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Research on low-cost and high-efficiency pn hetero- and homojunction Cu2O-based solar cells

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K04945
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 29020:Thin film/surface and interfacial physical properties-related
Research InstitutionKanazawa Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Miyata Toshihiro  金沢工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (30257448)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords太陽電池 / 酸化物半導体 / 薄膜 / 酸化銅 / 温成膜 / 大面積成膜 / 亜酸化銅 / 低温成膜 / パネル試作 / 長期安定性 / 酸化亜鉛 / 酸化スズ / 酸化ゲルマニウム / 酸化ガリウム / Cu2O / pn接合
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The results of this research are summarized as follows.
In the search for new i-type or n-type semiconductor materials, the relationship between the type of semiconductor layer and photoelectric conversion characteristics was clarified based on Zn-Ge-O semiconductor thin films.However, we could not find a material with a conversion efficiency exceeding 10% among the above materials.
(2) Charge control of Cu2O sheets and advancement of n-type semiconductor thin film deposition technology.We were able to achieve low-resistivity Cu2O sheets by heat treatment in an atmosphere such as a compound containing Na. In addition, in chemical deposition techniques such as the PLD method and the sol-gel method, we were able to establish a basic control technique for the interface state of semiconductor thin film/Cu2O sheet.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本質的に極めて低コストでの製造が可能なCu2O系太陽電池開発において、ヘテロ接合のための新規なn型及びi型半導体薄膜材料の特性を明らかにし、かつ、我々の独自技術である高品質Cu2Oシートの全く新規な荷電子制御技術を提案、実現できたことは、今後のCu2O系太陽電池のこう変換効率化ために学術的意義は極めて大きい。同時に実用化に向けての社会的意義も大きいと考えらる。しかしながら、研究計画で予定していたCu2Oホモ接合を実現するためのn形Cu2O薄膜の開発及び大面積化技術開発への挑戦がコロナウイルス感染症の影響による研究環境の激変のため、達成できなかったことは今後の課題と考える。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (1 results) (of which Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Photovoltaic properties of low-damage magnetron-sputtered n-type ZnO thin film/p-type Cu2O sheet heterojunction solar cells2020

    • Author(s)
      Toshihiro Miyata, Hiroki Tokunaga, Kyosuke Watanabe, Noriaki Ikenaga, Tadatsugu Minam
    • Journal Title

      Thin Solid Films

      Volume: 697 Pages: 13872511387255-13872511387255

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Photovoltaic properties of Cu2O-based heterojunction solar cells using n-type oxide semiconductor nano thin films prepared by low damage magnetron supttering2019

    • Author(s)
      Toshihiro Miyata、Kyousuke Watanabe, Hiroki Tokunaga and Tadastugu Minami
    • Journal Title

      Journal of semiconductor

      Volume: 40 Pages: 3270132704-3270132704

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Photovoltaic properties of Cu2O-based heterojunction solar cells using n-type oxide semiconductor nano thin films prepared by low damage magnetron sputtering method2018

    • Author(s)
      Toshihiro Miyata, Tadatsugu Minami
    • Organizer
      EMN Prague Meeting 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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