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Keiji Kurashima is affiliated with the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan. Their research spans several fields within Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on both fundamental and applied aspects of energy materials.

The core areas of their work include Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Mechanical Engineering. Kurashima's studies emphasize advancements in battery materials and thermoelectric materials and devices.

Major research topics covered in Kurashima's publications are:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications

The following papers authored or co-authored by Kurashima represent recent contributions to the field:

  • "Demonstration of ultrahigh thermoelectric efficiency of ∼7.3% in Mg3Sb2/MgAgSb module for low-temperature energy harvesting" (2021, Joule)
  • "Effect of Ce(III) Additives on Positive Electrode Reactions in Li-O2 Secondary Batteries: Overvoltage Reduction and Mechanistic Divergence" (2025, ACS Applied Energy Materials)
  • "Study of Growing Ni Nanoparticles Loaded on Layered Inorganic-Imidazoline Covalently Bonded Hybrids Under a Transmission Electron Microscope" (2020, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials)
  • "Potential-Dependent Dissolution of Li2O2 During Discharge in Li-O2 Secondary Batteries with Amide-Based Electrolytes" (2025, ACS Applied Energy Materials)

Frequent collaborators working with Kurashima include:

  • Terumi Goto
  • Kiho Nishioka
  • Yoko Hase
  • Yoshiharu Mukouyama
  • Shuji Nakanishi

Kurashima's work has appeared predominantly in the following journals:

  • ACS Applied Energy Materials (2 publications)
  • Joule (1 publication)
  • Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of boron nitride nanotubes from carbon nanotubes by a substitution reaction

    Weiqiang Han;Yoshio Bando;Keiji Kurashima;Tadao Sato

  • Nanotubes in boron nitride laser heated at high pressure

    D. Golberg;Y. Bando;M. Eremets;K. Takemura

  • Octahedral boron nitride fullerenes formed by electron beam irradiation

    D. Golberg;Y. Bando;O. Stéphan;K. Kurashima

  • SINGLE-WALLED B-DOPED CARBON, B/N-DOPED CARBON AND BN NANOTUBES SYNTHESIZED FROM SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES THROUGH A SUBSTITUTION REACTION

    D Golberg;Y Bando;W Han;K Kurashima

  • A novel precursor for synthesis of pure boron nitride nanotubes.

    Chengchun Tang;Yoshio Bando;Tadao Sato;Keiji Kurashima

  • Ultrafast viscous permeation of organic solvents through diamond-like carbon nanosheets

    Santanu Karan;Sadaki Samitsu;Xinsheng Peng;Keiji Kurashima

  • Demonstration of ultrahigh thermoelectric efficiency of ∼7.3% in Mg3Sb2/MgAgSb module for low-temperature energy harvesting

    Zihang Liu;Naoki Sato;Weihong Gao;Kunio Yubuta

  • Synthesis and characterization of ropes made of BN multiwalled nanotubes

    D Golberg;Y Bando;K Kurashima;T Sato

  • Field emission from MoO3 nanobelts

    Y. B. Li;Y. Bando;D. Golberg;K. Kurashima

  • Boron-doped carbon nanotubes prepared through a substitution reaction

    Weiqiang Han;Yoshio Bando;Keiji Kurashima;Tadao Sato

  • Large-scale synthesis and HRTEM analysis of single-walled B- and N-doped carbon nanotube bundles

    D. Golberg;Y. Bando;L. Bourgeois;K. Kurashima

  • ZnO nanobelts grown on Si substrate

    Y. B. Li;Y. Bando;T. Sato;K. Kurashima

  • Fabrication of Controllable Ultrathin Hollow Shells by Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Exfoliated Titania Nanosheets on Polymer Templates

    Lianzhou Wang;Takayoshi Sasaki;Yasuo Ebina;Keiji Kurashima

  • Direct Force Measurements and Kinking under Elastic Deformation of Individual Multiwalled Boron Nitride Nanotubes

    Dmitri Golberg;Pedro M. F. J. Costa;Oleg Lourie;Masanori Mitome

  • Deformation-driven electrical transport of individual boron nitride nanotubes.

    Xuedong Bai;Dmitri Golberg;Yoshio Bando;Chunyi Zhi

  • Insights into the structure of BN nanotubes

    D. Golberg;Y. Bando;L. Bourgeois;L. Bourgeois;K. Kurashima

  • MoO3 -promoted synthesis of multi-walled BN nanotubes from C nanotube templates

    D Golberg;Y Bando;K Kurashima;T Sato

  • Growth, Morphology, and Structure of Boron Nitride Nanotubes

    Renzhi Ma;Yoshio Bando;and Tadao Sato;Keiji Kurashima

  • WO3 nanorods/nanobelts synthesized via physical vapor deposition process

    Y.B. Li;Y. Bando;D. Golberg;K. Kurashima

  • Ropes of BN multi-walled nanotubes

    D Golberg;Y Bando;K Kurashima;T Sato

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshio Bando
Yoshio Bando University of Wollongong
Dmitri Golberg
Dmitri Golberg Queensland University of Technology
Masanori Mitome
Masanori Mitome National Institute for Materials Science
Takayoshi Sasaki
Takayoshi Sasaki National Institute for Materials Science
Wei-Qiang Han
Wei-Qiang Han Zhejiang University
Koji Kimoto
Koji Kimoto National Institute for Materials Science
Yasuo Ebina
Yasuo Ebina National Institute for Materials Science
Odile Stéphan
Odile Stéphan University of Paris-Saclay
Yihua Gao
Yihua Gao Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Chengchun Tang
Chengchun Tang Hebei University of Technology

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