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Solar Energy Device Laboratory
Professor / TANAKA Kunihiko
Assistant Professor / KANAI Ayaka
Technical Staff / TOYOTA Hideyuki
- Environmental harmony solar cells
- Preparation, measurement, evaluation, all with own hands
- Dominating the solar cells industry
Professor / TANAKA Kunihiko, Assistant Professor / KANAI Ayaka
Professor TANAKA and Assistant Professor KANAI are often in the same room as the students and can be consulted immediately on even the most trivial matters. Not only research, but also hobbies and personal life are actively discussed, and the quality of student life improves just by being in the laboratory.
Research Content
Our laboratory studies the fabrication of thin film solar cells and the fundamental properties of compound semiconductors used in the absorption layer of solar cells. For the fabrication of solar cells, we use vacuum equipment for higher efficiency and non-vacuum equipment for lower cost, depending on the purpose. We evaluate the samples that we fabricated ourselves.
By the end of the entire process, we become attached to the samples as if they would be our own children.
By the end of the entire process, we become attached to the samples as if they would be our own children.
Ampoule being fabricated.
A Day in the Lab
10:00 Arrive at the laboratory. Data analysis and reports are prepared.
12:00 Lunch time. I enjoy spending time talking with lab members.
13:00 Weekly progress report meeting. We discuss plans based on experimental results.
15:00 Room cleaning. Professor TANAKA is sensitive to house dust, so everyone works together to maintain a clean environment.
16:00 Start of experiment. I am looking forward to seeing the results.
19:00 End of experiment. I go home and spend time on my hobbies.
Since there is no core time in our laboratory, we can decide the time of our activities according to our lifestyle.
12:00 Lunch time. I enjoy spending time talking with lab members.
13:00 Weekly progress report meeting. We discuss plans based on experimental results.
15:00 Room cleaning. Professor TANAKA is sensitive to house dust, so everyone works together to maintain a clean environment.
16:00 Start of experiment. I am looking forward to seeing the results.
19:00 End of experiment. I go home and spend time on my hobbies.
Since there is no core time in our laboratory, we can decide the time of our activities according to our lifestyle.
Group photo at the conference.
Thesis Subjects
- (M)Preparation of Cu2SnS3 thin films using dual source fine channel mist CVD method
- (M)Reduction of Halogen defects in copper halide thin films using solution dipping method
- (M)Evaluation of photoluminescence in high-quality Cu2Sn1-xSixS3 bulk polycrystalline prepared by the improved conventional preparation method
The number of
PhD Graduates
1
Major employers of Graduates
- Tokyo Electron Ltd.
- TERUMO CORPORATION
- Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- SoftBank Corp.
- Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
- Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
- GS Yuasa Corporation
- Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
- Hino Motors, Ltd.
- Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.
