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.
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- Encapsulation of commercial and emerging solar cells with focus on perovskite solar cells (2022)
- Solar Energy
- Modeling and Measuring the Power Output of Vertical Bifacial Solar Panels in Nordic Conditions (2022)
- Proceedings of the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
- Plant-Based Structures as an Opportunity to Engineer Optical Functions in Next-Generation Light Management (2022)
- Advanced Materials
- Predictive Modeling of Dye Solar Cell Degradation (2022)
- SOLAR RRL
- Biocarbon from brewery residues as a counter electrode catalyst in dye solar cells (2021)
- Electrochimica Acta
- Eco-design for dye solar cells: From hazardous waste to profitable recovery (2021)
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Extreme sensitivity of dye solar cells to UV-induced degradation (2020)
- ENERGY SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
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