About Project

Organic solar cells have gained much attention because of their light-weight, flexible, low cost, and colorful design. In this laboratory, we synthesize novel electron donors and acceptors for high performance and stable organic solar cells and fabricate devices by use of our original molecules. In addition, we focus organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells and all-carbon solar cells by using carbon nanotubes as electrode.

Research Director

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Matsuo Yutaka

Department of Chemical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University

2001 Awarded the degree of Ph.D. in chemistry from Osaka university. An assistant Professor, 2001 Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo 2004 Group Leader, Functional Complex Group, Nakamura Functional Carbon Cluster Project, ERATO, JST.　2009 Project Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo　2016 Project Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. 2019, Institutes of Innovation for Future Society/Department of Chemical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University.

Message from Research Director

Organic solar cell is one of the new clean energy. I focus to improve the power conversion e ciency to combine the new inorganic materials. I aspire to talk with you all about our solar cells.

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