
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