Materials/Devices
Michikazu Hara
Professor
Catalysis
Biography
Michikazu Hara obtained his Ph.D. degree in chemistry at Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1992. In 1997, Dr. Hara joined Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1997. In 2006, as a Professor, he moved to the Materials and Structures Laboratory in Tokyo Institute of Technology. He was awarded fifth Scientific American 50 (2006).
Expectations for WRHI
Global collaboration in the new process development for the environmentally benign production of chemical resourcws.
Research Projects
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Innovative catalysts for artificial ammonia production
| 2016- | Professor, IIR, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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| 2006-2016 | Professor, Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2013 | CSJ Award for Creative Work |
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| 2012 | Commendation for Science and Technology 2005 by MEXT |
| 2020 | “Solid solution for catalytic ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and hydrogen gases at 50 ℃”, Masashi Hattori, Shinya Iijima, Takuya Nakao, Hideo Hosono, Michikazu Hara, Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 2001. |
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| 2019 | “Effect of MnO2 Crystal Structure on Aerobic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid”, |
| 2018 | “A High Performance Catalyst of Shape-specific Ruthenium Nanoparticles for Production of Primary Amines by Reductive Amination of Carbonyl Compounds”, Debraj Chandra, Yasunori Inoue, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano, Asim Bhaumik, Keigo Kamata, Hideo Hosono and Michikazu Hara, Chemical Science, 9 (2018),5949-5956 |
| 2017 | “Electronic Effect of Ruthenium Nanoparticles on Efficient Reductive Amination of Carbonyl Compounds”, Tasuku Komanoya, Takashi Kinemura, Yusuke Kita, Keigo Kamata, Michikazu Hara, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 11493-11499. |
| 2017 | “A Bifunctional Cerium Phosphate Catalyst for Chemoselective Acetalization”, Shunsuke Kanai, Ippei Nagahara, Yusuke Kita, Keigo Kamata, Michikazu Hara, Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 3146-3153. |
| 2015 | “Mechanism Switching of Ammonia Synthesis Over Ru-loaded Electride Catalyst at Metal-Insulator Transition”, Shinji Kanbara, Masaaki Kitano, Yasunori Inoue, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Michikazu Hara, and Hideo Hosono, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 14517–14524. |
| 2015 | “Electride Support Boosts Nitrogen Dissociation over Ruthenium Catalyst and Shifts the Bottleneck in Ammonia Synthesis”, Masaaki Kitano, Shinji Kanbara, Yasunori Inoue, Navaratnarajah Kuganathan, Peter V. Sushko, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Michikazu Hara, Hideo Hosono, Nature Communications, 2015, 6, 6731. |
| 2012 | “Ammonia Synthesis Using a Stable Electride as an Electron Donor and Reversible Hydrogen Store”, Masaaki Kitano, Yasunori Inoue, Youhei Yamazaki, Fumitaka Hayashi, Shinji Kanbara, Satoru Matsuishi, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Sung-Wng Kim, Michikazu Hara, Hideo Hosono, Nature Chemistry, 2012, 4, 934–940. |
| 2011 | “Nb2O5·nH2O as a Heterogeneous Catalyst with Water-Tolerant Lewis Acid Sites”, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Yusuke Baba, Ryouhei Noma, Masaaki Kitano, Junko N. Kondo, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 4224–4227. |
| 2010 | “Protonated Titanate Nanotubes as Solid Acid Catalyst”, Masaaki Kitano, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Junko N. Kondo, Shigenobu Hayashi and Michikazu Hara, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 6622–6623. |
| 2005 | ”Biodiesel Made with Sugar Catalyst” Masakazu Toda, Atsushi Takagaki, Mai Okamura, Junko N. Kondo, Shigenobu Hayashi, Kazunari Domen, Michikazu Hara, Nature, 2005, 438, 178. |