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Noritaka Usami

Noritaka Usami

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Materials Science

D-Index
57
Citations
13003
World Ranking
7912
National Ranking
446

Overview

Noritaka Usami is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has a substantial research output primarily in the fields of engineering and materials science. Their work spans multiple subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

Their research interests concentrate on topics related to silicon and solar cell technologies, semiconductor materials and interfaces, thin-film transistor technologies, silicon nanostructures and photoluminescence, semiconductor materials and devices, nanowire synthesis and applications, and integrated circuits and semiconductor failure analysis.

Usami has contributed to numerous publications across various scientific venues. Some of the frequent venues for their work include:

  • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Applied Physics Express
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Extended Abstracts of the 2020 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Usami cover a range of topics related to semiconductor materials and solar cell technologies:

  • Application of Bayesian optimization for improved passivation performance in TiOx/SiOy/c-Si heterostructure by hydrogen plasma treatment, 2021, Applied Physics Express
  • Reactive deposition growth of highly (001)-oriented BaSi2 films by close-spaced evaporation, 2020, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing
  • Improved conversion efficiency of p-type BaSi2/n-type crystalline Si heterojunction solar cells by a low growth rate deposition of BaSi2, 2022, AIP Advances
  • Data-Driven Optimization and Experimental Validation for the Lab-Scale Mono-Like Silicon Ingot Growth by Directional Solidification, 2022, ACS Omega
  • Effect of hydrogen plasma treatment on the passivation performance of TiOx on crystalline silicon prepared by atomic layer deposition, 2020, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Kazuhiro Gotoh
  • Yasuyoshi Kurokawa
  • Kentaro Kutsukake
  • S. Miyamoto
  • Takuto Kojima

Best Publications

  • A quantum-dot spin qubit with coherence limited by charge noise and fidelity higher than 99.9.

    Jun Yoneda;Kenta Takeda;Tomohiro Otsuka;Tomohiro Otsuka;Takashi Nakajima

  • A >99.9%-fidelity quantum-dot spin qubit with coherence limited by charge noise

    J. Yoneda;K. Takeda;T. Otsuka;T. Nakajima

  • Optical properties of ZnO rods formed by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

    B. P. Zhang;N. T. Binh;Y. Segawa;K. Wakatsuki

  • Island formation during growth of Ge on Si(100): A study using photoluminescence spectroscopy

    H. Sunamura;N. Usami;Y. Shiraki;S. Fukatsu

  • Formation of highly aligned ZnO tubes on sapphire (0001) substrates

    B. P. Zhang;N. T. Binh;K. Wakatsuki;Y. Segawa

  • Growth of structure-controlled polycrystalline silicon ingots for solar cells by casting

    Kozo Fujiwara;Wugen Pan;Noritaka Usami;Kohei Sawada

  • Effects of growth temperature on the characteristics of ZnO epitaxial films deposited by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

    B.P. Zhang;K. Wakatsuki;N.T. Binh;N. Usami

  • Growth of ZnO∕MgZnO quantum wells on sapphire substrates and observation of the two-dimensional confinement effect

    B. P. Zhang;N. T. Binh;K. Wakatsuki;C. Y. Liu

  • Control of Ge dots in dimension and position by selective epitaxial growth and their optical properties

    E. S. Kim;N. Usami;Y. Shiraki

  • Investigation of grain boundaries in BaSi2 epitaxial films on Si(1 1 1) substrates using transmission electron microscopy and electron-beam-induced current technique

    Masakazu Baba;Katsuaki Toh;Kaoru Toko;Noriyuki Saito

  • Exploring the potential of semiconducting BaSi2 for thin-film solar cell applications

    Takashi Suemasu;Noritaka Usami

  • Enhanced quantum efficiency of solar cells with self-assembled Ge dots stacked in multilayer structure

    Arnold Alguno;Noritaka Usami;Toru Ujihara;Kozo Fujiwara

  • In situ observation of elementary growth steps on the surface of protein crystals by laser confocal microscopy

    Gen Sazaki;Takuro Matsui;Katsuo Tsukamoto;Noritaka Usami

  • Determination of Bulk Minority-Carrier Lifetime in BaSi2 Earth-Abundant Absorber Films by Utilizing a Drastic Enhancement of Carrier Lifetime by Post-Growth Annealing

    Kosuke O. Hara;Noritaka Usami;Kotaro Nakamura;Ryouta Takabe

  • Grain growth behaviors of polycrystalline silicon during melt growth processes

    Kozo Fujiwara;Yoshikazu Obinata;Toru Ujihara;Noritaka Usami

  • Directional growth method to obtain high quality polycrystalline silicon from its melt

    K. Fujiwara;W. Pan;K. Sawada;M. Tokairin

  • Generation mechanism of dislocations during directional solidification of multicrystalline silicon using artificially designed seed

    Isao Takahashi;Noritaka Usami;Kentaro Kutsukake;Gaute Stokkan

  • Highly (111)-oriented Ge thin films on insulators formed by Al-induced crystallization

    K. Toko;M. Kurosawa;N. Saitoh;N. Yoshizawa

  • Low-temperature (180 °C) formation of large-grained Ge (111) thin film on insulator using accelerated metal-induced crystallization

    K. Toko;R. Numata;N. Oya;N. Fukata

  • Influence of grain size and surface condition on minority-carrier lifetime in undoped n-BaSi2 on Si(111)

    Ryota Takabe;Kosuke O. Hara;Masakazu Baba;Weijie Du

  • Investigation of the recombination mechanism of excess carriers in undoped BaSi2 films on silicon

    K. O. Hara;N. Usami;K. Toh;M. Baba

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Suemasu
Takashi Suemasu University of Tsukuba
Seiji Samukawa
Seiji Samukawa Tohoku University
Takashi Sekiguchi
Takashi Sekiguchi University of Tsukuba
Masayuki Miura
Masayuki Miura University of Tokyo
Kohei M. Itoh
Kohei M. Itoh Keio University
Masashi Kawasaki
Masashi Kawasaki University of Tokyo
Yoshiyuki Kawazoe
Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Tohoku University
Eiichiro Matsubara
Eiichiro Matsubara Kyoto University
Osami Sakata
Osami Sakata Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute

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