Yue-Min Xie, (Associate Professor)

Academic History:

2022.7-presnetAssociate professor, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

2020.1-2022.7Postdoctoral research fellow, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

2019.10-2019.11Research Assistant, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Education Experience:

2016.9-2019.8Ph.D., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2013.9-2016.6M.Sc.,Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

2009.9-2013.6B.Sc.,School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Research Interests:

• Nanotech photovoltaic devices (i.e., perovskite solar cells, perovskite LEDs, OLEDs, tandem solar cells, tandem LEDs)

• Thin film technology (i.e., functional nano and soft materials, electroluminescence/photovoltaic films, interface engineering, film/crystal characterization (i.e.,in-situPL, XPS/UPS, TRPL, AFM)

Contact Information:

Address: Ren’ai Road No.199, Suzhou Industrial park, Suzhou (215123)

Email:ymxie@suda.edu.cn

Tel: 18134359720

Awards:

• Soochow University’s Outstanding Young Scholar (2022)

• Guangdong Province’s Outstanding overseas postdoctoral researcher (2022)

• Guangdong Province’s Outstanding overseas postdoctoral researcher (2021)

Fundings:

• The National Natural Science Foundation of China

• The Fellowship of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

• Supported by State Key Lab of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology

Research Accomplishments:

Xie’s research interests are mainly focus on developing high-efficiency organic photovoltaic devices, especially tandem perovskite solar cells, perovskite LEDs, and OLEDs.He has published over 30 SCI papers, including 14 first-authored papers (Adv. Energy Mater., Adv. Fun. Mater., Small, J. Energy Chem., Nano Res., etc.). The total citation is 1097, and H-index is 18 (Google Scholar).

Selected Publications:

1.Y.-M. Xie, Q. Xue*, and H.-L. Yip*, Metal-halide perovskite crystallization kinetics: a review of experimental and theoretical studies,Adv. Energy Mater., 2021, 11, 2100784.

2.Y.-M. Xie^#, T. Niu^#, Q. Xue*, S. Xun, Q. Yao, F. Zhen, W. Yan, H. Li*, J.-L. Brédas*, H.-L. Yip*, and Y. Cao, Spacer engineering of diammonium-based 2D perovskites toward efficient and stable 2D/3D heterostructure perovskite solar cells,Adv. Energy Mater., 2022, 12,2102973.

3.Y.-M. Xie^#, Q. Yao^#, Z. Zeng^#, Q. Xue*, T. Niu, R. Xia, Y. Cheng, F. Lin, S.-W. Tsang, A. K.-Y. Jen, H.-L. Yip*, and Y. Cao, Homogeneous grain boundary passivation in wide-bandgap perovskite films enables fabrication of monolithic perovskite/organic tandem solar cells with over 21% efficiency,Adv. Fun. Mater., 2022, 32, 2112126

4.Y.-M. Xie, Z. Zeng, X. Xu, C. Ma, Y. Ma, M. Li, C.-S. Lee, and S.-W. Tsang*,FA-assistant iodide coordination in organic-inorganic wide‐bandgap perovskite with mixed halides,Small, 2020, 16, 1907226.

5.Y.-M. Xie*^#, T. Niu^#, Q. Yao^#, Q. Xue*, Z. Zeng, Y. Cheng, H.-L. Yip*, and Y. Cao, Understanding the role of interconnecting layer on determining monolithic perovskite/organic tandem device carrier recombination properties,J. Energy Chem., 2022, 71, 12-19.

6.Y.-M. Xie, C. Ma, X. Xu, M. Li, Y. Ma, J. Wang, H.-T. Chandran, C.-S. Lee, and S.-W. Tsang*, Revealing the crystallization process and realizing uniform 1.8 eV MA-based wide-bandgap mixed-halide perovskites via solution engineering,Nano Research, 2019, 10, 1033-1039.

Edited by Juan Yang