Shin-ichi OrimoDirector, Ph.D.

| Job | Director and Professor, AIMR (Concurrent Posts: Professor and Head of Section, Institute for Materials Research) |
|---|---|
| Group | Device/System Group |
| Laboratory | S.Orimo Laboratory![]() |
| Address | Room 411, Integration Laboratory, Katahira Campus (2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku ,Sendai 980-8577) |
| Tel | +81-22-215-2093 |
| shin-ichi.orimo.a6@tohoku.ac.jp | |
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Research Interests
- Hydrogen science
- Advanced hydrogen storage materials
- Superionic-/super-conductivities of complex hydrides
Related Information
- August 25, 2026 Press Releases Physics-aware AI could accelerate hydrogen storage materials discovery
- June 11, 2026 Press Releases AI and Physics Draw a Blueprint for Better Hydrogen Storage Materials
- May 1, 2026 Media & Award An AIMR sponsored feature published in the scientific journal “Science”
- April 15, 2026 Press Releases From Lab to Industry: 3D Printing Accelerates the Future of Lithium Batteries
- March 24, 2026 Press Releases Ultrasonic Welding Creates Lithium–Garnet Interface in Seconds
- February 5, 2026 Press Releases Controlling Magnetism to Unlock Better Hydrogen Storage Alloys
- February 4, 2026 Press Releases “DIVE” into Hydrogen Storage Materials Discovery with AI Agents
- January 26, 2026 Press Releases How AI Agents Are Transforming Solid Electrolyte Discovery
- December 22, 2025 Research Highlights Solid-state ionics: Review article reveals structural blueprint for superionic conductors
- November 17, 2025 Press Releases Interpretable Machine Intelligence for Materials Design of Metal Hydrides
- June 2, 2025 Press Releases New Hydrogenation Reaction Mechanism for Superhydride Revealed by Machine Learning
- April 30, 2025 Press Releases How Can We Optimize Solid-State Batteries? Try Asking AI
- December 10, 2024 Press Releases Investigating Sodium Superionic Conductors to Move Solid-State Sodium Batteries Forwards
- July 22, 2024 Research Highlights Complex borohydrides: Exploring the factors controlling anion reorientation
- January 31, 2024 Press Releases Machine Learning Accelerates the Chase for Safer, Better Batteries
- December 25, 2023 Research Highlights Perforated honeycomb thin films: A new approach to oil–water separation
- October 23, 2023 Research Highlights Layered borides: New insights from rhombohedral boron monosulfide
- August 24, 2023 Press Releases Researchers Develop Framework to Guide Electrolyte Design for Advanced Batteries
- May 23, 2023 Press Releases Researchers Develop Calcium Rechargeable Battery with Long Cycle Life
- April 24, 2023 Research Highlights Complex hydride electrolytes: A platform towards divalent metal-ion batteries
- October 3, 2022 Press Releases Establishment of the SMM × Tohoku University GX Materials Science Co-Creation Research Center
- August 18, 2022 Press Releases Researchers invent a new hybrid electrolyte for high performance Li-ion batteries
- July 26, 2021 Research Highlights Calcium batteries: A step toward a high-energy density battery using an abundant, non-toxic alkali-earth metal
- April 7, 2021 Press Releases A New Material Enables the Usage of “Calcium” for Batteries
- February 24, 2021 Media & Award Director Shin-ichi Orimo won the Honda Frontier Award
- August 31, 2020 Research Highlights Solid-state batteries: Record-high lithium-ion conductivity at room temperature
- December 23, 2019 In the Spotlight Building on an impressive legacy
- October 1, 2019 News Prof. Shin-ichi ORIMO took up post as AIMR’s Director
- September 13, 2019 Press Releases Prof. Shin-ichi ORIMO appointed as AIMR’s next Director
- April 26, 2019 Research Highlights Lithium batteries: Complex hydride promising as solid electrolyte
- March 7, 2019 Press Releases New Research Shows Highest Energy Density All-solid-state Aatteries now Possible
- September 25, 2018 In the Spotlight Deepening existing connections with Europe and Asia
- March 26, 2018 Research Highlights Lithium-ion batteries: Grinding out a better battery
- July 31, 2017 Research Highlights Chemistry: Metals on cloud nine
- January 20, 2016 Press Releases Development of mass production technology for LiBH4
- November 12, 2015 Press Releases High Thermally Durable All-Solid-State Li Ion Battery
- February 18, 2015 Media & Award Prof. Orimo won Science of Hydrogen & Energy Award 2015
- September 19, 2013 Press Releases Successful synthesis of new aluminum-based hydrogen storage alloy
- March 13, 2013 Press Releases A new guideline for the development of novel functional hydrides


