The 2004 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Chemical Technology for the Environment
• Achievement:
  Pioneering work on photochemical catalysis and its application for the environment
• Lecture:
  Photocatalysis for the Environment

Major Awards

1983	Asahi Prize, Asahi Shimbun
1998	Inoue Harunari Prize
2000	The Chemical Society of Japan Prize

Memberships

	The Chemical Society of Japan, Member
	The Electrochemical Society of Japan, President
	The Japanese Photochemistry Association, Advisory Member

Academic Degrees

1966	B. A. (Engineering), Yokohama National University
1971	Ph. D. (Engineering), The University of Tokyo

Professional Career

1971	Lecturer, Kanagawa University
1973	Assistant Professor, Kanagawa University
1975	Lecturer, The University of Tokyo
1976-77	Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
1978	Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
1986	Professor, The University of Tokyo
1994-03	Professor, Graduate School, The University of Tokyo
2003	Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
2003-present	Chairman, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology

Title

• Chairman, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology

Major Publications

• A. Fujishima and K. Honda, Electrochemical Evidence for the Mechanism of the Primary Stage of Photosynthesis Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan, 44 (4), 1148. (1971)
• A. Fujishima and K. Honda, Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode Nature, 238 (5358), 37. (1972)
• A. Fujishima, K. Kohayakawa and K. Honda, Hydrogen Production under Sunlight with Electrochemical Photo-Cell J. Electrochem. Soc., 122, 1487 (1975)
• A. Fujishima and S. Nakabayashi, Kinetic Electronic Transfer at Semiconductor- Electrolyte Interface, J. Photochem., 25, 151 (1985)
• R. Cai, Y. Kubota, T. Shuin, H. Sakai, K. Hashimoto and A. Fujishima, Induction of Cytotoxicity by Photoexcited TiO2 Particles, Cancer Research, 52, 2346 (1992)
• N.Negishi, T. Iyoda, K. Hashimoto and A. Fujishima, Preparation of Transparent TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalyst and Its Photocatalytic Activity Chem. lett., 841. (1995)
• Y. Ohko, K. Hashimoto and A. Fujishima, Kinetics of Photocatalytic Reactions undar Extremely Low-Intensity UV Illumination on Titanium Dioxide Thin Films J. Phys. Chem. A, 101 (43), 8057. (1997)
• A. Fujishima and T. N. Rao, Interfacial Photochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications, Pure & Appl. Chem., 70 (11), 2177 (1988)
• A. Fujishima, K. Hashimoto, T. Watanabe, TiO2 Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications, BKC, Inc., Tokyo (1999)
• A. Fujishima, T.N. Rao and D.A. Tryk, Titanium Dixide Photocatalysis, J. Photochem. Photobiol. C: Photochem. Reviews, 1, 1 (2000)