Ershuai Jiang

Ershuai Jiang is a Doctoral Researcher at the Cluster of Excellence livMatS (Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies) at the University of Freiburg, specializing in the development of flexible organic solar modules for integration into interactive materials demonstrators. His work focuses on adapting solar technology to meet specific layout requirements while ensuring robust energy harvesting under low-intensity indoor light and partial visual transparency.

His primary research areas:

• Organic Photovoltaics
• Solar Energy
• Energy Harvesting
• Flexible Electronics
• Supercapacitors
• Energy Storage
• Materials Science

He pioneers compartmentalization strategies to enhance module resilience and explores monolithic integration of solar modules with carbon-based supercapacitors for combined energy harvesting and storage functionality. His research directly supports the livMatS mission of creating self-powered interactive materials systems.

Recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate breakthroughs in high-voltage organic photovoltaic mini-modules, achieving over 5000V for dielectric elastomer actuators and optimizing indoor performance through shunt reduction techniques. These works establish new benchmarks for flexible solar technology in low-light applications, with significant implications for autonomous systems and bioinspired materials.

Scientific Awards: None mentioned.

Supervised by Dr. Uli Würfel, Jiang's doctoral research contributes to the livMatS Cluster of Excellence without documented grant leadership or student advising responsibilities. His work occurs within the IDEASfactory@FIT framework, focusing on practical implementation for demonstrators.

He operates within the livMatS ecosystem at University of Freiburg, collaborating with the Demonstrators team to integrate energy solutions into bioinspired materials platforms. His research bridges fundamental photovoltaic science with practical applications in interactive materials systems.