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  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lin X. Chen is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spans several closely related fields, focusing on materials science, engineering, and chemistry. Within these broader areas, Chen's work prominently addresses materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, physical and theoretical chemistry, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's research encompasses multiple topics, including:

  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Chen has contributed to recent scientific literature with publications such as:

  • "Bimolecularly passivated interface enables efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells" (2023) in Science
  • "Crystallography, Morphology, Electronic Structure, and Transport in Non-Fullerene/Non-Indacenodithienothiophene Polymer:Y6 Solar Cells" (2020) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Amidination of ligands for chemical and field-effect passivation stabilizes perovskite solar cells" (2024) in Science
  • "Two-dimensional perovskitoids enhance stability in perovskite solar cells" (2024) in Nature
  • "In Situ Grazing-Incidence Wide-Angle Scattering Reveals Mechanisms for Phase Distribution and Disorientation in 2D Halide Perovskite Films" (2020) in Advanced Materials

Their frequent co-authors include Richard D. Schaller, Xiaosong Li, Pyosang Kim, Brian T. Phelan, and Michael W. Mara.

Chen's publications appear most frequently in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemical Science

Lin X. Chen's work intersects multiple high-impact research areas, notably focusing on the development and understanding of perovskite solar cells among other materials with applications in energy conversion and sustainability. Their contributions involve detailed structural, electronic, and chemical analysis to improve the performance and stability of these emerging materials.

Chen was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Polymer solar cells with enhanced fill factors

    Xugang Guo;Xugang Guo;Nanjia Zhou;Sylvia J. Lou;Jeremy Smith

  • Surface Restructuring of Nanoparticles: An Efficient Route for Ligand−Metal Oxide Crosstalk

    T. Rajh;L. X. Chen;K. Lukas;T. Liu

  • Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems

    Gregory D. Scholes;Graham R. Fleming;Lin X. Chen;Lin X. Chen;Alán Aspuru-Guzik

  • Seeded growth of single-crystal two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks

    Austin M. Evans;Lucas R. Parent;Nathan C. Flanders;Ryan P. Bisbey;Ryan P. Bisbey

  • Influence of iron doping on tetravalent nickel content in catalytic oxygen evolving films

    Nancy Li;D. Kwabena Bediako;Ryan G. Hadt;Dugan Hayes

  • Effects of Additives on the Morphology of Solution Phase Aggregates Formed by Active Layer Components of High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells

    Sylvia J. Lou;Jodi M. Szarko;Tao Xu;Luping Yu;Luping Yu

  • Examining the Effect of the Dipole Moment on Charge Separation in Donor–Acceptor Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications

    Bridget Carsten;Jodi M. Szarko;Hae Jung Son;Wei Wang

  • Room-temperature ferroelectricity in supramolecular networks of charge-transfer complexes

    Alok S. Tayi;Alexander K. Shveyd;Andrew C.-H. Sue;Andrew C.-H. Sue;Jodi M. Szarko;Jodi M. Szarko

  • Recent advances in lithium–sulfur batteries

    Lin Chen;Leon L. Shaw

  • Controlling Conformations of Conjugated Polymers and Small Molecules: The Role of Nonbonding Interactions

    Nicholas E. Jackson;Brett M. Savoie;Kevin L. Kohlstedt;Monica Olvera de la Cruz

  • Rational Design of Porous Conjugated Polymers and Roles of Residual Palladium for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

    Lianwei Li;Zhengxu Cai;Qinghe Wu;Wai Yip Lo

  • Improving Optical and Charge Separation Properties of Nanocrystalline TiO2 by Surface Modification with Vitamin C

    T. Rajh;J. M. Nedeljkovic;L. X. Chen;O. Poluektov

  • XAFS Studies of Surface Structures of TiO2 Nanoparticles and Photocatalytic Reduction of Metal Ions

    Lin X. Chen;Tijana Rajh;Zhiyu Wang;Marion C. Thurnauer

  • Search for the top quark in pp̅ collisions at √s=1.8 TeV

    Abachi S;Abbott B;Abolins M;Acharya Bs

  • When Function Follows Form: Effects of Donor Copolymer Side Chains on Film Morphology and BHJ Solar Cell Performance

    Jodi M. Szarko;Jianchang Guo;Jianchang Guo;Jianchang Guo;Yongye Liang;Byeongdu Lee

  • MLCT state structure and dynamics of a copper(I) diimine complex characterized by pump-probe X-ray and laser spectroscopies and DFT calculations.

    Lin X. Chen;George B. Shaw;Irina Novozhilova;Tao Liu

  • Bithiopheneimide–Dithienosilole/Dithienogermole Copolymers for Efficient Solar Cells: Information from Structure–Property–Device Performance Correlations and Comparison to Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Analogues

    Xugang Guo;Nanjia Zhou;Sylvia J. Lou;Jonathan W. Hennek

  • Capturing a photoexcited molecular structure through time-domain x-ray absorption fine structure.

    Lin X. Chen;Wighard J. H. Jäger;Guy Jennings;David J. Gosztola

  • Dopamine: Just the Right Medicine for Membranes

    Hao Cheng Yang;Ruben Z. Waldman;Ming Bang Wu;Jingwei Hou;Jingwei Hou

  • Crystallography, Morphology, Electronic Structure, and Transport in Non-Fullerene/Non-Indacenodithienothiophene Polymer:Y6 Solar Cells.

    Weigang Zhu;Austin P. Spencer;Subhrangsu Mukherjee;Joaquin M. Alzola

  • Fe2O3 Nanoparticle Structures Investigated by X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure, Surface Modifications, and Model Calculations

    Lin X. Chen;Tao Liu;Marion C. Thurnauer;Roseann Csencsits

Frequent Co-Authors

Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Xiaoyi Zhang
Xiaoyi Zhang Argonne National Laboratory
Luping Yu
Luping Yu University of Chicago
Mark A. Ratner
Mark A. Ratner Northwestern University
Antonio Facchetti
Antonio Facchetti Northwestern University
Robert P. H. Chang
Robert P. H. Chang Northwestern University
George C. Schatz
George C. Schatz Northwestern University
Richard D. Schaller
Richard D. Schaller Argonne National Laboratory
Michael R. Wasielewski
Michael R. Wasielewski Northwestern University
Ying-Yong Zhao
Ying-Yong Zhao Northwest University

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