ZHANG, Xiaohong

ZHANG, Xiaohong

Ph.D., Professor

Academic History:

2014--Now Professor, Soochow University

2000-2014 Professor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of CAS

2003-2004 Senior Visiting Scholar, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University

1998-2000 Senior Visiting Scholar, City University of Hong Kong

1996-1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Photographic Chemistry of CAS

1992-1996 Ph.D., Beijing Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

1989-1992 M.S., Beihang University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

1985-1989 B.S., Beihang University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

Teacher in the group: Wang, Kai (Associate Professor)

Group Webpage: https://www.x-mol.com/groups/zhang_xiaohong

Research Interests:

• Organic Optoelectronic Materials

• Micro/Nano-Structured Optoelectronic Materials

• Optoelectronic Devices and Applications in Energy Conversion

Research Experience and Accomplishments:

Dr. Xiaohong Zhang is an internationally recognized outstanding scientist in the field of organic/nanostructured optoelectronic materials, in three thrusts of this research area, including i) organic single crystals and optoelectronic devices, ii) TADF materials based on intermolecular charge-transfer transitions and their OLEDs, and iii) silicon micro/nano-structures and their applications, he has come up with original, internationally recognized and highly appraised achievements. He has published over 530 papers in international journals, and 3 book chapters with a total of >20,000 citations and an H-index of 77 (Web of Science). He is the inventor of over 50 patents many of which are licensed or in active use by large companies and startups that he has co-founded.

Honors and Awards:

2023      Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation

2019      Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

2018      Recipient of Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of National Natural Science Foundation of China

2017      Election to the Leading Talents in Science & Technology Innovation under the National “Ten Thousand Talent Program”

2016      Leader of Innovation Teams in Priority Areas, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), China

2013      Second-Class Prize in State Natural Science Award (the first achiever), State Council of China

2013      Recipient of State Council Special Allowance, State Council of China

2012      Chief Scientist of National Program on Key Basic Research Project, MOST, China

2012      First Prize in Beijing Science and Technology Award (the first achiever), Beijing Province, China

2009      Election to the National “Hundred, Thousand, Ten Thousand Talents Projects”, MOST & MOE, China

2008      Recipient of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Research Funding (Selected):

1.  Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of NSFC (2019-2024), “Controlled synthesis, interface engineering of organic/inorganic hybrid composite systems and related photoelectric functional devices”, PI and project leader

2.   NSFC Key Project (2022-2026), “High-efficiency and high-color-purity thermally activated delayed fluorescence organic light-emitting materials and devices”, PI and project leader

3.   NSFC Key Project of International Cooperation (2020-2024), “Synergistically solar thermally/ chemically catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide over silicon-based hybrid micro/nanostructure”, PI and project leader

Selected Publications (* Corresponding Author):

1. B. Ding^#, Y. Ding^#*, J. Peng^#, J. Romano-deGea^#, L. E. K. Frederiksen^#, H. Kanda, O. A. Syzgantseva, M. A. Syzgantseva, J. N. Audinot, J. Bour, S. Zhang, T. Wirtz, Z. F. Fei*, P. Dörflinger, N. Shibayama, Y. J. Niu, S. Hu, S. L. Zhang, Y. Liu, G. J. Yang, K. Brooks, L. H. Hu, S. Kinge, V. Dyakonov, X. H. Zhang*, S. Y. Dai, P. J. Dyson*, M. K. Nazeeruddin*, “Dopant-Additive Synergism Enhances Perovskite Solar Modules”, Nature, 2024, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07228-z.

2. X. C. Fan, K. Wang*, Y. Z. Shi, Y. C. Cheng, Y. T. Lee, J. Yu, X. K. Chen*, C. Adachi*, X. H. Zhang*, “Ultrapure Green Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Highly Distorted Fused π-Conjugated Molecular Design”, Nat. Photon., 2023, 17, 230-238.

3. C. Yu^#, Kun Gao^#, C. W. Peng, C. R. He, S. B. Wang, W. Shi, V. Allen, J. T. Zhang, D. Z. Wang, G. Y. Tian, Y. F. Zhang, W. Z. Jia, Y. H. Song, Y. Z. Hu, J. Colwell, C. F. Xing, Q. Ma, H. T. Wu, L. Y. Guo, G. Q. Dong, H. Jiang, H. H. Wu, X. Y. Wang, D. C. Xu, K. Li, J. Peng, W. Z. Liu, D. Chen, A. Lennon*, X. M. Cao, S. D. Wolf, J. Zhou*, X. B. Yang*, X. H. Zhang*, “Industrial-Scale Deposition of Nanocrystalline Silicon Oxide for 26.4%-Efficient Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with Copper Electrodes”, Nat. Energy, 2023, 8, 1375-1385.

4. M. J. Cai^#, Z. Y. Wu^#, Z. Li^#, L. Wang, W. Sun, A. A. Tountas, C. R. Li, S. H. Wang, K. Feng, A. B. Xu, S. L. Tang, A. Tavasoli, M. W. Peng, W. X. Liu, A. S. Helmy, L. He*, G. A. Ozin*, X. H. Zhang*, “Greenhouse-Inspired Supra-Photothermal CO₂ Catalysis”, Nat. Energy, 2021, 6(8), 807-814.

5. Y. C. Cheng, X. Tang, K. Wang*, X. Xiong, X. C. Fan, S. L. Luo, R. Walia, Y. Xie, T. Zhang, D. D. Zhang, J. Yu, X. K. Chen*, C. Adachi*, X. H. Zhang*, “Efficient, Narrow-Band, and Stable Electroluminescence from Organoboron-Nitrogen-Carbonyl Emitter”, Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 731.

6. J. Pan^#, Y.M. Wu^#, X. J. Zhang*, J. H. Chen, J. W. Wang, S. L. Cheng, X. F. Wu, X. H. Zhang*, J. S. Jie*, “Anisotropic Charge Trapping in Phototransistors Unlocks Ultrasensitive Polarimetry for Bionic Navigation”, Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 6629.

7. Z. Li ^#, C. L. Mao^#, Q. J. Pei, P. N. Duchesne, T. He, M. K. Xia, J. T. Wang, L. Wang, R. Song, A. A. Jelle, D. M. Meira, Q. J. Ge, K. K. Ghuman*, L. He, X. H. Zhang*, G. A. Ozin*, “Engineered Disorder in CO2 Photocatalysis”, Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 7205.

8. Z. B. Shao^#, T. H. Jiang^#,X. J. Zhang^#, X. H. Zhang*, X. F. Wu, F. F. Xia, S. Y. Xiong, S. T. Lee*, J. S. Jie*, “Memory Phototransistors Based on Exponential-Association Photoelectric Conversion Law”, Nat. Commun., 2019, 10(1), 1294.

9. H. Wang, J. T. Wang, Z. X. Cao, W. J. Zhang, C. S. Lee*, S. T. Lee*, X. H. Zhang*, “A Surface Curvature Oscillation Model for Vapour-Liquid-Solid Growth of Periodic One-Dimensional Nanostructures”, Nat. Commun., 2015, 6, 6412.

10. H. Wang, J. X. Chen, Y. Z. Shi, X. Zhang, L. Zhou, X. Y. Hao, J. Yu, K. Wang*, X. H. Zhang*, “An A-D-A-Type Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitter with Intrinsic Yellow Emission Realizing Record-High Red/NIR OLEDs upon Modulating Intermolecular Aggregations”, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36(8), 2307725.

11. K. Ni, B. T. Xu, Z. Q. Wang, Q. Y. Ren, W. B. Gu, B. Q. Sun, R. Y. Liu*, X. H. Zhang*, “Ion-Diode-Like Heterojunction for Improving Electricity Generation from Water Droplets by Capillary Infiltration”, Adv. Mater., 2023, 35(40), 2305438.

12. G. Luo, J. L. Shi, W. Deng*, Z. Z. Chang, Z. J. Lu, Y. J. Zhang, R. Pan, J. S. Jie, X. J. Zhang*, X. H. Zhang*, “Boosting the Performance of Organic Photodetectors with a Solution-Processed Integration Circuit toward Ubiquitous Health Monitoring”, Adv. Mater., 2023, 35(36), 2301020.

13. R. F. Jia, J. X. Li, H. Y. Zhang, X. J. Zhang*, S. L. Cheng, J. Pan, C. Q. Wang, A. A. A. Pirzado, H. L. Dong*, W. P. Hu, J. S. Jie, X. H. Zhang*, “Highly Efficient Inherent Linearly Polarized Electroluminescence from Small-Molecule Organic Single Crystals”, Adv. Mater., 2023, 35(25), 2208789.

14. X. C. Fan, F. Huang, H. Wu, H. Wang, Y. C. Cheng, J. Yu, K. Wang*, X. H. Zhang*, “A Quadruple-Borylated Multiple-Resonance Emitter with para/meta Heteroatomic Patterns for Narrowband Orange-Red Emission”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(35), e202305580.

15. F. Huang, X. C. Fan, Y. C. Cheng, H. Wu, X. Xiong, J. Yu, K. Wang*, X. H. Zhang*, “Combining Carbazole Building Blocks and ν-DABNA Heteroatom Alignment for a Double Boron-Embedded MR-TADF Emitter with Improved Performance”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(32), e202306413.

16. J. L. Shi, J. S. Jie*, W. Deng, G. Luo, X. C. Fang, Y. L. Xiao, Y. J. Zhang, X. J. Zhang, X. H. Zhang*, “Fully Solution-Printed Photosynaptic Transistor Array with Ultralow Energy Consumption for Artificial Vision Neural Network”, Adv. Mater., 2022, 34(18), 2200380.

17. Y. C. Cheng, X. C. Fan, F. Huang, X. Xiong, J. Yu, K. Wang*, C. S. Lee*, X. H. Zhang*, “A   Highly   Twisted Carbazole-Fused   DABNA   Derivative   as An Orange-Red TADF Emitter for OLEDs with Nearly 40% EQE”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61(47), e202212575.

18. B. C. Zhang^#, Y. H. Shi^#, J. Mao^#, S. Y. Huang, Z. B. Shao, C. J. Zheng, J. S. Jie*, X. H. Zhang*, “Single-Crystalline Silicon Frameworks: A New Platform for Transparent Flexible Optoelectronics”, Adv. Mater., 2021, 33(24), 2008171.

19. Y. Z. Shi^#, K. Wang^#, S. L. Zhang, X. C. Fan, Y. Tsuchiya, Y. T. Lee, G. L. Dai, J. X. Chen, C. J. Zheng, S. Y. Xiong, X. M. Ou, J. Yu, J. S. Jie, C. S. Lee*, C. Adachi*, X. H. Zhang*, “Characterizing Conformational Distribution in Amorphous Film of Organic Emitter and Its Application in “Self-Doping” Organic Light-Emitting Diode”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60(49), 25878-25883.

20. J. X. Chen, Y. F. Xiao, K. Wang*, D. M. Sun, X. C. Fan, X. Zhang, M. Zhang, Y. Z. Shi, J. Yu, F. X. Geng, C. S. Lee*, X. H. Zhang*, “Managing Locally Excited and Charge-Transfer Triplet States to Facilitate Up-Conversion in Red TADF Emitters That Are Available for Both Vacuum- and Solution-Processes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60(5), 2478-2484.

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Email:  xiaohong_zhang@suda.edu.cn