The University of Tokyo
Office Department of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Building 3-5C07, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japanyamada@chemsys.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Education
1996 Ph.D, Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba
1990 MS, Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba
1988 BS, Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba
Experience
2022-Present Deputy Director, Digital Transformation Initiative for Green Energy Materials
2016-2022 Deputy Director, Element Strategy Initiative of Catalysts and Batteries
2011-2022 Adjunct Professor, Kyoto University, Japan
Research Interest
Electrode materials
Electrolyte
Theoretical approach
Spectroscopic approach
Journal Articles
(2024) Multifunctional Cyclic Phosphoramidate Solvent for Safe Lithium-Ion Batteries, Seongjae Ko, Ayaka Matsuoka, Wenting Chen, Taiga Iwata, Hiromi Otsuka, Shoji Yamaguchi, Takuya Masuda, Qifeng Zheng, Rui Shang, Eiichi Nakamura, Atsuo Yamada, ACS Energy Lett., 9(7), 3628–3635
(2024) Hidden Negative Issues and Possible Solutions for Advancing the Development of High-Energy-Density in Lithium Batteries: A Review, Atsuo Yamada, Advanced Science, 2401739 [Invited Review]
(2024) Hidden potential of lithium oxide, Seongjae Ko & Atsuo Yamada, Nature Energy,
(2024) Liquid Madelung energy accounts for the huge potential shift in electrochemical systems, Norio Takenaka, Seongjae Ko, Atsushi Kitada & Atsuo Yamada, Nature Communications, 15, 1319
(2023) Electrolyte design for lithium-ion batteries with a cobalt-free cathode and silicon oxide anode, Seongjae Ko, Xiao Han, Tatau Shimada, Norio Takenaka, Yuki Yamada & Atsuo Yamada, Nature Sustainability, 6, 1705–1714
(2023) Electrolyte science, what’s next?, Seongjae Ko, Norio Takenaka, Atsushi Kitada, Atsuo Yamada, Next Energy, 100014
(2023) High-rate decoupled water electrolysis system integrated with α-MoO3 as a redox mediator with fast anhydrous proton kinetics, Zihan Ma, Xiaofei Lu, Sunghyun Park, Tatsuya Shinagawa, Masashi Okubo, Kazuhiro Takanabe, Atsuo Yamada, Adv. Funct. Mater, 2214466
(2022) Electrode potential influences the reversibility of lithium-metal anodes, Nat. Energy https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01144-0
(2022) Anhydrous Fast Proton Transport Boosted by the Hydrogen Bond Network in a Dense Oxide-Ion Array of α-MoO3, Adv. Mater., 34(34), 2203335
(2022) Kinetic square scheme in oxygen-redox battery electrodes, Energy Environ. Sci., 15, 2591-2600
(2021) Frontiers in Theoretical Analysis of Solid Electrolyte Interphase Formation Mechanism, Adv. Mater., 33(37), 2100574.[Invited Review]
(2021)An overlooked issue for high-voltage Li-ion batteries: Suppressing the intercalation of anions into conductive carbon, Joule, 5(4), 998-1009
(2021) Nonpolarizing oxygen-redox capacity without O-O dimerization in Na2Mn3O7, Nature Comm., 12, 631
(2020) Mechanism of Sodium Storage in Hard Carbon: An X‐Ray Scattering Analysis, Adv. Energy Mater., 10(3), 1903176
(2020) Multiorbital bond formation for stable oxygen-redox reaction in battery electrodes, Energy Environ. Sci., 13, 1492