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Materials Science

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Overview

Chunhui Duan is affiliated with the South China University of Technology in China. The main fields of study include Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The core research topics cover Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Thin-Film Transistor Technologies, Nanowire Synthesis and Applications, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research, and Crystallization and Solubility Studies.

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations are:

  • Fei Huang
  • Yong Cao
  • Xiyue Yuan
  • Shuting Pang
  • Langheng Pan

The scientist has published extensively in specialized venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Materials
  • Science China Chemistry
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Science Bulletin

Selected recent papers include:

  • "16% efficiency all-polymer organic solar cells enabled by a finely tuned morphology via the design of ternary blend" (2021) published in Joule
  • "Progress of the key materials for organic solar cells" (2020) published in Science China Chemistry
  • "Polythiophenes for organic solar cells with efficiency surpassing 17%" (2022) published in Joule
  • "A Facile Synthesized Polymer Featuring B-N Covalent Bond and Small Singlet-Triplet Gap for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells" (2021) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Surpassing 13% Efficiency for Polythiophene Organic Solar Cells Processed from Nonhalogenated Solvent" (2021) published in Advanced Materials

Best Publications

  • Inverted polymer solar cells with 8.4% efficiency by conjugated polyelectrolyte

    Tingbin Yang;Tingbin Yang;Ming Wang;Chunhui Duan;Xiaowen Hu

  • Recent development of push–pull conjugated polymers for bulk-heterojunction photovoltaics: rational design and fine tailoring of molecular structures

    Chunhui Duan;Fei Huang;Yong Cao

  • Materials and Devices toward Fully Solution Processable Organic Light-Emitting Diodes†

    Chengmei Zhong;Chunhui Duan;Fei Huang;Hongbin Wu

  • Recent advances in water/alcohol-soluble π-conjugated materials: new materials and growing applications in solar cells

    Chunhui Duan;Kai Zhang;Chengmei Zhong;Fei Huang

  • A high dielectric constant non-fullerene acceptor for efficient bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

    Xi Liu;Boming Xie;C Chunhui Duan;Zhaojing Wang

  • Optical and electrical effects of gold nanoparticles in the active layer of polymer solar cells

    Charlie C. D. Wang;Wallace C. H. Choy;Chunhui Duan;Dixon D. S. Fung

  • Polythiophenes for organic solar cells with efficiency surpassing 17%

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  • 16% efficiency all-polymer organic solar cells enabled by a finely tuned morphology via the design of ternary blend

    Tao Liu;Tao Liu;Tong Yang;Ruijie Ma;Lingling Zhan

  • Morphology Optimization via Side Chain Engineering Enables All-Polymer Solar Cells with Excellent Fill Factor and Stability.

    Xi Liu;Xi Liu;Chaohong Zhang;Chunhui Duan;Mengmeng Li

  • Progress of the key materials for organic solar cells

    Yang Tong;Zuo Xiao;Xiaoyan Du;Chuantian Zuo

  • Highly efficient fullerene/perovskite planar heterojunction solar cells via cathode modification with an amino-functionalized polymer interlayer

    Qifan Xue;Zhicheng Hu;Jiang Liu;Jiahui Lin

  • Toward green solvent processable photovoltaic materials for polymer solar cells: the role of highly polar pendant groups in charge carrier transport and photovoltaic behavior

    Chunhui Duan;Wanzhu Cai;Ben B. Y. Hsu;Chengmei Zhong;Chengmei Zhong

  • Donor Polymers Containing Benzothiadiazole and Four Thiophene Rings in Their Repeating Units with Improved Photovoltaic Performance

    Ergang Wang;Ming Wang;Li Wang;Chunhui Duan

  • Novel Silafluorene-Based Conjugated Polymers with Pendant Acceptor Groups for High Performance Solar Cells

    Chunhui Duan;Wanzhu Cai;Fei Huang;Jie Zhang

  • Synthesis of Quinoxaline-Based Donor−Acceptor Narrow-Band-Gap Polymers and Their Cyclized Derivatives for Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cell Applications

    Jie Zhang;Wanzhu Cai;Fei Huang;Ergang Wang

  • Layer-by-layer processed binary all-polymer solar cells with efficiency over 16% enabled by finely optimized morphology

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  • A Series of New Medium‐Bandgap Conjugated Polymers Based on Naphtho[1,2‐c:5,6‐c]bis(2‐octyl‐[1,2,3]triazole) for High‐Performance Polymer Solar Cells

    Yang Dong;Xiaowen Hu;Chunhui Duan;Peng Liu

  • Conjugated zwitterionic polyelectrolyte-based interface modification materials for high performance polymer optoelectronic devices

    Chunhui Duan;Kai Zhang;Xing Guan;Chengmei Zhong

  • Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Extremely High Open-Circuit Voltages and Low Voltage Losses by Suppressing Nonradiative Recombination Losses

    Xi Liu;Xiaoyan Du;Junyi Wang;Chunhui Duan

  • A Facile Synthesized Polymer Featuring B‐N Covalent Bond and Small Singlet‐Triplet Gap for High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells

    Shuting Pang;Zhiqiang Wang;Xiyue Yuan;Langheng Pan

  • Conjugated Zwitterionic Polyelectrolytes and Their Neutral Precursor as Electron Injection Layer for High-Performance Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes

    Chunhui Duan;Lei Wang;Kai Zhang;Xing Guan

  • The Role of the Axial Substituent in Subphthalocyanine Acceptors for Bulk‐Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Chunhui Duan;Germán Zango;Miguel García Iglesias;Miguel García Iglesias;Fallon J. M. Colberts

  • Highly Efficient Inverted Polymer Solar Cells Based on an Alcohol Soluble Fullerene Derivative Interfacial Modification Material

    Chunhui Duan;Chengmei Zhong;Chunchen Liu;Fei Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Fei Huang
Fei Huang South China University of Technology
Yong Cao
Yong Cao South China University of Technology
Long Ye
Long Ye Tianjin University
Liming Ding
Liming Ding National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
René A. J. Janssen
René A. J. Janssen Eindhoven University of Technology
Hin-Lap Yip
Hin-Lap Yip City University of Hong Kong
MM Martijn Wienk
MM Martijn Wienk Eindhoven University of Technology
Lei Ying
Lei Ying South China University of Technology
Zhicheng Hu
Zhicheng Hu South China University of Technology
Guillermo C. Bazan
Guillermo C. Bazan National University of Singapore

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