Solid-State Battery Group & Battery Interface Control Group/NIMS


Last Update: 1 Apr., 2026
Group Members
• Kazunori TAKADA Fellow (Solid-State Battery Group) • Group Leader, Solid-State Battery Group, Battery and Cell Materials Field, Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) • NIMS Invited Researcher, Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) E-mail: • Naoaki KUWATA Group Leader of Solid State Battery Ionics Group (Solid State Battery Ionics Group) • Group Leader, Solid State Battery Ionics Group, Battery and Cell Materials Field, Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) • Team Leader,All Solid State Team, Center for Advanced Battery Collaboration, Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) • Battery Research Platform, Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) • Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University(NIMS Joint Graduate School) E-mail: • Randy JALEM Principal Researcher (Solid-State Battery Group) • Computational Science Team, Center for Advanced Battery Collaboration, Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) E-mail: • Shogo MIYOSHI Senior Researcher (Solid-State Battery Group) • All Solid State Team, Center for Advanced Battery Collaboration, Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN) E-mail: • Marcela CALPA Researcher (Solid State Battery Ionics Group) E-mail: • Junji AKIMOTO Specially Appointed Research Fellow (Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN)) E-mail: • Nobuo TAJIMA Specially Appointed Research Fellow (Solid State Battery Ionics Group) E-mail: • Shigekazu SUWABE Specially Appointed Research Fellow (Solid-State Battery Group) E-mail: • Sudeshna MADHUAL Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Solid-State Battery Group) E-mail: • Halimah HARFAH Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Solid-State Battery Group) E-mail: •GONZALEZ MORALES Jorge Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Solid State Battery Ionics Group) E-mail: • Prince SHARMA JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan (Solid State Battery Ionics Group) E-mail: • Sihao XING Graduate Research Assistant (Hokkaido University-NIMS Joint Graduate School Doctoral Programme) (Solid State Battery Ionics Group) •Takashi KATOH Office Specialist (Solid-State Battery Group) • Mai UCHIDA Technical Staff (Solid-State Battery Group) • Sonoko KAKUI Technical Staff (Solid State Battery Ionics Group) • Naomi TSURUMI Technical Staff (Solid-State Battery Group) • Tomomi KITAZONO Technical Staff (Solid-State Battery Group) • Mieko ISHIKAWA Technical Staff (Solid-State Battery Group) • Chika HIRATA Technical Staff (Solid-State Battery Group) • Aprilia VIANTI Technical Staff (Solid State Battery Ionics Group) • Kaori SUGII Technical Staff (Solid State Battery Ionics Group) • Mika Abe Technical Staff (Solid State Battery Ionics Group) • Tomohiro HASHIMOTO Technical Staff (Solid-State Battery Group) • Yasuhiro KUSANO Technical Staff (Solid-State Battery Group) • Chihiro ITOH Administrative Staff (administration office) • Mayu IKAIDA Administrative Staff (administration office)
Former Members and Postdoctral Collaborators
• Gen HASEGAWA Postdoctoral Researcher (Solid State Battery Ionics Group) Period in the group: 1 June, 2019 - 31 Mar, 2026 • Tsuyoshi OHNISHI Group Leader of Battery Interface Control Group (Battery Interface Control Group) Period in the group: 2008 - 28 Dec, 2025 • Narumi OHTA Principal Researcher (Solid-State Battery Group) Period in the group: 1 June, 2012 - 31 May, 2024 • Naoki YOSHIDA Postdoctoral Researcher (Battery Interface Control Group) Period in the group: 1 Apr., 2020 - 31 July, 2023 • Shoichi MATSUDA Senior Researcher (Solid-State Battery Group) Period in the group: 1 Oct., 2022 - 31 Mar., 2023 • Katsuya KIMURA Postdoctoral Researcher (Solid-State Battery Group) Period in the group: 1 Apr., 2019 - 28 Feb., 2023 • Yoshihiko NISHIHARA Postdoctoral Researcher (All Solid-State Battery Group) Period in the group: 1 Oct., 2020 - 30 Sept., 2022 • Yusuke MATSUKI Postdoctoral Researcher (All Solid-State Battery Group) Period in NIMS: 1 Oct., 2017 - 31 Jan., 2020 • Shoichi MATSUDA Senior Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in the group: 1 Nov., 2017 - 30 Apr., 2019 • Akihiro NOMURA Senior Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in the group: 1 Apr., 2017 - 30 Apr., 2019 • Toshihiko MANDAI Senior Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in the group: 1 Apr., 2019 - 30 Apr., 2019 • Kei NISHIKAWA Senior Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in the group: 1 Apr., 2017 - 30 Apr., 2019 • Kimihiko ITO Principal Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in the group: 1 Apr., 2017 - 30 Apr., 2019 • Kazuhiro KAWASHIMA Postdoctoral Researcher (All Solid State Battery Specially Promoted Research Team/GREEN) Period in NIMS: 1 Oct., 2017 - 31 Mar., 2019 • Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO Postdoctoral Researcher (Battery Materials Group, "Materials Research by Information Integration" Initiative/MI2I) Period in NIMS: 1 Apr., 2016 - 31 July, 2018 • Koichi OKADA Postdoctoral Researcher (All Solid State Battery Specially Promoted Research Team/GREEN) Period in NIMS: 1 Apr., 2014 - 15 May, 2017 • Junichi SAKABE Postdoctoral Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in the group: 1 Apr., 2015 - 31 Mar., 2017 • Jun HARUYAMA Postdoctoral Researcher (All Solid State Battery Specially Promoted Research Team/GREEN) Period in the team: 1 Apr., 2014 - 31 Mar., 2017 • Hiroyuki KUBOTA Postdoctoral Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in the group: 15 Jul., 2015 - 30 Nov., 2016 • Yoonhyun KIM Postdoctoral Researcher (All Solid State Battery Specially Promoted Research Team/GREEN) Period in the team: 1 Apr., 2015 - 25 Nov., 2016 • Ken WATANABE Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in the group: 1 July, 2013 - 31 Mar., 2016 • Nobuyuki ISHIDA Senior Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in the group: 1 Oct., 2014 - 31 Mar., 2016 • Kiyoshi OZAWA Chief Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in the group: 1 Apr., 2011 - 31 Mar., 2016 • Taeri KWON Postdoctoral Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in NIMS: 1 May, 2010 - 30 Apr., 2015 • Reona MIYAZAKI Postdoctoral Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in the group: 1 Apr., 2013 - 31 Mar., 2015 • Kazunori NISHIO Postdoctoral Researcher (Epitaxial Film Battery Materials Group/GREEN) Period in the group: 1 Apr., 2011 - 31 Mar., 2014 • Naoki SUZUKI Special Researcher (Rechargeable Battery Materials Group) Period in the group: 1 Oct., 2010 - 31 Oct., 2012 • Alma Beatriz SANTIBÁÑEZ‑MENDIETA Postdoctoral Researcher (Soft Ionics Unit/MANA) Period in the unit: 1 Apr. - 13 Sep., 2012 • Kosho AKATSUKA Postdoctoral Researcher (Soft Ionics Unit/MANA) Period in the unit: 2010 - 2012 • Rinlee Butch Mangrobang CERVERA Postdoctoral Researcher (Soft Ionics Unit/MANA) Period in the unit: 2010 - 2012 • Xiaoxiong XU Postdoctoral Researcher (Soft Ionics Unit/MANA) Period in the unit: Sep., 2007 - Mar., 2011 • Bui Thi HANG Postdoctoral Researcher (Soft Ionics Unit/MANA) Period in the unit: 2007 - 2009 • Bongchull KIM Postdoctoral Researcher (Soft Chemistry Group) Period in the group: 2004 - 2005 • Lianqi ZHANG Postdoctoral Researcher (Soft Chemistry Group) Period in the group: Apr., 2003 - Mar., 2007