Personal profile
Wu Hongbin, a professor and doctoral supervisor, graduated from South China University of Technology in 2006 with a doctoral degree. He has long been engaged in research on organic materials, optoelectronic devices, and device physics, achieving a series of results in research areas such as organic electroluminescent devices, solar cells, and photodetecting devices. He has published over 270 academic papers, including in journals such as Nature Photonics, Nature Reviews Physics, and Advanced Materials, with over 24,000 citations. In 2012, he received funding from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and completed his project with excellent results. In the same year, he was selected for the Young Top-notch Talent Support Program by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. In 2014, he was selected for the Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent Program by the Ministry of Science and Technology, and in 2015, he was appointed as a Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor by the Ministry of Education. He has led a number of national-level projects, including key support projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and key research and development projects from the Ministry of Science and Technology. His scientific research achievements were selected as one of the Top Ten Scientific Advancements in China in 2012 and as an important achievement in optics in China in 2015. His research papers were selected as one of the top 100 most influential scientific research papers in China (2011, 2012, 2015). He received the first prize (ranked second) for outstanding achievements in scientific research from the Ministry of Education in 2014, the second prize of the National Natural Science Award (ranked second) in 2015, and the first prize of the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Award (ranked fourth) in 2024.
Research directions
Include organic semiconductor optoelectronic devices (such as electroluminescent devices, solar cells, photodetectors, and laser devices), device physics, energy and infrared optoelectronics, as well as their applications. In the coming years, work will focus on infrared optoelectronic technology and its applications in biological imaging, night vision, sensing, and optical communication.
Education and Work Experience
September 1994 - July 1998, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, undergraduate student
July 1998 ~ July 2000, Shenzhen Branch of China Great Wall Computer Group, Engineer
September 2000 ~ June 2006, South China University of Technology, Graduate Student
From January 2005 to June 2006, I served as a visiting scholar and postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California, Santa Barbara
From 2006-07 to 2008-06, Postdoctoral Fellow, South China University of Technology
From July 2008 to March 2010, I served as an associate professor at South China University of Technology
July 2009 ~ August 2009, Visiting Scholar, Blackett Laboratory for Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, UK
March 2010 - Present: Professor, South China University of Technology
From April 2011 to present, Director of the Device Fabrication Research Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology
Representative paper results
1.Zhicai He, Chengmei Zhong, Xun Huang, Hongbin Wu*, Liwei Chen, Wai-Yeung Wong,Shijian Su, Yong Cao, Simultaneous Enhancement of Open-circuit, Short-circuitCurrent Density and Fill Factor in Polymer Solar Cells, Adv. Mater. 23,4636-4643 (2011).
2.Zhicai He, Chengmei Zhong, Shijian Su, Miao Xu, Hongbin Wu*, and Yong Cao,Enhanced power conversion efficiency in polymer solar cells using an inverteddevice structure, Nat. Photon. 6, 591-595 (2012).
3. Zhicai He, Hongbin Wu*, and Yong Cao*, Recent Advances in Polymer SolarCells: Realization of High Device Performance via IncorporatingAlcohol/water-soluble Conjugated Polymers as Electrode BufferLayer, Progress Reports. Adv. Mater. 26,1006-1024 (2014).
4.Lei Ying, Cheuk-Lam Ho, Hongbin Wu*, Wai-Yeung Wong,* Yong Cao, White PolymerLight-Emitting Devices for Solid-State Lighting: Materials, Devices and RecentProgress, Progress Reports. Adv. Mater. 26, 2459-2473 (2014).
5.Zhicai He, Biao Xiao, Feng Liu, Hongbin Wu*, Yali Yang, Steven Xiao, ChengWang, Thomas P. Russell and Yong Cao, Single-junction Polymer Solar Cells withHigh Efficiency and Photovoltage, Nat. Photon. 9, 174-179 (2015).
6.Yuan Xie, Wei Huang, Quanbin Liang, Jingshuai Zhu, Fengyuan Lin, Zhiyuan Cong,Shuwang Yi, Guoping Luo, Tingbin Yang, Sha Liu, Zhicai He*, Yongye Liang*,Xiaowei Zhan, Chao Gao*, Hongbin Wu*, Yong Cao, High-performance Fullerene-freePolymer Solar Cells Featuring Efficient Photocurrent Generation from DualPathways and Low Non-radiative Recombination Loss, ACS Energy Lett. 4,8−16 (2019).
7.Yuan Xie, Weiping Wang, Wei Huang, Fengyuan Lin, Tengfei Li, Sha Liu, XiaoweiZhan, Yongye Liang*, Chao Gao*, Hongbin Wu*, Yong Cao, Assessing the energyoffset at the electron donor/acceptor interface in organic solar cells throughradiative efficiency measurements, Energy & Enviro. Sci., 12,3556-3566 (2019).
8.Sha Liu,Jun Yuan,Wanyuan Deng, Mei Luo,Yuan Xie, Quanbin Liang, Yingping Zou,*Zhicai He, Hongbin Wu*, Yong Cao, High-efficiency Organic Solar Cells with LowNon-radiative Recombination and Low Energetic Disorder, Nat. Photon. 14,300–305 (2020).
9. Yuan Xie*; Wansheng Liu; Wanyuan Deng; HaimeiWu; Weiping Wang; Yichuan Si; Xiaowei Zhan; Chao Gao*; Xian-Kai Chen; HongbinWu*; Junbiao Peng; Yong Cao ; Bright short-wavelength infrared organiclight-emitting devices, Nat. Photon. 16, 752-761 (2022).
10.Jiayu Wang; Yuan Xie; Kai Chen; Hongbin Wu*; Justin M. Hodgkiss*; Xiaowei Zhan*; Physical insights into non-fullerene organic photovoltaics, Nat. Rev. Phys.6, 365-382 (2024).
Contact Information
E-mail：hbwu@scut.edu.cn
