WANG, Yakun
Associate Professor
Ya-Kun Wang received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Soochow University in 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Liang-Sheng Liao (International Visiting Graduate Student (IVGS) in Edward Sargent group from 2018-2020). Afterwards, he has been a postdoctoral fellow at University of Toronto and at Soochow University.
Contacts:
Email: wangyakun@suda.edu.cn
199 Ren-Ai Road, Building 909, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
Education:
2018.09-2020.09: Joint Ph. D. in Materials Science Supervisor: Edward H. Sargent, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2017.09-2020.12: Ph. D., Supervisor: Prof. Zuo-Quan Jiang and Liang-Sheng Liao, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China
2014.09-2017.06:M. S., Supervisor: Prof. Zuo-Quan Jiang and Liang-Sheng Liao, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Research interests：
Ya-Kun Wang's research focuses on using emerging semiconductors to enable high-performance light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the shortwave IR and mid-wave IR regions. He has co-authored over 50 publications, including Nat. Nanotechnol., Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv.,Adv. Mater., J. Am. Chem. Soc.,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.et.al.
Representative publications：
1. Y.-K. Wang#, F. Jia#, X. Li#, S. Teale#, P. Xia#, Y. Liu, P.T.-S. Chan, H. Wan, Y. Hassan, M. Imran, H. Chen, L. Grater, L.-D. Sun*, G.C. Walker, S. Hoogland, Z.-H. Lu, C.-H. Yan*, L.-S. Liao*, and E.H. Sargent*, Self-assembled monolayer–based blue perovskite LEDs, Sci. Adv., 2023, 9, eadh2140.
2. Y.-K. Wang#, H. Wan#, J. Xu#, Y. Zhong#, E.D. Jung, S.M. Park, S. Teale, M. Imran, Y.-J. Yu, P. Xia, Y.-H. Won, K.-H. Kim, Z.-H. Lu, L.-S. Liao, S. Hoogland, and E.H. Sargent*, Bifunctional Electron-Transporting Agent for Red Colloidal Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2023, 145, 6428.
3. Y.-K. Wang, K. Singh, J.-Y. Li, Y. Dong, X.-Q. Wang, J.M. Pina, Y.-J. Yu, R. Sabatini, Y. Liu, D. Ma, J. Liu, Z. Liu, Y. Gao, O. Voznyy, W. Ma, M.-K. Fung, L.-S. Liao*, and E.H. Sargent *,In Situ Inorganic Ligand Replenishment Enables Bandgap Stability in Mixed-Halide Perovskite Quantum Dot Solids, Adv. Mater., 2022, 34, 2200854.
4. Y.-K. Wang#, F. Yuan#, Y. Dong#, J.-Y. Li, A. Johnston, B. Chen, M.I. Saidaminov, C. Zhou, X. Zheng, Y. Hou, K. Bertens, H. Ebe, D. Ma, Z. Deng, S. Yuan, R. Chen, L.K. Sagar, J. Liu, J. Fan, P. Li, X. Li, Y. Gao, M.-K. Fung, Z.-H. Lu, O.M. Bakr, L.-S. Liao*, and E.H. Sargent*, All-Inorganic Quantum-Dot LEDs Based on a Phase-Stabilized α-CsPbI3 Perovskite, Angew. Chem. Inl. Ed., 2021, 60, 16164 .
5. Y. Dong, #Y.-K. Wang#, F. Yuan#, A. Johnston, Y. Liu, D. Ma, M.-J. Choi, B. Chen, M. Chekini, S.-W. Baek, L.K. Sagar, J. Fan, Y. Hou, M. Wu, S. Lee, B. Sun, S. Hoogland, R. Quintero-Bermudez, H. Ebe, P. Todorovic, F. Dinic, P. Li, H.T. Kung, M.I. Saidaminov, E. Kumacheva, E. Spiecker, L.-S. Liao, O. Voznyy, Z.-H. Lu*, and E.H. Sargent*, Bipolar Shell Resurfacing Enables Blue LEDs based on Strongly-Confined Perovskite Quantum Dots, Nat. Nanotechnol., 2020, 15, 668
6. Y.-K. Wang#, D. Ma#, F. Yuan#, K. Singh, J.M. Pina, A. Johnston, Y. Dong, C. Zhou, B. Chen, B. Sun, H. Ebe, J. Fan, M.-J. Sun, Y. Gao, Z.-H. Lu, O. Voznyy, L.-S. Liao*, and E.H. Sargent*, Chelating-agent-assisted control of CsPbBr3 quantum well growth enables stable blue perovskite emitters, Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 3674.
7. S.-Y. Yang#, Y.-K. Wang#, C.-C. Peng, Z.-G. Wu, S. Yuan, Y.-J. Yu, H. Li, T.-T. Wang, H.-C. Li, Y.-X. Zheng, Z.-Q. Jiang*, and L.-S. Liao, Circularly Polarized Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters in Through-Space Charge Transfer on Asymmetric Spiro Skeleton, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 17756.
8. Y.-K. Wang, S.-H. Li, S.-F. Wu, C.-C. Huang, S. Kumar, Z.-Q. Jiang*, M.-K. Fung, and L.-S. Liao*, Tilted Spiro-Type Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Host for ≈100% Exciton Harvesting in Red Phosphorescent Electronics with Ultralow Doping Ratio. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 28, 1706228.
9. Y.-K. Wang#, Z.-C. Yuan#, G.-Z. Shi, Y.-X. Li, Q. Li, F. Hui, B.-Q. Sun*, Z.-Q. Jiang*, and L.-S. Liao*, Dopant-Free Spiro-Triphenylamine/Fluorene as Hole-transporting Material for Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Efficiency and Stability. Adv. Funct. Mater.,2016, 26, 1375.
10. Y.-K. Wang#, Q. Sun#, S.-F. Wu, Y. Yuan, Q. Li, Z.-Q. Jiang*, M.-K. Fung, and L.-S. Liao *, Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Material as Host with Novel Spiro-Based Skeleton for High Power Efficiency and Low Roll-Off Blue and White Phosphorescent Devices. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2016, 26, 7929.
Edited by Juan Yang