Updated on 2025/04/02

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Masaharu Matsunami
 
Organization
Graduate School of Engineering Department of Advanced Science and Technology Materials Science and Engineering Energy Materials Laboratory Associate Professor   
Degree
博士(理学) ( 2004.3   神戸大学 )
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Research Areas

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Metallic material properties

  • Natural Science / Magnetism, superconductivity and strongly correlated systems

Main research papers

  • Direct observation of heterogeneous valence state in Yb-based quasicrystalline approximants

    M. Matsunami, M. Oura, K. Tamasaku, T. Ishikawa, S. Ideta, K. Tanaka, T. Takeuchi, T. Yamada, A. P. Tsai, K. Imura, K. Deguchi, N. K. Sato, and T. Ishimasa

    Phys. Rev. B   96   241102   2017

    Kondo Resonance in PrTi2Al20: Photoemission spectroscopy and single-impurity Anderson model

    M. Matsunami, M. Taguchi, A. Chainani, R. Eguchi, M. Oura, A. Sakai, S. Nakatsuji, and S. Shin

    Phys. Rev. B   84   193101   2011

    Pressure Tuning of an Ionic Insulator into a Heavy Electron Metal: An Infrared Study of YbS

    M. Matsunami, H. Okamura, A. Ochiai, and T. Nanba

    Phys. Rev. Lett   103   237202   2009

    Anomalous Duality of 4f Electrons in Filled Skutterudite CeOs4Sb12

    M. Matsunami, R. Eguchi, T. Kiss, K. Horiba, A. Chainani, M. Taguchi, K. Yamamoto, T. Togashi, S. Watanabe, X.-Y. Wang, C.-T. Chen, Y. Senba, H. Ohashi, H. Sugawara, H. Sato, H. Harima, and S. Shin

    Phys. Rev. Lett   102   36403   2009

    Combining photoemission and optical spectroscopies for reliable valence determination in YbS and Yb metal

    M. Matsunami, A. Chainani, M. Taguchi, R. Eguchi, Y. Ishida, Y. Takata, H. Okamura, T. Nanba, M. Yabashi, K. Tamasaku, Y. Nishino, T. Ishikawa, Y. Senba, H. Ohashi, N. Tsujii, A. Ochiai, and S. Shin

    Phys. Rev. B   78   195118   2008

Research History

  • Toyota Technological Institute   Associate Professor

    2015.6

  • Institute for Molecular Science   Assistant Professor

    2010.4 - 2015.5

  • The University of Tokyo   The Institute for Solid State Physics

    2007.4 - 2010.3

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Education

  • Kobe University

    - 2004.3

Research theme

  • Development of high performance thermoelectric materials based on heavy fermion systems

    松波 雅治, 竹内 恒博

    2017

  • Study for electronic structure near Fermi level in valence fluctuating quasicrystals

    松波 雅治, 竹内 恒博

    2017 - 2018

Papers

  • Composition, time, temperature, and annealing-process dependences of crystalline and amorphous phases in ductile semiconductors Ag2S1−xTex with x = 0.3–0.6 Reviewed

    Kosuke Sato, Keisuke Hirata, Masaharu Matsunami, Tsunehiro Takeuchi

    AIP Advances   14 ( 1 )   2024.1 (     eISSN:2158-3226 )

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    We investigate composition, time, temperature, and annealing-process dependences of crystalline and amorphous phases in ductile semiconductors Ag2S1−xTex with x = 0.3–0.6. We reveal that a metastable amorphous phase containing no secondary phases is obtainable at x = 0.6 even with furnace cooling and possesses ductility in the same manner as the end compound of Ag2S, while the high-temperature phase (HTP) of Ag2S precipitates in the amorphous phase at x = 0.3–0.5 by keeping the good ductility. During the crystallization process of the amorphous phase by annealing a sample at 373–503 K for 4–14 days and cooling it down slowly to room temperature, HTP of Ag2S disappears and the low-temperature phase (LTP) of Ag2S and the Ag5−dTe3 phase appear, while the amorphous phase remains. The ductility is observed for the samples containing the LTP of Ag2S but not for those containing the Ag5−dTe3 phase. Based on the obtained results, the possible phase diagram of Ag2S1−xTex with x = 0.3–0.6 is proposed, and the origin of the ductility in the LTP and HTP of Ag2S and amorphous phase is discussed. We believe that our study is helpful for properly predicting mechanical and transport properties of this material and developing this material as a component of bendable/wearable electronic devices for long-term use.

    DOI: 10.1063/5.0180950

  • Improvement of thermoelectric performance of flexible compound Ag2S0.55Se0.45 by means of partial V-substitution for Ag Reviewed

    Kosuke Sato, Saurabh Singh, Itsuki Yamazaki, Keisuke Hirata, Artoni Kevin R. Ang, Masaharu Matsunami, Tsunehiro Takeuchi

    AIP Advances   13 ( 12 )   2023.12 (     eISSN:2158-3226 )

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    The effects of the partial V-substitution for Ag on the thermoelectric (TE) properties are investigated for a flexible semiconducting compound Ag2S0.55Se0.45. Density functional theory calculations predict that such a partial V-substitution constructively modifies the electronic structure near the bottom of the conduction band to improve the TE performance. The synthesized Ag1.97V0.03S0.55Se0.45 is found to possess a TE dimensionless figure-of-merit (ZT) of 0.71 at 350 K with maintaining its flexible nature. This ZT value is relatively high in comparison with those reported for flexible TE materials below 360 K. The increase in the ZT value is caused by the enhanced absolute value of the Seebeck coefficient with less significant variation in electrical resistivity. The high ZT value with the flexible nature naturally allows us to employ the Ag1.97V0.03S0.55Se0.45 as a component of flexible TE generators.

    DOI: 10.1063/5.0171888

  • Huge Peltier conductivity in valence fluctuating material Yb3Si5 Reviewed

    Kentaro Kuga, Keisuke Hirata, Masaharu Matsunami, Tsunehiro Takeuchi

    Applied Physics Letters   2023.11

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    DOI: 10.1063/5.0172472

  • Reduction of working temperature for the large magnitude in thermoelectric dimensionless figure of merit of Ag2−x Cu x S Reviewed

    Kosuke Sato, Gareoung Kim, Koki Murase, Saurabh Singh, Keisuke Hirata, Dogyun Byeon, Masaharu Matsunami, Tsunehiro Takeuchi

    Japanese Journal of Applied Physics   62 ( 11 )   111002 - 111002   2023.11 (   ISSN:0021-4922   eISSN:1347-4065 )

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    Abstract

    In this study, we try to reduce the temperature range for the large magnitude of dimensionless figure of merit ZT = 20 that was observed for the Ag2S composite consisting of low- and high-temperature phases under a unique temperature gradient at around 400 K. It reveals that partial substitution of Cu for Ag sites in Ag2S reduces the phase transition temperature, and subsequently the temperature range for this high ZT down to a temperature of 373 K. This result strongly suggests that our developed Cu-substituted Ag2S could be one of the best thermoelectric component materials in the generators capable of effectively recovering electric power from heat exchangers using hot water as a working liquid.

    DOI: 10.35848/1347-4065/ad0579

    Other Link: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.35848/1347-4065/ad0579/pdf

  • Development of Cu2Se/Ag2(S,Se)-Based Monolithic Thermoelectric Generators for Low-Grade Waste Heat Energy Harvesting Reviewed

    Artoni Kevin R. Ang, Itsuki Yamazaki, Keisuke Hirata, Saurabh Singh, Masaharu Matsunami, Tsunehiro Takeuchi

    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces   15 ( 40 )   46962 - 46970   2023.9 (   ISSN:1944-8244   eISSN:1944-8252 )

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    DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c09823

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MISC

  • Verification of the Wedemann-Franz law in Yb3Si5 single crystals

    横井滉平, 吉川利輝, 久我健太郎, 松波雅治, 竹内恒博, 町田洋

    日本物理学会講演概要集(CD-ROM)   78 ( 2 )   2023 (   ISSN:2189-079X )

  • Physical properties of Yb3Si5 clean single crystal

    久我健太郎, 松波雅治, 磯前貴央, 中辻知, 竹内恒博

    日本物理学会講演概要集(CD-ROM)   78 ( 2 )   2023 (   ISSN:2189-079X )

  • Strong violation of Wiedemann-Franz law in Yb3Si5 single crystal

    久我健太郎, 松波雅治, 松波雅治, 竹内恒博, 竹内恒博

    日本物理学会講演概要集(CD-ROM)   77 ( 2 )   2022 (   ISSN:2189-079X )

  • Giant Peltier coefficient in valence fluctuating material YbSi2

    久我健太郎, 松波雅治, 濱本諭, 大浦正樹, 藤原秀紀, 野末悟郎, 尾瀬朱音, 保井晃, 竹内恒博

    日本物理学会講演概要集(CD-ROM)   77 ( 1 )   2022 (   ISSN:2189-079X )

  • 重い電子系Yb化合物の熱電特性制御

    岡田真由子, 尾川史武, 久我健太郎, 松波雅治, 竹内恒博

    日本金属学会講演大会(Web)   168th   2021

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Presentations

  • 延性を有する化合物半導体Ag2S1-xTex(x = 0.3 – 0.6)の構造と熱電物性 International conference

    佐藤紅介*, 平田圭佑*, 松波 雅治, 竹内 恒博

    第70回応用物理学会春季学術講演会  ( 上智大学四谷キャンパス )   2023.3  応用物理学会

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  • 積層型熱電発電素子の開発 International conference

    山崎樹*, ANG, Artoni Kevin Roquero, 平田圭佑*, 松波 雅治, 竹内 恒博

    日本熱電学会2023年度春季第172回講演大会  ( 東京大学駒場キャンパス )   2023.3  日本金属学会

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  • 相変態を用いた熱流スイッチング素子の高性能化 International conference

    丸地智也*, 平田圭佑*, 竹内 恒博, 松波 雅治

    第83回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会  ( 東北大学 川内北キャンパス+オンライン )   2022.9 

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  • 銀カルコゲナイドの相変態を利用した高性能熱ダイオードの開発 International conference

    後藤友輔*, 平田圭佑*, 松波 雅治, 竹内 恒博

    第83回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会  ( 東北大学 川内北キャンパス+オンライン )   2022.9 

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  • Development of monolithic thermoelectric generators using high performance chalcogenide materials for ambient temperature applications International conference

    ANG, Artoni Kevin Roquero, 山﨑樹*, 平田圭佑*, Saurabh Singh*, 松波 雅治, 竹内 恒博

    第83回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会  ( 東北大学 川内北キャンパス+オンライン )   2022.9 

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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Subject in charge(Off-campus)

  • 技術と環境

    2020.4 Institution:南山大学

  • 総合科目

    2019.10 - 2020.3 Institution:愛知大学