The 2004 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Chemical Technology for the Environment
• Achievement:
  Pioneering work on photochemical catalysis and its application for the environment
• Lecture:
  Developing from Photoelectrochemistry to Photocatalytic Reactions

Major Awards

1979	Chevalier, l’ Ordre des Palmes Academiques
1982	The Chemical Society of Japan Award
1983	Asahi Award, Asahi Shimbun
1983	Fellow, Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers, USA
1989	Medal with Purple Ribbon
1992	Japan Academy Prize
1992	The Porter Medal Award, Belgium
1995	The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
1997	Person of Cultural Merit

Honorary Degrees

	The Japan Academy, Member
	The Chemical Society of Japan, Honorary Member
	The Japan Photochemistry Association, Honorary Member
	The Society of Photographic Science and Technology of Japan, Honorary Member

Academic Degrees

1949	B.A. (Engineering), The University of Tokyo
1957	Ph. D. (Science), University of Paris
1961	Ph. D. (Engineering), The University of Tokyo

Professional Career

1957-65	NHK, Technical Research Laboratories
1965-66	Lecturer, The University of Tokyo
1966-75	Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo
1975-86	Professor, The University of Tokyo
1986	Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
1983-89	Professor, Kyoto University
1989	Professor, Junior College of Tokyo Polytechnic University
1991	Trustee, Tokyo Polytechnic University
1994	Professor, Dean of Faculty of Arts, Tokyo Polytechnic University
1996-2004	President, Tokyo Polytechnic University

Title

• Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo

Major Publications

• S. Kikuchi, T. Yura, and K. Honda
  Study of Photovoltaic Effect with a Platinum Electrode,
  Seisan Kenkyu, 18, 165 (1966) (in Japanese)
• T. Tani, and K. Honda
  Electrode Reactions of the Excited State,
  Electrochmistry, 36, 700 (1968) (in Japanese)
• K. Honda
  Photoelectrochemistry
  J. Chem.Soc.Japan (Kogyo Kogaku), 72, 63 (1969) (in Japanese)
• A. Fujishima, S. Kikuchi, and K. Honda
  Photosensitized Electrolytic Oxidation on TiO2 Semiconductor Electrode
  J. Chem. Soc. Japan (Kogyo Kagaku), 72, 108 (1969) (in Japanese)
• A. Fujishima and K. Honda
  Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode
  Nature, 238, (5358), 37 (1972)
• T. Inoue, A. Fujishima, S. Konishi and K. Honda
  Photoelectrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide in Aqueous Suspensions of Semiconductor Powders
  Nature, 277 (No. 5698), 637 (1979)
• T. Miyasaka, T. Watanabe, A. Fujishima, and K. Honda
  Highly Efficient Quantum Conversion at Chlorophyll-a lecithin Mixed Monolayer Coated Electrodes
  Nature, 277, (No.5698), 638 (1979)
• Y. Kubokawa, K. Honda, and Y. Saito
  "Photocatalysis"
  Asakurashoten Pub. Co., Tokyo (1988) (in Japanese)
• "Functionality of Molecular Systems" vol. 2, edited by K. Honda, Springer (1999)
• D. A. Tryk, A. Fujishima and K. Honda
  Recent Topics in Photoelectrochmistry: Achievement and Future Prospects
  Elctrochimica Acts, 45, 2363-2376, (2000)