VISION
Fundamental research and application development
toward achieving carbon neutrality
In 2017, researchers from the University of Tsukuba led the world's first successful synthesis of hydrogen boride (HB) nanosheets, a new two-dimensional nanosheets composed of lightweight boron and hydrogen (atomic ratio 1:1). Currently, applied research using HB is being carried out to solve various problems in the utilization of hydrogen, such as "producing, storing, transporting and usage". This center is the world's first base for such promising material, HB nanosheets. We will promote basic and applied research toward the realization of carbon neutrality.
News
- 2026.5.18
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Research results by Prof. Miyauchi, Prof. Kondo and co-workers has been published at Sustainable Energy & Fuels Recent
The article has been selected as "HOT Articles"！
Boosted Hydrogen Production via Binder-Assisted Immobilization of Hydrogen Boride Sheets on Cathodes
Masaki Imura, Yuta Yamamoto, Yohei Cho, A. Yamaguchi, Shin-ichi Ito, Yasuyuki Hikita, Takahiro Kondo*, Masahiro Miyauchi*
Sustainable Energy & Fuels (2026) in press.
・Hot article
- 2026.5.1
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Research Results by Prof. Yamamoto and co-workers has been published at Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Luminescent Donor-Acceptor Radical with Propeller Chirality: Bright and Photostable Red Circularly Polarized Luminescence and Whispering Gallery Mode Resonance
Kazuhiro Nakamura, Kenshiro Matsuda, Kosuke Anraku, Keiko Yamaoka, Taisuke Matsumoto, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Takeaki Zaima, Wataru Ota, Emiko Fujiwara, Tohru Sato, Yoshitaka Inoue, Soh Kushida, Yohei Yamamoto, Takuya Hosokai, Ken Albrecht
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
About
The logo of the Hydrogen Boride Research Center represents the transformation from a hexagon to a sphere in five stages, symbolizing the potential of hydrogen boride and the changes it will bring about in the future. The hexagon represents the structure of hydrogen boride, and the sphere represents the new future and applied technologies that will be born from that research.
Research
In 2017, researchers from the University of Tsukuba led the world's first successful synthesis of hydrogen boride (HB) nanosheets, a new two-dimensional nanosheets composed of lightweight boron and hydrogen (atomic ratio 1:1). Currently, applied research using HB is being carried out to solve various problems in the utilization of hydrogen, such as "producing, storing, transporting.
