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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in China Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 1999 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the understanding of electronic structures and stabilities of compounds, alloys, interfaces, superlattices and impurities using firstprinciples calculations and for development of the methods for such calculations

Overview

Su-Huai Wei is affiliated with the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo in China. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily within materials science and engineering. The scientist's work focuses on topics such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Condensed Matter Physics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

Wei's main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

They have contributed extensively to subfields including:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

The scientist's research topics cover a range of specialized areas, particularly focused on semiconductor materials and related technologies:

  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • ZnO doping and properties
  • Ga2O3 and related materials

Wei has published a notable number of recent papers. Selected examples include:

  • "Hydrogenated Cs2AgBiBr6 for significantly improved efficiency of lead-free inorganic double perovskite solar cell," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Electron donation of non-oxide supports boosts O2 activation on nano-platinum catalysts," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Crystal Facet Engineering on SrTiO3 Enhances Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting," 2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Formation of Bloch Flat Bands in Polar Twisted Bilayers without Magic Angles," 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • "Review of the Intermolecular Interactions in Energetic Molecular Cocrystals," 2020, Crystal Growth & Design

The scientist has often published in venues such as:

  • Physical Review B
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Xie Zhang
  • Xuefen Cai
  • Hui-Xiong Deng
  • Yu Song
  • Jingxiu Yang

Among the honors received by Su-Huai Wei are the Fellow of the Materials Research Society, awarded in 2014, and the Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1999. The latter fellowship citation recognizes contributions to the understanding of electronic structures and stabilities of compounds, alloys, interfaces, superlattices, and impurities using first-principles calculations, as well as the development of methods for such calculations.

Best Publications

  • Special quasirandom structures.

    Alex Zunger;S.-H. Wei;L. G. Ferreira;James E. Bernard

  • Intrinsic n -type versus p -type doping asymmetry and the defect physics of ZnO

    S. B. Zhang;S.-H. Wei;Alex Zunger

  • Stabilizing Perovskite Structures by Tuning Tolerance Factor: Formation of Formamidinium and Cesium Lead Iodide Solid-State Alloys

    Zhen Li;Mengjin Yang;Ji-Sang Park;Su-Huai Wei

  • Defect physics of the CuInSe 2 chalcopyrite semiconductor

    S. B. Zhang;Su-Huai Wei;Alex Zunger;H. Katayama-Yoshida

  • Origin of p -type doping difficulty in ZnO: The impurity perspective

    C. H. Park;C. H. Park;S. B. Zhang;Su-Huai Wei

  • Classification of lattice defects in the kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 earth-abundant solar cell absorbers.

    Shiyou Chen;Aron Walsh;Xin Gao Gong;Su Huai Wei

  • Halide perovskite materials for solar cells: a theoretical review

    Wan-Jian Yin;Wan-Jian Yin;Ji-Hui Yang;Joongoo Kang;Yanfa Yan

  • Electronic properties of random alloys : special quasirandom structures

    S.-H. Wei;L. G. Ferreira;James E. Bernard;Alex Zunger

  • Calculated natural band offsets of all II–VI and III–V semiconductors: Chemical trends and the role of cation d orbitals

    Su-Huai Wei;Alex Zunger

  • Design of Lead-Free Inorganic Halide Perovskites for Solar Cells via Cation-Transmutation

    Xin-Gang Zhao;Ji-Hui Yang;Yuhao Fu;Dongwen Yang

  • Crystal and electronic band structure of Cu2ZnSnX4 (X=S and Se) photovoltaic absorbers: First-principles insights

    Shiyou Chen;X. G. Gong;Aron Walsh;Su Huai Wei

  • Design of narrow-gap TiO2: a passivated codoping approach for enhanced photoelectrochemical activity.

    Yanqin Gai;Jingbo Li;Shu-Shen Li;Jian-Bai Xia

  • Intrinsic point defects and complexes in the quaternary kesterite semiconductor Cu(2)ZnSnS(4)

    Shiyou Chen;Shiyou Chen;Ji Hui Yang;X. G. Gong;Aron Walsh

  • Nature of the Band Gap of In2O3 Revealed by First-Principles Calculations and X-Ray Spectroscopy

    Aron Walsh;Juarez L.F. Da Silva;Su Huai Wei;C. Körber

  • Chemical trends of defect formation and doping limit in II-VI semiconductors: The case of CdTe

    Su-Huai Wei;S. B. Zhang

  • Doping by large-size-mismatched impurities: the microscopic origin of arsenic- or antimony-doped p-type zinc oxide.

    Sukit Limpijumnong;Sukit Limpijumnong;S. B. Zhang;Su-Huai Wei;C. H. Park;C. H. Park

  • Band Edge Electronic Structure of BiVO4: Elucidating the Role of the Bi s and V d Orbitals

    Aron Walsh;Yanfa Yan;Muhammad N. Huda;Mowafak M. Al-Jassim

  • Gas sensing in 2D materials

    Shengxue Yang;Chengbao Jiang;Su-huai Wei

  • Kesterite Thin‐Film Solar Cells: Advances in Materials Modelling of Cu2ZnSnS4

    Aron Walsh;Shiyou Chen;Shiyou Chen;Su Huai Wei;Xin Gao Gong

  • Role of metal d states in II-VI semiconductors

    S.-H. Wei;Alex Zunger

  • Predicted band-gap pressure coefficients of all diamond and zinc-blende semiconductors: Chemical trends

    Su-Huai Wei;Alex Zunger

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Zunger
Alex Zunger University of Colorado Boulder
Xingao Gong
Xingao Gong Fudan University
Shengbai Zhang
Shengbai Zhang Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Shiyou Chen
Shiyou Chen Fudan University
Hongjun Xiang
Hongjun Xiang Fudan University
Aron Walsh
Aron Walsh Imperial College London
Yanfa Yan
Yanfa Yan University of Toledo
Wan-Jian Yin
Wan-Jian Yin Soochow University
Juarez L. F. Da Silva
Juarez L. F. Da Silva Universidade de São Paulo
Shu-Shen Li
Shu-Shen Li Chinese Academy of Sciences

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