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Tao Liu is affiliated with Guangxi University in China and has contributed to research in the fields of Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

Their research addresses topics including Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Conducting polymers and applications, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Perovskite Materials and Applications, and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tao Liu include:

  • "16% efficiency all-polymer organic solar cells enabled by a finely tuned morphology via the design of ternary blend," 2021, Joule
  • "Fine-Tuning Energy Levels via Asymmetric End Groups Enables Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 17%," 2020, Joule
  • "Improving open-circuit voltage by a chlorinated polymer donor endows binary organic solar cells efficiencies over 17%," 2020, Science China Chemistry
  • "Mechanically Robust All-Polymer Solar Cells from Narrow Band Gap Acceptors with Hetero-Bridging Atoms," 2020, Joule
  • "15.34% efficiency all-small-molecule organic solar cells with an improved fill factor enabled by a fullerene additive," 2020, Energy & Environmental Science

Their frequent co-authors include Jon Jacobs, Ashley Robinson, Xiaolu Li, Keqi Tang, and Ljiljana Paša-Tolić.

Publication venues where Tao Liu has frequently published are OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), SSRN Electronic Journal, Advanced Functional Materials, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Energy & Environmental Science.

Best Publications

  • High-Performance Solution-Processed Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells Based on Selenophene-Containing Perylene Bisimide Acceptor

    Dong Meng;Dong Meng;Dan Sun;Dan Sun;Chengmei Zhong;Chengmei Zhong;Tao Liu

  • Single‐Junction Organic Solar Cells Based on a Novel Wide‐Bandgap Polymer with Efficiency of 9.7%

    Lijun Huo;Tao Liu;Xiaobo Sun;Yunhao Cai

  • Fine-Tuning of Molecular Packing and Energy Level through Methyl Substitution Enabling Excellent Small Molecule Acceptors for Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiency up to 12.54

    Zhenghui Luo;Zhenghui Luo;Haijun Bin;Tao Liu;Zhi-Guo Zhang

  • Fine-Tuning Energy Levels via Asymmetric End Groups Enables Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 17%

    Zhenghui Luo;Ruijie Ma;Tao Liu;Jianwei Yu

  • Precisely Controlling the Position of Bromine on the End Group Enables Well-Regular Polymer Acceptors for All-Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 15.

    Zhenghui Luo;Zhenghui Luo;Tao Liu;Ruijie Ma;Yiqun Xiao

  • Monolithic perovskite/organic tandem solar cells with 23.6% efficiency enabled by reduced voltage losses and optimized interconnecting layer

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  • A monothiophene unit incorporating both fluoro and ester substitution enabling high-performance donor polymers for non-fullerene solar cells with 16.4% efficiency

    Huiliang Sun;Tao Liu;Jianwei Yu;Tsz-Ki Lau

  • Improving open-circuit voltage by a chlorinated polymer donor endows binary organic solar cells efficiencies over 17%

    Ruijie Ma;Tao Liu;Zhenghui Luo;Qing Guo

  • Optimized Fibril Network Morphology by Precise Side-Chain Engineering to Achieve High-Performance Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells.

    Tao Liu;Lijun Huo;Sreelakshmi Chandrabose;Kai Chen

  • Mechanically Robust All-Polymer Solar Cells from Narrow Band Gap Acceptors with Hetero-Bridging Atoms

    Qunping Fan;Wenyan Su;Wenyan Su;Shanshan Chen;Shanshan Chen;Wansun Kim

  • 16.7%-efficiency ternary blended organic photovoltaic cells with PCBM as the acceptor additive to increase the open-circuit voltage and phase purity

    Ming Ao Pan;Ming Ao Pan;Ming Ao Pan;Tsz Ki Lau;Yabing Tang;Yi Ching Wu;Yi Ching Wu

  • A nonfullerene acceptor with a 1000 nm absorption edge enables ternary organic solar cells with improved optical and morphological properties and efficiencies over 15

    Tao Liu;Zhenghui Luo;Yuzhong Chen;Tao Yang

  • Achieving high efficiency and well-kept ductility in ternary all-polymer organic photovoltaic blends thanks to two well miscible donors

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  • Asymmetrical Ladder‐Type Donor‐Induced Polar Small Molecule Acceptor to Promote Fill Factors Approaching 77% for High‐Performance Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells

    Wei Gao;Wei Gao;Miao Zhang;Tao Liu;Ruijie Ming

  • Ternary Organic Solar Cells Based on Two Compatible Nonfullerene Acceptors with Power Conversion Efficiency >10%

    Tao Liu;Yuan Guo;Yuanping Yi;Lijun Huo

  • Use of two structurally similar small molecular acceptors enabling ternary organic solar cells with high efficiencies and fill factors

    Tao Liu;Zhenghui Luo;Qunping Fan;Guangye Zhang

  • 16% efficiency all-polymer organic solar cells enabled by a finely tuned morphology via the design of ternary blend

    Tao Liu;Tao Liu;Tong Yang;Ruijie Ma;Lingling Zhan

  • Alkyl Side-Chain Engineering in Wide-Bandgap Copolymers Leading to Power Conversion Efficiencies over 10.

    Tao Liu;Xuexue Pan;Xiangyi Meng;Yu Liu

  • 15.34% efficiency all-small-molecule organic solar cells with an improved fill factor enabled by a fullerene additive

    Dingqin Hu;Qianguang Yang;Haiyan Chen;Friso Wobben

  • An NIR-II-Emissive Photosensitizer for Hypoxia-Tolerant Photodynamic Theranostics.

    Lanqing Li;Chen Shao;Tao Liu;Zhicong Chao

  • A Novel Thiophene‐Fused Ending Group Enabling an Excellent Small Molecule Acceptor for High‐Performance Fullerene‐Free Polymer Solar Cells with 11.8% Efficiency

    Dongjun Xie;Tao Liu;Wei Gao;Cheng Zhong

  • Concurrent improvement in JSC and VOC in high-efficiency ternary organic solar cells enabled by a red-absorbing small-molecule acceptor with a high LUMO level

    Tao Liu;Tao Liu;Ruijie Ma;Zhenghui Luo;Yuan Guo;Yuan Guo

  • Adding a Third Component with Reduced Miscibility and Higher LUMO Level Enables Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells

    Ruijie Ma;Tao Liu;Zhenghui Luo;Zhenghui Luo;Ke Gao;Ke Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

He Yan
He Yan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Zhenghui Luo
Zhenghui Luo Shenzhen University
Chuluo Yang
Chuluo Yang Shenzhen University
Xinhui Lu
Xinhui Lu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yanming Sun
Yanming Sun Beihang University
Lijun Huo
Lijun Huo Beihang University
Cheng Zhong
Cheng Zhong Wuhan University
Feng Liu
Feng Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yongfang Li
Yongfang Li Soochow University
Wei Ma
Wei Ma Xi'an Jiaotong University

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