Thin Film; Nanotechnology; Material Science; Interface Science; Electrochemistry etc.
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Name: Toru Hara
Affiliation: (1) Nazarbayev University Research and Innovation System, 53 Kabanbay Batyr Avenue, Astana 010000, Republic of Kazakhstan (2) Institute of Batteries LLC, Technopark, Nazarbayev University, 53 Kabanbay Batyr Avenue, Astana 010000, Republic of Kazakhstan, http://batterykazakhstan.com/institute-of-batteries/
Education: 1991, B.Sc., Hiroshima University (Japan); 1993, M.Sc., Hiroshima University (Japan); 2011, Ph.D. in Metallurgy and Ceramic Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan).
Job history: - Senior Researcher (Lithium-ion Battery), Nazarbayev University Research and Innovation System, 07.2014 to present; - Senior Researcher (Lithium-ion Battery), Institute of Batteries LLC, Kazakhstan, 02.2014 to present; - Contracted Research Executor (Environmental Chemistry), School of Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, 02.2014 to 06.2014; - Researcher (Lithium-ion Capacitor), Eamex Corporation, Japan, 05.2013 to 08.2013; - Researcher (Oxygen Sensor), Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Japan, 10.2003 to 03.2012; - Researcher (Thin Film Capacitor, Organic Semiconductor Device, Lithium-ion Battery), Kyocera Corporation, Japan, 12.1998 to 10.2003; - Researcher (Lithium-ion Battery), Sony Energytech Co., Ltd., Japan, 12.1997 to 12.1998; - Researcher (Ceramic Capacitor), Izumomurata Mfg. Co., Ltd., Japan, 04.1993 to 11.1997.
Publication List: <Journal articles: 17 articles including 16 first author articles since 2004> (citation: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aY7ydSoAAAAJ&hl=en) - T. Hara, K. Shinozaki, Effect of Oxygen Adsorption on Polaron Conduction in Nanometer-Scale Nb5+-, Fe3+-, and Cr3+-doped SrTiO3 thin films, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 50 (2011) 065807. - T. Hara, T. Ishiguro, K. Shinozaki, Ultraviolet-Light-Induced Desorption of Oxygen from SrTiO3 Surfaces, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 50 (2011) 041502. - T. Hara, T. Ishiguro, K. Shinozaki, Aging Effect on Oxygen-Sensitive Electrical Resistances of SrTiO3 Thin Film, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 50 (2011) 061501. - T. Hara, T. Ishiguro, K. Shinozaki, Annealing Effects on Sensitivity of Atomic-Layer-Deposited (ALD) SrTiO3-Based Oxygen Sensors, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 49 (2010) 09MA15. - T. Hara, T. Ishiguro, K. Shinozaki, Oxygen-concentration-dependent electrical resistances of SrTiO3-based thin films, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 49 (2010) 041104. - T. Hara, T. Ishiguro, SrTiO3-based sensors for in situ monitoring of trace levels of oxygen, J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn. 118 (2010) 300. - H. Suzuki, N. Wakiya, N. Sakamoto, Y. Kimura, D. Fu, T. Hara, T. Ishiguro, T. Kiguchi, K. Shinozaki, ÃÂÃÂDoping effect of Dy on leakage current and oxygen sensing property of SrTiO3 thin film prepared by PLD, J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn. 117 (2009) 1004. - T. Hara, T. Ishiguro, SrTiO3-based microfabricated oxygen sensors, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 48 (2009) 09KA17. - T. Hara, T. Ishiguro, N. Wakiya, K. Shinozaki, Oxygen sensitivity of perovskite-type dielectric thin films, Mater. Sci. Eng. B 161 (2009) 142. - T. Hara, T. Ishiguro, Oxygen sensitivity of SrTiO3 thin film prepared using atomic layer deposition, Sens. Actuators B 136 (2009) 489. - T. Hara, T. Ishiguro, N. Wakiya, K. Shinozaki, Oxygen sensing properties of SrTiO3 thin films, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 47 (2008) 7486. - T. Hara, Electronic structures near surfaces of perovskite type oxides, Mater. Chem. Phys. 91 (2005) 243. - T. Hara, Defect-related leakage behavior and degradation mechanisms of (Ba,Sr)TiO3 films, Integr. Ferroelectr. 70 (2005) 79. - T. Hara, Electron-detrapping from localized states in the band gap of (Ba,Sr)TiO3, Solid State Commun. 132 (2004) 109. - T. Hara, Electrical characteristics of (Ba,Sr)TiO3 films accounted by partially depleted model, Microelectron. Eng. 75 (2004) 316. - T. Hara, Intentionally inserted oxygen depleted (Ba0.5Sr0.5)TiO3 layers as a model of DC-electrical degradation, IEEE Trans. Device Mater. Reliab. 4 (2004) 670. - T. Hara, "Leakage behavior of DC electrically degraded (Ba,Sr)TiO3 thin films," IEEE Trans. Device Mater. Reliab. 4 (2004) 268. <Patents: 1 US patent and 62 Japan patents since 1997>
Research Project: - World Bank, Technology Commercialization Project, 2014-2015 (as a main researcher). - Industrial and national projects in Japan, 2007-2011, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), USD800,000, http://www.kanto.meti.go.jp/press/20070802saitaku.html#3 (as a principal investigator).