The University has been awarded three of the ten grants under the Research Grants Council's (RGC) Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS) 2022/23. The SRFS aims to provide sustained support to exceptionally outstanding researchers at UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong to facilitate their dedication to research and development. Prof. Gang Li is one of the PolyU outstanding scholars who is conferred the title of RGC Senior Research Fellow and will receive HKD 7.7 million SRFS funding for his research project “Printable Organic Solar Cells: Materials and Device Investigations towards Applications”. Organic solar cell (OSC) is an emerging photovoltaic (PV) technology with distinct advantages in many areas, such as flexible/portable PV, building integrated PV and transparent power applications. Aiming at accelerating the OSC technology, Prof. Li proposed a systematic plan to tackle the challenges in OSC. The project will significantly push forward OSC technology in terms of high efficiency, stability, compatibility with unique applications and being printing friendly. The proposed research represents a new frontier for OSC technology, which integrates chemistry, physics and material science to generate new perspectives in science and come up with solutions to challenging issues in renewable energy.
