Prestigious Japanese research fellowship awarded to Ghadir Razaz

During his three-month research stay in Japan, Ghadir — a researcher at the FSCN Research Centre at Mid Sweden University — will deepen his work on the development of aluminum-based batteries, a field considered to be part of the next generation of sustainable energy storage technologies. The focus will be on studying the morphology of aluminum oxide and its impact on the electrochemical performance of batteries. 

– Aluminum-based batteries are regarded as the battery technology of the future due to their low environmental impact. At Meiji University, we will use low-temperature flux methods to grow oxide layers with various morphologies. This is an important opportunity to systematically study how these layers affect battery performance, says Ghadir Razaz.

The project is conducted in collaboration with Associate Professor Hajime Wagta, who is Ghadir’s host researcher at Meiji University. It marks an important step toward building a long-term scientific partnership between Mid Sweden University and Meiji University. Through this collaboration, expertise in battery research will be strengthened and new opportunities for joint projects will emerge.

Ghadir will bring synthesized materials back to FSCN at Mid Sweden University, where continued battery testing will be carried out in accordance with the joint research plan.

JSPS is a Japanese organization that, through its international programs, offers outstanding researchers from around the world the opportunity to collaborate, discuss, and exchange ideas with Japanese scientists. The fellowship recipient conducts their research under the supervision of a host researcher in Japan — in Ghadir’s case, a professor at Meiji University.