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Overview

Hongbin Wu is affiliated with the South China University of Technology in China and has made significant contributions primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research portfolio emphasizes areas such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Materials Chemistry, indicating a focus on both fundamental and applied aspects of materials development and device engineering.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics within the broader domain of organic electronics and photovoltaics. Key research interests include:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

Hongbin Wu has published extensively, with a track record of contributions in high-impact and domain-specific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Photonics

Their recent papers illustrate research on advanced materials for energy conversion and optoelectronic devices. Notable publications include:

  • "High-efficiency organic solar cells with low non-radiative recombination loss and low energetic disorder," 2020, Nature Photonics
  • "Stable and low-photovoltage-loss perovskite solar cells by multifunctional passivation," 2021, Nature Photonics
  • "Physical insights into non-fullerene organic photovoltaics," 2024, Nature Reviews Physics
  • "Mastering morphology of non-fullerene acceptors towards long-term stable organic solar cells," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "A Facile Synthesized Polymer Featuring B-N Covalent Bond and Small Singlet-Triplet Gap for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The collaboration network of Hongbin Wu includes frequent coauthors who have contributed widely to their research efforts. These collaborators are:

  • Wanyuan Deng
  • Yong Cao
  • Fei Huang
  • Chunhui Duan
  • Yuan Xie

Overall, Hongbin Wu's work occupies an interdisciplinary area at the intersection of materials science and electronic engineering, with a strong emphasis on the development of novel polymers and device architectures for organic and perovskite solar cells, alongside related optoelectronic technologies.

Best Publications

  • Enhanced power-conversion efficiency in polymer solar cells using an inverted device structure

    Zhicai He;Chengmei Zhong;Shijian Su;Miao Xu

  • Simultaneous Enhancement of Open-Circuit Voltage, Short-Circuit Current Density, and Fill Factor in Polymer Solar Cells

    Zhicai He;Chengmei Zhong;Xun Huang;Wai Yeung Wong

  • Single-junction polymer solar cells with high efficiency and photovoltage

    Zhicai He;Biao Xiao;Feng Liu;Hongbin Wu

  • High-efficiency organic solar cells with low non-radiative recombination loss and low energetic disorder

    Sha Liu;Jun Yuan;Wanyuan Deng;Mei Luo

  • Novel Electroluminescent Conjugated Polyelectrolytes Based on Polyfluorene

    Fei Huang;Hongbin Wu;Deli Wang;Wei Yang

  • Quantifying Losses in Open-Circuit Voltage in Solution-Processable Solar Cells

    Jizhong Yao;Thomas Kirchartz;Thomas Kirchartz;Michelle S. Vezie;Mark A. Faist

  • Improved high-efficiency organic solar cells via incorporation of a conjugated polyelectrolyte interlayer.

    Jung Hwa Seo;Andrea Gutacker;Yanming Sun;Hongbin Wu

  • n-Type Water/Alcohol-Soluble Naphthalene Diimide-Based Conjugated Polymers for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

    Zhihong Wu;Chen Sun;Sheng Dong;Xiao-Fang Jiang

  • Progress and perspective of polymer white light-emitting devices and materials

    Hongbin Wu;Lei Ying;Wei Yang;Yong Cao

  • White Polymer Light-Emitting Devices for Solid-State Lighting: Materials, Devices, and Recent Progress

    Lei Ying;Cheuk Lam Ho;Hongbin Wu;Yong Cao

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

    Chengmei Zhong;Chunhui Duan;Fei Huang;Hongbin Wu

  • Water/alcohol soluble conjugated polymers as highly efficient electron transporting/injection layer in optoelectronic devices

    Fei Huang;Hongbin Wu;Yong Cao

  • Efficient Electron Injection from a Bilayer Cathode Consisting of Aluminum and Alcohol-/Water-Soluble Conjugated Polymers†

    Hongbin Wu;Fei Huang;Yueqi Mo;Wei Yang

  • High-efficiency, environment-friendly electroluminescent polymers with stable high work function metal as a cathode: green- and yellow-emitting conjugated polyfluorene polyelectrolytes and their neutral precursors.

    Fei Huang;Lintao Hou;Hongbin Wu;Xiaohui Wang

  • s - p Hybridization and Electron Shell Structures in Aluminum Clusters: A Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study

    Xi Li;Xi Li;Hongbin Wu;Hongbin Wu;Xue-Bin Wang;Xue-Bin Wang;Lai-Sheng Wang;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Stable and low-photovoltage-loss perovskite solar cells by multifunctional passivation

    Guang Yang;Guang Yang;Zhiwei Ren;Kuan Liu;Minchao Qin

  • Recent Advances in Polymer Solar Cells: Realization of High Device Performance by Incorporating Water/Alcohol‐Soluble Conjugated Polymers as Electrode Buffer Layer

    Zhicai He;Hongbin Wu;Yong Cao

  • Efficient Polymer White‐Light‐Emitting Devices for Solid‐State Lighting

    Hongbin Wu;Guijiang Zhou;Jianhua Zou;Cheuk-Lam Ho

  • Largely enhanced efficiency with a PFN/Al bilayer cathode in high efficiency bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells with a low bandgap polycarbazole donor.

    Zhicai He;Chen Zhang;Xiaofeng Xu;Lianjie Zhang

  • Control of Cationic Conjugated Polymer Performance in Light Emitting Diodes by Choice of Counterion

    Renqiang Yang;Hongbin Wu;Yong Cao;Guillermo C. Bazan

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Cao
Yong Cao South China University of Technology
Wei Yang
Wei Yang South China University of Technology
Junbiao Peng
Junbiao Peng South China University of Technology
Fei Huang
Fei Huang South China University of Technology
Jingui Qin
Jingui Qin Wuhan University
Chuluo Yang
Chuluo Yang Shenzhen University
Lei Ying
Lei Ying South China University of Technology
Jianhua Zou
Jianhua Zou South China University of Technology
Wai-Yeung Wong
Wai-Yeung Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yuguang Ma
Yuguang Ma South China University of Technology

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