Summary
Dr. Gan Huang received his PhD degree from Tsinghua University in 2018 (Outstanding Graduate Award; Outstanding PhD Thesis Award). Prior to joining Imperial College London (the Clean Energy Processes (CEP) Laboratory, led by Professor Christos Markides), he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford from 2018. He spent time and gained research experience at the University of Pittsburgh in the USA in 2017, and also gained engineering experience during the internship in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan in 2015. He is a currently Group Leader at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany).
Dr. Huang’s research focuses on next-generation solar technologies, specifically the development of hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar systems based on technologies of spectral splitting, emissivity control, thin-film semi-transparent solar cells, biomimetic hydrogel, nanofluids, etc., aiming at harvesting solar energy to simultaneously generate electricity and high-temperature heat energy with high efficiencies and low costs.
He also has an on-going interest in biomimetic transpiration cooling based on technologies of microporous materials and additive manufacturing, aiming at protecting ultra-high heat flux devices, such as electronic chips and high concentrating solar collectors, in a bionic intelligent way.
His researches have been featured in the world’s leading physics magazines ‘Physics World’ (UK) and ‘Advances in Engineering’ (Canada) in 2018, and more recently, by 'Imperial College London News', and by news outputs 'PV magazine', 'EurekAlert', 'Solar Daily' etc. in 2021. He received the 'Best Paper Award' of ECOS2020 (33rd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems).
Publications
Journals
Li Q, Jiang L, Huang G, et al., 2023, A ternary system exploiting the full solar spectrum to generate renewable hydrogen from a waste biomass feedstock, Energy and Environmental Science, Vol:16, ISSN:1754-5692, Pages:3497-3513
Herrando M, Wang K, Huang G, et al., 2023, A review of solar hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) collectors and systems, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol:97, ISSN:0360-1285, Pages:1-74
He W, Huang G, Markides CN, 2023, Synergies and potential of hybrid solar photovoltaic-thermal desalination technologies, Desalination, Vol:552, ISSN:0011-9164, Pages:1-18
Peacock J, Huang G, Song J, et al., 2022, Techno-economic assessment of integrated spectral-beam-splitting photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) and organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems, Energy Conversion and Management, Vol:269, ISSN:0196-8904, Pages:1-18
Madurai Elavarasan R, Mudgal V, Selvamanohar L, et al., 2022, Pathways toward high-efficiency solar photovoltaic thermal management for electrical, thermal and combined generation applications: A critical review, Energy Conversion and Management, Vol:255, ISSN:0196-8904, Pages:1-31