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Photovoltaic Expertise, Put into Practice
Scholars combines photovoltaic research expertise with simulation and measurement system development. We deliver technical advice, research reports and practical tools for evaluation and field trials.
Our three areas—technical consulting, PV and environmental measurement systems, and 3D solar irradiation and energy-yield analysis—are available individually or together. We form a specialist team to suit each project, with Scholars as your point of contact.
Takashi Minemoto
Representative Director
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Representative Director Takashi Minemoto
Biography
Born in Osaka. Ph.D. in Engineering, Ritsumeikan University.
He began researching thin-film solar cells in graduate school. After earning his doctorate, he spent a year at the Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, conducting thin-film photovoltaic research.
At Ritsumeikan University, his work encompasses CIS, silicon and perovskite solar cells as well as outdoor PV system evaluation. After 22 years of university research in photovoltaics, he founded Scholars Co., Ltd. in October 2019.
He was included in the Stanford/Elsevier list of the world’s top 2% of scientists in both single-year and career-long categories (August 2024 update).
Partners
(Technical Advisor)
Kensuke Nishioka
Ph.D. in Engineering
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki
Concentrator photovoltaics, hydrogen and renewable energy
Takeaki Sakurai
Ph.D. in Science
Professor, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Semiconductor physics, defect characterization and compound solar cells
Shigeru Ikeda
Ph.D. in Science
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University
Electrochemistry, photocatalysis and compound solar cells
Yoshihiro Hishikawa
Ph.D. in Science
Invited Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
High-precision measurement of photovoltaic performance
Yoshitaro Nose
Ph.D. in Engineering
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Crystal growth, thermodynamics and compound solar cells
Kenji Yoshino
Ph.D. in Engineering
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki
Transparent conductive films and spray deposition
Shuji Hayase
Ph.D. in Science
Specially Appointed Professor, i-PERC, The University of Electro-Communications
Printable photovoltaics: perovskite, dye-sensitized and organic thin-film solar cells
Seigo Ito
Ph.D. in Engineering
Professor, School of Engineering, University of Hyogo
Electrochemistry; perovskite, dye-sensitized, compound and silicon solar cells; hydrogen; primary and rechargeable batteries
Koji Shimada
Ph.D. in Engineering
Professor, College of Economics, Ritsumeikan University
Energy supply and demand, consumer behavior and econometrics
Kentaro Kutsukake
Ph.D. in Science
Researcher, RIKEN
Machine learning, crystal engineering and photovoltaics
Hiroshi Kubo
Ph.D. in Engineering
Representative Director, JAPAN of ASIA
Part-time Lecturer, Chiba Institute of Technology
Agrivoltaics, project management and business administration
Yasuaki Ishikawa
Ph.D. in Engineering
Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
PV module evaluation and inspection, transparent electrodes and semiconductor devices
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Books & Radio
Our representative, Takashi Minemoto, is the author of a beginner-friendly guide to photovoltaics published by Ohmsha (Japanese edition). The book is available from bookstores across Japan and Amazon.
You can also listen to his photovoltaic Q&A, originally broadcast on MBS Radio, as a podcast in Japanese.
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Scholars Co., Ltd.
Representative Director Takashi Minemoto
October 24, 2019
〒555-0033
5-8-11 Himejima, Nishiyodogawa Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
1,000,000 yen
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Technical consulting
PV & environmental measurement systems
3D solar irradiation & energy-yield analysis