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2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
164
Citations
117542
World Ranking
100
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award

Overview

Yongfang Li is affiliated with Soochow University in China and has a significant publication record in the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research primarily focuses on electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and organic chemistry.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, including:

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

Some of the recent publications by Yongfang Li include:

  • Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part I material science), 2021, Science China Chemistry
  • Polymerized Small-Molecule Acceptors for High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells with Efficient Hole Transfer at Zero Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Offset between Methylated Polymer Donor and Brominated Acceptor, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Tuning the electron-deficient core of a non-fullerene acceptor to achieve over 17% efficiency in a single-junction organic solar cell, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yongfang Li include:

  • Lei Meng
  • Yaowen Li
  • Jinyuan Zhang
  • Shucheng Qin
  • Weijie Chen

Yongfang Li's work has been published extensively in several specialized venues, notably:

  • Science China Chemistry
  • Advanced Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Functional Materials

The focus areas of Yongfang Li reflect interdisciplinary expertise in advanced functional materials and organic electronic devices. The combination of engineering principles and materials science underpins their research on developing efficient polymer solar cells, novel conducting polymers, and exploring new materials for optoelectronic applications.

Best Publications

  • Single-Junction Organic Solar Cell with over 15% Efficiency Using Fused-Ring Acceptor with Electron-Deficient Core

    Jun Yuan;Yunqiang Zhang;Liuyang Zhou;Liuyang Zhou;Guichuan Zhang

  • An electron acceptor challenging fullerenes for efficient polymer solar cells.

    Yuze Lin;Jiayu Wang;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Huitao Bai

  • Molecular design of photovoltaic materials for polymer solar cells: toward suitable electronic energy levels and broad absorption.

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  • Small molecule semiconductors for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics

    Yuze Lin;Yongfang Li;Xiaowei Zhan

  • Indene−C60 Bisadduct: A New Acceptor for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

    Youjun He;Hsiang-Yu Chen;Jianhui Hou;Yongfang Li

  • Bright, multicoloured light-emitting diodes based on quantum dots

    Qingjiang Sun;Y. Andrew Wang;Lin Song Li;Daoyuan Wang

  • A high-mobility electron-transport polymer with broad absorption and its use in field-effect transistors and all-polymer solar cells.

    Xiaowei Zhan;Zhan'ao Tan;Benoit Domercq;Zesheng An

  • Replacing Alkoxy Groups with Alkylthienyl Groups: A Feasible Approach To Improve the Properties of Photovoltaic Polymers†

    Lijun Huo;Shaoqing Zhang;Xia Guo;Feng Xu

  • Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 10% Power Conversion Efficiency

    Jing-De Chen;Chaohua Cui;Chaohua Cui;Yan-Qing Li;Lei Zhou

  • Role of threading dislocation structure on the x‐ray diffraction peak widths in epitaxial GaN films

    B. Heying;X. H. Wu;S. Keller;Y. Li

  • 6.5% Efficiency of polymer solar cells based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) and indene-C(60) bisadduct by device optimization.

    Guangjin Zhao;Youjun He;Yongfang Li

  • Fullerene derivative acceptors for high performance polymer solar cells

    Youjun He;Yongfang Li

  • 11.4% Efficiency non-fullerene polymer solar cells with trialkylsilyl substituted 2D-conjugated polymer as donor.

    Haijun Bin;Liang Gao;Zhi Guo Zhang;Yankang Yang

  • Electrochemical properties of luminescent polymers and polymer light-emitting electrochemical cells

    Yongfang Li;Yong Cao;Jun Gao;Deli Wang

  • Side-Chain Isomerization on an n-type Organic Semiconductor ITIC Acceptor Makes 11.77% High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells

    Yangkang Yang;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Haihun Bin;Shanshan Chen

  • Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of two-dimensional conjugated polythiophenes with bi(thienylenevinylene) side chains.

    Jianhui Hou;Zhan'ao Tan;Yong Yan;Youjun He

  • Perylene diimides: a thickness-insensitive cathode interlayer for high performance polymer solar cells

    Zhi-Guo Zhang;Boyuan Qi;Zhiwen Jin;Dan Chi

  • Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells Based on Alkylthio and Fluorine Substituted 2D-Conjugated Polymers Reach 9.5% Efficiency

    Haijun Bin;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Liang Gao;Shanshan Chen

  • Dual Plasmonic Nanostructures for High Performance Inverted Organic Solar Cells

    Xuanhua Li;Wallace C. H. Choy;Lijun Huo;Fengxian Xie

  • A low cost and high performance polymer donor material for polymer solar cells

    Chenkai Sun;Fei Pan;Haijun Bin;Jianqi Zhang

  • Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part I material science)

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  • Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Materials with Broad Absorption Band and High Charge Carrier Mobility

    Yongfang Li;Yingping Zou

Frequent Co-Authors

Maojie Zhang
Maojie Zhang Soochow University
Yingping Zou
Yingping Zou Central South University
Xiaowei Zhan
Xiaowei Zhan Peking University
Zhan'ao Tan
Zhan'ao Tan Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Jianhui Hou
Jianhui Hou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jie Min
Jie Min Wuhan University
Chunhe Yang
Chunhe Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Daoben Zhu
Daoben Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chaohua Cui
Chaohua Cui Soochow University
Yaowen Li
Yaowen Li Soochow University

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