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Takashi Hisatomi

Takashi Hisatomi

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Materials Science

D-Index
79
Citations
31870
World Ranking
2761
National Ranking
116

Chemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
31820
World Ranking
3726
National Ranking
212

Overview

Takashi Hisatomi is affiliated with Shinshu University in Japan and focuses on research in the fields of Energy and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Catalysis.

Their research emphasizes advanced photocatalysis techniques, as well as applied studies involving copper-based nanomaterials and perovskite materials. Other topical areas of investigation include the electronic and structural properties of oxides, TiO2 photocatalysis and solar cells, quantum dots synthesis and properties, and broader aspects of inorganic chemistry and materials.

Hisatomi's publication record spans multiple notable venues reflecting a strong presence in the materials and catalysis research communities. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Nature Communications
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Science

Their body of work includes research papers such as:

  • 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
  • Efficiency Accreditation and Testing Protocols for Particulate Photocatalysts toward Solar Fuel Production, 2021, Joule
  • Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Water Splitting: Recent Progress and Challenges, 2020, Trends in Chemistry
  • Sequential cocatalyst decoration on BaTaO2N towards highly-active Z-scheme water splitting, 2021, Nature Communications

Hisatomi's collaboration network includes frequent coauthors such as Kazunari Domen, Tsuyoshi Takata, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Lihua Lin, and Naoya Shibata, reflecting sustained partnerships within the photocatalysis and materials chemistry research areas.

Best Publications

  • Recent advances in semiconductors for photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting

    Takashi Hisatomi;Jun Kubota;Kazunari Domen

  • 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

  • Reaction systems for solar hydrogen production via water splitting with particulate semiconductor photocatalysts

    Takashi Hisatomi;Kazunari Domen;Kazunari Domen

  • A Particulate Photocatalyst Water-Splitting Panel for Large-Scale Solar Hydrogen Generation

    Yosuke Goto;Takashi Hisatomi;Qian Wang;Tomohiro Higashi

  • 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

  • Highly efficient water splitting by a dual-absorber tandem cell

    Jeremie Brillet;Jun-Ho Yum;Maurin Cornuz;Takashi Hisatomi

  • 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

  • Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting Promoted by Two Different Cocatalysts for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution under Visible Light

    Kazuhiko Maeda;Anke Xiong;Taizo Yoshinaga;Takahiro Ikeda

  • Dynamics of photogenerated holes in surface modified α-Fe2O3 photoanodes for solar water splitting

    Monica Barroso;Camilo A. Mesa;Stephanie R. Pendlebury;Alexander J. Cowan

  • Ultrathin films on copper(I) oxide water splitting photocathodes: a study on performance and stability

    Adriana Paracchino;Nripan Mathews;Nripan Mathews;Takashi Hisatomi;Morgan Stefik

  • Particle suspension reactors and materials for solar-driven water splitting

    David M. Fabian;Shu Hu;Nirala Singh;Frances A. Houle

  • Particulate Photocatalyst Sheets Based on Carbon Conductor Layer for Efficient Z-Scheme Pure-Water Splitting at Ambient Pressure.

    Qian Wang;Takashi Hisatomi;Yohichi Suzuki;Zhenhua Pan

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

    Yongbo Kuang;Qingxin Jia;Guijun Ma;Takashi Hisatomi

  • Photocatalytic water splitting using modified GaN:ZnO solid solution under visible light: long-time operation and regeneration of activity.

    Tomoyuki Ohno;Lu Bai;Takashi Hisatomi;Kazuhiko Maeda;Kazuhiko Maeda

  • Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Z-Scheme Overall Water Splitting Using a MgTa2O(6-x)N(y)/TaON Heterostructure Photocatalyst for H2 Evolution.

    Shanshan Chen;Shanshan Chen;Yu Qi;Yu Qi;Takashi Hisatomi;Qian Ding;Qian Ding

  • Flux-mediated doping of SrTiO3 photocatalysts for efficient overall water splitting

    Yeilin Ham;Takashi Hisatomi;Yosuke Goto;Yosuke Moriya

  • Enhancement in the Performance of Ultrathin Hematite Photoanode for Water Splitting by an Oxide Underlayer

    Takashi Hisatomi;Hen Dotan;Hen Dotan;Morgan Stefik;Kevin Sivula

  • Cathodic shift in onset potential of solar oxygen evolution on hematite by 13-group oxide overlayers

    Takashi Hisatomi;Florian Le Formal;Maurin Cornuz;Jérémie Brillet

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazunari Domen
Kazunari Domen University of Tokyo
Tsutomu Minegishi
Tsutomu Minegishi University of Tokyo
Tsuyoshi Takata
Tsuyoshi Takata Shinshu University
Naoya Shibata
Naoya Shibata University of Tokyo
Mamiko Nakabayashi
Mamiko Nakabayashi University of Tokyo
Jun Kubota
Jun Kubota Fukuoka University
Kazuhiko Maeda
Kazuhiko Maeda Institute of Science Tokyo
Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Akihiro Furube
Akihiro Furube University of Tokushima
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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