Step-up evaluation adopted research teams: 2021

Toshihiro Okamoto

Development of Hybrid-type Energy Harvesting Devices Based on Band Transporting Organic Semiconductors

Research Director

Toshihiro Okamoto

The University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
Associate Professor

Collaborator

Itaru Osaka	Hiroshima University Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering Professor
Nobuhiko Kobayashi	University of Tsukuba Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences Professor
Yoshiyuki Nonoguchi	Kyoto Institute of Technology Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering Junior Associate Professor

Outliner

In this research, using our band transporting organic semiconductors as key materials, we aim to create organic semiconductors, organic conductors, and dopant materials for organic thermoelectric and organic photoelectric devices, and to develop various processes. Interdisciplinary research in organic semiconductor science, polymer materials science, supramolecular science, and theoretical physics, we will work on understanding the academic foundation for organic energy harvesting devices and realize organic hybrid-type energy harvesting devices equipped with thermoelectric and photoelectric conversion components.

Shimpei Ono

Development of hybrid vibrational energy harvester based on smart mechatronics

Research Director

Shimpei Ono

Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
Energy Transformation Research Laboratory
Senior Research Scientist

Collaborator

Yuya Tanaka	Gunma University Graduate School of Science and Technology Associate Professor
Takashi Nakajima	Tokyo University of Sciece Faculty of Advanced Engineering Associate Professor
Takeaki Yajima	Kyushu University Graduate School and Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering Associate Professor
Daisuke Yamane	Ritsumeikan University College of Science and Engineering Associate Professor

Outliner

In order to obtain energy from low-frequency and broadband vibrations generated by infrastructure, we are going to develop vibrational energy harvester by integrating the knowledge of materials science, mechanical engineering, and electronic engineering, called “smart mechatronics”. In addition, we try build a system for infrastructure monitoring based on AI analysis.