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Akari Hayashi (Education Promotion Division)

Akari HAYASHI

Professor
Coordinator in Education Promotion Division
Kyushu University Platform of Inter-/Transdisciplinary Energy Research

Tel: 092-802-3170
Email: hayashi.akari.500@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp

I am in charge of the Q-Energy Innovator fellowship as a coordinator in the Education Promotion Division, Q-PIT. My current research focuses on hydrogen energy. Particularly, I am working on hydrogen production through water electrolysis using renewable energy and polymer electrolyte fuel cells for mobility applications. The spectrum of my research spreads broadly from nanomaterials development to device evaluation. Also, I am contributing to the deregulation of the energy system toward the broader introduction of hydrogen.

Curriculum Vitae

2001

Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Davis, USA

2002 – 2005

Postdoctoral researcher at Toyota Central R&D Labs

2005 – 2006

Postdoctoral researcher at National Institute for Materials Science

2006 – 2009

Researcher (limited term) at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

2010 – 2011

Tenure-track assistant professor at Nagoya Institute of Technology

2011 – 2015

Associate Professor at Kyushu University

2015 – present

Professor at Kyushu University

Featured research

Accelerated Durability Testing of Fuel Cell Stacks for Commercial Automotive Applications: A Case Study

Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Takuya Ikeda, Kazuya Murata, Osamu Hotaka, Shigeki Hasegawa, Yuya Tachikawa, Masamichi Nishihara, Junko Matsuda, Tatsumi Kitahara, Stephen M. Lyth, Akari Hayashi and Kazunari Sasaki
Journal of Electrochemical Society., 169(4), 044523, 2022

Durability Analysis on PEM Water Electrolyzers against the Voltage Fluctuation of Wind Power

Yusuke Honsho, Mayumi Nagayama, Junko Matsuda, Kazunari Sasaki, Kohei Ito and Akari Hayashi
Journal of Power Sources 2022

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