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Akira Yamakata

Akira Yamakata

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Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
12737
World Ranking
11009
National Ranking
806

Overview

Akira Yamakata is affiliated with Okayama University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Energy and Materials Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics encompass a range of areas related to photocatalysis and advanced materials. These include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides

Yamakata has frequently published in prominent venues, contributing extensively to journals such as:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Atomically dispersed antimony on carbon nitride for the artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide" (2021), published in Nature Catalysis
  • "Heteroatom Dopants Promote Two-Electron O2 Reduction for Photocatalytic Production of H2O2 on Polymeric Carbon Nitride" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Overall photosynthesis of H2O2 by an inorganic semiconductor" (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • "Sequential cocatalyst decoration on BaTaO2N towards highly-active Z-scheme water splitting" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Overall Water Splitting by a SrTaO2N-Based Photocatalyst Decorated with an Ir-Promoted Ru-Based Cocatalyst" (2023), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Yamakata collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Kosaku Kato
  • Junie Jhon M. Vequizo
  • Kazunari Domen
  • Takashi Hisatomi
  • Tsuyoshi Takata

The focus of Yamakata's research largely centers on enhancing photocatalytic processes, particularly related to hydrogen peroxide synthesis, water splitting, and the development of nanomaterial-based catalysts. Their contributions span experimental investigations of inorganic semiconductors and cocatalyst decoration techniques, applied within renewable energy and sustainability frameworks.

Best Publications

  • Atomically dispersed antimony on carbon nitride for the artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide

    Zhenyuan Teng;Qitao Zhang;Hongbin Yang;Kosaku Kato

  • Nature-Inspired, Highly Durable CO2 Reduction System Consisting of a Binuclear Ruthenium(II) Complex and an Organic Semiconductor Using Visible Light.

    Ryo Kuriki;Hironori Matsunaga;Takuya Nakashima;Keisuke Wada

  • Heteroatom Dopants Promote Two‐Electron O 2 Reduction for Photocatalytic Production of H 2 O 2 on Polymeric Carbon Nitride

    Peng Zhang;Ya Wen Tong;Yong Liu;Junie Jhon M. Vequizo

  • Cobalt-Modified Porous Single-Crystalline LaTiO2N for Highly Efficient Water Oxidation under Visible Light

    Fuxiang Zhang;Akira Yamakata;Akira Yamakata;Kazuhiko Maeda;Kazuhiko Maeda;Yosuke Moriya

  • Overall photosynthesis of H2O2 by an inorganic semiconductor

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  • Water- and Oxygen-Induced Decay Kinetics of Photogenerated Electrons in TiO2 and Pt/TiO2: A Time-Resolved Infrared Absorption Study

    Akira Yamakata;and Taka-aki Ishibashi;Hiroshi Onishi

  • Structure of Water at the Electrified Platinum−Water Interface: A Study by Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy

    Masatoshi Osawa;Minoru Tsushima;Hirokazu Mogami;Gabor Samjeské,†,‡ and

  • Flux-mediated doping of SrTiO3 photocatalysts for efficient overall water splitting

    Yeilin Ham;Takashi Hisatomi;Yosuke Goto;Yosuke Moriya

  • Trapping-Induced Enhancement of Photocatalytic Activity on Brookite TiO2 Powders: Comparison with Anatase and Rutile TiO2 Powders

    Junie Jhon M. Vequizo;Hironori Matsunaga;Tatsuya Ishiku;Sunao Kamimura

  • Visible light responsive pristine metal oxide photocatalyst: enhancement of activity by crystallization under hydrothermal treatment.

    Fumiaki Amano;Akira Yamakata;Kohei Nogami;Masatoshi Osawa

  • Electron- and Hole-Capture Reactions on Pt/TiO2 Photocatalyst Exposed to Methanol Vapor Studied with Time-Resolved Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy

    Akira Yamakata;and Taka-aki Ishibashi;Hiroshi Onishi

  • Time-resolved infrared absorption spectroscopy of photogenerated electrons in platinized TiO2 particles

    Akira Yamakata;Taka-aki Ishibashi;Hiroshi Onishi

  • Effect of Particle Size on the Photocatalytic Activity of WO3 Particles for Water Oxidation

    Fumiaki Amano;Eri Ishinaga;Akira Yamakata;Akira Yamakata

  • Potential Oscillations in Galvanostatic Electrooxidation of Formic Acid on Platinum: A Time-Resolved Surface-Enhanced Infrared Study

    Gabor Samjeské;Atsushi Miki;Shen Ye;Akira Yamakata

  • Behavior and Energy States of Photogenerated Charge Carriers on Pt- or CoOx-Loaded LaTiO2N Photocatalysts: Time-Resolved Visible to Mid-Infrared Absorption Study

    Akira Yamakata;Akira Yamakata;Masayuki Kawaguchi;Naoyuki Nishimura;Tsutomu Minegishi

  • Distinctive Behavior of Photogenerated Electrons and Holes in Anatase and Rutile TiO2 Powders

    Akira Yamakata;Akira Yamakata;Junie Jhon M. Vequizo;Hironori Matsunaga

  • Sequential cocatalyst decoration on BaTaO2N towards highly-active Z-scheme water splitting

    Zheng Wang;Zheng Wang;Ying Luo;Takashi Hisatomi;Junie Jhon M. Vequizo

  • Overall Water Splitting by a SrTaO2N-Based Photocatalyst Decorated with an Ir-Promoted Ru-Based Cocatalyst

    Unknown

  • ATR-SEIRAS investigation of the Fermi level of Pt cocatalyst on a GaN photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution under irradiation

    Masaaki Yoshida;Akira Yamakata;Kazuhiro Takanabe;Jun Kubota

  • Kinetics of the photocatalytic water-splitting reaction on TiO2 and Pt/TiO2 studied by time-resolved infrared absorption spectroscopy

    Akira Yamakata;Taka-aki Ishibashi;Hiroshi Onishi

  • Photodynamics of NaTaO3 Catalysts for Efficient Water Splitting

    Akira Yamakata;Taka Aki Ishibashi;Hideki Kato;Akihiko Kudo

  • Carrier Dynamics in TiO2 and Pt/TiO2 Powders Observed by Femtosecond Time-Resolved Near-Infrared Spectroscopy at a Spectral Region of 0.9−1.5 μm with the Direct Absorption Method

    Koichi Iwata;Tomohisa Takaya;Hiro-O Hamaguchi;Akira Yamakata

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazunari Domen
Kazunari Domen University of Tokyo
Masatoshi Osawa
Masatoshi Osawa Hokkaido University
Kazuhiko Maeda
Kazuhiko Maeda Institute of Science Tokyo
Hiroshi Onishi
Hiroshi Onishi Kobe University
Jun Kubota
Jun Kubota Fukuoka University
Osamu Ishitani
Osamu Ishitani Tokyo Institute of Technology
Takashi Hisatomi
Takashi Hisatomi Shinshu University
Mirabbos Hojamberdiev
Mirabbos Hojamberdiev Technical University of Berlin
Kunio Yubuta
Kunio Yubuta Tohoku University
Tsuyoshi Takata
Tsuyoshi Takata Shinshu University

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