Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

R055 Committee on Advanced Ceramics Contributing to Carbon Neutrality

Aims and Goals

Under the circumstances in which prompt resolution of issues for carbon neutrality is required, there have been many requests for a forum in which industry-academia collaboration can commonly discuss technological developments that make full use of cutting-edge science and technology.
This committee plans to discuss and validate new directions in ceramics research that contribute to carbon neutrality, to link them to specific joint industry-academia research, and to examine strategic research issues with a view to social implementation of advanced ceramics to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality.

Research Themes

The Committee will establish a plenary session to discuss the issues of advanced ceramics for carbon neutrality from a bird's eye view, and the following subcommittees to delve deeper into the priority areas that support this discussion.

Functional Ceramics Subcommittee
Functional ceramics are key materials for achieving carbon neutrality, and are used in power generation devices such as fuel cells, solar cells, and thermoelectric devices; energy storage devices such as all solid-state batteries and super capacitors; and the production and storage of hydrogen and ammonia, which are energy carriers. The topics will range from the fundamentals to the applications and issues of functional ceramics.

Engineering Ceramics Subcommittee
Research on the latest highly resistant materials including coatings that contribute to the effective use of energy while reducing the environmental burden, as well as the scientific principles and industrial applications for overcoming the inherent problems of ceramics such as strength reliability and degradation over time, which are strongly desired by industry, will be discussed.

Green Process Subcommittee
The subcommittee will also discuss visualization and informatics of powder processes to achieve carbon neutrality based on the concept of the ceramics process chain, which covers all of these processes, as well as digital twinning, visualization and informatics of powder processes to achieve carbon neutrality based on the concept of the ceramics process chain, and ceramics that contribute to the capture, storage, and utilization of CO Visualization and informatics of the powder process, digital twinning, and ceramics contributing to CO2 capture, storage, and utilization will also be discussed.

In addition, since synergistic effects of process and function and control of multiple functions are common fundamental technology issues that cross the above subcommittees, organic collaboration among the subcommittees will also be promoted. In addition, the “Next Generation Young Researchers Session,” which is planned from the bottom up by young researchers, will be held to promote joint industry-academia research by young researchers and to build a network among young researchers, including those from industry and academia.

Committee Chairperson

Tatami Junichi
Professor
Yokohama National University

Duration

April 2023 to March 2028

Membership Composition (As of Apr.2023)

Academia:44
Industry:26
Total membership:70