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Solar Energy Device Laboratory
Professor / Kunihiko TANAKA
Assistant Professor / Ayaka KANAI
Technical Staff / Hideyuki TOYOTA
ProfessorKunihiko TANAKA
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Assistant ProfessorAyaka KANAI
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- environment-friendly
- Preparation, measurement, evaluation, all with own hands!
- Cu = idol, Sn = steady, Si = frient, S = life
Supervisor
Kunihiko TANAKA
Professor Tanaka always works in the same room with students. Therefore, if there is something you do not understand in the research, you can discuss it immediately. In addition, prof. Tanaka is very friendly to the students, we have a chat with prof. Tanaka every day.
Research Content
Our Laboratory mainly fabricates thin film solar cells by ourselves and investigates fundamental physics of compounds semiconductors used for solar cells, and to reduce cost and construct the solar cells easily, semiconductor thin films for solar cells are prepared in non-vacuum.
We do all process of fabrication of solar cells by ourselves and evaluate the solar cells with our own hands. Therefore we can feel very pleasure if high conversion efficiency is established.
We also growth single crystal of the semiconductors for solar cells and investigate basic physics of the semconductors by observation of photoluminescence.
We do all process of fabrication of solar cells by ourselves and evaluate the solar cells with our own hands. Therefore we can feel very pleasure if high conversion efficiency is established.
We also growth single crystal of the semiconductors for solar cells and investigate basic physics of the semconductors by observation of photoluminescence.
Experimental apparatus made by laboratory students
A Day in the Lab
10:00 Preparation of materials for debriefing sessions.
12:00 I go to school cafeteria with laboratory menbers.
13:00 Start-up of experimental equipment.
14:00 Start of experiment.
16:00 I finished the experiment, I summarize the experiment by data reduction.
18:00 Ra-men time or returning home.
Of course, there are people who remain after supper and are doing experiment.
At our laboratory, we can plan by ourselves because lack of core-time.
We are always chatting in laboratory with each other, and it is lively every day.
12:00 I go to school cafeteria with laboratory menbers.
13:00 Start-up of experimental equipment.
14:00 Start of experiment.
16:00 I finished the experiment, I summarize the experiment by data reduction.
18:00 Ra-men time or returning home.
Of course, there are people who remain after supper and are doing experiment.
At our laboratory, we can plan by ourselves because lack of core-time.
We are always chatting in laboratory with each other, and it is lively every day.
Phoros of the camp at the lab
Thesis Subjects
- (M)Preparation of Cu2SnS3 thin film using mist CVD method
- (M)Preparation and evaluation of Cu2IVS3 bulk single crystals
- (M)Preparation of Cuprous Halides transparent p-type semiconductor thin films by solution processing
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.
