年會專題講座-Professor Hiroyuki Uchida


 Highly Active and Durable Pt-Based Electrocatalysts for PEFCs

Hiroyuki Uchida

Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi

 

Abstract

This presentation focuses on the topics of the cathode catalysts from Pt-Co alloy single crystals to practical nanoparticles with high activity and high durability for PEFCs. It is also demonstrated that Pt skin/Pt-M (M= Fe, Co, Ni) nanocatalysts, developed for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) cathode, exhibit high activity for the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) anode with high robustness.

Name：Hiroyuki Uchida

Unit/Dept./Position：

l   Director, Professor, Clean Energy Research Center,                                                                           

University of Yamanashi

Education：

l   03/1977 B. Eng., Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University

l   03/1979 M. Eng., Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University

l   11/1984 Ph.D degree from Kyoto University

Experience：

l   04/1979‒03/1989    Research Assistant, Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University

l   04/1989‒ 03/1993   Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University

l   07/1990‒03/1991     Visiting Research Fellow, Solar Energy Research Institute, Colorado, USA

 

l   04/1993‒09/2001    Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Yamanashi University (presently University of Yamanashi)

 

l   10/2001‒03/2008    Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi

l   04/2008 to present   Professor, Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi

l   04/2009 to present   Director of Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi

Research Field：

l   R&D of materials for polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), Hydrogen production by solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) and polymer electrolyte water electrolysis (PEWE), Multilateral analyses of electrode reactions

Awards and Honors：

l   04/2003      Scientific Achievement Award of the Electrochemical Society of Japan (ECSJ)

l   04/2008      Prizes for Science and Technology  of the MEXT, Japan

l   05/2011      The Yamanashi Academy of Sciences Award

l   03/2017      The Award of the Electrochemical Society of Japan (Takei Award)

l   10/2018      Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) – Class of 2018