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Masaaki Kitano is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research primarily spans materials science and chemical engineering, with a significant focus on materials chemistry and catalysis.

The scientist's recent publications highlight work in ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, catalytic processes, and nanomaterials for catalytic reactions. Notable papers include:

  • Vacancy-enabled N2 activation for ammonia synthesis on an Ni-loaded catalyst, 2020, Nature
  • Advances in Materials and Applications of Inorganic Electrides, 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • Contribution of Nitrogen Vacancies to Ammonia Synthesis over Metal Nitride Catalysts, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Stable single platinum atoms trapped in sub-nanometer cavities in 12CaO·7Al2O3 for chemoselective hydrogenation of nitroarenes, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Dissociative and Associative Concerted Mechanism for Ammonia Synthesis over Co-Based Catalyst, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

They have published extensively in several key venues, including:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Frequent collaborators in their work include Hideo Hosono, Masayoshi Miyazaki, Masato Sasase, Jiang Li, and Tian-Nan Ye.

Their main fields of study encompass:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemical Engineering

Subfields where they have focused significant research efforts include:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Mechanical Engineering

Their major research topics cover:

  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Hydrogen Storage and Materials
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Best Publications

  • Ammonia synthesis using a stable electride as an electron donor and reversible hydrogen store

    Masaaki Kitano;Yasunori Inoue;Youhei Yamazaki;Fumitaka Hayashi

  • Hydrolysis of Cellulose by Amorphous Carbon Bearing SO3H, COOH, and OH Groups

    Satoshi Suganuma;Kiyotaka Nakajima;Masaaki Kitano;Daizo Yamaguchi

  • Electride support boosts nitrogen dissociation over ruthenium catalyst and shifts the bottleneck in ammonia synthesis

    Masaaki Kitano;Shinji Kanbara;Yasunori Inoue;Navaratnarajah Kuganathan

  • Nb2O5·nH2O as a heterogeneous catalyst with water-tolerant Lewis acid sites.

    Kiyotaka Nakajima;Yusuke Baba;Ryouhei Noma;Masaaki Kitano

  • Recent developments in titanium oxide-based photocatalysts

    Masaaki Kitano;Masaya Matsuoka;Michio Ueshima;Masakazu Anpo

  • Vacancy-enabled N 2 activation for ammonia synthesis on an Ni-loaded catalyst

    Tian Nan Ye;Sang Won Park;Yangfan Lu;Jiang Li

  • Photocatalysis for new energy production: Recent advances in photocatalytic water splitting reactions for hydrogen production

    Masaya Matsuoka;Masaaki Kitano;Masato Takeuchi;Koichiro Tsujimaru

  • Preparation of nitrogen-substituted TiO2 thin film photocatalysts by the radio frequency magnetron sputtering deposition method and their photocatalytic reactivity under visible light irradiation.

    Masaaki Kitano;Keisho Funatsu;Masaya Matsuoka;Michio Ueshima

  • Adsorption-Enhanced Hydrolysis of β-1,4-Glucan on Graphene-Based Amorphous Carbon Bearing SO3H, COOH, and OH Groups

    Masaaki Kitano;Daizo Yamaguchi;Satoshi Suganuma;Kiyotaka Nakajima

  • Ternary intermetallic LaCoSi as a catalyst for N 2 activation

    Yutong Gong;Jiazhen Wu;Masaaki Kitano;Junjie Wang

  • Heterogeneous photocatalytic cleavage of water

    Masaaki Kitano;Michikazu Hara

  • Water Durable Electride Y5Si3: Electronic Structure and Catalytic Activity for Ammonia Synthesis

    Yangfan Lu;Jiang Li;Tomofumi Tada;Yoshitake Toda

  • Essential role of hydride ion in ruthenium-based ammonia synthesis catalysts

    Masaaki Kitano;Yasunori Inoue;Hiroki Ishikawa;Kyosuke Yamagata

  • Photocatalytic water splitting using Pt-loaded visible light-responsive TiO2 thin film photocatalysts

    Masaaki Kitano;Masato Takeuchi;Masaya Matsuoka;John M. Thomas

  • Advances in Materials and Applications of Inorganic Electrides.

    Hideo Hosono;Masaaki Kitano;Masaaki Kitano

  • THE PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGHLY EFFICIENT TITANIUM OXIDE-BASED PHOTOFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

    Masakazu Anpo;Satoru Dohshi;Masaaki Kitano;Yun Hu

  • Ammonia decomposition by ruthenium nanoparticles loaded on inorganic electride C12A7:e−

    Fumitaka Hayashi;Yoshitake Toda;Yoshimi Kanie;Masaaki Kitano

  • Contribution of Nitrogen Vacancies to Ammonia Synthesis over Metal Nitride Catalysts.

    Tian-Nan Ye;Sang-Won Park;Sang-Won Park;Yangfan Lu;Jiang Li

  • Ru-Loaded C12A7:e– Electride as a Catalyst for Ammonia Synthesis

    Michikazu Hara;Masaaki Kitano;Hideo Hosono

  • Self-organized Ruthenium-Barium Core-Shell Nanoparticles on a Mesoporous Calcium Amide Matrix for Efficient Low-Temperature Ammonia Synthesis.

    Masaaki Kitano;Yasunori Inoue;Masato Sasase;Kazuhisa Kishida

  • Preparation of a Sulfonated Porous Carbon Catalyst with High Specific Surface Area

    Masaaki Kitano;Keisuke Arai;Atsushi Kodama;Tsutomu Kousaka

  • Hydrolysis of Cellulose by a Solid Acid Catalyst under Optimal Reaction Conditions

    Daizo Yamaguchi;Masaaki Kitano;Satoshi Suganuma;Kiyotaka Nakajima

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideo Hosono
Hideo Hosono Tokyo Institute of Technology
Michikazu Hara
Michikazu Hara Tokyo Institute of Technology
Masaya Matsuoka
Masaya Matsuoka Osaka Metropolitan University
Shigenobu Hayashi
Shigenobu Hayashi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Masakazu Anpo
Masakazu Anpo Osaka Metropolitan University
Satoru Matsuishi
Satoru Matsuishi National Institute for Materials Science
Masato Takeuchi
Masato Takeuchi Osaka Metropolitan University
John Meurig Thomas
John Meurig Thomas University of Cambridge
Sung Wng Kim
Sung Wng Kim Sungkyunkwan University
Junko N. Kondo
Junko N. Kondo Tokyo Institute of Technology

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