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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2011 - Luigi Galvani Medal, Italian Chemical Society (Società Chimica Italiana)
  • 2004 - Japan Prize for pioneering work on photochemical catalysis and its application for the environment.

Overview

Akira Fujishima is affiliated with the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on fields such as Energy, Materials Science, and Engineering, with substantial work in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells, Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, Copper-based nanomaterials and applications, Advanced oxidation water treatment, Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods, and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity.

Notable recent papers by Akira Fujishima include:

  • Photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A using titanium dioxide@nanodiamond composites under UV light illumination (2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science)
  • An approach to the photocatalytic mechanism in the TiO2-nanomaterials microorganism interface for the control of infectious processes (2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental)
  • Enhanced Solar Photothermal Catalysis over Solution Plasma Activated TiO2 (2020, Advanced Science)
  • Nanoflakes-like nickel cobaltite as active electrode material for 4-nitrophenol reduction and supercapacitor applications (2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation Activity Using the V2O5/RGO Composite (2023, Nanomaterials)

Frequent publication venues for Fujishima's work include:

  • Catalysts
  • ACS Omega
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Collaborations feature several recurrent colleagues, among them Chiaki Terashima, Norihiro Suzuki, Ken-ichi Katsumata, Kazuya Nakata, and Makoto Yuasa.

Awards received include the Luigi Galvani Medal from the Italian Chemical Society in 2011 and the Japan Prize in 2004 for pioneering work on photochemical catalysis and its environmental applications.

Best Publications

  • Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode

    Akira Fujishima;Kenichi Honda

  • Titanium dioxide photocatalysis

    Akira Fujishima;Tata N. Rao;Donald A. Tryk

  • TiO2 photocatalysis and related surface phenomena

    Akira Fujishima;Xintong Zhang;Donald A. Tryk

  • Light-induced amphiphilic surfaces

    Rong Wang;Kazuhito Hashimoto;Akira Fujishima;Makota Chikuni

  • TiO2 Photocatalysis: A Historical Overview and Future Prospects

    Kazuhito Hashimoto;Hiroshi Irie;Akira Fujishima

  • TiO2 photocatalysis: Design and applications

    Kazuya Nakata;Akira Fujishima

  • Photoelectrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide in aqueous suspensions of semiconductor powders

    Tooru Inoue;Akira Fujishima;Satoshi Konishi;Kenichi Honda

  • Photoinduced Magnetization of a Cobalt-Iron Cyanide

    O. Sato;T. Iyoda;A. Fujishima;K. Hashimoto

  • TITANIUM DIOXIDE PHOTOCATALYSIS: PRESENT SITUATION AND FUTURE APPROACHES

    Akira Fujishima;Xintong Zhang

  • Effects of the Surface Roughness on Sliding Angles of Water Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

    Masashi Miwa;Akira Nakajima;Akira Fujishima;Kazuhito Hashimoto, ,† and

  • Detection of active oxidative species in TiO2 photocatalysis using the fluorescence technique

    Ken-ichi Ishibashi;Akira Fujishima;Toshiya Watanabe;Kazuhito Hashimoto

  • Photocatalytic activity and photoinduced hydrophilicity of titanium dioxide coated glass

    T Watanabe;A Nakajima;R Wang;M Minabe

  • Bactericidal and Detoxification Effects of TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalysts

    Kayano Sunada;Yoshihiko Kikuchi;Kazuhito Hashimoto,†,‡ and;Akira Fujishima

  • Photogeneration of Highly Amphiphilic TiO2 Surfaces

    Rong Wang;Kazuhito Hashimoto;Akira Fujishima;Makoto Chikuni

  • Transparent Superhydrophobic Thin Films with Self-Cleaning Properties

    Akira Nakajima;Kazuhito Hashimoto;Toshiya Watanabe;Kennichi Takai

  • Preparation of Transparent Superhydrophobic Boehmite and Silica Films by Sublimation of Aluminum Acetylacetonate

    A. Nakajima;A. Fujishima;K. Hashimoto;T. Watanabe

  • Photoinduced Surface Wettability Conversion of ZnO and TiO2 Thin Films

    Ren-De Sun;Akira Nakajima;Akira Fujishima;Toshiya Watanabe

  • Quantum yields of active oxidative species formed on TiO2 photocatalyst

    Ken-ichi Ishibashi;Akira Fujishima;Toshiya Watanabe;Kazuhito Hashimoto

  • Heterogeneous photocatalysis: From water photolysis to applications in environmental cleanup

    Akira Fujishima;Xintong Zhang;Donald. A. Tryk

  • Photocatalytic bactericidal effect of TiO2 thin films : dynamic view of the active oxygen species responsible for the effect

    Yoshihiko Kikuchi;Kayano Sunada;Tomokazu Iyoda;Kazuhito Hashimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhito Hashimoto
Kazuhito Hashimoto National Institute for Materials Science
Kenichi Honda
Kenichi Honda University of Tokyo
Donald A. Tryk
Donald A. Tryk University of Yamanashi
Osamu Sato
Osamu Sato Kyushu University
Kazuya Nakata
Kazuya Nakata Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Yasuaki Einaga
Yasuaki Einaga Keio University
Xintong Zhang
Xintong Zhang Northeast Normal University
Zhongze Gu
Zhongze Gu Southeast University
Tetsu Tatsuma
Tetsu Tatsuma University of Tokyo
Hideki Sakai
Hideki Sakai Tokyo University of Science

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