Vol.14 No.3 <2016 Apr-May>

Prof. Makoto Konagai
(Advanced Research Laboratories, Tokyo City University)

Dr. Kenjiro Miyano
(Fellow, NIMS)

Yasuhiro Shirai
(Ad hoc Team on Perovskite PV Cells, GREEN, NIMS)

Masatoshi Yanagida
(Ad hoc Team on Perovskite PV Cells, GREEN, NIMS) 

Principle of solar cells
Types of solar cells
Research issues on solar cells

NEW method to create high-quality single-crystal silicon at low cost
Takashi Sekiguchi
(Managing Researcher, MANA)

Achieving conversion efficiency over 18% with large-size Perovskite solar cells
Han Liyuan
(Managing Researcher, Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials) 

Ultimate conversion efficiencies by means of "intermediate band concept"
Masatomo Sumiya
(Chief Researcher, Wide Bandgap Materials Group, Electric and Electronic Materials Field, Research Center for Functional Materials)
Sang Liwen
(MANA Independent Scientist)
Takeshi Noda
(Group Learder, Photovoltaic Materials Group, Center for Green Research on Energy and Environment Materials)

 

Dr. Hiroshi Morimoto
(President of Photovoltaic Power Generation Technology Research Association)

Will all energy problems be solved some day?
written by Akio Etori
illustration by Shinsuke Yoshitake

・G7 Foreign Ministers Visit NIMS during G7 Science and Technology Ministers' Meeting in Tsukuba
・3N-Lab as the first LIA in the field of physics in Japan

Hello from NIMS
Martin Elborg