Dr. Takeshi Morikawa (Toyota Central R&D Laboratories)
"Semiconductor Photocatalysts and their Combination with Molecular Catalysts for Energy Storage and Environmental Improvement"
Dr. Takeshi Morikawa is Senior Fellow at Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. He joined Toyota Central R&D in 1989, and he has been working on development of technologies associated with automotive control including fundamental researches which are important to automobile industry. He also conducted researches on photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical systems comprising of semiconductors and metal-complexes for environmental purification and carbon dioxide conversion under mild conditions. To date, he has served as a leader or a PI of several projects, NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization), ACT-C (Advanced Catalytic Transformation Program for Carbon Utilization) of JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency), and a project commissioned by the Ministry of the Environment in Japan. His hobbies include reading and exploring mountains.
. SELECTED AWARDS
- Prize for Science and Technology, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2020
- Technical Development Award of the Electrochemical Society of Japan (Tanahashi Award), 2017
- Environment Minister’s Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity (Technological Development and Commercialization Category), 2017
- The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Technical Development, 2007
- The American Ceramics Society Corporate Environmental Achievement Award, 2006
. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“A large-sized cell for solar-driven CO2 conversion with a solar-to-formate conversion efficiency of 7.2%”, Joule, 5, 1 (2021).
“Solar-driven CO2 to CO Reduction Utilizing H2O as an Electron Donor by Earth-abundant Mn-bipyridine Complex and Ni-modified Fe-oxyhydroxide Catalysts Activated in a Single-compartment Reactor”, Chemical Communications., 55, 237 (2019).
“A monolithic device for CO2 photoreduction to generate liquid organic substances in a single-compartment reactor, Energy & Environmental Science, 8, 7, 1998 (2015).
“Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Dioxide as Visible-Light-Sensitive Photocatalyst: Designs, Developments, and Prospects”, Chemical Reviews, 114, 19, 9824 (2014).
“Solar CO2 reduction using H2O by a semiconductor/metal-complex hybrid photocatalyst: enhanced efficiency and demonstration of a wireless system”, Energy & Environmental Science, 8, 7, 1998 (2013).
“Selective CO2 Conversion to Formate Conjugated with H2O Oxidation Utilizing Semiconductor/Complex Hybrid Photocatalysts”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133, 39, 15240, (2011).
“Visible-Light-Induced Selective CO2 Reduction Utilizing a Ruthenium Complex Electrocatalyst Linked to a p-Type Nitrogen-Doped Ta2O5 Semiconductor”, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 49, 30, 5101 (2010).