Masafumi Yamaguchi

Masafumi Yamaguchi is a Principal Professor at the Toyota Technological Institute (TTI), Nagoya, Japan. He received his Ph.D degree from the Hokkaido University, Japan in 1978. His research focuses on III-V compound multi-junction solar cells and materials, space and concentrator cells, crystalline Si solar cells and materials, and analysis of defects and impurities in semiconductor materials and devices. He has received several awards such as the William Cherry Award from the IEEE in 2008 and the Becquerel Prize from the European Commission in 2004. Currently, he is the Director of Solar Cells and Modules Division, International Solar Energy Society (ISES), the Research Supervisor in the field of the Creative Research for Clean Energy using Solar Energy, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and the Project Leader of the Next Generation High Performance PV R&D Project, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

Publications

Advanced Solar Cell Materials, Technology, Modeling, and Simulation
Advanced Solar Cell Materials, Technology, Modeling, and Simulation
Laurentiu Fara, Masafumi Yamaguchi. © 2013. 354 pages.
While measuring the effectiveness of solar cell materials may not always be practical once a device has been created, solar cell modeling may allow researchers to obtain...
New Trends in Solar Cells
New Trends in Solar Cells
Masafumi Yamaguchi, Laurentiu Fara. © 2013. 21 pages.
Photovoltaic (PV) power generation technology is one of the most promising renewable energy technologies because of the possibility of solving environmental problems and limited...
Physical Limitations of Photovoltaic Conversion
Physical Limitations of Photovoltaic Conversion
Laurentiu Fara, Masafumi Yamaguchi. © 2013. 10 pages.
This chapter presents the factors that are included in the expression of the conversion efficiency of a solar cell. These factors are upper limited, and that is why the...
Super High Efficiency Multi-Junction Solar Cells and Concentrator Solar Cells
Super High Efficiency Multi-Junction Solar Cells and Concentrator Solar Cells
Masafumi Yamaguchi. © 2013. 24 pages.
While single-junction solar cells may be capable of attaining AM1.5 efficiencies of up to 29%, Multi-Junction (MJ, Tandem) III-V compound solar cells appear capable of realistic...
Prospects and Strategy of Development for Advanced Solar Cells
Prospects and Strategy of Development for Advanced Solar Cells
Laurentiu Fara, Masafumi Yamaguchi. © 2013. 10 pages.
This chapter presents the necessity for developing high performance, low-cost, and highly reliable solar cells in order to further deployment of photovoltaics, as well as the...
Super High Efficiency Multi-Junction Solar Cells and Concentrator Solar Cells
Super High Efficiency Multi-Junction Solar Cells and Concentrator Solar Cells
Masafumi Yamaguchi. © 2013. 21 pages.
While single-junction solar cells may be capable of attaining AM1.5 efficiencies of up to 29%, Multi-Junction (MJ, Tandem) III-V compound solar cells appear capable of realistic...