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Shiro Seki is affiliated with Kogakuin University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a primary focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Their research encompasses a range of topics related to advanced battery materials and technologies alongside polymers and plastics.

The scientist's work prominently addresses advanced battery materials, with significant exploration into the ionic conduction mechanisms, solid electrolytes, and ionic liquids. Their research also covers conducting polymers, fuel cells, and thermal expansion in materials.

  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity

Seki has published 103 works in engineering, with detailed contributions to electrical and electronic engineering (80 publications), polymers and plastics (14), automotive engineering (13), materials chemistry (10), and catalysis (9).

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Catalysis

The scientist's research has been disseminated widely in key journals and conference venues. Frequent venues for publication include ECS Meeting Abstracts, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • RSC Advances
  • Electrochemistry

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Polyether/Na3Zr2Si2PO12 Composite Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Sodium Batteries" (2020) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Investigation of the Ionic Conduction Mechanism of Polyether/Li7La3Zr2O12 Composite Solid Electrolytes by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy" (2020) appearing in Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • "Speciation Analysis and Thermodynamic Criteria of Solvated Ionic Liquids: Ionic Liquids or Superconcentrated Solutions?" (2020) from The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Thermodynamic aspect of sulfur, polysulfide anion and lithium polysulfide: plausible reaction path during discharge of lithium-sulfur battery" (2021) featured in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "Discharge Behavior within Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Using Li-Glyme Solvate Ionic Liquids" (2023) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Throughout their research career, Shiro Seki has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Koji Hiraoka, Masayoshi Watanabe, Keitaro Takahashi, Hibiki Miyauchi, and Kohei Inaba.

  • Koji Hiraoka
  • Masayoshi Watanabe
  • Keitaro Takahashi
  • Hibiki Miyauchi
  • Kohei Inaba

Best Publications

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

    Kazuki Yoshida;Megumi Nakamura;Yuichi Kazue;Naoki Tachikawa

  • Solvate Ionic Liquid Electrolyte for Li–S Batteries

    Kaoru Dokko;Naoki Tachikawa;Kento Yamauchi;Mizuho Tsuchiya

  • Lithium secondary batteries using modified-imidazolium room-temperature ionic liquid.

    Shiro Seki;Yo Kobayashi;Hajime Miyashiro;Yasutaka Ohno

  • Imidazolium-Based Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid for Lithium Secondary Batteries Effects of Lithium Salt Concentration

    Shiro Seki;Yasutaka Ohno;Yo Kobayashi;Hajime Miyashiro

  • High-mobility, low-power, and fast-switching organic field-effect transistors with ionic liquids

    S. Ono;S. Seki;R. Hirahara;Y. Tominari

  • Comprehensive Refractive Index Property for Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids

    Shiro Seki;Seiji Tsuzuki;Kikuko Hayamizu;Yasuhiro Umebayashi;Yasuhiro Umebayashi

  • A comparative study of organic single-crystal transistors gated with various ionic-liquid electrolytes

    S. Ono;K. Miwa;S. Seki;J. Takeya

  • Origin of the low-viscosity of [emim][(FSO2)2N] ionic liquid and its lithium salt mixture: experimental and theoretical study of self-diffusion coefficients, conductivities, and intermolecular interactions.

    Seiji Tsuzuki;Kikuko Hayamizu;Shiro Seki

  • Studies on the translational and rotational motions of ionic liquids composed of N-methyl-N-propyl-pyrrolidinium (P13) cation and bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide and bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide anions and their binary systems including lithium salts.

    Kikuko Hayamizu;Seiji Tsuzuki;Shiro Seki;Kenta Fujii

  • Distinct difference in ionic transport behavior in polymer electrolytes depending on the matrix polymers and incorporated salts

    Shiro Seki;Abu Bin Hasan Susan;Taketo Kaneko;Hiroyuki Tokuda

  • Solvent Activity in Electrolyte Solutions Controls Electrochemical Reactions in Li-Ion and Li-Sulfur Batteries

    Heejoon Moon;Toshihiko Mandai;Ryoichi Tatara;Kazuhide Ueno

  • Effects of cation and anion on physical properties of room-temperature ionic liquids

    Shiro Seki;Takeshi Kobayashi;Yo Kobayashi;Katsuhito Takei

  • Reversibility of Lithium Secondary Batteries Using a Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid Mixture and Lithium Metal

    Shiro Seki;Shiro Seki;Yo Kobayashi;Hajime Miyashiro;Yasutaka Ohno

  • Unusual Li+ Ion Solvation Structure in Bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide Based Ionic Liquid

    Kenta Fujii;Hiroshi Hamano;Hiroyuki Doi;Xuedan Song

  • Anion conformation of low-viscosity room-temperature ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl) imide.

    Kenta Fujii;Shiro Seki;Shuhei Fukuda;Ryo Kanzaki

  • Raman Spectroscopic Studies and Ab Initio Calculations on Conformational Isomerism of 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Bis-(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide Solvated to a Lithium Ion in Ionic Liquids: Effects of the Second Solvation Sphere of the Lithium Ion

    Yasuhiro Umebayashi;Shuto Mori;Kenta Fujii;Seiji Tsuzuki

  • Fabrication of High-Voltage, High-Capacity All-Solid-State Lithium Polymer Secondary Batteries by Application of the Polymer Electrolyte/Inorganic Electrolyte Composite Concept

    Shiro Seki;Yo Kobayashi;Hajime Miyashiro;Yuichi Mita

  • Liquid structure of and Li+ ion solvation in bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide based ionic liquids composed of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium and N-methyl-N-propylpyrrolidinium cations.

    Yasuhiro Umebayashi;Hiroshi Hamano;Shiro Seki;Babak Minofar

  • Highly reversible lithium metal secondary battery using a room temperature ionic liquid/lithium salt mixture and a surface-coated cathode active material

    Shiro Seki;Shiro Seki;Yo Kobayashi;Hajime Miyashiro;Yasutaka Ohno

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance studies on the rotational and translational motions of ionic liquids composed of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium cation and bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide and bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide anions and their binary systems including lithium salts

    Kikuko Hayamizu;Seiji Tsuzuki;Shiro Seki;Yasuhiro Umebayashi

  • Compatibility of N-Methyl-N-propylpyrrolidinium Cation Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid Electrolytes and Graphite Electrodes

    Shiro Seki;Yo Kobayashi;Hajime Miyashiro;Yasutaka Ohno

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuhiro Umebayashi
Yasuhiro Umebayashi Niigata University
Masayoshi Watanabe
Masayoshi Watanabe Yokohama National University
Seiji Tsuzuki
Seiji Tsuzuki University of Tokyo
Kenta Fujii
Kenta Fujii Yamaguchi University
Kaoru Dokko
Kaoru Dokko Yokohama National University
Kikuko Hayamizu
Kikuko Hayamizu University of Tsukuba
Kazuhide Ueno
Kazuhide Ueno Yokohama National University
Mitsuharu Tabuchi
Mitsuharu Tabuchi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Ryoji Kanno
Ryoji Kanno Tokyo Institute of Technology
Karim Zaghib
Karim Zaghib Concordia University

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