Catalyst Materials Laboratory
Prof. Ueda's group
The Lab is constituted with the following members: Prof. Ueda, Assistant Prof. Yoshida, two postdoctoral researchers (Dr. Zhenxin ZHANG and Dr. Raquel Simancas), two assistants, five graduate students, and twelve undergraduate students.
Research Field
Material chemistry, Inorganic chemistry and Catalysis
Research Subjects
Conversion of cellulose into lactic acid using high-dimensionally structured niobium oxide catalyst, Oxidation of C1-C4 alkanes for chemical manufacturing, Synthesis of Mo-Se mixed metal oxide nanowires for cellulose conversion, and Synthesis of peptide-modified mesoporous silica for asymmetric catalysts.
Introduction
Catalytic oxidation is a quite important class of reactions especially in the processes of conversion of fossil resources into energy and useful chemical products. In addition, social demands for achieving high energy and resource efficiency in manufacturing processes have been growing in recent years. In our group, we are developing sophisticated design and synthetic methods for catalytic materials which enable the catalysts to convert biomass and to oxidize alkanes into useful chemicals with high efficiency.
