Researchers and Themes
Hideki Abe | Ryotaro Arita | Kazunori Ueno | Naoto Umezawa |
Kohei Endo * | Gen-ichi Konishi | Kazunori Sato | Yoshiaki Nakamura |
Taro Hitosugi | Masaki Mizuguchi | Makoto Moriya | Ikuya Yamada |
* High-impact type
Computational materials design of high efficiency photovoltaic materials by nano-spinodal decomposition
Kazunori Sato
Osaka University
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Associate Professor
Outline of Research Theme
Based on first-principles electronic structure calculations, Monte Carlo and Phase field simulations, I will propose materials design of high efficiency photovoltaic materials. By desining self-organization of nano structures in semiconductor alloys, I will propose guiding principle to realizing high efficiency via efficient electron-hole separation, sensitization and multiple exciton effect.