Group Website:www.comates.group
Education
2009 Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Thesis: Computational Study of Complex Condensed Matter Systems
Advisor: Xin-Gao Gong
2004 B.S. in Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Academic Experience
2019–Adjunct Professor,Beijing Graphene Institute (BGI), China
2015 –Professor, School of Energy, Soochow University,China
Head, Department of Theory and Computational Science,
Soochow Institute of Energy and Materials Innovations (SIEMIS), China
2014 – 2015Research Associate, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
2011 – 2013Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Phys. and Astro., University of Toledo, USA
2009 – 2011Postdoctoral Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, USA
Funding
2020Jiangsu Outstanding Young Award Fundingduring years 2020-2023
“Theoretical and Computational Design of Solar Cell absorbers”
2020NSFC awardduring years 2020-2023
“Developing Defect Calculation Approach via Combining GW and DFT”
2020MOST Programduring years 2020-2024
“10000 hours Perovskites Solar Cell (Theory)”
2020Double Talent Team Awardduring years 2020-2023
“Flexible and Wearable Electronics”
2016MOST programduring years 2016-2020
“Material Genome Project for Photovoltaics: Program and Database”
2016NSFC awardduring years 2016-2020
“Theoretical Investigation of Ion Diffusion in Perovskite Solar Cell Materials and Its Impact on Stability”
2016NSFC awardduring years 2016-2019
“Theoretical Design of New Non-toxic Stable Perovskite for Solar Cell Application”
2016Jiangsu Province Research Fundingduring year 2016-2019
“Smart Algorithm for Searching New Perovskite Materials for Photovoltaic Application”
Research Interests
1. Defect Physics
2. Materials Design
3. Graphene Growth
Selected Publications
(citations: 8000+)
1) Simple descriptor derived from symbolic regression accelerating the discovery of new perovskite catalysts
B. Weng#, Z. Song#, R. Zhu, Q. Yan, Q. Sun, C. Corey, Y. Yan*, W.-J. Yin*
Nature Communications11, 3513 (2020)
2) Passivating Detrimental DX Centers in CH3NH3PbI3 for Reducing Nonradiative Recombination and Elongating Carrier Lifetime
J. Wang, W. Li, W.-J. Yin*
Advanced Materials32, 1906115 (2020)
3) Thermodynamic Stability Landscape of Halide Double Perovskites via High-Throughput Computing and Machine Learning
Z. Li, Q. Xu, Q. Sun. Z. Hou and W.-J. Yin*
Advanced Functional Materials29, 1807280 (2019)
4)Materials Design of Solar Cell Absorbers Beyond Perovskites and Conventional Semiconductors via Combining Tetrahedral and Octahedral Coordination
J. Wang, H. Chen, S.-H. Wei and W.-J. Yin*
Advanced Materials31,1806593 (2019)
5) Oxide perovskites, double perovskites and derivatives for electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and photovoltaics
WJ Yin#, B Weng#, J Ge#, Q Sun, Z Li, Y Yan*
Energy & Environmental Science12, 442-462(2018)
6) Bandgap Engineering of Stable Lead-Free Oxide Double Perovskites for Photovoltaics
Q Sun, J Wang, WJ Yin*, Y Yan*
Advanced Materials, 30 (15), 1705901 (2018)
7) Thermodynamic Stability Trend of Cubic Perovskites
Q Sun, WJ Yin*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139 (42), 14905-14908 (2017)
8)Unique properties of halide perovskites as possible origins of the superior solar cell performance
Wan-Jian Yin*, Tingting Shi and Yanfa Yan*
Advanced Materials26, 4553 (2014).
9) Unusual defect physics in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cell absorber
Wan-Jian Yin*, Tingting Shi, Yanfa Yan*
Applied Physics Letters 104, 063903 (2014).
10). Wan-Jian Yin, Su-Huai Wei, Mowafak Al-Jassim, Yanfa Yan*
Double-Hole-Mediated Coupling of Dopants and Its Impact on Band Gap Engineering in TiO2
Physical Review Letters106, 066801 (2011)