Professor Jinping Suo
Professor, Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China

Areas of Expertise: New metals and their composites, Structural materials for nuclear fusion, Functional coatings, etc.

Dimitrios Karamanis
Professor of Alternative Energy Sources
University of Patras, Department of Environmental Engineering, Greece

Areas of Expertise: Wind potential and wind energy, Photovoltaics and solar energy, Μaterials and methods of passive cooling, Accelerator Driven Systems for energy production, Radiation metrology, Environmental impact of energy production and use, Applications of renewable energy sources

Brief Introduction: Professor of Alternative Energy Sources at University of Patras. His research interest started with the development of appropriate countermeasures for the mitigation of the severe environmental consequences of the Chernobyl accident and followed by cross section measurements in the thorium fuel cycle for energy production and waste incineration. Expanded to the study of wind and solar energy systems in the last fifteen years and currently research focused on solar cooling of buildings and the integration of photovoltaics in buildings for electricity production towards carbon neutral cities. By participating in national and international research programs as a scientific coordinator and researcher, he has published more than 110 scientific papers in scientific journals, patents, undergraduate textbook on RES and book chapters with >3500 citations and h-index 35 (Scopus). Prof. Karamanis teaches courses in the subject of renewable energy sources and their applications since 2006 in Departments of the Universities of Ioannina and Patras.

Tentative Speech Title: Emerging solar energy materials and needs for passive and active applications in the built environment

Dr. Guohua Xie
Professor; FRSC; Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, China

Areas of Expertise: Organic Semiconductors, Organic Photonics, and Organic Optoelectronic Materials and Devices

Tentative Speech Title: Solution-Processed OLEDs

Tentative Abstract: Organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) have many promising applications in active matrix displays, solid-state lighting, visible light communication, and medical treatment, which make them attractive in fundamental and applied researches. Currently, the manufacture of OLEDs mainly relies on vacuum evaporation, which is highly expensive and complicated. To address this issue, solution-processed OLEDs are favorable due to the merits of large-area and low-cost. In this talk, the state-of-the-art solution-processable OLEDs will be presented and explained, including material selection and device engineering. Moreover, the innovative technologies of transfer printing and inkjet printing for solution-processed OLEDs will be elaborated, which are more competitive for large-area mass production.

Assoc. Prof. Chun Fang
Associate professor, Supervisor of Master's Candidates
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China

Areas of Expertise: Ultra-low temperature batteries, Fast-charging lithium-ion batteries, New functional lithium-ion battery electrolyte

Dr. Karim RAGUI
Senior Researcher in Institute of Engineering Thermophysics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Areas of Expertise: Carbon Capture and Storage, Structural nanomaterials, Heat and Mass Transfer, Supercritical media, Applications of renewable energy sources

Brief Introduction: Dr. Karim RAGUI is a Senior Researcher in Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. He graduated and worked as Associate Professor in USTHB University, Algeria, and ENS-Paris-Saclay University, France (2015-2021). His research focuses on supercritical fluids for green energy applications, heat & mass transfer, multiscale porous matrix, and nanotechnology. He won several Certificates of Excellence from Elsevier Researcher Academy (2018-2019) and Nature Master-Classes (2022-2023). He Co-Edited 02 Special Issues in Scopus Journals. He is currently an Editor-in-Board Member in SN Applied Sciences Journal (Springer Nature), and Guess Editor in MATEC Journal, edp-Sciences, Materials of FDMP, and Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing. He published innovative models on heat and mass coefficients for hazardous contaminants in porous annulus (IJHMT, 2018), flow-pattern & non-settling charts on nanoparticles/base-fluid instability for field-scale applications (Physics of Fluids, 2021), and transient model on dynamic of supercritical CO2 saturation in microchips for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) applications.

Tentative Speech Title: Materials for Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization Against Hazardous Contaminants