Organic-inorganic Hybrid PV Team

CO2-free electricity
New Horizons for Solar Power with Next-gen Perovskite Solar Cell PVs

To drive a shift toward the installation of PV systems and renewable energy being used as a primary option, we enable efficient electricity production using solar energy that can be leveraged in many urban locations.

Organic-inorganic Hybrid PV Team

Research themes

  • Material and process development for innovative ultra-light weight and high efficiency PVs using perovskite solar cells
  • Development of low-production-energy fabrication technology to reduce CO₂ emissions
  • Branching out in applications for perovskite and organic PVs

Concept for social contributions and implementation

We will develop an ultra-lightweight panel that offers equivalent power generation capacity to Si PVs, thereby realizing PV devices that can be installed on factory complexes and other buildings with weaker structures.

Research Team Leader / Greetings

Leader

MURAKAMI Takurou

I first developed an interest in solar energy when I was in high school. I was fascinated to learn that photosynthesis occurs in the plants that grow all around us but with a conversion efficiency of just 3%. I then considered that humans should use this abundant energy source more effectively. Solar power generation is a highly flexible approach for power generation with renewable energy, in terms of the range of locations where devices can be installed. I hope we can contribute to the realization of a system for the local production and consumption of energy.

MURAKAMI Takurou

Members

Planning Officer, Research Planning Office of Zero Emission (Organic-inorganic Hybrid PV Team)

KOGO Atsushi

Associate manager, Research Strategy Planning Department (Specific Technical Senior Officer, Organic-inorganic Hybrid PV Team)

WATABE Kazufumi

Member

YOSHITA Masahiro

Member

TAYAGAKI Takeshi

Member

FUNAKI Takashi

AIST Postdoctoral Researcher

TRAN Phuoc Toan

Invited Senior Researcher

ARAMAKI Shinji

Invited Senior Researcher

KAWARAYA Masahide

Research Assistant

EMURA Ryusei

Research Assistant

KAMIKAWA Ikumi

Research Assistant

KUBOTA Daisuke

Technical Staff

IZUMI Kimie

Technical Staff

OHTSUKI Hitoshi

Technical Staff

KIMURA Toshio

Technical Staff

TACHIBANA Hiroaki

Technical Staff

TANIGUCHI Masami

Technical Staff

CHIKEN Misao

Technical Staff

TSUTSUMI Wakana

Technical Staff

MATHEW Siby

Technical Staff

MORI Kazuo

Clerical Staff

IMAMURA Yoshimi

Section1

■ Creation of processes and materials to enhance durability and efficiency

■ Work for realizing fabrication technology with a low temperature process (below 150 ℃)

■ Development of new mass production technologies to produce lightweight PVs

Section2

Methyl-ammonium iodide (MAI) solution

Post treatment of the perovskite layer with MAI solution
Semitransparent perovskite PV

Research

Selected for the 2025 Journal of Materials Chemistry C Lunar New Year collection by Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Selected as a 2024 Journal of Materials Chemistry C Most Popular Article by Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Nishimura, N.; Kanda, H.; Murakami, T. N., Compositional Design of Spontaneous Heterointerface Modulators for Perovskite Solar Cells to Mitigate Concentration Sensitivity, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 18068–18076

Published DEC 02 2024

Tayagaki, T.; Kobayashi, H.; Yamamoto, K.; Murakami, T. N.; Yoshita, M., Effects of partial shading and temperature-dependent reverse bias behaviour on degradation in perovskite photovoltaic modules, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 2025, 279, 113229

Published OCT 19 2024

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