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Akihide Iwase is affiliated with Tokyo University of Science in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and energy, with significant contributions to materials chemistry and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. The scientist's work also spans electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and catalysis.

The main topics covered in their research include advanced photocatalysis techniques, copper-based nanomaterials and their applications, quantum dots synthesis and properties, perovskite materials and applications, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, multiferroics and related materials, and luminescence properties of advanced materials.

Frequent publication venues for Akihide Iwase include:

  • Chemical Communications
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Energy Technology
  • ChemSusChem

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, notably Akihiko Kudo, Shunya Yoshino, Misa Moriya, Tomoaki Takayama, and Yuichi Yamaguchi.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Akihide Iwase include:

  • CO2 Reduction Using Water as an Electron Donor over Heterogeneous Photocatalysts Aiming at Artificial Photosynthesis (2022) published in Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Using Water as an Electron Donor under Visible Light Irradiation by Z-Scheme and Photoelectrochemical Systems over (CuGa)0.5ZnS2 in the Presence of Basic Additives (2022) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Activation of Water-Splitting Photocatalysts by Loading with Ultrafine Rh-Cr Mixed-Oxide Cocatalyst Nanoparticles (2020) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Long wavelength visible light-responsive SrTiO3 photocatalysts doped with valence-controlled Ru for sacrificial H2 and O2 evolution (2020) published in Catalysis Science & Technology
  • Z-Schematic CO2 Reduction to CO through Interparticle Electron Transfer between SrTiO3:Rh of a Reducing Photocatalyst and BiVO4 of a Water Oxidation Photocatalyst under Visible Light (2020) published in ACS Applied Energy Materials

Best Publications

  • Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Solid-state Electron Mediator in Z-scheme Photocatalytic Water Splitting under Visible Light

    Akihide Iwase;Yun Hau Ng;Yoshimi Ishiguro;Akihiko Kudo

  • Reducing Graphene Oxide on a Visible-Light BiVO4 Photocatalyst for an Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

    Yun Hau Ng;Akihide Iwase;Akihiko Kudo;Rose Amal

  • Z-Schematic Water Splitting into H2 and O2 Using Metal Sulfide as a Hydrogen-Evolving Photocatalyst and Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Solid-State Electron Mediator

    Katsuya Iwashina;Akihide Iwase;Yun Hau Ng;Rose Amal

  • Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction under Visible Light Irradiation Using Z-Scheme Systems Consisting of Metal Sulfides, CoOx-Loaded BiVO4, and a Reduced Graphene Oxide Electron Mediator.

    Akihide Iwase;Shunya Yoshino;Tomoaki Takayama;Yun Hau Ng

  • Surface Modification of CoO(x) Loaded BiVO₄ Photoanodes with Ultrathin p-Type NiO Layers for Improved Solar Water Oxidation.

    Miao Zhong;Takashi Hisatomi;Yongbo Kuang;Jiao Zhao

  • The effect of co-catalyst for Z-scheme photocatalysis systems with an Fe3+/Fe2+ electron mediator on overall water splitting under visible light irradiation

    Yasuyoshi Sasaki;Akihide Iwase;Hideki Kato;Akihiko Kudo

  • Photocatalytic H2 Evolution over TiO2 Nanoparticles. The Synergistic Effect of Anatase and Rutile

    Yung Kent Kho;Akihide Iwase;Wey Yang Teoh;Lutz Mädler

  • BiVO4–Ru/SrTiO3:Rh composite Z-scheme photocatalyst for solar water splitting

    Qingxin Jia;Akihide Iwase;Akihiko Kudo

  • Photoelectrochemical water splitting using visible-light-responsive BiVO4 fine particles prepared in an aqueous acetic acid solution

    Akihide Iwase;Akihiko Kudo

  • Effects of doping of metal cations on morphology, activity, and visible light response of photocatalysts

    Akihiko Kudo;Ryo Niishiro;Akihide Iwase;Hideki Kato

  • A visible light responsive rhodium and antimony-codoped SrTiO3 powdered photocatalyst loaded with an IrO2 cocatalyst for solar water splitting

    Rikako Asai;Hiroaki Nemoto;Qingxin Jia;Kenji Saito

  • CO2 Reduction Using Water as an Electron Donor over Heterogeneous Photocatalysts Aiming at Artificial Photosynthesis

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  • Sustained solar hydrogen generation using a dye-sensitised NiO photocathode/BiVO4 tandem photo-electrochemical device

    Lei Tong;Akihide Iwase;Andrew Nattestad;Udo Bach;Udo Bach

  • Semiconductor/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites derived from photocatalytic reactions

    Yun Hau Ng;Akihide Iwase;Nicholas J. Bell;Akihiko Kudo

  • Nanosized Au Particles as an Efficient Cocatalyst for Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting

    Akihide Iwase;Hideki Kato;Akihiko Kudo

  • Utilization of Metal Sulfide Material of (CuGa)(1-x)Zn(2x)S2 Solid Solution with Visible Light Response in Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Solar Water Splitting Systems.

    Takaaki Kato;Yuichiro Hakari;Satoru Ikeda;Qingxin Jia

  • Role of Iron Ion Electron Mediator on Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting under Visible Light Irradiation Using Z-Scheme Systems

    Hideki Kato;Yasuyoshi Sasaki;Akihide Iwase;Akihiko Kudo

  • Highly Active NaTaO3-Based Photocatalysts for CO2 Reduction to Form CO Using Water as the Electron Donor

    Haruka Nakanishi;Kosuke Iizuka;Tomoaki Takayama;Akihide Iwase

  • Flame Preparation of Visible-Light-Responsive BiVO4 Oxygen Evolution Photocatalysts with Subsequent Activation via Aqueous Route

    Yung Kent Kho;Wey Yang Teoh;Wey Yang Teoh;Akihide Iwase;Lutz Mädler

  • Enhanced photocatalytic water splitting by BaLa4Ti4O15 loaded with ∼1 nm gold nanoclusters using glutathione-protected Au25 clusters

    Yuichi Negishi;Masahiro Mizuno;Michiyo Hirayama;Mamiko Omatoi

  • The Effect of Alkaline Earth Metal Ion Dopants on Photocatalytic Water Splitting by NaTaO3 Powder

    Akihide Iwase;Hideki Kato;Hideki Kato;Akihiko Kudo

Frequent Co-Authors

Akihiko Kudo
Akihiko Kudo Tokyo University of Science
Rose Amal
Rose Amal University of New South Wales
Yun Hau Ng
Yun Hau Ng City University of Hong Kong
Shin-ichi Adachi
Shin-ichi Adachi High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Yuichi Negishi
Yuichi Negishi Tokyo University of Science
Kazunari Domen
Kazunari Domen University of Tokyo
Wey Yang Teoh
Wey Yang Teoh University of New South Wales
Seiji Yamazoe
Seiji Yamazoe Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tsutomu Minegishi
Tsutomu Minegishi University of Tokyo
Xiaoming Wen
Xiaoming Wen RMIT University

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