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Junji Nakamura

Junji Nakamura

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Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
17526
World Ranking
8707
National Ranking
594

Overview

Junji Nakamura is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and energy, with significant contributions to electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, materials chemistry, catalysis, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields emphasizing both fundamental and applied sciences related to energy conversion and materials.

The main topics of Nakamura's research include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, fuel cells and related materials, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, advanced battery technologies research, catalytic processes in materials science, catalysts for methane reforming, and advancements in battery materials.

The scientist has published extensively across a variety of well-known academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Vacuum and Surface Science
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology

Recent papers by Junji Nakamura demonstrate a focus on electrocatalysis and material science:

  • Role of Pyridinic Nitrogen in the Mechanism of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Carbon Electrocatalysts, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Versatile nanoarchitectonics of Pt with morphology control of oxygen reduction reaction catalysts, 2022, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
  • Pentagon-Rich Caged Carbon Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acidic Electrolytes, 2024, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Hollow Spherical Fullerene Obtained by Kinetically Controlled Liquid-Liquid Interfacial Precipitation, 2022, Chemistry - An Asian Journal
  • Ethanol-ethylene conversion mechanism on hydrogen boride sheets probed by in situ infrared absorption spectroscopy, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Nakamura collaborates frequently with several researchers in related fields. Their frequent co-authors include Kotaro Takeyasu, Santosh K. Singh, Katsuhiko Ariga, and Kenji Hayashida, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Active sites of nitrogen-doped carbon materials for oxygen reduction reaction clarified using model catalysts

    Donghui Guo;Riku Shibuya;Chisato Akiba;Shunsuke Saji

  • Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of Pt Subnanoclusters on Graphene Nanosheet Surface

    Eun Joo Yoo;Tatsuhiro Okata;Tornoki Akita;Masanori Kohyama

  • Active Sites and Mechanism of Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysis on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Materials.

    Santosh K. Singh;Kotaro Takeyasu;Junji Nakamura

  • The chemical modification seen in the Cu/ZnO methanol synthesis catalysts

    T. Fujitani;J. Nakamura

  • Kinetics and mechanism of the water-gas shift reaction catalysed by the clean and Cs-promoted Cu(110) surface: a comparison with Cu(111)

    Junji Nakamura;Joseph M. Campbell;Charles T. Campbell

  • Atomic-scale characterization of nitrogen-doped graphite: Effects of dopant nitrogen on the local electronic structure of the surrounding carbon atoms

    Takahiro Kondo;Simone Casolo;Tetsuya Suzuki;Taishi Shikano

  • On the issue of the active site and the role of ZnO in Cu/ZnO methanol synthesis catalysts

    J. Nakamura;Y. Choi;T. Fujitani

  • Reduction of Pt usage in fuel cell electrocatalysts with carbon nanotube electrodes.

    Taketoshi Matsumoto;Toshiki Komatsu;Kazuya Arai;Takahisa Yamazaki

  • The effect of ZnO in methanol synthesis catalysts on Cu dispersion and the specific activity

    T. Fujitani;J. Nakamura

  • The kinetics and mechanism of methanol synthesis by hydrogenation of CO2 over a Zn-deposited Cu(111) surface

    T. Fujitani;I. Nakamura;T. Uchijima;J. Nakamura

  • The role of ZnO in Cu/ZnO methanol synthesis catalysts — morphology effect or active site model?

    Y Choi;K Futagami;T Fujitani;J Nakamura

  • Development of an active Ga2O3 supported palladium catalyst for the synthesis of methanol from carbon dioxide and hydrogen

    Tadahiro Fujitani;Masahiro Saito;Yuki Kanai;Taiki Watanabe

  • Efficient usage of highly dispersed Pt on carbon nanotubes for electrode catalysts of polymer electrolyte fuel cells

    T Matsumoto;T Komatsu;H Nakano;K Arai

  • Role of support in reforming of CH4 with CO2 over Rh catalysts

    Junji Nakamura;Keita Aikawa;Koichi Sato;Toshio Uchijima

  • Formation and Characterization of Hydrogen Boride Sheets Derived from MgB2 by Cation Exchange.

    Hiroaki Nishino;Takeshi Fujita;Nguyen Thanh Cuong;Satoshi Tominaka

  • CO2 reforming of CH4 over Ni/perovskite catalysts prepared by solid phase crystallization method

    Takashi Hayakawa;Shu Suzuki;Junji Nakamura;Toshio Uchijima

  • Atomic Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Nanotubes Promoted by Metal Catalysts

    E. Yoo;Lizhen Gao;T. Komatsu;N. Yagai

  • The role of metal oxides in promoting a copper catalyst for methanol synthesis

    T. Fujitani;M. Saito;Y. Kanai;T. Kakumoto

  • Structure Sensitivity for Forward and Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reactions on Copper Surfaces: A DFT Study

    Gui-Chang Wang;Gui-Chang Wang;Junji Nakamura

  • Kinetic study of carbon nanotube synthesis over Mo/Co/MgO catalysts

    Lei Ni;Keiji Kuroda;Ling-Ping Zhou;Tokushi Kizuka

Frequent Co-Authors

Maarit Karppinen
Maarit Karppinen Aalto University
Yoshitada Morikawa
Yoshitada Morikawa Osaka University
Susumu Okada
Susumu Okada University of Tsukuba
Tadahiro Fujitani
Tadahiro Fujitani National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Katsuomi Takehira
Katsuomi Takehira Hiroshima University
Stephan Barcikowski
Stephan Barcikowski University of Duisburg-Essen
Hideo Hosono
Hideo Hosono Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kazuhisa Murata
Kazuhisa Murata National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kenzi Tamaru
Kenzi Tamaru University of Tokyo
Kimio Kunimori
Kimio Kunimori University of Tsukuba

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