研究内容

エネルギー問題を材料開発の観点から捉え、様々な研究を行っています。

• 伊高　健治（ITAKA, Kenji）教授
• 小畠　秀和（KOBATAKE,Hidekazu）准教授
• 太陽電池関係
• 再生エネルギー関係、スマートコミュニティ関係
• 熱電材料関係
• 薄膜エネルギーデバイス

• 保有装置(共通機器を含む)

  

  電子ビーム蒸着装置

  

  パルスレーザー堆積装置

  

  水平型X線回折装置(共通機器)

  
  

退官された教授

神本 正行　教授　　　　　　　　　　(現 学長補佐)

Research Solid energy conversions based on semiconductor devices can be utilized for various energy applications including those renewable energy resources even with low energy density. The solution to the high cost and low efficiency problems in the solid energy conversion will open a window for the future of renewable energy society. Our main research topics are the photoelectric conversion of solar energy and the thermoelectric conversion of excessive heat via solar cells and thermoelectric devices, respectively. In particular, the large-scale application of the solar cells could solve the depletion problem of fossil energy by using the inexhaustible solar energy. However, the reduction of the cost of solar cells, which plays a central role in the conversion of solar energy, is still considered an important issue. For this purpose, we are now developing a novel metallurgical direct reduction process, which is expected to overcome the disadvantages such as low yield in the conventional Siemens method and reduce the production cost. (See the lower figure)