Updated on 2025/12/26

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CHO YOHEI
 
Organization
School of Materials and Chemical Technology Assistant Professor
Title
Assistant Professor
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Degree

  • Doctor of philosophy ( 2023.9   Tokyo Institute of Technology )

Research Interests

  • photoelectrocatalysis

  • photocatalyst

  • High throughput exploration

Research Areas

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Inorganic compounds and inorganic materials chemistry

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Energy chemistry

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Inorganic materials and properties

Research History

  • Institute of Science Tokyo   School of Materials and Chemical Technology   Assistant Professor

    2025.9

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  • Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology   Research assistant professor (JSPS-PD)

    2025.4 - 2025.8

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    Country:Japan

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  • Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology   Japan Society for the Promotion of Science PD Research Fellowshi

    2024.4 - 2025.3

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  • Tokyo Institute of Technology   Japan Society for the Promotion of Science PD Research Fellowship

    2023.10 - 2024.3

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  • Tokyo Institute of Technology   Japan Society for the Promotion of Science DC1 Research Fellowship

    2021.4 - 2023.9

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Professional Memberships

  • Catalysis Society of Japan

    2021.4

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  • The Electrochemical Society of Japan

    2021.4

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Papers

  • Acquiring and transferring comprehensive catalyst knowledge through integrated high-throughput experimentation and automatic feature engineering

    Aya Fujiwara, Sunao Nakanowatari, Yohei Cho, Toshiaki Taniike

    Science and Technology of Advanced Materials   2025.12

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    DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2025.2454219

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  • A Simple Microplate Assay for Accelerated Photocatalytic Activity Evaluation

    Yohei Cho, Osamu Tagami, Kyo Yanagiyama, Kazuma Gotoh, Emi Sawade, Toru Wada, Toshiaki Taniike

    ACS Environmental Au   2025.12

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    DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00200

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  • Analysis of the TiO2 Photoanode Process Using Intensity Modulated Photocurrent Spectroscopy and Distribution of Relaxation Times

    Yohei Cho, Mengya Yang, Junyi Cui, Yue Yang, Surya Pratap Singh, Salvador Eslava, Daniele Benetti, James R Durrant, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Miyauchi, Fumiaki Amano

    Journal of the American Chemical Society   2025.3

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    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c17345

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  • Accelerated perovskite discovery: screening new catalysts for photocatalytic methylene blue degradation

    Poulami Mukherjee, Yohei Cho, Phulkerd Panitha, Toshiaki Taniike

    Materials Advances   2025

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    DOI: 10.1039/D5MA00345H

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  • Identifying rate-limiting steps in photocatalysis: a temperature-and light intensity-dependent diagnostic of charge supply vs. charge transfer

    Yohei Cho, Kyo Yanagiyama, Poulami Mukherjee, Panitha Phulkerd, Krishnamoorthy Sathiyan, Emi Sawade, Toru Wada, Toshiaki Taniike

    Journal of Materials Chemistry A   2025

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    DOI: 10.1039/D5TA00415B

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  • Overcoming thermodynamic incompatibilities with photons: multi-carbon hydrocarbons from methane and carbon dioxide via a hybrid photocatalytic dry reforming/Fischer–Tropsch process

    Hiroaki Kaneko, Shusaku Shoji, Yohei Cho, Tomotaka Sugimura, Ayako Hashimoto, Hideki Abe, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Miyauchi

    Green Chemistry   2025

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    DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04326C

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  • Analyzing the Temperature Dependence of Titania Photocatalysis: Kinetic Competition between Water Oxidation Catalysis and Back Electron–Hole Recombination

    Yohei Cho, Tianhao He, Benjamin Moss, Daniele Benetti, Caiwu Liang, Lei Tian, Lucy Jessica F. Hart, Anna A. Wilson, Yu Taniguchi, Junyi Cui, Mengya Yang, Salvador Eslava, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Miyauchi, James R. Durrant

    ACS Catalysis   2024.11

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    DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c03685

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  • Sustaining syngas production at a near-unity H2/CO ratio in the photo-induced dry reforming of methane independent of the reactant gas composition

    Hiroaki Kaneko, Yohei Cho, Tomotaka Sugimura, Ayako Hashimoto, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Miyauchi

    Chemical Communications   2024

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    DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03088E

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  • Highly Dispersed Ni Nanoclusters Spontaneously Formed on Hydrogen Boride Sheets

    Noguchi, N., Ito, S.-I., Hikichi, M., Cho, Y., Goto, K., Kubo, A., Matsuda, I., Fujita, T., Miyauchi, M., Kondo, T.

    Molecules   27 ( 23 )   2022.11

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    DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238261

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  • Photocatalysis under thermally shifted bandgap

    Yohei Cho, Akira Yamaguchi, Aaron Syahronitua Sinaga, Yue Yang, Masahiro Miyauchi

    Applied Catalysis A: General   643   118772 - 118772   2022.8

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2022.118772

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  • Charge partitioning by intertwined metal-oxide nano-architectural networks for the photocatalytic dry reforming of methane

    Shoji, S., Bin Moh, Najib, A.S., Yu, M.-W., Yamamoto, T., Yasuhara, S., Yamaguchi, A., Peng, X., Matsumura, S., Ishii, S., Cho, Y., Fujita, T., Ueda, S., Chen, K.-P., Abe, H., Miyauchi, M.

    Chem Catalysis   2 ( 2 )   2022.2

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.checat.2021.11.015

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  • Bandgap widening through doping for improving the photocatalytic oxidation ability of narrow-bandgap semiconductors

    Yang, Y., Toyoda, M., Yamaguchi, A., Cho, Y., El Aisnada, A.N., Abe, H., Ueda, S., Okunaka, S., Saito, S., Liu, M., Tokudome, H., Miyauchi, M.

    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics   25 ( 1 )   2022

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    DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02994d

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  • Gas‐Phase Photoelectrocatalysis Mediated by Oxygen Ions for Uphill Conversion of Greenhouse Gases

    Masaru Kushida, Akira Yamaguchi, Yohei Cho, Takeshi Fujita, Hideki Abe, Masahiro Miyauchi

    ChemPhotoChem   5 ( 3 )   275 - 281   2021.3

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    <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The present study reports a gas‐phase photoelectrochemical (GPEC) system in which photoanode and photocathode materials are coated on each side with a pellet of the oxygen‐ion conductor yttria‐stabilized zirconia (YSZ), where light irradiation is feasible on both sides. As a model gas‐phase reaction, we chose dry reforming of methane (DRM), which converts greenhouse gases into valuable syngas. Consequently, the stoichiometric DRM reaction proceeded in our GPEC system, indicating that the oxygen ions in a YSZ pellet act as mediators to link the redox reactions. It was also noted that UV light irradiation on the anodic side was more effective than that on the cathodic side, suggesting that the photogenerated holes in the anodic YSZ side activate methane molecules, while photogenerated electrons are injected into Rh nanoparticles to cause carbon dioxide reduction in the cathodic side. Our GPEC system converts greenhouse gases into valuable syngas by light irradiation.</jats:p>

    DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202000228

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  • Photocatalytic methane reforming: Recent advances

    Cho, Y., Yamaguchi, A., Miyauchi, M.

    Catalysts   11 ( 1 )   18 - 18   2021

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    DOI: 10.3390/catal11010018

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  • Temperature dependence on bandgap of semiconductor photocatalysts

    Y. Cho, A. Yamaguchi, R. Uehara, S. Yasuhara, T. Hoshina, M. Miyauchi

    The Journal of Chemical Physics   152 ( 23 )   231101 - 231101   2020.6

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    DOI: 10.1063/5.0012330

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  • Intertwined Nickel and Magnesium Oxide Rival Precious Metals for Catalytic Reforming of Greenhouse Gases

    Hikari Nishiguchi, Abdillah Sani Bin Mohd Najib, Xiaobo Peng, Yohei Cho, Ayako Hashimoto, Shigenori Ueda, Takeshi Fujita, Masahiro Miyauchi, Hideki ABE

    Advanced Sustainable Systems   4 ( 6 )   2020.6

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    <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>A nanoporous catalyst consisting of intertwined, fibrous networks of nickel and magnesium oxide, i.e., <jats:italic>n</jats:italic>‐Ni#MgO, is fabricated from a Ni‐Mg alloy via atmospheric treatments followed by acid leaching. The <jats:italic>n</jats:italic>‐Ni#MgO efficiently catalyzes reforming of the two major greenhouse gases, methane (CH<jats:sub>4</jats:sub>) and carbon dioxide (CO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>), in a low‐temperature range (&lt;600 °C). Moreover, it exhibits higher coking tolerance than conventional nickel‐based catalysts and can rival commercial precious metal catalysts in terms of both the reaction activity and coking tolerance. The characterization results demonstrate that the excellent catalytic performance of <jats:italic>n</jats:italic>‐Ni#MgO is attributed to the basic MgO support and intertwined nanoporous network structure, which significantly enhances the CO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> utilization and topologically stabilize the interface of Ni and MgO. This work also offers a crucial design for topologically tailoring metal‐oxide catalysts, to achieve a highly active yet long‐term stable metal‐oxide interface.</jats:p>

    DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202000041

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  • Photocatalytic uphill conversion of natural gas beyond the limitation of thermal reaction systems

    Shusaku Shoji, Xiaobo PENG, Akira Yamaguchi, Ryo Watanabe, Choji Fukuhara, Yohei Cho, Tomokazu Yamamoto, Syo Matsumura, Min-Wen Yu, Satoshi Ishii, Takeshi Fujita, Hideki ABE, Masahiro Miyauchi

    Nature Catalysis   3 ( 2 )   148 - 153   2020.1

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    DOI: 10.1038/s41929-019-0419-z

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  • Metal Carbide as A Light‐Harvesting and Anticoking Catalysis Support for Dry Reforming of Methane

    Kazu Takeda, Akira Yamaguchi, Yohei Cho, Oruganti Anjaneyulu, Takeshi Fujita, Hideki Abe, Masahiro Miyauchi

    Global Challenges   4 ( 1 )   1900067 - 1900067   2020.1

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    DOI: 10.1002/gch2.201900067

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  • Visible-light-driven dry reforming of methane using a semiconductor-supported catalyst

    Yohei Cho, Shusaku Shoji, Akira Yamaguchi, Takuya Hoshina, Takeshi Fujita, Hideki Abe, Masahiro Miyauchi

    Chemical Communications   56 ( 33 )   4611 - 4614   2020

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    <p>Dry reforming of methane (CH4 + CO2 → 2H2 + 2CO) was efficiently proceeded using Rh/TaON under visible light at low temperature.</p>

    DOI: 10.1039/d0cc00729c

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  • Active faceted nanoporous ruthenium for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

    ABDILLAH SANI BIN MOHD NAJIB, Muhammad Iqbal, Mohamed Barakat Zakaria, Shusaku Shoji, Yohei Cho, Xiaobo PENG, Shigenori UEDA, Ayako HASHIMOTO, Takeshi Fujita, Masahiro Miyauchi, Yusuke Yamauchi, Hideki ABE

    Journal of Materials Chemistry A   8 ( 38 )   19788 - 19792   2020

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    <p>Nanoporous ruthenium (np-Ru) comprising reaction active facets is synthesized from a ruthenium–cerium (Ru2Ce) alloy precursor.</p>

    DOI: 10.1039/d0ta04223d

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  • CO2 oxidative coupling of methane using an earth-abundant CaO-based catalyst

    Yongzheng Zhang, Yohei Cho, Akira Yamaguchi, Xiaobo Peng, Masahiro Miyauchi, Hideki Abe, Takeshi Fujita

    Scientific Reports   9 ( 1 )   2019.10

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    <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>CO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> oxidative coupling of methane has been achieved by using CO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> as the oxidant. We explored various catalysts with the capability of producing C<jats:sub>2,3</jats:sub> hydrocarbons and found that the use of a CaO-based oxide with sodium (Na) and chloride (Cl) allowed for remarkable direct methane conversion with a C<jats:sub>2,3</jats:sub> yield of 6.6% at 950 °C. Microstructural characterisations showed that the optimal sample contained sodium carbonate (Na<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>CO<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>) covered with fine calcium oxide particles with chloride doping. Interestingly, sodium carbonate acted as a molten salt catalyst in this scenario. The synthesised active components are earth-abundant and can increase the possibility of achieving higher yields of hydrocarbons.</jats:p>

    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51817-2

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  • Nanoporous Nickel Composite Catalyst for the Dry Reforming of Methane

    Takeshi Fujita, Xiaobo Peng, Akira Yamaguchi, Yohei Cho, Yongzheng Zhang, Kimitaka Higuchi, Yuta Yamamoto, Tomoharu Tokunaga, Shigeo Arai, Masahiro Miyauchi, Hideki ABE

    ACS Omega   3 ( 12 )   16651 - 16657   2018.12

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    DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b02023

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Research Projects

  • Process-separated photocatalytic exploration through temperature- and light intensity-controlled high-throughput experiments

    Grant number:24KJ1201  2024.4 - 2027.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

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  • Conversion of methane to higher hydrocarbons using carbon dioxide through the synergy of photocatalysis and high-pressure conditions

    Grant number:22KJ1272  2023.3 - 2024.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

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    Grant amount:\2200000 ( Direct Cost: \2200000 )

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