(Corresponding Author: 7, First Author: 13, +: Dual First Author)

Original Articles

    2024

  1. Hye-Eun Lee*, Tomoyo Okumura, Hideshi Ooka, Kiyohiro Adachi, Takaaki Hikima, Kunio Hirata, Yoshiaki Kawano, Hiroaki Matsuura, Masaki Yamamoto, Masahiro Yamamoto, Akira Yamaguchi, Ji-Eun Lee, Ki Tae Nam, Daisuke Hashizume, Shawn McGlynn, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Osmotic Energy Conversion in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents", Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 8193. link preprint
  2. Yoko Chiba*+, Hideshi Ooka*+, Marie E. Wintzer, Nao Tsunematsu, Takehiro Suzuki, Naoshi Dohmae, Ryuhei Nakamura "Diverse Phosphoserine Phosphatases Exhibit Maximum Activity at an Intermediate Binding Affinity in Accord With the Sabatier Principle of Catalysis", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202318635. link preprint
  3. Hideshi Ooka*, Marie E. Wintzer, Hirokazu Komatsu, Tomoharu Suda, Kiyohiro Adachi, Ailong Li, Shuang Kong, Daisuke Hashizume, Atsushi Mochizuki, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Microkinetic Model to Rationalize the Lifetime of Electrocatalysis: Tradeoff Between Activity and Stability", J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2024, 15, 10079 - 10085. link preprint
  4. Shuang Kong, Ailong Li*, Jun Long, Kiyohiro Adachi, Daisuke Hashizume, Qike Jiang, Kazuna Fushimi, Hideshi Ooka, Jianping Xiao*, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Acid-Stable Manganese Oxides for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis", Nat. Catal., 2024, 7, 252 - 261. link
  5. Ailong Li*, Shuang Kong, Kiyohiro Adachi, Hideshi Ooka, Kazuna Fushimi, Qike Jiang, Hironori Ofuchi, Satoru Hamamoto, Masaki Oura, Kotaro Higashi, Takuma Kaneko, Tomoya Uruga, Naomi Kawamura, Daisuke Hashizume, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Atomically Dispersed Hexavalent Iridium Oxide From MnO2 Reduction for Oxygen Evolution Catalysis", Science, 2024, 384, 666-670. link

    2023

  6. Koichi Yatsuzuka, Kiyohiro Adachi, Daisuke Hashizume, Ryuhei Nakamura*, Hideshi Ooka* "A Non-Rate-Determining Redox Process Dictates the Oxygen Evolution Tafel Slope of MnO2", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, 127, 22457 - 22463. link preprint
  7. Hideshi Ooka*, Yoko Chiba, Ryuhei Nakamura "Thermodynamic Principle to Enhance Enzymatic Activity Using the Substrate Affinity", Nat. Commun., 2023, 141, 4860. link preprint

    2022

  8. Ailong Li, Shuang Kong, Chenxi Guo, Hideshi Ooka, Kiyohiro Adachi, Daisuke Hashizume, Qike Jiang, Hongxian Han, Jianping Xiao*, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Enhancing the Stability of Cobalt Spinel Oxide Towards Sustainable Oxygen Evolution in Acid", Nat. Catal., 2022, 5, 109 - 118. link
  9. Daoping He*, Hideshi Ooka, Yamei Li, Yujeong Kim, Akira Yamaguchi, Kiyohiro Adachi, Daisuke Hashizume, Naohiro Yoshida, Sakae Toyoda, Sun Hee Kim, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Regulation of the Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Cycle Based on Sequential Proton - Electron Transfer", Nat. Catal., 2022, 5, 798 - 806. link

    2021

  10. Ji-Eun Lee, Akira Yamaguchi, Hideshi Ooka, Tomohiro Kazami, Masahiro Miyauchi, Norio Kitadai, Ryuhei Nakamura* "In Situ FTIR Study of CO2 Reduction on Inorganic Analogues of Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase", Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 3267 - 3270. link
  11. Hideshi Ooka*, Marie E. Wintzer, Ryuhei Nakamura "Non-Zero Binding Enhances Kinetics of Catalysis: Machine Learning Analysis on the Experimental Hydrogen Binding Energy of Platinum", ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 6298 - 6303. link

    2020

  12. Daoping He, Hideshi Ooka, Yujeong Kim, Yamei Li, Fangming Jin*, Sun Hee Kim*, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Atomic-Scale Evidence for Highly Selective Electrocatalytic N- N Coupling on Metallic MoS2", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2020, 117, 31631 - 31638. link
  13. Yamei Li*, Yoo Kyung Go, Hideshi Ooka, Daoping He, Fangming Jin, Sun Hee Kim*, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Enzyme Mimetic Active Intermediates for Nitrate Reduction in Neutral Aqueous Media", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 9744 - 9750. link

    2019

  14. Daoping He, Hideshi Ooka, Yamei Li, Fangming Jin*, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Phase-Selective Hydrothermal Synthesis of Metallic MoS2 at High Temperature", Chem. Lett., 2019, 58, 5054 - 5058. link
  15. Ailong Li, Hideshi Ooka, Nadege Bonnet, Toru Hayashi, Yimeng Sun, Qike Jiang, Can Li, Hongxian Han*, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Stable Potential Windows for Long-Term Electrocatalysis by Manganese Oxides Under Acidic Conditions", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 5054 - 5058. link
  16. Hideshi Ooka*, Ryuhei Nakamura "Shift of the Optimum Binding Energy at Higher Rates of Catalysis", J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2019, 10, 6706 - 6713. link

    2018

  17. Daoping He, Yamei Li, Hideshi Ooka, Yoo Kyung Go, Fangming Jin*, Sun Hee Kim*, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Selective Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrite to Dinitrogen Based on Decoupled Proton - Electron Transfer", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 2012 - 2015. link
  18. Hirotaka Kakizaki, Hideshi Ooka, Toru Hayashi, Akira Yamaguchi, Nadege Bonnet-Mercier, Kazuhito Hashimoto, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Evidence That Crystal Facet Orientation Dictates Oxygen Evolution Intermediates on Rutile Manganese Oxide", Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 28, 1706319. link
  19. Hideshi Ooka, Kazuhito Hashimoto, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Design Strategy of Multi-Electron Transfer Catalysts Based on a Bioinformatic Analysis of Oxygen Evolution and Reduction Enzymes", Mol. Inform., 2018, 37, 1700139. link

    2017

  20. Hideshi Ooka, Akira Yamaguchi, Toshihiro Takashima, Kazuhito Hashimoto, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Efficiency of Oxygen Evolution on Iridium Oxide Determined From the pH Dependence of Charge Accumulation", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 17873 - 17881. link
  21. Hideshi Ooka, Toshihiro Takashima, Akira Yamaguchi, Toru Hayashi, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Element Strategy of Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis Based on in Situ Spectroelectrochemistry", Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 7149 - 7161. link
  22. Hideshi Ooka, Marta C. Figueiredo, Marc T. M. Koper* "Competition Between Hydrogen Evolution and Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Copper Electrodes in Mildly Acidic Media", Langmuir, 2017, 33, 9307 - 9313. link

    2016

  23. Hideshi Ooka, Yuanqing Wang, Akira Yamaguchi, Makoto Hatakeyama, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kazuhito Hashimoto*, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Legitimate Intermediates of Oxygen Evolution on Iridium Oxide Revealed by in Situ Electrochemical Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 15199 - 15204. link

    2014

  24. Hideshi Ooka, Takumi Ishii, Kazuhito Hashimoto*, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Light-Induced Cell Aggregation of Euglena Gracilis Towards Economically Feasible Biofuel Production", RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 20693 - 20698. link

Reviews

    2021

  1. Hideshi Ooka*, Jun Huang, Kai S. Exner "The Sabatier Principle in Electrocatalysis: Basics, Limitations, and Extensions", Front. Energ. Res., 2021, 9, 155. link

    2019

  2. Hideshi Ooka, Shawn E. McGlynn, Ryuhei Nakamura* "Electrochemistry at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents: Utilization of the Thermodynamic Driving Force Towards the Autotrophic Origin of Life", ChemElectroChem, 2019, 6, 1316 - 1323. link

Editorials and Perspectives

    2021

  1. Thomas Kadyk*, Jianping Xiao, Hideshi Ooka, Jun Huang, Kai S. Exner* "Material and Composition Screening Approaches in Electrocatalysis and Battery Research", Front. Energ. Res., 2021, 9, 227. link

Other Articles (Non Peer Reviewed)

  1. Hideshi Ooka "Mathematics for the Development of Electrocatalysts", J. Hydrogen Energ. Sys. Soc. Japan, 2024, 49, 175 - 176.
  2. Hideshi Ooka "Theory Towards Catalyst Development", CanApple News, 2022 (URL).
  3. Hideshi Ooka "Exploring Catalyst Theory using Experiments, Mathematics, and Machine Learning", ChemStation, 2021 (URL).
  4. Ryuhei Nakamura, Ailong Li, Hideshi Ooka, Hongxian Han "Identifying the Operation Conditions for Manganese Catalysts Which Can Continue to Split Water: Expectations towards Noble-Metal Free Hydrogen Production", Japan Energy and Technology Intelligence: Special Issue on Catalysis and Production, 2019, 67, 46 - 48.
  5. Hideshi Ooka, Akira Yamaguchi, Kazuhito Hashimoto, Ryuhei Nakamura "Element Strategy for Water Splitting Catalysis", Chemical Industry: Special Issue on Advancements in Artificial Photosynthesis, 2014, 65, 15 - 20.