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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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d_Energy2009_eng_03.indd 12 2009/09/17 19:34:09
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.
Gra
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Energy Science, Kyoto University
Gra
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Energy Science, Kyoto University
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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
d_Energy2009_eng_03.indd 13 2009/09/17 19:34:09
Energy
Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Energy
Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
14
DepartmentofFundamentalEnergyScience
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)
■ Energy Reactions
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
solid-statematerials
■ Energy Reactions
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)
d_Energy2009_eng_03.indd 14 2009/09/17 19:34:15
EnergyGraduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
EnergyGraduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
15
■ 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.
d_Energy2009_eng_03.indd 15 2009/09/17 19:34:21
Energy
Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Energy
Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
16
DepartmentofFundamentalEnergyScience
■ 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)
PlasmaConfinementDevice:HeliotronJ
d_Energy2009_eng_03.indd 16 2009/09/17 19:34:25
EnergyGraduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
EnergyGraduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
17
■ 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
■ Energy Materials Science
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
d_Energy2009_eng_03.indd 17 2009/09/30 9:35:56
Energy
Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Energy
Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
18
DepartmentofFundamentalEnergyScience
■ 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)
■ Energy Materials Science
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
d_Energy2009_eng_03.indd 18 2009/09/17 19:34:33
EnergyGraduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
EnergyGraduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
Department ofFundamental Energy
Science
19
■ 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
3.1%
Electronics
12.5%
Finance / Insurance Industry
6.3%
Chemical / Material Industry
18.8%
DoctoralPrograms
15.6%
AutoManufacturers
3.1%
IT and Telecom
3.1%
Machine Industry
15.6%
Gas / Electric Utilities
18.8%
Others 3.1%
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