Research Director

Atsushi Ishikawa
National Institute for Materials Science
Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials
Senior Researcher
Outline
The aim of this research subject is to develop the theoretical/computational method for the prediction of catalytic activity. This theoretical method includes first-principle, chemical kinetics, and reaction engingeering simulations. We combine all these methods, to make a qualitative prediction on the catalytic turnovers from the chemical composition or structural informations. We apply this methodology to the search for highly activite and selective methane conversion catalysts.