2026 Zhicheng Hu: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Overview

Zhicheng Hu is affiliated with South China University of Technology in China, with a primary focus on engineering and materials science. Their research spans several subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, as well as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Their work engages with multiple principal topics, notably:

Perovskite Materials and Applications
Conducting Polymers and Applications
Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Covalent Organic Framework Applications
Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Zhicheng Hu has contributed research published in frequent venues such as:

Solar RRL
Journal of Physics Conference Series
Science China Chemistry
Journal of Energy Chemistry
SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent publications by Zhicheng Hu include:

"A solution-processed n-type conducting polymer with ultrahigh conductivity", 2022, Nature
"High-performance polymer solar cells with efficiency over 18% enabled by asymmetric side chain engineering of non-fullerene acceptors", 2021, Science China Chemistry
"Solution-Processed Polymer Solar Cells with over 17% Efficiency Enabled by an Iridium Complexation Approach", 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
"Hydrophilic Conjugated Materials for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution", 2020, Chemistry - An Asian Journal
"Consecutive Charging of a Perylene Bisimide Dye by Multistep Low-Energy Solar-Light-Induced Electron Transfer Towards H₂ Evolution", 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Zhicheng Hu include:

Fei Huang
Yuanying Liang
Haoran Tang
Yong Cao
Jianhua Jing

Best Publications

Small-molecule solar cells with efficiency over 9%

Qian Zhang;Bin Kan;Feng Liu;Guankui Long

883
Citations
Effects of a Molecular Monolayer Modification of NiO Nanocrystal Layer Surfaces on Perovskite Crystallization and Interface Contact toward Faster Hole Extraction and Higher Photovoltaic Performance

Yang Bai;Haining Chen;Shuang Xiao;Qifan Xue

450
Citations
Dual Interfacial Design for Efficient CsPbI 2 Br Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Photostability.

Jingjing Tian;Qifan Xue;Xiaofeng Tang;Yuxuan Chen

375
Citations
A Layer-by-Layer Architecture for Printable Organic Solar Cells Overcoming the Scaling Lag of Module Efficiency

Rui Sun;Qiang Wu;Jie Guo;Tao Wang

358
Citations
Amino-Functionalized Conjugated Polymer as an Efficient Electron Transport Layer for High-Performance Planar-Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells

Chen Sun;Zhihong Wu;Hin-Lap Yip;Hua Zhang

344
Citations
Morphology Optimization via Side Chain Engineering Enables All-Polymer Solar Cells with Excellent Fill Factor and Stability.

Xi Liu;Xi Liu;Chaohong Zhang;Chunhui Duan;Mengmeng Li

257
Citations
Dual Interfacial Modifications Enable High Performance Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells with Large Open Circuit Voltage and Fill Factor

Qifan Xue;Yang Bai;Meiyue Liu;Ruoxi Xia

246
Citations
Highly efficient fullerene/perovskite planar heterojunction solar cells via cathode modification with an amino-functionalized polymer interlayer

Qifan Xue;Zhicheng Hu;Jiang Liu;Jiahui Lin

221
Citations
Water/alcohol soluble conjugated polymers for the interface engineering of highly efficient polymer light-emitting diodes and polymer solar cells

Zhicheng Hu;Kai Zhang;Fei Huang;Yong Cao

220
Citations
Toward green solvent processable photovoltaic materials for polymer solar cells: the role of highly polar pendant groups in charge carrier transport and photovoltaic behavior

Chunhui Duan;Wanzhu Cai;Ben B. Y. Hsu;Chengmei Zhong;Chengmei Zhong

200
Citations
High-performance polymer solar cells with efficiency over 18% enabled by asymmetric side chain engineering of non-fullerene acceptors

Shihao Chen;Lingwei Feng;Tao Jia;Jianhua Jing

197
Citations
Toward Solution-Processed High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells: from Material Design to Device Engineering

Kai Zhang;Zhicheng Hu;Chen Sun;Zhihong Wu

174
Citations
Improving Film Formation and Photovoltage of Highly Efficient Inverted-Type Perovskite Solar Cells through the Incorporation of New Polymeric Hole Selective Layers

Qifan Xue;Guiting Chen;Meiyue Liu;Jingyang Xiao

171
Citations
Self-filtering narrowband high performance organic photodetectors enabled by manipulating localized Frenkel exciton dissociation.

Boming Xie;Ruihao Xie;Kai Zhang;Qingwu Yin

170
Citations
Towards a bright future: polymer solar cells with power conversion efficiencies over 10%

Zhicheng Hu;Lei Ying;Fei Huang;Yong Cao

168
Citations
Conjugated Polymers with Oligoethylene Glycol Side Chains for Improved Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Zhicheng Hu;Zhenfeng Wang;Xi Zhang;Haoran Tang

140
Citations
Solution-Processed Polymer Solar Cells with over 17% Efficiency Enabled by an Iridium Complexation Approach

Tao Wang;Rui Sun;Mumin Shi;Fei Pan

130
Citations
Quaternisation-polymerized N-type polyelectrolytes: synthesis, characterisation and application in high-performance polymer solar cells

Zhicheng Hu;Rongguo Xu;Sheng Dong;Kai Lin

122
Citations
High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells with Electrostatic Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembled Conjugated Polyelectrolytes as the Cathode Interlayer.

Kai Zhang;Zhicheng Hu;Rongguo Xu;Xiao-Fang Jiang

121
Citations
Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells via Dual Functionalization of Dopamine Semiquinone Radical with Improved Trap Passivation Capabilities

Qifan Xue;Meiyue Liu;Zhenchao Li;Lei Yan

109
Citations