Optically excited hot carrier engineering with transition metal nitrides

• Project/Area Number: 17H04801
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Nanomaterials engineering
• Research Institution: National Institute for Materials Science
• Principal Investigator: ISHII Satoshi 国立研究開発法人物質・材料研究機構, 国際ナノアーキテクトニクス研究拠点, 主任研究員 (80704725)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥24,180,000 (Direct Cost: ¥18,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,580,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥12,610,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,910,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥9,490,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,190,000)
• Keywords: 光熱変換 / 光電変換 / ナノ構造 / 光励起電荷 / 遷移金属窒化物 / 太陽光 / 太陽熱 / プラズモン共鳴 / 光捕集 / 遷移金億窒化物 / 表面プラズモン / 表面電位 / ケルビンプローブ顕微鏡 / ホットキャリア / 光励起 / ヘテロ・ホモ構造 / 窒化チタン / ヘ テ ロ ・ ホ モ 構造

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Transition metal nitrides (TMMs) which include titanium nitride (TiN) and zirconium nitride (ZrN) generate hot carriers by optical irradiation. In the current work, hot carriers excited in TMNs were applied to photoelectric and photothermal conversions. Regarding photoelectric conversions, TiN or ZrN nanostructures formed heterostructure to photocatalysts to improve the visible photocatalytic activities. Plasmoelectric effects were observed in ZrN for the first time in non-metallic materials. The works on photothermal conversions include solar water heating with TiN nanostructures which recorded 92 % efficiency. The surface temperature of TiN under optical irradiation were also studied experimentally and numerically.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

光励起電荷を用いた光電・光熱変換は、従来は金や銀などの貴金属を用いて行われてきた。他方、本研究では貴金属より安価で資源的に豊富に存在する遷移金属窒化物を用いて、光励起電荷を用いた光電・光熱変換ができることを実証した。更に太陽光を対象とした光触媒や太陽熱蒸留では、遷移金属窒化物を使った方が貴金属より高い変換効率を示すことも示した。そのため、遷移金属窒化物を用いることで、光誘起電荷を用いた光電・光熱変換の研究や応用が更に発展することが期待される。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Solar Water Distillation Using Titanium Nitride Nanostructures (2022)
  • Author(s): Ishii Satoshi、Kaur Manpreet、Nagao Tadaaki
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Society of Powder Technology, Japan Volume: 59 Issue: 2 Pages: 79-82
  • DOI: 10.4164/sptj.59.79
  • ISSN: 0386-6157, 1883-7239
  • Year and Date: 2022-02-10
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Extreme thermal anisotropy in high-aspect-ratio titanium nitride nanostructures for efficient photothermal heating (2021)
  • Author(s): Ishii Satoshi、Higashino Makoto、Goya Shinya、Shkondin Evgeniy、Tanaka Katsuhisa、Nagao Tadaaki、Takayama Osamu、Murai Shunsuke
  • Journal Title: Nanophotonics Volume: 10 Issue: 5 Pages: 1487-1494
  • DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2020-0569
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Solar-active titanium-based oxide photocatalysts loaded on TiN array absorbers for enhanced broadband photocurrent generation (2021)
  • Author(s): Shinde Satish Laxman、Ngo Hai Dang、Ngo Thien Duc、Ishii Satoshi、Nagao Tadaaki
  • Journal Title: Journal of Applied Physics Volume: 129 Issue: 2 Pages: 023103-023103
  • DOI: 10.1063/5.0031400
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Quantifying photoinduced carriers transport in exciton-polariton coupling of MoS2 monolayers (2021)
  • Author(s): Yu Min-Wen、Ishii Satoshi、Li Shisheng、Ku Ji-Ren、Yang Jhen-Hong、Su Kuan-Lin、Taniguchi Takaaki、Nagao Tadaaki、Chen Kuo-Ping
  • Journal Title: npj 2D Materials and Applications Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Pages: 47-47
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41699-021-00227-y
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Direct Observation of Photoinduced Charge Separation at Transition-Metal Nitride-Semiconductor Interfaces (2020)
  • Author(s): Yu Min-Wen、Ishii Satoshi、Shinde Satish Laxman、Tanjaya Nicholaus Kevin、Chen Kuo-Ping、Nagao Tadaaki
  • Journal Title: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Volume: 12 Issue: 50 Pages: 56562-56567
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c14690
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Graphene-Loaded Plasmonic Zirconium Nitride and Gold Nanogroove Arrays for Surface-Charge Modifications (2020)
  • Author(s): Yu Min-Wen、Ishii Satoshi、Ku Ji-Ren、Yang Jhen-Hong、Huang Chih-Hsiang、Lu Tien-Chang、Lin Tzy-Rong、Nagao Tadaaki、Chen Kuo-Ping
  • Journal Title: ACS Applied Nano Materials Volume: 3 Issue: 6 Pages: 5002-5007
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.0c01144
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Marimo-Bead-Supported Core-Shell Nanocomposites of Titanium Nitride and Chromium-Doped Titanium Dioxide as a Highly Efficient Water-Floatable Green Photocatalyst (2020)
  • Author(s): Kaur Manpreet、Shinde Satish Laxman、Ishii Satoshi、Jevasuwan Wipakorn、Fukata Naoki、Yu Min-Wen、Li Yunxiang、Ye Jinhua、Nagao Tadaaki
  • Journal Title: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Volume: 12 Issue: 28 Pages: 31327-31339
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c03781
  • NAID: 120007041997
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Narrow‐Band Thermal Emitter with Titanium Nitride Thin Film Demonstrating High Temperature Stability (2020)
  • Author(s): Yang Zih‐Ying、Ishii Satoshi、Doan Anh Tung、Shinde Satish Laxman、Dao Thang Duy、Lo Yu‐Ping、Chen Kuo‐Ping、Nagao Tadaaki
  • Journal Title: Advanced Optical Materials Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Pages: 1900982-1900982
  • DOI: 10.1002/adom.201900982
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Characterization of Nanomaterials by Locally Determining Their Complex Permittivity with Scattering-Type Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy (2020)
  • Author(s): Stanciu Stefan G.、Tranca Denis E.、Pastorino Laura、Boi Stefania、Song Young Min、Yoo Young Jin、Ishii Satoshi、Hristu Radu、Yang Fang、Bussetti Gianlorenzo、Stanciu George A.
  • Journal Title: ACS Applied Nano Materials Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Pages: 1250-1262
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.9b02019
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] 光励起電荷の発生と光熱変換における遷移金属窒化物と遷移金属炭化物の利用 (2019)
  • Author(s): 石井 智, シンデ サティッシュ ラクスマン, マンプリート カウアー, ラム パスパティ スガワネシュワー, 長尾 忠昭
  • Journal Title: レーザー研究 Volume: 47 Pages: 365-369
  • NAID: 130008074176
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Enhanced Solar Light Absorption and Photoelectrochemical Conversion Using TiN Nanoparticle-Incorporated C3N4-C Dot Sheets. (2018)
  • Author(s): Satish Laxman Shinde, Satoshi Ishii, Thang Duy Dao, Ramu Pasupathi Sugavaneshwar, Toshiaki Takei, Karuna Kar Nanda, Tadaaki Nagao.
  • Journal Title: ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES Volume: 10 Issue: 3 Pages: 2460-2468
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b15066
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] All-Ceramic Microfibrous Solar Steam Generator: TiN Plasmonic Nanoparticle-Loaded Transparent Microfibers (2017)
  • Author(s): Kaur Manpreet、Ishii Satoshi、Shinde Satish Laxman、Nagao Tadaaki
  • Journal Title: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Volume: 5 Issue: 10 Pages: 8523-8528
  • DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02089
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Plasmonic-Photonic Hybrid Modes Excited on a Titanium Nitride Nanoparticle Array in the Visible Region (2017)
  • Author(s): Kamakura Ryosuke、Murai Shunsuke、Ishii Satoshi、Nagao Tadaaki、Fujita Koji、Tanaka Katsuhisa
  • Journal Title: ACS Photonics Volume: 4 Issue: 4 Pages: 815-822
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00763
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] High aspect ratio structures for extreme anisotropy in effective thermal conductivities (2021)
  • Author(s): 石井 智, タンジャヤ ニコラウス ケビン, 東野 真, 呉屋 伸哉, SHKONDIN Evgeniy, 田中 勝久, 長尾 忠昭, TAKAYAMA Osamu, 村井 俊介
  • Organizer: METANANO 2021
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Photothermal heating and heat transfer analysis of anodized aluminum oxide having high optical absorptivity (2021)
  • Author(s): タンジャヤ ニコラウス ケビン, マンプリート カウアー, 長尾 忠昭, 石井 智
  • Organizer: JSAP-OSA Joint Symposia 2021
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Observation of carrier transports at exciton-plasmon coupling in MoS2 monolayers and 1D plamsmonic nanogrooves. (2021)
  • Author(s): ユー ミンウェン, 石井 智, 李 世勝, KU Ji-Ren, YANG Jhen-Hong, SU Kuan-Lin, 谷口 貴章, 長尾 忠昭, CHEN Kuo-Ping
  • Organizer: JSAP-OSA Joint Symposia 2021
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 高アスペクト比窒化チタン構造の光熱変換と異方性熱伝導 (2021)
  • Author(s): 石井 智, 東野 真, 呉屋 伸哉, SHKONDIN Evgeniy, 田中 勝久, 長尾 忠昭, TAKAYAMA Osamu, 村井 俊介
  • Organizer: 第82回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
• [Presentation] Titanium nitride for light-to-heat and heat-to-light conversions (2021)
  • Author(s): 石井 智, マンプリート カウアー, MURAI Shunsuke, GOYA Shinya, HIGASHINO Makoto, TANAKA Katsuhisa, YANG Zhi-Ying, CHEN Kuo-Ping, 長尾 忠昭.
  • Organizer: META 2021
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Plasmon-induced Charge Transport at Transition Metal Nitride-Semiconductor Interfaces via In Situ Nanoimaging (2021)
  • Author(s): ユー ミンウェン, 石井 智, シンデ サティッシュ ラクスマン, タンジャヤ ニコラウス ケビン, CHEN Kuo-Ping, 長尾 忠昭
  • Organizer: CLEO 2021
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ケルビンプローブ顕微鏡を用いた窒化ジルコニウムの光励起電荷観測 (2021)
  • Author(s): 石井 智, ユー ミンウェン, シンデ サティッシュ ラクスマン, タンジャヤ ニコラウス ケビン, CHEN Kuo-Ping, 長尾 忠昭.
  • Organizer: 第68回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
• [Presentation] 遷移金属窒化物の光励起ホットキャリヤとその応用 (2020)
  • Author(s): 石井 智, シンデ サティッシュ ラクスマン, マンプリート カウアー, ユー ミンウェン, 長尾 忠昭
  • Organizer: 分子研研究会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Transition metal nitrides and transition metal carbides for photoelectric and photothermal conversions (2020)
  • Author(s): ISHII, Satoshi, SHINDE, Satish Laxman, MANPREET, Kaur, ユー ミンウェン, NAGAO, Tadaaki
  • Organizer: METANANO 2020
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Strong Coupling in a 1D Plasmonic-Exciton Hybrid Systems (2020)
  • Author(s): ユー ミンウェン, 石井 智, 李 世勝, KU Ji-Ren, YANG Jhen-Hong, SU Kuan-Lin, 谷口 貴章, 長尾 忠昭, CHEN Kuo-Ping
  • Organizer: CLEO 2020
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Photoexcited TiN Nanoheaters in Nanoporous Anodized Aluminum Oxide for High-Efficiency Water Desalination (2019)
  • Author(s): ANPREET, Kaur, ISHII, Satoshi, SHINDE, Satish Laxman, NAGAO, Tadaaki
  • Organizer: 応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
• [Presentation] Graphene Charge Transfer in Plasmonic Materials (2019)
  • Author(s): ユー ミンウェン, ISHII, Satoshi, NAGAO, Tadaaki, CHEN KuoPing
  • Organizer: 応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
• [Presentation] Nano/microbubbles enhanced diffuse plasmonic nanoparticle-dye random laser (2019)
  • Author(s): SATO, Rodrigo, HENZIE, Joel, ISHII, Satoshi, MURAI Shunsuke, TAKEDA, Yoshihiko
  • Organizer: JSAP-OSA Joint Symposia
• [Presentation] Highly Efficient Water Desalination Based on Photoexcited TiN Nanoheaters (2019)
  • Author(s): ANPREET, Kaur, ISHII, Satoshi, SHINDE, Satish Laxman, NAGAO, Tadaaki
  • Organizer: ICSFS19-The 19th International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces
• [Presentation] Efficient Water Desalination by using Photoexcited TiN Nanoheaters in Nanoporous Anodized Aluminum Oxide (2019)
  • Author(s): MANPREET, Kaur, ISHII, Satoshi, SHINDE, Satish Laxman, NAGAO, Tadaaki
  • Organizer: 日本表面真空学会学術講演会
• [Presentation] Photocurrent generation from TiN nanostructures by visible light (2017)
  • Author(s): 石井智, Satish Laxman SHINDE, 長尾忠昭
  • Organizer: SPIE Optics + Photonics 2018
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 窒化チタンナノ構造による光捕集とその応用 (2017)
  • Author(s): 石井智, Satish Laxman SHINDE, RAMU PASUPATHI Sugavaneshwar, 長尾忠昭
  • Organizer: ナノオプティクス研究グループ第２４回研究討論会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] ナノ光学材料としての窒化チタン：光電変換と光熱変換を中心に (2017)
  • Author(s): 石井智
  • Organizer: コニカミノルタカレッジ
  • Invited