Kati Miettunen
kati.miettunen@utu.fi +358 29 450 2559 +358 40 544 8742 Office: P075 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6564-6262 |
Areas of expertise
energy; photovoltaics; materials science; solar cells; physics; bio-based materials; engineering
energy; photovoltaics; materials science; solar cells; physics; bio-based materials; engineering
Research community or research topic
Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering
Research
My research focuses on next generation solar devices that could prepared using easy manufacturing methods and cheap materials. Besides development of novel materials for flexible solar cells and upscaling the technology, I study the lifetime issues of these technologies and sustainability of the approaches. Regarding the latter topic, my research lies in utilizing abundant and renewable materials such as wood-derivatives. Overall, I am interested in how increase of renewable energy production changes the future energy systems.
Teaching
I am the responsible professor for the bachelor and master programs in materials engineering. My personal focus area in teaching is energy materials. I have full formal qualifications in higher education pedagogics.
Publications
- Combining cellulose substrates and perovskites in sustainable solar cells is possible: a systematic literature review offering realistic solutions (2026)
- Green Chemistry
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Evaluation of the panel temperature modeling parameters for bifacial photovoltaics with open-rack and vertical installations (2026)
- Solar Energy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Impact of growing national solar power capacity on the profitability of residential solar energy production in northern conditions (2026)
- Renewable Energy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Performance evaluation of high latitude agrivoltaic systems with vertically mounted bifacial panels (2026)
- Applied Energy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Photovoltaic power modelling in high latitudes with empirical and machine learning models using transfer learning (2026)
- Solar Energy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Revive or reuse: Environmental and energy insights into mesoporous perovskite solar cells recycling (2026)
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Robust Performance Loss Rate Calculation for Photovoltaic Systems in High Latitude Locations (2026)
- Progress in Photovoltaics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Solar energy for multi-story apartment buildings-Innovative façade solutions and energy sharing enable load-matching (2026)
- Energy and Buildings
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Solvent-based revival of carbon-based perovskite solar cells (2026)
- Engineering research express
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Characterization and Radiative Limit Modeling of Bismuth-Based Perovskite-Inspired Absorbers for Indoor Photovoltaics (2026)
- Advanced Optical Materials
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



