[Japanese]

　　　Dr. Kosei Yamauchi

Education


• 2004-2008 B.S. Kyushu University (Chemistry)
• 2008-2010 M.S. Kyushu University (Chemistry)
• 2010-2012 Ph.D. Kyushu University (Chemistry; Thesis 2015)

Employment


• 2010.04-2012.03   JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), Kyushu University
• 2012.04-Present   Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University
• 2012.04-Present   Assistant Professor, WPI-I2CNER, Kyushu University

　　Original Papers

19. "Photochemical CO₂ Reduction Driven by Water-Soluble Copper(I) Photosensitizer with the Catalysis Accelerated by Multi-Electron Chargeable Cobalt Porphyrin"
    Xian Zhang, Mihaela Cibian, Arnau Call, Kosei Yamauchi, Ken Sakai
    ACS Catal., DOI:10.1021/acscatal.9b04023.
    
    
18. "An Earth-abundant System for Light-driven CO₂ Reduction to CO Using a Pyridinophane Iron Catalyst"
    Yuto Sakaguchi, Arnau Call, Mihaela Cibian, Kosei Yamauchi and Ken Sakai
    Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 8552-8555.
    
    
17. "A Molecular Cobalt Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst Showing High Activity and Outstanding Tolerance to CO and O₂"
    Jia-Wei Wang, Kosei Yamauchi, Hai-Hua Huang, Jia-Kai Sun, Zhi-Mei Luo, Di-Chang Zhong, Tong-Bu Lu, and Ken Sakai
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 10923-10927.
    
    
16. "Highly Efficient and Selective Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction to CO in Water by a Cobalt Porphyrin Molecular Catalyst"
    Arnau Call, Mihaela Cibian, Keiya Yamamoto, Takashi Nakazono, Kosei Yamauchi, and Ken Sakai
    ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 4867-4874.
    
    
15. "Ligand-based PCET Reduction in a Heteroleptic Ni(bpy)(dithiolene) Electrocatalyst Giving Rise to Higher Metal Basicity Required for Hydrogen Evolution"
    Keita Koshiba, Kosei Yamauchi,* and Ken Sakai*
    ChemElectroChem, 2019, 6, 2273-2281.
    
    
14. "Consecutive Ligand-based PCET Processes Affording a Doubly Reduced Nickel Pyrazinedithiolate which Transforms into a Metal Hydride Required to Evolve H₂"
    Keita Koshiba, Kosei Yamauchi,* and Ken Sakai*
    Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 635-640.
    
    
13. "A family of molecular nickel hydrogen evolution catalysts providing tunable overpotentials using ligand-centered proton-coupled electron transfer paths"
    Yutaro Aimoto, Keita Koshiba, Kosei Yamauchi,* and Ken Sakai*
    Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 12820-12823.
    (Themed collection: Frontiers in Proton Coupled Electron Transfer (PCET))
    
    
12. "Synthesis and Complete Structure Determination of a Sperm-Activating and -Attracting Factor Isolated from the Ascidian Ascidia sydneiensis"
    Tomohiro Watanabe, Hajime Shibata, Makoto Ebine, Hiroshi Tsuchikawa, Nobuaki Matsumori, Michio Murata, Manabu Yoshida, Masaaki Morisawa, Shu Lin, Kosei Yamauchi, Ken Sakai, and Tohru Oishi
    J. Nat. Prod., 2018, 81, 985-997.
    
    
11. "Near-Infrared-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution from Water using a Polypyridyl Triruthenium Photosensitizer"
    Yutaro Tsuji, Keiya Yamamoto, Kosei Yamauchi, and Ken Sakai
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 208-212.
    (Selected as an Inside Cover Picture)
    


10. "Photochemical H₂ Evolution Catalyzed by Porphyrin-based Cubic Cages Singly and Doubly Encapsulating PtCl₂(4,4’-dimethyl-2,2’-bipyridine)"
    Shota Tanaka, Takashi Nakazono, Kosei Yamauchi,* and Ken Sakai*
    Chem. Lett., 2017, 46, 1573-1575.
    (Selected as a Cover Page and an Editor's Choice.) Open Access!
    
    
9. "A Nickel Dithiolate Water Reduction Catalyst Providing Ligand-based Proton-coupled Electron Transfer Pathways"
   Keita Koshiba, Kosei Yamauchi,* and Ken Sakai*
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 4247-4251.
   
   
8. "Pt(II)-Catalyzed Photosynthesis for H₂ Evolution Cycling Between Singly and Triply Reduced Species"
   Keiya Yamamoto, Kyoji Kitamoto, Kosei Yamauchi and Ken Sakai
   Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 14516-14519.
   
   
7. "A tricarboxylated PtCl(terpyridine) derivative exhibiting pH-dependent photocatalytic activity for H₂ evolution from water"
   Kosei Yamauchi,* and Ken Sakai*
   Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 8685-8696.
   
   
6. "A Cobalt-NHC Complex as an Improved Catalyst for Photochemical Hydrogen Evolution from Water"
   Ken Kawano, Kosei Yamauchi,* and Ken Sakai*
   Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 9872-9875.
   
   
5. "Homogeneous Catalysis of Nickel(II) Complexes Promoting Hydrogen Production with High Turnover Numbers "
   Kosei Yamauchi,*
   Bull. Jpn. Soc. Coord. Chem., 2013, 62, 26-28.
   
   
4. "Kinetics and DFT Studies on Water Oxidation by Ce⁴⁺ Catalyzed by [Ru(terpy)(bpy)(OH₂)]²⁺"
   Ayano Kimoto, Kosei Yamauchi, Masaki Yoshida, Shigeyuki Masaoka, and Ken Sakai
   Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 239-241.
   
   
3. "Stability of Pt(II)-Based H₂-Evolving Catalysts against H₂ in Aqueous Solution"
   Kosei Yamauchi, Shigeyuki Masaoka, and Ken Sakai
   Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12447-12449.
   
   
2. "Photochemical and Thermal Hydrogen Production from Water Catalyzed by Carboxylate-Bridged Dirhodium(II) Complexes"
   Saya Tanaka, Shigeyuki Masaoka, Kosei Yamauchi, Masahiko Annaka, and Ken Sakai
   Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 11218-11226.
   
   
1. "Evidence for Pt(II)-Based Molecular Catalysis in the Thermal Reduction of Water into Molecular Hydrogen"
   Kosei Yamauchi, Shigeyuki Masaoka, and Ken Sakai
   J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 8404-8406.