研究内容

材料の新大陸を切り拓く」をビジョンに掲げ、次世代エネルギー・エレクトロニクスを支える革新的な熱・電子・光機能材料の開発とデバイス応用に関する研究を行っています。

次世代パワーエレクトロニクス・光デバイス材料の開発

大電力を効率的に制御・変換できるパワーデバイスの重要性がますます高まっており、その実現には大きなバンドギャップをもつ半導体の開発が不可欠です。また、自動運転技術や医療・環境計測の発展には、高感度な光センサーに向けた半導体の開発が求められています。これらの次世代電子デバイスの性能革新を目指し、第一原理計算を活用した材料設計と薄膜成長技術を駆使して、新規半導体材料の開発に取り組んでいます。例えば、バンドギャップが4.7 eVの非平衡相ルチル型GeO2の薄膜成長とp型・n型制御や、層状半導体を基盤とする光センサー用半導体の開発などを進めています。

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Keisuke Ide, Naoto Watanabe, Takayoshi Katase, Masato Sasase, Junghwan Kim, Shigenori Ueda, Koji Horiba, Hiroshi Kumigashira, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Low-temperature-processable amorphous-oxide-semiconductor-based phosphors for durable light-emitting diodes

Applied Physics Letters, vol. 121, iss. 19, pp. 192108, 2022.

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高効率エネルギー輸送を拓く超伝導材料の開発

エネルギー利用の高効率化には、送電損失を限りなく低減できる超伝導技術の活用が不可欠です。超伝導体は転移温度以下で電気抵抗がゼロになる性質を活かし、大電流輸送や次世代電力ネットワーク、さらには核融合発電の基盤技術として期待されています。 当研究室ではこれまで、鉄系高温超伝導体の超高品質薄膜に人工粒界を形成し、世界で初めてジョセフソン接合素子と超伝導量子干渉(SQUID)素子を実現しました。従来の銅系材料では結晶粒界において臨界電流密度 (Jc)の極端な低下が課題でしたが、鉄系超伝導体の母相が金属であることに着目し、大傾角粒界でもJcが殆ど減衰しないことを明らかにしました。実際に、実用レベルを超えるテープ線材の試作にも成功し、鉄系超伝導体の送電応用に大きく貢献しています。鉄系超伝導体に次ぐ新たな超伝導材料の探索と薄膜成長によるデバイス化の研究を進めています。
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Takayoshi Katase, Seiya Nomoto, Xinyi He, Suguru Kitani, Takashi Honda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Simultaneous Realization of Single-Crystal-Like Electron Transport and Strong Phonon Scattering in Polycrystalline SrTiO3–xHx

ACS Applied Electronic Materials, vol. 6, iss. 10, pp. 7424–7429, 2024.

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Chihiro Yamamoto, Xinyi He, Kota Hanzawa, Takayoshi Katase, Masato Sasase, Jun-ichi Yamaura, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Phonon drag thermopower persisting over 200 K in FeSb2 thin film on SrTiO3 single crystal

Applied Physics Letters, vol. 124, iss. 19, pp. 193902, 2024.

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Xinyi He, Shigeru Kimura, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Satoru Matsuishi, Makoto Minohara, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Kumigashira, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Inverse-Perovskite Ba3BO (B = Si and Ge) as a HighPerformance Environmentally Benign Thermoelectric Material with Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity

Advanced Science, vol. 11, iss. 10, pp. 2307058, 2023.

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Xinyi He, Seiya Nomoto, Takehito Komatsu, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Suguru Kitani, Hideto Yoshida, Takafumi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Keisuke Ide, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hitoshi Kawaji, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Hydride anion substitution boosts thermoelectric performance of polycrystalline SrTiO3 via simultaneous realization of reduced thermal conductivity and high electronic conductivity

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 33, iss. 28, pp. 2213144, 2023.

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Xinyi He, Haoyun Zhang, Takumi Nose, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Keisuke Ide, Shigenori Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Degenerated Hole Doping and Ultra-Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Polycrystalline SnSe by Nonequilibrium Isovalent Te Substitution

Advanced Science, vol. 9, iss. 13, pp. 2105958, 2022.

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Takayoshi Katase, Xinyi He, Terumasa Tadano, Jan M. Tomczak, Takaki Onozato, Keisuke Ide, Bin Feng, Tetsuya Tohei, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hiromichi Ohta, Yuichi Ikuhara, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Breaking of thermopower – conductivity trade-off in LaTiO3 film around Mott insulator to metal transition

Advanced Science, vol. 8, iss. 23, pp. 2102097, 2021.

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Masatoshi Kimura, Xinyi He, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Jan M. Tomczak, Makoto Minohara, Ryotaro Aso, Hideto Yoshida, Keisuke Ide, Shigenori Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Kumigashira, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Large phonon drag thermopower boosted by massive electrons and phonon leaking in LaAlO3/LaNiO3/LaAlO3 heterostructure

Nano Letters, vol. 21, iss. 21, pp. 9240–9246, 2021.

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Chihiro Yamamoto, Xinyi He, Takayoshi Katase, Keisuke Ide, Yosuke Goto, Yoshikazu Mizuguchi, Akane Samizo, Makoto Minohara, Shigenori Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Double charge polarity switching in Sb-doped SnSe with switchable substitution sites

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 31, iss. 8, pp. 2008092, 2020.

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廃熱から電気を作る熱電変換材料の開発

廃熱を電気に変換できる熱電変換技術は、未利用熱エネルギーの有効活用に向けた鍵として期待されています。しかし、従来の熱電材料は、希少で毒性のある重元素が主に使われており、大規模な熱電発電の普及の妨げになっています。

当研究室では、最先端の計算科学と実験を通じて、熱を運ぶ電子とフォノンを巧みに操る材料設計を構築し、環境調和元素からなる高性能熱電材料の開発に挑戦しています。例えば、SrTiO3の多結晶体に水素を添加することで、高性能熱電材料に必要な低い熱伝導率と高い電気出力を両立させ、熱電変換効率を向上させることに成功しました。また、逆ペロブスカイト構造と呼ばれる特殊な結晶構造を持つBa3SiOが、約300°C付近において、毒性元素を一切含まない材料としては最高レベルの熱電変換効率を示す可能性を持つことを見出しています。こうした新材料の開発をさらに深化させ、発電モジュール化を視野に入れた研究を推進します。

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Takayoshi Katase, Seiya Nomoto, Xinyi He, Suguru Kitani, Takashi Honda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Simultaneous Realization of Single-Crystal-Like Electron Transport and Strong Phonon Scattering in Polycrystalline SrTiO3–xHx

ACS Applied Electronic Materials, vol. 6, iss. 10, pp. 7424–7429, 2024.

Links | BibTeX

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Chihiro Yamamoto, Xinyi He, Kota Hanzawa, Takayoshi Katase, Masato Sasase, Jun-ichi Yamaura, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Phonon drag thermopower persisting over 200 K in FeSb2 thin film on SrTiO3 single crystal

Applied Physics Letters, vol. 124, iss. 19, pp. 193902, 2024.

Links | BibTeX

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Xinyi He, Shigeru Kimura, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Satoru Matsuishi, Makoto Minohara, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Kumigashira, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Inverse-Perovskite Ba3BO (B = Si and Ge) as a HighPerformance Environmentally Benign Thermoelectric Material with Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity

Advanced Science, vol. 11, iss. 10, pp. 2307058, 2023.

Links | BibTeX

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Xinyi He, Seiya Nomoto, Takehito Komatsu, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Suguru Kitani, Hideto Yoshida, Takafumi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Keisuke Ide, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hitoshi Kawaji, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Hydride anion substitution boosts thermoelectric performance of polycrystalline SrTiO3 via simultaneous realization of reduced thermal conductivity and high electronic conductivity

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 33, iss. 28, pp. 2213144, 2023.

Links | BibTeX

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Xinyi He, Haoyun Zhang, Takumi Nose, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Keisuke Ide, Shigenori Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Degenerated Hole Doping and Ultra-Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Polycrystalline SnSe by Nonequilibrium Isovalent Te Substitution

Advanced Science, vol. 9, iss. 13, pp. 2105958, 2022.

Links | BibTeX

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Takayoshi Katase, Xinyi He, Terumasa Tadano, Jan M. Tomczak, Takaki Onozato, Keisuke Ide, Bin Feng, Tetsuya Tohei, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hiromichi Ohta, Yuichi Ikuhara, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Breaking of thermopower – conductivity trade-off in LaTiO3 film around Mott insulator to metal transition

Advanced Science, vol. 8, iss. 23, pp. 2102097, 2021.

Links | BibTeX

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Masatoshi Kimura, Xinyi He, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Jan M. Tomczak, Makoto Minohara, Ryotaro Aso, Hideto Yoshida, Keisuke Ide, Shigenori Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Kumigashira, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Large phonon drag thermopower boosted by massive electrons and phonon leaking in LaAlO3/LaNiO3/LaAlO3 heterostructure

Nano Letters, vol. 21, iss. 21, pp. 9240–9246, 2021.

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Chihiro Yamamoto, Xinyi He, Takayoshi Katase, Keisuke Ide, Yosuke Goto, Yoshikazu Mizuguchi, Akane Samizo, Makoto Minohara, Shigenori Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Double charge polarity switching in Sb-doped SnSe with switchable substitution sites

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 31, iss. 8, pp. 2008092, 2020.

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断熱から放熱まで:熱制御材料の開発

電子機器や自動車、エネルギー変換デバイスなどの高性能化に伴い、効率的な熱マネジメント技術の重要性がますます高まっています。当研究室では、結晶構造の次元性変化を変化させる新物質を開発し、温度によって断熱と放熱を切り替える熱制御材料を実証してきました。最近では、効率よく熱を放出できる超高熱伝導材料の開発も推進し、断熱から放熱まで熱の流れを自在に操る革新的な熱制御材料の開発を目指しています。

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Takayoshi Katase, Seiya Nomoto, Xinyi He, Suguru Kitani, Takashi Honda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Simultaneous Realization of Single-Crystal-Like Electron Transport and Strong Phonon Scattering in Polycrystalline SrTiO3–xHx

ACS Applied Electronic Materials, vol. 6, iss. 10, pp. 7424–7429, 2024.

Links | BibTeX

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Chihiro Yamamoto, Xinyi He, Kota Hanzawa, Takayoshi Katase, Masato Sasase, Jun-ichi Yamaura, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Phonon drag thermopower persisting over 200 K in FeSb2 thin film on SrTiO3 single crystal

Applied Physics Letters, vol. 124, iss. 19, pp. 193902, 2024.

Links | BibTeX

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Xinyi He, Shigeru Kimura, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Satoru Matsuishi, Makoto Minohara, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Kumigashira, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Inverse-Perovskite Ba3BO (B = Si and Ge) as a HighPerformance Environmentally Benign Thermoelectric Material with Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity

Advanced Science, vol. 11, iss. 10, pp. 2307058, 2023.

Links | BibTeX

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Xinyi He, Seiya Nomoto, Takehito Komatsu, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Suguru Kitani, Hideto Yoshida, Takafumi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Keisuke Ide, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hitoshi Kawaji, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Hydride anion substitution boosts thermoelectric performance of polycrystalline SrTiO3 via simultaneous realization of reduced thermal conductivity and high electronic conductivity

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 33, iss. 28, pp. 2213144, 2023.

Links | BibTeX

5.

Xinyi He, Haoyun Zhang, Takumi Nose, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Keisuke Ide, Shigenori Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Degenerated Hole Doping and Ultra-Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Polycrystalline SnSe by Nonequilibrium Isovalent Te Substitution

Advanced Science, vol. 9, iss. 13, pp. 2105958, 2022.

Links | BibTeX

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Takayoshi Katase, Xinyi He, Terumasa Tadano, Jan M. Tomczak, Takaki Onozato, Keisuke Ide, Bin Feng, Tetsuya Tohei, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hiromichi Ohta, Yuichi Ikuhara, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Breaking of thermopower – conductivity trade-off in LaTiO3 film around Mott insulator to metal transition

Advanced Science, vol. 8, iss. 23, pp. 2102097, 2021.

Links | BibTeX

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Masatoshi Kimura, Xinyi He, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Jan M. Tomczak, Makoto Minohara, Ryotaro Aso, Hideto Yoshida, Keisuke Ide, Shigenori Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Kumigashira, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Large phonon drag thermopower boosted by massive electrons and phonon leaking in LaAlO3/LaNiO3/LaAlO3 heterostructure

Nano Letters, vol. 21, iss. 21, pp. 9240–9246, 2021.

Links | BibTeX

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Chihiro Yamamoto, Xinyi He, Takayoshi Katase, Keisuke Ide, Yosuke Goto, Yoshikazu Mizuguchi, Akane Samizo, Makoto Minohara, Shigenori Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Double charge polarity switching in Sb-doped SnSe with switchable substitution sites

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 31, iss. 8, pp. 2008092, 2020.

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非平衡・薄膜ヘテロ構造を利用した新機能の探索

熱力学的な安定相ではない非平衡構造を安定化させたり、原子層で人工的な界面を形成したりすることで、天然材料では実現できない、全く新しい物性や機能が発現します。当研究室では、薄膜成長技術を駆使した非平衡相やヘテロ接合の設計により、新しい電子・光・熱機能の探索を進めています。その一例として、1 nmまで薄くしたLaNiO3超薄膜を絶縁体LaAlO3で挟み込んだ人工構造を作製し、界面フォノンが電子を引っ張る「フォノンドラッグ効果」によって熱起電力が10倍増加する現象を発見しました。また、2D層状SnSeと3D岩塩型PbSeの相境界を非平衡状態で安定化し、温度変化による2D⇔3D構造の可逆転移と5桁を超える巨大な電気抵抗変化を実現しています。安定相物質では成し得ない性能や新機能を持つ革新材料とデバイスの創出を目指しています。

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Takayoshi Katase, Seiya Nomoto, Xinyi He, Suguru Kitani, Takashi Honda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Simultaneous Realization of Single-Crystal-Like Electron Transport and Strong Phonon Scattering in Polycrystalline SrTiO3–xHx

ACS Applied Electronic Materials, vol. 6, iss. 10, pp. 7424–7429, 2024.

Links | BibTeX

2.

Chihiro Yamamoto, Xinyi He, Kota Hanzawa, Takayoshi Katase, Masato Sasase, Jun-ichi Yamaura, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Phonon drag thermopower persisting over 200 K in FeSb2 thin film on SrTiO3 single crystal

Applied Physics Letters, vol. 124, iss. 19, pp. 193902, 2024.

Links | BibTeX

3.

Xinyi He, Shigeru Kimura, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Satoru Matsuishi, Makoto Minohara, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Kumigashira, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Inverse-Perovskite Ba3BO (B = Si and Ge) as a HighPerformance Environmentally Benign Thermoelectric Material with Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity

Advanced Science, vol. 11, iss. 10, pp. 2307058, 2023.

Links | BibTeX

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Xinyi He, Seiya Nomoto, Takehito Komatsu, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Suguru Kitani, Hideto Yoshida, Takafumi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Keisuke Ide, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hitoshi Kawaji, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Hydride anion substitution boosts thermoelectric performance of polycrystalline SrTiO3 via simultaneous realization of reduced thermal conductivity and high electronic conductivity

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 33, iss. 28, pp. 2213144, 2023.

Links | BibTeX

5.

Xinyi He, Haoyun Zhang, Takumi Nose, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Keisuke Ide, Shigenori Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Degenerated Hole Doping and Ultra-Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Polycrystalline SnSe by Nonequilibrium Isovalent Te Substitution

Advanced Science, vol. 9, iss. 13, pp. 2105958, 2022.

Links | BibTeX

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Takayoshi Katase, Xinyi He, Terumasa Tadano, Jan M. Tomczak, Takaki Onozato, Keisuke Ide, Bin Feng, Tetsuya Tohei, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hiromichi Ohta, Yuichi Ikuhara, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Breaking of thermopower – conductivity trade-off in LaTiO3 film around Mott insulator to metal transition

Advanced Science, vol. 8, iss. 23, pp. 2102097, 2021.

Links | BibTeX

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Masatoshi Kimura, Xinyi He, Takayoshi Katase, Terumasa Tadano, Jan M. Tomczak, Makoto Minohara, Ryotaro Aso, Hideto Yoshida, Keisuke Ide, Shigenori Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Kumigashira, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Large phonon drag thermopower boosted by massive electrons and phonon leaking in LaAlO3/LaNiO3/LaAlO3 heterostructure

Nano Letters, vol. 21, iss. 21, pp. 9240–9246, 2021.

Links | BibTeX

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Chihiro Yamamoto, Xinyi He, Takayoshi Katase, Keisuke Ide, Yosuke Goto, Yoshikazu Mizuguchi, Akane Samizo, Makoto Minohara, Shigenori Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Hideo Hosono, Toshio Kamiya

Double charge polarity switching in Sb-doped SnSe with switchable substitution sites

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 31, iss. 8, pp. 2008092, 2020.

Links | BibTeX

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