Rate My Professor Shuzi Hayase

Shuzi Hayase is a Research Professor at the i-Powered Energy System Research Center at the University of Electro-Communications. He earned a Master of Science in polymer chemistry from Osaka University in 1978 and a Doctor of Science from the same institution in 1983. Hayase joined the Toshiba R&D Center in 1978, where he worked on ULSI lithography, solar cells, direct methanol fuel cells, and polysilane until 2001, with a postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University in the United States from 1988 to 1990. He served as Professor at Kyushu Institute of Technology from 2001 to 2019 before joining the University of Electro-Communications in 2019.

Hayase’s research centers on printable solar cells and related electronic materials. His career includes appointments in industry and academia focused on materials development for energy applications. He has received awards such as the 1987 National Investigator Award from the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation and the 1992 Chemical Engineering Award from the Electrochemical Society of Japan. Hayase has authored numerous publications on perovskite solar cells and photovoltaic devices. His professional email address is publicly listed on official university-affiliated sources.