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Application of grain boundary function to develop new materials for solar cells with high performance

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23656435
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Structural/Functional materials
Research InstitutionKumamoto University

Principal Investigator

TSUREKAWA Sadahiro  熊本大学, 自然科学研究科, 教授 (40227484)

Research Collaborator YAMAMURO Takateru  熊本大学, 工学部, 技術専門職員
Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2013
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords太陽電池 / 粒界 / ポテンシャル障壁 / 電気伝導 / CdTe / Si / KFM / 第一原理計算 / シリコン / 結晶粒界 / ナノ結晶 / CP-AFM / 多結晶 / ケルビンプローブ原子間力顕微鏡 / ショットキー障壁 / 再結合損失
Research Abstract

The motivation of this work was to study the origin of grain boundary function suitable for achieving enhanced conversion efficiency of microcrystalline CdTe solar cells, and then to obtain a principle of grain boundary design for development of new materials for solar cells with high performance. We have found the potential barrier associated with grain boundaries in CdTe depends not only on grain boundary character but also on polarity at grain boundaries arising from its crystal structure. In addition, the CdCl2 treatment, which increases the conversion efficiency of CdTe solar cells, was found to increase the grain boundary potential barrier. These findings show that grain boundaries in CdTe can act as the built-in potential for separation of photogenerated hole - electron pairs, and that Cl segregation to grain boundaries after the CdCl2 treatment would result in the enhancement of the role of the built-in potential rather than the passivation of defect states in the band-gap.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2013 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (52 results)

All 2014 2013 2012 2011 Other

All Journal Article (17 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 15 results) Presentation (27 results) (of which Invited: 5 results) Book (2 results) Remarks (4 results) Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Transmission electron microscopy/electron energy loss spectroscopy measurements and ab initio calculation of local magnetic moments at nickel grain boundaries2014

    • Author(s)
      K. Hirayama, S. Ii, S. Tsurekawa
    • Journal Title

      Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

      Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Pages: 015005-015005

    • DOI

      10.1088/1468-6996/15/1/015005

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Potential barrier at grain boundaries in polycrystalline silicon : influence of grain-boundary character and copper/iron contamination2013

    • Author(s)
      S. Tsurekawa, H. Takahashi, Y. Nishibe, T. Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Philos Mag

      Volume: 93 Pages: 1413-1424

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Evaluation of potential variations around grain boundaries in BaSi_2 epitaxial films by Kelvin probe force microscopy2013

    • Author(s)
      Masakazu Baba, Sadahiro Tsurekawa, Kentaro Watanabe, W. Du, Kaoru Toko, Kosuke O. Hara, Horitaka Usami, Takashi Sekiguchi, and Takashi Suemasu
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Letter

      Volume: 103巻 Issue: 14 Pages: 142113-142113

    • DOI

      10.1063/1.4824335

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Characterization of grain boundary properties in BaSi_2 epitaxial films on Si(111) and Si(001) by Kelvin probe force microscopy2013

    • Author(s)
      M. Baba, S. Tsurekawa, K. Nakamura, D. Weijie, S. Koike, K. Toko, K.O. Hara, N. Usami, T. Suemasu
    • Journal Title

      Proc. 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2013)

      Pages: 535-538

    • DOI

      10.1109/pvsc.2013.6744207

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Reply to “Comment on direct measurement of local magnetic moments at grain boundaries in iron” by Stoger-Pollach2013

    • Author(s)
      K. Hirayama, S. Ii, S. Tsurekawa
    • Journal Title

      Scripta Materialia

      Volume: 69 Issue: 11-12 Pages: 823-825

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.08.003

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Growth of bridging carbon nanofibers in cracks formed by heat-treating iron oxide thin sheets in acetylene gas2013

    • Author(s)
      T. Hikata, S. Okubo, Y. Higashi, T. Matsuba, R. Utsunomiya, S. Tsurekawa, K. Murakami, J. Fujita
    • Journal Title

      AIP Advances

      Volume: 3 Issue: 4 Pages: 042127-042127

    • DOI

      10.1063/1.4802966

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Potential barrier at grain boundaries in polycrystalline silicon: influence of grain-boundary character and copper/iron contamination2013

    • Author(s)
      S. Tsurekawa, H. Takahashi, Y. Nishibe, T. Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Philosophical Magazine

      Volume: 93 Issue: 10-12 Pages: 1413-1424

    • DOI

      10.1080/14786435.2012.753482

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Development of Nanostructured Tungsten Based Materials Resistant to Recrystallization and/or Radiation Induced Embrittlement2013

    • Author(s)
      H. Kurishita
    • Journal Title

      MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS

      Volume: 54 Issue: 4 Pages: 456-465

    • DOI

      10.2320/matertrans.MG201209

    • NAID

      10031162810

    • ISSN
      1345-9678, 1347-5320
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Effect of post-GBE strain-sensitisation on corrosion resistance of grain boundary engineered 304 austenitic stainless steel2013

    • Author(s)
      G. Yamada
    • Journal Title

      Philosophical Magazine

      Volume: 93 Issue: 10-12 Pages: 1443-1453

    • DOI

      10.1080/14786435.2012.762467

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Direct measurement of local magnetic moments at grain boundaries in iron2013

    • Author(s)
      S. Ii
    • Journal Title

      Scripta Materialia

      Volume: 68 Issue: 5 Pages: 253-256

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.10.028

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Controlling grain boundary character distribution of high-temperature B2 phase in Ti-Ni-Fe alloy2012

    • Author(s)
      S. Ii
    • Journal Title

      Intermetallics

      Volume: 31 Pages: 65-71

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.intermet.2012.06.009

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Grain boundary engineering based on fractal analysis for control of segregation-induced intergranular brittle fracture in polycrystalline nickel2012

    • Author(s)
      S. Kobayashi
    • Journal Title

      Acta Materialia

      Volume: 60 Issue: 17 Pages: 6200-6212

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.actamat.2012.07.065

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Anodizing of aluminum in sulfuric acid and oxalic acid solutions with percarboxylic acid-based additive2012

    • Author(s)
      M. Yoshimoto
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan

      Volume: 120 Issue: 1403 Pages: 276-279

    • DOI

      10.2109/jcersj2.120.276

    • NAID

      130004480079

    • ISSN
      1348-6535, 1882-0743
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Grain boundary plane reorientation : model experiments on bi-and tricrystals2012

    • Author(s)
      Pavel Lejcek
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Materials Science

      Volume: 47 Issue: 13 Pages: 5106-5113

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10853-012-6384-4

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report 2011 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Experimental evaluation of local magnetic moment in 3d transition metals by TEM/EELS technique2012

    • Author(s)
      Seiichiro Ii
    • Journal Title

      Conference Proceedings APMC 10 / ICONN 2012 / ACMM 22

      Volume: ー

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] EELS measurement of local magnetic moments at grain boundaries in nickel and iron - effect of grain boundary character2012

    • Author(s)
      Kyohei Hirayama
    • Journal Title

      Conference Proceedings APMC 10 / ICONN 2012 / ACMM 22

      Volume: ー

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Changes in Ferroelectric Domain Structure with Electric Fatigue in Li0.06(Na0.5K0.5)0.94NbO3 Ceramics2011

    • Author(s)
      Sadahiro Tsurekawa
    • Journal Title

      Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.

      Volume: 50 Issue: 9S2 Pages: 09NC02-09NC02

    • DOI

      10.1143/jjap.50.09nc02

    • NAID

      210000071274

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Potential barrier at grain boundaries in polycrystalline silicon and cadmium telluride for solar cells2013

    • Author(s)
      S. Tsurekawa
    • Organizer
      Intern. Symp. On EcoTopia Science
    • Place of Presentation
      Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2013-12-14
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] 多結晶 cdTe における粒界ポテンシャル障壁2013

    • Author(s)
      中村聡志, 小田智士, 連川貞弘, 平山恭介
    • Organizer
      第55回日本顕微鏡学会九州支部総会・学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      九州大学伊都キャンパス, 福岡
    • Year and Date
      2013-12-14
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] State-of - the-art grain boundary engineering towards development of new materials2013

    • Author(s)
      S. Tsurekawa, T. Watanabe
    • Organizer
      Intern. Conf. on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials (THERMEC'2013)
    • Place of Presentation
      Las Vegas, USA
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Characterization of grain boundaries in BaSi2 epitaxial films on Si(111) and Si(001) by Kelvin probe force microscopy2013

    • Author(s)
      M. Baba, S. Tsurekawa, K. Nakamura, Du Weijie, S. Koike, K. Toko, K. O. Hara, N. Usami, T. Suemasu
    • Organizer
      39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conf
    • Place of Presentation
      Tampa, USA
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] State-of-the-art grain boundary engineering towards development of new materials2013

    • Author(s)
      S. Tsurekawa, T. Watanabe
    • Organizer
      International Conference on PROCESSING & MANUFACTURING OF ADVANCED MATERIALS (THERMEC'2013)
    • Place of Presentation
      Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, USA
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Quantitative analyses by transmission electron microscopy and those application to the grain boundary phenomena2013

    • Author(s)
      S. Ii, S. Tsurekawa, K. Tsuchiya
    • Organizer
      International Conference on PROCESSING & MANUFACTURING OF ADVANCED MATERIALS (THERMEC'2013)
    • Place of Presentation
      Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, USA
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Potential barrier at grain boundaries in polycrystalline silicon and cadmium telluride for solar cells2013

    • Author(s)
      S. Tsurekawa, H. Takahashi, Y. Nishibe, S. Ods
    • Organizer
      International Symposum on EcoTopia Science
    • Place of Presentation
      Nagoya, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Investigation about Grain Boundary Character in Semiconducting BaSi2 by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy2013

    • Author(s)
      M. Baba, S. Tsurekawa, K. O. Hara, N. Usami, K. Toko, T. Suemasu
    • Organizer
      23rd Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Taipei, Taiwan
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Characterization of grain boundary properties in BaSi2 epitaxial films on Si(111) and Si(001) by Kelvin probe force microscopy2013

    • Author(s)
      M. Baba, S. Tsurekawa, K. Nakamura, Du Weijie, S. Koike, K. Toko, K. O Hara, N. Usami, T. Suemasu
    • Organizer
      39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Tampa, USA
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Potential barrier height at grain boundaries in BaSi2 epitaxial thin films studied by Kelvin probe force microscopy2013

    • Author(s)
      M. Baba, S. Tsurekawa, W. Du, K. Toko, K. O. Hara, N. Usami, T. Suemasu
    • Organizer
      2013 JSAP-MRS Joint Symposia
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 粒界制御フェライト系耐熱構の開発2013

    • Author(s)
      連川貞弘
    • Organizer
      日本金属学会2013年春期講演大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京理科大学
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 強磁性材料の粒界局所磁気モーメント2013

    • Author(s)
      平山恭介
    • Organizer
      日本金属学会2013年春期講演大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京理科大学
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 太陽電池用多結晶 Si およびCdTe 粒界におけるポテンシャル障壁2012

    • Author(s)
      連川貞弘
    • Organizer
      日本金属学会セミナーセミナー「材料科学科学的アプローチによる太陽電池研究の最前線」
    • Place of Presentation
      エッサム神田ホール, 東京
    • Year and Date
      2012-10-12
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] CdTe{111}/Σ3 粒界の電子構造の第一原理計算2012

    • Author(s)
      中村聡士, 連川貞弘
    • Organizer
      日本金属学会九州支部・日本鉄鋼協会九州支部・軽金属学会九州支部合同学術講演大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北九州国際会議場, 北九州
    • Year and Date
      2012-06-09
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Nano-inswntation study of local plastic deformation in the vicinity of grain boundary2012

    • Author(s)
      K. Tashima
    • Organizer
      2012 MRS Fall Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Hynes Convention Center, Boston, USA
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Measurement of the local magnetic moments at the grain boundaries in nickel via TEM/EELS technique2012

    • Author(s)
      K. Hirayama
    • Organizer
      2012 MRS Fall Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Hynes Convention Center, Boston, USA
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 太陽電池用多結晶SiおよびCdTe粒界におけるポテンシャル障壁2012

    • Author(s)
      連川貞弘
    • Organizer
      日本金属学会セミナー「材料科学的アプローチによる太陽電池研究の最前線」
    • Place of Presentation
      エッサム神田ホール
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Enhancement of the local magnetic moments at grain boundaries in ferromagnetic metals2012

    • Author(s)
      S. Tsurekawa
    • Organizer
      Materials Science and Engineering
    • Place of Presentation
      Darmstadt, Germany
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] TEM/EELS法を用いたニッケル粒界の局所磁気モーメント評価2012

    • Author(s)
      平山恭平
    • Organizer
      日本金属学会2012年秋期講演大会
    • Place of Presentation
      愛媛大学
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 粒界工学手法に基づく高対応粒界頻度組織形成過程のEBSDその場観察2012

    • Author(s)
      畑瀬裕基
    • Organizer
      日本金属学会2012年秋期講演大会
    • Place of Presentation
      愛媛大学
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Experimental evaluation of local magnetic moment in 3d transition metals by TEM/EELS technique2012

    • Author(s)
      Seiichiro Ii
    • Organizer
      APMC12, ICONN2012, ACMM22
    • Place of Presentation
      Perth convention center, Australia
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] EELS measurement of local magnetic moments at grain boundaries in nickel and iron - effect of grain boundary character2012

    • Author(s)
      Kyohei Hirayama
    • Organizer
      APMC12, ICONN2012, ACMM22
    • Place of Presentation
      Perth convention center, Australia
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] TEM / EELSの金属材料への適用 -粒界物性解明への試み-2011

    • Author(s)
      井 誠一郎
    • Organizer
      日本顕微鏡学会第55回シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      サンポート高松
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 鉄およびニッケルの粒界近傍における局所磁気モーメント2011

    • Author(s)
      平山恭介
    • Organizer
      日本金属学会2011年秋期(第井149回)大会
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄コンベンションセンター
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Application of TEM / EELS Technique to Measurements of Local Magnetic Moments at Grain Boundaries in Metals2011

    • Author(s)
      Sadahiro Tsurekawa
    • Organizer
      Intern. Conf. on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials (THERMEC’2011)(招待講演)
    • Place of Presentation
      Quebec City, Canada
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 多結晶Cdeにおける粒界ポテンシャル障壁

    • Author(s)
      中村聡志,小田智士,連川貞弘,平山恭介
    • Organizer
      第55回日本顕微鏡学会九州支部総・学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      九州大学伊都キャンパス
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] CdTe{111}/Σ3粒界の電子構造の第一原理計算

    • Author(s)
      中村聡志
    • Organizer
      日本金属学会九州支部・日本鉄鋼協会九州支部・軽金属学会九州支部合同学術講演大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北九州国際会議場
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 材料科学的アプローチによる太陽電池研究の最前線2013

    • Author(s)
      連川貞弘, 他
    • Publisher
      日本金属学会
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Book] 材料科学的アプローチによる太陽電池研究の最前線2013

    • Author(s)
      連川貞弘
    • Total Pages
      9
    • Publisher
      日本金属学会
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.msre.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/~mice/

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks] 熊本大学大学院自然科学研究科産業創造工学専攻 材料組織・界面制御学研究室HP

    • URL

      http://www.msre.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/~mice/

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 材料組織・界面制御学研究室HP

    • URL

      http://www.msre.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/~mice/

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.msre.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/~mice/

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] カーボンナノ構造体の製造装置およびカーボンナノ構造体の製造方法2012

    • Inventor(s)
      日方威, 大久保総一郎, 連川貞弘
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      日方威, 大久保総一郎, 連川貞弘
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Industrial Property Number
      2012-198377
    • Filing Date
      2012-09-10
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] カーボンナノ構造体の製造装置およびカーボンナノ構造体の製造方法2012

    • Inventor(s)
      日方威
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      日方威
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Industrial Property Number
      2012-198377
    • Filing Date
      2012-09-10
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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