Kazuhiro Ohkawa
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Saudi Arabia
Biography
Prof. KAZUHIRO OHKAWA Specialises in science and device application of energy-conversion phenomena toward a more sustainable future. Promising applications are solid state lighting and artificial photosynthesis. He is working as Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.
Research Interest
"Professor Ohkawa‘s research interests include science and device application of energy-conversion phenomena toward a more sustainable future. Promising applications are solid state lighting and artificial photosynthesis. Ohkawa has refined MOVPE technique to the point where only his MOVPE can grow specifically designed InGaN as an essential component to fabricate efficient yellow- amber- and red-LEDs. InGaN is environmentally benign, and will snatch the device field by arsenides and phosphides. He is also trying to generate clean chemical energy from light energy by using nitride photocatalyst he invented. It is so-called artificial photosynthesis which produces not only H2 from H2O reduction but also HCOOH, CH4 and C2H5OH from CO2 reduction. Efficiency of nitride photosynthesis is already greater than average of biological photosynthetic one. "
