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Hiroshi Kominami

Hiroshi Kominami

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Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
9863
World Ranking
10825
National Ranking
792

Overview

Hiroshi Kominami is affiliated with Kindai University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in the areas of Energy, Materials Science, and Chemistry. Their work spans several key subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's research touches on main topics such as Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Nanomaterials for Catalytic Reactions, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Copper-Based Nanomaterials and Applications, Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, and Covalent Organic Framework Applications.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hiroshi Kominami include:

  • Atsuhiro Tanaka
  • Eri Fudo
  • Akira Yamamoto
  • Hisao Yoshida
  • Tayyebeh Soltani

Several publication venues where Kominami's research is frequently featured are:

  • ChemCatChem
  • Applied Catalysis A General
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Chemical Communications
  • Catalysis Today

Representative recent papers by Kominami include:

  • "Effect of transition metal oxide cocatalyst on the photocatalytic activity of Ag loaded CaTiO3 for CO2 reduction with water and water splitting," 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "A Pd-Bi Dual-Cocatalyst-Loaded Gallium Oxide Photocatalyst for Selective and Stable Nonoxidative Coupling of Methane," 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • "Facet-selective deposition of a silver-manganese dual cocatalyst on potassium hexatitanate photocatalyst for highly selective reduction of carbon dioxide by water," 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Simultaneous Formation of CO and H2O2 from CO2 and H2O with a Ag-MnOx/CaTiO3 Photocatalyst," 2021, ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • "A ruthenium and palladium bimetallic system superior to a rhodium co-catalyst for TiO2-photocatalyzed ring hydrogenation of aniline to cyclohexylamine," 2020, Journal of Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Preparation of Au/CeO2 exhibiting strong surface plasmon resonance effective for selective or chemoselective oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes or ketones in aqueous suspensions under irradiation by green light.

    Atsuhiro Tanaka;Keiji Hashimoto;Hiroshi Kominami

  • Preparation of Au/TiO2 with Metal Cocatalysts Exhibiting Strong Surface Plasmon Resonance Effective for Photoinduced Hydrogen Formation under Irradiation of Visible Light

    Atsuhiro Tanaka;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Keiji Hashimoto;Hiroshi Kominami

  • Visible-light-induced hydrogen and oxygen formation over Pt/Au/WO₃ photocatalyst utilizing two types of photoabsorption due to surface plasmon resonance and band-gap excitation.

    Atsuhiro Tanaka;Keiji Hashimoto;Hiroshi Kominami

  • Correlation between Some Physical Properties of Titanium Dioxide Particles and Their Photocatalytic Activity for Some Probe Reactions in Aqueous Systems

    Hiroshi Kominami;Shinya Murakami;Junichi Kato;Yoshiya Kera

  • Quantitative analysis of defective sites in titanium(IV) oxide photocatalyst powders

    Shigeru Ikeda;Noboru Sugiyama;Shin-ya Murakami;Hiroshi Kominami

  • Synthesis of brookite-type titanium oxide nano-crystals in organic media

    Hiroshi Kominami;Masaaki Kohno;Yoshiya Kera

  • Synthesis of Yttrium Aluminum Garnet by the Glycothermal Method

    Masashi Inoue;Hiroyuki Otsu;Hiroshi Kominami;Tomoyuki Inui

  • Novel synthesis of microcrystalline titanium(IV) oxide having high thermal stability and ultra-high photocatalytic activity: thermal decomposition of titanium(IV) alkoxide in organic solvents

    Hiroshi Kominami;Jun-ichi Kato;Yoko Takada;Yoshiaki Doushi

  • Visible light-induced water splitting in an aqueous suspension of a plasmonic Au/TiO2 photocatalyst with metal co-catalysts

    A. Tanaka;K. Teramura;S. Hosokawa;H. Kominami

  • Functionalization of a plasmonic Au/TiO2 photocatalyst with an Ag co-catalyst for quantitative reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline in 2-propanol suspensions under irradiation of visible light.

    Atsuhiro Tanaka;Yuri Nishino;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Takayuki Yoshikawa

  • Photocatalytic oxidation of nitrogen monoxide over titanium(IV) oxide nanocrystals large size areas

    Keiji Hashimoto;Kazuhiko Wasada;Naoji Toukai;Hiroshi Kominami

  • Effective Photocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia in an Aqueous Suspension of Metal-Loaded Titanium(IV) Oxide Particles in the Presence of Oxalic Acid

    Hiroshi Kominami;Akitoshi Furusho;Shin-ya Murakami;Hiroyuki Inoue

  • Mineralization of organic acids in aqueous suspensions of gold nanoparticles supported on cerium(IV) oxide powder under visible light irradiation

    Hiroshi Kominami;Atsuhiro Tanaka;Keiji Hashimoto

  • Photocatalytic oxidation of nitrogen oxide over titania–zeolite composite catalyst to remove nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere

    Keiji Hashimoto;Kazuhiko Wasada;Masato Osaki;Emi Shono

  • Photocatalytic reduction of nitrobenzenes to aminobenzenes in aqueous suspensions of titanium(IV) oxide in the presence of hole scavengers under deaerated and aerated conditions

    Kazuya Imamura;Shin-ichi Iwasaki;Tsuyoshi Maeda;Keiji Hashimoto

  • Selective photocatalytic oxidation of aromatic alcohols to aldehydes in an aqueous suspension of gold nanoparticles supported on cerium(IV) oxide under irradiation of green light

    Atsuhiro Tanaka;Keiji Hashimoto;Hiroshi Kominami

  • Mesoporous electrodes having tight agglomeration of single-phase anatase TiO2 nanocrystallites: Application to dye-sensitized solar cells

    Shingo Kambe;Kei Murakoshi;Takayuki Kitamura;Yuji Wada

  • Functionalization of Au/TiO2 Plasmonic Photocatalysts with Pd by Formation of a Core–Shell Structure for Effective Dechlorination of Chlorobenzene under Irradiation of Visible Light

    Atsuhiro Tanaka;Kojirou Fuku;Takuya Nishi;Keiji Hashimoto

  • Simultaneous and Stoichiometric Water Oxidation and Cr(VI) Reduction in Aqueous Suspensions of Functionalized Plasmonic Photocatalyst Au/TiO2–Pt under Irradiation of Green Light

    Atsuhiro Tanaka;Kousuke Nakanishi;Ryosuke Hamada;Keiji Hashimoto

  • Mechanism of photocatalytic production of active oxygens on highly crystalline TiO2 particles by means of chemiluminescent probing and ESR spectroscopy

    Tsutomu Hirakawa;Hiroshi Kominami;Bunsho Ohtani;Yoshio Nosaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Bunsho Ohtani
Bunsho Ohtani Hokkaido University
Masashi Inoue
Masashi Inoue Kyoto University
Tomoyuki Inui
Tomoyuki Inui Kyoto University
Sei-ichi Nishimoto
Sei-ichi Nishimoto Kyoto University
Tsunehiro Tanaka
Tsunehiro Tanaka Kyoto University
Shigeru Ikeda
Shigeru Ikeda Konan University
Kohei Uosaki
Kohei Uosaki National Institute for Materials Science
Hisao Yoshida
Hisao Yoshida Kyoto University
Kentaro Teramura
Kentaro Teramura Kyoto University
Masahiko Maekawa
Masahiko Maekawa Kindai University

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