi Harada, Kazuhide Kamiya* and Shuji Nakanishi*
    († These authors equally contributed to this work)
    "Covalent triazine framework modified with coordinatively-unsaturated Co or Ni atoms for CO2 electrochemical reduction"
    Chemical Science, 9, 16, 3941–3947 (2018). (†: equal contribution). DOI: 10.1039/C8SC00604K.
    Selected as ChemSci Pick of the Week and highlighted in Chemistry world.

24. Kazuhide Kamiya, Tomomi Tatebe, Shuhei Yamamura, Kazuyuki Iwase, Takashi Harada and Shuji Nakanishi*
    "Selective Reduction of Nitrate by the Local Cell Catalyst Composed of Metal-Doped Covalent Triazine Frameworks"
    ACS Catalysis, 8, 4, 2693–2698 (2018). DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.7b04465.

25. Kazuyuki Iwase, Kazuhide Kamiya*, Masaru Miyayama, Kazuhito Hashimoto and Shuji Nakanishi*
    "Sulfur-Linked Covalent Triazine Frameworks doped with Coordinatively-Unsaturated Cu(I) as Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction"
    ChemElectroChem, 5, 5, 805–810 (2018). DOI : 10.1002/celc.201701361.

26. Kazuyuki Iwase, Nobuhiro Fujinami, Kazuhito Hashimoto, Kazuhide Kamiya* and Shuji Nakanishi*
    "Cooperative Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrobenzene to Aniline in Aqueous Solution by Copper Modified Covalent Triazine Framework"
    Chemistry Letters, 47, 3, 304–307 (2018). DOI : 10.1246/cl.171117.

2016

27. Panpan Su, Kazuyuki Iwase, Shuji Nakanishi, Kazuhito Hashimoto* and Kazuhide Kamiya*
    "Nickel‐Nitrogen‐Modified Graphene: An Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Carbon Monoxide"
    Small, 12, 44, 6083–6089 (2016). DOI : 10.1002/smll.201602158.

28. Tatsuro Yoshioka, Kazuyuki Iwase, Shuji Nakanishi, Kazuhito Hashimoto* and Kazuhide Kamiya*
    "Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate to nitrous oxide by a copper-modified covalent triazine framework"
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, 29, 15729–15734 (2016). DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10962.

2015

29. Kazuyuki Iwase, Tatsuro Yoshioka, Shuji Nakanishi, Kazuhito Hashimoto* and Kazuhide Kamiya*
    "Copper‐Modified Covalent Triazine Frameworks as Non‐Noble‐Metal Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction"
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54, 38, 11068–11072 (2015). DOI : 10.1002/anie.201503637.

2021.10.28 The 5th Symposium for The Core Research Clusters for Materials Science and Spintronics, and the 4th Symposium on International Joint Graduate Program in Materials Science, Poster award.

2016 Student Presentation Award in The 97th Annual Meeting of The Chemical Society of Japan,

2016 The 43th international exchange support to young researchers of The Electrochemical Society of Japan

2014 The 20th SIEMME Best Oral Presentation Award, SIEMME’ 20

2023

1. ○Kazuyuki Iwase, "Nanomaterials with controlled coordination and electronic structure as electrocatalysts for water and CO2 electrolysis", The 84the Green Seminar, Invited lecture, 27/2/2023, Tsukuba, Ibaraki.

2019

1. ○K. Iwase, "Metal-Modified Covalent Triazine Frameworks: Electrocatalysts for the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Carbon Monoxide",
   Nano Engineering Science And  Research Advances (NESARA 2019), Sept. 2019, Bangalore, India.

2. ○K. Iwase, "Non-Noble-Metal-Modified Covalent Triazine Frameworks as Electrocatalysts for CO2  Conversion",
   10th India – Japan Science & Technology Conclave (ICEAST 2019) Sept. 2019, Delhi, India.

2018

3. ○K. Iwase, P. Su, T. Harada, K. Kamiya, S. Nakanishi, "Nickel-modified covalent triazine frameworks as efficient electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction"
   The 3rd Solar Fuel Material Workshop, Oral presentation, Mar. 2018. Osaka, Japan.

Peer- review

 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nat. Sustain.,  Appl. Catal. B, New J. Chem., Appl. Surf. Sci. RSC Adv., 

2022. 04 - 2025. 03 (Principal Investigator) ￥13,700,000-
JSPS : Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid(B)
Development of highly active and selective elecrocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction reaction
(Grant No : 22H02175)

2020. 04 - 2022. 03 (Principal Investigator) ￥3,300,000-
Development of highly active electrocatalysts with single-metal active center using layered compound as catalytic supports
JSPS : Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists
(Grant No : 20K15374)

2019. 10 - 2021. 03 (Principal Investigator) ￥2,200,000-
Development of non-noble-metal based highly active carbon dioxide reduction electrocatalysts
JSPS : Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up
(Grant No : 19K23644)

2018. 10
JSPS : Exchange program of young researchers between Japan and Switzerland 2018 

2016. 04 - 2019. 03 (Principal Investigator) ￥2,800,000-
Development of copper-modified covalent organic frameworks as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reactions
JSPS : Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC1)
(Grant No : 16J09552)