Shigeto Hirai
  
 Personal Information
| Title | Associate Professor | 
| Department/Center | Division of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering | 
| E-mail Address | hirai@mail.kitami-it.ac.jp | 
 Degree, Academic Background, Work Experience
Degree
| PhD | Investigation of CaIr1-xPtxO3 and CaIr0.5Rh0.5O3: Structural properties, physical properties and stabilising conditions for post-perovskite oxides | 2011 | 
Academic Background
| 2005.3 | Department of Applied physics and physico-informatics, Keio University | 
| 2007.7 | Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge | 
| 2011.6 | School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh | 
Work Experience
| 2011.4-2014.3 | Stanford University, Postdoctoral Scholar | 
| 2014.4-2015.3 | HPSTAR, Associate Staff scientist | 
 Classes Taught, Specializations
- Specializations
 - Electrochemistry, Solid state chemistry, High pressure science
 - Keywords in Research
 - Strongly correlated electron systems, Electrochemical analysis, Structural analysis, solution plasma synthesis, Neutron diffraction, Rechargeable metal-air batteries, Water electrolysis, The Oxygen Evolution Reaction, The Oxygen Reduction Reaction
 - Affiliation
 - Materials Science Society of Japan, The Electrochemical Society of Japan, The Ceramic Society of Japan, The Japan Society of Applied Physics
 
 Publication (Academic Papers)
Scientific Papers
International Conference Papers / Proceedings
| Title | Publish Date | 
|---|---|
Proposal of New Electrochemistry in Mixed Anion Compound 
IUMRS-ICEM 2018, International Union of Materials Research Societies, 大田、韓国 
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2018-08 | 
Unique Electronic Structure as a Key Factor for Highly Active Oxygen Evolution Catalysts 
69th Annual ISE Meeting, International Society of Electrochemistry(ISE), Bologna, Italy 
 | 
2018-09 | 
OER mechanism of Cobalt-based layered compounds 
KJMST2018, MRS-Korea, and Materials Science Society of Japan, 麗水、韓国 
 | 
2018-11 | 
Introduction of ruthenates as promising oxygen evolution catalysts 
SPARCA2019, Asia Pacific Society for Materials Research, 沖縄市 
 | 
2019-03 | 
Lecture Presentations
| Title | Publish Date | 
|---|---|
Novel energy related properties of strongly correlated electron systems under high pressure 
Geophysical Laboratory, Washington 
 | 
2013-02 | 
Giant atomic displacement at a magnetic phase transition in Mn3O4 
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge 
 | 
2013-06 | 
High pressure electrical resistivity studies of CeRu1-xFexPO 
International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, 東京 
 | 
2013-08 | 
Giant atomic displacement and the magnetic structure of Mn3O4 post-spinel 
Materials Research Society, Boston 
 | 
2013-12 | 
Electronic structure of Mn3O4 spinel and postspinel 
The Japan Society of Applied Physics, 札幌 
 | 
2014-09 | 
Enhancement of the OER catalytic activity by the suppression of Jahn-Teller distortion  
The Ceramic Society of Japan, 東京 
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2016-03 | 
The search of the descriptor of oxygen reduction activity for manganese oxides 
The Ceramic Society of Japan, 東広島 
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2016-09 | 
Enhancement of the Oxygen Evolution and the Oxygen Reduction Reactions in Mn3+ based Electrocatalysts  
The Electrochemical Society , Honolulu 
 | 
2016-10 | 
The New Finding of the OER Activity Descriptor 
MRS-Korea, and Materials Science Society of Japan, 慶州 
 | 
2016-11 | 
New finding of electronic structure-activity relationship in oxygen evolution catalysts 
MRS-Korea, and Materials Science Society of Japan, 東大阪市 
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2017-08 | 
Systematic study of the oxygen evolution and reduction activity for Ru-based perovskites 
神戸市 
 | 
2017-09 | 
Overall enhancement of oxygen evolution activity by an oxide catalyst with special metallic state 
長崎市 
 | 
2017-09 | 
Non-Fermi liquids and the design principles of oxygen evolution catalysts 
福岡市 
 | 
2017-09 | 
Strongly correlated materials as all-in-one oxygen evolution catalysts 
Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 
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2022-09 | 
Highly active and stable surface for oxygen evolution reaction in acidic solutions   
The 8th Japan-Korea International Symposium  on Materials Science and Technology (JKMST2023), Kochi, JAPAN 
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2023-08 | 

