This symposium will bring together researchers working on the development, engineering, and application of f lexible perovskite solar cells (f-PSCs), one of the most promising candidates for next-generation lightweight and portable photovoltaics.
We welcome contributions covering molecular design, interface and buffer engineering, encapsulation, and scale-up approaches for f lexible perovskite solar cells. Particular emphasis will be placed on strategies to enhance mechanical stability and long-term operational durability, as well as integration with roll-to-roll processes and tandem architectures. The symposium aims to foster international collaborations and highlight cutting-edge progress in both fundamental science and emerging industrial applications.
- Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells
- Stability and Encapsulation
- Interface and Charge Transport Layers
- Roll-to-Roll and Scalable Processing
- Tandem and Hybrid Architectures
- Materials Design and Molecular Engineering
- Device Physics and Characterization
- Industrial Integration and Prototyping
Ji-Youn Seo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nanoenergy Engineering at Pusan National University, Korea. She earned her BSc and MSc degrees from Ajou University in 2009 and 2011, respectively, and her PhD in Materials Science from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, under the mentorship of Professor Michael Grätzel. Her doctoral research focused on advancing dye-sensitized solar cells, contributing to innovations in renewable energy technologies. Following her academic training, Dr. Seo gained valuable industry experience at Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) in Korea, where she worked on bio-plastics and fuel cell technologies, and at H.GLASS in Switzerland, where she contributed to the development of organic photovoltaics (OPV) and dye-sensitized solar cells. Currently, Dr. Seo’s research centers on high-efficiency and stable perovskite solar cells, with a particular focus on large-area module fabrication. She is also actively involved in education, serving as the Associate director of Korea’s innovative open shared university and early-employment contract graduate school programs in the field of energy and semiconductor industries, fostering international collaboration and mentoring the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Luigi Angelo Castriotta is a post-Doctoral fellow from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, focusing on flexible perovskite solar cells and modules. He joined Prof. Huang's group at UNC (USA) in June 2023, as a Global Marie-Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow and as a Principal Investigator of the "EFESO" Project. He got his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering in 2021 from University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy) as a Marie-Curie Fellow as part of the Innovative Training Network MAESTRO; He did his bachelor’s degree in chemistry at University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy) and Masters’ in "Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" at Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) and in "Organic Molecular Electronics" at Technische Universitat Dresden (Germany).
Dr. Nathan Hill is a consultant for Energy Materials Consulting LTD, working with Power Roll (PRL) as a senior research scientist, specialising in perovskite physics, measurement automation, and simulation for PV devices. He earned his PhD from Newcastle University, focusing on ion migration in perovskites. Since joining PRL in 2022, he has led external research programs, developed key characterisation methods, and strengthened academic collaborations. Nathan has supervised PhD students leading to high-impact published research and contributed to patent-pending innovations. His work bridges academia and industry, advancing perovskite PV technology and accelerating the commercial application of cutting-edge research.
Aruna IvaturiDr. Shun-Wei Liu is a Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Ming Chi University of Technology (MCUT), Taiwan. He concurrently serves as the Founding Director of the Organic Electronics Research Center (OERC)—Taiwan’s first university-level research center dedicated to organic electronics—and as Associate Dean for the College of Engineering, overseeing global strategic partnerships and academic-industry engagement. In 2017, Professor Liu successfully persuaded the MCUT Board of Trustees to invest $2,500,000 USD to establish the OERC, transforming MCUT into a national leader in organic and hybrid optoelectronic research. Under his visionary leadership, the center has become a multidisciplinary hub, integrating advanced materials science, device physics, and translational engineering. As Director, Professor Liu has built a robust research platform that bridges fundamental science with high-impact applications across organic and perovskite optoelectronics.
Throughout his academic career, Professor Liu has consistently demonstrated exceptional capability in securing highly competitive national and industrial research funding. Since beginning his faculty position 14 years ago, he has been awarded 15 research grants from the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of Taiwan, with a total funding amount of $1,856,569 USD. In parallel, he has led 16 industry-academia collaborative development projects, amounting to $871,000 USD in contracted research funding. In addition, he has successfully completed 14 know-how licensing agreements and 10 patents, resulting in a cumulative revenue of $610,000 USD. These figures reflect not only his scientific rigor, but also his consistent capacity to translate advanced materials and device research into impactful, real-world applications. Professor Liu’s research portfolio encompasses optoelectronics based on organic and perovskite materials, with significant emphasis on short-wave infrared (SWIR)/NIR imaging, transparent photovoltaics, optical sensors, and medical OLED lighting. One of his landmark innovations is a multi-source co-deposition technique that enables nanometer-precision control over organic film morphology, which has been widely adopted for high-performance organic electronics.
A hallmark of Professor Liu’s translational impact is the technology transfer of his OLED innovations to Formosa Biomedical Technology Corporation, a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Group. He pioneered the development of a health-focused OLED light therapy, leveraging fundamental OLED device physics to engineer a commercially viable product. The system—protected by a comprehensive IP portfolio—retails at approximately $100 USD (https://www.fbshop.com.tw/SalePage/Index/9544669?lang=zh-TW&srsltid=AfmBOookJN12ofTiQN6FZeGo-VsBthsT76_ietOmYPXrFgnwp68vGjiX) and has reached an annual domestic sales volume of over 2,000 units in Taiwan alone, with expansion to global markets actively underway. Professor Liu’s organic imager technology has also attracted the attention of Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc., a global leader in high-end optical instrumentation. In 2024, his team with a world-leading optical instrumentation company signed a confidential R&D collaboration agreement (NDA) and committed financial support to co-develop next-generation imaging platforms based on Professor Liu’s know-how organic detection architecture. This partnership further demonstrates the global relevance and industrial traction of his work.
Academically, Professor Liu has authored over 180 peer-reviewed SCI publications, with a citation count of 4,800 and an H-index of 37 (according to the Scopus database). His excellence in scientific research and technology transfer has been recognized by multiple national honors, including the Ta-You Wu Memorial Award and the Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer from NSTC and the Outstanding Young Researcher Award from Taiwan Photonics Society. Indeed, his 2023 publication in Science Advances on near-infrared organic imagers for covert light detection was featured as a RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT in Nature (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01460-9), underscoring its scientific and technological significance in privacy protection and human-augmented vision systems. Internationally, Professor Liu was appointed Adjunct Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2024, where he leads a collaborative program on indoor perovskite photovoltaics for energy harvesting in IoT environments. This appointment reflects his sustained contributions to global innovation in optoelectronic materials and devices.
Building upon these outstanding academic and translational achievements, in 2025, Professor Shun-Wei Liu was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). This prestigious recognition not only affirms his exceptional standing in the global chemistry and materials community, but also marks the first time a scholar from a private university of technology in Taiwan has been inducted into the Fellowship, setting a historic milestone.
Yaoguang RongJangwon SeoJiantao Wang