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Masayoshi Watanabe

Masayoshi Watanabe

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Chemistry
Japan
2026
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Materials Science
Japan
2022

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Materials Science

D-Index
113
Citations
51915
World Ranking
629
National Ranking
18

Chemistry

D-Index
114
Citations
52504
World Ranking
657
National Ranking
27

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masayoshi Watanabe is affiliated with Yokohama National University in Japan. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering among subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Automotive Engineering, Catalysis, and Polymers and Plastics.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, notably Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advancements in Battery Materials, and Advanced Battery Technologies Research. Related subjects in their research portfolio include Ionic liquids properties and applications, Conducting polymers and applications, and Extraction and Separation Processes.

Watanabe has published extensively, with frequent appearances in specific scientific venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Solvent effects on Li ion transference number and dynamic ion correlations in glyme- and sulfolane-based molten Li salt solvates (2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
  • Effects of Polysulfide Solubility and Li Ion Transport on Performance of Li-S Batteries Using Sparingly Solvating Electrolytes (2020, Journal of The Electrochemical Society)
  • Solvate electrolytes for Li and Na batteries: structures, transport properties, and electrochemistry (2021, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
  • Molecularly Tunable Polyanions for Single-Ion Conductors and Poly(solvate ionic liquids) (2021, Chemistry of Materials)
  • Reversible Ion-Conducting Switch by Azobenzene Molecule with Light-Controlled Sol-Gel Transitions of the PNIPAm Ion Gel (2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)

The scientist collaborates frequently with multiple coauthors, notably:

  • Kazuhide Ueno
  • Kaoru Dokko
  • Yosuke Ugata
  • Ryoichi Tatara
  • Keisuke Shigenobu

Best Publications

  • Physicochemical properties and structures of room temperature ionic liquids. 2. Variation of alkyl chain length in imidazolium cation.

    Hiroyuki Tokuda;Kikuko Hayamizu;Kunikazu Ishii;Abu Bin Hasan Susan

  • Energy applications of ionic liquids

    Douglas R. MacFarlane;Naoki Tachikawa;Maria Forsyth;Jennifer M. Pringle

  • Application of Ionic Liquids to Energy Storage and Conversion Materials and Devices

    Masayoshi Watanabe;Morgan L. Thomas;Shiguo Zhang;Kazuhide Ueno

  • Physicochemical Properties and Structures of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids. 1. Variation of Anionic Species

    Hiroyuki Tokuda;Kunikazu Ishii;Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan;Seiji Tsuzuki

  • How Ionic Are Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids? An Indicator of the Physicochemical Properties

    Hiroyuki Tokuda;Seiji Tsuzuki;Abu Bin Hasan Susan;Kikuko Hayamizu

  • Pulsed-Gradient Spin−Echo 1H and 19F NMR Ionic Diffusion Coefficient, Viscosity, and Ionic Conductivity of Non-Chloroaluminate Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids

    Akihiro Noda;and Kikuko Hayamizu;Masayoshi Watanabe

  • Ion gels prepared by in situ radical polymerization of vinyl monomers in an ionic liquid and their characterization as polymer electrolytes.

    Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan;Taketo Kaneko;and Akihiro Noda;Masayoshi Watanabe

  • Oxidative-stability enhancement and charge transport mechanism in glyme-lithium salt equimolar complexes.

    Kazuki Yoshida;Megumi Nakamura;Yuichi Kazue;Naoki Tachikawa

  • Brønsted acid-base ionic liquids as proton-conducting nonaqueous electrolytes

    Akihiro Noda;Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan;Kenji Kudo;Shigenori Mitsushima

  • Macromolecules in Ionic Liquids: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Takeshi Ueki;Masayoshi Watanabe

  • Ionic liquids and their solid-state analogues as materials for energy generation and storage

    Douglas R. MacFarlane;Maria Forsyth;Patrick C. Howlett;Mega Kar

  • Recent Advances in Electrolytes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Shiguo Zhang;Kazuhide Ueno;Kaoru Dokko;Masayoshi Watanabe

  • MICE DEFICIENT IN CYSTATHIONINE BETA -SYNTHASE : ANIMAL MODELS FOR MILD AND SEVERE HOMOCYST(E)INEMIA

    M Watanabe;J Osada;Y Aratani;K Kluckman

  • Ionicity in ionic liquids: correlation with ionic structure and physicochemical properties

    Kazuhide Ueno;Hiroyuki Tokuda;Masayoshi Watanabe

  • Highly conductive polymer electrolytes prepared by in situ polymerization of vinyl monomers in room temperature molten salts

    Akihiro Noda;Masayoshi Watanabe

  • Solvate Ionic Liquid Electrolyte for Li–S Batteries

    Kaoru Dokko;Naoki Tachikawa;Kento Yamauchi;Mizuho Tsuchiya

  • Magnitude and Directionality of Interaction in Ion Pairs of Ionic Liquids: Relationship with Ionic Conductivity

    Seiji Tsuzuki;Hiroyuki Tokuda;Kikuko Hayamizu;Masayoshi Watanabe

  • Nonhumidified Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cells Using Protic Ionic Liquids

    Seung-Yul Lee;Atsushi Ogawa;Michihiro Kanno;Hirofumi Nakamoto

  • Brønsted acid–base ionic liquids and their use as new materials for anhydrous proton conductors

    Md. A. B. H. Susan;Akihiro Noda;Shigenori Mitsushima;Masayoshi Watanabe

  • Brønsted acid–base ionic liquids for fuel cell electrolytes

    Hirofumi Nakamoto;Masayoshi Watanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaoru Dokko
Kaoru Dokko Yokohama National University
Kazuhide Ueno
Kazuhide Ueno Yokohama National University
Naoya Ogata
Naoya Ogata Sophia University
Kohei Sanui
Kohei Sanui Sophia University
Seiji Tsuzuki
Seiji Tsuzuki University of Tokyo
Yasuhiro Umebayashi
Yasuhiro Umebayashi Niigata University
Shiro Seki
Shiro Seki Kogakuin University
Yukikazu Takeoka
Yukikazu Takeoka Nagoya University
Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Mitsuhiro Shibayama Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society
Kenta Fujii
Kenta Fujii Yamaguchi University

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