In this research area, our objective is to use light, electricity or other external forces to control electrons and/or ions and to create an innovative chemical reaction technology. We aim to realize a material production process that does not exist so far, and to establish a new system of chemical reactions that can let us overcome the following difficulties in existing technologies: low control of reactions, low yield and selectivity, high reaction temperatures, and the equilibrium constraint.

　We solely use electrochemistry, photochemistry, or other non-conventional processes; or, we combine them to control electrons and ions, aiming to develop a next-generation reaction process, which enables the enhancement of selectivity in chemical reactions and is free from equilibrium limitation. Our research subjects also include the development, not only of chemical reaction processes for contributing to the synthesis of highly efficient materials, but also of a new material for realizing novel reaction processes. Examples include the development of a new ion conductive material that can work in middle-range temperatures, at which temperature conventional materials do not work, the establishment of a new method for assessing these reactions and materials in-situ/operando, and the theoretical chemistry-based modeling necessary for these purposes, as well as feedback to the experiment systems.

　We aim to realize a sustainable society by creating a next-generation reaction process that integrates chemistry (light, electricity, etc.), reaction processes (flow reactor etc.), materials (electrode materials, solid state ionic materials, catalysts, etc.), measurements, and theories.