TOP > News > Asst. Prof. Tetsuya Yamada(Industrial Mechano-System Research Core)was adopted as FY2021 Grant Recipients of ASUNARO Grant(July 6, 2021)
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Name | Asst. Prof. Tetsuya Yamada(Industrial Mechano-System Research Core) |
Adopted | Tokyo Institute of Technology FY2021 Recipients of ASUNARO Grant |
Research topic | Fast Ion Transport Induced in Two Dimensional Nanosheet |
Date | July 6, 2021 |
Ionic conductors, solid with ion conductivity, are essential materials used in various applications such as batteries and chemical sensors. Higher ion conductivities are reported when the size of ionic conductors is small at the nanometer level (Nanoionics phenomenon). The spatial conditions and mechanism of the fast ion conduction shown in the nanoscale remain unexplained.
In this study, we applied single-crystal nanosheets of zirconia (ZrO2), which is an oxygen ion conductor, to clarify the mechanism of fast ion conduction. The advantages of using nanosheets with a two-dimensional structure are that nanosheets are easily deposited on a substrate, and their conductivity is measure by nanoprobes. In addition, the relationship between nano-space and ionic conduction can be explored by changing the size of the nanosheets.
Yanagida Lab(Industrial Mechano-System Research Core)
http://www.yanagida.first.iir.titech.ac.jp/