2025
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H. Tajika, K. Kutsukake, N. Usami Stress Analysis and Dislocation Cluster Generation in Silicon Crystal with Artificial Grain Boundaries Journal of Crystal Growth 649 (2025) 127922 |
T. Sato, S. Miyamoto, S. Suzuki, H. Minamiyama, M. Dhamrin and N. Usami SiGe epitaxial growth using screen printing of Al-Ge paste on Si followed by pulsed laser annealing Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. in press (2025) |
2024
著書 |
宇佐美徳隆, 大野裕, 沓掛健太朗, 工藤博章, 小島拓人,横井達矢 多結晶マテリアルズインフォマティクス 共立出版, 2024年5月31日 |
原著論文 |
T. Keerthivasan, G. Anbu, M. Srinivasan, T. Kojima, J. Kumar Rath, N. Usami, N. Vijayan, R. Madhesh, C. Balaji, M. Singh, Chalapathi Rao, and P. Ramasamy Investigating impurities and surface properties in germanium co‑doped multi‑crystalline silicon: a combined computational and experimental investigation J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35:49 (2024) |
R. Madhesh, S. Sreeja Balakrishnapillai, M. Srinivasan, A. Gowthami, K. Kutsukake, T. Keerthivasan,R. Ramadoss, N. Usami, and P. Ramasamy Exploring mc-Silicon Wafers: Utilizing Machine Learning to Enhance Wafer Quality Through Etching Studies Cryst. Res. Technol., 2300279 (2024) |
H. Wang, Y. Kurokawa, J. Zhang, K. Gotoh, X. Liu, S. Miyamoto, and N. Usami Core–shell yarn-structured triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting both waterdrop and biomechanics energies Applied Physics Express 17, 017005 (2024) |
Y. Song, J. Yun, J. Kim, W. Jang, H. Jang, J. Park, M. Cho, H. Sohn, N. Usami, S. Miyamoto, K. Itoh, D. Kim Coherence of a field gradient driven singlet-triplet qubit coupled to multielectron spin states in 28Si/SiGe npj Quantum Information 10, 77, 692 (2024) |
N. Usami, K. Kutsukake, T. Kojima, H. Kudo, T. Yokoi, Y. Ohno Multicrystalline informatics: A methodology to advance materials science by unraveling complex phenomena Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, VOL. 25, NO. 1, 2396272 (2024) |
Y. Fujita, N. Usami, T. Fujii, H. Nagai Truth set size prediction by Newton’s cooling law PLOS Complex Syst 1(3): e0000020 |
T. Harada, K. Kutsukake, N. Usami, T. Ikari, and A. Fukuyama Thermal boundary conductance of artificially and systematically designed grain boundaries of Silicon measured by laser heterodyne photothermal displacement method J. Appl. Phys. 136, 205703 (2024) |
T. Matsui, S. Fukaya, S. McNab, J. McQueen, K. Gotoh, H. Sai, N. Usami, and Ruy Sebastian Bonilla Symmetric dopant-free Si solar cells enabled by TiOx nanolayers: An in-depth study on bipolar carrier selectivity Advanced Science 2024, 2410179 |
2023
原著論文 |
H. Luo, V.H. Nguyen, K. Gotoh, S. Ajito, T. Hojo, Y. Kurokawa, E. Akiyama and N. Usami Influence of post-oxidizing treatment on passivation performance on the spin-coated titanium oxide films on crystalline silicon Thin Solid Films 764, 139597 (January, 2023) |
H. Wang, Y. Kurokawa, K. Gotoh, S. Kato, S. Yamada, T. Itoh, and N. Usami Performance enhancement of droplet-based electricity generator using a CYTOP intermediate layer Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 62, SC1032 (January, 2023) |
H. Kojima, T. Nishihara, K. Gotoh, N. Usami, T. Hara, K. Nakamura, Y. Ohshita, and A. Ogura Evaluation of Damage in Crystalline Silicon Substrate Induced by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of Amorphous Silicon Films ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 12(1) (January, 2023) |
K. Shibata, S. Kato, M. Kurosawa, K. Gotoh, S. Miyamoto, N. Usami, and Y. Kurokawa Preparation and thermoelectric characterization of boron-doped Si nanocrystals/silicon oxide multilayers Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 62, SC1074 (February, 2023) |
後藤和泰、宇佐美徳隆 太陽電池の高性能化に向けたヘテロ界面制御 表面と真空 66, 89-90, 2023年2月10日 |
F. Kumagai, K. Gotoh, S. Miyamoto, S. Kato, K. Kutsukake, N. Usami and Y. Kurokawa Bayesian optimization of hydrogen plasma treatment in silicon quantum dot multilayer and application to solar cells Nanoscale Research Letters 18, Article number: 43 (2023) |
S. Fukaya, K. Gotoh, T. Matsui, H. Sai, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Quantitative evaluation of implied open-circuit voltage after metal electrode deposition on TiOx/Si heterostructures by photoluminescence imaging:impact of metallization on passivation performance Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 62, SK1019 (April, 2023) |
K. Gotoh, R. Ozaki, M. Morimura, A. Tanaka, Y. Iseki, K. Nakamura, K. Muramatsu, Y. Kurokawa, Y. Ohshita, and N. Usami Impact of B2H6 plasma treatment on contact resistivity in silicon heterojunction solar cells Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 62 SK1026 (April, 2023) |
Y. Kurokawa, K. Sato, K. Shibata, S. Kato, S. Miyamoto, K. Gotoh, T. Itoh, N. Usami Thermoelectric properties of Mg2Si thin films prepared by thermal evaporation of Mg and face-to-face annealing Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 163, 107552 (May, 2023) |
Y. Kimata, K. Gotoh, S. Miyamoto, S. Kato, Y. Kurokawa, N. Usami Fabrication of light trapping structures specialized for near-infrared light by nanoimprinting for the application to thin crystalline silicon solar cells Discover Nano 18, 72 (May, 2023) |
K. Hara, T. Kojima, K. Kutsukake, H. Kudo, N. Usami A machine learning-based prediction of crystal orientations for multicrystalline materials APL Machine Learning 1, 026113 (May, 2023) |
K. Hara, T. Kojima, K. Kutsukake, H. Kudo, N. Usami 3D CNN and grad-CAM based visualization for predicting generation of dislocation clusters in multicrystalline silicon APL Machine Learning 1, 036106 (July, 2023) |
Kosuke O. Hara, R. Takagaki, K. Arimoto and N. Usami Microstructural, electrical, and optoelectronic properties of BaSi2 epitaxial films grown on Si substrates by close-spaced evaporation Journal of Alloys and Compounds 966, 171588 (2023) |
M. Matsumi, K. Gotoh, M. Wilde, Y. Kurokawa, K. Fukutani, N. Usami Improvement of passivation performance of silicon nanocrystal/silicon oxide compound layer by two-step hydrogen plasma treatment Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 262, 112538 (15th October 2023) |
Y. Li, H. Sai, C. McDonald, Z. Xu, Y. Kurokawa, N. Usami, and T. Matsui Nanoscale Size Control of Si Pyramid Texture for Perovskite/Si Tandem Solar Cells Enabling Solution-Based Perovskite Top-Cell Fabrication and Improved Si Bottom-Cell Response Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 2300504 (2023) |
Y. Ogura, A. Nakamura, T. Kameyama, Y. Kurokawa, E. Tochigi, N. Shibata, T. Torimoto, S. Hoshino, T. Yokoi, K. Matsunaga The effect of room-temperature plastic deformation in darkness on the photoluminescence properties of ZnS Journal of the American Ceramic Society, DOI:10.1111/jace.19564 (November, 2023) |
M. Matsumi, K, Gotoh, M. Wilde, Y. Kurokawa, K. Fukutani, and N. Usami Hydrogenation of silicon-nanocrystals-embedded silicon oxide passivating contacts IOP Science, Nanotechnology 35, 105602 (December, 2023) |
K. Yamakoshi, Y. Ohno, K. Kutsukake, T. Kojima, T. Yokoi, H. Yoshida, H. Tanaka, X. Liu, H. Kudo, N. Usami Multicrystalline Informatics Applied to Multicrystalline Silicon for Unraveling The Microscopic Root Cause of Dislocation Generation Advanced Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202308599 (December, 2023) |
H. Wang, Y. Kurokawa, J. Wang, W. Cai, J. Zhang, S. Kato, and N. Usami Free-Standing Electrode and Fixed Surface Tiny Electrode Implemented Triboelectric Nanogenerator with High Instantaneous Current Advanced Science News, Nano-Micro Small, 2308531 (December, 2023) |
N. Usami Pioneering Multicrytalline Informatics JSAP Review, 230218 (2023) |
宇佐美徳隆 多結晶材料情報学の開拓 応用物理 92, 662 (2023) |
2022
原著論文 |
Y. Fujita and N. Usami Fractal dimension analogous scale-invariant derivative of Hirsch’s index Appl Netw Sci 7, 5 (2022) |
R. Tsubata, K. Gotoh, M. Matsumi, M. Wilde, T. Inoue, Y. Kurokawa, K. Fukutani, and N. Usami Silicon Nanocrystals Embedded in Nanolayered Silicon Oxide for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5, 1820-1827 (January, 2022) |
後藤和泰,宇佐美徳隆 水素を使いこなすためのサイエンスハイドロジェノミクス 共立出版, 115-122 (January, 2022) |
黒川康良 太陽電池の高効率化に向けた革新的光閉じ込め構造作製手法の開発 新東技報 39, pp.80-81(2022年1月) |
Y. Kurokawa, T. Yoshino, K. Gotoh, S. Miyamoto and N. Usami Fabrication of BaSi2 homojunction diodes on Nb-doped TiO2 coated glass substrates by aluminum-induced crystallization and two-step evaporation method Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 61, SC1029 (February, 2022) |
X. Liu, Y. Dang, H. Tanaka, Y. Fukuda, K. Kutsukake, T. Kojima, T. Ujihara, and N. Usami Data-Driven Optimization and Experimental Validation for the Lab-Scale Mono-Like Silicon Ingot Growth by Directional Solidification ACS Omega 2022,7, 6665–6673 (February, 2022) |
Y. Fukuda, K. Kutsukake, T. Kojima and N. Usami Effects of grain boundary structure and shape of the solid–liquid interface on the growth direction of the grain boundaries in multicrystalline silicon Cryst. Eng. Comm. 24, 1948–1954 (February, 2022) |
Y. Yamashita, K. Takayanagi, K. Gotoh, K. Toko, N. Usami, and T. Suemasu Zn1–xGexOy Passivating Interlayers for BaSi2 Thin-Film Solar Cells ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022 14 (11), 13828-13835 (February, 2022) |
M. Fujiwara, K. Takahashi, Y. Nakagawa, K. Gotoh, T. Itoh, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Improved conversion efficiency of p-type BaSi2/n-type crystalline Si heterojunction solar cells by a low growth rate deposition of BaSi2 AIP Advances 12, 045115 (April, 2022) |
H. Kato, S. Kamibeppu, T. Kojima, T. Matsumoto, H. Kudo, Y. Takeuchi, K. Kutsukake, and N. Usami Estimation of Crystal Orientation of Grains on Polycrystalline Silicon Substrate by Recurrent Neural Network IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, IEEJ Trans2022;17, 1685 – 1687 (July, 2022) |
Y. Fukuda, K. Kutsukake, T. Kojima, Y. Ohno, and N. Usami Study on electrical activity of grain boundaries in silicon through systematic control of structural parameters and characterization using a pretrained machine learning model J. Appl. Phys., 132, 025102 (July, 2022) |
K. Fukuda, S. Miyamoto, M. Nakahara, S. Suzuki, M. Dhamrin, K. Maeda, K. Fujiwara, Y. Uraoka, and N. Usami Epitaxial growth of SiGe films by annealing Al–Ge alloyed pastes on Si substrate Scientific Reports 12, 14770 (September, 2022) |
Y. Li, H. Sai,T. Matsui, Z. Xu,V. H. Nguyen,Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Nanopyramid Texture Formation by One-Step Ag-Assisted Solution Process for High-Efficiency Monocrystalline Si Solar Cells Solar RRL, 2200707 (September, 2022) |
S. Kato, Y. Kurakawa and T. Soga Enhancement of reflectance reduction of solar cells by a silicon nanoparticle layer on a textured silicon substrate Results in Optics 9, 100296 (September, 2022) |
T. Deshimaru, K. Yamakoshi, K. Kutsukake, T. Kojima, T. Umehara, H. Udono and N. Usami Analysis of grain growth behavior of multicrystalline Mg2Si Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 62, SD1002 (November, 2022) |
T. Keerthivasan, X. Liu, M. Srinivasan, N. Usami, G. Aravindan, P. Ramasamy Impurity analysis of the effect of partial replacement of retort with an insulation material on mc-silicon grown in directional solidification furnace: Computational Modeling Journal of Crystal Growth 599, 126892 (December, 2022) |
2021
原著論文 |
K. Gotoh, T. Mochizuki, T. Hojo, Y. Shibayama, Y. Kurokawa, E. Akiyama, and N. Usami Activation energy of hydrogen desorption from high-performance titanium oxide carrier-selective contacts with silicon oxide interlayers Current Applied Physics 21, 36-42 (January, 2021). |
Y. Ohno, T. Tamaoka, H. Yoshida, Y. Shimizu, K. Kutsukake, Y. Nagai, and N. Usami Origin of recombination activity of non-coherent Σ3{111} grain boundaries with a positive deviation in the tilt angle in cast-grown silicon ingots Applied Physics Express 14, 011002 (2021). |
S. Miyagawa, K. Gotoh, K. Kutsukake, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Application of Bayesian optimization for improved passivation performance in TiOx/SiOy/c-Si heterostructure by hydrogen plasma treatment Applied Physics Express 14, 025503 (January, 2021). |
K. Gotoh, H. Miura, A. Shimizu, Y. Kurokawa, N. Usami Passivation mechanism of the high-performance titanium oxide carrier-selective contacts on crystalline silicon studied by spectroscopic ellipsometry Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 60, SBBF04 (January, 2021). |
P. Krenckel, Y. Hayama, F. Schindler, T. Trötschler, S. Riepe, N. Usami Propagation of crystal defects during directional solidification of silicon via induction of functional defects Crystals 2021, 11, 90 (January, 2021) |
後藤和泰、宇佐美徳隆 水素局在化によるヘテロ界面機能の強化 セラミックス/日本セラミックス協会 56, 80-83 (February, 2021) |
T. Kamioka, Y. Hayashi, K. Gotoh, T. Hara, R. Ozaki, M. Morimura, A. Shimizu, K. Nakamura, N. Usami, A. Ogura, and Y. Ohshita Simulation study on lateral minority carrier transport in the surface inversion layer of the p-aSi:H/i-aSi:H/cSi heterojunction solar cell Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 60, 026503 (February, 2021) |
S. Aonuki, Z. Xu, Y. Yamashita, K. Gotoh, K. Toko, N. Usami, A.B. Filonov, S.A. Nikitsiuk, D.B. Migas, D.A. Shohonov, and T. Suemasu Mechanisms of carrier lifetime enhancement and conductivity-type switching on hydrogen-incorporated arsenic-doped BaSi2 Thin Solid Films 724, 138629 (March, 2021) |
K. Tsuji, S. Suzuki, N. Morishita, T. Kuroki, M. Nakahara, M. Dhamrin, A. Adrian, Z. Peng, T. Buck, and N. Usami Contact control of Al/Si interface of Si solar cells by local contact opening method Materials Chemistry and Physics 270, 124833 (June, 2021) |
S. Miyagawa, K. Gotoh, K. Kutsukake, Y. Kurokawa and N. Usami Application of Bayesian optimization for high-performance TiOx/SiOy/c-Si passivating contact Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 230, 111251 (June, 2021) |
K. Kutsukake, K. Mitamura, N. Usami and T. Kojima Direct prediction of electrical properties of grain boundaries from photoluminescence profiles using machine learning Appl. Phys. Lett. 119, 032105 (July, 2021) |
R. Nezasa, K. Gotoh, S. Kato, S. Miyamoto, N. Usami and Y. Kurokawa Fabrication of Silicon Nanowire Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Capacitors with Al2O3/TiO2/Al2O3 Stacked Dielectric Films for the Application to Energy Storage Devices Energies 14, 4538 (July, 2021) |
Y. Nakagawa, K. Gotoh, T. Inoue, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Improved Performance of Titanium Oxide/Silicon Oxide Electron-Selective Contacts by Implementation of Magnesium Interlayers Physica Status Solidi a, 2100296 (July, 2021) |
Y. Nakagawa, K. Takahashi, M. Fujiwara, K. O. Hara, K. Gotoh, Y. Kurokawa, T. Itoh, T. Suemasu, and N. Usami Fabrication of heterojunction crystalline Si solar cells with BaSi2 thin films prepared by 2-step evaporation method Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.60, 105503 (September, 2021) |
K. Gotoh, M. Wilde, S. Ogura, Y. Kurokawa, K. Fukutani, N. Usami Impact of chemically grown silicon oxide interlayers on the hydrogen distribution at hydrogenated amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon heterointerfaces Applied Surface Science 567, 150799 (November, 2021) |
2020
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M. Hainey Jr., E. Zhou, L. Viguerie, and N. Usami Surface-orientation control of silicon thin films via aluminum-induced crystallization on monocrystalline cubic substrates Journal of Crystal Growth 533, 125441 (2020) |
S. Kamibeppu, P. Krenckel, T. Trötschler, A. Hess, S. Riepe, and N. Usami 3D visualization of growth interfaces in cast Si ingot using inclusions distribution Journal of Crystal Growth 535, 125535 (January, 2020) |
Y. Kimura, M. Fujiwara, Y. Nakagawa, K. Gotoh, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Effects of evaporation vapor composition and post-annealing conditions on carrier density of undoped BaSi2 evaporated films Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 59, SFFA05 (January, 2020) |
S. Miyagawa, K. Gotoh, S. Ogura, M. Wilde, Y. Kurokawa, K. Fukutani, and N. Usami Effect of hydrogen plasma treatment on the passivation performance of TiOx on crystalline silicon prepared by atomic layer deposition Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 38, 022410 (January, 2020) |
T. Kamioka, Y. Hayashi, K. Gotoh, R. Ozaki, K. Nakamura, M. Morimura, S. Naito, A. Ogura, Y. Ohshita, and N. Usami Surface inversion layer effective minority carrier mobility as one of the measures of surface quality of the p-aSi:H/i-aSi:H/cSi heterojunction solar cell Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 59, SGGF06 (February, 2020) |
M. Nakahara, M. Matsubara, S. Suzuki, M. Dhamrin, S. Miyamoto, M. Hainey Jr. and N. Usami Fabrication of group IV semiconductor alloys on Si substrate applying Al paste with screen-printing Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 59, SGGF07 (February, 2020) |
R. Akaishi, K. Kitazawa, K. Gotoh, S. Kato, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Effect of the Niobium-Doped Titanium Oxide Thickness and Thermal Oxide Layer for Silicon Quantum Dot Solar Cells as a Dopant-Blocking Layer Nanoscale Research Letters 15, 0039 (February, 2020) |
A. Montes, S.W.H. Eijt, Y. Tian, R. Gram, H. Schut, T. Suemasu, M. Zeman, J. Serra, O. Isabella, and N. Usami Point defects in BaSi2 thin films for photovoltaic applications studied by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy Journal of Applied Physics 127, 085304 (February, 2020) |
Y. Nakagawa, K. Gotoh, M. Wilde, S. Ogura, Y. Kurokawa, K. Fukutani, and N. Usami Effect of forming gas annealing on hydrogen content and surface morphology of titanium oxide coated crystalline silicon heterocontacts Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 38, 022415 (February, 2020) |
H. Kobayashi, R. Akaishi, S. Kato, M. Kurosawa, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Preparation and thermoelectric characterization of phosphorus-doped Si nanocrystals/silicon oxide multilayers Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 59, SGGF09 (February, 2020) |
I. Horiba, M. Fujiwara, Y. Nakagawa, K. Gotoh, Y. Kurokawa, T. Itoh, and N. Usami Synthesis of Mg2Si thin film by thermal treatment under inert gas atmosphere and evaluation of film quality Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 59, SFFB03 (March, 2020) |
T. Yoshino, Y. Nakagawa, Y. Kimura, M. Fujiwara, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Influence of the time-dependent vapor composition on structural properties of the BaSi2 thin films fabricated by vacuum evaporation Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 59, SFFA10 (March, 2020) |
K.O. Hara, S. Takizawa, J. Yamanaka, N. Usami, and K. Arimoto Reactive deposition growth of highly (001)-oriented BaSi2 films by close-spaced evaporation Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 113, 105044 (2020) |
V.H. Nguyen, A. Novikov, M. Shaleev, D. Yurasov, M. Semma, K. Gotoh, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Impact of Ge deposition temperature on parameters of c-Si solar cells with surface texture formed by etching of Si using SiGe islands as a mask Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 114, 105065 (2020) |
S. Aonuki, Y. Yamashita, T. Sato, Z.H. Xu, K. Gotoh , K. Toko , Y. Terai, N. Usami, and T. Suemasu Significant enhancement of photoresponsivity in As-doped n-BaSi2 epitaxial films by atomic hydrogen passivation Applied Physics Express 13, 051001 (April, 2020) |
Y. Kimura, K. Gotoh, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Undoped p-type BaSi2 emitter prepared by thermal evaporation and post-annealing for crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells Applied Physics Express 13, 051002 (April, 2020) |
M. Semma, K. Gotoh, M. Wilde, S. Ogura, Y. Kurokawa, K. Fukutani, and N. Usami Impact of deposition of indium tin oxide double layers on hydrogenated amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon heterojunction AIP Advances 10, 065008 (June, 2020) |
Z. Xu, T. Sato, L. Benincasa, Y. Yamashita, T. Deng, K. Gotoh, K. Toko, N. Usami, A. B. Filonov, D. B. Migas, D. A. Shohonov, and T. Suemasu Atomic hydrogen passivation for photoresponsivity enhancement of boron-doped p-BaSi2 films and performance improvement of boron-doped p-BaSi2/n-Si heterojunction solar cells Journal of Applied Physics 127, 233104 (June, 2020) |
K. Mitamura, K. Kutsukake, T. Kojima, and N. Usami Determination of carrier recombination velocity at inclined grain boundaries in multicrystalline silicon through photoluminescence imaging and carrier simulation Journal of Applied Physics 128, 125103 (September, 2020) |
Y. Ohno, K. Tajima, K. Kutsukake, and N. Usami Generation of dislocation clusters at triple junctions of random angle grain boundaries during cast growth of silicon ingots Applied Physics Express 13, 105505 (October, 2020) |
V.H. Nguyen, T.K.A. Hoang, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami The impact of highly excessive PbI2 on the correlation of MAPbI3 perovskite morphology and carrier lifetimes J. Mater. Chem. C,8,14481-14489 (October, 2020) |
2019
原著論文 | |
1 | Y. Hayama, T. Matsumoto, T. Muramatsu, K. Kutsukake, H. Kudo, and N. Usami 3D visualization and analysis of dislocation clusters in multicrystalline silicon ingot by approach of data science Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 189, 239-244 (2019). |
2 | M. Hainey Jr., Y. Robin , H. Amano, and N. Usami Pole Figure Analysis from Electron Backscatter Diffraction - an Effective Method of Evaluating Fiber-textured Silicon Thin Films as Seed Layers for Epitaxy Appl. Phys. Express Volume 12, Number 2, 025501-1~025501-5(2019). |
3 | Y. Ota, D. Yurasov, A. Novikov, M. Shaleev, K. Gotoh, Y. Kurokawa, N. Usami Impact of size distributions of Ge islands as etching masks for anisotropic etching on formation of anti-reflection structures Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Volume 58, Number 4, 045505-1~ 045505-6 (2019). |
4 | S. Fukami, Y. Nakagawa, M. F. Hainey, Jr., K. Gotoh, Y. Kurokawa, M. Nakahara, M. Dhamrin, and N. Usami Epitaxial growth of SiGe on Si substrate by printing and firing of Al-Ge mixed paste Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Volume 58, Number 4, 045504-1~ 045504-6 (2019). |
5 | M. Nakahara, M. Matsubara, S. Suzuki, S. Fukami, M. Dhamrin, and N. Usami Fabrication of Si1-xGex layer on Si substrate by Screen-Printing MRS Advances 4, 749-754 (2019) |
6 | S. Kato, Y. Kurokawa, K. Gotoh, T. Soga Fabrication of a Silicon Nanowire Solar Cell on a Silicon-on-Insulator Substrate Applied Sciences, Volume 9, 818-1~10 (February, 2019) |
7 | S. Kato, Y. Kurokawa, K. Gotoh, T. Soga Silicon Nanowire Heterojunction Solar Cells with an Al2O3 Passivation Film Fabricated by Atomic Layer Deposition Nanoscale Research Letters, Volume 14, 99-1~8 (March, 2019) |
8 | Evidence of solute PEDOT:PSS as an efficient passivation material for fabrication of hybrid c-Si solar cells Sustainable Energy Fuels 2019, 10.1039/C9SE00093C (April, 2019) |
9 | H. Lee, T. Kamioka, Yoshio Ohshita, and N. Usami Effects of Surface Doping of Si Absorbers on the Band Alignment and Electrical Performance of TiO2-Based Electron-Selective Contacts MRS Advances 4, 769-775 (2019) |
10 | Z. Xu, D. A. Shohonov, A. B. Filonov, K. Gotoh, T. Deng, S. Honda, K. Toko, N. Usami, D. B. Migas, V. E. Borisenko, and T. Suemasu Marked enhancement of the photoresponsivity and minority-carrier lifetime of BaSi2 passivated with atomic hydrogen Physical Review Materials, 065403 (June, 2019) |
11 | K. Gotoh, M. Wilde, S. Kato, S. Ogura, Y. Kurokawa, K. Fukutani, and N. Usami Hydrogen concentration at a-Si:H/c-Si heterointerfaces - the impact of deposition temperature on passivation performance AIP Advances 9, pp.75115 (July, 2019) |
12 | K. Gotoh, T. Mochizuki, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Tuning the Electrical Properties of Titanium Oxide Bilayers Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition at Different Temperatures Physica Status Solidi A, 1900495 (August, 2019) |
13 | Y. Yoshida, T. Watanabe, Y. Ino, M. Kobayashi, I. Takahashi, and N. Usami Mössbauer spectroscopic microscope study on diffusion and segregation of Fe impurities in mc-Si wafer Hyperfine Interactions, 240:114 (September, 2019) |
14 | A. Boucetta, K. Kutsukake, T. Kojima, H. Kudo, T. Matsumoto, and N. Usami Application of artificial neural network to optimize sensor positions for accurate monitoring: an example with thermocouples in a crystal growth furnace Appl. Phys. Express 12 125503 (November, 2019) |
15 | M. Nakahara, M. Matsubara, K. Tsuji, S. Suzuki, M. Dhamrin, and N. Usami Fabrication of Si1-xSnx Layer on Si Substrate by Screen-Printing of Al-Sn Paste ECS Transactions, 93, 61 (October 2019) |
2018
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1 | D.V. Yurasov, A.V. Novikov, M.V. Shaleev, N.A. Baidakova, E.E. Morozova, E. V.Skorokhodov, Y. Ota, A. Hombe, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Formation of black silicon using SiGe self-assembled islands as a mask for selective anisotropic etching of silicon
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 75, 143-148 (2018).
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2 | K.O. Hara, C. Yamamoto, J. Yamanaka, K. Arimoto, K. Nakagawa, and N. Usami BaSi2 formation mechanism in thermally-evaporated films and its application to reducing oxygen impurity concentration Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 57, 04FS01 (2018). |
3 | K.O. Hara, K. Arimoto, J. Yamanaka, K. Nakagawa and N. Usami Suppression of Near-interface Oxidation in Thermally-evaporated BaSi2 Films and Its Effects on Preferred Orientation and the Rectification Behavior of n- BaSi2/p+-Si Diodes MRS Advances 1-6, doi:10.1557/adv.2018.31 (2018). |
4 | K. Takahashi , Y. Nakagawa, K. O. Hara, I. Takahashi, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Alternative Simple Method to Realize P-Type BaSi2 Thin Films for Si Heterojunction Solar Cells Application MRS Advances 1-8, doi:10.1557/adv.2018.191 (2018). |
5 | Y. Kurokawa, R. Nezasa, S. Kato, H. Miyazaki, I. Takahashi, and N. Usami Fabrication of silicon nanowire based solar cells using TiO₂/Al₂O₃ stack thin films MRS Advances 1-8, doi:10.1557/adv.2018.40 (2018). |
6 | N.M. Shaalan, K.O. Hara, C.T. Trinh, Y. Nakagawa, and N. Usami Simple method for significant improvement of minority-carrier lifetime of evaporated BaSi₂ thin film by sputtered-AlOx passivation Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 76, 37-41 (2018). |
7 | Y. Ota, A. Hombe, R. Nezasa, D. Yurasov, A. Novikov, M. Shaleev, N. Baidakova, E. Morozova, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Formation of light trapping structure using Ge islands by gas source molecular beam epitaxy as etching mask Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 57, 08RB04 (2018). |
8 | S. Masuda, K. Gotoh, I. Takahashi, K. Nakamura, Y. Ohshita, and N. Usami Impact of boron incorporation on property of Si solar cells employing p-type poly-Si by aluminum induced crystallization Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 57, 08RB12 (2018). |
9 | M. Sei, Y. Kurokawa, S. Kato, and N. Usami Investigation of effective near-infrared structure with submicron diameter for crystalline silicon thin film solar cells Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 57, 08RB21 (2018). |
10 | K. Kitazawa, R. Akaishi, S. Ono, I. Takahashi, N. Usami, and Y. Kurokawa Influence of barrier layer's height on the performance of Si quantum dot solar cells Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 57, 08RF08 (2018). |
11 | A. Hombe, Y. Kurokawa, K. Gotoh, S. Akagi, Y. Yamamoto, D. Yurasov, A. Novikov, and N. Usami Fabrication of light-trapping structure by selective etching of thin Si substrtes masked with a Ge dot layer and nanomasks Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 57, 08RF09 (2018). |
12 | X. Cheng, K. Gotoh, Y. Nakagawa, and N. Usami Effect of substrate type on the electrical and structural properties of TiO₂ thin films deposited by reactive DC sputtering J. Cryst. Growth 491, 120-125 (2018). |
13 | Z. Xu, K. Gotoh, T. Deng, T. Sato, R. Takabe, K. Toko, N. Usami, and T. Suemasu Improving the photoresponse spectra of BaSi₂ layers by capping with hydrogenated amorphous Si layers prepared by radio-frequency hydrogen plasma AIP ADVANCES 8, 055306 (2018). |
14 | T. Muramatsu, Y. Hayama, K. Kutsukake, K. Maeda, T. Matsumoto, H. Kudo, K. Fujiwara, and N. Usami Application of weighted Voronoi diagrams to analyze nucleation sites of multicrystalline silicon ingots J. Cryst. Growth 499, 62-66 (2018). |
15 | T. Mochizuki, K. Gotoh, Y. Kurokawa, T. Yamamoto, and N. Usami Local Structure of High Performance TiOx Electron-Selective Contact Revealed by Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 5, 1801645 (2018). |
16 | 宇佐美 徳 隆,羽 山 優 介 データ科学を用いた結晶シリコンの評価 応用物理 第 87 巻 第 12 号 912-916(2018) |
17 | T. Mochizuki, K. Gotoh, A. Ohta, S. Ogura, Y. Kurokawa, S. Miyazaki, K. Fukutani, N. Usami Activation mechanism of TiOx passivating layer on crystalline Si Applied Physcs Express 11(10), 102301 (2018). |
18 | K. Takeda, J. Yoneda, T. Otsuka, T. Nakajima, M. R. Delbecq, G. Allison, Y. Hoshi, N. Usami, K. M. Itoh, S. Oda, T. Kodera & S. Tarucha Optimized electrical control of a Si/SiGe spin qubit in the presence of an induced frequency shift npj Quantum Information, 4(1), 54, doi:10.1038/s41534-018-0105-z (2018) |
19 | Mai Thi Kieu Lien, Yoshihiko Nakagawa, Yasuyoshi Kurokawa, Noritaka Usami Fabrication and properties characterization of BaSi2 thin-films thermally-evaporated on Ge (100) modified substrates Thin Solid Films, Volume 663, 14-20 (2018) |
20 | Miki Sei, Yasuyoshi Kurokawa, Shinya Kato, Noritaka Usami Investigation of effective near-infrared light-trapping structure with submicron diameter for crystalline silicon thin film solar cells Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 57, 08RB21 (2018) |
21 | Atsushi Hombe, Yasuyoshi Kurokawa, Kazuhiro Gotoh, Seimei Akagi, Yuzo Yamamoto, Dmitry Yurasov, Alexey Novikov, Noritaka Usami Fabrication of light trapping structure by selective etching of thin Si substrates masked with a Ge dots layer and nanomasks Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 57, 08RF09 (2018) |
2017
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T. Tayagaki, D. Furuta, O. Aonuma, I. Takahashi, Y. Hoshi, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami
Optical characterization of double-side-textured silicon wafer based on photonic nanostructures for thin-wafer crystalline silicon solar cells
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 56, 04CS01 (2017)
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2 | Y. Kurokawa, M. Yano, S. Miyajima, and A. Yamada Bandgap tuning of silicon nanowire arrays for application to all-silicon tandem solar cells Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 56, 04CS03 (2017) |
3 | J. Yamanaka, N. Usami, S. Amtablian, A. Fave, M. Lemiti, C. Yamamoto, and K. Nakagawa TEM and STEM Observations of a Flat Continuous Silicon-Germanium Thin Film Epitaxially Grown on Porous Silicon J. Mater. Sci. Chem. Eng., 5, 26-34 (2017) |
4 | K. O. Hara, C. T. Trinh, Y. Kurokawa, K. Arimoto, J. Yamanaka, K. Nakagawa, and N. Usami Post-annealing effects on the surface structure and carrier lifetime of evaporated BaSi₂ films Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 56, 04CS07 (2017) |
5 | V. H. Nguyen, P. Sichanugrist, S. Kato, and N. Usami Impact of anodic aluminum oxide fabrication and post-deposition anneal on the effective carrier lifetime of vertical silicon nanowires Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 166, 39-44 (2017) |
6 | Y. Arisawa, Y. Hoshi, K. Sawano, J. Yamanaka, K. Arimoto, C. Yamamoto, and N. Usami Thermal stability of compressively strained Si/relaxed Si₁-xCx heterostructures formed on Ar ion implanted Si (100) substrates Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 70, 127-132 (2017) |
7 | S. Kato, T. Yamazaki, Y. Kurokawa, S. Miyajima, and M. Konagai Influence of Fabrication Processes and Annealing Treatment on the Minority Carrier Lifetime of Silicon Nanowire Films Nanoscale Research Letters, 12, 242 (2017) |
8 | M. E. Bayu, C. T. Trinh, R. Takabe, S. Yachi, K. Toko, N. Usami, and T. Suemasu Minority-carrier lifetime and photoresponse properties of B-doped p-BaSi₂, a potential light absorber for solar cells Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 56, 05DB01 (2017) |
9 | K. Takahashi, Y. Nakagawa, K. O. Hara, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Investigation of p-type emitter layer materials for heterojunction barium disilicide thin film solar cells Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 56, 05DB04 (2017) |
10 | T. Suhara, K. Murata, A. Navabi, K. O. Hara, Y. Nakagawa, C. T. Trinh, Y. Kurokawa, T. Suemasu, K. L. Wang, and N. Usami Postannealing effects on undoped BaSi₂ evaporated films grown on Si substrates Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 56, 05DB05 (2017) |
11 | C. T. Trinh, Y. Nakagawa, K. O. Hara, Y. Kurokawa, R. Takabe, T. Suemasu, and N. Usami Growth of BaSi₂ film on Ge(100) by vacuum evaporation and its photoresponse properties Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 56, 05DB06 (2017) |
12 | T. Iwata, I. Takahashi, and N. Usami Effect of grain boundary structure controlled by artificially designed seeds on dislocation generation Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 56, 075501 (2017) |
13 | T. Muramatsu, I. Takahashi, G. Anandha babu, and N. Usami On the growth mechanism of multicrystalline silicon ingots with small grains by using single layer silicon beads Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 56, 075502 (2017) |
14 | J. A. Wibowo, I. Takahashi, K. O. Hara, and N. Usami Realization of Crystalline BaSi₂ Thin Films by Vacuum Evaporation on (111)-oriented Si Layers Fabricated by Aluminum Induced Crystallization JJAP Conf. Proc. , 5, 11201 (2017) |
15 | K. O. Hara, C. T. Trinh, Y. Nakagawa, Y. Kurokawa, K. Arimoto, J. Yamanaka, K. Nakagawa, and N. Usami Preferred Orientation of BaSi₂ Thin Films Fabricated by Thermal Evaporation JJAP Conf. Proc. , 5, 11202 (2017) |
16 | Y. Arisawa, K. Sawano, and N. Usami Study on ion implantation conditions in fabricating compressively strained Si/relaxed Si₁−xCx heterostructures using the defect control by ion implantation technique Journal of Crystal Growth, 468, 601-604 (2017) |
17 | Y. Hayama, I. Takahashi, and N. Usami Controlling impurity distributions in crystalline Si for solar cells by using artificial designed defects Journal of Crystal Growth, 468, 610-613 (2017) |
18 | G. A. Babu, I. Takahashi, T. Muramatsu, and N. Usami Towards optimized nucleation control in multicrystalline silicon ingot for solar cells Journal of Crystal Growth, 468, 620-624 (2017) |
19 | K. Arimoto, S. Yagi, J. Yamanaka, K. O. Hara, K. Sawano, N. Usami, and K. Nakagawa Hole mobility in strained Si/SiGe/vicinal Si(110) grown by gas source MBE Journal of Crystal Growth, 468, 625-629 (2017) |
20 | T. Deng, K. Gotoh, R. Takabe, Z. Xu, S. Yachi, Y. Yamashita, K. Toko, N. Usami, and T. Suemasu Boron-doped p-BaSi₂/n-Si solar cells formed on textured n-Si(001) with a pyramid structure consisting of {111} facets Journal of Crystal Growth, 475, 186-191 (2017) |
21 | K. O. Hara, C. T. Trinh, Y. Kurokawa, K. Arimoto, J. Yamanaka, K. Nakagawa, and N. Usami Fabrication of BaSi₂ thin films capped with amorphous Si using a single evaporation source Thin Solid Films, 646, 546-551 (2017) |
22 | Y. Kurokawa, O. Aonuma, T. Tayagaki ,I. Takahashi, and N. Usami Effect of Surface Morphology Randomness on Optical Properties of Si-based Photonic Nanostructures Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 56, 08MA02 (2017) |
23 | T. Suemasu, and N. Usami Exploring the potential of semiconducting BaSi₂ for thin-film solar cell applications J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50, 023001 (2017) |
24 | K. Gotoh, M. Cui, I. Takahashi, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Development of Spin-coated Copper Iodide Film on Silicon for Use in Hole-selective Contacts Energy Procedia, 124, 598-603 (2017) |
25 | Y. Hayama, I. Takahashi, and N. Usami Controlling Impurity Distribution in Quasi-mono Crystalline Si Ingot by Seed Manipulation for Artificially Controlled Defect Technique Energy Procedia, 127, 734-739 (2017) |
26 | K. O. Hara, S. Suzuki, and N. Usami Formation of metastable cubic phase in SnS thin films fabricated by thermal evaporation Thin Solid Films, 639, 7-11 (2017) |
27 | M. M. Rahman, Yi-Chia Tsai, Ming-Yi Lee, A. Higo, Yiming Li, Y. Hoshi, N. Usami, and S. Samukawa Effect of ALD-Al₂O₃ Passivated Silicon Quantum Dot Superlattices on p/i/n⁺ Solar Cells IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 64, 7 (2017) |
28 | K. Arimoto, H. Nakazawa, S. Mitsui, N. Utsuyama, J. Yamanaka, K. O. Hara, N. Usami, and K. Nakagawa Growth of strained Si/relaxed SiGe heterostructures on Si(110) substrates using solid-source molecular beam epitaxy Semiconductor Science and Technology, 32, 114002 (2017) |
29 | R. Ishikawa, Y. Kurokawa, S. Miyajima, and M. Konagai Peeling process of thin-film solar cells using graphene layers Applied Physics Express, 10, 082301 (2017) |
30 | K. O. Hara, C. Yamamoto, J. Yamanaka, K. Arimoto, K. Nakagawa, and N. Usami Investigation on the origin of preferred a-axis orientation of BaSi₂ films deposited on Si(100) by thermal evaporation Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 72, 93-98 (2017) |
31 | N. A. Baidakova, V. A. Verbus, E. E. Morozova, A. V. Novikov, E. V. Skorohodov, M. V. Shaleev, D. V. Yurasov, A. Hombe, Y. Kurokawa, and N. Usami Selective Etching of Si, SiGe, Ge and Its Usage for Increasing the Efficiency of Silicon Solar Cells Semiconductors, 51, 12, 1542-1546 (2017) |
32 | J. Yoneda, K. Takeda, T. Otsuka, T. Nakajima, M.R. Delbecq, G. Allison, T. Honda. T. Kodera, S. Oda, Y. Hoshi, N. Usami, K.M. Itoh, and S. Tarucha A quantum-dot spin qubit with coherence limited by charge noise and fidelity higher than 99.9% Nature Nanotechnology, doi:10.1038/s41565-017-0014-x (2017) |
2016
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1 | Y.Hoshi, Y.Arisawa, K. Arimoto, J.Yamanaka, K.Nakagawa, K.Sawano, and N.Usami
Compressively strained Si/Si₁_xCx heterostructures formed on Ar ion implanted Si(100) substrates
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 55, 031302 (2016)
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2 | K.O.Hara, W.Du, K.Arimoto, J.Yamanaka, K.Nakagawa, K.Toko, T.Suemasu, and N.Usami Control of electrical properties of BaSi₂ thin films by alkali-metal doping using alkali-metal fluorides Thin Solid Films, 603, 218-223 (2016) |
3 | K.O.Hara, Y.Nakagawa, T.Suemasu, and N. Usami Simple vacuum evaporation route to BaSi₂ thin films for solar cell applications Energy Procedia, 141, 27-31 (2016) |
4 | Y.Nakagawaa, K.O.Hara, T.Suemasu, and N.Usami On the mechanism of BaSi₂ thin film formation on Si substrate by vacuum evaporation Energy Procedia, 141, 23-26 (2016) |
5 | G.Anandha babu, I.Takahashi, S.Matsushima, and N.Usami Improved multicrystalline silicon ingot quality using single layer silicon beads coated with silicon nitride as seed layer Journal of Crystal Growth, 441, 124-130 (2016) |
6 | D.Tsukahara, S.Yachi, H.Takeuchi, R.Takabe, W.Du, M.Baba, Y.Li, K.Toko, N.Usami, and T.Suemasu p-BaSi₂/n-Si heterojunction solar cells with conversion efficiency reaching 9.0% Appl. Phys. Lett., 108, 152101 (2016) |
7 | T.Tayagaki, Y.Hoshi, Y.Hirai, Y.Matsuo, and N.Usami Modulated surface nanostructures for enhanced light trapping and reduced surface reflection of crystalline silicon solar cells Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 55, 52302 (2016) |
8 | M.M.Rahman, A.Higo, H.Sekhar, M.E.Syazwan, Y.Hoshi, N.Usami, and S.Samukawa Effect of passivation layer grown by atomic layer deposition and sputtering processes on Si quantum dot superlattice to generate high photocurrent for high-efficiency solar cells Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.,55, 032303 (2016) |
9 | C.T.Trinh, Y.Nakagawa, K.O.Hara, R.Takabe, T.Suemasu, and N.Usami Photoresponse properties of BaSi₂ film grown on Si (100) by vacuum evaporation Mater. Res. Express 3, 076204 (2016) |
10 | T.Hiramatsu, I.Takahashi, S.Matsushima, and N. Usami Growth direction control of dendrite crystals in parallel direction to realize high-quality multicrystalline silicon ingot Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 55, 091302 (2016) |
11 | S.Joonwichien, I.Takahashi, K.Kutsukake, and N.Usami Effect of grain boundary character of multicrystalline Si on external and internal (phosphorus) gettering of impurities Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl., DOI: 10.1002/pip.2795 (2016) |
12 | V.H.Nguyen, S.Kato, and N.Usami Evidence for efficient passivation of vertical silicon nanowires by anodic aluminum oxide Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 157, 393-398 (2016) |
13 | S.Tutashkonko, N.Usami Effects of the Si/Al layer thickness on the continuity, crystalline orientation and the growth kinetics of the poly-Si thin films formed by aluminum-induced crystallization Thin Solid Films, 616, 213-219 (2016) |
14 | H.Ichikawa, I.Takahashi, N.Usami, K.Shirasawa, and H.Takato Light-induced recovery of effective carier lifetime in boron-doped Czochralski silicon at room temperature Energy Procedia, 92, 801-807 (2016) |
2015
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1 | W.Du, R.Takabe, M.Baba, H.Takeuchi, K.O.Hara, K.Toko, N.Usami, and T.Suemasu
Formation of BaSi₂ heterojunction solar cells using transparent MoO x hole transport layers
Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 122104 (2015)
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2 | I.Takahashi, S.Joonwichien, S.Matsushima, and N.Usami
Relationship between dislocation density and contact angle of dendrite crystals in practical size silicon ingot
Journal of Applied Physics 117, 095701 (2015)
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3 | D.Tsukahara, M.Baba, K.Watanabe, T.Kimura, K.O.Hara, W.Du, N.Usami, K.Toko, T.Sekiguchi, and T.Suemasu Cross-sectional potential profile across a BaSi₂ pn junction by Kelvin probe force microscopy
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 54(3), 030306 (2015)
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4 | K.Toko, M.Nakata, A.Okada, M.Sasase, N.Usami, and T.Suemasu Influence of Substrate on Crystal Orientation of Large-Grained Si Thin Films Formed by Metal-Induced Crystallization INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHOTOENERGY 2015 790242 (2015) |
5 | T.Tayagaki, Y.Kishimoto, Y.Hoshi, and N.Usami Absorption enhancement in nanotextured solar cells with Ge/Si heterostructures Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 54, 04DR03 (2015) |
6 | I.Takahashi, Y.Hoshi, T.Tayagaki, T.Oikawa, K. Ohdaira, and N. Usami Application of heterojunction to Si-based solar cells using photonic nanostructures coupled with vertically aligned Ge quantum dots Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.54, 08KA06 (2015) |
7 | O.Aonuma, Y.Hoshi, T.Tayagaki, A.Novikov, D. Yurasov, and N.Usami Control of surface dip diameter in Si-based photonic nanostructures by changing growth temperature of Ge quantum dot multilayer structures and its impact on their optical properties Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 54, 08KA01(2015) |
8 | Y.Nakagawa, K.O.Hara, T.Suemasu, and N.Usami Fabrication of single-phase BaSi₂ thin films on silicon substrates by vacuumevaporation for solar cell applications Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 54, 08KC03(2015) |
9 | V.H.Nguyen, S.Tutashkonko, Y.Hoshi, and N.Usami Effects of anodization process of aluminum oxide template fabrication on selective growth of Si nanowire arrays Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 54, 08KA02 (2015) |
10 | K.Shojiki, J-H.Choi, T.Iwabuchi, N.Usami, T.Tanikawa, S.Kuboya, T.Hanada, R.Katayama, and T.Matsuoka Suppression of metastable-phase inclusion in N-polar (0001¯) InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 222102 (2015) |
11 | S.Joonwichien, I.Takahashi, S.Matsushima, and N.Usami Comparison of phosphorus gettering effect in faceted dendrite and small grain of multicrystalline silicon wafers grown by floating cast method Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 54, 08KD11 (2015) |
12 | T.Nishimura, S.Kasashima, Y.Hirai, Y.Kurokawa, and A.Yamada Fabrication of Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ solar cells with a single graded band profile PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 252, 1235 (2015) |
13 | Y.Zhang N.Suyama, M.Goto, J.Kuwana, K.Sugimoto, T.Satake, Y.Kurokawa, M.Yin, and A.Yamada Microstructural characterization of Cu₂ZnSn(S,Se)₄ solar cells fabricated from nanoparticles Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 54, 08KC05 (2015) |
14 | A.Sadono, M.Hino, M.Ichikawa, K.Yamamoto, Y.Kurokawa, M.Konagai, and A.Yamada Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ solar cells fabricated using a polyimide-coated soda-lime glass substrate Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 54, 08KC16 (2015) |
15 | T.Nishimura, Y.Hirai, Y.Kurokawa, and A.Yamada Control of valence band offset at CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ interface by inserting wide-bandgap materials for suppression of interfacial recombination in Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ solar cells Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 54, 08KC08 (2015) |
16 | K.Furuta, N.Sakai, T.Kato, H.Sugimoto, Y.Kurokawa, and A.Yamada Improvement of Cu₂ZnSn (S, Se)₄ solar cell efficiency by surface treatment physica status solidi C, 12, 704 (2015) |
17 | R.Ishikawa, Y.Kurokawa, S.Miyajima, and M.Konagai Graphene transparent electrode for thin-film solar cells physica status solidi C, 12, 777 (2015) |
18 | V.H.Nguyen, Y.Hoshi, N.Usami, and M.Konagai Selective growth of vertical silicon nanowire array guided by anodic aluminum oxide template Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 54, 095003 (2015) |
19 | I.Takahashi, S.Joonwichien, T.Iwata, and N.Usami Seed manipulation for artificially controlled defect technique in new growth method for quasi-monocrystalline Si ingot based on casting Applied Physics Express, 8, 105501 (2015) |
20 | 黒川康良 ナノワイヤ太陽電池の開発 工業材料, 63, 56 (2015) |
21 | 黒川康良 図解:応用物理学会の未来予測 量子ナノ構造を有する高効率シリコン系太陽電池の開発 応用物理, 84, 727 (2015) |
22 | 宇治原 徹, 島村清史, 宇佐美 徳隆, 太子 敏則, 樋口 幹雄, 吉村 政志 バルク結晶成長のこの10年 JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR CRYSTAL GROWTH (日本結晶成長学会誌), 42, [1], pp.64-68 (2015) |
23 | K.O.Hara, J.Yamanaka, K. Arimoto, K.Nakagawa, T.Suemasu, N.Usami Structural and electrical characterizations of crack-free BaSi₂ thin filmsfabricated by thermal evaporation Thin Solod Films, 595, 68-72 (2015) |
24 | Y.Suzuki, Y.Kurokawa, T.Suzuki, K.Kanda, M.Niibe, M.Nakano, N.Ohtake, H.Akasaka Structure and physical properties of stable isotopic amorphous carbon films Diamond and Related Materials, 63, 115-119 (2015) |
25 | M.M.Rahman, M-Y, Lee, Y-C,Tsai, A.Higo, H.Sekhar, M.Igarashi, M.E.Syazwan, Y.Hoshi, K.Sawano, N.Usami, Y.Li, and S.Samukawa Impact of silicon quantum dot super lattice and quantum well structure as intermediate layer on p-i-n silicon solar cells PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS, 24, 774-780 (2015) |
2014
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1 | K.Toko, R.Numata, N.Oya, N.Fukata, N.Usami, and T.Suemasu
Low-temperature (180C) formation of large-grained Ge (111) thin film on insulator using accelerated metal-induced crystallization
Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 022106 (2014)
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2 | K.Kutsukake, N.Usami, Y.Ohno, Y.Tokumoto, and I.Yonenaga
Mono-like silicon growth using functional grain boundaries to limit area of multicrystalline grains
IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS. 4, 84 (2014)
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3 | R.Numata, K.Toko, N.Oya, N.Usami and T.Suemasu
Structural characterization of polycrystalline Ge thin films on insulators formed by diffusion-enhanced Al-induced layer exchange
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 53 04EH03 (2014)
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4 | K.Nakazawa, K.Toko, N.Usami and T.Suemasu
Al-induced crystallization of amorphous Ge thin films on conducting layer coated glass substrates
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 53 04EH01 (2014)
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5 | T.Yamamoto, H.Okuda, K.Takeshita, N.Usami, Y.Kitajima, H.Ogawa
Grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering from Ge nanodots self-organized on Si(001) examined with soft X-rays
JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 21, 161-164 (2014)
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6 | K.Toko, R.Numata, N.Saitoh, N.Yoshizawa, N.Usami and T.Suemasu
Selective formation of large-grained, (100)- or (111)-oriented Si on glass by Al-induced layer exchange
J. Appl. Phys. 115, 094301 (2014)
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7 | K.Toko, K.Nakazawa, N.Saitoh, N.Yoshizawa, N.Usami and T.Suemasu
Orientation control of Ge thin films by underlayer-selected Al-induced crystallization
CrystEngComm 16, 2578 (2014)
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8 | R. Numata, K. Toko, K. Nakazawa, N. Usami, and T. Suemasu
Growth promotion of Al-induced crystallized Ge films on insulators by insertion of a Ge membrane below the Al layer
Thin Solid Films 557, 143?146 (2014)
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9 | R. Numata, K. Toko, K. Nakazawa, N. Usami, and T. Suemasu
Large-grained (111)-oriented Si/Al/SiO₂ structures formed by diffusion-controlled Al-induced layer exchange
Thin Solid Films 557, 147?150 (2014)
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10 | K.O.Hara, Y.Hoshi, N.Usami, Y.Shiraki, K.Nakamura, K.Toko, T.Suemasu
N-Type Doping of BaSi₂ Epitaxial Films by Phosphorus Ion Implantation and Thermal Annealing
Thin Solid Films 557, 90-93(2014)
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11 | T.Tayagaki, Y.Hoshi, K.Ooi, T.Kiguchi, N.Usami
Carrier Extraction Dynamics from Ge/Si Quantum Wells in Si Solar Cells
Thin Solid Films 557, 368-371(2014)
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12 | Y.Hoshi, T.Tayagaki, T.Kiguchi, N.Usami
Control of geometry in Si-based photonic nanostructures formed by maskless wet etching process and its impact on optical properties
Thin Solid Films 557, 338-341(2014)
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13 | T.Tayagaki, Y.Hoshi, Y.Kishimoto, N.Usami
Enhanced photocarrier generation in large-scale photonic nanostructures fabricated from vertically aligned quantum dots
OPTICS EXPRESS 22, A225-A232(2014)
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14 | K.Nakajima, K.Morishita, R.Murai, N.Usami
Formation process of Si₃N₄ particles on surface of Si ingots grown using silica crucibles with Si₃N₄ coating by noncontact crucible method
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH 389, 112-119(2014)
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15 | R.Takabe, K.O.Hara, M.Baba, WJ.Du, N.Shimada, K.Toko, N.Usami, T.Suemasu
Influence of grain size and surface condition on minority-carrier lifetime in undoped n-BaSi₂ on Si(111)
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 115, 193510(2014)
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16 | V.H.Nguyen, Y.Hoshi, N.Usami
Simple approach for improving gold deposition inside nanoporous alumina template on Si substrate
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 305, 9-15(2014)
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17 | S.Joonwichien, I.Takahashi, S.Matsushima, N.Usami
Towards implementation of floating cast method for growing large-scale high-quality multicrystalline silicon ingot using designed double crucibles
PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 22, 726-732(2014)
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18 | K.O.Hara, N.Usami, M.Baba, K.Toko, T.Suemasu
N-type doping of BaSi₂ epitaxial films by arsenic ion implantation through a dose-dependent carrier generation mechanism
Thin Solid Films 567, 105-108(2014)
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19 | T.Tayagaki, Y.Kishimoto, Y.Hoshi, and N.Usami
Light trapping by direction-dependent light transmission in front-surface photonic nanostructures
Applied Physics Express 7, 122301(2014)
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2013
原著論文 | |||||
1 | M.Igarashi, M.F.Budiman, WG.Pan, WG.Hu, Y.Tamura, ME.Syazwan, N.Usami, S.Samukawa
Effects of formation of mini-bands in two-dimensional array of silicon nanodisks with SiC interlayer for quantum dot solar cells
Nanotechnology 24, 015301 (2013).
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2 | K.Arimoto, H.Furukawa, J.Yamanaka, C.Yamamoto, K.Nakagawa, N.Usami, K.Sawano, Y.Shiraki
Formation of compressively strained Si/S1-xCx/Si(100) heterostructures using gas-source molecular beam epitaxy
Journal of Crystal Growth 362, 276-281(2013).
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3 | N.Usami, M.Jung, T.Suemasu
On the growth mechanism of polycrystalline silicon thin film by Al-induced layer exchange process
J. of Cryst. Growth 362, 16 (2013).
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4 | K.Kutsukake, N.Usami, Y.Ohno, Y.Tokumoto, I.Yonenaga
Control of Grain Boundary Propagation in Mono-Like Si: Utilization of Functional Grain Boundaries
Applied Physics Express 6, 025505 (2013)
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5 | K.Nakamura, M.Baba, M.A.Khan, W.Du, M.Sasase, K.O.Hara, N.Usami, K.Toko, T.Suemasu
Lattice and grain-boundary diffusions of boron atoms in BaSi
2 epitaxial films on Si(111)
Journal of Applied Physics 113, 053511(2013)
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6 | Balderas-Navarro.R.E, Ulloa-Castillo.N.A, Arimoto.K, Ramirez-Melendez.G, Lastras-Martinez.L.F, Furukawa.H, Yamanaka.J, Lastras-Martinez.A, Flores-Camacho.J.M, Usami.N, Stifter.D, Hingerl.K
Reflectance anisotropies of compressively strained Si grown on vicinal Si1-xCx(001)
Applied Physics Letters 102, 011902(2013)
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7 | S.Joonwichien, S.Matsushima, N.Usami
Effects of crystal defects and their interactions with impurities on electrical properties of multicrystalline Si
Journal of Applied Physics 113, 133503(2013)
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8 | M.Igarashi, WG.Hu, M.M.Rahman, N.Usami, S.Samukawa
Generation of high photocurrent in three-dimensional silicon quantum dot superlattice fabricated by combining bio-template and neutral beam etching for quantum dot solar cells.
Nanoscale research letters 8, 228(2013)
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9 | R.Numata, K.Toko, N.Saitoh, N.Yoshizawa, N.Usami, T.Suemasu
"Orientation Control of Large-Grained Si Films on Insulators by Thickness-Modulated Al-Induced Crystallization
Crystal Growth & Design 13, 1767-1770(2013)
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10 | K.O.Hara, Y.Hoshi, N.Usami, Y.Shiraki, K.Nakamura, K.Toko, T.Suemasu
Structural study on phosphorus doping of BaSi
2 epitaxial films by ion implantation
Thin Solid Films 534, 470-473(2013)
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11 | M.A.Khan, K.O.Hara, W.Du, M.Baba, K.Nakamura, M.Suzuno, K.Toko, N.Usami, T.Suemasu
In-situ heavily p-type doping of over 10(20) cm(-3) in semiconducting BaSi
2 thin films for solar cells applications
Applied Physics Letters 102, 112107(2013)
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12 | K.Toko, N.Fukata, K.Nakazawa, M.Kurosawa, N.Usami, M.Miyao, T.Suemasu
Temperature dependent Al-induced crystallization of amorphous Ge thin films on SiO
2 substrates
Journal of Crystal Growth 372, 189-192(2013)
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13 | Y.Hoshi, W.Pan, T.Kiguchi, K.Ooi, T.Tayagaki, N.Usami
Control of Dip Shape in Photonic Nanostructures by Maskless Wet-Etching Process and Its Impact on Optical Properties
Jpn.J.Appl.Phys. 52, 080202 (2013)
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14 | XJ.Xu, N.Usami, T.Maruizumi, Y.Shiraki
Enhancement of light emission from Ge quantum dots by photonic crystal nanocavities at room-temperature
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH 378, 636-639 (2013)
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15 | M.Baba, K.Toh, K.Toko, K.O.Hara, N.Usami, N.Saito, N.Yoshizawa, T.Suemasu
Formation of large-grain-sized BaSi2 epitaxial layers grown on Si(111) by molecular beam epitaxy
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH 378, 193-197 (2013)
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16 | K.Arimoto, S.Sakai, H.Furukawa, J.Yamanaka, K.Nakagawa, N.Usami, Y.Hoshi, K.Sawano, Y.Shiraki
Gas-source MBE growth of strain-relaxed Si1-xCx on Si(100) substrates
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH 378, 212-217 (2013)
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17 | M.Igarashi, WG.Hu, M.M.Rahman, N.Usami, S.Samukawa
Generation of high photocurrent in three-dimensional silicon quantum dot superlattice fabricated by combining bio-template and neutral beam etching for quantum dot solar cells
NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 8, 228 (2013)
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18 | S.Koike, K.Toh, M.Baba, K.Toko, K.O.Hara, N.Usami, N.Saito, N.Yoshizawa, T.Suemasu
Large photoresponsivity in semiconducting BaSi2 epitaxial films grown on Si(001) substrates by molecular beam epitaxy
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH 378, 198-200 (2013)
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19 | M.A.Khan, K.O.Hara, K.Nakamura, W.J.Du, M.Baba, K.Toh, M.Suzuno, K.Toko, N.Usami, T.Suemasu
Molecular beam epitaxy of boron doped p-type BaSi2 epitaxial films on Si(111) substrates for thin-film solar cells
Journal of Crystal Growth 378, 201-204 (2013)
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20 | K.Sawano, Y.Hoshi, S.Nagakura, K.Arimoto, K.Nakagawa, N.Usami, Y.Shiraki
On the origin of the uniaxial strain induced in Si/Ge heterostructures with selective ion implantation technique
Journal of Crystal Growth 378, 251-253 (2013)
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21 | T.Higuchi, N.Usami, T.Minemoto
Effect of Ga content and growth temperature on Cu(In,Ga)Se
2 thin film deposited on heat-resistant glass substrates
Phys.Status Solidi C 10, No. 7?8, 1035?1037 (2013)
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22 | K.Nakazawa, K.Toko, N.Saitoh, N.Yoshizawa, N.Usami, T.Suemasu
Large-grained polycrystalline (111) Ge films on insulators by thickness-controlled Al-induced crystallization
ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol. 2, Q195-Q199(2013)
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23 | K.Toko, K.Nakazawa, N.Saitoh, N.Yoshizawa, N.Usami, T.Suemasu
Double-layered Ge thin films on insulators formed by an Al-induced layer exchange process
Crystal Growth & Design 13, 3908(2013)
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24 | S. Joonwichien, I. Takahashi, S. Matsushima, and N. Usami
Towards implementation of floating cast method for growing large-scale high-quality multicrystalline silicon ingot using designed double crucibles
Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl.
(in press)
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25 | K.O. Hara and N.Usami
Theory of open-circuit voltage and the driving force of charge separation in pn-junction solar cells
J. Appl. Phys. 114, 153101 (2013)
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26 | K.O.Hara, N.Usami, K.Nakamura, R.Takabe, M.Baba, K.Toko, and T.Suemasu
Determination of Bulk Minority-Carrier Lifetime in BaSi
2 Earth-Abundant-Absorber Films by Utilizing a Drastic Enhancement of Carrier Lifetime by Post-Growth Annealing>
Applied Physics Express 6, 112302 (2013)
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27 | K.O.Hara, N.Usami, K.Nakamura, R.Takabe, M.Baba, K.Toko, and T.Suemasu
Mechanism of strain relaxation in BaSi2 epitaxial films on Si(111) substrates during post-growth annealing and application for film exfoliation
Physica Status Solidi C 10, 1677-1680 (2013)
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28 | T.Tayagaki, Y.Hoshi, and N.Usami
Investigation of the open-circuit voltage in solar cells doped with quantum dots,
Sci. Rep. 3, 2703 (2013)
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2012
2011
著書 | |||||
1 | 沓掛 健太郎、宇佐美 徳隆、太陽電池の基礎知識、「スマートハウスの発電・蓄電・給電技術の最前線」、シーエムシー出版 | ||||
2 | 宇佐美 徳隆、SiGe量子ドットのエピタキシャル成長、「量子ドットエレクトロニクスの最前線」51-60、株式会社エヌティーエス | ||||
3 | N. Usami, “Types of silicon-germanium (SiGe) bulk crystal growth methods and their applications” SiGe nanostructures: materials science, technology and applications, edited by Y. Shiraki, and N. Usami, chap.4, Woodhead publishing | ||||
原著論文 | |||||
1 | I. Takahashi, N. Usami, H. Mizuseki, Y. Kawazoe, G. Stokkan, and K. Nakajima "Imapct of type of crystal defects in multicrystalline Si on electrical properties and interaction with impurities" J. Appl. Phys. 109, 033504 (2011). |
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2 | M. Jung, A. Okada, T. Saito, T. Suemasu, C.Y. Chung, Y. Kawazoe, and N. Usami "In situ observation of polycrystalline Si thin films grown using Al-doped ZnO on glass substrate by the Al-induced crystallization" Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 50, 04DP02 (2011). |
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3 | M. Jung, A. Okada, T. Saito, T. Suemasu, and N. Usami "Effect of the presence of Al-doped ZnO layer on the preferential crystal orientation of polycrystalline silicon thin films grown by Al-induced layer exchange method" J. Ceram. Process. Res. 12, s187-s192 (2011). |
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4 | A. Okada, R. Sasaki, Y. Matsumoto, M. Takeisi, T. Saito, K. Toh, N. Usami, and T. Suemasu "Formation of poly-Si layers on AZO/SiO2 and anti-reflection coating with AZO films for BaSi2 solar cells" Physics Procedia 11, 31-34 (2011). |
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5 | N. Usami, I. Takahashi, K. Kutsukake, K. Fujiwara, and K. Nakajima “Implementation of faceted dendrite growth on floating cast method to realize high-quality multicrystalline Si ingot for solar cells” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 083527 (2011). |
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6 | K. Sawano, K. Toyama, R. Masutomi, T. Okamoto, K. Arimoto, K. Nakagawa, N. Usami, and Y. Shiraki “Effects of increased compressive strain on hole effective mass and scattering mechanisms in strained Ge channels" Microelectronic Engnieering 88, 465-468 (2011). |
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7 | T.Kiguchi, K.Aoyagi, Y.Ehara, H.Funakubo, T.Yamada, Noritaka Usami, Toyohiko J Konno "Configuration and local elastic interaction of ferroelectric domains and misfit dislocation in PbTiO3/SrTiO3 epitaxial thin films" Sci.Technol.Adv.Mater.12,034413(2011) |
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8 | K.Kutsukake, T.Abe, N.Usami, K.Fujiwara, K.Morishita, K.Nakajima "Formation mechanism of twin boundaries during crystal growth of silicon" Scripta Materialia 65 (2011) 556-559. |
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9 | Y.Hoshi, K.Sawano, A.Yamada, S.Nagakura, N.Usami, Keisuke Arimoto, Kiyokazu Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Shiraki ”Line width dependence of anisotropic strain state in SiGe films induced by selective ion implantation” Appl. Phys. Express. 4, 095701 (2011) |
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10 | KO.Hara, N.Usami, Y.Hoshi, Y.Shiraki, M.Suzuno, K.Toko, T.Suemasu "Structural study of BF2 ion implantation and post annealing of BaSi2 epitaxial films. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 50, 121202 (2011). |
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11 | K.Kutsukake, T.Abe, N.Usami, K.Fujiwara, I.Yonenaga, Kohei Morishita, Kazuo Nakajima "Generation mechanism of dislocations and their clusters in multicrystalline silicon during two-dimensional growth" J. Appl. Phys. 110, 083530 (2011) |
2010
著書 | |||||
1 | 宇佐美徳隆、石原照也、中嶋一雄監訳、太陽電池の物理、丸善 | ||||
解説 | |||||
1 | 宇佐美 徳隆、シリコン結晶系太陽電池-技術動向と課題、工業材料 58, 35-38 (2010). | ||||
原著論文 | |||||
1 | N. Usami, R. Yokoyama, I. Takahashi, K. Kutsukake, K. Fujiwara, and K. Nakajima "Relationship between grain boundary structures in Si multicrystals and generation of dislocations during crystal growth" J. Appl. Phys., 107, 013511 (2010). |
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2 | I. Takahashi, N. Usami, K. Kutsukake, G. Stokkan, K. Morishita, and K. Nakajima "Generation mechanism of dislocations during directional solidification of multicrystalline silicon using artificially designed seed" J. Cryst. Growth 312, 897-901 (2010). |
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3 | S. Sanorpim, R. Katayama, K. Onabe, N. Usami and K. Nakajima Lattice-latching effect inmetalorganic vapor phase epitaxy growthof InGaAsN film lattice-matched to bulk InGaAs substrate” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.49, 040202 (2010). |
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4 | T. Saito, Y. Matsumoto, M. Suzuno, M. Takeishi, R. Sasaki, T. Suemasu, and N. Usami "Fabrication of n+-BaSi2/p+-Si Tunnel Junction on Si(111) Surface by Molecular Beam Epitaxy for Photovoltaic Applications" Appl. Phys. Express 3, 021301 (2010). |
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5 | Y. Hoshi, K. Sawano, A. Yamada, K. Arimoto, N. Usami, K.Nakagawa, and Y. Shiraki "Ion energy and dose dependence of strain relaxation for thin SiGe buffer layers using Si+ implantation" Thin Solid Films 518, S162-S164 (2010). |
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6 | K. Sawano, Y. Hoshi, A. Yamada, Y. Hiraoka, N. Usami,K. Arimoto, K. Nakagawa, Y. Shiraki "Formation of uniaxially strained SiGe by selective ion implantation technique" Thin Solid Films 518, 2454-2457 (2010). |
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7 | R. E. Balderas-Navarro, L. F. Lastras-Martinez, K. Arimoto, R. Castro-Garcia, O. Villalobos-Aguilar, A. Lastras-Martinez, K. Nakagawa, K. Sawano, Y. Shiraki, N. Usami, and K. Nakajima "Optical anisotropies of Si grown on step-graded SiGe(110) layers" Appl. Phys. Lett. 96 091904 (2010). |
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8 | I. Takahashi, N. Usami, K. Kutsukake, K. Morishita, and K. Nakajima "Computational investigation of relationship between shear stress and multicrystalline structure in silicon" Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.49, 04DP01 (2010). |
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9 | Y. Matsumoto, D. Tsukada, R. Sasaki, M. Takeishi, T. Saito, T. Suemasu, N. Usami, and M. Sasase "Epitaxial Growth and Photoresponse Properties of BaSi2 Layers toward Si-Based High-Efficiency Solar Cells" Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.49, 04DP05 (2010). |
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10 | Y. Hoshi, K. Sawano, A.Yamada, N. Usami, K. Arimoto, K. Nakagawa, and Y. Shiraki "Ion dose, energy, and species dependencies of strain relaxation of SiGe buffer layers fabricated by ion implantation technique" J. Appl. Phys.107, 103509 (2010). |
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11 | K. Fujiwara, H. Fukuda, N. Usami, K. Nakajima, and S. Uda "Growth mechanism of the Si<110> faceted dendrite" Phys. Rev. B81, 224106 (2010). |
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12 | J. S. Xia, Y. Takeda, N. Usami, T. Maruizumi, and Y. Shiraki "Room-temperature electroluminescence from Si microdisks with Ge quantum dots" Optics Express 18, 13945-13950 (2010). |
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13 | M. Jung, A. Okada, T. Saito, T. Suemasu, and N. Usami "On the controlling mechanism of preferential orientation of polycrystalline Si thin films grown by Al-induced crystallization", Appl. Phys. Express 3, 095803 (2010). |
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14 | H. Suzuki, N. Usami, A. Nomura, T. Shishido, K. Nakajima, and T. Suemasu "Impact of amorphous Ge thin layer at the amorphous Si/Al interface on Al-induced crystallization" J. Cryst. Growth 312, 3257-3260 (2010). |
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15 | L. Gu, Y. Yu, W. Sigle, N. Usami, S. Tsukimoto, J. Maier, Y. Ikuhara, and P.V. van Aken “Direct bandgap measurements in a three-dimensional macroporous silicon 9R polytype using monochromated transmission electron microscope” Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 213102 (2010). |
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16 | M. Tokairin, K. Fujiwara, K. Kutsukake, H. Kodama, N. Usami, K. Nakajima “Pattern formation mechanism of a periodically facted interface during crystallization of Si” J. Cryst. Growth 312, 3670-3674 (2010). |
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17 | H. Okuda, M. Kato, K. Kuno, S. Ochiai, N. Usami, K. Nakajima, and O. Sakata “A grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering analysis on capped Ge nanodots in layer structures” J. Phys. Cond. Matt. 22, 474003 (2010). |
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18 |
K. Kutsukake, T. Abe, N. Usami, K. Fujiwara, K. Morishita, and K. Nakajima “Formation mechanism of twin boundaries in silicon multicrystals during crystal growth” Proceedings of 35th IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference, 810-811 (2010). |
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19 |
K. Nakajima, K. Kutsukake, K. Fujiwara, N. Usami, S. Ono, and I. Yamasaki “High efficiency solar cells using small size ingots with 30 cmφ by controlling the distribution and orientation of dendrite crystals grown along the bottom of the ingots” Proceedings of 35th IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference, 817-819 (2010). |
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20 |
N. Usami, T. Saito, A. Nomura, T. Shishido, and T. Suemasu “Evaluation of minority carrier lifetime in BaSi2 as a novel material for earth-abundant high efficiency thin-film solar cells” Proceedings of 35th IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference, 2984-2986 (2010). |
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21 |
T. Saito, Y. Matsumoto, T. Sueamsu, and N. Usami “Photoresponse properties of BaSi2 films grown on n+-BaSi2/p+-Si tunnel junction for high efficiency thin-film solar cells” Proceedings of 35th IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference, 2970-2973 (2010). |
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22 |
K. Nakajima, K. Kutsukake, K. Morishita, N. Usami, S. Ono, and I. Yamasaki “High efficiency solar cells obtained by small size ingots with 30 cmφ by controlling the distribution and orientation of dendrite crystals grown along the bottom of the ingots” Proceedings of 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 1299-1301 (2010). |
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23 |
N. Usami, I. Takahashi, R. Yokoyama, K. Kutsukake, K. Fujiwara, and K. Nakajima “Suppression of generation of dislocations in Si multicrystals by controlling coherency of grain boundaries at the initial stage of crystal growth” Proceedings of 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 1229-1231 (2010). |
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24 |
N. Usami, I. Takahashi, K. Kutsukake, and K. Nakajima “Impact of coherency of grain boundaries in multicrystalline Si on materials properties to affect solar cell performance” Proceedings of the 4th international workshop on science and technology of crystalline silicon solar cells |