Hu Yunfei, Associate Professor

Profile:

Yunfei Hu, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Faculty of Renewable Energy Science and Engineering, member of China Renewable Energy Society. Dr.Hu received her Ph.D from South China University of Technology in 2005, under the supervision of Prof. Liu Zhengzhi, Prof. Shen Hui and Academician Wen Lishi. The Ph.D project was carried in the solar energy laboratory of Guangzhou institute of Energy Conversion, CAS, where she has developed the earliest batches of poly-Si thin film solar cells on low cost substrate. After graduation she worked as a post doctor in Sun Yat-Sen University. Afterwards she joined the Norwegian Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) in 2016 and was in charge of the Si based solar cell efficiency out of a fully automated production line. She worked as a Senior Researcher in SINTEF institute of Norway since 2011, where she has led several research projects funded by Norwegian Research Council and North European Research Program. In 2015 she started in Norsun for high efficiency mono-Si R&D. She was external examiner of undergraduate thesis for Process Engineering subject in The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) between 2012 and 2017. She joined the College of New Materials and New Energies at Shenzhen Technology University in end of 2017 and in charge of the laboratory of renewable energy system and smart grid.

Academic Background:

September 2000 - July 2005 South China University of Technology, Material Process Engineering, Doctoral Degree

September 1996 - July 2000 South China University of Technology, Inorganic Materials, Bachelor's Degree

Work Experience:

December 2017 - Present  Shenzhen Technology University, College of New Materials and New Energy, Associate Professor

August 2015 - May 2017  Norsun AS (Norway), Research Scientist

May 2011-August 2014  SINTEF Institute (Norway), Senior Researcher

August 2006-May 2011 REC Norway, Solar Cell Efficiency Leader

January 2006- August 2007 Sun Yat-sen University, Post doctor

Research Interests:

1. Solar PV system and smart grid;

2. High efficiency tandem solar cells

3. Reliability of the solar modules

Research Projects：

1. School-enterprise joint laboratory of solar PV and Energy Storage (20231064010073), 2023-2026, Leader

2. Research on optical performance test of thin film solar modules (20221064010071) , 2022-2024，Leader

3. Development of consumer solar photovoltaic power optimizer (20214027010016)，2021-2023，Leader

4. Double-sided solar module performance test and simulation (20211064010013) , 2021-2023, Leader

5. Study on short-wavelength response enhancement of heterojunction solar cells (20213108010017) , 2021-2023, Leader

6. Study on the performance of translucent color thin film solar photovoltaic system (1811309010180011)，2018-2020, Leader

7. Critical increase in solar cell production competitiveness by innovations in cell efficiency, volume and yield while tolerating zero defects，Norwegian Research Council，2011-2014, Participant

8. Solar Module Power Loss Due to Specific Shading in Northern Regions (1365.03), Norwegian Research Council，2013-2014, Leader

9. Study on abnormal increase of reverse current in partially shadowed solar module (1265.01), Norwegian Research Council，2012-2013, Leader

10. Strengthen ICP-MS competence in North Norway (1265.14), 2012-2013, Leader

11. Financing of contact building with Chinese Photovoltaic units (1265.51), 2011-2012, Leader

12. Study on large grain polycrystalline silicon thin films on Silicon Sheet from Power Substrate, 2004-2007, Participant

Representative Papers:

1. Jinxing He, Yunfei Hu*, et al.，Effects of Pre-deposition on the Optoelectronic Properties of AZO Films by Atomic Layer Deposition，Journal of Material Science: Materials in electronics, 2023.09

2. Ren Chen, Yunfei Hu,* et al. Silicon quantum dots prepared by electrochemical etching and their application in solar cells. Journal of Material Science: Materials in electronics (2023) 34:1105

3. Jinyun Liu*, Ting Zhou, Tianli Han, Liying Zhu, Yan Wang, Yunfei Hu*, et al. Engineering a ternary one-dimensional Fe2P@SnP0.94@MoS2 mesostructure through magnetic-field-induced self-assembly as a high-performance lithium-ion battery anode, Chemical Communications, 2022.03, 33

4. Zhen Zhang, Ming Liu, Lei Wang*, Tianpeng Chen, Lei Zhao, Yunfei Hu, Chuanjia Xu. Optimization of indium recovery from waste crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells by acid leaching. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021-111218

5. Jianqiang Wang, Xiaoning Ru, Tianyu Ruan, Yunfei Hu*, Yongzhe Zhang*, and Hui Yan*. Performance of heterojunction solar cells with different intrinsic a-Si:H thin layers deposited by RF- and VHF-PECVD. Journal of Material Science: Materials in electronics (2021) 32:25327–25331

6. Jianqiang Wang, Chuncai Meng, Huan Liu, Yunfei Hu*, Lei Zhao*, Wenjing Wang, Xixiang Xu, Yongzhe Zhang*, and Hui Yan*. Application of Indium Tin Oxide/Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide Transparent Conductive Oxide Stack Films in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2021,4

7. Zhen Zhang, Minyan Wu, Yue Lu, Chuanjia Xu, Lei Wang*, Yunfei Hu, Fei Zhang. The mathematical and experimental analysis on the steady-state operating temperature of bifacial photovoltaic modules.

8. Minghan Li, Yunfei Hu, Peigang Han. Cadmium telluride thin film PV system under the shadow. Proceedings in PVSEC-30, Jeju Korea, 2020-09

9. Yunfei Hu*, High-Resolution Lock-in Thermography Investigation on Industrial Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 2013, 3(3)

10. Yunfei Hu，Hui Shen*, et al，Effect of temperature on the growth of polysilicon films prepared by RTCVD method. Journal of South China University of Technology (Natural Science Edition), 2007, 35(4)

11. Yunfei Hu，Hui Shen*, et al，Research and progress of polycrystalline silicon thin film solar cells. Journal of Solar energy, 2005, 26(2)

12. Hu Yunfei, Shen Hui, et al. Observation on defects in polycrystalline silicon thin films, Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 2005, 18(3)

13. Yunfei Hu, Juan Cardenas, etc. Solar-Wind hybrid systems: A feasibility study, Proceedings in International Conference on Cold Climate Technology, May 2014, Norway.

14. Hu Yunfei, Guo Zhiqiu, Liu Xiyun, et al. Surface morphology and defects of polycrystalline silicon thin film, Technical Digest of 15th PVSEC, 2005, Shanghai (953-954)

15. Y. F. Hu, H. Shen, Z. C. Liang, et al. Growth behavior of polycrystalline silicon thin films prepared by RTCVD, Technical Digest of 14th PVSEC conference, 2004-01，Bangkok.

Contact Information:

E-mail: huyunfei@sztu.edu.cn