Study Records

1987BS from Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
1989Degree of Master from Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
1993PhD in Science, from Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda Univerity

Job Positions

1991Research Associate, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Seikei University
1999.04Lecturer, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
2003.04Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
2004.08-PresentProfessor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University
2011.04-PresentProfessor, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University
2012.01-2020.03Principal Investigator, International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER),
Kyushu University
2014.10-PresentMember of Science Council of Japan

Memberships and Others

Chemical Society of Japn
American Chemical Society
Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC)
Councilor of JSCC (2005-2007)
Chairman of JSCC Domestic Conference (2014-present)
Associate Editor of Chemistry Letters (2007-2014)
IUPAC, Inorganic Chemistry Division, Associate Member (2008-2009)
IUPAC, Inorganic Chemistry Division, Titular Member (2010-2013)
IUPAC, Inorganic Chemistry Division, Associate Member (2014-2017)
IUPAC, Bureau Member (2018-2023)
IUPAC, Inorganic Chemistry Division, National Representative (2018-2023)

Books

Molybdenum Blues and Their Application to the Quantitative Analysis of Phosphate

Kazuko Matsumoto and Ken Sakai, Chemistry and Education, 1987, 5, 36-39. (written in Japanese)

The quantitative analysis of a phosphate ion by the Molybdenum blue method

Kazuko Matsumoto and Ken Sakai, Chemistry Today, 1990, 234, 55-57. (written in Japanese)

The solution properties of platinum blues and the related complexes, and their functions as catalysts for the hydrogen evolusion from water

Ken Sakai and Kazuko Matsumoto, The Chemical Times, 1991, 141, 18-24. (written in Japanese)

Bioinorganic Chemistry (Lippard & Berg)

Translated Version: Ed. Kazuko Matsumoto, Taro Tsubomura, Tomoaki Tanase, and Ken Sakai (Tokyo Kagaku Dojin) (1997).

Transition Metal Complexes of Cd and Hg

Ken Sakai, Fifth Edition of Jikken Kagaku Koza No. 22, "Metal Complexes, Transition Metal Clusters"; Ed. Chemical Society of Japan (Maruzen), 158-165 (2004).

Multinuclear Metal Complexes toward Solar Energy Conversion

Shigeyuki Masaoka and Ken Sakai
Kagaku (Kyoto, Japan), 2007, 62(10), 70-71. (written in Japanese)

Chemistry of Photo-Hydrogen-Evolving Molecular Devices

Shigeyuki Masaoka, Masayuki Kobayashi, and Ken Sakai
Photochemistry, 2009, 40, 118-121. (written in Japanese)

Development of Photo-Hydrogen-Evolving Molecular Devices Driving Visible-Light-Induced Reduction of Water into Molecular Hydrogen

Hironobu Ozawa and Ken Sakai
"Artifical Photosynthesis and Organic Solar Cell"; Ed. Chemical Society of Japan (Kagaku Dojin), 88-95 (2010).

Oxygen Evolution from Water Catalyzed by Mononuclear Aquaruthenium Complexes

Masaki Yoshida, Shigeyuki Masaoka, and Ken Sakai
J. Synth. Org. Chem., Jpn., 2011, 69, 370-378. (written in Japanese)

Hydrogen Production from Water using Platinum(II) Complexes as Homogeneous Catalysts

Kosei Yamauchi, and Ken Sakai
"Function & Materials" (CMC books), 2012, 32(1), 38-46. (written in Japanese)

Hydrogen Production from Water promoted by Platinum(II) Complexes

Ken Sakai
Artificial Photosynthesis -Perspective and Trends of Recent Technology for System Construction-" (CMC books), 2013, 53-69. (written in Japanese)

Oxygen Production from Water using Metal Complexes

Takashi Nakazono, and Ken Sakai
"Artificial Photosynthesis -Perspective and Trends of Recent Technology for System Construction-" (CMC books), 2013, 80-97. (written in Japanese)

Development of Molecular Devices for Artificial Photosynthesis

Ken Sakai
"Chemical Engineering, 2014, March issue, [feature topic] Studies of Artificial Photosynthesis and Recent Technology" (Kagakukogyo-sha), 2014, 65(3), 38-43. (written in Japanese)

Housecroft inorganic chemistry : 1

Catherine E Housecroft, Alan G Sharpe, Kazuyuki Tatsumi, Hiroshi Nishihara, Munetaka Akita, Ken Sakai (Tokyo Kagaku Dojin)(2012).

Housecroft inorganic chemistry : 2

Catherine E Housecroft, Alan G Sharpe, Kazuyuki Tatsumi, Hiroshi Nishihara, Munetaka Akita, Ken Sakai (Tokyo Kagaku Dojin)(2012).

Contact

〒812-0395 Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
B-1008, West Zone building #1, Ito campus, Kyushu University

Coordination Chamistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University
E-mail: ksakai( a )chem.kyushu-univ.jp

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