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Pei Cheng is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focused engagement in subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their main topics of investigation include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Thin-Film Transistor Technologies, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, and Advanced Materials and Mechanics.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Cenqi Yan, Hongxiang Li, Jiayu Wang, Jiaqiang Qin, and Yinghan Wang. Their work has been published extensively in venues such as Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Journal of Energy Chemistry, and Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Selected recent papers authored by Pei Cheng include:

  • "Narrowing the Band Gap: The Key to High-Performance Organic Photovoltaics," 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Perylene Diimide-Based Oligomers and Polymers for Organic Optoelectronics," 2022, Accounts of Materials Research

Additional notable papers related to their research network but authored by collaborators or other researchers in the field include "Molecular Interaction Regulates the Performance and Longevity of Defect Passivation for Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society; "Semi-transparent organic photovoltaics," 2023, Chemical Society Reviews; and "Printing fabrication of large-area non-fullerene organic solar cells," 2021, Materials Horizons.

Best Publications

  • Next-generation organic photovoltaics based on non-fullerene acceptors

    Pei Cheng;Gang Li;Xiaowei Zhan;Yang Yang

  • Stability of organic solar cells: challenges and strategies

    Pei Cheng;Xiaowei Zhan

  • Enabling low voltage losses and high photocurrent in fullerene-free organic photovoltaics

    Jun Yuan;Tianyi Huang;Pei Cheng;Yingping Zou

  • A planar electron acceptor for efficient polymer solar cells

    Yao Wu;Huitao Bai;Zaiyu Wang;Pei Cheng

  • A 3D star-shaped non-fullerene acceptor for solution-processed organic solar cells with a high open-circuit voltage of 1.18 V

    Yuze Lin;Pei Cheng;Yongfang Li;Xiaowei Zhan

  • Efficient ternary blend polymer solar cells with indene-C60 bisadduct as an electron-cascade acceptor

    Pei Cheng;Yongfang Li;Xiaowei Zhan

  • Transparent Polymer Photovoltaics for Solar Energy Harvesting and Beyond

    Sheng Yung Chang;Pei Cheng;Gang Li;Yang Yang

  • Realizing Small Energy Loss of 0.55 eV, High Open-Circuit Voltage >1 V and High Efficiency >10% in Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cells via Energy Driver

    Pei Cheng;Mingyu Zhang;Tsz-Ki Lau;Yao Wu

  • Binary additives synergistically boost the efficiency of all-polymer solar cells up to 3.45%

    Pei Cheng;Long Ye;Xingang Zhao;Jianhui Hou

  • Narrowing the Band Gap: The Key to High-Performance Organic Photovoltaics.

    Pei Cheng;Yang Yang

  • Alloy Acceptor: Superior Alternative to PCBM toward Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells.

    Pei Cheng;Cenqi Yan;Yang Wu;Jiayu Wang

  • High-Performance Organic Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Multiple-Donor or Multiple-Acceptor Components.

    Wenchao Huang;Pei Cheng;Yang Michael Yang;Gang Li

  • Molecular Interaction Regulates the Performance and Longevity of Defect Passivation for Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

    Yepin Zhao;Pengchen Zhu;Shu Huang;Shaun Tan

  • Versatile third components for efficient and stable organic solar cells

    Pei Cheng;Xiaowei Zhan

  • Rational Tuning of Molecular Interaction and Energy Level Alignment Enables High-Performance Organic Photovoltaics

    Rui Wang;Jun Yuan;Jun Yuan;Guangchao Han;Tianyi Huang

  • Acceptor–Donor–Acceptor Small Molecules Based on Indacenodithiophene for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

    Huitao Bai;Yifan Wang;Pei Cheng;Yongfang Li

  • An electron acceptor based on indacenodithiophene and 1,1-dicyanomethylene-3-indanone for fullerene-free organic solar cells

    Huitao Bai;Yifan Wang;Pei Cheng;Jiayu Wang

  • Molecular Lock: A Versatile Key to Enhance Efficiency and Stability of Organic Solar Cells

    Pei Cheng;Cenqi Yan;Tsz-Ki Lau;Jiangquan Mai

  • Unraveling Sunlight by Transparent Organic Semiconductors toward Photovoltaic and Photosynthesis

    Yuqiang Liu;Pei Cheng;Tengfei Li;Rui Wang

  • A Solution Processable D‐A‐D Molecule based on Thiazolothiazole for High Performance Organic Solar Cells

    Qinqin Shi;Pei Cheng;Yongfang Li;Xiaowei Zhan

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaowei Zhan
Xiaowei Zhan Peking University
Yongfang Li
Yongfang Li Soochow University
Yuze Lin
Yuze Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun Yuan
Jun Yuan University of York
Kung-Hwa Wei
Kung-Hwa Wei National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Chenhui Zhu
Chenhui Zhu Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Wenchao Huang
Wenchao Huang Monash University
Yingping Zou
Yingping Zou Central South University
Hongzheng Chen
Hongzheng Chen Zhejiang University
Wei Ma
Wei Ma Xi'an Jiaotong University

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