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
- Predictive Modeling of Dye Solar Cell Degradation (2022)
- SOLAR RRL
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Biocarbon from brewery residues as a counter electrode catalyst in dye solar cells (2021)
- Electrochimica Acta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Eco-design for dye solar cells: From hazardous waste to profitable recovery (2021)
- Journal of Cleaner Production
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Extreme sensitivity of dye solar cells to UV-induced degradation (2020)
- ENERGY SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)