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2022

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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

Shinichi Komaba is affiliated with Tokyo University of Science in Japan and has made contributions primarily in the field of Engineering, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research encompasses several specialized subfields including Automotive Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Mechanical Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

Their main research topics include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors

Komaba's publication record features recent papers that highlight developments in battery technologies and materials science. These works include:

  • "Research Development on K-Ion Batteries," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "MgO-Template Synthesis of Extremely High Capacity Hard Carbon for Na-Ion Battery," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Electrolytes and Interphases in Sodium-Based Rechargeable Batteries: Recent Advances and Perspectives," 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Structural Analysis of Sucrose-Derived Hard Carbon and Correlation with the Electrochemical Properties for Lithium, Sodium, and Potassium Insertion," 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Impact of Ti and Zn Dual-Substitution in P2 Type Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3O2 on Ni-Mn and Na-Vacancy Ordering and Electrochemical Properties," 2023, Advanced Materials

Frequent collaborators in Komaba's research include:

  • Ryoichi Tatara
  • Tomooki Hosaka
  • Kei Kubota
  • Daisuke Igarashi
  • Zachary T. Gossage

Komaba regularly publishes in venues such as ECS Meeting Abstracts, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. These outlets reflect the scope of their research within materials chemistry and applied energy research.

Best Publications

  • Research Development on Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Naoaki Yabuuchi;Kei Kubota;Kei Kubota;Mouad Dahbi;Mouad Dahbi;Shinichi Komaba;Shinichi Komaba

  • P2-type Nax[Fe1/2Mn1/2]O2 made from earth-abundant elements for rechargeable Na batteries

    Naoaki Yabuuchi;Masataka Kajiyama;Junichi Iwatate;Heisuke Nishikawa

  • Electrochemical Na Insertion and Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Hard-Carbon Electrodes and Application to Na-Ion Batteries

    Shinichi Komaba;Wataru Murata;Toru Ishikawa;Naoaki Yabuuchi

  • Detailed Studies of a High-Capacity Electrode Material for Rechargeable Batteries, Li2MnO3−LiCo1/3Ni1/3Mn1/3O2

    Naoaki Yabuuchi;Kazuhiro Yoshii;Seung Taek Myung;Izumi Nakai

  • Research Development on K-Ion Batteries.

    Tomooki Hosaka;Kei Kubota;Kei Kubota;A. Shahul Hameed;A. Shahul Hameed;Shinichi Komaba;Shinichi Komaba

  • Potassium intercalation into graphite to realize high-voltage/high-power potassium-ion batteries and potassium-ion capacitors

    Shinichi Komaba;Shinichi Komaba;Tatsuya Hasegawa;Mouad Dahbi;Mouad Dahbi;Kei Kubota;Kei Kubota

  • Towards K-Ion and Na-Ion Batteries as "Beyond Li-Ion".

    Kei Kubota;Kei Kubota;Mouad Dahbi;Mouad Dahbi;Tomooki Hosaka;Shinichi Kumakura

  • Hard carbons for sodium-ion batteries: Structure, analysis, sustainability, and electrochemistry

    Xinwei Dou;Ivana Hasa;Damien Saurel;Christoph Vaalma

  • Review-Practical Issues and Future Perspective for Na-Ion Batteries

    Kei Kubota;Kei Kubota;Shinichi Komaba;Shinichi Komaba

  • Study on the Reversible Electrode Reaction of Na1–xNi0.5Mn0.5O2 for a Rechargeable Sodium-Ion Battery

    Shinichi Komaba;Naoaki Yabuuchi;Tetsuri Nakayama;Atsushi Ogata

  • Fluorinated Ethylene Carbonate as Electrolyte Additive for Rechargeable Na Batteries

    Shinichi Komaba;Toru Ishikawa;Naoaki Yabuuchi;Wataru Murata

  • Negative electrodes for Na-ion batteries.

    Mouad Dahbi;Mouad Dahbi;Naoaki Yabuuchi;Naoaki Yabuuchi;Kei Kubota;Kei Kubota;Kazuyasu Tokiwa

  • Electrochemical intercalation activity of layered NaCrO2 vs. LiCrO2

    Shinichi Komaba;Chikara Takei;Tetsuri Nakayama;Atsushi Ogata

  • Role of Alumina Coating on Li−Ni−Co−Mn−O Particles as Positive Electrode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Seung Taek Myung;Kentarou Izumi;Shinichi Komaba;Yang Kook Sun

  • High-capacity electrode materials for rechargeable lithium batteries: Li3NbO4-based system with cation-disordered rocksalt structure

    Naoaki Yabuuchi;Mitsue Takeuchi;Masanobu Nakayama;Hiromasa Shiiba

  • P2-type Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3−xTixO2 as a new positive electrode for higher energy Na-ion batteries

    Hiroaki Yoshida;Naoaki Yabuuchi;Kei Kubota;Issei Ikeuchi

  • A novel K-ion battery: hexacyanoferrate(II)/graphite cell

    Xiaofei Bie;Kei Kubota;Kei Kubota;Tomooki Hosaka;Kuniko Chihara

  • MgO-Template Synthesis of Extremely High Capacity Hard Carbon for Na-Ion Battery

    Azusa Kamiyama;Kei Kubota;Kei Kubota;Daisuke Igarashi;Yong Youn

  • Redox reaction of Sn-polyacrylate electrodes in aprotic Na cell

    Shinichi Komaba;Yuta Matsuura;Toru Ishikawa;Naoaki Yabuuchi

  • Crystal Structures and Electrode Performance of Alpha-NaFeO2 for Rechargeable Sodium Batteries

    Naoaki Yabuuchi;Hiroaki Yoshida;Shinichi Komaba

  • Study on polymer binders for high-capacity SiO negative electrode of Li-Ion batteries

    Shinichi Komaba;Keiji Shimomura;Naoaki Yabuuchi;Tomoaki Ozeki

Frequent Co-Authors

Kei Kubota
Kei Kubota Tokyo University of Science
Naoaki Yabuuchi
Naoaki Yabuuchi Yokohama National University
Naoaki Kumagai
Naoaki Kumagai Iwate University
Seung-Taek Myung
Seung-Taek Myung Sejong University
Tetsuya Osaka
Tetsuya Osaka Waseda University
Yang-Kook Sun
Yang-Kook Sun Hanyang University
Toshiyuki Momma
Toshiyuki Momma Waseda University
Takashi Miura
Takashi Miura National Institute of Technology, Tsuruoka College
Takashi Kamiyama
Takashi Kamiyama High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Tsuyoshi Nakajima
Tsuyoshi Nakajima Aichi Institute of Technology

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