{"id":1301,"date":"2023-07-14T20:11:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T11:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/?page_id=1301"},"modified":"2025-01-24T14:07:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T05:07:14","slug":"areas13_chem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-sousei\/areas13_chem\/","title":{"rendered":"Surface Physical Chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-69 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/areas\/areas13_chem\/theme_research_summary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"378\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Photocatalysts have attracted considerable attention due to their potential applications for water-splitting to generate hydrogen gas by using solar energy. As H2 is clean and free from CO2 emissions, photocatalysts are expected to address many problems such as the energy crisis, environmental pollution, and global warming. However, the efficiency of photocatalysis is still not sufficient for industrial use; hence, further activity enhancement is required. The efficiency of photocatalysis is determined by the competition between electron-hole pair recombination and the rate of charge transfer to the reactant molecules. Therefore, we are studying the behaviors of photogenerated charge carriers to elucidate the mechanism. These researches should shed light on the development of highly efficient solar light driven water splitting photocatalysts. <\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"el_table_fix\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 20%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/areas\/areas13_chem\/Yamakata Akira.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"408\"><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 80%\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;font-size: 12px;margin-left: -20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Prof. YAMAKATA Akira<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;font-size: 12px;margin-left: -20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">E-mail: yamakata <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">[at]<\/span> okayama-u.ac.jp<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;font-size: 12px;margin-left: -20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">photocatalysis\/solar cells\/ultrafast laser spectroscopy\/reaction dunamics<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a class=\"el_linkBtn\" href=\"https:\/\/soran.cc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/html\/8e4de514d038f1d3587ce9df1975c665_en.html\">Directory of Researchers<\/a> \u3000<a class=\"el_linkBtn\" href=\"https:\/\/okadaichem.jp\/surface\/\">Link to homepage<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/areas\/areas13_chem\/img_Yamakata Akira.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/areas\/areas13_chem\/img_Yamakata Akira.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"203\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We has developed original spectrometers and elucidated many elementary steps in photocatalytic reactions. We believes that the elucidation of reaction mechanism provides rich information for the development of highly efficient catalysts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Photocatalysts have attracted considerable attention due to their potential applications for water-spli [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":144,"menu_order":120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-layout_single.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1301","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 02:29:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1301"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2782,"href":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1301\/revisions\/2782"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}