Hikaru Kobayashi
Osaka University, Japan
Biography
Hikaru Kobayashi received Doctor of Science in Chemistry from Kyoto University in 1984. He was a Post-doctoral fellow at Physics department in University of Pennsylvania between 1984 and 1986, and then he started working at the Matsushita Electronics Company. He became an Associate Professor of Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University in 1990, and moved to Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research of Osaka University as a Full Professor. He has been performing researches on fabrication of Si nanopowder, its application to hydrogen generation material, anode material in Li ion batteries, and luminescent material. He has also been studying material science related to crystalline Si solar cells, especially surface and interface control to improve conversion efficiencies.
Abstract
Abstract : Si nanopowder for internal hydrogen generation materials
