• MFC1

    MFC1

  • MFC0

    MFC0

  • MFC2

    MFC2

  • Solar cell

    Solar cell

  • Metal battery

    Metal battery

  • Others

    Others

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world" 
- Albert Einstein

Mr. Hirose (M1) has got a paper accepted to be published on ISEM
Oct. 2022: Mr. Hirose’s paper, entitled "Soil Microbial Fuel Cells with Low-Cost Anode Made of Rice Husk Charcoal and Japanese Drawing Ink "Bokuju"", has been accepted to be published on International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics.

Two papers of Mr. Hirose (M1) have been accepted to be published on Energy Reports (Elsevier)
Sep. 2022: The following two papers of Mr. Hirose have been accepted to be publised on Energy Reports(Elsevier) [IF: 4.937]: 
(1) Development of low-cost block-shape anodes for practical soil microbial fuel cells
(2) Proposal of a block-shaped rice husk-bokuju cathode with added copper in a floating MFC

Dr. Trang has published a paper on Journal of Electronic Materials
Sep. 2022: Dr. Trang’s paper, entitled "Portable Membrane-Less Soil Microbial Fuel Cell: Using Multiwalled CNT Paper Electrodes", has been published on Journal of Electronic Materials (Springer).

A patent has been awarded to our lab's members
Patent name: Power generation device and its manufacturing method
Inventor: Kozo Taguchi, Nguyen Dang Trang
Applicant: Ritsumeikan Trust
Patent number: 7048077

A patent has been awarded to our lab's members
Patent name: Electrode for power generation device and power generation device
Inventor: Kozo Taguchi, Nguyen Dang Trang
Applicant: Ritsumeikan Trust
Patent number: 7051082

Our Lab has been awarded a patent
Patent name: Power generation device
Inventor: Kozo Taguchi, Nguyen Dang Trang
Applicant: Ritsumeikan Trust
Patent number: 7048076

Dr. Trang has published a paper on Journal of Electronic Materials
Jan. 2022: Dr. Trang’s paper, entitled "Waterproof India Ink-Coated Activated Carbon Sheet Counter Electrode for Quasi-Solid DSSCs: Stability Evaluation Under Indoor Light Conditions", has been published on Journal of Electronic Materials (Springer).

Ms. Dung’s paper has been published
Jan. 2022: Ms. Dung’s paper, entitled "A compact, membrane-less, easy-to-use soil microbial fuel cell: Generating electricity from household rice washing wastewater", has been published on Biochemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier). 

Ms. Dung’s paper has been published
September, 2021: Ms. Dung’s paper, entitled "A portable soil microbial fuel cell for sensing soil water content," has been published on Measurement: Sensors(Elsevier). 

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

1
Biofuel Cells

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are emerging as promising green energy systems that utilize microorganisms to generate electricity by oxidation of organic substrates during the metabolic processes. The microorganisms can extract chemical energy from the substrate and convert it into electricity in the forms of electrons and protons along with some valuable byproducts such as gaseous fuels like hydrogen and methane.
2

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) has attracted increasing attention due to the advantages of low-cost fabrication and simple production processes compared with the conventional silicon and thin-film solar cells. Generally, a DSSC consists of three components:  dye-sensitized photoanode made of photoresponsive semiconductor (TiO2) and dye sensitizer, redox electrolyte made of redox couple (I-/I3-), and catalytic counter electrode (Pt).
3
  • Portable and flexible metal-air batteries: paper-based types, gelation-electrolyte types, water-activated types.
  • Buckypaper based on carbon nanotubes and carbon fiber, which is thin, flexible, and high conductive.
  • Thermoelectricity based on low-cost materials.
  • Water-activated batteries based on activated carbon powder.
  • Hydrogen generation by water-splitting.