Education

Master D. in physics, June 2002, South China Normal University

Ph.D. in material physics and chemistry, June 2008, South China University of Technology

Professional Positions Held

Associate Professor of Physics, September 2008-August 2014

Professor of Physics, September 2014-present

Research direction and field

Photoelectric materials and photoelectric devices, preparation and application of two-dimensional nano materials and their composites, preparation and Simulation of thin film solar cells (organic solar cells, perovskite solar cells).

Research Grants Funded So Far

I. Preparation of novel biopolymer DNA composites and their application in organic solar cells

The National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.61974045, January 2020-December 2023.

II. Effect of surface modification of inorganic nano array on the performance and physical mechanism of polymer / inorganic nano array solar cells

The National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61474046, January 2015-December 2018.

III. Research on high performance organic laminated solar cells

The National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61176061, January 2012-December 2015.

IV. Effect of biomaterial modified inorganic nano ZnO array cathode interface on the performance of organic solar cells and its physical mechanism

The Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province under Grant No. 2019A1515012092, October 2019-September 2022.

V. Study on polymer solar cells with ternary blend structure

The Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province under Grant No. 2017A030313379, May 2017-April 2020.

Representative papers

1. J. Z. Huang, H. Z. Yu*, X. M. Zhou, ZnO nanoparticles modified with biomaterial GHK-Cu as electron transport layer to fabricate highly efficient inverted polymer solar cells, Chemical Engineering Journal 428, 131366 (2022).

2. J. K Zhang, Y. P. Sun, H. Z. Yu*, Reducing energy loss via adjusting the anode work function and perovskite layer morphology for the efficient and stable hole transporting layer-free perovskite solar cells, Chemical Engineering Journal 431, 133948 (2022).

3. C. W. Huang, S. W. Shi*, H. Z. Yu*, Work functions tuning of Nb₂CTx flakes as hole and electron extraction layers in organic solar cells by controlling surface functional groups, ACS Energy Letters 6, 3464 (2021).

4. J. K. Zhang, H. Z. Yu*, Multifunctional dopamine-assisted preparation of efficient and stable perovskite solar cells, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 54, 291 (2021).

5. J. K. Zhang, H. Z. Yu*, Reduced energy loss enabled by thiophene-based interlayers for high performance and stable perovskite solar cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 9, 4138 (2021).

6. J. X. Xu, T. Peng, X. Qin, Q. Zhang, T. Y. Liu, W. B Dai, B. Chen*, H. Z. Yu*, S. W. Shi*, Recent Advances in 2D MXenes: Preparation, Intercalation and Applications in Flexible Devices, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 9, 14147 (2021).

7. C. L. Hou, H. Z. Yu*, ZnO/Ti₃C₂T_x monolayer electron transport layers with enhanced conductivity for highly efficient inverted polymer solar cells, Chemical Engineering Journal ‏407, 127192 (2021).

8. J. Y. Chen, J. K. Zhang, C. W. Huang; Z. N. Bi, X. Q. Xu*, H. Z. Yu*, SnO₂/2D-Bi₂O₂Se new hybrid electron transporting layer for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells, Chemical Engineering Journal 410, 128436 (2021).

9. Y. P. Sun, J. K. Zhang, H. Z. Yu*, J. M. Wang, C. W. Huang, J. Z. Huang, Mechanism of Bifunctional p-amino Benzenesulfonic Acid Modified Interface in Perovskite Solar Cells, Chemical Engineering Journal 6, 129579 (2021).

10. J. Y. Chen, J. K. Zhang, C. W. Huang, Z. N. Bi, H. Z. Yu*, S. W. Shi*, X. Q. Xu*, Two-dimensional Bi₂OS₂ doping improves the performance and stability of perovskite solar cells, Chemical Engineering Journal 420, 127700 (2021).

11. J. Z. Huang, H. Z. Yu*, Efficient ternary organic solar cells with tunable crystallinity and phase separation of active layers via incorporating GHK-Cu, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13, 46927 (2021).

12. J. M. Wang, H. Z. Yu*, C. L. Hou, High-efficiency Ternary Polymer Solar Cells with Optimized Morphology of Active Layers Enabled by Few-Layered β-InSe Nanosheets, Nanoscale 13, 6871 (2021).

13. J. K. Zhang, C. W. Huang, H. Z. Yu*, Modulate the work function of Nb₂CT_x MXene as the hole transport layer for perovskite solar cells, Applied Physics Letters 119, 033506 (2021).