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Yehao Deng is affiliated with Chongqing University in China and has a research focus predominantly in engineering and materials science. Their main fields of study include electrical and electronic engineering and materials chemistry, with particular attention to polymers and plastics, radiation, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Deng's research topics are centered around perovskite materials and their applications, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, and quantum dots synthesis and properties. Additional areas of work include conducting polymers and applications, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, luminescence properties of advanced materials, and advanced battery technologies research.

The scientist has contributed to multiple papers, including the following notable publications:

  • Perovskite-filled membranes for flexible and large-area direct-conversion X-ray detector arrays, 2020, Nature Photonics
  • Evolution of defects during the degradation of metal halide perovskite solar cells under reverse bias and illumination, 2021, Nature Energy
  • Defect compensation in formamidinium-caesium perovskites for highly efficient solar mini-modules with improved photostability, 2021, Nature Energy
  • Templated growth of oriented layered hybrid perovskites on 3D-like perovskites, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Preventing lead leakage with built-in resin layers for sustainable perovskite solar cells, 2021, Nature Sustainability

Deng has collaborated frequently with several researchers in the field. The most common coauthors include:

  • Jinsong Huang
  • Xun Xiao
  • Jingjing Zhao
  • Shangshang Chen
  • Zhenyi Ni

The scientist's works have been published mainly in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Energy
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nature Communications
  • Joule

Best Publications

  • Grain boundary dominated ion migration in polycrystalline organic–inorganic halide perovskite films

    Yuchuan Shao;Yanjun Fang;Tao Li;Qi Wang

  • Strained hybrid perovskite thin films and their impact on the intrinsic stability of perovskite solar cells.

    Jingjing Zhao;Yehao Deng;Haotong Wei;Xiaopeng Zheng

  • Scaling behavior of moisture-induced grain degradation in polycrystalline hybrid perovskite thin films

    Qi Wang;Bo Chen;Ye Liu;Yehao Deng

  • Monolithic integration of hybrid perovskite single crystals with heterogenous substrate for highly sensitive X-ray imaging

    Wei Wei;Yang Zhang;Qiang Xu;Haotong Wei

  • Scalable fabrication of efficient organolead trihalide perovskite solar cells with doctor-bladed active layers

    Yehao Deng;Edwin Peng;Yuchuan Shao;Zhengguo Xiao

  • Surfactant-controlled ink drying enables high-speed deposition of perovskite films for efficient photovoltaic modules

    Yehao Deng;Yehao Deng;Xiaopeng Zheng;Yang Bai;Qi Wang;Qi Wang

  • Thin single crystal perovskite solar cells to harvest below-bandgap light absorption

    Zhaolai Chen;Qingfeng Dong;Ye Liu;Chunxiong Bao

  • π-Conjugated Lewis Base: Efficient Trap-Passivation and Charge-Extraction for Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

    Yuze Lin;Liang Shen;Jun Dai;Yehao Deng

  • Dopant compensation in alloyed CH 3 NH 3 PbBr 3-x Cl x perovskite single crystals for gamma-ray spectroscopy

    Haotong Wei;Dylan DeSantis;Wei Wei;Yehao Deng

  • Suppressed Ion Migration in Low-Dimensional Perovskites

    Yun Lin;Yang Bai;Yanjun Fang;Qi Wang

  • Long lifetime pure organic phosphorescence based on water soluble carbon dots

    Yehao Deng;Dongxu Zhao;Xing Chen;Fei Wang

  • Stabilizing the α-Phase of CsPbI3 Perovskite by Sulfobetaine Zwitterions in One-Step Spin-Coating Films

    Qi Wang;Xiaopeng Zheng;Yehao Deng;Jingjing Zhao

  • Bilateral alkylamine for suppressing charge recombination and improving stability in blade-coated perovskite solar cells.

    Wu-Qiang Wu;Zhibin Yang;Peter N. Rudd;Yuchuan Shao

  • Tailoring solvent coordination for high-speed, room-temperature blading of perovskite photovoltaic films

    Yehao Deng;Charles H. Van Brackle;Xuezeng Dai;Jingjing Zhao

  • Evolution of defects during the degradation of metal halide perovskite solar cells under reverse bias and illumination

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  • Enhancing stability and efficiency of perovskite solar cells with crosslinkable silane-functionalized and doped fullerene

    Yang Bai;Qingfeng Dong;Yuchuan Shao;Yehao Deng

  • Molecular doping enabled scalable blading of efficient hole transport layer-free perovskite solar cells

    Jinsong Huang;Wuqiang Wu

  • Enhancing electron diffusion length in narrow-bandgap perovskites for efficient monolithic perovskite tandem solar cells.

    Zhibin Yang;Zhenhua Yu;Haotong Wei;Xun Xiao

  • Dual Functions of Crystallization Control and Defect Passivation Enabled by Sulfonic Zwitterions for Stable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

    Xiaopeng Zheng;Yehao Deng;Bo Chen;Haotong Wei

  • Perovskite-filled membranes for flexible and large-area direct-conversion X-ray detector arrays

    Jingjing Zhao;Liang Zhao;Yehao Deng;Xun Xiao

  • A Self-Powered, Sub-nanosecond-Response Solution-Processed Hybrid Perovskite Photodetector for Time-Resolved Photoluminescence-Lifetime Detection

    Liang Shen;Yanjun Fang;Dong Wang;Yang Bai

  • Air-Stable, Efficient Mixed-Cation Perovskite Solar Cells with Cu Electrode by Scalable Fabrication of Active Layer

    Yehao Deng;Qingfeng Dong;Cheng Bi;Yongbo Yuan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinsong Huang
Jinsong Huang University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Yanjun Fang
Yanjun Fang Zhejiang University
Qi Wang
Qi Wang Columbia University in the City of New York
Yuze Lin
Yuze Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuchuan Shao
Yuchuan Shao Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
Qingfeng Dong
Qingfeng Dong Jilin University
Xiaopeng Zheng
Xiaopeng Zheng University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alexei Gruverman
Alexei Gruverman University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Yongbo Yuan
Yongbo Yuan Central South University
Zhengguo Xiao
Zhengguo Xiao University of Science and Technology of China

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