Research Theme︱Energy Materials and Devices︱PolyU Applied Physics

Energy Materials and Devices

The research area of Energy Materials and Devices aims to investigate various kinds of energy conversion and storage. The scope covers ferroelectric/dielectric materials for energy conversion and storage: dielectric materials for energy storage, electro-caloric cooling and catalysts; down- and up-conversion phosphors for photovoltaics and lighting; triboelectric nanogenerators; materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage: metal-ion batteries and supercapacitors; organic photovoltaics; perovskite solar cells; photocatalysts and electrocatalysts; Heterogeneous catalysis and CO2 utilization, etc.

Research Members in Energy Materials and Devices:

Name	Research Interest
Prof. J. H. HAO	Light sources based on piezotronics and piezo-photonics; colossal permittivity materials for energy-storage; triboelectric nanogenerator
Prof. F. YAN	Organic photovoltaics, solar cells based on perovskite materials
Prof. H. T. HUANG	Photocatalysts, ferroelectric photovoltaics and energy storage, electrodes for batteries; supercapacitors
Dr. Molly M. J. LI	Heterogeneous catalysis, nanocatalysts, renewable fuel production, chemical hydrogen storage
Dr. B. ZHANG	Energy storage materials, metal-ion batteries.