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Chang Yan is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and conducts research primarily in materials science and engineering. Their work focuses extensively on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering, with additional contributions to atomic and molecular physics, optics, polymers, plastics, and organic chemistry.

The main topics of Chang Yan's research include:

  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications
  • Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Phase-change Materials and Chalcogenides

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on kesterite and copper-based semiconductor materials, particularly investigating thin-film solar cells and efficiency improvements. Notable papers include:

  • Device Postannealing Enabling over 12% Efficient Solution-Processed Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells with Cd2+ Substitution, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Kesterite Solar Cells: Insights into Current Strategies and Challenges, 2021, Advanced Science
  • Cadmium-Free Kesterite Thin-Film Solar Cells with High Efficiency Approaching 12%, 2023, Advanced Science
  • Unveiling the Selenization Reaction Mechanisms in Ambient Air-Processed Highly Efficient Kesterite Solar Cells, 2023, Advanced Energy Materials
  • High Efficiency Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells with Shallow LiZn Acceptor Defects Enabled by Solution-Based Li Post-Deposition Treatment, 2021, Advanced Energy Materials

Chang Yan has published extensively in several venues related to advanced materials and energy research. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Solar RRL
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Science
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Their collaborative work often involves coauthors such as Xiaojing Hao, Kaiwen Sun, Jialiang Huang, Jianjun Li, and Martin A. Green, reflecting a research network engaged in materials and solar cell technologies.

Overall, Chang Yan's research contributes to understanding and improving copper-based semiconductor materials and thin-film solar cells, exploring synthesis, processing, and efficiency optimization within the broader context of materials chemistry and electrical engineering.

Best Publications

  • Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 solar cells with over 10% power conversion efficiency enabled by heterojunction heat treatment

    Chang Yan;Jialiang Huang;Kaiwen Sun;Steve Johnston

  • Over 9% Efficient Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cell Fabricated by Using Zn1–xCdxS Buffer Layer

    Kaiwen Sun;Chang Yan;Fangyang Liu;Fangyang Liu;Jialiang Huang

  • Beyond 11% Efficient Sulfide Kesterite Cu2ZnxCd1–xSnS4 Solar Cell: Effects of Cadmium Alloying

    Chang Yan;Kaiwen Sun;Jialiang Huang;Steve Johnston

  • Device Postannealing Enabling over 12% Efficient Solution‐Processed Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 Solar Cells with Cd 2+ Substitution

    Zhenghua Su;Guangxing Liang;Ping Fan;Jingting Luo

  • In situ growth of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films by reactive magnetron co-sputtering

    Fangyang Liu;Yi Li;Kun Zhang;Bo Wang

  • Band alignments of different buffer layers (CdS, Zn(O,S), and In2S3) on Cu2ZnSnS4

    Chang Yan;Fangyang Liu;Ning Song;Boon K. Ng

  • Enhancing the Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell efficiency by back contact modification: Inserting a thin TiB2 intermediate layer at Cu2ZnSnS4/Mo interface

    Fangyang Liu;Kaiwen Sun;Wei Li;Chang Yan

  • Kesterite Solar Cells: Insights into Current Strategies and Challenges.

    Mingrui He;Chang Yan;Jianjun Li;Mahesh P. Suryawanshi

  • Synthesis and characterizations of quaternary Cu2FeSnS4 nanocrystals

    Chang Yan;Chun Huang;Jia Yang;Fangyang Liu

  • Nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots for 80% photoluminescence quantum yield for inorganic γ-CsPbI3 perovskite solar cells with efficiency beyond 16%

    Hui Bian;Qian Wang;Siwei Yang;Changjie Yan

  • Cd-Free Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell with an efficiency greater than 10% enabled by Al2O3 passivation layers

    Xin Cui;Kaiwen Sun;Jialiang Huang;Jae S. Yun

  • Beyond 8% ultrathin kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells by interface reaction route controlling and self-organized nanopattern at the back contact

    Fangyang Liu;Jialiang Huang;Kaiwen Sun;Chang Yan

  • Boosting Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells efficiency by a thin Ag intermediate layer between absorber and back contact

    Hongtao Cui;Xiaolei Liu;Fangyang Liu;Xiaojing Hao

  • Nanoscale Microstructure and Chemistry of Cu2ZnSnS4/CdS Interface in Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells

    Fangyang Liu;Chang Yan;Jialiang Huang;Kaiwen Sun

  • Effects of potassium doping on solution processed kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells

    Zhengfu Tong;Chang Yan;Zhenghua Su;Fangqin Zeng

  • Boosting the efficiency of pure sulfide CZTS solar cells using the In/Cd-based hybrid buffers

    Chang Yan;Fangyang Liu;Kaiwen Sun;Ning Song

  • Ultra-thin Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell by pulsed laser deposition

    Andrea Carlo Cazzaniga;Andrea Crovetto;Chang Yan;Kaiwen Sun

  • Achieving high-performance PbS quantum dot solar cells by improving hole extraction through Ag doping

    Long Hu;Zhilong Zhang;Robert J. Patterson;Yicong Hu

  • Improvement of J(sc) in a Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cell by Using a Thin Carbon Intermediate Layer at the Cu2ZnSnS4/Mo Interface.

    Fangzhou Zhou;Fangqin Zeng;Xu Liu;Fangyang Liu

  • Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells by a facile DMF-based solution coating process

    Fangyang Liu;Fangyang Liu;Shanshan Shen;Fangzhou Zhou;Ning Song

  • The effect of ZnS segregation on Zn-rich CZTS thin film solar cells

    Wei Li;Jian Chen;Chang Yan;Xiaojing Hao

Frequent Co-Authors

Fangyang Liu
Fangyang Liu Central South University
Xiaojing Hao
Xiaojing Hao University of New South Wales
Martin A. Green
Martin A. Green University of New South Wales
Yanqing Lai
Yanqing Lai Central South University
Yexiang Liu
Yexiang Liu Central South University
Jie Li
Jie Li Central South University
Jianjun Li
Jianjun Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ole Hansen
Ole Hansen Technical University of Denmark
Shujuan Huang
Shujuan Huang Macquarie University
Jan Seidel
Jan Seidel University of New South Wales

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