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Kiyotaka Asakura

Kiyotaka Asakura

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Overview

Kiyotaka Asakura is a researcher affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan specializing in materials science. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, catalysis, electrical and electronic engineering, and radiation.

Their research primarily focuses on several key topics within the field of materials science:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Recent notable publications by Kiyotaka Asakura include:

  • "Co Single Atoms in ZrO2 with Inherent Oxygen Vacancies for Selective Hydrogenation of CO2 to CO" (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Role of Oxygen Vacancy in the Photocarrier Dynamics of WO3 Photocatalysts: The Case of Recombination Centers" (2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)
  • "Operando Observations of a Manganese Oxide Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation Using Hard/Tender/Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy" (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)
  • "Disposition of Iridium on Ruthenium Nanoparticle Supported on Ketjenblack: Enhancement in Electrocatalytic Activity toward the Electrohydrogenation of Toluene to Methylcyclohexane" (2020, ACS Omega)
  • "XFELs: cutting edge X-ray light for chemical and material sciences" (2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)

Their frequent collaborators include Daiki Kido, Satoru Takakusagi, Yuki Wakisaka, Yohei Uemura, and Takahiro Wada.

Publications by Kiyotaka Asakura appear predominantly in these venues:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology
  • Chemistry Letters
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Their research integrates advanced spectroscopic methods such as X-ray spectroscopy, fluorescence analysis, and X-ray diffraction techniques to investigate catalytic and electrocatalytic materials. They also incorporate machine learning approaches in materials science to enhance understanding of catalytic processes and related phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Highly Efficient Water Splitting into H2 and O2 over Lanthanum-Doped NaTaO3 Photocatalysts with High Crystallinity and Surface Nanostructure

    Hideki Kato;Kiyotaka Asakura;Akihiko Kudo

  • Alkali‐Metal‐Promoted Pt/TiO2 Opens a More Efficient Pathway to Formaldehyde Oxidation at Ambient Temperatures

    Changbin Zhang;Fudong Liu;Yanping Zhai;Hiroko Ariga

  • Structural analysis of polymer-protected palladium/platinum bimetallic clusters as dispersed catalysts by using extended x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy

    Naoki Toshima;Masafumi Harada;Tetsu Yonezawa;Kakuta Kushihashi

  • Nickel-loaded K4Nb6O17 photocatalyst in the decomposition of H2O into H2 and O2: Structure and reaction mechanism

    Akihiko Kudo;K. Sayama;A. Tanaka;K. Asakura

  • Active Oxygen Species and Mechanism for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation Reaction on a TiO2-Supported Au Catalyst Prepared from Au(PPh3)(NO3) and As-Precipitated Titanium Hydroxide

    Haichao Liu;Alexander I. Kozlov;Anguelina P. Kozlova;Takafumi Shido

  • Polymer-Protected Ni/Pd Bimetallic Nano-Clusters: Preparation, Characterization and Catalysis for Hydrogenation of Nitrobenzene

    Ping Lu;Toshiharu Teranishi;Kiyotaka Asakura;Mikio Miyake

  • Influence of sulfation on iron titanate catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3

    Fudong Liu;Kiyotaka Asakura;Hong He;Wenpo Shan

  • Catalytic activity and structural analysis of polymer-protected gold/palladium bimetallic clusters prepared by the successive reduction of hydrogen tetrachloroaurate(III) and palladium dichloride

    Masafumi Harada;Kiyotaka Asakura;Naoki Toshima

  • Supported Au catalysts prepared from Au phosphine complexes and As-precipitated metal hydroxides: Characterization and low-temperature CO oxidation

    Youzhu Yuan;Youzhu Yuan;Anguelina P. Kozlova;Kiyotaka Asakura;Huilin Wan

  • Electron Transfer Effects in Ozone Decomposition on Supported Manganese Oxide

    Rakesh Radhakrishnan† and;S. Ted Oyama;Jingguang G. Chen;K. Asakura

  • An Al-doped SrTiO3 photocatalyst maintaining sunlight-driven overall water splitting activity for over 1000 h of constant illumination

    Hao Lyu;Takashi Hisatomi;Yosuke Goto;Masaaki Yoshida

  • Co Single Atoms in ZrO2 with Inherent Oxygen Vacancies for Selective Hydrogenation of CO2 to CO

    Nazmul Hasan Md Dostagir;Rattanawalee Rattanawan;Min Gao;Jin Ota

  • Polarized Cu K-edge XANES of square planar CuCl42− ion. Experimental and theoretical evidence for shake-down phenomena

    Nobuhiro Kosugi;Toshihiko Yokoyama;Kiyotaka Asakura;Haruo Kuroda

  • Interconvertible multiple photoluminescence color of a gold(I) isocyanide complex in the solid state: solvent-induced blue-shifted and mechano- responsive red-shifted photoluminescence†

    Tomohiro Seki;Taichi Ozaki;Takuma Okura;Kiyotaka Asakura

  • Effects of boundaries on pattern formation: Catalytic oxidation of CO on platinum

    M D Graham;Ioannis G Kevrekidis;K Asakura;Jochen A. Lauterbach

  • Highly dispersed iron vanadate catalyst supported on TiO2 for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3

    Fudong Liu;Hong He;Zhihua Lian;Wenpo Shan

  • Silver-modulated SiO2-supported copper catalysts for selective hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to ethylene glycol

    Ying Huang;Hiroko Ariga;Xinlei Zheng;Xinping Duan

  • Ni@NiO Core–Shell Structure-Modified Nitrogen-Doped InTaO4 for Solar-Driven Highly Efficient CO2 Reduction to Methanol

    Chi-Wen Tsai;Hao Ming Chen;Ru-Shi Liu;Kiyotaka Asakura

  • Photocatalytic O2 evolution of rhodium and antimony-codoped rutile-type TiO2 under visible light irradiation

    Ryo Niishiro;Ryoko Konta;Hideki Kato;Wang Jae Chun

  • Variability in the Structure of Supported MoO3 Catalysts: Studies Using Raman and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy with ab Initio Calculations

    R. Radhakrishnan;and C. Reed;S. T. Oyama;M. Seman

  • XAFS techniques for catalysts, nanomaterials, and surfaces

    Yasuhiro Iwasawa;Kiyotaka Asakura;Mizuki Tada

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuhiro Iwasawa
Yasuhiro Iwasawa University of Electro-Communications
Haruo Kuroda
Haruo Kuroda Tokyo University of Science
S. Ted Oyama
S. Ted Oyama National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Youzhu Yuan
Youzhu Yuan Xiamen University
Toshihiko Yokoyama
Toshihiko Yokoyama Institute of Molecular Sciences
Naoki Toshima
Naoki Toshima Tokyo University of Science
Kohei Uosaki
Kohei Uosaki National Institute for Materials Science
Fumio Watari
Fumio Watari Hokkaido University
Keiichi Tomishige
Keiichi Tomishige Tohoku University
Tamotsu Inabe
Tamotsu Inabe Hokkaido University

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