Yasuhiro Tachibana

Professor Yasuhiro Tachibana

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About

Dr Yasuhiro Tachibana is a Professor (School of Engineering, RMIT University) and Guest Professor (Osaka University, Japan).

Industry Experience:
Selected conference organisation-
39th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2015), Daytona Beach, USA, 26-31 January 2015.
38th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2014), Daytona Beach, USA, 26-31 January 2014.
10th International Meeting of Pacific Rim Ceramic Societies (PacRim10), San Diego, USA, 2-7 June 2013.
Material Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 1-5 April 2013.
The international Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Chairman, San Diego, USA, 21-25 August 2011.
Material Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 26-29 April 2011.

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Academic positions

  • Guest Professor
  • Osaka University
  • , Japan
  • 2020 – Present
  • Professor
  • RMIT University
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 2020 – Present
  • Associate Professor
  • RMIT University
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 2012 – Present
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
  • Osaka University
  • , Japan
  • 2009 – Present
  • Senior Lecturer
  • RMIT University
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 2009 – 2012
  • Associate Professor
  • Osaka University
  • , Japan
  • 2004 – 2009
  • Assistant Professor
  • Osaka University
  • , Japan
  • 2003 – 2004

Non-academic positions

  • JST PRESTO Researcher
  • Japan Science and Technology Agency
  • , Japan
  • 2009 – 2009

Supervisor projects

  • Development of Lead Free Perovskite Nanocrystals and Solar Cells
  • 8 Mar 2024
  • Synthesis of perovskite nanocrystals for optoelectronic applications.
  • 3 Jan 2023
  • Developing Visible Light Active Z-scheme WO3 / In2O3 Photocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction
  • 28 Jun 2021
  • The Activation and Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Methane by Novel Catalysts
  • 11 Jun 2020
  • Synthesis and Stability of CsSnBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals
  • 14 Sep 2018
  • Dynamics of the Decomposition of Benzene Based Pollutants by TiO 2 Photocatalysis Assessed by Time Resolved Laser Spectroscopy
  • 1 Jun 2018
  • Identification of Trace Organic Chemicals Attached to Plastic Fragments Collected in Melbourne, Port Philip Bay, Victoria
  • 1 Mar 2018
  • Performance Enhancement of Quantum Dot Sensitised Solar Cells Through Enhanced Interfacial Charge Transfer Kinetics
  • 28 Feb 2011

Teaching interests

Next Generation Solar Cells (Semiconductor Quantum Dot Solar Cells, Organic/Inorganic hybrid Solar Cells, Dye Sensitised Solar Cells); Photocatalysis (Water Splitting, Solar Hydrogen); Nanomaterials Synthesis and Applications.

Research interests

Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural), Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Nanotechnology, Other Chemical Sciences

Research (physical and material chemistry, physics and material sciences)
Synthesis of novel semiconductor nanocrystals (metal halide perovskites and quantum dots) and metal oxide nanomaterials
Development of semiconductor quantum dot solar cells
Development of metal halide perovskite solar cells
Development of photocatalytic solar hydrogen evolution or/and water splitting systems
Development of photocatalytic water treatment
Development of artificial photosynthetic systems
Time-resolved laser spectroscopies of novel functional materials
Teaching (renewable energy)
Program Manager for Master of Engineering (Sustainable Energy)
Course co-ordinators of PV systems (MIET2130) and Renewable & Solar fuels (MIET2372)
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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.