Publications

43. Zhang, R.; Zhao, C.*; Ma, W.*; Yan, H.* Self-Powered Intelligent Tactile-Sensing System Based on Organic Electrochemical Transistors. ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2024, accepted.

 

42. Tang, Y.; Cui, Y.; Zhang, R.; Xue, W.; Ma, W.; Yan, H.* Identifying and Amplifying the Spontaneously Formed Photo-Charge Contribution in Opaque and Semitransparent Organic Photovoltaics. Adv. Energy Mater. 2024, 14, 2303799.

 

2022-2023

41. Cui, Y.; Zhao, C.; Tang, Y.; Souza, J. P. A.; Benatto, L.; Koehler, M.; Ma, W.; Yan, H.* Eliminating the Imbalanced Mobility Bottlenecks via Reshaping Internal Potential Distribution in Organic Photovoltaics. Adv. Sci. 2023, 10, 2302880.

 

40. Xue, W.; Liang, Z.; Tang, Y.; Zhao, C.; Yan, L.*; Ma, W.; Yan, H.* Solid Solvation Assisted Electrical Doping Conserves High-Performance in 500 nm Active Layer Organic Solar Cells. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2304960.

 

39. Chen, Z.; Ma, W.; Yan, H.* A Paradigm Study of Polymer Donor Diluted Bulk Heterojunction Films for Application in Semitransparent Organic Photovoltaics. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2023, 11, 6901-6908.

 

38. Tang, Y.; Zheng, H.; Zhou, X.; Tang, Z.; Ma, W.; Yan, H.* N-dopants Optimize the Utilization of Spontaneously Formed Photocharges in Organic Solar Cells. Energy Environ. Sci. 2023, 16, 653-662.

 

37.  Chen, Z.; Zheng, H.*; Ma, W.; Yan, H.* Study of the Doping Effect on Imperfect Morphology at Photovoltaic Heterojunction in Bilayer Organic Solar Cells. J. Mater. Chem. C 2022, 10, 11848.

 

36.  Xue, W.; Zhang, Z.; So, S.; Song, Y.; Wei, Z.; Ma, W.; Yan, H.* Reducing the Excitonic Loss at Donor/Acceptor Heterojunction with Negligible Exciton Dissociation Driving Force.  ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5, 9929.

 

35.  Zhang, Z.; Tang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Zeng, Z.; Shi, R.; Yan, H.; Tsang, S.-W.; Cheng, C.*; So, S. K.* Heat Transfer Enhancement of n-Type Organic Semiconductors by an Insulator Blend Approach. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 30174.

 

34.  Tang, Y.; Zheng, H.*; Zhou, X.; Tang, Z.; Ma, W.; Yan, H.* Molecular Doping Increases the Semitransparent Photovoltaic Performance of Dilute Bulk Heterojunction Film with Discontinuous Polymer Donor Networks. Small Methods 2022, 6, 2101570.

 

33.  Yan, H.*; Ma, W. Molecular Doping Efficiency in Organic Semiconductors: Fundamental Principle and Promotion Strategy. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2111351.

 

 

2020-2021

32.  Xue, W.; Tang, Y.; Zhou, X.; Tang, Z.; Zhao, H.; Li, T.; Zhang, L.; Liu, S.; Zhao, C.*; Ma, W.*; Yan, H.* Identifying the Electrostatic and Entropy-Related Mechanisms for Charge-Transfer Exciton Dissociation at Doped Organic Heterojunctions. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2101892.

 

 

31.  Chen, Y.; Li, Q.*; Li, C.; Dai, Z.; Yan, H.; Zhu, M.; Zhang, Y.*; Yao, Y.*; Li, Q. Regulation of Multidimentional Silver Nanostructures for High-Performance Composite Conductive Adhesives. Composites Part A 2020, 137, 106025.

 

30.  Chen, Z.; Tang, Y.; Lin, B.; Zhao, H.; Li, T.; Min, T.; Yan, H.*; Ma, W.* Probe and Control of the Tiny Amounts of Dopants in BHJ Film Enable Higher Performance of Polymer Solar Cells. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 25115.

 

 

29.  Tang, Y.; Lin, B.; Zhao, H.; Li, T.; Ma, W.*; Yan, H.* Significance of Dopant/Component Miscibility to Efficient N-Doping in Polymer Solar Cells. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 13021.

 

 

2018-2019

28.  Yan, H.; Ma, W.* Making Weak Dopants Strong. Nature Mater. 2019, 18, 1269.

 

 

27.  Yan, H.*; Tang, Y.; Sui, X.; Liu, Y.; Gao, B.; Liu, X.; Liu, S. F.; Hou, J.; Ma, W.* Increasing Quantum Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells with Efficient Exciton Splitting and Long Carrier Lifetime by Molecular Doping at Heterojunctions. ACS Energy Lett. 2019, 4, 1356.

 

 

26.  Ma, W.; Yan, H.; Zhou, K.; Naveed, H. B. Nanostructure of Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Nanomaterials for Solar Cells and Light Emitting Diodes. 2019, 37-68. (Book Chapter)

 

25.  Yan, H.*; Tang, Y.; Meng, X.; Xiao, T.; Lu, G.; Ma, W.* Achieving High Doping Concentration by Dopant Vapor Deposition in Organic Solar Cell. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 4178.

 

 

24.  Yan, H.*; Chen, J.; Zhou, K.; Tang, Y.; Meng, X.; Xu, X.; Ma, W.* Lewis Acid Doping Induced Synergistic Effects on Electronic and Morphological Structure for Donor and Acceptor in Polymer Solar Cells. Adv. Energy Mater. 2018, 8, 1703672.

 

 

23.  Yan, H.*; Ye, S.; Seferos, D. S.* Unusual Performance Increase in Polymer Solar Cells by Cooling a Hot Donor/Acceptor Ink in a Good Solvent. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 979. 

 

 

Before Joining XJTU

22.  H. Sun, Z. Yang, M. Wei, W. Sun, X. Li, S. Ye, Y. Zhao, H. Tan, E. L. Kynaston, T. B. Schon, H. Yan, Z. Lu, G. A. Ozin, E. H. Sargent,* D. S. Seferos,* Chemically Addressable Perovskite Nanocrystals for Light-Emitting Applications. Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1701153.

 21.  M. T. Dang, T. M. Grant, H. Yan, D. S. Seferos, B. H. Lessard,*; T. P. Bender,* Bis(tri-n-alkylsilyl oxide) Silicon Phthalocyanines: A Start to Establishing a Structure Property Relationship as Both Ternary Additives and Non-fullerene Electron Acceptors in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaic Devices. J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 12168.
20.  H. Yan, J. G. Manion, M. Yuan, F. P. García de Arquer, G. R. McKeown, S. Beaupré, M. Leclerc, E. H. Sargent, D. S. Seferos,* Increasing Polymer Solar Cell Fill Factor by Trap-filling with F4-TCNQ at Parts Per Thousand Concentration. Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 6491.
19.  H. Yan, Y. Song, G. R. McKeown, G. D. Scholes,* D. S. Seferos,* Adding Amorphous Content to Highly Crystalline Polymer Nanowire Solar Cells Increases Performance. Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 3484.

18.  C. R. Bridges, C. Guo, H. Yan, M. B. Miltenburg, P. Li, Y. Li,*; D. S. Seferos,* Conjugated Polymers with Switchable Carrier Polarity. Macromolecules 2015, 48, 5587.

 17.  A. J. Tilley, C. Guo, M. B. Miltenburg, T. B. Schon, H. Yan, Y. Li,* D. S. Seferos,* Thionation Enhances the Electron Mobility of Perylene Diimide for High Performance n-Channel Organic Field Effect Transistors. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015, 25, 3321.

 16.  C. R. Bridges, H. Yan, A. A. Pollit, D. S. Seferos,* Controlled Synthesis of Fully pi-Conjugated Donor-Acceptor Block Copolymers Using a Ni(II) Diimine Catalyst. ACS Macro. Lett. 2014, 3, 671.

 15.  H. Yan, J. Hollinger, C. R. Bridges, G. R. McKeown, T. Al-Faouri, D. S. Seferos,* Doping Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanowires with Selenophene Increases the Performance of Polymer-Nanowire Solar Cells. Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 4605.

 14.  D. Li, H. Yan, C. Li, Y. Yang,* Z. Wei,* C. Wang, Nanoscale Structural and Electronic Evolution for Increased Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells Monitored by Electric Scanning Probe Microscopy. Chi. Sci. Bull. 2014, 59, 360.

 13.  H. Yan, D. Li, Y. Zhang, Y. Yang, Z. Wei,* Rational Design of Ternary-Phase Polymer Solar Cells by Controlling Polymer Phase Separation. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 10552.

 12.  H. Yan, L. Zhu,* D. Li, Y. Zhang, Y. Yi, Y. Yang, Z. Wei,* J. Brédas, Rationalization of the Selectivity in the Optimization of Processing Conditions for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells Based on the Polymer Self-Assembly Ability. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 29473.

 11.  K. Lu, J. Fang, H. Yan, X. Zhu, Y. Yi, Z. Wei,* A Facile Strategy to Enhance Absorption Coefficient and Photovoltaic Performance of Two-Dimensional Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene and Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Polymers via Subtle Chemical Structural Variations. Org. Electron. 2013, 14, 2652.

 10.  K. Lu, J. Fang, X. Zhu, H. Yan, D. Li, C. Di, Y. Yang, Z. Wei,* A Facile Strategy to Enhance the Fill Factor of Ternary Blend Solar Cells by Increasing Charge Carrier Mobility. New J. Chem. 2013, 37, 1728.

 9.   H. Yan, D. Li, C. He, Z. Wei,* Y. Yang,* Y. Li, A Material Combination Principle for Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Investigated by Mesoscopic Phase Heterogeneity. Nanoscale 2013, 5, 11649.

 8.   Y. Zhang, J. Fang, C. He, H. Yan, Z. Wei,* Y. Li, Integrated Energy-Harvesting System by Combining the Advantages of Polymer Solar Cells and Thermoelectric Devices. J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 24685.

 7.   H. Yan, D. Li, C. Li, K. Lu, Y. Zhang, Z. Wei,* Y. Yang,* C. Wang, Bridging Mesoscopic Blend Structure and Property to Macroscopic Device Performance via in-situ Optoelectronic Characterization. J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 4349.

 6.   H. Yan, D. Li, K. Lu, X. Zhu, Y. Zhang, Y. Yang,* Z. Wei,* Evolution of Polymer Photovoltaic Performances from Subtle Chemical Structure Variations. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 15127.

 5.   K. Lu, J. Fang, Z. Yu, H. Yan, X. Zhu, Y. Zhang, C. He, Z. Wei,* Improving the Performance of Polymer Solar Cells by Altering Polymer Side Chains and Optimizing Film Morphologies. Org. Electron. 2012, 13, 3234.

 4.   Z. Yu, H. Yan, K. Lu, Y. Zhang, Z. Wei,* Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional Nanostructuresof Linear Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene). RSC Adv. 2012, 2, 338.

 3.   Z. Yu, J. Fang, H. Yan, K. Lu, Y. Zhang, Z. Wei,* Self-Assembly of Well-Defined Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanostructures towards the Structure-Property Relationship Determination of Polymer Solar Cells. J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 23858.

 2.   H. Yan, Z. Yu, K. Lu, Y. Zhang, Z. Wei,* Self-Assembly of Graphenelike ZnO Superstructured Nanosheets and Their Application in Hybrid Photoconductors. Small 2011, 24, 3472.

 1.   H. Yan, Y. Yan, Z. Yu, Z. Wei,* Self-Assembling Branched and Hyperbranched Nanostructures of Poly (3-hexylthiophene) by a Solution Process. J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 3257.