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Yongsheng Liu

Yongsheng Liu

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Materials Science

D-Index
63
Citations
30628
World Ranking
6028
National Ranking
1819

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
63
Citations
30565
World Ranking
1711
National Ranking
342

Overview

Yongsheng Liu is affiliated with Nankai University in China and has made significant contributions in the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research primarily focuses on electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, and materials chemistry, with additional work related to electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, as well as renewable energy and environmental sustainability.

Liu's main topics of research cover various advanced materials and their applications, including:

  • Perovskite materials and applications
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Organic electronics and photovoltaics
  • Quantum dots synthesis and properties
  • 2D materials and applications
  • Supercapacitor materials and fabrication
  • Chalcogenide semiconductor thin films

The scientist has published extensively in prominent journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Advanced Materials
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Notable recent papers authored by Yongsheng Liu include:

  • Thiophene-Based Two-Dimensional Dion-Jacobson Perovskite Solar Cells with over 15% Efficiency, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organic-Salt-Assisted Crystal Growth and Orientation of Quasi-2D Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskites for Solar Cells with Efficiency over 19%, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Crystal Growth Regulation of 2D/3D Perovskite Films for Solar Cells with Both High Efficiency and Stability, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Phase Distribution and Carrier Dynamics in Multiple-Ring Aromatic Spacer-Based Two-Dimensional Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskite Solar Cells, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Self-sustaining personal all-day thermoregulatory clothing using only sunlight, 2023, Science

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Qiang Fu
  • Xiyue Dong
  • Yuping Gao
  • Hang Liu
  • Yongsheng Chen

Best Publications

  • Interface engineering of highly efficient perovskite solar cells

    Huanping Zhou;Qi Chen;Gang Li;Song Luo

  • Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells via Vapor-Assisted Solution Process

    Qi Chen;Huanping Zhou;Ziruo Hong;Song Luo

  • Improved air stability of perovskite solar cells via solution-processed metal oxide transport layers

    Jingbi You;Lei Meng;Tze-Bin Song;Tzung-Fang Guo

  • Controllable self-induced passivation of hybrid lead iodide perovskites toward high performance solar cells.

    Qi Chen;Huanping Zhou;Tze-Bin Song;Song Luo

  • Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Perovskite Solar Cells with High Efficiency and Flexibility

    Jingbi You;Ziruo Hong;Yang (Michael) Yang;Qi Chen

  • Low-Bandgap Near-IR Conjugated Polymers/Molecules for Organic Electronics

    Letian Dou;Yongsheng Liu;Ziruo Hong;Gang Li

  • Moisture assisted perovskite film growth for high performance solar cells

    Jingbi You;Yang (Michael) Yang;Ziruo Hong;Tze-Bin Song

  • Solution-processed and high-performance organic solar cells using small molecules with a benzodithiophene unit.

    Jiaoyan Zhou;Yi Zuo;Xiangjian Wan;Guankui Long

  • Solution-processed small-molecule solar cells: breaking the 10% power conversion efficiency

    Yongsheng Liu;Chun-Chao Chen;Ziruo Hong;Jing Gao

  • Small Molecules Based on Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene Unit for High-Performance Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

    Jiaoyan Zhou;Xiangjian Wan;Yongsheng Liu;Yi Zuo

  • Multifunctional Fullerene Derivative for Interface Engineering in Perovskite Solar Cells

    Li Y;Zhao Y;Chen Q;Yang Ym

  • Guanidinium: A Route to Enhanced Carrier Lifetime and Open-Circuit Voltage in Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

    Nicholas De Marco;Huanping Zhou;Qi Chen;Pengyu Sun

  • Perovskite solar cells: film formation and properties

    Tze-Bin Song;Qi Chen;Huanping Zhou;Chengyang Jiang

  • The optoelectronic role of chlorine in CH3NH3PbI3(Cl)-based perovskite solar cells

    Qi Chen;Huanping Zhou;Yihao Fang;Adam Z. Stieg

  • Two-Dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskite with Nanorod-like Morphology for Solar Cells with Efficiency Exceeding 15%

    Hongtao Lai;Bin Kan;Tingting Liu;Nan Zheng

  • Solution Processable Rhodanine‐Based Small Molecule Organic Photovoltaic Cells with a Power Conversion Efficiency of 6.1%

    Zhi Li;Guangrui He;Xiangjian Wan;Yongsheng Liu

  • Synthesis of 5H-Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyran as an Electron-Rich Building Block for Donor–Acceptor Type Low-Bandgap Polymers

    Letian Dou;Chun-Chao Chen;Ken Yoshimura;Kenichiro Ohya

  • High-performance solar cells using a solution-processed small molecule containing benzodithiophene unit.

    Yongsheng Liu;Xiangjian Wan;Fei Wang;Jiaoyan Zhou

  • Perovskite Solar Cells Employing Dopant-Free Organic Hole Transport Materials with Tunable Energy Levels.

    Yongsheng Liu;Ziruo Hong;Qi Chen;Huajun Chen

  • Spin-Coated Small Molecules for High Performance Solar Cells

    Yongsheng Liu;Xiangjian Wan;Fei Wang;Jiaoyan Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongsheng Chen
Yongsheng Chen Nankai University
Xiangjian Wan
Xiangjian Wan Nankai University
Guankui Long
Guankui Long Nankai University
Ziruo Hong
Ziruo Hong University of California, Los Angeles
Qi Chen
Qi Chen Beijing Institute of Technology
Huanping Zhou
Huanping Zhou Peking University
Gang Li
Gang Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Tze-Bin Song
Tze-Bin Song University of California, Los Angeles
Letian Dou
Letian Dou Purdue University West Lafayette
Jingbi You
Jingbi You Chinese Academy of Sciences

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