Yasuhiro Shiraishi

Dr. Yasuhiro Shiraishi

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Academic Career Length

26Years (2001-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 July 2019 in Nature Materials
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YSYasuhiro Shiraishi
Yasuhiro Shiraishi
TTTakahiro Takii
Takahiro Takii
THTakumi Hagi
Takumi Hagi
SMShinnosuke Mori
Shinnosuke Mori
YKYusuke Kofuji
Yusuke Kofuji
THTakayuki Hirai
Takayuki Hirai

17 July 2017 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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HHHiroaki Hirakawa
Hiroaki Hirakawa
MHMasaki Hashimoto
Masaki Hashimoto
YSYasuhiro Shiraishi
Yasuhiro Shiraishi
THTakayuki Hirai
Takayuki Hirai

7 October 2014 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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YSYasuhiro Shiraishi
Yasuhiro Shiraishi
SKShunsuke Kanazawa
Shunsuke Kanazawa
YKYusuke Kofuji
Yusuke Kofuji
HSHirokatsu Sakamoto
Hirokatsu Sakamoto
SISatoshi Ichikawa
Satoshi Ichikawa
THTakayuki Hirai
Takayuki Hirai

20 September 2016 in ACS Catalysis
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YKYusuke Kofuji
Yusuke Kofuji
SOSatoshi Ohkita
Satoshi Ohkita
YSYasuhiro Shiraishi
Yasuhiro Shiraishi
HSHirokatsu Sakamoto
Hirokatsu Sakamoto
STShunsuke Tanaka
Shunsuke Tanaka
THTakayuki Hirai
Takayuki Hirai

22 July 2021 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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YSYasuhiro Shiraishi
Yasuhiro Shiraishi
MMMasako Matsumoto
Masako Matsumoto
SISatoshi Ichikawa
Satoshi Ichikawa
STShunsuke Tanaka
Shunsuke Tanaka
THTakayuki Hirai
Takayuki Hirai
The generation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from water and dioxygen by sunlight-driven heterogeneous photocatalysis is a promising method for the artificial photosynthesis of a liquid solar fuel. We previously found that resorcinol–formaldehyde (RF) resin powders prepared by high-temperature hydrothermal synthesis act as highly active semiconductor photocatalysts for H2O2 generation. Herein, we report that RF resin powders doped with poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (RF/P3HT) exhibit enhanced photocatalytic activities. The highly dispersed P3HT within the resin particles created charge transfer complexes with the conduction band of the resin via electron donation, facilitating efficient transfer of the photogenerated conduction band electrons through P3HT. This enhanced charge separation promoted efficient water oxidation and O2 reduction. The solar-to-chemical conversion efficiency for H2O2 generation on the RF/P3HT resin in water under simulated sunlight irradiation with atmospheric pressure of O2 was ∼1.0%, which is the highest efficiency reported for powder catalysts in artificial photosynthesis.

2 October 2008 in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
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YSYasuhiro Shiraishi
Yasuhiro Shiraishi
SSShigehiro Sumiya
Shigehiro Sumiya
YKYoshiko Kohno
Yoshiko Kohno
THTakayuki Hirai
Takayuki Hirai