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Xiaopeng Xu is affiliated with Sichuan University in China and specializes in research within the fields of engineering and materials science, with particular emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering as well as polymers and plastics. Their work also encompasses areas such as materials chemistry, molecular biology, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The research topics covered by Xiaopeng Xu include:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

Xiaopeng Xu has contributed to multiple papers, including:

  • "Realizing 19.05% Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells by Progressively Improving Charge Extraction and Suppressing Charge Recombination," 2022, Advanced Materials
  • "Ternary Blend Organic Solar Cells: Understanding the Morphology from Recent Progress," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "Fine-tuning of side-chain orientations on nonfullerene acceptors enables organic solar cells with 17.7% efficiency," 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Highly efficient non-fullerene organic solar cells enabled by a delayed processing method using a non-halogenated solvent," 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "18.77% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Promoted by Aqueous Solution Processed Cobalt(II) Acetate Hole Transporting Layer," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent coauthors in Xiaopeng Xu's work include:

  • Liyang Yu
  • Qiang Peng
  • Ruipeng Li
  • Chentong Liao

The main venues where Xiaopeng Xu has published research are:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Energy & Environmental Science

Best Publications

  • Realizing 19.05% Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells by Progressively Improving Charge Extraction and Suppressing Charge Recombination

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  • Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells with 16.35% Efficiency Enabled by a Platinum(II) Complexation Strategy

    Xiaopeng Xu;Kui Feng;Zhaozhao Bi;Wei Ma

  • Realizing Over 13% Efficiency in Green-Solvent-Processed Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells Enabled by 1,3,4-Thiadiazole-Based Wide-Bandgap Copolymers

    Xiaopeng Xu;Ting Yu;Zhaozhao Bi;Wei Ma

  • Development of large band-gap conjugated copolymers for efficient regular single and tandem organic solar cells.

    Kai Li;Zuojia Li;Kui Feng;Xiaopeng Xu

  • Highly efficient halogen-free solvent processed small-molecule organic solar cells enabled by material design and device engineering

    Jiahui Wan;Xiaopeng Xu;Guangjun Zhang;Ying Li

  • Pronounced Effects of a Triazine Core on Photovoltaic Performance-Efficient Organic Solar Cells Enabled by a PDI Trimer-Based Small Molecular Acceptor.

    Yuwei Duan;Xiaopeng Xu;He Yan;Wenlin Wu

  • Highly Efficient Ternary‐Blend Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by a Nonfullerene Acceptor and Two Polymer Donors with a Broad Composition Tolerance

    Xiaopeng Xu;Zhaozhao Bi;Wei Ma;Zishuai Wang

  • 19.10% Efficiency and 80.5% Fill Factor Layer‐by‐Layer Organic Solar Cells Realized by 4‐Bis(2‐Thienyl)Pyrrole‐2,5‐Dione Based Polymer Additives for Inducing Vertical Segregation Morphology

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  • Ternary Blend Organic Solar Cells: Understanding the Morphology from Recent Progress.

    Xiaopeng Xu;Ying Li;Qiang Peng

  • Fine-tuning of side-chain orientations on nonfullerene acceptors enables organic solar cells with 17.7% efficiency

    Gaoda Chai;Yuan Chang;Jianquan Zhang;Xiaopeng Xu

  • Y‐Type Non‐Fullerene Acceptors with Outer Branched Side Chains and Inner Cyclohexane Side Chains for 19.36% Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells

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  • Sequential Deposition of Multicomponent Bulk Heterojunctions Increases Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells

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  • Benzo[d]thiazole Based Wide Bandgap Donor Polymers Enable 19.54% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Along with Desirable Batch‐to‐Batch Reproducibility and General Applicability

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  • Efficient Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by a Novel Wide Bandgap Small Molecular Acceptor.

    Guangjun Zhang;Guofang Yang;He Yan;Joo-Hyun Kim

  • 18.77 % Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Promoted by Aqueous Solution Processed Cobalt(II) Acetate Hole Transporting Layer.

    Huifeng Meng;Chentong Liao;Min Deng;Xiaopeng Xu

  • Highly efficient non-fullerene organic solar cells enabled by a delayed processing method using a non-halogenated solvent

    Xiaopeng Xu;Liyang Yu;He Yan;Ruipeng Li

  • Polymer Solar Cells with 18.74% Efficiency: From Bulk Heterojunction to Interdigitated Bulk Heterojunction

    Xiaopeng Xu;Liyang Yu;Huifeng Meng;Liming Dai

  • P3HT-Based Polymer Solar Cells with 8.25% Efficiency Enabled by a Matched Molecular Acceptor and Smart Green-Solvent Processing Technology.

    Xiaopeng Xu;Guangjun Zhang;Liyang Yu;Ruipeng Li

  • Subtle Polymer Donor and Molecular Acceptor Design Enable Efficient Polymer Solar Cells with a Very Small Energy Loss

    Xiaopeng Xu;Kui Feng;Young Woong Lee;Han Young Woo

  • Achieving Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells Using Structurally Similar Non-Fullerene Acceptors with Varying Flanking Side Chains

    Yuan Chang;Yuan Chang;Jianquan Zhang;Yuzhong Chen;Gaoda Chai

  • Wide Bandgap Copolymers Based on Quinoxalino[6,5-f].quinoxaline for Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells

    Ting Yu;Xiaopeng Xu;Guangjun Zhang;Jiahui Wan

  • Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by a Copper(I) Coordination Strategy Employing a 1,3,4-Oxadiazole-Containing Wide-Bandgap Copolymer Donor.

    Xiaopeng Xu;Zuojia Li;Zhaozhao Bi;Ting Yu

  • Isoindigo fluorination to enhance photovoltaic performance of donor-acceptor conjugated copolymers.

    Yuchong Yang;Renming Wu;Xin Wang;Xiaopeng Xu

  • Wide Bandgap Molecular Acceptors with a Truxene Core for Efficient Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells: Linkage Position on Molecular Configuration and Photovoltaic Properties

    Wenlin Wu;Guangjun Zhang;Xiaopeng Xu;Shichao Wang

  • Recent development of perylene diimide-based small molecular non-fullerene acceptors in organic solar cells

    Yuwei Duan;Xiaopeng Xu;Ying Li;Qiang Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

Qiang Peng
Qiang Peng Sichuan University
He Yan
He Yan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Wei Ma
Wei Ma Xi'an Jiaotong University
Ruipeng Li
Ruipeng Li Brookhaven National Laboratory
Han Young Woo
Han Young Woo Korea University
Xunjin Zhu
Xunjin Zhu Hong Kong Baptist University
Tao Liu
Tao Liu Guangxi University
Feng Liu
Feng Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Wallace C. H. Choy
Wallace C. H. Choy University of Hong Kong
Harald Ade
Harald Ade North Carolina State University

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