Atsushi Ohma, Ph.D.

Senior Manager, Research Division, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.

Dr. Atsushi Ohma is a senior manager of research division at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. He graduated from Waseda University in 1995 with B.D, and Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2010 and received PhD of mechanical control and system engineering. In the thesis, he studied oxygen reduction reaction mechanism with Nafion® film for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) by both electrochemical measurement of electrocatalyst and energy-based reactivity analysis using DFT calculation. He is also a visiting associate professor of Green Energy Conversion Science and Technology, University of Yamanashi from 2012.

He enrolled Toshiba Co., Ltd in 1995 and had developed PEMFC stack for stationary use for 7 years. Then he changed his jobs from Toshiba to Nissan in 2002 to research and develop PEMFC stack, membrane electrode assembly (MEA), and catalyst layers/electrocatalyst. Since 2016 he has also been in charge of fundamental research for advanced Li-ion battery materials, electrodes, and cells. The main focus of his research is performance and durability analysis of the electrodes and high-capacity materials (Si-containing anode, Ni-rich NCM, Sulfur cathode etc.) from both experimental and modeling aspects by coupling electrochemical reaction and mass transport phenomena, and mechanical expansion/contraction behavior.

Title: Discussion on FCV Roadmap from NEDO - toward 2040 -

Abstract: FCV roadmap was updated from NEDO Japan in Dec. 2017, with targets and challenges toward 2030 and 2040 as ultimate. It was indicated that high power density, high efficiency, and high temperature operation were big challenges for 2030/2040. In this lecture, the updated FCV roadmap will be introduced with background information I have discussed so far, and the possible pathways and challenges to achieve that.