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Kenichi Oyaizu

Kenichi Oyaizu

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Chemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
12342
World Ranking
13395
National Ranking
1020

Overview

Kenichi Oyaizu is affiliated with Waseda University in Japan and has conducted extensive research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their research focuses on several key topics, notably:

  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Synthesis and properties of polymers
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Oyaizu has contributed to a variety of academic journals, with frequent publications in venues such as:

  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • ChemSusChem
  • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • Macromolecules
  • RSC Advances

The scientist's recent papers illustrate a focus on redox-active polymers, energy storage, and organic electronics. Selected publications include:

  • "Nitroxide radical polymers for emerging plastic energy storage and organic electronics: fundamentals, materials, and applications" (2020) published in Materials Horizons
  • "AI-Assisted Exploration of Superionic Glass-Type Li+ Conductors with Aromatic Structures" (2020) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Redox: Organic Robust Radicals and Their Polymers for Energy Conversion/Storage Devices" (2023) published in Chemical Reviews
  • "Reversible Reduction of the TEMPO Radical: One Step Closer to an All-Organic Redox Flow Battery" (2020) published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • "Rechargeable proton exchange membrane fuel cell containing an intrinsic hydrogen storage polymer" (2020) published in Communications Chemistry

Frequent collaborators include several researchers with whom Oyaizu has co-authored multiple studies. These co-authors are Kan Hatakeyama-Sato, Seigo Watanabe, Kouki Oka, Hiroyuki Nishide, and Yusuke Kaiwa.

Best Publications

  • Toward Flexible Batteries

    Hiroyuki Nishide;Kenichi Oyaizu

  • Radical Polymers for Organic Electronic Devices: A Radical Departure from Conjugated Polymers?

    Kenichi Oyaizu;Hiroyuki Nishide

  • Emerging N-Type Redox-Active Radical Polymer for a Totally Organic Polymer-Based Rechargeable Battery

    Takeo Suga;Hiroki Ohshiro;Shuhei Sugita;Kenichi Oyaizu

  • Organic Radical Battery Approaching Practical Use

    Kentaro Nakahara;Kenichi Oyaizu;Hiroyuki Nishide

  • Modifying carbon particles with polypyrrole for adsorption of cobalt ions as electrocatatytic site for oxygen reduction

    Makoto Yuasa;Aritomo Yamaguchi;Hisayuki Itsuki;Ken Tanaka

  • p‐ and n‐Type Bipolar Redox‐Active Radical Polymer: Toward Totally Organic Polymer‐Based Rechargeable Devices with Variable Configuration

    Takeo Suga;Shuhei Sugita;Hiroki Ohshiro;Kenichi Oyaizu

  • Aqueous electrochemistry of poly(vinylanthraquinone) for anode-active materials in high-density and rechargeable polymer/air batteries.

    Wonsung Choi;Daisuke Harada;Kenichi Oyaizu;Hiroyuki Nishide

  • Nernstian adsorbate-like bulk layer of organic radical polymers for high-density charge storage purposes

    Kenichi Oyaizu;Yuko Ando;Hiroaki Konishi;Hiroyuki Nishide

  • Synthesis and properties of novel sulfonated arylene ether/fluorinated alkane copolymers

    Kenji Miyatake;Kenichi Oyaizu;Eishun Tsuchida;Allan S. Hay

  • Electron-Transfer Kinetics of Nitroxide Radicals as an Electrode-Active Material

    Takeo Suga;Yong Jin Pu;Kenichi Oyaizu;Hiroyuki Nishide

  • Battery-Inspired, Nonvolatile, and Rewritable Memory Architecture: a Radical Polymer-Based Organic Device

    Yasunori Yonekuta;Kentaro Susuki;Kenichi Oyaizu;Kenji Honda

  • An ultrafast chargeable polymer electrode based on the combination of nitroxide radical and aqueous electrolyte.

    Kenichiroh Koshika;Naoki Sano;Kenichi Oyaizu;Hiroyuki Nishide

  • A TEMPO-substituted polyacrylamide as a new cathode material: an organic rechargeable device composed of polymer electrodes and aqueous electrolyte

    Kenichiroh Koshika;Natsuru Chikushi;Naoki Sano;Kenichi Oyaizu

  • An Aqueous, Electrolyte-Type, Rechargeable Device Utilizing a Hydrophilic Radical Polymer-Cathode

    Kenichiroh Koshika;Naoki Sano;Kenichi Oyaizu;Hiroyuki Nishide

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Radical-Bearing Polyethers as an Electrode-Active Material for Organic Secondary Batteries

    Kenichi Oyaizu;Takeo Suga;Kentaro Yoshimura;Hiroyuki Nishide

  • Diffusion-Cooperative Model for Charge Transport by Redox-Active Nonconjugated Polymers

    Kan Sato;Rieka Ichinoi;Ryusuke Mizukami;Takuma Serikawa

  • Radical polymer-wrapped SWNTs at a molecular level: high-rate redox mediation through a percolation network for a transparent charge-storage material.

    Wonsung Choi;Shota Ohtani;Kenichi Oyaizu;Hiroyuki Nishide;Hiroyuki Nishide

  • Synthesis and charge transport properties of redox-active nitroxide polyethers with large site density

    Kenichi Oyaizu;Takeshi Kawamoto;Takeo Suga;Hiroyuki Nishide

  • Linear Ladder-Type π-Conjugated Polymers Composed of Fused Thiophene Ring Systems

    Kenichi Oyaizu;Tomokazu Iwasaki;Yoshiaki Tsukahara;Eishun Tsuchida

  • Polyviologen Hydrogel with High-Rate Capability for Anodes toward an Aqueous Electrolyte-Type and Organic-Based Rechargeable Device

    Naoki Sano;Wataru Tomita;Shu Hara;Cheong Min Min

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroyuki Nishide
Hiroyuki Nishide Waseda University
Eishun Tsuchida
Eishun Tsuchida Waseda University
Kimihisa Yamamoto
Kimihisa Yamamoto Tokyo Institute of Technology
Xiuli Zhuang
Xiuli Zhuang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuesi Chen
Xuesi Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hiroshi Segawa
Hiroshi Segawa University of Tokyo
Kenji Miyatake
Kenji Miyatake University of Yamanashi
Maria Strømme
Maria Strømme Uppsala University
Wai-Yeung Wong
Wai-Yeung Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ekaterina I. Izgorodina
Ekaterina I. Izgorodina Monash University

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