Materials Research and Development for Safe and Secure Batteries

  • SDG7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Atsuo Yamada
Graduate School of Engineering
Department of Chemical System Engineering Professor
Massive energy storage in rechargeable batteries is the key technology in achieving a green sustainable society founded upon seamlessly integrated renewable energies and in ensuring on-demand energy supply at times of disaster. To deploy this technology swiftly, electrode/electrolyte materials must be redesigned with an eye toward excluding minor and expensive elements and minimizing the risks of fires and toxicity.

This project is committed to the research and development of safe and secure rechargeable batteries. Our recent achievements include: the discovery of new functional electrode materials composed only of common elements; the development of fire-extinguishing organic electrolytes; the creation of a new class of safe water-based electrolytes; and the elucidation and functionalization of electrode/electrolyte interphases. Further fundamental and applied researches are in progress based on experiments and theoretical calculations.
Electrode/electrolyte interphase in batteries
Atsuo Yamada’s group at the University of Tokyo
Development of fire-extinguishing organic electrolytes that can prevent battery fires and toxic gas evolutions in electric vehicles
Atsuo Yamada’s group at the University of Tokyo

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Research collaborators

- Associate Professor Masashi Okubo
- Assistant Professor Yuki Yamada
- Project Assistant Professor Eriko Watanabe

Related publications

http://wmhj2.jp/ (Japanese)

Related patents

- Patent application 2015-172725
- Patent application 2015-004889
- Patent number 5817000 (2015/10/9)

Contact

  • Email: yamada[at]chemsys.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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