Microquanta

Company introduction

Microquanta was founded by Dr. Jizhong Yao and Dr. Buyi Yan in Zhejiang Hangzhou Future SCI-TECH City in 2015. It is one of the leading companies in developing the cutting-edge perovskite solar cells and related smart manufacturing equipment.
Microquanta set new world highest energy conversion efficiency records for perovskite solar modules four times, from 15.2% in 2017 to 17.9% in 2018 (stable 17.3%) certified by the international test center Newport Corp. These results have been selected in ”Solar Cell Efficiency Tables” for three times, which also makes Microquanta the only Chinese company in the list of the perovskite sector. The company also won the Excellent Start-up Award in the national final of the Torch Start-up Competition held by Chinese Department of Science and Technology. The achievements have also been widely reported by CCTV, People's Daily, Xinhua News and Zhejiang Daily. With a pipeline of over 90 applied patents, the company is dedicated to provide flexible clean energy solutions for green buildings and smart grids and smart cities.

TEAM INTRODUCTION

JiZhong Yao

CEO

2011 Graduated from Zhejiang Universiity and UNSW
2015 Ph.D in Physics department, Imperial College London
2018 Forbes Asia 30 under 30
2018 Ten Talents of Science and Technology, Hangzhou
BuYi Yan

Vice President

2006-2011 APP program, Zhejiang University and University of New South Wales
2011-2016 Ph.D fellowship, KAUST
2016 Qianjiang Talents plan, Zhejiang
2018 Forbes Asia and Forbes China 30 under 30
Yang Yang

Chief Scientist

2009 Bachelor in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University
2015 Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)，UCLA outstanding Ph.D. Graduate Award

Rui Sheng

Research Director

2012, Master degree, the University of New South Wales, photovoltaic and renewable energy engineering
2015 Visiting Scholar, the University of Oxford, condensed matter physics
2016 postdoctoral research fellow, the University of New South Wales, photovoltaic and renewable energy engineering
2017 Ph.D. The University of New South Wales