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Xiaozhang Zhu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a research focus that spans several fields of science and engineering. Their primary fields of study include Engineering and Materials Science, with particular expertise in subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research predominantly covers topics related to Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, and Nanowire Synthesis and Applications.

Xiaozhang Zhu has contributed to the scientific community through publications in a variety of journals, frequently publishing in venues such as Advanced Materials, Organic Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, and the Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Non-fullerene acceptor with asymmetric structure and phenyl-substituted alkyl side chain for 20.2% efficiency organic solar cells, 2024, Nature Energy
  • Organic Solar Cells with 18% Efficiency Enabled by an Alloy Acceptor: A Two-in-One Strategy, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • n-Type Molecular Photovoltaic Materials: Design Strategies and Device Applications, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • 19.7% efficiency binary organic solar cells achieved by selective core fluorination of nonfullerene electron acceptors, 2024, Joule
  • Organic Solar Cells with Over 19% Efficiency Enabled by a 2D-Conjugated Non-Fullerene Acceptor Featuring Favorable Electronic and Aggregation Structures, 2023, Advanced Materials

Frequent collaborators in their work include Wuyue Liu, Feng Liu, Shengjie Xu, Dafei Yuan, and Kerui Liu. Their collaboration has resulted in a significant number of joint publications, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their research endeavors.

Best Publications

  • High-efficiency small-molecule ternary solar cells with a hierarchical morphology enabled by synergizing fullerene and non-fullerene acceptors

    Zichun Zhou;Shengjie Xu;Jingnan Song;Yingzhi Jin

  • Organic Solar Cells with 18% Efficiency Enabled by an Alloy Acceptor: A Two-in-One Strategy

    Feng Liu;Feng Liu;Liang Zhou;Wenrui Liu;Zichun Zhou

  • Subtle Molecular Tailoring Induces Significant Morphology Optimization Enabling over 16% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells with Efficient Charge Generation.

    Zichun Zhou;Wenrui Liu;Guanqing Zhou;Ming Zhang

  • A Thieno[3,4-b]thiophene-Based Non-fullerene Electron Acceptor for High-Performance Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

    Feng Liu;Zichun Zhou;Cheng Zhang;Thomas Vergote

  • Efficient Semitransparent Solar Cells with High NIR Responsiveness Enabled by a Small-Bandgap Electron Acceptor.

    Feng Liu;Zichun Zhou;Cheng Zhang;Jianyun Zhang

  • A highly efficient approach to [4]pseudocatenanes by threefold metathesis reactions of a triptycene-based tris[2]pseudorotaxane.

    Xiao-Zhang Zhu;Chuan-Feng Chen

  • n-Type Molecular Photovoltaic Materials: Design Strategies and Device Applications.

    Qihui Yue;Wuyue Liu;Xiaozhang Zhu

  • Electron transfer through rigid organic molecular wires enhanced by electronic and electron–vibration coupling

    Junpei Sukegawa;Christina Schubert;Xiaozhang Zhu;Hayato Tsuji;Hayato Tsuji

  • A Twisted Thieno[3,4-b]thiophene-Based Electron Acceptor Featuring a 14-π-Electron Indenoindene Core for High-Performance Organic Photovoltaics

    Sheng jie Xu;Zichun Zhou;Wuyue Liu;Zhongbo Zhang

  • 2,2'-Diamino-6,6'-diboryl-1,1'-binaphthyl: A Versatile Building Block for Temperature-Dependent Dual Fluorescence and Switchable Circularly Polarized Luminescence.

    Zuo-Bang Sun;Jun-Kai Liu;Da-Fei Yuan;Zheng-Hua Zhao

  • Organic Solar Cells with Over 19% Efficiency Enabled by a 2D‐Conjugated Non‐Fullerene Acceptor Featuring Favorable Electronic and Aggregation Structures

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  • Design of Near-Infrared Nonfullerene Acceptor with Ultralow Nonradiative Voltage Loss for High-Performance Semitransparent Ternary Organic Solar Cells.

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  • Design of a New Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor with Excellent Compatibility to Wide-Bandgap Polymer Donors for High-Performance Organic Photovoltaics.

    Wenrui Liu;Jianyun Zhang;Zichun Zhou;Dongyang Zhang

  • Thieno[3,4-b]thiophene-Based Novel Small-Molecule Optoelectronic Materials

    Cheng Zhang;Xiaozhang Zhu

  • Two-dimensional π-expanded quinoidal terthiophenes terminated with dicyanomethylenes as n-type semiconductors for high-performance organic thin-film transistors.

    Cheng Zhang;Yaping Zang;Eliot Gann;Eliot Gann;Christopher Robert McNeill

  • Suppressing electron-phonon coupling in organic photovoltaics for high-efficiency power conversion

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  • Air- and heat-stable planar tri-p-quinodimethane with distinct biradical characteristics.

    Xiaozhang Zhu;Hayato Tsuji;Koji Nakabayashi;Shin-ichi Ohkoshi

  • Rational Attachment of Synthetic Triptycene Orthoquinone onto Carbon Nanotubes for Electrocatalysis and Sensitive Detection of Thiols

    Kuanping Gong;Xiaozhang Zhu;Rui Zhao;Shaoxiang Xiong

  • Efficient and air-stable n-type doping in organic semiconductors.

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  • Carbon-bridged oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s for photostable and broadly tunable, solution-processable thin film organic lasers.

    Marta Morales-Vidal;Pedro G. Boj;José M. Villalvilla;José A. Quintana

  • Modular synthesis of 1H-indenes, dihydro-s-indacene, and diindenoindacene--a carbon-bridged p-phenylenevinylene congener.

    Xiaozhang Zhu;Chikahiko Mitsui;Hayato Tsuji;Eiichi Nakamura

  • 13.7% Efficiency Small‐Molecule Solar Cells Enabled by a Combination of Material and Morphology Optimization

    Qihui Yue;Hao Wu;Zichun Zhou;Ming Zhang

  • Pursuing High-Mobility n-Type Organic Semiconductors by Combination of “Molecule-Framework” and “Side-Chain” Engineering

    Cheng Zhang;Yaping Zang;Fengjiao Zhang;Ying Diao

  • Tetrahydro[5]helicene-based imide dyes with intense fluorescence in both solution and solid state

    Meng Li;Yingli Niu;Xiaozhang Zhu;Qian Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

Feng Liu
Feng Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Eiichi Nakamura
Eiichi Nakamura University of Tokyo
Daoben Zhu
Daoben Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chuan-Feng Chen
Chuan-Feng Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chong-an Di
Chong-an Di Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christopher R. McNeill
Christopher R. McNeill Monash University
Changduk Yang
Changduk Yang Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Hao Wu
Hao Wu Harvard University
Yuanping Yi
Yuanping Yi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Juan Casado
Juan Casado University of Malaga

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