Akira Yamada

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Affiliation: Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
: (Concurrent)Collaboration Center for Design and Manufacturing(CODAMA)
: (Concurrent)Director, Collaboration Center for Design and Manufacturing(CODAMA)

Researcher number: 40220363
J-GLOBAL ID: 200901066859357295
researchmap Member ID: 1000015490

Research Interests

Solar Cells, Semiconductors, Electronic Devices

Research Areas

Manufacturing technology (mechanical, electrical/electronic, chemical engineering) / Electronic devices and equipment /

Research History

Education

Committee Memberships

1996 - 2003

論文委員, 電気学会
1998 - 2000

編集委員, 応用物理学会

Awards

Sep, 2013

応用物理学会論文賞, 応用物理学会
Nov, 2009

PVSEC Best Paper Award, 第19回太陽光発電国際会議
Sep, 2009

EU-PVSEC Poster Award, 第24回欧州太陽エネルギー国際会議
Jan, 2009

PVSEC Best Oral Presentation Award, PVSEC
Oct, 2005

PVSEC Paper Award, 15th PVSEC Program Committee
2003

WCPEC Poster Award, 第3回太陽光発電世界会議
2003

JJAP Editorial Contribution Award
2001

PVSEC Paper Award
1989

手島記念研究奨励賞

Papers

162

Mechanism analysis of CuInS₂ and Cu(In,Ga)S₂ growth via KCN- and H₂S-free process and solar-cell application

Yota Suzuki, Dwinanri Egyna, Tomoki Shibata, Takahito Nishimura, Akira Yamada

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 62(SK) SK1032-SK1032, May 5, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Development of n-type Zn(O, S) buffer layer deposited by open-air CVD method for Cu(In, Ga)Se₂ solar cells

Akihiro Funaki, Fumiya Furumaki, Takahito Nishimura, Akira Yamada

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 62(SK) SK1027-SK1027, Apr 27, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Analysis of EBIC time-variation using 2D simulation including charge states in V _Se–V _Cu divacancy complex

Ryotaro Fukuda, Shinkai Shimizu, Takahito Nishimura, Akira Yamada

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 62(SK) SK1017-SK1017, Apr 20, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Experimental and theoretical EBIC analysis for grain boundary and CdS/Cu (In, Ga)Se ₂ heterointerface in Cu (In, Ga)Se ₂ solar cells

Ryotaro Fukuda, Takahito Nishimura, Akira Yamada

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 31(7) 678-689, Feb 3, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Growth of Zn‐Ge‐O Thin‐Film as a Transparent Conductive Oxide Buffer Material for Chalcopyrite Solar Cell

Dwinanri Egyna, Satoru Ito, Takahito Nishimura, Akira Yamada

Crystal Research and Technology, 58(2) 2200145-2200145, Dec 5, 2022
Physical and chemical aspects at the interface and in the bulk of CuInSe2-based thin-film photovoltaics

Shogo Ishizuka, Jiro Nishinaga, Kosuke Beppu, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Fuuka Aoyagi, Takahiro Wada, Akira Yamada, Jakapan Chantana, Takahito Nishimura, Takashi Minemoto …

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(3) 1262-1285, 2022
Benefits of Low Electron-Affinity Material as the N-Type Layer for Cu(In,Ga)S2 Solar Cell

Dwinanri Egyna, Kazuyoshi Nakada, Akira Yamada

Energies, Dec 21, 2021
Cathode luminescence analysis of Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 solar cells treated with thiourea solution

Kazuyoshi Nakada, Takahito Nishimura, Naoki Suyama, Akira Yamada

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 60(3), Mar, 2021
Improvement of Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 solar cell performance by thiourea treatment

Kazuyoshi Nakada, Motoki Watanabe, Takahito Nishimura, Naoki Suyama, Akira Yamada

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 59(3), Mar, 2020
Optical absorption spectra of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 thin-film solar cells by Fourier transform photocurrent spectroscopy

Abd Rahman Nur Syazwana, Kousei Tanabe, Shigeru Yamada, Takashi Itoh, Shuichi Nonomura, Kanta Sugimoto, Akira Yamada

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 57 08RC16, Jul, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se

Sadono Adiyudha, Hino Masashi, Ichikawa Mitsuru, Yamamoto Kenji, Kurokawa Yasuyoshi, Konagai Makoto, Yamada Akira

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 54(8) 08KC16, Jul 23, 2015
Deposition of Ag(In,Ga)Se

Xianfeng Zhang, Kobayashi Tsuyoshi, Kurokawa Yasuyoshi, Miyajima Shinsuke, Yamada Akira

Jpn J Appl Phys, 52(5) 55801-055801-4, May 25, 2013
Deposition of Ag(In,Ga)Se-2 Solar Cells by a Modified Three-Stage Method Using a Low-Temperature- Deposited Ag-Se Cap Layer

Zhang Xianfeng, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Yasuyoshi Kurokawa, Shinsuke Miyajima, Akira Yamada

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 52(5) 055801.1-055801.4, May, 2013 Peer-reviewed
Improvement of carrier diffusion length in silicon nanowire arrays using atomic layer deposition

Shinya Kato, Yasuyoshi Kurokawa, Shinsuke Miyajima, Yuya Watanabe, Akira Yamada, Yoshimi Ohta, Yusuke Niwa, Masaki Hirota

Nanoscale Research Letters, 8(1) 1-8, 2013
Growth of Ag(In,Ga)Se2 Films by Modified Three-Stage Method and Influence of Annealing on Performance of Solar Cells

Xianfeng Zhang, Kobayashi Tsuyoshi, Kurokawa Yasuyoshi, Yamada Akira

Jpn J Appl Phys, 51(10) 10NC05-10NC05-4, Oct 25, 2012
Effect of the quantum size effect on the performance of solar cells with a silicon nanouwire array embedded in SiO2

Yasuyoshi Kurokawa, Shinya Kato, Yuya Watanabe, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai, Yoshimi Ohta, Yusuke Niwa, Masaki Hirota

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1439 145-150, 2012 Peer-reviewed
Effect of Hydrogen Dilution on the Metastability of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Oxide Solar Cells

Inthisang Sorapong, Krajangsang Taweewat, Sichanugrist Porponth, Watahiki Tatsuro, Miyajima Shinsuke, Yamada Akira, Konagai Makoto

Jpn J Appl Phys, 50(11) 111401-111401-5, Nov 25, 2011
Characterization of Cu(InGa)Se-2 grain boundary properties by electron- and tip-probe methods

Satoshi Oonishi, Masahiro Kawamura, Naoaki Takano, Daisuke Hashimoto, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

THIN SOLID FILMS, 519(21) 7347-7350, Aug, 2011 Peer-reviewed
Numerical Analysis of a Solar Cell with Tensile-Strained Ge as a Novel Narrow-Band-Gap Absorber

Yutaka Hoshina, Masayuki Shimizu, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 50(4) 04DP08, Apr, 2011 Peer-reviewed
Modeling and simulation of heterojunction crystalline silicon solar cells with a nanocrystalline cubic silicon carbide emitter

Shinsuke Miyajima, Junpei Irikawa, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 109(5) 054507, Mar, 2011

Misc.

Theoretical and experimental investigation of the recombination reduction at surface and grain boundaries in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells by valence band control

Takahito Nishimura, Yoshiaki Hirai, Yasuyoshi Kurokawa, Akira Yamada

MRS Proceedings, 1771 125-131, 2015
Characteristics of solar cells

YAMADA Akira

Oyo Buturi, 82(2) 163-166, Feb 10, 2013
Numerical Simulation about Effects of Bandgap Grading in Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 with a Bandgap of 1.4 eV on Solar Cell Performance

Yoshiaki Hirai, Ryotaro Suzuki, Yasuyoshi Kurokawa, Akira Yamada

2013 IEEE 39TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE (PVSC), 3307-3309, 2013 Peer-reviewed
Synthesis of Cu₂ZnSn(S,Se)₄ Nanoparticles for Application in Low-Cost Solar Cells

5(1), Jan, 2012
Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation of Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ Concentrator Solar Cells

Yoshiaki Hirai, Hiroshi Nagashima, Yasuyoshi Kurokawa, Akira Yamada

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 51(1R) 014101, Dec 15, 2011
Effects of oxygen addition on electrical properties of silicon quantum dots/amorphous silicon carbide superlattice

Kurokawa Yasuyoshi, Yamada Shigeru, Miyajima Shinsuke, Yamada Akira, Konagai Makoto

CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS, 10(3) S435-S438, May, 2010 Peer-reviewed
Growth and Characterization of Highly Tensile-Strained Ge on InxGa1-xAs Virtual Substrate by Solid Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Yutaka Hoshina, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 48(11) 111102(4 pages), Nov, 2009
Growth of Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 thin films using ionization Ga source and application for solar cells

Zhang Li, Mitsutaka Nishijima, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C - CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, VOL 6, NO 5, 6(5) 1273-1277, 2009
Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 thin-film solar cells grown with cracked selenium

Masahiro Kawamura, Toshiyuki Fujita, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH, 311(3) 753-756, Jan, 2009
Thermal stability improvement of Si(1-y)C(y) layers by SiO(2) cap layers

Hanae Ishihara, Komaki Inoue, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

THIN SOLID FILMS, 517(1) 213-215, Nov, 2008
Fabrication of heterojunction solar cells by using microcrystalline hydrogenated silicon oxide film as an emitter

Chandan Banerjee, Jaran Sritharathikhun, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 41(18) 185107, Sep, 2008
Characterization of Defects-Location in Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Films and Its Influence on Solar Cell Performance

Shuichi Hiza, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 47(8) 6222-6227, Aug, 2008
Temperature dependence of protocrystalline silicon/microcrystalline silicon double-junction solar cells

Kobsak Sriprapha, Seung Yeop Myong, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 47(3) 1496-1500, Mar, 2008
OBSERVATION OF THE PHOTOVOLTAICS EFFECT FROM THE SOLAR CELLS USING SILICON QUANTUM DOTS SUPERLATTICE AS A LIGHT ABSORPTION LAYER

Yasuyoshi Kurokawa, Shigeki Tomita, Shinsuke Miyajima, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

PVSC: 2008 33RD IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-4, 858-863, 2008 Peer-reviewed
Theoretical analysis of amorphous silicon alloy based triple junction solar cells

Ihsanul Afdi Yunaz, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS, 46(45-49) L1152-L1154, Dec, 2007
Temperature dependence of Si-based thin-film solar cells fabricated on amorphous to microcrystalline silicon transition phase

Kobsak Sriprapha, Ihsanul Afdi Yunaz, Seung Yeop Myong, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS, 46(11) 7212-7216, Nov, 2007
Growth of polycrystalline Zn1-xMgxO thin films using EtCp2Mg and MeCp2Mg by metal organic chemical vapor deposition

Yoshiyuki Chiba, Fanying Meng, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS, 46(8A) 5040-5043, Aug, 2007
Growth of strain relaxed Si1-yCy films using SOI substrates

Masahiko Murano, Hanae Ishihara, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH, 301 335-338, Apr, 2007
Low-temperature deposition of hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon thin films by photochemical vapor deposition technique and their application to thin film solar cells

Shuichi Hiza, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS, 46(4A) 1427-1431, Apr, 2007
Growth of strain-relaxed Si1-yCy films with compositionally graded buffer layers by gas source molecular beam epitaxy

Hanae Ishihara, Masahiko Murano, Akira Yamada, Makoto Konagai

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS, 46(4A) 1600-1603, Apr, 2007

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擬単結晶化合物発電層の創製および高靭性を有す太陽電池設計と曲げ特性の理解

科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(B), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2026

西村昂人, 久野恭平, 山田明, 峯元高志
レジリエント社会構築のための高効率タンデム太陽電池の開発

科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(B), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2023

山田明, 中田和吉
Development of Novel Silicon Nanowire Array Solar Cells

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2014

YAMADA Akira
Development of high-efficiency Cu(InGa)Se2 thin-film solar cells fabricated by a nanoparticles based process

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2010 - 2012

YAMADA Akira, KUROKAWA Yasuyoshi
Study of Novel Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with Controlled Fixed Charge

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2007 - 2009

KONAGAI Makoto, YAMADA Akira, MIYAJIMA Shinsuke, ABE Katsuya
Development of high electron mobility Si transistors with a strained Si_<1-y>C_y structure

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2003 - 2005

YAMADA Akira
カーボンナノチューブの配向制御と自己整合型トランジスタへの応用

科学研究費助成事業, 萌芽研究, 日本学術振興会, 2003 - 2004

山田明
Position control of InAs quantum dots by using AFM oxidation method and application to single electron transistor

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2001 - 2003

KONAGAI Makoto, YAMADA Akira
Development of high-efficiency Cu (InGa) Se_2 solar cells with highly resistive ZnO buffer layer

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)., Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1999 - 2000

YAMADA Akira, KUSHIYA Katsumi, OKAMOTO Tamotsu
Study of enhancing carrier mobility using tensilely strained Si films

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1999 - 2000

YAMADA Akira, OKAMOTO Tamotsu
Development of nanofabrication technology of metallic p-GaAs and its application to single hole transistors

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)., Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1998 - 2000

KONAGAI Makoto, TAMOTSU Okamoto, YAMADA Akira
Research of Epitaxial Growth and Electrical Analysis of Si-Ge-C Layer

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1998 - 1999

KONAGAI Makoto, YAMADA Akira
Development of ultra-uniform low-resistivity ZnO thin film by the atomic layer deposition

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1997 - 1998

YAMADA Akira, OKAMOTO Tamotsu
高電子濃度窒化インジウム薄膜の極低温電気伝導機構に関する研究

科学研究費助成事業, 萌芽的研究, 日本学術振興会, 1997 - 1998

小長井誠, 岡本保, 山田明
Control of Surface Morphology of Transparent Conductive ZnO Films by photo-MOCVD

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1994 - 1996

TAKAHASHI Kiyoshi, KONAGAI Makoto, SAITO Koki, MATSUZAWA Takeo
Study of Nitrogen Doping of ZnSe by Catalysis of Transition Metals

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1994 - 1995

KONAGAI Makoto, OKAMOTO Tamotsu, YAMADA Akira
超高濃度ドープ半導体を用いた超伝導体-半導体-超伝導体接合に関する基礎研究

科学研究費助成事業, 一般研究(C), 日本学術振興会, 1994 - 1994

山田明
層状構造III-VI族化合物半導体超格子に関する基礎研究

科学研究費助成事業, 一般研究(C), 日本学術振興会, 1993 - 1993

山田明
Control of the arrangement of native vacancies and optical in III-VI compound semiconductors

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1992 - 1993

KONAGAI Makoto, OKAMOTO Tamotsu, YAMADA Akira
水素ラジカル制御によるSiへの超高濃度ドーピングに関する研究

科学研究費助成事業, 一般研究(C), 日本学術振興会, 1992 - 1992

山田明

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