Inorganic Chemistry of Materials Laboratory

Exploring novel ways to make and recycle ceramics+

Many ceramic components are used in the latest electronic equipment, but the process of making them is ridden with difficulties. Therefore, the concerned parties are trying to find easier ways to produce them at low costs. It is also important to develop methods to recover gallium and other rare elements used in electronic components such as white LEDs. Our laboratory is developing new methods to make ceramic materials and recover elements from the finished products by improving the reaction processes and reaction devices.

College of Engineering Chemistry and Materials Chemistry and Biotechnology / Graduate School of Engineering and Science(Master's Program) Applied Chemistry Course / Graduate School of Engineering and Science(Doctor's Program) Regional Environment Systems Course
Faculty Name
KIYONO, Hajime
Keyword
Ceramics,New materials,Light-emitting diode,Recycling

This lab is for this SDG activity:

  • 産業と技術革新の基盤をつくろう

STUDY FIELDS

  • Chemistry
  • Applied chemistry
  • Materials science and engineering

FOR SOCIETY

We are developing new methods to make ceramics for use in white LEDs and next-generation semiconductors and to recycle rare elements, thereby contributing to energy and resource conservation.

RESEARCH THEMES

  • Production of gallium nitride from gallium oxide
  • Recovery of gallium from spent white LEDs
  • Synthesis of nitride compounds from oxides by using ammoniacal nitrogen

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