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Keiichi Tomishige

Keiichi Tomishige

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
114
Citations
37761
World Ranking
686
National Ranking
30

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Keiichi Tomishige is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan, where their research primarily focuses on various aspects of catalysis within engineering and chemical engineering domains.

Their work spans multiple main fields of study including Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Chemistry. Subfields in which Keiichi Tomishige has significant contributions include Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Catalysis, Materials Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's research encompasses a broad range of topics related to catalysis, particularly:

  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion

Keiichi Tomishige has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed articles published in several prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • Green Chemistry
  • ChemCatChem
  • Catalysis Science & Technology
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Keiichi Tomishige include:

  • Low-temperature catalytic upgrading of waste polyolefinic plastics into liquid fuels and waxes, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Role of lattice oxygen in methane activation on Ni-phyllosilicate@Ce1-xZrxO2 core-shell catalyst for methane dry reforming: Zr doping effect, mechanism, and kinetic study, 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Erythritol: Another C4 Platform Chemical in Biomass Refinery, 2020, ACS Omega
  • Structure-activity relationship in hydrogenolysis of polyolefins over Ru/support catalysts, 2022, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Direct dimethyl carbonate synthesis from CO2 and methanol catalyzed by CeO2 and assisted by 2-cyanopyridine: a cradle-to-gate greenhouse gas emission study, 2020, Green Chemistry

Throughout their career, Keiichi Tomishige has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Yoshinao Nakagawa
  • Masazumi Tamura
  • Mizuho Yabushita
  • Akira Nakayama
  • Ben Liu

Best Publications

  • Catalytic Reduction of Biomass-Derived Furanic Compounds with Hydrogen

    Yoshinao Nakagawa;Masazumi Tamura;Keiichi Tomishige

  • Glycerol conversion in the aqueous solution under hydrogen over Ru/C + an ion-exchange resin and its reaction mechanism

    Tomohisa Miyazawa;Yohei Kusunoki;Kimio Kunimori;Keiichi Tomishige

  • Studies on Carbon Deposition in CO2Reforming of CH4over Nickel–Magnesia Solid Solution Catalysts

    Keiichi Tomishige;Yang Guang Chen;Kaoru Fujimoto

  • Heterogeneous catalysis of the glycerol hydrogenolysis

    Yoshinao Nakagawa;Keiichi Tomishige

  • Direct hydrogenolysis of glycerol into 1,3-propanediol over rhenium-modified iridium catalyst

    Yoshinao Nakagawa;Yasunori Shinmi;Shuichi Koso;Keiichi Tomishige

  • Reaction mechanism of the glycerol hydrogenolysis to 1,3-propanediol over Ir-ReOx/SiO2 catalyst

    Yasushi Amada;Yasushi Amada;Yasunori Shinmi;Shuichi Koso;Takeshi Kubota

  • Methane reforming to synthesis gas over Ni catalysts modified with noble metals

    Dalin Li;Dalin Li;Yoshinao Nakagawa;Keiichi Tomishige

  • Total Hydrogenation of Furfural and 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural over Supported Pd–Ir Alloy Catalyst

    Yoshinao Nakagawa;Kana Takada;Masazumi Tamura;Keiichi Tomishige

  • Modification of Rh/SiO2 catalyst for the hydrogenolysis of glycerol in water

    Yasunori Shinmi;Shuichi Koso;Takeshi Kubota;Yoshinao Nakagawa

  • A novel method of direct synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from methanol and carbon dioxide catalyzed by zirconia

    Keiichi Tomishige;Tomohiro Sakaihori;Yoshiki Ikeda;Kaoru Fujimoto

  • Catalytic properties and structure of zirconia catalysts for direct synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from methanol and carbon dioxide

    Keiichi Tomishige;Yoshiki Ikeda;Tomohiro Sakaihori;Kaoru Fujimoto

  • Catalytic performance and characterization of Ni-Fe catalysts for the steam reforming of tar from biomass pyrolysis to synthesis gas

    Lei Wang;Dalin Li;Mitsuru Koike;Shuichi Koso

  • Promoting effect of Mo on the hydrogenolysis of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol to 1,5-pentanediol over Rh/SiO2

    Shuichi Koso;Naoyuki Ueda;Yasunori Shinmi;Kazu Okumura

  • One-pot selective conversion of furfural into 1,5-pentanediol over a Pd-added Ir–ReOx/SiO2 bifunctional catalyst

    Sibao Liu;Yasushi Amada;Masazumi Tamura;Yoshinao Nakagawa

  • Selective hydrogenolysis and hydrogenation using metal catalysts directly modified with metal oxide species

    Keiichi Tomishige;Yoshinao Nakagawa;Masazumi Tamura

  • Catalytic performance of Rh/SiO2 in glycerol reaction under hydrogen

    Ippei Furikado;Tomohisa Miyazawa;Shuichi Koso;Akira Shimao

  • Catalytic and direct synthesis of dimethyl carbonate starting from carbon dioxide using CeO2-ZrO2 solid solution heterogeneous catalyst: effect of H2O removal from the reaction system

    Keiichi Tomishige;Kimio Kunimori

  • Development of highly stable nickel catalyst for methane-steam reaction under low steam to carbon ratio

    Osamu Yamazaki;Keiichi Tomishige;Kaoru Fujimoto

  • Total hydrogenation of furan derivatives over silica-supported Ni–Pd alloy catalyst

    Yoshinao Nakagawa;Keiichi Tomishige

  • Direct synthesis of organic carbonates from the reaction of CO2 with methanol and ethanol over CeO2 catalysts

    Yuichi Yoshida;Yoko Arai;Shigeru Kado;Kimio Kunimori

  • Biomass gasification to hydrogen and syngas at low temperature: Novel catalytic system using fluidized-bed reactor

    Mohammad Asadullah;Shin Ichi Ito;Kimio Kunimori;Muneyoshi Yamada

  • Development of a Ru/C catalyst for glycerol hydrogenolysis in combination with an ion-exchange resin

    Tomohisa Miyazawa;Shuichi Koso;Kimio Kunimori;Keiichi Tomishige

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshinao Nakagawa
Yoshinao Nakagawa Tohoku University
Masazumi Tamura
Masazumi Tamura Osaka Metropolitan University
Kimio Kunimori
Kimio Kunimori University of Tsukuba
Kazu Okumura
Kazu Okumura Kogakuin University
Kaoru Fujimoto
Kaoru Fujimoto The University of Kitakyushu
Yasuhiro Iwasawa
Yasuhiro Iwasawa University of Electro-Communications
Kiyotaka Asakura
Kiyotaka Asakura Hokkaido University
Naonobu Katada
Naonobu Katada Tottori University
Kotaro Satoh
Kotaro Satoh Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yalei Zhang
Yalei Zhang Tongji University

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