Kati
Miettunen
Professor, Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering
Areas of expertise
energy
photovoltaics
materials science
solar cells
physics
bio-based materials
engineering
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.
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.
Publications
Predictive Modeling of Dye Solar Cell Degradation (2022)
SOLAR RRL
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Biocarbon from brewery residues as a counter electrode catalyst in dye solar cells (2021)
Electrochimica Acta
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Eco-design for dye solar cells: From hazardous waste to profitable recovery (2021)
Journal of Cleaner Production
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Extreme sensitivity of dye solar cells to UV-induced degradation (2020)
ENERGY SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))