Structural design for enhancement material properties

Catalysts for environment.

Catalysts for future energy

Indeep characterization of designed materials

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2. Ishiguro, N., S. Kityakarn, O. Sekizawa, T. Uruga, T. Sasabe, K. Nagasawa, T. Yokoyama, M. Tada. 2014. “Rate Enhancements in Structural Transformations of Pt-Co and Pt-Ni Bimetallic Cathode Catalysts in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Studied by In Situ Time-resolved X-ray Absorption Fine Structure” J.Phys. Chem. C 118: 15874-15883.

3. Kityakarn, S., T. Saida, A. Sode, N. Ishiguro, O. Sekizawa, T. Uruga, K. Nagasawa, T. Yamamoto, T. Yokoyama, M. Tada. 2014. “In Situ Time-resolved XAFS of Transitional States of Pt/C Cathode Electrocatalyst in an MEA during PEFC Loading with Transient Voltages” Top. Catal. 57: 903-910.

4. Kityakarn, S., A. Worayingyong, A. Suramitr, M.F. Smith.2013. “Ce-doped Nanoparticles of TiO₂: Rutile-to-brookite Phase Transition and Evolution of Ce Local-structure Studied with XRD and XANES”Mater. Chem. Phys. 139(2-3): 543-549.