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Naoya Shibata

Naoya Shibata

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Materials Science

D-Index
81
Citations
26370
World Ranking
2562
National Ranking
110

Overview

Naoya Shibata is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has a research focus spanning materials science and engineering. Their work primarily involves advanced electron microscopy techniques, materials chemistry, and renewable energy applications.

Their publication record includes 212 works in materials science and 125 in engineering. Within these fields, subfields that Shibata has contributed to include materials chemistry (134 publications), electrical and electronic engineering (72 publications), structural biology (51 publications), renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment (48 publications), and surfaces, coatings, and films (45 publications).

Shibata's research topics encompass the following areas:

  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Advanced Ceramic Materials Synthesis
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

The scientist has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • Microscopy and Microanalysis (18 publications)
  • Nature Communications (16 publications)
  • Microscopy (12 publications)
  • Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan (10 publications)
  • Ultramicroscopy (10 publications)

Recent papers authored by Shibata include:

  • Photocatalytic water splitting with a quantum efficiency of almost unity, 2020, Nature
  • Photocatalytic solar hydrogen production from water on a 100-m2 scale, 2021, Nature
  • Band structure engineering and defect control of Ta3N5 for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation, 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • Interface engineering of Ta3N5 thin film photoanode for highly efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Sequential cocatalyst decoration on BaTaO2N towards highly-active Z-scheme water splitting, 2021, Nature Communications

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Yuichi Ikuhara (110 joint publications)
  • Ryo Ishikawa (59 joint publications)
  • Mamiko Nakabayashi (37 joint publications)
  • Takehito Seki (37 joint publications)
  • Kazunari Domen (36 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Photocatalytic water splitting with a quantum efficiency of almost unity

    Tsuyoshi Takata;Junzhe Jiang;Yoshihisa Sakata;Mamiko Nakabayashi

  • Scalable water splitting on particulate photocatalyst sheets with a solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion efficiency exceeding 1%

    Qian Wang;Takashi Hisatomi;Qingxin Jia;Hiromasa Tokudome

  • Photocatalytic solar hydrogen production from water on a 100-m2 scale.

    Hiroshi Nishiyama;Taro Yamada;Mamiko Nakabayashi;Yoshiki Maehara

  • Surface Modification of CoO(x) Loaded BiVO₄ Photoanodes with Ultrathin p-Type NiO Layers for Improved Solar Water Oxidation.

    Miao Zhong;Takashi Hisatomi;Yongbo Kuang;Jiao Zhao

  • Oxysulfide photocatalyst for visible-light-driven overall water splitting

    Qian Wang;Qian Wang;Mamiko Nakabayashi;Takashi Hisatomi;Song Sun;Song Sun

  • Grain Boundary Strengthening in Alumina by Rare Earth Impurities

    J. P. Buban;K. Matsunaga;K. Matsunaga;J. Chen;J. Chen;N. Shibata;N. Shibata

  • Overall water splitting by Ta3N5 nanorod single crystals grown on the edges of KTaO3 particles

    Zheng Wang;Zheng Wang;Yasunobu Inoue;Takashi Hisatomi;Takashi Hisatomi;Ryo Ishikawa

  • Dynamics of Annular Bright Field Imaging in Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

    Scott Findlay;Naoya Shibata;Naoya Shibata;Hidetaka Sawada;E Okunishi

  • Differential phase-contrast microscopy at atomic resolution

    Naoya Shibata;Naoya Shibata;Scott D. Findlay;Yuji Kohno;Hidetaka Sawada

  • A Complex Perovskite-Type Oxynitride: The First Photocatalyst for Water Splitting Operable at up to 600 nm

    Chengsi Pan;Tsuyoshi Takata;Mamiko Nakabayashi;Mamiko Nakabayashi;Takao Matsumoto

  • Robust atomic resolution imaging of light elements using scanning transmission electron microscopy

    Scott Findlay;Naoya Shibata;Hidetaka Sawada;E Okunishi

  • Ultrastable low-bias water splitting photoanodes via photocorrosion inhibition and in situ catalyst regeneration

    Yongbo Kuang;Qingxin Jia;Guijun Ma;Takashi Hisatomi

  • Observation of rare-earth segregation in silicon nitride ceramics at subnanometre dimensions

    Naoya Shibata;Stephen J. Pennycook;Tim R. Gosnell;Gayle S. Painter

  • Direct atomic-resolution observation of two phases in the Li(1.2)Mn(0.567)Ni(0.166)Co(0.067)O2 cathode material for lithium-ion batteries.

    Haijun Yu;Ryo Ishikawa;Yeong-Gi So;Naoya Shibata

  • Band structure engineering and defect control of Ta3N5 for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation

    Yequan Xiao;Chao Feng;Jie Fu;Faze Wang;Faze Wang

  • Direct observation of individual dislocation interaction processes with grain boundaries

    Shun Kondo;Shun Kondo;Tasuku Mitsuma;Naoya Shibata;Naoya Shibata;Yuichi Ikuhara

  • MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION IN THE ABERRATION-CORRECTED SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

    M. Varela;A.R. Lupini;K. van Benthem;A.Y. Borisevich

  • Interface engineering of Ta3N5 thin film photoanode for highly efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

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  • Fabrication of a Core–Shell-Type Photocatalyst via Photodeposition of Group IV and V Transition Metal Oxyhydroxides: An Effective Surface Modification Method for Overall Water Splitting

    Tsuyoshi Takata;Chengsi Pan;Mamiko Nakabayashi;Mamiko Nakabayashi;Naoya Shibata

  • Positive onset potential and stability of Cu2O-based photocathodes in water splitting by atomic layer deposition of a Ga2O3 buffer layer

    Changli Li;Takashi Hisatomi;Osamu Watanabe;Mamiko Nakabayashi

  • Atomic Structure of a CeO2 Grain Boundary: The Role of Oxygen Vacancies

    Hajime Hojo;Teruyasu Mizoguchi;Hiromichi Ohta;Scott D. Findlay

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuichi Ikuhara
Yuichi Ikuhara University of Tokyo
Takahisa Yamamoto
Takahisa Yamamoto Nagoya University
Kazunari Domen
Kazunari Domen University of Tokyo
Mamiko Nakabayashi
Mamiko Nakabayashi University of Tokyo
Tsutomu Minegishi
Tsutomu Minegishi University of Tokyo
Takashi Hisatomi
Takashi Hisatomi Shinshu University
Peng Gao
Peng Gao Peking University
Tsuyoshi Takata
Tsuyoshi Takata Shinshu University
Stephen J. Pennycook
Stephen J. Pennycook University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Fumiyasu Oba
Fumiyasu Oba Tokyo Institute of Technology

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