UGATA Yosuke

Affiliation

Faculty of Engineering, Division of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering

Job Title

Assistant Professor

YNU Research Center

Research Center for Chemical Green Transformation (GX)

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8233-6725

The Best Research Achievement in Research Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • 【Published Thesis】 New functionality of electrode materials with highly concentrated electrolytes(Trends in Chemistry)  2023.07

    【Published Thesis】 Anionic Effects on Li-Ion Activity and Li-Ion Intercalation Reaction Kinetics in Highly Concentrated Li Salt/Propylene Carbonate Solutions(The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)  2023.02

    【Published Thesis】 Li-ion hopping conduction in highly concentrated lithium bis (fluorosulfonyl) amide/dinitrile liquid electrolytes  2019.04

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Education 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2018.4
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    2022.9

    Yokohama National University   Doctor Course   Completed

  • 2014.4
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    2018.3

    Yokohama National University   Graduated

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  • Doctor of Engineering - Yokohama National University

Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2022.10
     
     

    Duty   Yokohama National UniversityFaculty of Engineering   Division of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering   Assistant Professor  

  • 2022.12
     
     

    Concurrently   Yokohama National UniversityInstitute of Advanced Sciences   Assistant Professor  

  • 2022.10
     
     

    Concurrently   Yokohama National UniversityCollege of Engineering Science   Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science   Assistant Professor  

  • 2022.10
     
     

    Concurrently   Yokohama National UniversityGraduate school of Engineering Science   Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science   Assistant Professor  

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  • 2025.2
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    2025.3

      Visiting Fellow  

  • 2020.4
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    2022.9

    Yokohama National University   Special researcher of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  

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  • Hazardous Material Handler (first kind)

 

Books 【 display / non-display 】

  • Interface Ionics: For All-Solid-State Batteries and Solid State Ionics Devices

    Yosuke Ugata, Kaoru Dokko( Role: Contributor ,  Chapter10. Li-Ion Transfer Kinetics at Interface Between Intercalation Electrode and Organic Electrolyte)

    Springer Nature  ( ISBN:978-981-97-6038-1 )

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    Responsible for pages:105-116   Language:English Book type:Scholarly book

  • ポストリチウムイオン二次電池開発: 部材開発から解析・性能診断技術まで

    宇賀田洋介、獨古薫( Role: Contributor ,  第1 章 Li 金属負極系 第1 節 リチウム塩濃厚電解液の特性とリチウム金属負極の可逆性向上)

    エヌ・ティー・エス  ( ISBN:978-4-86043-836-4 )

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    Total pages:492   Responsible for pages:59-64   Language:Japanese Book type:Scholarly book

Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • Unlocking Three-dimensional Electron and Ion Transport in High-Loading and Dense Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes Assisted via Porous Graphene

    Yosuke Ugata, Rei Matsumoto, Sera Sato, Jaejin Lim, Yong Min Lee, Hiroshi Ueda, Atsuo Omaru, Kosuk … Show more authors

    Advanced Energy Materials   2026.10  [Reviewed]

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  • Tailoring Electrolyte Salt Concentration to Achieve Reversible Li Storage in Pure-Ni Layered Oxide

    Yosuke Ugata, Takumi Komagata, Satoshi Hiroi, Koji Ohara, Hirofumi Ishii, Yu-Cheng Shao, Naoaki Yab … Show more authors

    npj Energy Materials   1   16   2026.9  [Reviewed]

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  • Polymer-Assisted Deeply Supercooled Alkali-Metal Salts: Cation Effects on Ion Transport and Sodium Electrolyte Applications

    Takashi Goto, G. Surendra Rajkumar, Taku Sudoh, Seiji Tsuzuki, Yosuke Ugata, Md. Sharif Hossain, Br … Show more authors

    Electrochimica Acta   580   150057   2026.9  [Reviewed]

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  • Anionic Effects on Lithium-Ion Transport in Highly Concentrated Lithium Salt/Propylene Carbonate Solutions

    Ryoichi Tatara, Kousuke Takeshita, Jiyoung Ock, Shuhei Miyazaki, Yosuke Ugata, Seiji Tsuzuki, and K … Show more authors

    ChemPhysChem   27 ( 9 )   e70409   2026.5  [Reviewed]

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  • Design strategy for sheet-type composite electrodes in all-solid-state batteries operable under minimal stack pressure enabled by cold isostatic pressing

    Teppei Ohno, Yosuke Ugata, Naoaki Yabuuchi

    ChemElectroChem   13 ( 6 )   e202500463   2026.3  [Reviewed]

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Review Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • リチウムイオン電池の性能および安全性向上に関する 研究の動向

    宇賀田洋介

    静電気学会誌   49 ( 2 )   48 - 53   2025.3

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    Language:Japanese   Publishing type:Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal)   Single Work  

  • 化学ポテンシャル制御に基づいた電解液設計

    宇賀田洋介、獨古薫

    化学   79 ( 8 )   70 - 71   2024.8

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  • リチウムイオン蓄電池の基本原理と火災リスク要因

    藪内 直明、宇賀田 洋介

    火災   73 ( 5 )   30 - 35   2023.10

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  • 次世代リチウムイオン蓄電池の安全性とエネルギー密度向上

    宇賀田 洋介、藪内 直明

    火災   73 ( 5 )   36 - 40   2023.10

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Industrial Property Rights 【 display / non-display 】

  • リチウムイオン二次電池、及びリチウムイオン二次電池の製造方法

    生方 宏樹、藪内 直明、宇賀田 洋介

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    Application no:特願2026-177858  Date applied:2026.7.24

  • 電池システム

    生方 宏樹、藪内 直明、宇賀田 洋介

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    Applicant:トヨタ自動車株式会社、国立大学法人横浜国立大学

    Application no:特願2026-175194  Date applied:2026.7.21

  • リチウムイオン二次電池

    生方 宏樹、藪内 直明、宇賀田 洋介

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    Applicant:トヨタ自動車株式会社、国立大学法人横浜国立大学

    Application no:特願2026-029662  Date applied:2026.2.26

  • 電解液及びリチウム二次電池

    藪内 直明、宇賀田 洋介

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    Application no:PCT/JP2025/039803  Date applied:2025.11.13

    Announcement no:WO2026/105818  Date announced:2026.5.21

  • バッテリーシステム

    藪内 直明、宇賀田 洋介

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    Application no:PCT/JP2025/039795  Date applied:2025.11.13

    Date announced:2026.6.4

    Publication no:WO2026/116111 

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Awards 【 display / non-display 】

  • Best Poster Award

    2020.10   The Electrochemical Society   Effects of Anion Species on Li Ion Transport and Electrochemical Properties in Highly Concentrated Electrolytes

    Individual or group name of awards:宇賀田 洋介

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 【 display / non-display 】

  • 界面活性剤添加で拓く濃厚電解液の大容量蓄電池への応用

    Grant number:26K22875  2026.6 - 2028.3

    Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

    Investigator(s):宇賀田 洋介

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  • 異種イオン混合による水系電解液の革新と次世代蓄電池への応用

    Grant number:25K01870  2025.4 - 2028.3

    日本学術振興会  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

    Investigator(s):宇賀田 洋介

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  • 濃厚電解液中のLiイオンホッピングによる電極界面反応の高速化

    Grant number:23K13822  2023.4 - 2025.3

    日本学術振興会 

    Investigator(s):宇賀田 洋介

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  • 高濃度電解液中のリチウムイオンホッピング伝導機構の解明と次世代蓄電池への展開

    Grant number:20J20165  2020.4 - 2022.9

    日本学術振興会  Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

    Investigator(s):宇賀田 洋介

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Other external funds procured 【 display / non-display 】

  • イオンの複合化で挑む持続可能な水系蓄電池材料の創製

    2025.10 - 2029.3

    Japan Science and Technology Agency  戦略的創造研究推進事業「さきがけ」

    Investigator(s):宇賀田 洋介

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  • 環状スルホン化合物の環境調和的合成とリチウム電池電解液への応用

    2025.10 - 2026.3

    Japan Science and Technology Agency  2025 CREST 若手研究会発 共同研究支援

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    Authorship:Coinvestigator(s) 

  • リチウム・ナトリウム二次電池の超長寿命化に向けた弱配位性電解液の開発

    2025.4 - 2027.3

    Private Foundations  高橋産業経済研究財団 研究助成

    Investigator(s):宇賀田 洋介

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  • 国際会議参加費助成

    2024.4 - 2025.3

    2024年度 若手研究助成

  • Li塩のイオン液体化と革新的Li系二次電池への展開

    Grant number:JPMJAN23A1  2023.11 - 2027.3

    Japan Science and Technology Agency  先端的カーボンニュートラル技術開発 (ALCA-Next)

    Investigator(s):上野 和英

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  • Electrolyte Engineering for Reversible Lithium Storage in Pure-Ni Layered Oxides

    Yosuke Ugata, Hinata Fujimura, Takumi Komagata, and Naoaki Yabuuchi

    77th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry 

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    Event date: 2026.9

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  • Factors Affecting Rate Capability in High-Areal-Capacity Lithium Batteries with Concentrated Electrolytes

    Yosuke Ugata, Shoki Higashi, Takuto Araki, Naoaki Yabuuchi

    15th France-Japan Symposium on Lithium Batteries and Next Generations  

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    Event date: 2026.9

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  • Mechanistic insights into moisture exposure of Mn-Based layered oxides for sodium storage applications

    Saad Zafar, Yosuke Ugata, Naoaki Yabuuchi

    iMLB 2026 

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    Event date: 2026.6

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  • Revisiting oxide-based negative electrode materials with 4d/5d transition metal ions for lithium-ion batteries

    Tamon Oda, Yosuke Ugata, Naoaki Yabuuchi

    iMLB 2026 

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    Event date: 2026.6

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  • High-performance Mn-based Positive Electrode Materials for Practical Lithium-ion Batteries

    Sakura Segawa, Yosuke Ugata, Naoaki Yabuuchi

    iMLB 2026 

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    Event date: 2026.6

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Committee Memberships 【 display / non-display 】

  • 第67回電池討論会実行委員会

    2026.11 

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    Committee type:Academic society