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Energy Materials Engineering Lab
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A research area on materials involved in producing, storing, and converting energy, such as solar cells, batteries, and thermoelectric materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring materials that generate, store, and convert energy
The Energy Materials Engineering research area covers research related to producing, storing, and converting energy, including solar cells, fuel cells, batteries, and thermoelectric materials.
It is one of the research areas of the International Degree Program in Materials Innovation, and several faculty members carry out research in their own labs.
As a collaborative graduate school, the program also has faculty from AIST and NIMS serving as primary advisors.
The research content varies by faculty member, ranging from crystal growth and thin films to magnetic materials and battery materials.
Key terms
- Thermoelectric materials
- Materials that can convert between heat and electricity
- Collaborative graduate school
- A mode of education in the International Degree Program in Materials Innovation in which faculty from research institutions join as primary advisors
- Perovskite solar cells
- Solar cells that use materials with a crystal structure called perovskite
- Single-molecule magnets
- A substance in which a single molecule behaves as a magnet. Abbreviated as SMM
ResearchResearch themes
This research area studies materials related to producing, storing, and converting energy. The research differs by primary advisor, covering crystal growth, solar cells, battery materials, magnetic materials, hydrogen storage alloys, and more.
*Illustrative imageThin-film solar cells and thermoelectric materials
The lab searches for ultrathin-film, high-efficiency solar cell materials and for thermoelectric materials. It also explores nitride magnetic materials aimed at spin devices and studies current-driven domain wall motion.
*Illustrative imageImproving solar cell performance and analyzing defects
The lab works on improving the performance of solar cells made with compound semiconductors and organic semiconductors. It also analyzes defects in power semiconductor devices.
*Illustrative imageInorganic materials for energy and the environment
The lab develops new inorganic materials, including perovskite solar cells, lead-free piezoelectric ceramics, supercapacitors, environmental purification filters, and low-environmental-impact pigments.
*Illustrative imageFunctional solid-state materials through molecular design
The lab develops functional solid-state materials based on molecular design. It works on developing materials that combine multiple functions, such as luminescent temperature sensing, ion conductivity, and single-molecule magnet behavior, and on clarifying how they work.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorTakashi Suemasu
- ProfessorTakeaki Sakurai
- ProfessorHiroko Tokoro
- ProfessorMasaki Hada
- Associate ProfessorYoshikazu Suzuki
- Assistant ProfessorJunhao Wang
- ProfessorIsao Inoue
- ProfessorDennis Yu
- ProfessorYukiko Takahashi
- ProfessorKoji Sakaki
- ProfessorSEPEHRI AMIN Hossein
- Associate ProfessorTomoya Nakatani
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “As solar firmengebaude” ChristofferRiemer / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Thin-film solar cells and thermoelectric materials: “Thin film perovskite solar cell and perovskite on silicon tandem solar cell” National Renewable Energy Laboratory / Public domain (cropped)
- Improving solar cell performance and analyzing defects: “Solar panels on a roof” Pujanak / Public domain (cropped)
- Inorganic materials for energy and the environment: “Perovskite solar cell” Dennis Schroeder / National Renewable Energy Laboratory / Public domain (cropped)
- Functional solid-state materials through molecular design: “Institut Polytechnique de Paris” Ecole polytechnique / Paris / France / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Environmental Materials Engineering Lab): “Solar array-2” Wikideas1 / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Electronic Materials Engineering Lab): “Ion bombardment units” Tourbillon / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (NIMS Affiliated Materials Science and Engineering Subprogram (Kosaku Kawakami) Lab): “SEM көмегімен микроструктураны талдау” Surface engineering / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Synchrotron Radiation Materials Engineering Lab (Kenta Amemiya, Cooperative Graduate School)): “Chemin Génie Synchrotron Detail” Hélène Rival / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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