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Seyedali Emami, obtained his PhD degree in chemical engineering at University of Porto in October 2020. His main interest research areas include 3rd generation photovoltaic technologies and laser-assisted material processing. Seyedali has been involved in more than 8 R&D projects funded by Portuguese and EU agencies. Principle investigator of a national funded project by FCT and work package leader of a EU funded project. Winner of the BIP-proof award 2022 from Banco Santander. First author of 6 peer-reviewed, co-author of 4 peer-reviewed, and co-inventor of two patents. Organizer of SPTech conference, guest editor for the journal of Crystals - MDPI, advisory board to F1000 research. Currently, Dr Emami is a junior researcher at LEPABE-UPorto, where his is the co-supervisor of two PhD students, two master students and supervisor of two project fellows.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Seyedali Emami

Citation names

  • Emami, Seyedali

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1818-A848-1F9E
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5139-3367
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zoMdd2YAAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus Author Id
56347804900

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 924342122 (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Persian (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Azerbaijani Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/03/01 - 2020/10/06
Concluded
 Chemical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Chemical Engineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Advanced hermetic encapsulation of perovskite solar cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2011/02/01 - 2013/08/01
Concluded
 Chemical Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Chemical Engineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 15
2003/09/01 - 2010/07/01
Concluded
 Chemical Engineering (Bachelor)
Major in Chemical Engineering
Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch, Iran
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01/06 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2020/10/06 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/12/01 - 2025/12/01 Diamond - Ultra-stable, highly efficient, low-cost perovskite photovoltaics with minimised environmental impact
101084124
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2024/09/01 TanPT - Efficient, stable and industrial-friendly multi junction perovskite solar cell
2022.05826.PTDC
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/03/01 - 2020/10/06 Development of efficient and stable perovskite solar cells
SFRH/BD/119402/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/09/04 - 2017/02/28 BI-DSC
321315
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2013/09/02 - 2014/09/01 WINDSC
SI IDT - 21539/2011
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/07/26 - 2021/07/25 Armazenamento de energia solar em baterias redox de caudal
PTDC/EQU-EQU/30510/2017
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/06 - 2021/06/30 SunFlow
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030510
Post-doc
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2013 - 2014 Strategic Project - UI 511 - 2013-2014 - PI as coordinator of LEPABE
C/EQB/UI0511
Incentivo/EQB/UI0511/2013
UIDP/00511/2020
10.54499/UIDP/00511/2020
UID/EQU/00511/2019
Incentivo/EQB/UI0511/2014
UID/EQU/00511/2013
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 137342
UIDB/00511/2020
10.54499/UIDB/00511/2020
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 147284
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021/07/01 - Current BATERIAS 2030
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046109
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia
UIDB/00511/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia
UIDP/00511/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2020/12/31 WINPSC
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017796
Team member
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2018/12/31 GOTSolar
687008
Team member
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Martins, Jorge; Emami, Seyedali; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. Corresponding author: Mendes, Adélio. "Low temperature hermetic encapsulation for long-term stable dye-sensitized solar cells". Paper presented in International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference (CHEMPOR), Bragança, 2023.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. "ADVANCED LASER-ASSISTED ENCAPSULATION OF PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS". Paper presented in SPtech 2021, Porto, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. "NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF LASER-ASSISTED SEALING OF PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS". Paper presented in SPtech 2021, 2021.
  2. "INTERCONNECTING MODULAR LASER SEALED LARGE AREA PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS". Paper presented in SPtech 2021, 2021.
  3. "DUAL LASER-ASSISTED GLASS FRIT ENCAPSULATION FOR LONG-LIFETIME PRINTABLE PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS". Paper presented in SPtech 2021, 2021.
  4. "Ultra Low Temperature Laser-Assisted Glass Frit Encapsulation of n-i-p Perovskite Solar Cells". Paper presented in Proceedings of Online nanoGe Fall Meeting 20 (OnlineNFM20), 2020.
  5. Emami, Seyedali. "Laser-assisted glass frit encapsulation of HTM-free perovskite solar cells". Paper presented in HOPV, Rome 2019, 2019.
  6. Emami, Seyedali. "Hermetic sealing of perovskite solar cells at process temperature lower than 85 ºC". Paper presented in HOPV, Rome 2019., 2019.
  7. Emami, Seyedali. "Hermetic encapsulation of hole transport-free perovskite solar cell". Paper presented in Chempor 2018, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Jorge Martins; Marta Pereira; Seyedali Emami; Dzmitry Ivanou; Adélio Mendes. "Decal Ni mesh to enhance the conductivity of carbon back contacts in dye sensitized and perovskite solar cells". Energy Advances (2024): https://doi.org/10.1039/D3YA00476G.
    10.1039/D3YA00476G
  2. Capitão, Jeffrey; Martins, Jorge; Emami, Seyedali; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Fully glass frit encapsulated dye-sensitized solar cells: Challenges for hermetical sealing of electrolyte injection holes". Solar Energy 249 (2023): 476-484. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2022.12.001.
    10.1016/j.solener.2022.12.001
  3. Martins, Jorge; Emami, Seyedali; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Ultralow Temperature Glass Frit Encapsulation for Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells". ACS Applied Energy Materials 5 11 (2022): 14185-14192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c02714.
    10.1021/acsaem.2c02714
  4. Santos, Fátima; Martins, Jorge; Capitão, Jeffrey; Emami, Seyedali; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Stable Cobalt-Mediated Monolithic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Full Glass Encapsulation". ACS Applied Energy Materials 5 6 (2022): 7220-7229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c00765.
    10.1021/acsaem.2c00765
  5. Seyedali Emami; Jorge Martins; Dzmitry Ivanou; Adélio Mendes. "Advanced hermetic encapsulation of perovskite solar cells: the route to commercialization". Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2020): https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA11907H.
    10.1039/C9TA11907H
  6. Jorge Martins; Seyedali Emami; Rúben Madureira; Joaquim Mendes; Dzmitry Ivanou; Adélio Mendes. "Novel laser-assisted glass frit encapsulation for long-lifetime perovskite solar cells". Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2020): https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TA05583B.
    10.1039/D0TA05583B
  7. Seyedali Emami; Jorge Martins; Ruben Madureira; Daniel Hernandez; Gabriel Bernardo; Joaquim Mendes; Adélio Mendes. "Development of hermetic glass frit encapsulation for perovskite solar cells". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 52 7 (2019): 074005-074005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aaf1f4.
    10.1088/1361-6463/aaf1f4
  8. Seyedali Emami; Luísa Andrade; Adélio Mendes. "Recent Progress in Long-term Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells". U.Porto Journal of Engineering 1 2 (2018): 52-62. https://doi.org/10.24840/2183-6493_001.002_0007.
    10.24840/2183-6493_001.002_0007
  9. Emami, Seyedali. "Low temperature hermetic laser-assisted glass frit encapsulation of soda-lime glass substrates". Optics and Lasers in Engineering 96 (2017): 107-116. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143816616304638.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2017.04.006
  10. Emami, S.; Paz, F.A.A.; Mendes, A.; Gales, L.; Emami, Seyedali. "Toward the construction of 3D dipeptide-metal frameworks". Crystal Growth and Design 14 9 (2014): 4777-4780. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906875641&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/cg500925x

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Emami, Seyedali; Adélio Mendes. 2022. "Laser-assisted hermetic encapsulation process and product thereof". United States.
    Allowed
  2. Emami, Seyedali; Dzmitry Ivanou; Adélio Mendes. 2020. "Lead-based perovskite solar cell device with a functional element for lead immobilization". Portugal.
    Pending
  3. Emami, Seyedali; Adélio Mendes; Joaquim Gabriel Mendes; Jorge Martins; Jorge Pinto; Luísa Andrade. 2017. "Laser-assisted hermetic encapsulation process and product thereof".
    Granted/Issued
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/01/06 Advanced Encapsulation for Long Lifetime Perovskite Solar Cells 3rd Generation PV in the Developing World
Necem (Durham, United Kingdom)
2017/09/18 Low temperature hermetic laser-assisted glass frit encapsulation; a safe bet toward stable perovskite solar cells E-MRS Fall Meeting
European Materials Research Society (Warsaw, Poland)
2016/03/04 Laser Assisted Glass-Glass Encapsulation for Perovskite Solar Cells ABXPV , Barcelona 2016
NanoGe (Barcelona, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/02/08 - Current Advanced encapsulation of stable, large-area perovskite solar cells modules
Co-supervisor of Marta Magalhães da Silva Pereira
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2021/02/01 - Current Development of long-term stable, environmentally safe perovskite solar cells
Co-supervisor of Eliana Teresa Coelho Loureiro
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/07/05 - Current SPTech- Solar Power Technologies (2021/07/05)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/01/12 Development of Dye-sensitized solar cells for sinergistically hosting sensing devices
(Thesis) Arguer
 Carolina Sofia Hora Oliveira (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2022/04/08 Highly Efficient Monolithic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
(Thesis) Arguer
 Fátima Eduarda Oliveira Santos (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Química, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2022/04/07 Analysis of the effects of Shading over a PV: MPPT under Partial Shading Conditions
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Patrick James Welsh Talas (Master)
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia, Portugal
2021/02/02 Dielectric materials as new approach for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 front passivation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Margarida Marques Mano Coelho Monteiro (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/09/01 - Current Semiconductor science and technology (1361-6641) IOP Science
2023/01/15 - Current Journal of materials science- materials in electronics Springer
2022/10/01 - Current Physica Scripta (1402-4896) IOP Science
2021/02/01 - Current Materials Research Express (2053-1591) Institute of Physics (IOP)

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/10/11 - 2023/10/12 Carbon Club Conference 2023 University of Marburg

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/07/01 - Current Crystals (2073-4352) MDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
2021/07/01 - Current Solar Power Technology collection F1000 Research
Distinctions

Award

2022 Banco Santander Open Innovation | BIP PROOF
Universidade do Porto, Portugal