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Organic Photoelectric Materials Chemistry Lab
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A nanocarbon lab that builds new solar cells with fullerenes and carbon nanotubes.
AboutAbout the lab
Converting light into electricity with nanocarbon.
The Matsuo Lab studies devices that convert light into electricity using nanocarbon materials.
It gives fullerenes and carbon nanotubes new functions through chemical methods to create new solar cells.
The lab also works on materials that make fuel cells last longer and on molecules that change color when pressed.
Its research spans organic chemistry to applied physics, and members work across fields while discussing with one another.
Key terms
- Fullerene
- A cage-shaped carbon molecule, such as one in which 60 carbon atoms are joined in the shape of a soccer ball
- Carbon nanotube
- A very thin tubular material in which carbon atoms are joined in a mesh. It conducts electricity well
- Perovskite solar cell
- A next-generation solar cell that absorbs light with a material of the perovskite crystal structure and can be made thin and lightweight
NewsLab news
Started a demonstration experiment with Osaka Metro on perovskite solar cells with carbon nanotube electrodes
Accepting lab visits from third-year students in the Department of Materials Engineering
A PhD student received a poster award at the international conference IPEROP26
Press release on research that turns carbon nanotubes into electron-transporting materials
Research result featured on the cover of Nanoscale
ResearchResearch themes
The lab creates nanocarbon materials given functions through chemical methods and produces high-performance organic photoelectric conversion devices. Its research spans organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, and applied physics, and members work across these fields through discussion with one another.
*Illustrative imageCarbon Nanotube Transparent Electrodes
The transparent electrodes of solar cells use expensive materials containing indium, a rare metal. The lab makes transparent electrodes from carbon nanotube thin films instead, and studies their use in organic solar cells and perovskite solar cells.
*Illustrative imageFullerene Derivatives for Vacuum Deposition
The lab designs and synthesizes fullerene derivatives, which are fullerenes with organic groups attached, that can be formed into films by vacuum deposition. It applies them to improving the durability of perovskite solar cells and to large-area, flexible organic photodiodes.
*Illustrative imageLonger-Lasting Fuel Cells with Nanocarbon
In fuel cells, which generate electricity from hydrogen and oxygen, damage to the membrane from radicals is a challenge. The lab studies using fullerenes as scavengers that prevent membrane degradation, and using single-walled carbon nanotubes as catalyst supports to achieve both performance and durability.
*Illustrative imageMolecules That Change Color When Pressed
The lab has discovered "mechanochromic molecules" whose visible color changes under applied force, and studies the relationship between force and color change quantitatively. Its work ranges from synthesizing the molecules and clarifying their properties to applying them in thin-film devices.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Matsuo Lab consist of faculty members, secretaries, PhD, master's, and undergraduate students, and research students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYutaka Matsuo
- LecturerRyutaro Komatsu
- Assistant ProfessorNaoki Ueoka
- Project LecturerMiftakhul Huda
- Project LecturerHiroshi Okada
- Project Assistant ProfessorKazuhei Miwa
- Project Assistant ProfessorQiao Chen
- Project Assistant ProfessorKenji Tsukamoto
- Project Assistant ProfessorAchmad Syarif Hidayat
- Project Assistant ProfessorKodai Nakamura
- Project Assistant ProfessorAlem Araya Meresa
- Project Assistant ProfessorHU Qingmei
- Project ProfessorHisazumi Oshima
- Project ProfessorMasaya Kawasumi
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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: “Perovskite solar cell” Dennis Schroeder / National Renewable Energy Laboratory / Public domain (cropped)
- Carbon Nanotube Transparent Electrodes: “Carbon nanotube (8,8) 3D spacefill” Jynto (talk) / CC0 (cropped)
- Fullerene Derivatives for Vacuum Deposition: “C60-fullerene anion crystals deposited over a platinum wire” Adrian Villalta / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Longer-Lasting Fuel Cells with Nanocarbon: “Buckminsterfullerene-3D-balls” Jynto (talk) / CC0 (cropped)
- Molecules That Change Color When Pressed: “Mechanochromic HPC” Charlie Barty-King / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Functional Materials Creation Engineering Lab (Asahi)): “Beta-Barium Orthotitanate crystal structure” WilliamDParker / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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