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Yi Hou is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore and works primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research engages extensively with subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Plant Science, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's main research topics cover a broad spectrum associated with advanced materials and electronic applications, including:

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

Yi Hou has published numerous articles in high-impact scientific venues. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Nature Communications (10 publications)
  • Nature Energy (6 publications)
  • Advanced Materials (6 publications)
  • Advanced Functional Materials (5 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (4 publications)

Among recent research contributions, Yi Hou is credited with the following notable papers:

  • Efficient tandem solar cells with solution-processed perovskite on textured crystalline silicon, 2020, Science
  • Managing grains and interfaces via ligand anchoring enables 22.3%-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Bipolar-shell resurfacing for blue LEDs based on strongly confined perovskite quantum dots, 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • All-perovskite tandem solar cells with 24.2% certified efficiency and area over 1 cm² using surface-anchoring zwitterionic antioxidant, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Regulating strain in perovskite thin films through charge-transport layers, 2020, Nature Communications

Yi Hou collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including Edward H. Sargent (35 joint works), Bin Chen (22 joint works), Xi Wang (17 joint works), Xiao Guo (17 joint works), and Mingyang Wei (16 joint works).

Best Publications

  • Managing grains and interfaces via ligand anchoring enables 22.3%-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells

    Xiaopeng Zheng;Yi Hou;Chunxiong Bao;Jun Yin

  • Bipolar-shell resurfacing for blue LEDs based on strongly confined perovskite quantum dots

    Yitong Dong;Ya-Kun Wang;Ya-Kun Wang;Fanglong Yuan;Andrew Johnston

  • Efficient tandem solar cells with solution-processed perovskite on textured crystalline silicon.

    Yi Hou;Erkan Aydin;Michele De Bastiani;Chuanxiao Xiao

  • All-perovskite tandem solar cells with 24.2% certified efficiency and area over 1 cm2 using surface-anchoring zwitterionic antioxidant

    Ke Xiao;Renxing Lin;Qiaolei Han;Yi Hou

  • A generic interface to reduce the efficiency-stability-cost gap of perovskite solar cells

    Yi Hou;Xiaoyan Du;Simon Scheiner;David P. McMeekin

  • Quantum-size-tuned heterostructures enable efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells

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  • Regulating strain in perovskite thin films through charge-transport layers

    Ding-Jiang Xue;Ding-Jiang Xue;Yi Hou;Shun-Chang Liu;Mingyang Wei

  • One-Step Synthesis of SnI 2·(DMSO) x Adducts for High-Performance Tin Perovskite Solar Cells

    Xianyuan Jiang;Hansheng Li;Qilin Zhou;Qi Wei

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

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  • Abnormal strong burn-in degradation of highly efficient polymer solar cells caused by spinodal donor-acceptor demixing.

    Ning Li;José Darío Perea;Thaer Kassar;Moses Richter

  • All-Inorganic Quantum-Dot LEDs Based on a Phase-Stabilized α-CsPbI 3 Perovskite

    Ya-Kun Wang;Ya-Kun Wang;Fanglong Yuan;Yitong Dong;Jiao-Yang Li

  • Bifunctional Surface Engineering on SnO2 Reduces Energy Loss in Perovskite Solar Cells

    Eui Hyuk Jung;Bin Chen;Koen Bertens;Maral Vafaie

  • High-performance semitransparent perovskite solar cells with solution-processed silver nanowires as top electrodes

    Fei Guo;Hamed Azimi;Yi Hou;Thomas Przybilla

  • Interface Engineering of Perovskite Hybrid Solar Cells with Solution-Processed Perylene–Diimide Heterojunctions toward High Performance

    Jie Min;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Yi Hou;Cesar Omar Ramirez Quiroz

  • Enhanced optical path and electron diffusion length enable high-efficiency perovskite tandems.

    Bin Chen;Se-Woong Baek;Yi Hou;Erkan Aydin

  • Efficient bifacial monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells via bandgap engineering

    Michele De Bastiani;Alessandro J. Mirabelli;Alessandro J. Mirabelli;Yi Hou;Fabrizio Gota

  • Quantum Dots Supply Bulk- and Surface-Passivation Agents for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

    Xiaopeng Zheng;Joel Troughton;Nicola Gasparini;Yuanbao Lin

  • Towards low-cost, environmentally friendly printed chalcopyrite and kesterite solar cells

    Hamed Azimi;Yi Hou;Christoph J. Brabec

  • Overcoming the Interface Losses in Planar Heterojunction Perovskite-Based Solar Cells.

    Yi Hou;Wei Chen;Derya Baran;Tobias Stubhan

  • Improved High-Efficiency Perovskite Planar Heterojunction Solar Cells via Incorporation of a Polyelectrolyte Interlayer

    Hong Zhang;Hamed Azimi;Yi Hou;Tayebeh Ameri

  • Reducing Defects in Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals for Light-Emitting Applications

    Xiaopeng Zheng;Yi Hou;Hong-Tao Sun;Omar F Mohammed

  • Suppressed Ion Migration in Reduced-Dimensional Perovskites Improves Operating Stability

    Ziru Huang;Andrew H. Proppe;Hairen Tan;Hairen Tan;Makhsud I. Saidaminov

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph J. Brabec
Christoph J. Brabec University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Edward H. Sargent
Edward H. Sargent Northwestern University
Makhsud I. Saidaminov
Makhsud I. Saidaminov University of Victoria
Bin Chen
Bin Chen Northwestern University
Ning Li
Ning Li University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Erdmann Spiecker
Erdmann Spiecker University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Gebhard J. Matt
Gebhard J. Matt University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Andrew Johnston
Andrew Johnston University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Shi Chen
Shi Chen University of Macau
Nicola Gasparini
Nicola Gasparini Imperial College London

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