Personal profile
Yu Huangzhong, a professor and doctoral supervisor, obtained his master's degree from South China Normal University in June 2002 and his doctoral degree from South China University of Technology in June 2008. He joined the School of Physics and Optoelectronics at South China University of Technology in July 2002 and has served successively as a lecturer, associate professor, professor, and doctoral supervisor. In 2013 and 2014, he was awarded the Excellent Communist Party Member and the Outstanding Nanoguang Award by South China University of Technology, respectively. He is currently primarily engaged in research on novel interface layers, photovoltaic device physics, flexible electrodes, and other related areas. He has presided over 3 general projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2 completed and 1 ongoing), 3 projects of the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (2 completed and 1 ongoing), 1 provincial teaching and research project, and multiple key laboratory open fund projects. He has participated in multiple national natural science foundation and provincial projects. As the first author or corresponding author, he has published over 120 scientific research papers in important journals both domestically and internationally, including Advanced Energy Materials, ACS Energy Letters, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Energy, Small, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, etc. Among them, over 100 papers have been indexed by SCI and EI, 4 papers have been cited as ESI Highly Cited Papers, and his papers have been cited over 2100 times. He has been granted 24 national invention patents and 4 utility model patents, with 7 invention patents currently under application. He has edited one textbook, co-edited one textbook, and co-authored one English monograph..
Research directions
1. Preparation of nanomaterials (nanodots, one-dimensional nanowires, two-dimensional nanosheets) and their applications in photovoltaic devices.
2. Development and simulation of thin-film solar cells (organic solar cells, perovskite solar cells, flexible photovoltaic devices).
Representative paper results
1. Jiankai Zhang, Bo Yu, Yapeng Sun, Huangzhong Yu*, Minimized energy loss at the buried interface of p-i-n perovskite solar cells via accelerating charge transfer and forming p-n homojunction, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2300382.
2.Jiankai Zhang, Yapeng Sun, Chengwen Huang, Bo Yu and Huangzhong Yu*, Reduced Open-Circuit Voltage Loss of Perovskite Solar Cells via Forming p/p(+) Homojunction and Interface Electric Field on the Surfaces of Perovskite Film, Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 12, 2202542.
3.Jiankai Zhang, Chengwen Huang, Yapeng Sun, Huangzhong Yu*, Amino-functionalized niobium-carbide MXene serving as electron transport layer and perovskite additive for the preparation of high-performance and stable methylammonium-free perovskite solar cells, Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32, 2113367.
4.Jingyu Tan, Yujun Zhao, Guanliang Li, Song Yang, Chengwen Huang, Huangzhong Yu*, High-Performance Organic Solar Cells by adding Two-Dimensional GeSe, Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32, 2209094.
5.Chengwen Huang, Huangzhong Yu*, High Performance Polymer Solar Cells Based HfO2 passivated 2D-HfS2 as a Hole Transport Layers, Nano Energy, 2022, 103, 107750.
6.Chunli Hou, Chengwen Huang, Huangzhong Yu*, Shengwei Shi, Surface-engineered Ti3C2Tx with tunable work functions for highly efficient polymer solar cells, Small, 2022, 18, 2201046.
7.Chengwen Huang, Shengwei Shi, Huangzhong 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, 2021, 6, 3464.
8.Yapeng Sun, Jiankai Zhang, Huangzhong Yu*, Chengwen Huang, Jinzhen Huang, Several triazine-based small molecules assisted preparation of high-performance and stable perovskite solar cells by traps passivation and heterojunction engineering, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 6625.
9.Jiankai Zhang, Huangzhong Yu*, Multifunctional dopamine-assisted preparation of efficient and stable perovskite solar cells, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2021, 54, 291.
10.Yapeng Sun, Jiankai Zhang, Huangzhong Yu*, Room-temperature electrochemical deposited polycrystalline SnO2 with adjustable work function for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023, 11, 901.
Contact Information
E-mail：hzhyu@scut.edu.cn
