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Wataru Sugimoto

Wataru Sugimoto

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
42
Citations
8246
World Ranking
6466
National Ranking
130

Overview

Wataru Sugimoto is affiliated with Shinshu University in Japan and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research has a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Their work also touches on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials

Wataru Sugimoto has published frequently in a variety of scientific venues. These include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts (34 publications)
  • Electrochemistry (7 publications)
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society (4 publications)
  • Denki Kagaku (2 publications)
  • Japanese Journal of JSCE (2 publications)

Their recent papers document developments in nanomaterials and electrochemical systems. Selected works include:

  • "Platinum nanosheets synthesized via topotactic reduction of single-layer platinum oxide nanosheets for electrocatalysis," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Vertically aligned MXene bioelectrode prepared by freeze-drying assisted electrophoretic deposition for sensitive electrochemical protein detection," 2024, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • "Scalable Design of Two-Dimensional Oxide Nanosheets for Construction of Ultrathin Multilayer Nanocapacitor," 2020, Small
  • "Effect of fluoroethylene carbonate and vinylene carbonate additives on full-cell optimization of Li-ion capacitors," 2020, Electrochemistry Communications
  • "Synthesis of Stacked Graphene-Sn Composite as a High-Performance Anode for Lithium-Ion Capacitors," 2020, Journal of The Electrochemical Society

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors over their career. Notable frequent collaborators include:

  • Daisuke Takimoto
  • Sho Hideshima
  • Keisuke Muramatsu
  • Seongki Ahn
  • Hiroki Nara

Best Publications

  • Preparation of Ruthenic Acid Nanosheets and Utilization of Its Interlayer Surface for Electrochemical Energy Storage

    Wataru Sugimoto;Hideki Iwata;Yutaka Yasunaga;Yasushi Murakami

  • Proton and electron conductivity in hydrous ruthenium oxides evaluated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy: the origin of large capacitance.

    Wataru Sugimoto;Hideki Iwata;Katsunori Yokoshima;Yasushi Murakami

  • Adsorption of gold(III), platinum(IV) and palladium(II) onto glycine modified crosslinked chitosan resin

    A. Ramesh;H. Hasegawa;W. Sugimoto;T. Maki

  • Asymmetric electrochemical capacitors—Stretching the limits of aqueous electrolytes

    Jeffrey W. Long;Daniel Bélanger;Thierry Brousse;Wataru Sugimoto

  • Perspective—A Guideline for Reporting Performance Metrics with Electrochemical Capacitors: From Electrode Materials to Full Devices

    A. Balducci;D. Belanger;T. Brousse;T. Brousse;J. W. Long

  • Charge storage mechanism of nanostructured anhydrous and hydrous ruthenium-based oxides

    Wataru Sugimoto;Katsunori Yokoshima;Yasushi Murakami;Yoshio Takasu

  • Synthesis of electro-deposited ordered mesoporous RuOx using lyotropic liquid crystal and application toward micro-supercapacitors

    Sho Makino;Yusuke Yamauchi;Wataru Sugimoto

  • Effect of Structure of Carbon‐Supported PtRu Electrocatalysts on the Electrochemical Oxidation of Methanol

    Y. Takasu;T. Fujiwara;Y. Murakami;K. Sasaki

  • Effects of the surface area of carbon support on the characteristics of highly-dispersed PtRu particles as catalysts for methanol oxidation

    Y. Takasu;T. Kawaguchi;W. Sugimoto;Y. Murakami

  • Electrophoretic deposition of negatively charged tetratitanate nanosheets and transformation into preferentially oriented TiO2(B) film

    Wataru Sugimoto;Osamu Terabayashi;Yasushi Murakami;Yoshio Takasu

  • Size effects of platinum particles on the electro-oxidation of methanol in an aqueous solution of HClO4

    Yoshio Takasu;Tomoya Iwazaki;Wataru Sugimoto;Yasushi Murakami

  • Evaluation of the pseudocapacitance in RuO2 with a RuO2/GC thin film electrode

    Wataru Sugimoto;Takeo Kizaki;Katsunori Yokoshima;Yasushi Murakami

  • Kinetics of CH3OH oxidation on PtRu/C studied by impedance and CO stripping voltammetry

    Wataru Sugimoto;Kei Aoyama;Tomoyuki Kawaguchi;Yasushi Murakami

  • Synthesis of Nanosheet Crystallites of Ruthenate with an α-NaFeO2-Related Structure and Its Electrochemical Supercapacitor Property

    Katsutoshi Fukuda;Takahiro Saida;Jun Sato;Mihoko Yonezawa

  • High oxygen-reduction activity of silk-derived activated carbon

    Tomoya Iwazaki;Ryoujin Obinata;Wataru Sugimoto;Yoshio Takasu

  • Particle growth behavior of carbon-supported Pt, Ru, PtRu catalysts prepared by an impregnation reductive-pyrolysis method for direct methanol fuel cell anodes

    Tomoyuki Kawaguchi;Wataru Sugimoto;Yasushi Murakami;Yoshio Takasu

  • Oxygen reduction behavior of RuO2/Ti, IrO2/Ti and IrM (M : Ru, Mo, W, V) O-x/Ti binary oxide electrodes in a sulfuric acid solution

    Yoshio Takasu;Norihiro Yoshinaga;Wataru Sugimoto

  • Temperature dependence of the oxidation of carbon monoxide on carbon supported Pt, Ru, and PtRu

    Tomoyuki Kawaguchi;Wataru Sugimoto;Yasushi Murakami;Yoshio Takasu

  • Size effects of ultrafine Pt–Ru particles on theelectrocatalytic oxidation of methanol

    Yoshio Takasu;Hiroyuki Itaya;Tomoya Iwazaki;Ryo Miyoshi

  • All-nanosheet ultrathin capacitors assembled layer-by-layer via solution-based processes.

    Chengxiang Wang;Minoru Osada;Yasuo Ebina;Bao Wen Li

  • Fabrication of Thin-Film, Flexible, and Transparent Electrodes Composed of Ruthenic Acid Nanosheets by Electrophoretic Deposition and Application to Electrochemical Capacitors

    Wataru Sugimoto;Katsunori Yokoshima;Kazunori Ohuchi;Yasushi Murakami

  • Electrochemical Capacitor Behavior of Layered Ruthenic Acid Hydrate

    Wataru Sugimoto;Hideki Iwata;Yasushi Murakami;Yoshio Takasu

  • Oxygen-reduction activity of silk-derived carbons

    Tomoya Iwazaki;Hongsheng Yang;Ryoujin Obinata;Wataru Sugimoto

  • Molybdenum Oxide/Carbon Composite Electrodes as Electrochemical Supercapacitors

    W. Sugimoto;T. Ohnuma;Y. Murakami;Y. Takasu

  • Oxygen reduction behavior of rutile-type iridium oxide in sulfuric acid solution

    Norihiro Yoshinaga;Wataru Sugimoto;Yoshio Takasu

  • Charge Storage Capabilities of Rutile-Type RuO2 ­ VO 2 Solid Solution for Electrochemical Supercapacitors

    W. Sugimoto;T. Shibutani;Y. Murakami;Y. Takasu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshio Takasu
Yoshio Takasu Shinshu University
Yoshiyuki Sugahara
Yoshiyuki Sugahara Waseda University
Kazuyuki Kuroda
Kazuyuki Kuroda Waseda University
Katsutoshi Fukuda
Katsutoshi Fukuda Kyoto University
Toshiyuki Momma
Toshiyuki Momma Waseda University
Tetsuya Osaka
Tetsuya Osaka Waseda University
Minoru Osada
Minoru Osada Nagoya University
Takayoshi Sasaki
Takayoshi Sasaki National Institute for Materials Science
Yasuo Ebina
Yasuo Ebina National Institute for Materials Science
Osamu Terasaki
Osamu Terasaki Stockholm University

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