東京工業大学 国際先駆研究機構 元素戦略MDXセンター 北野研究室 
(MDX Research Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative,
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kitano Lab.)


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 最近の研究業績

2023
  1. "CeNix Alloys as Catalysts for Ammonia Synthesis: Insights on Ni–CeN Surface Layer Formation and Its Impact"
    Javier Arroyo-Caire, Yihao Jiang, Manuel Antonio Diaz-Perez, Mayra Anabel Lara-Angulo, Masayoshi Miyazaki, Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz*, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    ACS Catal. 13, 15715-15724 (2023). (First published online: 2023/11/21) DOI:10.1021/acscatal.3c03654
  2. "BaTiO3–xNy: Highly Basic Oxide Catalyst Exhibiting Coupling of Electrons at Oxygen Vacancies with Substituted Nitride Ions"
    Masayoshi Miyazaki, Hiroshi Saito, Kiya Ogasawara, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 25976-25982 (2023). (First published online: 2023/11/20) DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c10727
  3. "Ammonia Cracking Catalyzed by Ni Nanoparticles Confined in the Framework of CeO2 Support"
    Hiroshi Mizoguchi*, Yuta Osawa, Masato Sasase, Naoki Ohashi, Masaaki Kitano, and Hideo Hosono*
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 14, 9516-9520 (2023). (First published online: 2023/10/18) DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02446
  4. "Barium Oxynitride Electride as Highly Enhanced Promotor for Ruthenium Catalyst in Ammonia Synthesis: Comparative Study with Barium Oxide"
    Jiang Li, Yihao Jiang, Zhujun Zhang, Masatake Tsuji, Masayoshi Miyazaki, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    Adv. Energy Mater. 13, 2302424 (2023).(First published online: 2023/10/16) DOI:10.1002/aenm.202302424
  5. "Multiple reaction pathway on alkaline earth imide supported catalysts for efficient ammonia synthesis"
    Zichuang Li, Yangfan Lu, Jiang Li, Miao Xu, Yanpeng Qi, Sang-Won Park, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*, Jie-Sheng Chen, Tian-Nan Ye*
    Nat. Commun. 14, 6373 (2023).(First published online: 2023/10/11) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42050-7
  6. "A 2D Ba2N Electride for Transition Metal-Free N2 Dissociation under Mild Conditions"
    Zhujun Zhang*, Yihao Jiang, Jiang Li, Masayoshi Miyazaki, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 24482-24485 (2023).(First published online: 2023/10/6) DOI:
    10.1021/jacs.3c09362
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  7. "Topological insulator as an efficient catalyst for oxidative carbonylation of amines"
    Jiang Li, Jiazhen Wu, Sang-Won Park, Masato Sasase, Tian-Nan Ye, Yangfan Lu, Masayoshi Miyazaki, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Tomofumi Tada*, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    Sci. Adv. 9, eadh9104 (2023).(First published online: 2023/9/22) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh9104
  8. "Propane metathesis and hydrogenolysis over titanium hydride catalysts"
    Mengwen Huang, Yosuke Tomimuro, Shinta Miyazaki, Shinya Mine, Takashi Toyao, Yoyo Hinuma, Yasuharu Kanda, Masaaki Kitano, Ken-ichi Shimizu, Zen Maeno
    Catal. Sci. Technol. 13, 6247-6253 (2023).(First published online: 2023/9/20) DOI: 10.1039/d3cy01187a
  9. "Ammonia Decomposition over Water-Durable Hexagonal BaTiO3−xNy-Supported Ni Catalysts"
    Kiya Ogasawara, Masayoshi Miyazaki, Kazuki Miyashita, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    Adv. Energy Mater. 13, 2301286 (2023).(First published online: 2023/7/25) DOI:10.1002/aenm.202301286
  10. "Ammonia Synthesis over Fe-Supported Catalysts Mediated by Face-Sharing Nitrogen Sites in BaTiO3−xNy Oxynitride"
    Masayoshi Miyazaki, Keisuke Ikejima, Kiya Ogasawara, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    ChemSusChem 16, e202300551 (2023).(First published online: 2023/5/27) DOI:10.1002/cssc.202300551
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  11. "Boosted Activity of Cobalt Catalysts for Ammonia Synthesis with BaAl2O4–xHy Electrides"
    Yihao Jiang, Ryu Takashima, Takuya Nakao, Masayoshi Miyazaki, Yangfan Lu, Masato Sasase, Yasuhiro Niwa, Hitoshi Abe, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 10669-10680 (2023).(First published online: 2023/4/27) DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c01074
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  12. "Room-Temperature CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Air-Stable hcp-PdMo Intermetallic Catalyst"
    Hironobu Sugiyama, Masayoshi Miyazaki, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 9410-9416 (2023). (First published online: 2023/3/30) DOI:10.1021/jacs.2c13801
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  13. "Quasi-Two-Dimensional Intermetallic Electride CeRuSi for Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution"
    Weizheng Cai, Chuan Zhou, Xinmeng Hu, Tiwen Jiao, Yijia Liu, Lei Li, Jiang Li, Masaaki Kitano, Hideo Hosono, Jiazhen Wu
    ACS Catal. 13, 4752-4759 (2023). (First published online: 2023/3/23) DOI:10.1021/acscatal.2c06382
  14. "Electronic Promotion of Methanol Synthesis over Cu-Loaded ZnO-Based Catalysts"
    Hironobu Sugiyama, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Satoru Watanabe, Junghwan Kim, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 14, 1259-1264 (2023). (First published online: 2023/1/31) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03427
  15. "Encapsulated C12A7 electride material enables multistep electron transfer process for cross-coupling reactions"
    Bo Dai, Zichuang Li, Miao Xu, Jiang Li,Yangfan Lu, Jiantao Zai, Liuyin Fan, Sang-Won Park, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*, Xin-Hao Li, Tian-Nan Ye, Jie-Sheng Chen*
    J. Mater. Chem. A. 11, 12802-12810 (2023). (First published online: 2023/1/27) DOI:10.1039/D2TA08899A

2022

  1. "Low-temperature Methanol Synthesis by a Cu-loaded LaH2+x Electride"
    Hironobu Sugiyama, Takuya Nakao, Masayoshi Miyazaki, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    ACS Catal. 12, 12572-12581 (2022).(First published online: 2022/10/2) DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03662
  2. "Approach to Chemically Durable Nickel and Cobalt Lanthanum-Nitride-Based Catalysts for Ammonia Synthesis"
    Yangfan Lu*, Tian-Nan Ye, Jiang Li, Zichuang Li, Haotian Guan, Masato Sasase, Yasuhiro Niwa, Hitoshi Abe, Qian Li, Fushen Pan, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 61, e202211759 (2022). (First published online: 2022/9/26) DOI:10.1002/anie.202211759
  3. "Highly reactive methyl group drives selective catalytic reduction of NOx by methanol on bismuth oxide nanoparticle implanted FER zeolite"
    Han Sun, Fei Han, Lu Sun, Shinya Mine, Takashi Toyao, Yunpeng Liu, Zhonghua Wu, Masaaki Kitano, Masaya Matsuoka, Weiwei Liu, Yongqiang Dai, Meiqing Shen, Haijun Chen
    Appl. Catal. B. 318, 121883 (2022).(First published online: 2022/8/24) DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121883
  4. "Unique Catalytic Mechanism for Ru-Loaded Ternary Intermetallic Electrides for Ammonia Synthesis"
    Yutong Gong, Hongchen Li, Jiazhen Wu, Xingyi Song, Xueqing Yang, Xiaobing Bao, Xiao Han, Masaaki Kitano, Junjie Wang, Hideo Hosono
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 8683-8692 (2022). (First published online: 2022/5/4) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01899
  5. "Hexagonal BaTiO(3–x)Hx Oxyhydride as a Water-Durable Catalyst Support for Chemoselective Hydrogenation"
    Masayoshi Miyazaki, Kiya Ogasawara, Takuya Nakao, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 6453-6464 (2022). (First published online: 2022/4/5) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c00976
  6. "Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx by Methanol on Metal-Free Zeolite with Brønsted and Lewis Acid Pair"
    Fei Han, Han Sun, Zhenchao Zhao, Yaxin Xu, Hong Dong, Weiwei Liu, Lu Sun, Zhili Wang, Guangjin Hou, Masaaki Kitano, Wei Li, Meiqing Shen, and Haijun Chen
    ACS Catal. 12, 2403-2414 (2022). (First published online: 2022/2/1) DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05624

2021

  1. "Comment on Weber et al. Mayenite-Based Electride C12A7e: A Reactivity and Stability Study. Catalysts 2021, 11, 334"
    Yasunori Inoue, Masaaki Kitano, Hideo Hosono*
    Catalysts 11, 1154 (2021). (First published online: 2021/8/9) DOI:10.3390/catal11101154
  2. "Ammonia Decomposition over CaNH-Supported Ni Catalysts via an NH2–-Vacancy-Mediated Mars–van Krevelen Mechanism"
    Kiya Ogasawara, Takuya Nakao, Kazuhisa Kishida, Tian-Nan Ye, Yangfan Lu, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    ACS Catal. 11, 11005–11015 (2021). (First published online: 2021/8/9) DOI:10.1021/acscatal.1c01934
  3. "Dissociative and Associative Concerted Mechanism for Ammonia Synthesis over Co-Based Catalyst"
    Tian-Nan Ye*, Sang-Won Park, Yangfan Lu, Jiang Li, Jiazhen Wu, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 12857-12866 (2021). (First published online: 2021/8/9) DOI:10.1021/jacs.1c06657
  4. "C2 Vacancy-Mediated N2 Activation over Ni-Loaded Rare-Earth Dicarbides for Ammonia Synthesis"
    Yiliguma, Sang-Won Park, Jiang Li,Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano, Hideo Hosono
    ACS Catal. 11, 7595-7603 (2021). (First published online: 2021/6/9) DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01646
  5. "Advances in Materials and Applications of Inorganic Electrides"
    Hideo Hosono, Masaaki Kitano
    Chem. Rev. 121, 3121-3185 (2021). (First published online: 2021/2/19) DOI:10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01071
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  6. "Ship-in-a-Bottle Synthesis of High Concentration of N2 Molecules in a Cage-Structured Electride"
    Takuya Nakao, Kiya Ogasawara, Masaaki Kitano, Satoru Matsuishi, Peter V. Sushko, Hideo Hosono
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 1295-1299 (2021). (First published online: 2021/1/26) DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03800
  7. "Why Ca2NH works as an efficient and stable support of Ru catalyst in ammonia synthesis"
    Masaaki Kitano*, Kyosuke Yamagata, Hideo Hosono*
    Res. Chem. Intermed. 47, 235-248 (2021). (First published online: 2021/1/5) DOI: 10.1007/s11164-020-04332-3

    Special Issue: In tribute to Prof. Michel Che scientific contributions & fond memories
  8. "Ruthenium Catalysts Promoted by Lanthanide Oxyhydrides with High Hydride-Ion Mobility for Low-Temperature Ammonia Synthesis"
    Kayato Ooya, Jiang Li, Keiga Fukui, Soshi Iimura, Takuya Nakao, Kiya Ogasawara,Masato Sasase, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Masaaki Kitano,* Hideo Hosono*
    Adv. Energy Mater. 11, 2003723 (2021). (First published online: 2020/12/20) DOI:10.1002/aenm.202003723
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2020
  1. "Efficient Ammonia Synthesis over Phase-Separated Nickel-Based Intermetallic Catalysts"
    Tian-Nan Ye, Yangfan Lu, Yasukazu Kobayashi, Jiang Li, Sang-Won Park, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*
    J. Phys. Chem. C 124, 28589–28595 (2020). (First published online: 2020/12/22)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09590
  2. "Intermetallic ZrPd3‑Embedded Nanoporous ZrC as an Efficient and Stable Catalyst of the Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reaction"
    Yangfan Lu, Tian-Nan Ye, Sang-Won Park, Jiang Li, Masato Sasase, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Masaaki Kitano, Hideo Hosono
    ACS Catal. 10, 14366-14374 (2020). (First published online: 2020/11/24) DOI:10.1021/acscatal.0c03416
  3. "Contribution of Nitrogen Vacancies to Ammonia Synthesis over Metal Nitride Catalysts"
  4. "Vacancy-enabled N2 activation for ammonia synthesis on an Ni-loaded catalyst"
  5. "Air-Stable Calcium Cyanamide Supported Ruthenium Catalyst for Ammonia Synthesis and Decomposition"
    Kazuhisa Kishida, Masaaki Kitano*, Masato Sasase, Peter V Sushko, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Kiya Ogasawara, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Hideo Hosono*
    ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 3,6573-6582 (2020). (First published online: 2020/6/23) DOI:10.1021/acsaem.0c00754
  6. "Stable single platinum atoms trapped in sub-nanometer cavities in 12CaO·7Al2O3 for chemoselective hydrogenation of nitroarenes"
    Tiannan Ye, Zewen Xiao, Jiang Li, Yutong Gong, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano, Hideo Hosono
    Nat. Commun. 11, 1020 (2020). (First published online: 2020/2/24) DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-14216-9

2019
  1. "Palladium-bearing intermetallic electride as an efficient and stable catalyst for Suzuki cross-coupling reactions"
    Tiannan Ye, Yangfan Lu, Zewen Xiao, Jiang Li, Takuya Nakao, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Masaaki Kitano, Tomofumi Tada, Hideo Hosono
    Nat. Commun. 10, 5653 (2019). (First published online: 2019/12/11) DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-13679-0
  2. "Low-Temperature Synthesis of Perovskite Oxynitride-Hydrides as Ammonia Synthesis Catalysts"
    Masaaki Kitano*, Jun Kujirai, Kiya Ogasawara, Satoru Matsuishi, Tomofumi Tada, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Hideo Hosono*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 20344−20353 (2019). (First published online: 2019/11/22) DOI:10.1021/jacs.9b10726
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  3. "Acid-durable Electride with Layered Ruthenium for Ammonia Synthesis: Boosting the Activity via Selective Etching"
    Jiang Li, Jiazhen Wu, Haiyun Wang, Yangfan Lu, Tiannan Ye, Masato Sasase, Xiaojun Wu*, Masaaki Kitano*, Takeshi Inoshita, Hideo Hosono*
    Chem. Sci. 10, 5712-5718 (2019). (First published online: 2019/5/3) DOI:10.1039/C9SC01539F
  4. "Zeolitic Intermetallics: LnNiSi (Ln = La–Nd)"
    Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Sang-Won Park, Kazuhisa Kishida, Masaaki Kitano, Junghwan Kim, Masato Sasase, Takashi Honda, Kazutaka Ikeda, Toshiya Otomo, Hideo Hosono
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 3376-3379 (2019). (First published online: 2019/2/14) DOI:10.1021/jacs.8b12784
  5. "Pseudogap Control of Physical and Chemical Properties in CeFeSi-Type Intermetallics"
    Jiazhen Wu, Erdong Lu, Jiang Li, Yangfan Lu, Masaaki Kitano, Daniel C. Fredrickson, Takeshi Inoshita, Hideo Hosono
    Inorg. Chem. 58, 2848-2855 (2019). (First published online: 2019/2/7) DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03539
  6. "Direct Activation of Cobalt Catalyst by 12CaO·7Al2O3 Electride for Ammonia Synthesis"
    Yasunori Inoue, Masaaki Kitano, Mai Tokunari, Teppei Taniguchi, Kayato Ooya, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Masato Sasase, Michikazu Hara, Hideo Hosono
    ACS Catal. 9, 1670–1679 (2019). (First published online: 2019/1/4) DOI:10.1021/acscatal.8b03650
  7. "Intermetallic Electride Catalyst as a Platform for Ammonia Synthesis"
    Jiazhen Wu, Jiang Li, Yutong Gong, Masaaki Kitano, Takeshi Inoshita, Hideo Hosono
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58, 825-829 (2019). (First published online: 2018/11/22) DOI:10.1002/anie.201812131


2018

  1. "Synthesis of Rare-Earth-Based Metallic Electride Nanoparticles and Their Catalytic Applications to Selective Hydrogenation and Ammonia Synthesis"
    Yangfan Lu, Jiang Li, Tian-Nan Ye, Yasukazu Kobayashi, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano, Hideo Hosono
    ACS Catal. 8, 11054-11058 (2018). (First published online: 2018/10/25) DOI:10.1021/acscatal.8b03743
  2. "Enhanced Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis with Transformed BaO"
    Masashi Hattori, Taiyo Mori, Tomohiro Arai, Yasunori Inoue, Masato Sasase, Tomofumi Tada, Masaaki Kitano, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Michikazu Hara, Hideo Hosono
    ACS Catal. 8, 10977–10984 (2018). (First published online: 2018/10/18) DOI:10.1021/acscatal.8b02839
  3. "Topotactic Synthesis of Mesoporous 12CaO·7Al2O3 Mesocrystalline Microcubes toward Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis"
    George Hasegawa, Shizuka Moriya, Miki Inada, Masaaki Kitano, Masaaki Okunaka, Takahisa Yamamoto, Yuko Matsukawa, Kazuma Nishimi, Kazunari Shima, Naoya Enomoto, Satoru Matsuishi, Hideo Hosono, Katsuro Hayashi
    Chem. Mater. 30, 4498–4502 (2018). (First published online: 2018/7/11) DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b01819
  4. "High‐Mobility p‐Type and n‐Type Copper Nitride Semiconductors by Direct Nitriding Synthesis and In Silico Doping Design"
    Kosuke Matsuzaki, Kou Harada, Yu Kumagai, Shogo Koshiya, Shigenori Ueda, Masato Sasase, Akihiro Maeda, Tomofumi Susaki, Masaaki Kitano, Fumiyasu Oba, Hideo Hosono
    Adv. Mater. 30, 1801968 (2018). (First published online: 2018/6/19) DOI:10.1002/adma.201801968
  5. "A high performance catalyst of shape-specific ruthenium nanoparticles for production of primary amines by reductive amination of carbonyl compounds "
    Debraji Chandra, Yasunori Inoue, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano, Keigo Kamata, Hideo Hosono, Michikazu Hara
    Chem. Sci. 9, 5949-5956 (2018). (First published online: 2018/6/18)
    DOI:10.1039/C8SC01197D
  6. "Control of Nitrogen Activation Ability by Co-Mo Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts Prepared via Sodium Naphthalenide-Reduction"
    Yuki Tsuji, Kiya Ogasawara, Masaaki Kitano*, Kazuhisa Kishida, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa,Toshiharu Yokoyama, Michikazu Hara, Hideo Hosono*
    J. Catal. 364, 31-39 (2018). (First published online: 2018/5/26)
    DOI:10.1016/j.jcat.2018.04.029
  7. "High Elenctron Density on Ru in Intermetallic YRu2: The Application to Catalyst for Ammonia Synthesis"
    Takuya Ogawa, Yasukazu Kobayashi, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Masaaki Kitano, Hitoshi Abe, Tomofumi Tada, Yoshitake Toda,Yasuhiro Niwa,Hideo Hosono
    J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 10468-10475 (2018). (First published online: 2018/4/23)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02128
  8. "Large Oblate Hemispheroidal Ruthenium Particles Supported on Calcium Amide as Efficient Catalysts for Ammonia Decomposition"

    Chem. Eur. J. 24, 7976-7984 (2018).
    Hot paper (First published online: 2018/3/30) DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800467
  9. "Self-organized Ruthenium-Barium Core-Shell Nanoparticles on a Mesoporous Calcium Amide Matrix for Efficient Low-Temperature Ammonia Synthesis"

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57, 2648-2652 (2018). (First published online: 2018/1/22) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201712398
  10. "Ternary intermetallic LaCoSi as a catalyst for N2 activation"

    Nat. Catal. 1, 178-185 (2018). (First published online: 2018/1/22)
    DOI: 10.1038/s41929-017-0022-0

2017

  1. "Copper-Based Intermetallic Electride Catalyst for Chemoselective Hydrogenation Reactions"

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 17089-17097 (2017). (First published online: 2017/11/3)
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b08252
  2. "Effect of oxygen vacancy in tungsten oxide on the photocatalytic activity for decomposition of organic materials in the gas phase"

    Microelectron. Rel. 79, 1-4 (2017). (First published online: 2017/9/25)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2017.09.025
  3. "Anchoring Bond Between Ru and N Atoms of Ru/Ca2NH Catalyst: Crucial for the High Ammonia Synthesis Activity"

    J. Phys. Chem. C. 121, 20900–20904 (2017). (First published online: 2017/9/1)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b07268
  4. "Tiered Electron Anions in Multiple Voids of LaScSi and Their Applications to Ammonia Synthesis"

    Adv. Mater. 29, 1700924 (2017). (First published online: 2017/7/31)
    DOI: 10.1002/adma.201700924
  5. "Oxidation Number Estimation of Ca in Ca-N Compounds from Ca K-Edge XANES Spectra"

    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 90, 963-965 (2017). (First published online: 2017/5/30)
    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20170143
  6. "Decomposition of Gas-Phase Organic Pollutants over Nanocrystalline Tungsten Oxide Photocatalysts Under-Visible Light Irradiation"

    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 90, 885-892 (2017). (First published online: 2017/5/9)
    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20170006
  7. "Acid properties of protonated titanate nanotubes", (Review paper)

    J. Jpn. Petrol. Inst. 60, 113-120 (2017). (First published online: 2017/5/1)
    DOI: 10.1627/jpi.60.113
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  8. "Chlorine-Tolerant Ruthenium Catalyst Derived Using the Unique Anion-Exchange Properties of 12CaO·7Al2O3 for Ammonia Synthesis"

    ChemCatChem 9, 3078-3083 (2017). (First published online: 2017/3/31)
    DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201700353
  9. "Ru-Loaded C12A7:e Electride as a Catalyst for Ammonia Synthesis",(Review paper)

    ACS Catal. 7, 2313-2324 (2017). (First published online: 2017/2/15)
    DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b03357
  10. "Unique nanocages of 12CaO•7Al2O3 boost heterolytic hydrogen activation and selective hydrogenation of heteroarenes over ruthenium catalyst",

    Green Chem. 19, 749-756 (2017). (First published online: 2016/11/28)
    DOI: 10.1039/C6GC02782B
  11. "Kinetic evidence: the rate-determining step for ammonia synthesis over electride-supported Ru catalysts is no longer the nitrogen dissociation step",

    Catal. Sci. Technol. 7, 47-50 (2017). (First published online: 2016/11/30)DOI: 10.1039/C6CY01962E


2016
  1. "Ammonia synthesis over Co–Mo alloy nanoparticle catalyst prepared via sodium naphthalenide-driven reduction",
    ,
    Chem. Commun. 52, 14369-14372 (2016).
    (First published online: 2016/11/9)DOI: 10.1039/C6CC08566 Back cover
  2. "Efficient and Stable Ammonia Synthesis by Self-Organized Flat Ru Nanoparticles on Calcium Amide",
    ,
    ACS Catal. 6, 7577–7584 (2016). (First published online: 2016/10/7)
    DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b01940
  3. "The Key Indicator for the Control of Metal Particle Sizes on Supports from First Principles and Experimental Observation",
    ,
    J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 21879-21887 (2016). (First published online: 2016/8/30)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b03400
  4. "Hydride-Based Electride Material, LnH2 (Ln = La, Ce, or Y)",
    ,
    Inorg. Chem. 55, 8833-8838 (2016). (First published online: 2016/8/11)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01369
  5. "Pulverization of oxide powders utilizing thermal treatment in ammonia-based atmosphere",
    ,
    J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 36, 4083-4088 (2016). (First published online: 2016/6/29)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2016.06.031
  6. "Electronic interactions between a stable electride and a nano-alloy control the chemoselective reduction reaction",
    , ,
    Chem. Sci. 7, 5969-5975 (2016). (First published online: 2016/5/24)
    DOI: 10.1039/C6SC01864E
  7. "Essential Role of Hydride Ion in Ruthenium-based Ammonia Synthesis Catalysts",
    , , , , ,
    Chem. Sci. 7, 4036-4043 (2016). (First published online: 2016/4/21) Correction:Chem. Sci. 7, 5596 (2016)
    DOI: 10.1039/C6SC00767H
  8. "High Oxidation Tolerance of Ru Nanoparticles on 12CaO·7Al2O3 Electride",
    , , , , , , ,
    J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 8711-8716 (2016). (First published online: 2016/4/7)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00983
  9. "Water Durable Electride Y5Si3: Electronic Structure and Catalytic Activity for Ammonia Synthesis",
    Yangfan Lu, Jiang Li, Tomofumi Tada, Yoshitake Toda, Shigenori Ueda, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Masaaki Kitano, Hideo Hosono
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 3970-3973 (2016). (First published online: 2016/3/13)
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b00124
  10. "Synthesis of Niobium-doped Titanate Nanotubes as Solid Acid Catalysts",
    Emiko Wada#, Masaaki Kitano#(#equal contribution), Kazuto Yamamoto, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara
    Catal. Sci. Technol. 6, 4832-4839 (2016). (First published online: 2016/2/22)DOI: 10.1039/C6CY00044D
  11. "A Combined Catalyst of Pt Nanoparticles and TiO2 with Water-tolerant Lewis Acid Sites for One-pot Conversion of Glycerol to Lactic acid",
    Tasuku Komanoya, Ayaka Suzuki, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, Keigo Kamata, Michikazu Hara
    ChemCatChem 8, 1094-1099 (2016). (First published online: 2016/2/17)
    DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201501197

2015
  1. "Synergistic Catalysis by Lewis Acid and Base Sites on ZrO2 for Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley Reduction",
    Tasuku Komanoya, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, and Michikazu Hara
    J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 26540−26546 (2015). (First published online: 2015/11/09)DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08355
  2. "Mechanism Switching of Ammonia Synthesis Over Ru-loaded Electride Catalyst at Metal-Insulator Transition",
    Shinji Kanbara#, Masaaki Kitano#(#equal contribution), Yasunori Inoue, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Michikazu Hara, Hideo Hosono
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 14517−14524 (2015). (First published online: 2015/10/24)DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10145
  3. "Transesterification of Triolein over Hydrophobic Microporous Carbon with SO3H Groups",
    Kiichi Fukuhara, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara
    ChemCatChem. 7, 3945−3950 (2015). (First published online: 2015/9/18)DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500525
  4. "Formation of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural by Stepwise Dehydration over TiO2 with Water-Tolerant Lewis Acid Sites",
    Ryouhei Noma, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Keigo Kamata, Masaaki Kitano, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara
    J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 17117–17125 (2015). (First published online: 2015/06/22)DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03290
  5. "Electron Donation Enhanced CO Oxidation over Ru-Loaded 12CaO•7Al2O3 Electride Catalyst",
    Md Jafar Sharif#, Masaaki Kitano#(#equal contribution), Yasunori Inoue, Yasuhiro Niwa, Hitoshi Abe, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Michikazu Hara, Hideo Hosono
    J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 11725-11731 (2015). (First published online: 2015/04/20)DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02342
  6. "Electride support boosts ​nitrogen dissociation over ruthenium catalyst and shifts the bottleneck in ​ammonia synthesis",
    Masaaki Kitano, Shinji Kanbara, Yasunori Inoue, Navaratnarajah Kuganathan, Peter V. Sushko, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Michikazu Hara, Hideo Hosono
    Nature Commun. 6, 6731 (2015). (First published online: 2015/03/30)DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7731

2014
  1. "Efficient Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction in Water with TiO4 Tetrahedra on a Hydrophobic Mesoporous Silica Surface",
    Hiroshi Shintaku, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, Michikazu Hara,
    Chem. Commun. 50, 13473–13476 (2014). (First published online: 2014/07/12)DOI: 10.1039/C4CC05711B
  2. "NH2− Dianion Entrapped in a Nanoporous 12CaO·7Al2O3 Crystal by Ammonothermal Treatment: Reaction Pathways, Dynamics, and Chemical Stability",
    Fumitaka Hayashi, Yudai Tomota, Masaaki Kitano, Yoshitake Toda, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Hideo Hosono,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136 11698−11706 (2014). (First published online: 2014/06/30)
    DOI:10.1021/ja504185m
  3. "Slow Reactant–Water Exchange and High Catalytic Performance of Water-Tolerant Lewis Acids",
    Yusuke Koito, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Hisayoshi Kobayashi, Ryota Hasegawa, Masaaki Kitano, Michikazu Hara,
    Chem. Eur. J. 20, 8068 – 8075 (2014). (First published online: 2014/05/26)
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.201400240
  4. "Lewis Acid Catalysis of TiO4 Tetrahedra on Mesoporous Silica in Water",
    Hiroshi Shintaku, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, Nobuyuki Ichikuni, Michikazu Hara,
    ACS Catal, 4 1198–1204 (2014). (First published online: 2014/03/11)DOI: 10.1021/cs401149n
  5. "Surface Treatment for Conductive 12CaO·7Al2O3 Electride Powder by Rapid Thermal Annealing Processing and Its Application to Ammonia Synthesis",
    Fumitaka Hayashi, Masaaki Kitano, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Michikazu Hara, Hideo Hosono,
    ChemCatChem, 6, 1317-1323 (2014). (First published online: 2014/03/05)
    DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201301061
  6. "Highly Dispersed Ru on Electride [Ca24Al28O64]4+(e-)4 as a Catalyst for Ammonia Synthesis",
    Yasunori Inoue, Masaaki Kitano, Sung-Wng Kim, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Michikazu Hara, Hideo Hosono,
    ACS Catal., 4, 674-680 (2014). (First published online: 2014/01/15)DOI: 10.1021/cs401044a
  7. "Lewis acid properties of some metal salts for lactic acid formation in water: 31P NMR spectroscopy with trimethylphosphine oxide as a molecular probe",
    Yusuke Koito, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Ryota Hasegawa, Hisayoshi Kobayashi, Masaaki Kitano, Michikazu Hara,
    Catal. Today, 226, 198-203 (2014). (First published online: 2013/11/26)DOI:10.1016/j.cattod.2013.10.071
  8. "Selective glucose transformation by titania as a heterogeneous Lewis acid catalyst",
    Kiyotaka Nakajima, Ryouhei Noma, Masaaki Kitano, Michikazu Hara,
    J. Mol. Cat. A, 388–389, 100-105 (2014). (First published online: 2013/10/12)DOI:10.1016/j.molcata.2013.09.012

2013
  1. "Effect of Preparation Conditions on the Structural and Acid Catalytic Properties of Protonated Titanate Nanotubes",
    Emiko Wada, Masaaki Kitano, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Michikazu Hara,
    J. Mater. Chem. A, 1, 12768–12774 (2013). (First published online: 2013/08/12)DOI: 10.1039/c3ta13015k
  2. "Titania as an Early Transition Metal Oxide with a High Density of Lewis Acid Sites workable in Water",
    Kiyotaka Nakajima, Ryouhei Noma, Masaaki Kitano, Michikazu Hara,
    J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 16028–16033 (2013). (First published online: 2013/07/17)DOI: 10.1021/jp404523r
  3. "Efficient Conversion of Pyruvic Aldehyde into Lactic Acid by Lewis Acid Catalyst in Water",
    Yusuke Koito, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, Michikazu Hara,
    Chem. Lett., 42, 873-875 (2013). (First published online: 2013/05/29)DOI: 10.1246/cl.130319
  4. "Synthesis and Acid Catalysis of Zeolite-Templated Microporous Carbons with SO3H Groups",
    Kiichi Fukuhara, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara,
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 15, 9343-9350 (2013). (First published online: 2013/04/26)DOI: 10.1039/c3cp43853h
  5. "Ammonia Decomposition by Ruthenium Nanoparticles Loaded on Inorganic Electride C12A7:e-",
    Fumitaka Hayashi, Yoshitake Toda, Yoshimi Kanie, Masaaki Kitano, Yasunori Inoue, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Michikazu Hara, Hideo Hosono,
    Chem. Sci., 4, 3124-3130 (2013). (First published online: 2013/03/13)DOI: 10.1039/C3SC50794G
  6. "Effect of the sputtering parameters on the physical properties and photocatalytic reactivity of TiO2 thin films prepared by an RF magnetron sputtering deposition method",
    Afshin Ebrahimi, Masaaki Kitano, Kazushi Iyatani, Yu Horiuchi, Masato Takeuchi, Masaya Matsuoka, Masakazu Anpo,
    Res. Chem. Intermed., 39, 1593-1602 (2013). (First published online: 2012/06/15)DOI: 10.1007/s11164-012-0624-8
  7. "Protonated Titanate Nanotubes with Lewis and Brønsted Acidity: Relationship between Nanotube Structure and Catalytic Activity",
    Masaaki Kitano, Emiko Wada, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Shigenobu Hayashi, Souichi Miyazaki, Hisayoshi Kobayashi, Michikazu Hara,
    Chem. Mater., 25, 385−393 (2013). (First published online: 2013/01/21)DOI: 10.1021/cm303324b
  8. "Electrical Properties of Amorphous Carbon Semiconductor Prepared Using a Naphthalene Precursor",
    Yasunori Inoue, Mayo Sugano, Shunsuke Kawakami, Masaaki Kitano, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Hideki Kato, Michikazu Hara,
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 86, 45-50 (2013). (First published online: 2012/12/15)DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20120201

2012
  1. "Ammonia synthesis using a stable electride as an electron donor and reversible hydrogen store",
    Masaaki Kitano, Yasunori Inoue, Youhei Yamazaki, Fumitaka Hayashi, Shinji Kanbara, Satoru Matsuishi, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Sung-Wng Kim, Michikazu Hara, Hideo Hosono,
    Nature Chem., 4, 934-940 (2012). (First published online: 2012/10/21)DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1476
  2. "sp3-linked Amorphous Carbon with SO3H Groups as a Heterogeneous Acid Catalyst",
    Satoshi Suganuma, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara,
    ChemSusChem, 5, 1841–1846 (2012). (First published online: 2012/06/27)DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201200010
  3. "Photocatalytic oxidation of 2-propanol under visible light irradiation on TiO2 thin films prepared by an RF magnetron sputtering deposition method",
    Masaaki Kitano, Kazuhiro Iyatani, Ebrahimi Afsin, Yu Horiuchi, Masato Takeuchi, So-Hye Cho, Masaya Matsuoka, Masakazu Anpo,
    Res. Chem. Intermed., 38, 1249–1259 (2012). (First published online: 2012/01/04)DOI: 10.1007/s11164-011-0464-y

2011
  1. "Magnetic Sponge Prepared with an Alkanedithiol-Bridged Network of Nanomagnets",
    Yoshikazu Ito, Akira Miyazaki, Kazuyuki Takai, Vajiravelu Sivamurugan, Takashi Maeno, Takeshi Kadono, Masaaki Kitano, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Naotake Nakamura, Michikazu Hara, Suresh Valiyaveettil, Toshiaki Enoki,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 11470-11473 (2011). (First published online: 2011/07/06)

    DOI: 10.1021/ja204617a
  2. "SO3H-bearing mesoporous carbon with highly selective catalysis",
    Satoshi Suganuma, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, Hideki Kato, Asako Tamura, Hidesato Kondo, Shinichiro Yanagawa, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara,
    Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. 143, 443-450 (2011). (First published online: 2011/07/06)

    DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2011.03.028
  3. "Structure and Catalysis of Cellulose-Derived Amorphous Carbon Bearing SO3H Groups",
    Kiichi Fukuhara, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, Hideki Kato, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara,
    ChemSusChem 4, 778-784 (2011). (First published online: 2011/05/18)

    DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201000431
  4. "Synthesis and Characterization of Semiconducting Boron-doped Amorphous Carbon Materials Using an Organic Boron Compound as a Precursor",
    Yasunori Inoue, Masaaki Kitano, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Michikazu Hara,
    Chem. Lett. 40, 410-411 (2011). (First published online: 2011/04/05)

    DOI: 10.1246/cl.2011.410
  5. "Nb2O5nH2O as a Heterogeneous Catalyst with Water-Tolerant Lewis Acid Sites",
    Kiyotaka Nakajima, Yusuke Baba, Ryouhei Noma, Masaaki Kitano, Junko N. Kondo, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 4224–4227 (2011). (First published online: 2011/03/03)

    DOI: 10.1021/ja110482r

2010
  1. "Structure and Acid Catalysis of Mesoporous Nb2O5nH2O",
    Kiyotaka Nakajima, Tsuyoshi Fukui, Hideki Kato, Masaaki Kitano, Junko N. Kondo, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara,
    Chem. Mater. 22, 3332–3339 (2010). (First published online: 2010/05/07)DOI: 10.1021/cm100391q
  2. "Protonated Titanate Nanotubes as Solid Acid Catalyst",
    Masaaki Kitano, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Junko N. Kondo, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.132, 6622–6623 (2010). (First published online: 2010/04/28)DOI: 10.1021/ja100435w
  3. "Synthesis and Acid Catalysis of Cellulose-Derived Carbon-Based Solid Acid",
    Satoshi Suganuma, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, Daizo Yamaguchi, Hideki Kato, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara,
    Solid State Sci. 12, 1029-1034 (2010). (First published online: 2010/03/27)DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2010.02.038
  4. "Photocatalytic activity of visible light-responsive TiO2 thin films deposited on various anodized Ti-metal substrates by a RF magnetron sputtering method",
    Tae-Ho Kim, Masaya Matsuoka, Masaaki Kitano, Takashi Kamegawa, Yoshihisa Itoh, Masato Takeuchi, Masakazu Anpo
    Res. Chem. Intermed., 36, 319-326 (2010). (First published online: 2010/03/12)DOI: 10.1007/s11164-010-0126-5
  5. "Heterogeneous photocatalytic cleavage of water",
    Masaaki Kitano, Michikazu Hara,
    J. Mater. Chem.20, 627-641 (2010). (First published online: 2009/08/20)DOI: 10.1039/b910180b

2009
  1. "Separate evolution of H2 and O2 from H2O on Visible Light-Responsive TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalysts prepared by an RF-Magnetron Sputtering Method: The effect of various calcination treatments on the photocatalytic reactivity",
    Masaya Matsuoka, Afshin Ebrahimi, Masaki Nakagawa, Tae-Ho Kim, Masaaki Kitano, Masato Takeuchi, Masakazu Anpo
    Res. Chem. Intermed., 35, 997-1004 (2009). (First published online: 2009/11/05)DOI: 10.1007/s11164-009-0082-0
  2. "Preparation of a sulfonated porous carbon catalyst with high specific surface area",
    Masaaki Kitano, Keisuke Arai, Atsushi Kodama, Tsutomu Kousaka, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara
    Catal. Lett. 131, 242–249 (2009). (First published online: 2009/06/23)DOI: 10.1007/s10562-009-0062-4
  3. "Preparation of solid acid carbon coating on the surface of TiO2 by photo-CVD of gaseous aromatic hydrocarbons",
    Akira Nakajima, Katsuhiro Horie, Michikazu Hara, Masaaki Kitano, Toshihiro Isobe, Yoshikazu Kameshima, Kiyoshi Okada
    Catal. Commun. 10, 1670–1673 (2009). (First published online: 2009/05/20)DOI: doi:10.1016/j.catcom.2009.05.006
  4. "Adsorption-Enhanced Hydrolysis of b-1,4 Glucan on Graphene-Based Amorphous Carbon Bearing SO3H, COOH, and OH Groups",
    Masaaki Kitano, Daizo Yamaguchi, Satoshi Suganuma, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Hideki Kato, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara
    Langmuir 25, 5068–5075 (2009). (First published online: 2009/02/27)DOI: 10.1021/la8040506
  5. "Hydrolysis of Cellulose by a Solid Acid Catalyst Under Optimal Reaction Conditions",
    Daizo Yamaguchi, Masaaki Kitano, Satoshi Suganuma, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Hideki Kato, Michikazu Hara
    J. Phys. Chem. C 113, 3181-3188 (2009). (First published online: 2009/01/30)DOI: 10.1021/jp808676d
  6. "Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Aqueous Solutions of Alcohol as Model Compounds of Biomass Using Visible Light-Responsive TiO2 Thin Films",
    Shohei Fukumoto, Masaaki Kitano, Masato Takeuchi, Masaya Matsuoka,Masakazu Anpo
    Catal. Lett., 127, 39-43 (2009). (First published online: 2008/11/21)DOI: 10.1007/s10562-008-9769-x

2008
  1. "Hydrolysis of Cellulose by Amorphous Carbon Bearing SO3H,COOH, and OH Groups",
    Satoshi Suganuma, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, Daizo Yamaguchi, Hideki Kato, Shigenobu Hayashi, Michikazu Hara
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 12787–12793 (2008). (First published online: 2008/08/29)DOI: 10.1021/ja803983h
  2. "The Effect of Chemical Etching by HF Solution on the Photocatalytic Activity of Visible Light-responsive TiO2 Thin Films for Solar Water Splitting",
    M. Kitano, K. Iyatani, K. Tsujimaru, M. Matsuoka, M. Takeuchi, M. Ueshima, J. M. Thomas, M. Anpo
    Top. Catal., 49, 24-31 (2008). (First published online: 2008/05/06)DOI: 10.1007/s11244-008-9064-5
  3. "Hydrogen Production Using Highly Active Titanium Oxide-based Photocatalysts",
    M. Kitano, K. Tsujimaru, M. Anpo
    Top. Catal., 49, 4-17 (2008). (First published online: 2008/04/30)DOI: 10.1007/s11244-008-9059-2
  4. "Photocatalytic Decomposition of Lactic Acid in Water on Photoelectrochemical Circuit System consisting of Rod-Type TiO2 Electrode and Silicon Solar Cell",
    M. Matsuoka, T. Kamegawa, E. D. Rakhmawaty, M. Kitano, K. Wada, M. Anpo
    Top. Catal., 47, 162-165 (2008). (First published online: 2008/03/25)DOI 10.1007/s11244-007-9017-4
  5. "Effect of HF Treatment on the Activity of TiO2 Thin Films for Photocatalytic Water Splitting",
    M. Kitano, M. Matsuoka, T. Hosoda, M. Ueshima and M. Anpo
    Res. Chem. Intermed., 34, 577-585 (2008). (First published online: 2008/05/01)DOI 10.1163/156856708784795518
  6. "Enhancement of the Photocatalytic Activity Under Visible-Light Irradiation over N-doped TiO2 Modified by Platinum Chloride",
    S. Higashimoto, K. Takamatsu, M. Azuma, M. Kitano, M. Matsuoka, M. Anpo
    Catal. Lett., 122, 33-36 (2008). (First published online: 2008/04/01)DOI 10.1007/s10562-007-9333-0
  7. "The effect of the hydrothermal treatment with aqueous NaOH solution on the photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical properties of visible light-responsive TiO2 thin films",
    M. Matsuoka, M. Kitano, S. Fukumoto, K. Iyatani, M. Takeuchi, M. Anpo
    Catal. Today, 132, 159–164 (2008). (First published online: 2008/02/01)DOI 10.1016/j.cattod.2007.12.032

2007
  1. "Synthesis of Nanowire TiO2 Thin Films by Hydrothermal Treatment and their Photoelectrochemical Properties",
    M. Kitano, R. Mitsui, D. R. Eddy, Z. M. A. El-Bahy, M. Matsuoka, M. Ueshima, M. Anpo
    Catal. Lett., 119, 217-221 (2007). (First published online: 2007/09/07)DOI 10.1007/s10562-007-9243-1
  2. "Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Nitrogen-Substituted TiO2 Thin Films Prepared by an RF Magnetron Sputtering Deposition Method", M. Kitano, T. Kudo, M. Matsuoka, M. Ueshima, M. Anpo
    Mater. Sci. Forum 544-545, 107-110 (2007). (First published online: 2007/05/15)
    DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.544-545.107
  3. "The Design of Highly Active Rectangular Column-Structured Titanium Oxide Photocatalysts and their Application in Purification Systems",
    T. Kudo, Y. Kudo, A. Ruike, A. Hasegawa, M. Kitano and M. Anpo
    Catal. Today, 122, 14-19 (2007). (First published online: 2007/03/30)DOI 10.1016/j.cattod.2007.01.058
  4. "Recent Developments in Titanium Oxide-Based Photocatalysts",
    M. Kitano, M. Matsuoka, M. Ueshima, M. Anpo
    Appl. Catal. A: General, 325, 1-14 (2007). (First published online: 2007/03/15)DOI 10.1016/j.apcata.2007.03.013
  5. "Photocatalysis for New Energy Production- Recent advances in photocatalytic water splitting reactions for hydrogen production",
    M. Matsuoka, M. Kitano, M. Takeuchi, K. Tsujimaru, M. Anpo, J. M. Thomas
    Catal. Today, 122, 51-61 (2007). (First published online: 2007/03/6)DOI 10.1016/j.cattod.2007.01.042
  6. "Photocatalytic Water Splitting using Pt-Loaded Visible Light-responsive TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalysts",
    M. Kitano, M. Takeuchi, M. Matsuoka, J. M. Thomas, M. Anpo
    Catal. Today, 120, 133-138 (2007). (First published online: 2006/09/06)DOI 10.1016/j.cattod.2006.07.043

2006
  1. "Preparation of Nitrogen-Substituted TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalysts by the Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering Deposition Method and Their Photocatalytic Reactivity under Visible Light Irradiation",
    M. Kitano, K. Funatsu, M. Matsuoka, M. Ueshima, M. Anpo
    J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 25266-25272 (2006). (First published online: 2006/11/06)DOI 10.1021/jp064893e
  2. "Decomposition of Water in the Separate Evolution of Hydrogen and Oxygen using Visible Light-Responsive TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalysts: Effect of the work function of the substrates on the yield of the reaction",
    M. Kitano, K. Tsujimaru, M. Anpo
    Appl. Catal. A: General, 314, 179-183 (2006). (First published online: 2006/09/18)DOI 10.1016/j.apcata.2006.08.017
  3. "The Preparation of Visible Light-Responsive TiO2 Thin Films by Applying a RF-Magnetron Sputtering Deposition Method and their Photocatalytic Reactivity for the Decomposition of Water with a Separate Evolution of H2 and O2",
    M. Kitano, H. Kikuchi, T. Hosoda, M. Takeuchi, M. Matsuoka, T. Eura, M. Anpo, J. M. Thomas
    Key Eng. Mater., 317-318, 823-826 (2006). (First published online: 2006/08/15)
    DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.317-318.823
  4. "Extending the Photoresponse of TiO2 to the Visible Light Region: Photoelectrochemical Behavior of TiO2 Thin Films Prepared by the Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering Deposition Method",
    H. Kikuchi, M. Kitano, M. Takeuchi, M. Matsuoka, M. Anpo, P. V. Kamat
    J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 5537-5541 (2006). (First published online: 2006/02/25)DOI 10.1021/jp058262g
  5. "Design and Development of Second-Generation Titanium Oxide Photocatalyst Materials Operating under Visible Light Irradiation by Applying Advanced Ion-Engineering Techniques",
    K. Iino, M. Kitano, M. Takeuchi, M. Matsuoka, M. Anpo
    Curr. Appl. Phys. 6, 982-986 (2006). (First published online: 2005/09/09)DOI 10.1016/j.cap.2005.07.002

2005
  1. "The Preparation and Characterization of Highly Efficient Titanium Oxide-Based Photofunctional Materials",
    M. Anpo, S. Dohshi, M. Kitano, Y. Hu, M. Takeuchi, M. Matsuoka
    Annu. Rev. Mater. Res., 35, 1-27 (2005). (First published online: 2005/08/01)

    DOI 10.1146/annurev.matsci.35.100303.121340
  2. "Photocatalytic water splitting on visible light-responsive TiO2 thin films prepared by a RF magnetron sputtering deposition method",
    M. Matsuoka, M. Kitano, M. Takeuchi, M. Anpo and J. M. Thomas
    Top. Catal., 35, 305-310 (2005). (First published online: 2005/07/01)DOI 10.1007/s11244-005-3838-9
  3. "Preparation of Visible Light-responsive TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalysts by an RF Magnetron Sputtering Deposition Method and Their Photocatalytic Reactivity",
    M. Kitano, M. Takeuchi, M. Matsuoka, J. M. Thomas, M. Anpo
    Chem. Lett., 34, 616-617 (2005). (First published online: 2005/03/25)DOI 10.1246/cl.2005.616
  4. "Preparation and Characterization of the Visible Light Responsive TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalysts Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering Method and Their Photocatalytic Activities for the Water Splitting Reactions",
    M. Matsuoka, M. Kitano, M. Takeuchi, M. Anpo and J. M. Thomas
    Mater. Sci. Forum 486-487, 81-84 (2005). (First published online: 2005/01/15)

    DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.486-487.81

2003
  1. "Hydrogen production using semiconducting oxide photocatalysts",
    S. C. Moon, Y. Matsumura, M. Kitano, M. Matsuoka, M. Anpo
    Res. Chem. Intermed., 29, 233-256 (2003). (First published online: 2003/04/01)

    DOI 10.1163/156856703764929912