Japanese

    Prof./Dr. Ken Sakai

    Study Records

  • 1987 BS from Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
  • 1989 Degree of Master from Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University.
  • 1993 PhD in Science, from Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda Univerity (Supervisor: Prof. Kazuko Matsumoto)

    Job Positions

  • 1991 Research Associate, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Seikei University
  • 1999 (April) Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science (or Science University of Tokyo; the English name was changed several years ago.)
  • 2003(April) Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
  • 2004(August)-Present Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University
  • 2011.04-Present   Professor, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University
  • 2012.01-Present   Principal Investigator, International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University
  • 2014.10-Present   Member of Science Council of Japan



    • Visiting Professor
  • 1991-1993 Visiting Researcher, Waseda University
  • 1995 Visiting Lecturer, Tokyo Agricaltural University
  • 1999 Visiting Lecturer, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  • 2000 Visiting Lecturer, Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • 2002 Visiting Lecturer, Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • 2003 Visiting Lecturer, Aoyama Gakuin University
  • 2006 Visiting Lecturer, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • 2007 Visiting Lecturer, Nagoya University
  • 2008 Visiting Lecturer, Hiroshima University
  • 2009 Visiting Lecturer, Osaka City University
  • 2010 Visiting Lecturer, Nara Women's University
  • 2011 Visiting Lecturer, The University of Tokyo
  • 2018 Visiting Lecturer, Niigata University

    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-)
  • IUPAC, Inorganic Chemistry Division, National Representative (2018-)
    Publication

    See here.


    Refereeing

    Nature, Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, Nature Energy, Energy & Environmental Science, JACS, Angewadte Chemie, Int. Ed., Chem. Sci., Inorganic Chemistry, Chem. Eur. J., Chem. Commun., ACS Catal, ACS Energy Letters, ChemSusChem, ChemCatChem, ChemPhotoChem, ChemPhysChem, Dalton Trans., J. Phys. Chem., Inorg. Chem. Frontiers, PCCP, Acc. Chem. Res., Coord. Chem. Rev., Chem. Soc. Rev., STAM, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Green Chemistry, Eur. J. Inorg., Chem., Organometallics, Inorg. Chim. Acta, and else.


    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 & 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).



    Prof./Dr. Ken Sakai
    Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,
    Kyushu University, Motooka 744,
    Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
    E-mail: ksakai( a )chem.kyushu-univ.jp
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    January, 2019.