Osamu Yamamoto, Mie University

Presentation Title: Fuel Cell Technology for a High Energy Density Li-Air Batteries

Abstract: There is currently significant interest in rechargeable lithium/air batteries because they offer, in theory, an extremely high energy density of 11,665 Wh/kg, which is comparble to that of gasoline. The possibility of a rechargeable lithium/air battery was reported in 1996 by Abraham et al.. However, the acceptable high performance lithium/air battery has not been reported yet. The most important technical issues are to develop a catalyst with bifunctional for oxygen reduction and evolution, and the reversible lithium metal electrode. In this talk, I will introduce the status of the rechargeable lithium/air and the recent results at Mie University.

Professor Osamu Yamamoto was born in Nagoya in 1935. He graduated from Nagoya and became a full Professor at Mie University in 1979, and retired from Mie University in March, 1999. He is now Professor Emeritus of Mie University.

Prof. Yamamoto's research activity has been concerned with both the fields of fundamental and applied high ionic conductivity solid, where he is considered to be one of the pioneers in the world. He served a member of numerous Japanese societies as chairman of Society of SOFC, Japan and international scientific committees as the president of the International Society of Solid State Ionics.