| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Structure-controlled single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) grown and functionalized by plasma production and control techniques have been clarified to efficiently yield photoelectric conversion in the infrared region. According to measured electric-power-generation characteristics of the new-concept solar cells implanted in the rat abdomen, it is demonstrated for the first time that the power generation efficiency reaches a maximum around light wavelength 1100 nm in the near-infrared region, which is better suited for optical response within a living organism. In experiments of irradiating atmospheric-pressure plasmas to the cutaneous surface, healing of the region of wound from implantation is found to be accelerated and a mechanism of optical-penetration enhancement is figured out in terms of regularization of dermal tissues. The achievement outlined above offers an avenue for developing a novel method of electric power generation within a living organism using nanocarbons.
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