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Tsunehiro Tanaka

Tsunehiro Tanaka

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
20828
World Ranking
4024
National Ranking
220

Overview

Tsunehiro Tanaka is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science and energy. Their research primarily focuses on catalytic processes in materials science, advanced photocatalysis techniques, and CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts. The scientist's work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, catalysis, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and mechanical engineering.

Their publication record includes a range of papers in prominent journals, with recent works such as:

  • Zeolite-Encaged Pd-Mn Nanocatalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation and Formic Acid Dehydrogenation, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Effective Driving of Ag-Loaded and Al-Doped SrTiO3 under Irradiation at λ > 300 nm for the Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 by H2O, 2020, ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Dual Ag/Co cocatalyst synergism for the highly effective photocatalytic conversion of CO2 by H2O over Al-SrTiO3, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Ionic Liquid-Stabilized Single-Atom Rh Catalyst Against Leaching, 2021, CCS Chemistry
  • Enhanced CO evolution for photocatalytic conversion of CO2 by H2O over Ca modified Ga2O3, 2020, Communications Chemistry

Tanaka frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Kentaro Teramura
  • Hiroyuki Asakura
  • Saburo Hosokawa
  • Shoji Iguchi
  • Shimpei Naniwa

They publish regularly in scientific venues known for catalysis and materials research, with multiple publications in:

  • ChemCatChem
  • Catalysis Science & Technology
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Catalysis Today
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Tanaka's research encompasses a diverse range of topics within the broader scope of catalysis and energy conversion, including:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Ga2O3 and related materials

Best Publications

  • Thermally stable single atom Pt/m-Al2O3 for selective hydrogenation and CO oxidation.

    Zailei Zhang;Yihan Zhu;Hiroyuki Asakura;Bing Zhang

  • Ultrathin rhodium nanosheets

    Haohong Duan;Ning Yan;Rong Yu;Chun-Ran Chang

  • A series of NiM (M = Ru, Rh, and Pd) bimetallic catalysts for effective lignin hydrogenolysis in water

    Jiaguang Zhang;Jason Teo;Xi Chen;Hiroyuki Asakura

  • X-ray absorption fine structure analysis of local structure of CeO2–ZrO2 mixed oxides with the same composition ratio (Ce/Zr=1)

    Yasutaka Nagai;Takashi Yamamoto;Tsunehiro Tanaka;Satohiro Yoshida

  • Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 in Water over Layered Double Hydroxides

    Kentaro Teramura;Shoji Iguchi;Yuto Mizuno;Tetsuya Shishido

  • X-ray absorption (EXAFS/XANES) study of supported vanadium oxide catalysts. Structure of surface vanadium oxide species on silica and γ-alumina at a low level of vanadium loading

    Tsunehiro Tanaka;Hiromi Yamashita;Risa Tsuchitani;Takuzo Funabiki

  • Zeolite-Encaged Pd-Mn Nanocatalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation and Formic Acid Dehydrogenation.

    Qiming Sun;Benjamin W. J. Chen;Ning Wang;Qian He

  • Selective Amine Oxidation Using Nb2O5 Photocatalyst and O2

    Shinya Furukawa;Yasuhiro Ohno;Tetsuya Shishido;Kentaro Teramura

  • Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO in the Presence of H2 or CH4 as a Reductant over MgO

    Kentaro Teramura;Tsunehiro Tanaka;Haruka Ishikawa;Yoshiumi Kohno

  • In situ spectroscopy-guided engineering of rhodium single-atom catalysts for CO oxidation

    Max J. Hülsey;Bin Zhang;Zhirui Ma;Hiroyuki Asakura

  • Catalytic amino acid production from biomass-derived intermediates

    Weiping Deng;Weiping Deng;Yunzhu Wang;Sui Zhang;Krishna M. Gupta

  • XAFS Study of Tungsten L1- and L3-Edges: Structural Analysis of WO3 Species Loaded on TiO2 as a Catalyst for Photo-oxidation of NH3

    Seiji Yamazoe;Yutaka Hitomi;Tetsuya Shishido;Tsunehiro Tanaka

  • Adsorbed Species of CO2 and H2 on Ga2O3 for the Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2

    Hideo Tsuneoka;Kentaro Teramura;Tetsuya Shishido;Tsunehiro Tanaka

  • Effect of Ti3+ Ions and Conduction Band Electrons on Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Activity of Rutile Titania for Water Oxidation

    Fumiaki Amano;Masashi Nakata;Akira Yamamoto;Tsunehiro Tanaka

  • Photo-enhanced reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen over Rh/TiO2

    Yoshiumi Kohno;Hiroki Hayashi;Sakae Takenaka;Tsunehiro Tanaka

  • Metal‐Dependent Support Effects of Oxyhydride‐Supported Ru, Fe, Co Catalysts for Ammonia Synthesis

    Ya Tang;Yoji Kobayashi;Yoji Kobayashi;Naoya Masuda;Yoshinori Uchida

  • The support effect on propane combustion over platinum catalyst: control of the oxidation-resistance of platinum by the acid strength of support materials

    Yoshiteru Yazawa;Nobuyuki Takagi;Hisao Yoshida;Shin-ichi Komai

  • Deconvolution Analysis of Ga K-Edge XANES for Quantification of Gallium Coordinations in Oxide Environments

    Koji Nishi;‡ Ken-ichi Shimizu;Mikio Takamatsu;Hisao Yoshida

  • Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 using H2 as reductant over ATaO3 photocatalysts (A = Li, Na, K)

    Kentaro Teramura;Shin-ichi Okuoka;Hideo Tsuneoka;Tetsuya Shishido

  • Visible light-induced water splitting in an aqueous suspension of a plasmonic Au/TiO2 photocatalyst with metal co-catalysts

    A. Tanaka;K. Teramura;S. Hosokawa;H. Kominami

  • A doping technique that suppresses undesirable H2 evolution derived from overall water splitting in the highly selective photocatalytic conversion of CO2 in and by water.

    Kentaro Teramura;Zheng Wang;Saburo Hosokawa;Yoshihisa Sakata

  • Molecular Structure and Reactivity of the Group V Metal Oxides

    I. E. Wachs;L. E. Briand;J.‐M. Jehng;L. Burcham

Frequent Co-Authors

Kentaro Teramura
Kentaro Teramura Kyoto University
Tetsuya Shishido
Tetsuya Shishido Tokyo Metropolitan University
Seiji Yamazoe
Seiji Yamazoe Tokyo Metropolitan University
Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ning Yan
Ning Yan National University of Singapore
Tatsuya Tsukuda
Tatsuya Tsukuda University of Tokyo
Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mitsutaka Okumura
Mitsutaka Okumura Osaka University
Masato Machida
Masato Machida Kumamoto University
Hiroshi Kominami
Hiroshi Kominami Kindai University

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