Junji Inukai is a professor of the Clean Energy Research Center and Fuel Cell Nanomaterials Center at the University of Yamanashi (Japan). After obtaining his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Tokyo in 1992, he has worked at Keio University, Tohoku University, and the University of Yamanashi, where he became a Full Professor in 2009. He carries out fuel cell research, from the nanoscale to the centimeter scale, based on experience in the physicochemical, surface electrochemical, and electroanalytical sciences, by developing new instrumental techniques combined with numerical simulation.

To create energy with photocatalysts and fuel cells and to store energy with batteries and capacitors, it is necessary to develop new materials, build appropriate devices, and operate them efficiently. For material development, device construction, and operation mode optimization, we have developed various analytical methods. The experiments are carried out not only in university laboratories but also in large-scale experimental facilities using synchrotron radiation and neutron beams.

Simultaneous measurements of electrochemical reaction rate on electrode by channel-flow electrode method and electronic state of electrode by HAXPES

Layer structure analysis of nanoscale thin films by neutron reflectometry

Visualization of oxygen partial pressure on GDL inside PEFC during power generation using oxygen sensitive film