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Zengqi Xie is affiliated with the South China University of Technology in China. Their research is concentrated in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

They have contributed extensively to the study of Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research.

The scientist's publication record includes notable research papers such as:

  • Non-fullerene acceptors with branched side chains and improved molecular packing to exceed 18% efficiency in organic solar cells (2021, Nature Energy)
  • Asymmetric electron acceptor enables highly luminescent organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 18% (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Simple Non-Fused Electron Acceptors Leading to Efficient Organic Photovoltaics (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Organic-Salt-Assisted Crystal Growth and Orientation of Quasi-2D Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskites for Solar Cells with Efficiency over 19% (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • Organic solar cells with 20.82% efficiency and high tolerance of active layer thickness through crystallization sequence manipulation (2025, Nature Materials)

Xie frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Jiadong Zhou, Linlin Liu, Frank Würthner, Nan Zheng, and Matthias Stolte.

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Advanced Optical Materials, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Best Publications

  • Non-fullerene acceptors with branched side chains and improved molecular packing to exceed 18% efficiency in organic solar cells

    Chao Li;Jiadong Zhou;Jiali Song;Jinqiu Xu

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

    Hongtao Lai;Bin Kan;Tingting Liu;Nan Zheng

  • Cross dipole stacking in the crystal of distyrylbenzene derivative: the approach toward high solid-state luminescence efficiency.

    Zengqi Xie;Bing Yang;Feng Li;Gang Cheng

  • Asymmetric electron acceptor enables highly luminescent organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 18%

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  • Organic solar cells with 20.82% efficiency and high tolerance of active layer thickness through crystallization sequence manipulation

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  • 11% Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells with High Composition Tolerance via Integrated Near-IR Sensitization and Interface Engineering.

    Li Nian;Ke Gao;Feng Liu;Feng Liu;Yuanyuan Kan

  • Photoconductive Cathode Interlayer for Highly Efficient Inverted Polymer Solar Cells.

    Li Nian;Wenqiang Zhang;Na Zhu;Linlin Liu

  • High Exciton Diffusion Coefficients in Fused Ring Electron Acceptor Films

    Sreelakshmi Chandrabose;Sreelakshmi Chandrabose;Kai Chen;Kai Chen;Alex J. Barker;Joshua J. Sutton;Joshua J. Sutton

  • Tight intermolecular packing through supramolecular interactions in crystals of cyano substituted oligo(para-phenylene vinylene): a key factor for aggregation-induced emission.

    Yupeng Li;Feng Li;Houyu Zhang;Zengqi Xie

  • Simple Non‐Fused Electron Acceptors Leading to Efficient Organic Photovoltaics

    Tian-Jiao Wen;Zhi-Xi Liu;Zeng Chen;Jiadong Zhou

  • Multicolored-fluorescence switching of ICT-type organic solids with clear color difference: mechanically controlled excited state.

    Yujian Zhang;Kai Wang;Guilin Zhuang;Zengqi Xie

  • Organic‐Salt‐Assisted Crystal Growth and Orientation of Quasi‐2D Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskites for Solar Cells with Efficiency over 19%

    Hongtao Lai;Di Lu;Zhiyuan Xu;Nan Zheng

  • A Molecular Glass for Deep-Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Comprising a 9,9'-Spirobifluorene Core and Peripheral Carbazole Groups**

    Shi Tang;Meirong Liu;Ping Lu;Hong Xia

  • Molecular insights of exceptionally photostable electron acceptors for organic photovoltaics.

    Zhi-Xi Liu;Zhi-Peng Yu;Zhi-Peng Yu;Ziqiu Shen;Chengliang He

  • Low band gap conjugated polymers combining siloxane-terminated side chains and alkyl side chains: side-chain engineering achieving a large active layer processing window for PCE > 10% in polymer solar cells

    Xuncheng Liu;Li Nian;Ke Gao;Lianjie Zhang

  • Unraveling the influence of non-fullerene acceptor molecular packing on photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells.

    Linglong Ye;Linglong Ye;Kangkang Weng;Jinqiu Xu;Xiaoyan Du

  • Spacer Engineering Using Aromatic Formamidinium in 2D/3D Hybrid Perovskites for Highly Efficient Solar Cells

    Tingting Liu;Jiahao Guo;Di Lu;Zhiyuan Xu

  • Biphasic Self-Assembly Pathways and Size-Dependent Photophysical Properties of Perylene Bisimide Dye Aggregates

    Franziska Fennel;Steffen Wolter;Zengqi Xie;Per-Arno Plötz

  • Multifunctional Two-Dimensional Conjugated Materials for Dopant-Free Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency Exceeding 22%

    Qiang Fu;Zhiyuan Xu;Xingchen Tang;Tingting Liu

  • High-Performance Fluorinated Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor with 3D Stacking and Exciton/Charge Transport.

    Shuixing Dai;Jiadong Zhou;Sreelakshmi Chandrabose;Yanjun Shi

  • Isomer-free: Precise Positioning of Chlorine-Induced Interpenetrating Charge Transfer for Elevated Solar Conversion

    Hanjian Lai;Hui Chen;Jiadong Zhou;Jianfei Qu

  • Supramolecular interactions induced fluorescence in crystal: Anomalous emission of 2,5-diphenyl-1,4-distyrylbenzene with all cis double bonds

    Zengqi Xie;Bing Yang;Gang Cheng;Linlin Liu

  • Progress in small-molecule luminescent materials for organic light-emitting diodes

    Tiancheng Yu;Linlin Liu;Zengqi Xie;Yuguang Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuguang Ma
Yuguang Ma South China University of Technology
Jiadong Zhou
Jiadong Zhou Beijing Institute of Technology
Bing Yang
Bing Yang Jilin University
Feng He
Feng He Southern University of Science and Technology
Frank Würthner
Frank Würthner University of Würzburg
Ping Lu
Ping Lu Jilin University
Xiangjian Wan
Xiangjian Wan Nankai University
Yongsheng Chen
Yongsheng Chen Nankai University
Xiaowei Zhan
Xiaowei Zhan Peking University
Fei Huang
Fei Huang South China University of Technology

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