SUNPEROM Management Team
Dr. Mahmoud Zendehdel
Project Coordinator
& Portfolio Manager
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Dr. Narges Yaghoobi Nia
Dissemination Manager
Dr. Alessandro Di Loreto
Communications Manager
Eng. Giovanni Teti
Exploitation Manager
SUNPEROM Partners
Iritaly Trading Company S.r.l.
PI: Dr. Mahmoud Zendehdel
Iritaly Trading Company is a multifaceted engineering and innovation firm specializing in the EPC and project management of industrial ventures, while pioneering advanced material science through the development of nanocomposites, high-performance perovskite solar cells, and novel electrochemical reactors for specialized industrial applications.
Main role in SUNPEROM: Coordination and project management; Leading CDE activities of the project; Market research, business model innovation and roadmap development; Development of electrocatalysts and multifunctional GDL; Development of stable tandem perovskite PVs; Computation & modeling; system validation; Fabrication & validation of SUNPEROM demonstrator; Leader of WP4, WP6 & WP7
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
PI: Prof. Michael Graetzel
Led by the pioneering Prof. Michael Grätzel, the LPI lab at EPFL serves as a global cornerstone of photovoltaic research, achieving world-record efficiencies in both p-i-n and n-i-p perovskite solar cell (PSC) configurations while providing the high-level academic consulting and engineering validation necessary to integrate these tandem cells into advanced electrochemical systems.
Main role in SUNPEROM: Fabrication the 2-T perovskite tandem cell; Development of top and middle perovskite stack of the SUNPEROM tandem device; Development of the SUNPEROM demonstrator; Leader of WP2.
University College London (UCL)
PI: Dr. Mojtaba Abdi Jalebi
The Functional Materials and Energy Device (FMED) group at UCL, led by Dr. Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi, specializes in the discovery and multi-scale characterization of novel nanostructured materials to engineer high-efficiency perovskite solar cells and integrated (photo)electrochemical systems for sustainable green fuel production.
Main role in SUNPEROM: Development and characterization of electrocatalysts and multifunctional GDL; Advanced materials and device characterizations; Scalable deposition, stability assessment and standard validation of GDL; Leader of WP3.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) / Université Paris-Saclay
PI: Dr. Mohamed Nawfal GHAZZAL
Dr. Mohamed Nawfal Ghazzal, an Associate Professor at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of Université Paris-Saclay, focuses on the synthesis and advanced characterization of single-atom catalysts and novel bio-inspired photocatalysts designed to optimize charge carrier separation for efficient electrocatalysis systems, specifically targeting $CO_2$ reduction reactions and green hydrogen generation.
Main role in SUNPEROM: Development of NIR photocatalysts, plasmonic oxides nanocrystals and single atom electrocatalysts; Advanced characterization; Fabrication and standard evaluation of the SUNPEROM tandem device, Leader of WP1; Leading of the dissemination activities (WP6).
Epsilon International LTD
PI: Prof. Markos Bonazountas
Expert in Aviation, Economics, Energy, Environment, Geomatics and Maritime. Carries expertise in RTD since 1990, with 100+ RTD Projects (FP3-to-HORIZON) with vast expertise in technologies, LCA and DSS, business plans, management of projects, and marketing & Promotional Plans.
Main role in SUNPEROM: LCA of the SUNPEROM system and socio-economic analyses; controlling of ethics and safety requirements; Leading of WP5.
