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Overview

Jun Kubota is affiliated with Fukuoka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and medicine, with a primary focus on civil and structural engineering as well as renewable energy and catalysis.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Kubota's research topics cover areas such as structural load-bearing analysis, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced photocatalysis techniques, advanced battery technologies research, and structural engineering and vibration analysis.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kubota include:

  • Yoshikazu Sawamoto
  • Yoshikazu Takaine
  • Rika Hayashi
  • Raisei Sagara
  • Kazuya Koizumi

Key recent publications authored or coauthored by Kubota are:

  • "Methane synthesis from CO2 and H2O with electricity using H-permeable membrane electrochemical cells with Ru catalyst and phosphate electrolyte" (2021) published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • "Methane synthesis from CO2 and H2O using a phosphate-based electrochemical cell at 210-270 °C with oxide-supported Ru catalysts" (2022) published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • "A Career in Catalysis: Kazunari Domen" (2023) published in ACS Catalysis (coauthored by Akihiko Kudo)

Other notable papers include:

  • "EVALUATION ON PLASTIC DEFORMATION CAPACITY OF STEEL BEAM ENDS WITH LOCAL BUCKLING AND FRACTURE UNDER CYCLIC LOADING USING FE ANALYSIS" (2020) published in Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering (Transactions of AIJ)
  • "Ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and steam using electrochemical cells with a hydrogen-permeable membrane and Ru/Cs+/C catalysts" (2024) published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels (coauthored by Shintaroh Nagaishi)

Publications by Kubota have appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering (Transactions of AIJ)
  • Cureus
  • Journal of Structural Engineering B
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

The scope of Kubota's research encompasses methods to reduce carbon dioxide, innovative catalytic processes for energy conversion, and structural engineering approaches to assess and improve load-bearing capacity and resistance to material deformation under stress.

Best Publications

  • Recent advances in semiconductors for photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting

    Takashi Hisatomi;Jun Kubota;Kazunari Domen

  • Single-crystalline, wormlike hematite photoanodes for efficient solar water splitting

    Jae Young Kim;Ganesan Magesh;Duck Hyun Youn;Ji-Wook Jang

  • Vertically aligned Ta3N5 nanorod arrays for solar-driven photoelectrochemical water splitting.

    Yanbo Li;Tsuyoshi Takata;Dongkyu Cha;Kazuhiro Takanabe

  • 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

  • Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution on dye-sensitized mesoporous carbon nitride photocatalyst with magnesium phthalocyanine

    Kazuhiro Takanabe;Kumiko Kamata;Xinchen Wang;Markus Antonietti

  • Photoelectrochemical properties of LaTiO2N electrodes prepared by particle transfer for sunlight-driven water splitting

    Tsutomu Minegishi;Naoyuki Nishimura;Jun Kubota;Kazunari Domen

  • Cobalt phosphate-modified barium-doped tantalum nitride nanorod photoanode with 1.5% solar energy conversion efficiency

    Yanbo Li;Li Zhang;Almudena Torres-Pardo;Jose M. González-Calbet

  • Stable Hydrogen Evolution from CdS-Modified CuGaSe2 Photoelectrode under Visible-Light Irradiation

    Makoto Moriya;Tsutomu Minegishi;Hiromu Kumagai;Masao Katayama

  • Fabrication of CaFe2O4/TaON Heterojunction Photoanode for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation

    Eun Sun Kim;Naoyuki Nishimura;Ganesan Magesh;Jae Young Kim

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

    Yeilin Ham;Takashi Hisatomi;Yosuke Goto;Yosuke Moriya

  • Core/Shell Photocatalyst with Spatially Separated Co-Catalysts for Efficient Reduction and Oxidation of Water†

    Daoai Wang;Takashi Hisatomi;Tsuyoshi Takata;Chengsi Pan

  • Role and Function of Noble-Metal/Cr-Layer Core/Shell Structure Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting Studied by Model Electrodes

    Masaaki Yoshida;Kazuhiro Takanabe;Kazuhiko Maeda;Kazuhiko Maeda;Akio Ishikawa

  • Nanostructured WO3 /BiVO4 photoanodes for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting.

    Yuriy Pihosh;Ivan Turkevych;Kazuma Mawatari;Tomohiro Asai

  • Carbon supported TiN nanoparticles: an efficient bifunctional catalyst for non-aqueous Li–O2 batteries

    Fujun Li;Fujun Li;Ryohji Ohnishi;Yuki Yamada;Jun Kubota

  • Tungsten Carbide Nanoparticles as Efficient Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting

    Angel T. Garcia‐Esparza;Dongkyu Cha;Yiwei Ou;Jun Kubota

  • Photoelectrochemical Oxidation of Water Using BaTaO2N Photoanodes Prepared by Particle Transfer Method

    Koichiro Ueda;Tsutomu Minegishi;Justin Clune;Mamiko Nakabayashi

  • 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

  • H2 Evolution from Water on Modified Cu2ZnSnS4 Photoelectrode under Solar Light

    Daisuke Yokoyama;Tsutomu Minegishi;Kazuo Jimbo;Takashi Hisatomi

  • Photoelectrochemical water splitting using a Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film

    Daisuke Yokoyama;Tsutomu Minegishi;Kazuhiko Maeda;Masao Katayama

  • Enhancing photocatalytic activity of LaTiO2N by removal of surface reconstruction layer.

    Michinori Matsukawa;Ryo Ishikawa;Takashi Hisatomi;Yosuke Moriya

  • Single-crystalline, wormlike hematite photoanodes for efficient solar water

    splitting Young Kim;Ganesan Magesh;Duck Hyun Youn;Ji-Wook Jang

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazunari Domen
Kazunari Domen University of Tokyo
Kazuhiro Takanabe
Kazuhiro Takanabe University of Tokyo
Tsutomu Minegishi
Tsutomu Minegishi University of Tokyo
Junko N. Kondo
Junko N. Kondo Tokyo Institute of Technology
Takashi Hisatomi
Takashi Hisatomi Shinshu University
Kazuhiko Maeda
Kazuhiko Maeda Institute of Science Tokyo
Akira Yamakata
Akira Yamakata Okayama University
Tsuyoshi Takata
Tsuyoshi Takata Shinshu University
Dongkyu Cha
Dongkyu Cha King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Jae Sung Lee
Jae Sung Lee Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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