We are pleased to announce a new CNATS seminar on materials for solar cells by Petra Cameron Shogo Mori (Shinshu University, Japan)
The session is taking place next Thursday, September, 17th.
ABSTRACT: There is a quiet energy revolution going on around us. Over half of UK energy demand is now met by renewables, and in 2024 7% of global demand was met by solar cells and 8% by wind generation. In this talk I will introduce the extraordinary contribution that solar is making to the renewable energy transition and I will tackle a few of the myths around solar energy. I will introduce perovskite solar cells and look at whether emerging solar technologies can be part of a true sustainable and circular economy. Finally I will give an introduction to our research which seeks to understand the ways in which mobile ions in perovskite solar cells influence the device stability and efficiency.
Date: Thursday, September, 17th, 2026
Time: 11:30 h.
Venue: Sala de grados del edificio 25.
Address: Pablo de Olavide University, Avda Rectora Rosario Valpuesta, Nº 1, 41089
PETRA CAMERON:
Shogo Mori is a Professor in the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Division of Chemistry and Materials, at Shinshu University, Japan. He joined Shinshu University in 2005. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Physics from the University of Toledo, U.S.A., in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and his Ph.D. in Engineering Science from Osaka University, Japan, in 2004. From 1999 to 2005, he worked as a research engineer at Nokia Research Center in Tokyo, Japan, where he conducted research on various materials and energy sources. His current research interests include interactions between photon and materials, and charge transport and transfer, especially at semiconductor/dye/electrolyte interfaces in dye-sensitized solar cells. He has built several transient absorption measurement systems using nanosecond pulsed lasers, as well as current transient measurement systems. He is the author or co-author of 97 papers and proceedings, which have received over 7700 citations. He has two patents and co-authored chapters in two books.
