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Weihai Sun is affiliated with Huaqiao University in China and contributes extensively to the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research output includes numerous publications in specialized areas such as electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their main topics of work focus on:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics

Recent published papers include:

  • "Efficient and Stable 2D@3D/2D Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Dual Optimization of Grain Boundary and Interface," 2021, ACS Energy Letters
  • "Surface passivation using pyridinium iodide for highly efficient planar perovskite solar cells," 2020, Journal of Energy Chemistry
  • "Highly Efficient CsPbBr3 Planar Perovskite Solar Cells via Additive Engineering with NH4SCN," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Low-temperature processed rare-earth doped brookite TiO2 scaffold for UV stable, hysteresis-free and high-performance perovskite solar cells," 2020, Nano Energy
  • "Modulating Residual Lead Iodide via Functionalized Buried Interface for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells," 2022, ACS Energy Letters

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Jihuai Wu (106 collaborations)
  • Zhang Lan (58 collaborations)
  • Guodong Li (28 collaborations)
  • Yitian Du (25 collaborations)
  • Anling Tong (22 collaborations)

Their work has appeared in various publication venues, notably in:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal (14 publications)
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials (7 publications)
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (6 publications)
  • Nano Energy (6 publications)
  • Materials Today Physics (6 publications)

Best Publications

  • CuSCN-Based Inverted Planar Perovskite Solar Cell with an Average PCE of 15.6%.

    Senyun Ye;Weihai Sun;Yunlong Li;Weibo Yan

  • The Dawn of Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cell: Highly Stable Double Perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 Film

    Cuncun Wu;Qiaohui Zhang;Yang Liu;Wei Luo

  • Mixed-Organic-Cation Tin Iodide for Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells with an Efficiency of 8.12.

    Ziran Zhao;Feidan Gu;Yunlong Li;Weihai Sun

  • A Breakthrough Efficiency of 19.9% Obtained in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells by Using an Efficient Trap State Passivator Cu(thiourea)I

    Senyun Ye;Haixia Rao;Ziran Zhao;Linjuan Zhang

  • Hole‐Transporting Materials in Inverted Planar Perovskite Solar Cells

    Weibo Yan;Senyun Ye;Yunlong Li;Weihai Sun

  • High-performance inverted planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells based on a solution-processed CuOx hole transport layer

    Weihai Sun;Yunlong Li;Senyun Ye;Haixia Rao

  • Suppressing Vacancy Defects and Grain Boundaries via Ostwald Ripening for High-Performance and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells.

    Yuqian Yang;Jihuai Wu;Xiaobing Wang;Qiyao Guo

  • A 19.0% efficiency achieved in CuOx-based inverted CH3NH3PbI3−xClx solar cells by an effective Cl doping method

    Haixia Rao;Senyun Ye;Weihai Sun;Weibo Yan

  • Room-temperature and solution-processed copper iodide as the hole transport layer for inverted planar perovskite solar cells

    Weihai Sun;Senyun Ye;Haixiao Rao;Yunlong Li

  • A Strategy to Simplify the Preparation Process of Perovskite Solar Cells by Co-deposition of a Hole-Conductor and a Perovskite Layer.

    Senyun Ye;Haixia Rao;Weibo Yan;Yunlong Li

  • 50% Sn-Based Planar Perovskite Solar Cell with Power Conversion Efficiency up to 13.6%

    Yunlong Li;Weihai Sun;Weibo Yan;Senyun Ye

  • Solution-Processed CuS NPs as an Inorganic Hole-Selective Contact Material for Inverted Planar Perovskite Solar Cells

    Haixia Rao;Weihai Sun;Senyun Ye;Weibo Yan

  • Efficient and Stable 2D@3D/2D Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Dual Optimization of Grain Boundary and Interface

    Guodong Li;Jing Song;Jihuai Wu;Zeyu Song

  • Surface passivation using pyridinium iodide for highly efficient planar perovskite solar cells

    Yitian Du;Jihuai Wu;Xinpeng Zhang;Qianjin Zhu

  • Highly Efficient CsPbBr3 Planar Perovskite Solar Cells via Additive Engineering with NH4SCN

    Deng Wang;Wenjing Li;Zhenbo Du;Guodong Li

  • High-Performance Planar Solar Cells Based On CH3NH3PbI3-xClx Perovskites with Determined Chlorine Mole Fraction

    Yunlong Li;Weihai Sun;Weibo Yan;Senyun Ye

  • Solution-Processed Copper Iodide as an Inexpensive and Effective Anode Buffer Layer for Polymer Solar Cells

    Weihai Sun;Haitao Peng;Yunlong Li;Weibo Yan

  • Solution processed inorganic V 2 O x as interfacial function materials for inverted planar-heterojunction perovskite solar cells with enhanced efficiency

    Haitao Peng;Weihai Sun;Yunlong Li;Senyun Ye

  • Low-temperature processed rare-earth doped brookite TiO2 scaffold for UV stable, hysteresis-free and high-performance perovskite solar cells

    Qiyao Guo;Jihuai Wu;Yuqian Yang;Xuping Liu

  • Recent progress in lead-free perovskite (-like) solar cells

    Qiaohui Zhang;Hungkit Ting;Shiyuan Wei;Daiqiang Huang

  • Simplification of device structures for low-cost, high-efficiency perovskite solar cells

    Ziran Zhao;Weihai Sun;Yunlong Li;Senyun Ye

  • High-performance hybrid perovskite solar cells with polythiophene as hole-transporting layer via electrochemical polymerization

    Weibo Yan;Yunlong Li;Weihai Sun;Haitao Peng

  • <scp> NaHCO <sub>3</sub> </scp> ‐induced porous <scp> PbI <sub>2</sub> </scp> enabling efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

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  • Interface engineering with NiO nanocrystals for highly efficient and stable planar perovskite solar cells

    Weina Zhang;Xuezhen Zhang;Tongyue Wu;Weihai Sun

  • Multifunctional molecule of potassium nonafluoro-1-butanesulfonate for high-efficient perovskite solar cells

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  • MXene regulates the stress of perovskite and improves interface contact for high-efficiency carbon-based all-inorganic solar cells

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  • Photocapacitor integrating perovskite solar cell and symmetrical supercapacitor generating a conversion storage efficiency over 20%

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  • Additive Engineering by Bifunctional Guanidine Sulfamate for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskites Solar Cells.

    Xuping Liu;Jihuai Wu;Yuqian Yang;Deng Wang

  • Surface Reconstruction and In Situ Formation of 2D Layer for Efficient and Stable 2D/3D Perovskite Solar Cells

    Chunyan Deng;Jihuai Wu;Yitian Du;Qi Chen

  • Toward Highly Reproducible, Efficient, and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells via Interface Engineering with CoO Nanoplates

    Yanfei Dou;Deng Wang;Guodong Li;Yinsheng Liao

  • High-Efficiency Carbon-Based CsPbIBr2 Solar Cells with Interfacial Energy Loss Suppressed by a Thin Bulk-Heterojunction Layer

    Deng Wang;Deng Wang;Wenjing Li;Wenjing Li;Ruoshui Li;Weihai Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhang Lan
Zhang Lan Huaqiao University
Jihuai Wu
Jihuai Wu Huaqiao University
Lixin Xiao
Lixin Xiao Peking University
Chunhui Huang
Chunhui Huang Peking University
Zuqiang Bian
Zuqiang Bian Peking University
Jianming Lin
Jianming Lin Huaqiao University
Miaoliang Huang
Miaoliang Huang Huaqiao University
Yunfang Huang
Yunfang Huang Huaqiao University
Leqing Fan
Leqing Fan Huaqiao University
Huanping Zhou
Huanping Zhou Peking University

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