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2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
146
Citations
91625
World Ranking
180
National Ranking
48

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award

Overview

Jianhui Hou is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, specializing primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research focuses heavily on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Materials Chemistry, with additional work in Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research topics concentrate on 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, and Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces.

Jianhui Hou has contributed extensively to multiple publication venues, most notably:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Shaoqing Zhang
  • Huifeng Yao
  • Yong Cui
  • Tao Zhang
  • Xiaotao Hao

Among Jianhui Hou's recent papers are:

  • Single-Junction Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Approaching 18% Efficiency, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Single-Junction Organic Photovoltaic Cell with 19% Efficiency, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Tandem Organic Solar Cell with 20.2% Efficiency, 2021, Joule
  • Over 17% efficiency ternary organic solar cells enabled by two non-fullerene acceptors working in an alloy-like model, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part I material science), 2021, Science China Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Polymer solar cells with enhanced open-circuit voltage and efficiency

    Hsiang-Yu Chen;Hsiang-Yu Chen;Jianhui Hou;Shaoqing Zhang;Yongye Liang

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

    Wenchao Zhao;Sunsun Li;Huifeng Yao;Shaoqing Zhang

  • Organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors.

    Jianhui Hou;Olle Inganäs;Richard Henry Friend;Feng Gao

  • Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cells with over 11% Efficiency and Excellent Thermal Stability

    Wenchao Zhao;Deping Qian;Shaoqing Zhang;Sunsun Li

  • 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

  • Indene−C60 Bisadduct: A New Acceptor for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

    Youjun He;Hsiang-Yu Chen;Jianhui Hou;Yongfang Li

  • Energy-Level Modulation of Small-Molecule Electron Acceptors to Achieve over 12% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells

    Sunsun Li;Long Ye;Wenchao Zhao;Shaoqing Zhang

  • Single-Junction Organic Photovoltaic Cell with 19% Efficiency

    Yong Cui;Ye Xu;Huifeng Yao;Pengqing Bi

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Photovoltaic Properties of a Low Band Gap Polymer Based on Silole-Containing Polythiophenes and 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazole

    Jianhui Hou;Hsiang Yu Chen;Shaoqing Zhang;Gang Li

  • Tandem Organic Solar Cell with 20.2% Efficiency

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  • Over 14% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by a Chlorinated Polymer Donor.

    Shaoqing Zhang;Shaoqing Zhang;Yunpeng Qin;Yunpeng Qin;Jie Zhu;Jianhui Hou;Jianhui Hou

  • Molecular Design of Benzodithiophene-Based Organic Photovoltaic Materials.

    Huifeng Yao;Long Ye;Hao Zhang;Sunsun Li

  • Replacing Alkoxy Groups with Alkylthienyl Groups: A Feasible Approach To Improve the Properties of Photovoltaic Polymers†

    Lijun Huo;Shaoqing Zhang;Xia Guo;Feng Xu

  • A Large‐Bandgap Conjugated Polymer for Versatile Photovoltaic Applications with High Performance

    Maojie Zhang;Maojie Zhang;Xia Guo;Xia Guo;Wei Ma;Wei Ma;Harald Ade

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

    Deping Qian;Zilong Zheng;Huifeng Yao;Wolfgang Tress

  • Bandgap and Molecular Energy Level Control of Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Materials Based on Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene

    Jianhui Hou;Mi-Hyae Park;Shaoqing Zhang;Yan Yao

  • Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of two-dimensional conjugated polythiophenes with bi(thienylenevinylene) side chains.

    Jianhui Hou;Zhan'ao Tan;Yong Yan;Youjun He

  • Synthesis of a Low Band Gap Polymer and Its Application in Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

    Jianhui Hou;Hsiang-Yu Chen;Shaoqing Zhang;Ruby I. Chen

  • Vertical Phase Separation in Poly(3‐hexylthiophene): Fullerene Derivative Blends and its Advantage for Inverted Structure Solar Cells

    Zheng Xu;Li Min Chen;Guanwen Yang;Chun Hao Huang

  • Effects of Solvent Mixtures on the Nanoscale Phase Separation in Polymer Solar Cells

    Yan Yao;Jianhui Hou;Zheng Xu;Gang Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaoqing Zhang
Shaoqing Zhang University of Science and Technology Beijing
Huifeng Yao
Huifeng Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Long Ye
Long Ye Tianjin University
Yongfang Li
Yongfang Li Soochow University
Wenchao Zhao
Wenchao Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Harald Ade
Harald Ade North Carolina State University
Ye Xu
Ye Xu Louisiana State University
Maojie Zhang
Maojie Zhang Soochow University
Wei Ma
Wei Ma Xi'an Jiaotong University
Zhan'ao Tan
Zhan'ao Tan Beijing University of Chemical Technology

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