YAMAMOTO, Kentaro Program-Specific Assistant Professor

Message to the prospective students

To prospective students who hope to join My laboratory.
Have you ever thought that batteries of smartphones and laptop computers you normally use need to last longer, or if it is better if the distance traveled by electric cars is longer? In our laboratory (Prof. Uchimoto lab.), we are researching to improve the performance of batteries used in these devices. Batteries are composed of a wide range of materials such as inorganic materials, organic materials and polymer materials, so we can acquire various knowledge including electrochemistry and inorganic chemistry as you proceed your research. We also use synchrotron measurements to elucidate the phenomena such as how materials in the battery behave during charging/discharging reactions, so you will also acquire knowledge about measurement methods. If you would like to develop a new battery material, want to clarify the phenomena ocurring in the battery, and have a willingness to do something useful for the world, let's do research together.