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08
2026.08.28
CONFERENCE

Project Meeting @ Kyoto

08
2026.08.20
VISIT

Visited Dr. Yoshida (Kageyama Lab, Kyoto Univ.) and Dr. Motohashi (Hayashi Lab, Osaka Metropolitan Univ.)

Fruitful discussions on materials design.

08
2026.08.12
RESEARCH

M2 Student Itakura's First-Author Paper Published in Small Structures

"Unlocking High Fluoride-Ion Conductivity by Regulating the Order-Disorder Transition in Bi-substituted PbSnF4" Congratulations!!Article

08
2026.08.08-16
LAB

Obon Holiday

08
2026.08.06
VISIT

Visited the Teshima Laboratory at Shinshu University

07
2026.07.31
CONFERENCE

Joined a Laboratory Automation Workshop Online

Always amazed by the rapid growth of this field.

07
2026.07.30-08.04
VISIT

Alumnus Ayu (now Lecturer at Universitas Indonesia) Visited for Collaboration

Glad to see they are doing well.

07
2026.07.24
CONFERENCE

Public Symposium on Ion Jamology

07
2026.07.17-20
EXPERIMENT

Diffraction Experiments at SPring-8 BL02B2

Acquired a large set of high-temperature sweep measurement data.

07
2026.07.16
SEMINAR

First-Semester Research Progress Seminars Began

Keep up the good work!

07
2026.07.05-10
CONFERENCE

Participated in SSI-25th @ Singapore

Presented in the Young Scientist Award competition. A great experience.

07
2026.07.05-10
CONFERENCE

M2 Students Presented Posters at SSI-25th

Presented research results at the international conference!

06
2026.06.20-21
LAB

Lab Retreat @ Hachijojima

My flight was cancelled due to bad weather... glad the students enjoyed it!

06
2026.06.14
LAB

Lab BBQ

Great job, everyone!

06
2026.06.12-13
CONFERENCE

Jamology Area Meeting @ Nagoya

Reported our progress.

06
2026.06.11
CONFERENCE

Hydrogen Research Meeting @ Sendai

06
2026.06.01-04
COLLABORATION

Visited Collaborators in San Francisco

Fruitful discussions.

06
2026.06.01
LAB

Promoted to Associate Professor

Continuing research on next-generation battery materials at the Dept. of Chemical Science and Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo.

05
2026.05.23-29
CONFERENCE

Participated in ECS Meeting @ Seattle

Reported on combinatorial experiments.

05
2026.05.18-21
CONFERENCE

International Forum of Solid State Batteries @ Sendai

Gave a talk on our recent work.

05
2026.05.13
CONFERENCE

Lecture at NIMS on Anion-Conducting Materials

05
2026.05.08-09
CONFERENCE

PRESTO Area Meeting @ Sendai

05
2026.05.01
SEMINAR

Study Session on Sulfide Solid Electrolytes

Casual discussion over dinner.

04
2026.04.24-27
EXPERIMENT

Thin-Film XRD Measurements at SPring-8 BL28XU

04
2026.04.20
MEMBER

New Students Introduced Themselves at the Seminar

Three new M1 students joined the Suzuki Lab!

04
2026.04.18
LAB

Hiking from Mt. Takao to Lake Sagami

A great refresh with lab members!

04
2026.04.06
CONFERENCE

Ion Jamology WG @ Tsukuba International Congress Center

03
2026.03.25
RESEARCH

Paper with Alumnus Ayu Published in J. Mater. Chem. A

"Fast hydride-ion conduction in complex hydride Ba2MgH6" — reporting fast hydride-ion conduction in the complex hydride Ba2MgH6.Article

03
2026.03.17-19
CONFERENCE

ECSJ Meeting @ Tokyo Univ. of Science

Participated as an organizing committee member.

02
2026.02.12-13
SEMINAR

Master's thesis presentations for 3 students

Excellent presentations! Great work!

02
2026.02.09
VISIT

Prof. Zhong from Ritsumeikan University visited for exchange and discussion

Active discussions were held toward collaborative research.

02
2026.02.04-06
CONFERENCE

Participated in Japan-Germany Exchange Conference @Sendai

Exchanged and networked with international researchers!

01
2026.01.31
EXPERIMENT

Synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction experiment at SPring-8 BL02B2

D2 and M1 students accompanied and discussed measurement results on-site. Great work on the trip!

01
2026.01.26
EXPERIMENT

Neutron diffraction experiment at J-PARC BL09

M1 student accompanied and learned the workflow and characteristics of neutron diffraction instruments.

01
2026.01.24
SEMINAR

Celebrated Prof. Kanno's 70th birthday

Many alumni participated and it was a great success!

01
2026.01.16
CONFERENCE

Invited lecture at Kinki Chemical Society Battery Seminar

Gave a lecture on solid electrolyte development.

01
2026.01.06
SEMINAR

Doctoral student's public hearing

Great work. Keep up the effort for the remaining time!

12
2025.12.15
CONFERENCE

Invited lecture on fluoride ion conductors at Pacifichem @ Hawaii

Reported latest research results at the international conference.

12
2025.12.11-12
CONFERENCE

Participated and presented at Ion Traffic Jam Symposium @MRM

Presented on ion traffic jam science.

12
2025.12.09
VISIT

Discussion with Prof. John Irvine (St Andrews) and colleagues

Discussed trends in solid-state ionics.

12
2025.12.08
CONFERENCE

Invited lecture on fluoride conductors at CSJ Battery Division

Presented on the latest research in fluoride ion conductors.

11
2025.11.25-27
CONFERENCE

Participated in Solid State Ionics Symposium @Funabori

Reported on combinatorial experiments.

11
2025.11.18-19
CONFERENCE

Participated in Battery Discussion Meeting @Nagoya

Reported on ion conductor screening using graph neural network potentials.

11
2025.11.14-15
CONFERENCE

Participated in Transformative Research Area Meeting @Mt. Tsukuba

Presented and discussed during overnight stay. Also reported on students' experimental results.

11
2025.11.10
RESEARCH

Participated and presented at PRESTO kickoff meeting

Presented research plan at JST PRESTO kickoff meeting.

11
2025.11.07-10
EXPERIMENT

Thin film X-ray diffraction measurement at SPring-8 BL28XU

Students also accompanied.

11
2025.11.01-03
EXPERIMENT

Powder X-ray diffraction measurement at SPring-8 BL02B2

Two M1 students accompanied and measured their samples (over 100 samples in total!).

10
2025.10.21-22
VISIT

Visited Imanishi-Mori Lab at Mie University

Discussed fluoride ion conductors with Prof. Mori. M1 and M2 students also accompanied and actively discussed with each other.

09
2025.09.18
RESEARCH

Paper on hydrogen storage device using hydride ion conductors published in Science!

Developed a new solid electrolyte and Mg-H2 hydrogen storage device. Joint achievement with Dr. Hirose (now Assistant Professor at Arai Lab), doctoral student at Hirayama Lab, Institute of Science Tokyo.Paper link

09
2025.09.18
CONFERENCE

Presentation at ISE/ELLIPSE Conference @Germany, Visit to Oliver Clemens Lab @Stuttgart

Reported and discussed fluoride ion conductor development

09
2025.09.17
RESEARCH

Research project selected for JST PRESTO program

Selected for JST PRESTO!Details here

08
2025.08.05
CONFERENCE

Two M1 students from Kanno-Suzuki Lab participate in Solid Ionics Seminar @Miyazaki

Itakura-san and Kamewaka-san will present on novel solid electrolyte materials exploration. Good luck!

07
2025.07.24
SEMINAR

Kanno-Suzuki Lab first semester research report seminar completed

Great work everyone!

[Photo] News with image

07
2025.07.10
EXPERIMENT

High-energy X-ray scattering experiment conducted at SPring-8

High-energy X-ray scattering experiments were performed at SPring-8. Students also participated. Great work.

06
2025.06.20
RESEARCH

Novel fluoride ion conductor paper accepted in Chem. Mater.

Expected as a new material system showing quite high fluoride ion conductivity with a rare crystal structure. A rare material that incorporates excess fluorine into the structure while changing polyhedral connectivity (vertex↔edge sharing).

06
2025.06.19
RESEARCH

D3 student Kong-san (Science Tokyo, Suzuki Lab) paper accepted in JACS

Predicted ionic conductivity using coordination polyhedra motifs as features, verified ionic conductivity through molecular dynamics calculations with NN potential, and finally experimentally created a new Li-ion conductor.

06
2025.06.19
SEMINAR

Kanno-Suzuki Lab first semester paper reading seminar completed

Great work everyone!

05
2025.05.26
VISIT

Mariaana and Michkel from Prof. John Irvine's lab (St. Andrews) visit Kanno-Suzuki Lab

Discussed research topics from both sides with lab students.

05
2025.05.20
RESEARCH

Co-authored paper with Prof. Kim Sangryun (GIST, Korea) accepted in JACS

Report on new material system incorporating complex ions (BH4-) into perovskite-type hydride ion conductors.

04
2025.04.01
COLLABORATION

Joined Transformative Research Area (A) "Ion Traffic Jam Science" as a public offering member

Will engage in cross-disciplinary collaborative research and materials development!

04
2025.04.01
MEMBER

Three new M1 students joined Kanno-Suzuki Lab

Congratulations.

03
2025.03.11
RESEARCH

M2 student Onuki-san's paper accepted in Solid State Ionics

Reported on conductivity optimization and conduction mechanism elucidation focusing on Scheelite structure as a novel fluoride ion conductor.

02
2025.02.20
RESEARCH

Co-authored paper with D3 student Hirose-san (Science Tokyo, Hirayama Lab) published in Dalton Transactions

Report on composition optimization of perovskite-type hydride ion conductors.

11
2024.11.10
AWARD

D2 student Kong-san (Science Tokyo, Suzuki Lab) received Outstanding Poster Award at 14th CSJ Chemistry Festa

Congratulations!

07
2024.07.25
AWARD

D2 student Hirose-san (Science Tokyo, Hirayama Lab) received Poster Award at Solid State Ionics 2024 @London

Congratulations on the international award!

11
2023.11.20
AWARD

M1 student Onuki-san received Outstanding Poster Award at 13th CSJ Chemistry Festa

Excellent achievement!

ACTIVITY SUMMARY

8
PUBLICATIONS
Papers Published
3
AWARDS
Awards Received
2
COLLABORATIONS
International Collaborations
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