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We offer education and conduct research on fundamental science, seeking for

solutions to energy problems. The research fields covered by this department include

physical chemistry, material chemistry, electrochemistry, solid state chemistry,

biochemistry, quantum mechanics, electromagnetics, statistical mechanics,

plasma physics and nuclear physics.

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We offer education and conduct research on fundamental science, seeking for

solutions to energy problems. The research fields covered by this department include

physical chemistry, material chemistry, electrochemistry, solid state chemistry,

biochemistry, quantum mechanics, electromagnetics, statistical mechanics,

plasma physics and nuclear physics.

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●AdvancedStudyonFundamentalEnergyScience1,2,3,4

●FundamentalEnergyScience

●PhysicalChemistryforEnergyScience

●EnergyElectrochemistry

●X-rayCrystallography

●IntroductiontoFunctionalandSolid-StateChemistry

●Solid-StateElectrochemistry

●Magnetohydrodynamics

●FundamentalPlasmaSimulationI,II(inEnglish)

●AppliedNumericalPhysics

●PlasmaPhysicalKinetics

●PhysicsofNonneutralPlasmas

●Photo-RelatedChemistry

●SustainableEnergySystem

●MolecularScienceofFluids

●CatalyticFunctionalChemistry

●BiologicalEnergy

●FundamentalsofFusionPlasma

●High-TemperaturePlasmaPhysics

●PlasmaHeating

●EnergyTransport

●NeutronMediatedSystems

●IntroductiontoExperimentsNuclearReactor

●AdvancedEnergyCreation,II

●PhysicsofSuperconductivity

●TechnologyforAdvancedEnergy

●FieldResearchProjectonFundamentalEnergyScience

●SpecialFundamentalStudy1,2

●IndustrialEthics

●SpecialSeminaronInterdisciplinaryEnergyScience

●FunctionalandSolid-StateChemistry,Adv.

●PhysicalChemistryforEnergyScience,Adv.

●PlasmaSimulationMethodologyI,II(inEnglish)

●TopicsinPlasmaDynamics,Adv.

●SpecialTopicsinAdvancedEnergyCreation,II

●TechnologyforAdvancedEnergy,Adv.

●PresentandFutureTrendsofFundamentalEnergyScience,Adv.(inEnglish)

●SpecialTopicsinAdvancedEnergyI,II

●FieldResearchProjectonEnergyScience

Department OrganizationDepartment Organization

Division Groups Focus

EnergyReactions *EnergyChemistry*QuantumEnergyProcesses*FunctionalandSolidStateChemistry

Thisdivision focusesuponeducationandresearchonchemistry forelementaryprocesses,chemical reactions, reactionprocesses,substancesandmaterialsasrelated toproduction,controlandtheconversionofvariouskindsofenergysuchasquantum,thermal,chemicalandelectricalenergy.

EnergyPhysics *PlasmaandFusionScience*ElectromagneticEnergy*PlasmaPhysics

Thisdivisionconducts researchand teachingonenergyphysicsbasedonmechanics,electromagnetism,statisticalphysics,andmaterialphysics.Wetargetathoroughunderstandingofvariousphysicalprocessesthatappearinfundamentalenergyscience.Wealsopursuethepeacefuluseofnuclearfusionenergy.

PlasmaScience *FusionEnergyControl*High-TemperaturePlasmaPhysics

Plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion are the main research and educationalsubjects. Inparticular,nonlinearandsynergeticeffectsconcerningplasma transportandheatingare investigated incomplex toroidalsystemssuchasstellarators/heliotrons.Currentresearch includesexperimental, theoretical, andcomputational studieson,1)magneticsurfacetopologies,2) thekineticandmagnetohydrodynamicpropertiesof toroidalplasmas,3)confinementandrelaxationofenergeticparticles,and4)neutralbeamandelectron/ioncyclotronheating.

EnergyMaterialsScience

*InterfacialEnergyScience*EnergyNanoEngineering*BiofunctionalChemistry*Bioenergy

Educationandresearchactivitiesareconcernedwiththechemicalprocessesofmaterialsandenergycoveringawide fieldextending fromquantumprocesses tomolecularassemblies.Thisdivisionaimstoclarify theconnectionbetweenmicroscopicandmacroscopicaspects.Chemicalprinciplesandtechniquesenablingtheeffectiveutilizationofenergyresourcesarealsoactivelypursued.

NuclearEnergy *FundamentalNeutronScience*EnergyTransport

Todevelop innovativehigh-performancenuclearsystems forenergygenerationorneutronapplication,studiesare focusedon thescientificprincipleandneutronicsdesignofnuclearsystems,andonnewprinciplesandmethodsforenergytransportationandstorage.

AdvancedEnergyCreation

(visitingprofessors) Thedivision intends todiscuss theguidingprincipleofadvancedenergycreationand itsunderlyingphysicsandtechnologicalbasisfromtheperspectiveoffundamentalenergysciencebyvisitingprofessors.

CurriculumCurriculum

For the Master's Program For the Doctoral Program

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Schematicillustrationofanewionicliquidfuelcell

TunnelspaceinthecrystalstructureofCoV3O8

■ Energy Reactions

EnergyScienceontheMolecularScale

Energy Chemistry

Conversion of renewable and electrical energies to chemicalenergies such as hydrogen is one of the key technologies usedto construct a clean energy system. Our research interests areconcerned with the chemical substances and materials, devicesand systems strongly related to energy conversion, storage, andutilization. Chemical education and research programs in ourlaboratory are mostly based on inorganic, electrochemical andphysical chemistry, developing new substances and functionalmaterials,raisingablescientistscontributingtooursocietyinmanyenergy-relatedaspects.

(Prof.RikaHAGIWARA,Assoc.Prof.ToshiyukiNOHIRA)


CreationofFunctionalSolidMaterialforHighlyEfficientEnergyandEnvironmentalConcinnity

Functional and Solid State Chemistry

Wearedevotedtotheanalysis,designandsynthesisoffunctionalsolidmaterialusefulfortheproduction,conversionandapplicationof energy with high efficiency, and for sustainable environmentalconcinnity. We pay special attention to electrochemical energy,whichiseffectivefortheuseoflimitedresourceswithhighenergyconversion efficiency and for protection of the environment. Withthis inmind,wearedevelopingmaterialsforrechargeablelithiumionbatteries,andsolidoxidefuelcells,oftencategorizedassolidstateionicsmaterials.WeconductprecisestructuralanalysisanddesigningoffunctionalsolidmaterialbasedonthetheoryofcrystalchemistryusingX-raydiffraction,X-rayabsorption,etc.Wearealsostudyingthesynthesisoffunctionalceramicthinfilmfromaqueoussolutionnoticedassoftenergyprocess,anditsapplicationtonanoscale patterning. We develop bio-environment adjusted materialforutilizingadvanced functionswith theenvironmentalconcinnityoflivingmatter.

(Prof.TakeshiYAO,Assoc.Prof.MitsuhiroHIBINO)

Laser-inducedphotoluminescencemeasurementsofinorganic

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ExploitingBasicPhenomenaofSolidStateforEnergyScience

Quantum Energy Processes

Our group research focuses on issues in materials scienceinvolving functional solid-statematerials for energyconversionorstorage, including the optical properties of inorganic solids, andsemiconductingfilms.Fundamental experimental research is carried out using laserspectroscopy to elucidate the photo-absorption, emission,and photostructural processes in ionic-conductor oxides,semiconductingoxidesandsemiconductingglasses,withspecialemphasisontheanalysisofmetastabilityinsolids.Optical properties of the surface-modified oxides by microwaveirradiationisalsostudied.

(Assist.Prof.KanHACHIYA)

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■ Energy Physics

StudyofTheoreticalPlasmaPhysicsTargetingtheUnderstandingsofNuclearFusion,Laser-matterInteractionandAstrophysics

Plasma and Fusion Science

“Plasma”,themostnaturalmaterialstateintheuniverse,isachargedparticlesystemwithanextremelyhighdegreeoffreedom.Thestudyof complex phenomena produced by such plasmas is crucial innuclear fusion ; expected tobecome thenextgenerationenergysource,spaceandastrophysics,andnewmaterialscience.For thispurpose,wedevelopstatistical turbulent theory,nonlineardynamics,andmethodologyofvariousnumericalsimulations. Inparticular,wechallengelargescalenumericalsimulationsutilizingmassivelyparallelsupercomputersbasedonkineticand fluidmodels.Wealsoattacktheproblemsofhighpower laser-matter interactionwhichopensupanewscience fieldsuchas laserdrivencompactacceleratorandlaboratoryastrophysics.(e.mail:[email protected])

(Prof.YasuakiKISHIMOTO,Assoc.Prof.JiquanLI)

■ Energy Physics

ResearchonPlasmaPhysicsbyMeansofRadio-frequencyElectromagneticWaves

Plasma Physics

Our group studies magneto-hydro-dynamics and kinematicprocesses inmagneticallyconfined toroidalplasmasbymeansofradiofrequencycurrentdriveandheating.Thesestudiesarecloselyrelated to fusion plasma research and, to some extent, to spaceplasmaphysics.WealsostudyECRplasmaproduction,andnon-neutralplasmaproductionandconfinement.Theseplasmastudiesserveasfundamentalexperimentsonthenonlinearphenomenaofchargedparticlesintheelectromagneticfield.

(Prof.TakashiMAEKAWA,Assoc.Prof.HitoshiTANAKAAssist.Prof.MasakiUCHIDA)

MHDinstabilityofnon-axisymmetrichelicalplasmas

■ Energy Physics

EffectiveUseofPlasmicElectro-magneticEnergy

Electromagnetic Energy

Inordertorealizethecontrolledthermonuclearfusionreactor,itisvery important toconfineandcontrolextremelyhigh temperatureplasmasinthestrongmagneticfield.Variousphysicallyinterestingphenomena can be observed in such plasmas. Education andresearchonplasmatheories,numericalsimulationsandtheoreticalanalyses of plasma confinement experiment are performed tounderstand various phenomena concerned with the confinementand heating of high temperature fusion-oriented plasmas.Theoretical and numerical studies are conducted with respect tothe integrated plasma modeling for magnetically confined torusplasmas.

(Assoc.Prof.YujiNAKAMURA,Assist.Prof.SakaeBESSHOU)

FirstPrinciplesimulationoflightning

DynamicsofArgonclusterirradiatedbyrelativistichighpowerlaser

Pressuredistributioninanequilibriumwithmagneticislands

Impuritydiffusionindriftwaveturbulence

MicrowaveSphericalTokamak

Magneticfieldlineisclosedbytheplasmacurrentandconfinestheplasma.

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■ Plasma Physics

FundamentalStudyofPhysicsandTechnologiesfortheControlofHighTemperatureFusionPlasmas

Fusion Energy Control

Asnapshotoftoroidalplasma(tangentialview)inHeliotronJ, anadvancedhelicaldeviceatInstituteofAdvancedEnergy,KyotoUniversity.

Thecontrolofplasmaenergyinamagneticbottleisessentialforthefusionenergysystem.Themainobjectiveofthissectionistopromoteaphysical and technological understandingofplasmapropertiesandtoestablishtheprinciplesofplasmaenergycontrol inthefusionenergysystem.Currenttopicsare:1)controlofmagneticfieldtopologyfor improved plasma confinement, especially in helical magneticconfigurations,2)plasmaproduction/heatingcontrol,3)controlandstabilizationofhigh temperatureplasma,and4)controlofheat flux,particlesfluxandplasma-materialinteractions.

(Prof.TohruMIZUUCHI,Assoc.Prof.TakashiMINAMI,Assist.Prof.ShinjiKOBAYASHI)

■ Plasma Physics

FusionPlasmaPhysicsExplorationasaFutureEnergySource

High-Temperature Plasma Physics

ICRFAntennaeforPlasmaHeating

Plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion are our mainresearch and educational subjects. In particular, nonlinear andsynergetic effects concerning plasma transport and heating areinvestigated incomplex toroidalsystemssuchasstellaratorsandheliotrons. Current research includes experimental, theoretical,and computational studies on, 1) magnetic surface topologies,2) the kinetic and magnetohydrodynamic properties of toroidalplasmas,3)theconfinementandrelaxationofenergeticparticles,and4)neutralbeamandelectron/ioncyclotronheating.

(Prof.FumimichiSANO,Assoc.Prof.KiyoshiHANATANI,Assoc.Prof.HiroyukiOKADA,Assist.Prof.SatoshiYAMAMOTO)

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■ Energy Materials Science

Chemical Processes for Realizing the Efficient Utilization of Energy

Interfacial Energy Science

This section engages in developing efficient energy utilization processes from a physico-chemical standpoint. Current activities include photo-related processes, focusing on energy conversion, utilizing the interface between a semiconductor and solution, the analysis of relaxation processes of photo-excited states, and laser chemistry for investigating interfacial phenomena.

(Prof. Yukio H. OGATA, Assoc. Prof. Tetsuo SAKKA, Assist. Prof. Kazuhiro FUKAMI)

Various microscopic structures formed on silicon surfaces


Next Generation Solar Cells Based on Energy Nano-Science and Molecular Assembly Design

Energy Nano Engineering

As a potential sustainable energy system, we develop next-generation organic solar cells with supra-hierarchical nanostructure, based on the development of novel one-dimensional nanomaterials such as oxide nanotubes and nanofibers. Improvements in the efficiency of organic thin-film solar cells and dye-sensitized solar cells and the development of photocatalysts with excellent functions are also our main topics. International collaboration and exchange are also stressed in our group.http://www.iae.kyoto-u.ac.jp/molecule/

(Prof. Masahiro KINOSHITA, Assoc. Prof. Takashi SAGAWA, Assist. Prof. Yoshikazu SUZUKI)

Electrospun TiO2 nanofiber photocatalyst for H2 evolution

TiO2 nanotube arrays for organic thin-film solar cell

Dye-sensitized solar cell with electrospun TiO2 nanofiber

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■ Energy Material Science

DevelopmentofHighlyEfficientEnergy-TransformationSystemsbyBiomacromolecules

Biofunctional Chemistry

■ Nuclear Energy

StudyofInnovativeHigh-PerformanceSystemsforNuclearEnergyUtilizationinNextGeneration

Fundamental Neutron Science

Real-timefluorescencemonitorringoftheIP4productioninthesinglecells

VIewofthereactorphysicsexperimentusingtheKyotoUniversityCriticalAssembly(KUCA)

Theworkinourresearchgrouptakessynthetic,organicchemical,biochemical and biophysical approaches to develop functionalbiomacromoleculesnecessaryforthesustainableenergysystems.We are exploring a novel strategy to tailor artificial enzymes thatfacilitate highly efficient and environmentally clean chemicaltransformation in water, the solvent of life. The tailor-madereceptorsandenzymesarecomprisedofprotein-,RNA-,orDNA-based functional assemblies designed by the structure-basedmethod. These miniature proteins or RNA-protein assemblieswould facilitate oxidation of methane into methanol at ambienttemperatureandchemicaltransformationbysunlight.

(Prof.TakashiMORII,Assist.Prof.KazukiTAINAKA)

Thescientificprincipleandneutronicsdesignofnuclearsystemsare investigated todevelop innovativehigh-performancesystemsfor nuclear energy utilization in the next generation. Specifically,basicstudiesonthenuclearcharacteristicsof1)high-performancenuclear reactors of the next generation, 2) transmutation/incineration systems of high-level nuclear waste, 3) reactors forthe thorium fuel cycle, 4) accelerator driven subcritical reactors,and5)nuclearsafetyincludingthecriticalitysafety,areperformedmainlythroughreactorphysicsexperiments.

(Prof.SeijiSHIROYA,Assoc.Prof.TsuyoshiMISAWA,Assist.Prof.CheolHoPYEON)


EnvironmentallyCleanandRenewableEnergyProductionSystemsHarnessingBiologicalFunctions

Bioenergy

Because of the imminent shortage of fossil fuels as wellas extreme difficulty in further utilization of nuclear power, thedevelopment of alternative new material & energy productionsystems,suitableforhumanlifeinthe21stcenturyisnowamosturgent research subject. The goal of this section is, therefore, todesign and prepare, based onatomic-level design and analysis,environmentally clean renewable energy production systemsharnessing chemically and biologically manipulated biologicalfunctions, i.e. enzymes. For this purpose, the interaction ofenvironmental factors with the human body is also taken intoaccount.

(Assoc.Prof.TsutomuKODAKI)

AStrategyofProteinEngineering

Stepwisemoldingoffunctionalribonucleopeptide(RNP)complexes

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■ Nuclear Energy

EvolutionofThermo-FluidSciencetowardUltimateScienceandInnovativeTechnology

Energy Transport

■ Advanced Energy Creation

Industry-government-universitycooperationforenergyandenvironmentproblemsolving

Velocityandvoidfractionprofileinaliquid-metaltwo-phaseflowmeasuredbycombinedtechniqueofneutronradiographyandPTVmethod.αisthetimeaveragedlocalvoidfraction.

Thisgroupisdedicatedtobasicresearchonthesafeandefficientutilization of high intensity thermal energy produced by a nextgeneration nuclear energy system, indispensable as an energysourceinthe21stcentury.Fromthispointofview,currentresearchprograms involve experimental and theoretical studies on heatremoval in extremely high flux from advanced nuclear energysystems such as a nuclear fusion reactor and an acceleratordriven subcritical system, multiphase flow phenomena which areencountered in various energy systems, and the developmentof novel methods for fluid measurement such as particle beamradiography.

(Assoc.Prof.YasushiSAITO,Assist.Prof.XiuzhongSHEN)

Energy and environmental problems are very important forthe nation and people of Japan. The cooperation of industry,governmentanduniversityiscrucialinsolvingtheproblem.Basedonthedevelopmentofafundamentalacademictheoryofenergy,thesustainableindustrialsocialstructureformationoffutureenergyand environment is studied, adding economic perspectives,includingdevelopments in the industrialworld. Cooperationwithindustryandgovernmentisalsopromotedforthedevelopmentofenergyandenvironmentaltechnology.

Steel Industry

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Electronics

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Finance / Insurance Industry

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Chemical / Material Industry

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DoctoralPrograms

15.6%

AutoManufacturers

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IT and Telecom

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Machine Industry

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Gas / Electric Utilities

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Others 3.1%

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