First-principles design and screening of photoabsorber materials for next generation photovoltaics
| Project/Area Number |
26630316
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Inorganic materials/Physical properties
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology (2015)
Kyoto University (2014) |
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Principal Investigator |
Oba Fumiyasu 東京工業大学, 応用セラミックス研究所, 教授 (90378795)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
HINUMA YOYO 京都大学, 工学研究科, 特定助教 (80648238)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Keywords | 第一原理計算 / 太陽電池材料 / 電子構造 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Intermediate-band solar cells are attractive because of their high theoretical energy conversion efficiencies. The photoabsorber material is the key to the technology but it has not been well optimized. In the present study, photoabsorber materials for intermediate-band solar cells were searched via first-principles calculations. The materials proposed include not only transition-metal doped binary semiconductors but also ternary semiconductors without dopants.
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