The object
Tsutomu Miyasaka introduced perovskite solar cells, lightweight photovoltaic devices made through solution-based coating rather than conventional crystalline-silicon processing. The Kyoto Prize credits his work with opening new frontiers in high-efficiency conversion, while his university research group records his 2024 Japan Academy Prize for the technology.
What Tsutomu did
Introduced solar cells using organo-metal perovskite materials and solution-based coating processes.
Why it matters
The Kyoto Prize identifies his perovskite cell concept as a next-generation power-source platform that overturned assumptions about photovoltaics.
Living-status check
Toin University's research group reported Miyasaka receiving the Japan Academy Prize at a July 2024 ceremony and lists him as professor.