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Kotaro Sasaki is affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields, predominantly focused on engineering, energy, and materials science. Within these broad areas, Sasaki has contributed extensively to subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and catalysis.

Their research addresses specific scientific topics, including:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Sasaki's recent scholarly output reflects a concentration on catalysis and fuel cell technology, with key papers such as:

  • Advanced Pt-Based Core-Shell Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cell Cathodes, 2022, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Surface Restructuring of a Perovskite-Type Air Electrode for Reversible Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells, 2022, Nature Communications
  • High-Performance Nitrogen-Doped Intermetallic PtNi Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • An Efficient Bifunctional Air Electrode for Reversible Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • An Efficient and Durable Anode for Ammonia Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Sasaki include:

  • YongMan Choi
  • Yu Chen
  • Xueru Zhao
  • Fan He

Publication venues where Sasaki has a consistent presence include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

The interdisciplinary nature of Sasaki's work is shown in the intersection of engineering principles with energy applications and material development. The focus on electrocatalysts and fuel cells suggests a commitment to exploring and improving sustainable energy conversion technologies.

Best Publications

  • Stabilization of Platinum Oxygen-Reduction Electrocatalysts Using Gold Clusters

    J. Zhang;K. Sasaki;E. Sutter;R. R. Adzic

  • Hydrogen-evolution catalysts based on non-noble metal nickel-molybdenum nitride nanosheets.

    Wei Fu Chen;Kotaro Sasaki;Chao Ma;Anatoly I. Frenkel

  • Platinum monolayer fuel cell electrocatalysts

    Radoslav R. Adzic;Junliang Zhang;Kotaro Sasaki;Miomir B. Vukmirovic

  • Highly active and durable nanostructured molybdenum carbide electrocatalysts for hydrogen production

    W.-F. Chen;C.-H. Wang;K. Sasaki;N. Marinkovic

  • Ternary Pt/Rh/SnO2 electrocatalysts for oxidizing ethanol to CO2.

    A. Kowal;M. Li;M. Shao;M. Shao;K. Sasaki

  • Platinum monolayer electrocatalysts for O2 reduction: Pt monolayer on Pd(111) and on carbon-supported Pd nanoparticles

    J. Zhang;Y. Mo;M. B. Vukmirovic;R. Klie

  • Pd-Fe nanoparticles as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction.

    Min-Hua Shao;Kotaro Sasaki;Radoslav R Adzic

  • Catalytic Activity−d-Band Center Correlation for the O2 Reduction Reaction on Platinum in Alkaline Solutions

    F.H.B. Lima;J. Zhang;M.H. Shao;K. Sasaki

  • Platinum Monolayer on Nonnoble Metal−Noble Metal Core−Shell Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts for O2 Reduction

    J. Zhang;F. H. B. Lima;M. H. Shao;K. Sasaki

  • Core-protected platinum monolayer shell high-stability electrocatalysts for fuel-cell cathodes.

    Kotaro Sasaki;Hideo Naohara;Yun Cai;Yong Man Choi

  • Mixed-Metal Pt Monolayer Electrocatalysts for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Kinetics

    Junliang Zhang;Miomir B Vukmirovic;Kotaro Sasaki;Anand Udaykumar Nilekar

  • Palladium Monolayer and Palladium Alloy Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction

    M.H. Shao;T. Huang;P. Liu;J. Zhang

  • Highly stable Pt monolayer on PdAu nanoparticle electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

    Kotaro Sasaki;Hideo Naohara;YongMan Choi;Yun Cai

  • Niobium oxide-supported platinum ultra-low amount electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction.

    K. Sasaki;L. Zhang;R. R. Adzic

  • Biomass-derived electrocatalytic composites for hydrogen evolution

    Wei Fu Chen;Shilpa Iyer;Shweta Iyer;Kotaro Sasaki

  • Platinum Monolayer Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction

    Miomir B. Vukmirovic;Junliang Zhang;Kotaro Sasaki;Anand U. Nilekar

  • Recent advances in platinum monolayer electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction: Scale-up synthesis, structure and activity of Pt shells on Pd cores

    K. Sasaki;J.X. Wang;H. Naohara;N. Marinkovic

  • Bimetallic and Ternary Alloys for Improved Oxygen Reduction Catalysis

    Anand Udaykumar Nilekar;Ye Xu;Junliang Zhang;Miomir B. Vukmirovic

  • Ethanol Oxidation on the Ternary Pt–Rh–SnO2/C Electrocatalysts with Varied Pt:Rh:Sn Ratios

    M. Li;A. Kowal;K. Sasaki;N. Marinkovic

  • Nitride stabilized PtNi core-shell nanocatalyst for high oxygen reduction activity.

    Kurian A. Kuttiyiel;Kotaro Sasaki;YongMan Choi;YongMan Choi;Dong Su

  • Some New Results with Ternary Pt/Rh/SnO2 Electrocatalysts for Oxidizing Ethanol to CO2

    Meng Li;Andrzej Kowal;Eli Sutter;Kotaro Sasaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Radoslav R. Adzic
Radoslav R. Adzic Brookhaven National Laboratory
Dong Su
Dong Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Anatoly I. Frenkel
Anatoly I. Frenkel Stony Brook University
YongMan Choi
YongMan Choi National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Minhua Shao
Minhua Shao Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yimei Zhu
Yimei Zhu Brookhaven National Laboratory
Etsuko Fujita
Etsuko Fujita Brookhaven National Laboratory
Manos Mavrikakis
Manos Mavrikakis University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lijun Wu
Lijun Wu Brookhaven National Laboratory
Sheng Dai
Sheng Dai Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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