2021-

Aiming for new batteries
     Development of carbon materials for LIBs using materials informatics

Environmentally friendly liquid fuels
     Development of new biomass catalysts

Making fuel cells cheaper
     Development of oxygen reduction catalysts that reduce platinum to the absolute minimum
     Development of core-shell fuel cell catalysts

Low-power, high-speed communication
      Wafer-scale crystal growth of MoS2 monolayer films
      Development of green hydrogen production methods

Effective use of waste
     Development of nanocomposites using chitin and chitosan
     Material design of Z-scheme photocatalysts and creation of new materials

CO2 capture
    Development of corrosion-resistant surface treatment in supercritical CO2 liquid