- 2005 NERC
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Dr. Dawen Li
Professor
Contact
- 2005 NERC
- phone (205) 348-9930
- fax (205) 348-6959
- Faculty Website
Research Areas
Education
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
- B.S., Chemical Machinery and Manufacturing, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
Dr. Dawen Li is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama. Dr. Li received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2006. During his doctoral study, Dr. Li gained industry experience through an internship at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies. From 2006 to 2008 he served as a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Li joined the University of Alabama in 2008. He is a recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER award.
Dr. Li’s current research focuses on organic and perovskite-based photovoltaics (including tandem solar cells), advanced manufacturing of perovskite solar modules through blade and slot-die coating with integration of rapid photonic annealing, physics-informed machine learning/embodied AI with edge computing, and applications of solar power systems for water treatment and rapid and economical development of flood level observation.
Affiliated Areas
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Polymers and Soft Materials Research Center, Alabama Materials Institute, Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR), Alabama Water Institute, Alabama Transportation Institute
Selected Publications
- Peter I. Udenze, Hao Dong, Dawen Li*, “Machine Learning Applications in the Design, Optimization, and Manufacturing of Perovskite Solar Cells”, Solar Energy, 312, 114604 (2026)
- Mohsen Ameri, Zhongliang Ouyang, Jarod Beights, Jacob Breakfield, Qiaoli Liang, Seid Yimer Abate, So Yeon Park, Qilin Dai, Kai Zhu, and Dawen Li*, “Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells Achieved via Rapid photonic Annealing of All Stacking Layers: Unveiling the Crystallization Energy Window”, Small, 21, 2501825, (2025)
- Pei Tang, Mohsen Ameri, Qiaoli Liang, Peter I. Udenze, Zhongliang Ouyang, Megan Brown, Logan Smith, Igor Fedin, Dawen Li*, “Interface Modulation by Macromolecules for Enhancing Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17, 21, 31614–31626, (2025)
- Peter I. Udenze, Jiaqi Gong, Shohreh Soltani, Dawen Li*, “A deep neural network with two-step decomposition technique for predicting ultra-short-term solar power and electrical load”, Applied Energy, 382, 125212, (2025)
- Saeid Vaezsis, Mohsen Ameri, Pei Tang, Igor Fedin, Dawen Li*, “Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by the Synergy of Chlorine Additive and Scalable Rapid Photonic Annealing of Multiple Stacking Layers”, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 33, no. 12, 1-10 (2025)
Awards and Honors
- CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2012
- President’s Research Faculty Award, the University of Alabama (UA), 2026
- SCoE Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award, 2025
- First prize in Faculty Innovation Pitch Competition, UA, 2022
- First place in UA Crimson Technology Innovation Contest, 2017
Dr. Li's Impact
Igniting Innovation: 5 Inventions that Started at UA
May is National Inventors’ Month. To celebrate, we took a moment to applaud innovation at The University of Alabama, which is designated one of the Top 100 U.S. Universities in 2024 by...
