Researchers

YAMAMOTO Akira

YAMAMOTO Akira
Lecturer
Faculty Department of Applied Chemistry / Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/7000013532

Education and Career

Education

  • 2005/04 - 2010/03 , Kyoto University, Faculty of Engineering,
  • 2010/04 - 2015/03 , Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering,

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2025 - Today , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering Department of Applied Chemistry
  • Jul. 2015 - Today , Kyoto University Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies Assistant Professor
  • Jul. 2015 - Mar. 2022 , Kyoto University ESICB Assistant Professor
  • Apr. 2015 - Jul. 2015 , Kyoto University ESICB 研究員
  • Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2015 , Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 特別研究員 (DC1)

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Nanotechnology/Materials, Inorganic compounds/materials chemistry
  • Manufacturing technology (mechanical, electrical/electronic, chemical engineering), Catalytic processes and resource chemistry

Research Interests

Solar energy, Nitrogen oxides, Carbon dioxide, Methane, Operando spectroscopy, Photothermal catalysis, Photocatalysis

Published Papers

  1. Nonoxidative coupling of methane to ethane over a Pd–Bi deposited titania photocatalyst in a flow reactor
    Preetam Dash; Yuan Zhong; Daichi Takami; Akira Yamamoto; Hisao Yoshida
    Chemical Science  17  (12)  , 6208-6219, 2026 
  2. Zeolite X Loaded with Ag+ as a Slow Ethylene-Releasing Nanoporous Material to Suppress Potato Sprouting
    Yuan Huang; Akira Yamamoto; Ryoichi Otomo; Shin-ichiro Noro; Yuichi Kamiya
    ACS Applied Nano Materials  9  (4)  , 1996-2006, Jan. 2026 
  3. Core–shell Au@Pd cocatalyst for efficient and selective photocatalytic synthesis of deuterated alkanes from lauric acid and heavy water
    Haifan Huang; Akira Yamamoto; Rikuto Sugiyama; Atsuhiro Tanaka; Hiroshi Kominami; Hisao Yoshida
    Catalysis Today  461  , 115520-115520, Jan. 2026 

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Books etc

  1. 触媒総合事典 , 山下, 弘巳; 福岡, 淳; 田中, 庸裕; 関根, 泰 , 第12章4節 酸化チタン光触媒の応用 1 環境浄化 , 第12章4節 酸化チタン光触媒の応用 1 環境浄化 , 朝倉書店 , Feb. 2023
  2. 触媒技術の動向と展望 2022 , 吉田寿雄; 山本旭 , 4．分野別触媒研究の現状と将来動向 4-2(d) 光エネルギーを用いたメタン転化反応のための触媒開発 , 4．分野別触媒研究の現状と将来動向 4-2(d) 光エネルギーを用いたメタン転化反応のための触媒開発 , 一般社団法人触媒学会 , Apr. 2022
  3. 固体表面キャラクタリゼーション : 機能性材料・ナノマテリアルのためのスペクトロスコピー , 山下, 弘巳; 吉田, 寿雄; 田中, 庸裕 , 第5章 紫外可視分光法 (UV–Vis)・光ルミネセンス分光法 (PLS) , 第5章 紫外可視分光法 (UV–Vis)・光ルミネセンス分光法 (PLS) , 講談社 , Mar. 2022

Conference Activities & Talks

  1. 光加熱を利用した触媒的メタン変換 , 山本旭 , 石油学会ジュニア・ソサイエティ (JPIJS) 講演会 , 25, Oct. 2023
  2. XAFSを用いた金属ナノ粒子触媒のin situ/operando分析 , 山本旭 , 第7回SPring-8先端放射光技術による化学イノベーション研究会/第79回SPring-8先端利用技術ワークショップ , 13, Sep. 2022
  3. オペランドDXAFSによる光反応中の貴金属触媒の局所温度測定 , 山本旭 , 第31回キャラクタリゼーション講習会 , 11, Jan. 2022

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MISC

  1. Strategies to Improve the Activity of Silver–loaded Calcium Titanate Crystal Photocatalyst for Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide with Water , Hongxuan Qiu; Akira Yamamoto; Hisao Yoshida , ChemCatChem , 16 , 14 , 12, Mar. 2024
    Summary:Abstract The rapid increase of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) in the atmosphere has sparked a global enthusiasm for carbon recycling. Photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction with water into carbon–containing products has attracted much attention since it can convert solar energy to the chemical potential of the products and CO<sub>2</sub> to valuable compounds at the same time. One of the main products in the photocatalytic reaction system is carbon monoxide (CO), a useful compound for the one‐carbon chemistry and related ones. The current shortage of this system is the low production efficiency, demanding us to improve the activity of the photocatalyst. In this perspective article, by taking a calcium titanate (CaTiO<sub>3</sub>, CTO) photocatalyst with silver cocatalyst (Ag/CTO) and so on as examples that can promote the selective photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction with water, we shortly review some strategies to improve the photocatalytic activity such as fabrication of well–structured crystal photocatalysts, development of the surface property and cocatalyst, improvement of surface CO<sub>2</sub> adsorption, and improvement of photoabsorption. These concepts will be widely applied and contribute to further development of photocatalytic systems.
  2. Correction: A silver–manganese dual co-catalyst for selective reduction of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide over a potassium hexatitanate photocatalyst with water , Xing Zhu; Akira Yamamoto; Shota Imai; Atsuhiro Tanaka; Hiroshi Kominami; Hisao Yoshida , Chemical Communications , 56 , 16 , 2514 , 2514 , 2020
    Summary:<p>Correction for ‘A silver–manganese dual co-catalyst for selective reduction of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide over a potassium hexatitanate photocatalyst with water’ by Xing Zhu et al., Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 13514–13517.</p>
  3. Removal of NOx over Heterogeneous Photocatalysis , 山本 旭 , 触媒 = Catalysts & catalysis , 58 , 5 , 277 , 280 , Oct. 2016

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Patents

  1. 中性子散乱実験用試料容器 , 中村充孝, 蒲沢和也, 細川三郎, 山添誠司, 山本旭, 吉田寿雄, 田中庸裕
  2. 窒素酸化物吸蔵触媒 , 吉永 勝己, 世登 裕明, 田中 庸裕, 寺村 謙太郎, 山本 旭

Awards & Honors

  1. Feb. 2026, The Japan Petroleum Institute, Young Researcher Award
  2. May. 2024, 化学情報協会, JAICI賞 (2024年度)
  3. Jan. 2024, 触媒学会, 奨励賞 (2023年度)

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Research Grants & Projects

  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Dehydrogenation of Methanol and Formic Acid and Elucidation of the Generation Mechanism Using the Centrifugal Force-Based Gas-Liquid Separation Phenomenon , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Photocatalytic removal and conversion of methane under periodically modulated light irradiation , Kindai University
  3. 環境再生保全機構 (ERCA), 環境研究総合推進費, 光加熱によるバイオガスからのワンパス低級炭化水素合成 , 近畿大学

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