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Suekuni Koichiro Last modified date:2024.04.19



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https://kyushu-u.elsevierpure.com/en/persons/koichiro-suekuni
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092-583-7948
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092-583-7947
Academic Degree
Ph.D (Science)
Country of degree conferring institution (Overseas)
No
Field of Specialization
Solid state physics, Thermoelectrics
Total Priod of education and research career in the foreign country
00years00months
Outline Activities
Development of novel thermoelectric materials and research on their physical properties
Research
Research Interests
  • Development of high-performance thermoelectric sulfides and study of their structural and physical properties
    keyword : thermoelectric, mineral
    2010.04.
  • Synthesis and thermoelectric characterization of pnictide semiconductors
    keyword : Thermoelectric materials, narrow-gap, compound semiconductor
    2020.04.
  • Thermoelectric and phononic properties of type-I clathrates
    keyword : clathrate, thermoelectric, thermal conductivity
    2005.04~2010.03.
Academic Activities
Reports
1. Koichiro Suekuni, Michihiro Ohta, Toshiro Takabatake, Emmanuel Guilmeau, Synthetic minerals tetrahedrites and colusites for thermoelectric power generation, "Thermoelectric Energy Conversion, Theories and Mechanisms, Materials, Devices, and Applications", ed. by R. Funahashi, Elsevier, pp197-216, 2021.02.
2. Synthetic Copper-based Sulfide Minerals as Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and the Modularization for Power Generation.
Papers
1. Takashi Hagiwara, Koichiro Suekuni, Pierric Lemoine, Carmelo Prestipino, Erik Elkaim, Andrew R. Supka, Rabih Al Rahal Al Orabi, Marco Fornari, Emmanuel Guilmeau, Bernard Raveau, Hikaru Saito, Philipp Sauerschnig, Michihiro Ohta, Yui Kanemori, Michitaka Ohtaki, Pseudobinary Approach to the Discovery and Design of Copper-Based Sulfides, Chemistry of Materials, 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01135, 35, 18, 7554-7563, 2023.09.
2. T. Hagiwara, K. Suekuni, P. Lemoine, A. R. Supka, R. Chetty, E. Guilmeau, B. Raveau, M. Fornari, M. Ohta, R. Al Rahal Al Orabi, H. Saito, K. Hashikuni, M. Ohtaki, Key Role of d0 and d10 Cations for the Design of Semiconducting Colusites: Large Thermoelectric ZT in Cu26Ti2Sb6S32 Compounds, Chemistry of Materials, 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00872, 33, 9, 3449-3456, 2021.04.
3. Takuya Tanimoto, Koichiro Suekuni, Taiki Tanishita, Hidetomo Usui, Terumasa Tadano, Taiga Kamei, Hikaru Saito, Hirotaka Nishiate, Chul Ho Lee, Kazuhiko Kuroki, and Michitaka Ohtaki, Enargite Cu3PS4: A Cu–S-Based Thermoelectric Material with a Wurtzite-Derivative Structure, Adv. Funct. Mater., 10.1002/adfm.202000973, 2000973, 2020.04, 銅ー硫化物系化合物半導体の一種であるエナーガイトCu3PS4のPをGeで置換すると優れた熱電性能が発現することを発見。従来熱電材料として研究されてきた銅ー硫化物系のほとんどが閃亜鉛鉱型の派生構造をとるのに対して、本研究で対象としたCu3PS4はウルツ鉱型の派生構造をとることが特徴である。この発見は、銅―硫黄系熱電材料の研究フィールドを、類似の(ウルツ鉱型派生の)結晶構造の化合物にも広げるものである。.
4. Suekuni, Koichiro; Lee, Chul Ho; Tanaka, Hiromi I.; Nishibori, Eiji; Nakamura, Atsushi; Kasai, Hidetaka; Mori, Hitoshi; Usui, Hidetomo; Ochi, Masayuki; Hasegawa, Takumi; Nakamura, Mitsutaka; Ohira-Kawamura, Seiko; Kikuchi, Tatsuya; Kaneko, Koji; Nishiate, Hirotaka; Hashikuni, Katsuaki; Kosaka, Yasufumi; Kuroki, Kazuhiko; Takabatake, Toshiro, Retreat from Stress: Rattling in a Planar Coordination, ADVANCED MATERIALS, 10.1002/adma.201706230, 30, 13, 2018.03.
5. Suekuni Koichiro, Takabatake Toshiro, Research Update: Cu–S based synthetic minerals as efficient thermoelectric materials at medium temperatures, APL materials, 4, 104503, 2016.07.
6. Suekuni, Koichiro, Kim, Fiseong S., Nishiate, Hirotaka, Ohta, Michihiro, Tanaka, Hiromi I., Takabatake, Toshiro, High-performance thermoelectric minerals: Colusites Cu26V2M6S32 (M = Ge, Sn), APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 10.1063/1.4896998, 105, 13, 132107-1-132107-4, 2014.09.
7. Takabatake, Toshiro, Suekuni, Koichiro, Eiji, Kaneshita, Nakayama, Tsuneyoshi, Phonon-glass electron-crystal thermoelectric clathrates: Experiments and theory, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS, 10.1103/RevModPhys.86.669, 86, 2, 669-716, 2014.06.
8. Suekuni, Koichiro, Tsuruta, Kojiro, Kunii, Masaru, Nishiate, Hirotaka, Nishibori, Eiji, Maki, Sachiko, Ohta, Michihiro, Yamamoto, Atsushi, Koyano, Mikio, High-performance thermoelectric mineral Cu12-xNixSb4S13 tetrahedrite, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 10.1063/1.4789389, 113, 4, 043712-1-043712-5, 2013.01.
9. Suekuni, Koichiro, Tsuruta, Kojiro, Ariga, Tomoki, Koyano, Mikio, Thermoelectric Properties of Mineral Tetrahedrites Cu10Tr2Sb4S13 with Low Thermal Conductivity, APPLIED PHYSICS EXPRESS, 10.1143/APEX.5.051201, 5, 5, 051201-1-051201-3, 2012.05.
10. Suekuni, K., Avila, M. A., Umeo, K., Fukuoka, H., Yamanaka, S., Nakagawa, T., Takabatake, T., Simultaneous structure and carrier tuning of dimorphic clathrate Ba8Ga16Sn30, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.235119, 77, 23, 235119-1-235119-8, 2008.06.
Membership in Academic Society
  • The Japan Society of Applied Physics
  • Thermoelectric Society of Japan
  • The Physical Society of Japan