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Huifeng Yao is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and materials science, with a substantial emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering and polymers and plastics. Their work spans various subfields including materials chemistry, computer vision and pattern recognition, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas within materials and electronic applications. These include:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning

Huifeng Yao has published extensively, with a notable presence in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Their recent papers demonstrate contributions to organic photovoltaic technologies and associated materials research. Key recent publications are:

  • Recent Progress in Chlorinated Organic Photovoltaic Materials, 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Single-Junction Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Approaching 18% Efficiency, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Single-Junction Organic Photovoltaic Cell with 19% Efficiency, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • A unified description of non-radiative voltage losses in organic solar cells, 2021, Nature Energy
  • Realizing Ultrahigh Mechanical Flexibility and >15% Efficiency of Flexible Organic Solar Cells via a "Welding" Flexible Transparent Electrode, 2020, Advanced Materials

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their career, working frequently with several co-authors such as:

  • Jianhui Hou
  • Ye Xu
  • Tao Zhang
  • Lijiao Ma
  • Yong Cui

Best Publications

  • Molecular Optimization Enables over 13% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells

    Wenchao Zhao;Sunsun Li;Huifeng Yao;Shaoqing Zhang

  • Single-Junction Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Approaching 18% Efficiency.

    Yong Cui;Huifeng Yao;Jianqi Zhang;Kaihu Xian

  • Over 16% efficiency organic photovoltaic cells enabled by a chlorinated acceptor with increased open-circuit voltages

    Yong Cui;Huifeng Yao;Jianqi Zhang;Tao Zhang

  • Single-Junction Organic Photovoltaic Cell with 19% Efficiency

    Yong Cui;Ye Xu;Huifeng Yao;Pengqing Bi

  • Molecular Design of Benzodithiophene-Based Organic Photovoltaic Materials.

    Huifeng Yao;Long Ye;Hao Zhang;Sunsun Li

  • Design rules for minimizing voltage losses in high-efficiency organic solar cells.

    Deping Qian;Zilong Zheng;Huifeng Yao;Wolfgang Tress

  • Design, Synthesis, and Photovoltaic Characterization of a Small Molecular Acceptor with an Ultra-Narrow Band Gap

    Huifeng Yao;Yong Cui;Runnan Yu;Bowei Gao

  • Over 14% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Chlorinated Nonfullerene Small-Molecule Acceptors.

    Hao Zhang;Huifeng Yao;Junxian Hou;Jie Zhu

  • Highly Efficient 2D-Conjugated Benzodithiophene-Based Photovoltaic Polymer with Linear Alkylthio Side Chain

    Long Ye;Shaoqing Zhang;Wenchao Zhao;Huifeng Yao

  • Wide-gap non-fullerene acceptor enabling high-performance organic photovoltaic cells for indoor applications

    Yong Cui;Yuming Wang;Jonas Bergqvist;Huifeng Yao

  • Eco-Compatible Solvent-Processed Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Over 16% Efficiency.

    Ling Hong;Huifeng Yao;Ziang Wu;Yong Cui

  • Subzero-Temperature Cathode for a Sodium-Ion Battery.

    Ya You;Hu-Rong Yao;Sen Xin;Ya-Xia Yin

  • Organic photovoltaic cell with 17% efficiency and superior processability

    Yong Cui;Huifeng Yao;Ling Hong;Tao Zhang

  • Na+/vacancy disordering promises high-rate Na-ion batteries

    Peng-Fei Wang;Hu-Rong Yao;Xin-Yu Liu;Ya-Xia Yin

  • 14.7% Efficiency Organic Photovoltaic Cells Enabled by Active Materials with a Large Electrostatic Potential Difference

    Huifeng Yao;Yong Cui;Deping Qian;Carlito S. Ponseca

  • Design and Synthesis of a Low Bandgap Small Molecule Acceptor for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

    Huifeng Yao;Yu Chen;Yunpeng Qin;Runnan Yu

  • Fine-Tuned Photoactive and Interconnection Layers for Achieving over 13% Efficiency in a Fullerene-Free Tandem Organic Solar Cell

    Yong Cui;Huifeng Yao;Bowei Gao;Yunpeng Qin

  • Ti‐Substituted NaNi0.5Mn0.5‐xTixO2 Cathodes with Reversible O3−P3 Phase Transition for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries

    Peng-Fei Wang;Hu-Rong Yao;Xin-Yu Liu;Jie-Nan Zhang

  • Achieving Over 15% Efficiency in Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Copolymer Design.

    Yong Cui;Huifeng Yao;Ling Hong;Tao Zhang

  • A High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cell Enabled by the Strong Intramolecular Electron Push-Pull Effect of the Nonfullerene Acceptor.

    Wanning Li;Long Ye;Sunsun Li;Huifeng Yao

  • Achieving Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with Improved Intermolecular Interaction and Open-Circuit Voltage.

    Huifeng Yao;Long Ye;Junxian Hou;Bomee Jang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianhui Hou
Jianhui Hou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shaoqing Zhang
Shaoqing Zhang University of Science and Technology Beijing
Long Ye
Long Ye Tianjin University
Ye Xu
Ye Xu Louisiana State University
Wenchao Zhao
Wenchao Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianqi Zhang
Jianqi Zhang Center for Excellence in Education
Tao Zhang
Tao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Harald Ade
Harald Ade North Carolina State University
Zhixiang Wei
Zhixiang Wei National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Feng Gao
Feng Gao Linköping University

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