Kati Miettunen
kati.miettunen@utu.fi +358 29 450 2559 +358 40 544 8742 : P075 |
energy; photovoltaics; materials science; solar cells; physics; bio-based materials; engineering
Materials Engineering
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.
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.
- Combining cellulose substrates and perovskites in sustainable solar cells is possible: a systematic literature review offering realistic solutions (2026)
- Green Chemistry
- Evaluation of the panel temperature modeling parameters for bifacial photovoltaics with open-rack and vertical installations (2026)
- Solar Energy
- Impact of growing national solar power capacity on the profitability of residential solar energy production in northern conditions (2026)
- Renewable EnergyEnergy and Buildings
- Performance evaluation of high latitude agrivoltaic systems with vertically mounted bifacial panelsSolvent-based revival of carbon-based perovskite solar cells (2026)
- Applied EnergyEngineering research express
- Photovoltaic power modelling in high latitudes with empirical and machine learning models using transfer learning (2026)
- Solar Energy
- Revive or reuse: Environmental and energy insights into mesoporous perovskite solar cells recycling (2026)
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
- Robust Performance Loss Rate Calculation for Photovoltaic Systems in High Latitude Locations (2026)
- Progress in Photovoltaics
- Solar energy for multi-story apartment buildings-Innovative façade solutions and energy sharing enable load-matching (2026)
- 2026
- Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Characterization and Radiative Limit Modeling of Bismuth-Based Perovskite-Inspired Absorbers for Indoor Photovoltaics (2026)
- Advanced Optical Materials



