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The research unit is aiming at developing novel nanomaterials and their applications for biomass conversion, catalysis, and chemical devices such as hydrogen generators, gas sensors, light emitting devices, and batteries. The materials that we are developing include metal oxides, metal sulfides, noble metal-loaded oxides, metal halides, redox clusters, and graphene oxide. Tuning of their size, structure, and morphology leads to the creation of various functional materials with optimized catalytic, electrocatalytic, ion/electron-conducting, and optical properties.

Cluster members

Coordinator

Tetsuya KIDA

Professor, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University

Japan
Sub-Coordinator

Armando T. QUITAIN

Professor, Headquarters for Admissions and Education, Kumamoto University

Japan
Maria Jose COCERO Website

Professor, Chemical Engineering & Environmental Technology, Universidad de Valladolid

Spain
Yusuke INOMATA

Assisitant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry & Biochemistry, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University

Japan
Suttichai ASSABUMRUNGRAT

Professor, Department of Chemistry Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University/ IROAST Visiting Professor

Thailand
Nicorae BARSAN

Group Head, The Sensor and Microsystem group at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tubingen/ IROAST Visiting Professor

Germany

Achievements

Publications

Sohail Ahmad, M., Nishina, Y., Inomata, Y., Haridiansyah, A.*, & Kida, T.**, Synergistic Functionalization of Graphene Oxide: Electrochemical Devices and Ritter Catalysis, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128, 14, 5860–5866 (2024) *Internship student (2020.1.6～2020.2.28) in IROAST Research Internship Program **Host professor at Kumamoto University
I Sahroni, T Kodama, MS Ahmad, T Nakahara, Y Inomata, Kida*, Graphene Oxide Membrane Reactor for Electrochemical Deuteration Reactions, Nano Letters, 24, 12, 3590–3597 (2024).
M.S. Ahmad, Y. Nagata, K. Masumoto, Y. Inomata, K. Hatakeyama, A. T. Quitain, A. Shotipruk, T. Kida*, Manganese Doped Graphene Oxide: Selective Hydrogenation Catalyst for Converting 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural to 5-Methyl Furfural, Molecular Catalysis, 553, 113787 (2024).
Takeshi Shinkai, Jonas Karl Christopher N. Agutaya,* Biplab Manna, Matthias Boepple, Masaru Iwai, Keigo Masumoto, Kanako Koga, Koki Kawanami, Yusui Nakamura, Armando T. Quitain, Koichi Suematsu, Yusuke Inomata, Nicolae Barsan, and Tetsuya Kida*, Ethanol sensing mechanism of ZnO nanorods revealed by DRIFT spectroscopy and DFT calculations, J. Mater. Chem. A, 12(13), 7564-7576, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA06486G
Hapid, Abdul; Zullaikah, Siti; Mahfud, Adji; Kawigraha, Adji; Sudiyanto, Yanto; Nareswari, Ratika Benita; Quitain, Armando T., Oxidation of sulfide mineral and metal extraction analysis in the microwave-assisted roasting pretreatment of refractory gold ore, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 17 (1), 105447, (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2023.105447
Muhammad Sohail Ahmad, Yusuke Inomata, Tetsuya Kida Energy application of graphene-based membrane: hydrogen separation, The Chemical Record, 24(1), e202300163 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202300163
Kosuke Sonda, Taiga Kodama, Maria Drira Wea Siga, Keigo Masumoto, Masaru Iwai, Muhammad Fadil, Muhammad Sohail Ahmad*, Jonas Karl Christopher Agutaya, Yusuke Inomata, Armando T. Quitain, Andri Hardiansyah, and Tetsuya Kida* Selective Detection of CO Using Proton-Conducting Graphene Oxide Membranes with Pt-Doped SnO2 Electrocatalysts: Mechanistic Study by Operando DRIFTS ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15(45) 52724-52734 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c10349
Muhammad Ashraf, Roshan Ali, Ibrahim Khan, Nisar Ullah, Muhammad Sohail Ahmad, Tetsuya Kida, Sanghyuk Wooh, Wolfgang Tremel, Udo Schwingenschlögl, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Bandgap Engineering of Melon using Highly Reduced Graphene Oxide for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution, Advanced Materials, 35(47) 2301342 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202301342
S. Ullah, S. Wang, M.S. Ahmad, H.M.A. Sharif, Q. Liu, T. Kida, A. Shafique, M. Ur Rehman, G. Wang, J. Qiu, Investigating the Role Of Oxygen Vacancies In Metal Oxide For Enhanced Electrochemical Reduction Of NO³⁻ To NH₃: Mechanistic Insights, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 10 (22), 6440-6488 (2023).
Yuma Tano, Muhammad Sohail Ahmad, Yuya Watase, Tatsuki Tsugawa, Satoko Takase, Yusuke Inomata, Kazuto Hatakeyama, Shintaro Ida, Quitain Armando, Youichi Shimizu and Tetsuya Kida, Enhancement of formic acid formation by nitrogen-doped graphene oxide nanosheet decorated with Sn nanoparticles in electrochemical CO2 reduction, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 7, 3964-3971 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SE00781B
M. Ashraf, M.S. Ahmad, Y. Inomata, N. Ullah, M.N. Tahir, T. Kida, Transition metal nanoparticles as nanocatalysts for Suzuki, Heck and Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 476, 214928 (2023).
S. Watanabe, T. Hayashida, M. Iwai, Y. Inomata, M. Kunitake, T. Kida, Single Crystallization of Cs₄PbBr₆ Perovskite from Supersaturated Organic Solutions Optimized Through Solubility Studies, ACS Omega, 8, 2455–2461 (2023).
Y. L. Kam, J.K.C.N. Agutaya, A.T. Quitain, Y. Ogasawara, M. Sasaki, M.K. Lam, S. Yusup, S. Assabumrungrat, T. Kida, In-situ transesterification of microalgae using carbon-based catalyst under pulsed microwave irradiation, Biomass and Bioenergy 168, 106662 (2023).
Y. Akaishi, A. Mokhtar, M. Shimoyoshi, T. Nohara, Y. Inomata, D. Kosumi, T. Fukaminato, T. Kida, Light-Stimulated Luminescence Control of Lead Halide-Based Perovskite Nanocrystals Coupled with Photochromic Molecules via Electron and Energy Transfer, Small, 18, 2201046 (2022).
P. Nuket, Y. Akaishi, G. Yoshimura, T. Kida, P .Vas-Umnuay, In-situ TiO₂-Coated CsPbBr₃ quantum dots with enhanced stability, photoluminescence quantum yields, and charge transport properties, Ceramics International, 48, 32504-32512 (2022).
T. Shinkai, K. Masumoto, M. Iwai, Y. Inomata, T. Kida, Study on Sensing Mechanism of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Pt-Loaded ZnO Nanocrystals, Sensors, 22, 6277 (2022).
M.S. Ahmad, Y. Inomata, T. Kida, Heterogenized manganese catalyst for C-, and N-alkylation of ketones and amines with alcohols by pyrolysis of molecularly defined complexes, Molecular Catalysis, 526, 112390 (2022).
A.S.A. Fauzi, N.L. Hamidah, S. Kitamura, T. Kodama, K. Sonda, G.K. Putri, T. Shinkai, M. S. Ahmad, Y. Inomata, A. T. Quitain, T. Kida. Electrochemical Detection of Ethanol in Air Using Graphene Oxide Nanosheets Combined with Au-WO₃, Sensors, 22, 3194 (2022).

Grants

MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research（B）, “ON/OFF Emission Switching of Perovskite Quantum Dots”, 2020.4~2024.3, 17,680,000-yen, PI: Tetsuya KIDA
MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), “Design of highly sensitive gas recognition interfaces using 1D/2D nanomaterials”, 2020.11~2025.3, 18,720,000-yen, PI: Tetsuya KIDA
JSPS Bilateral joint research project (open partnership with Thai), “Biomass conversion into value-added compounds using nanocarbon-based catalysts”, 2021.4~2023.3, 3,900,000-yen, PI: Tetsuya KIDA
JSPS Bilateral joint research project (LIPI Indonesia), “Development of electrochemical devices and membrane reactors based on proton conducting carbon nanosheet membranes”, 2022.4~2024.3, 3,900,000-yen, PI: Tetsuya KIDA

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