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Han YU
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PhD in Chemistry
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2021

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry

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yuhan@ust.hk
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Research Interest Publications Projects

Research Interest

Polymer chemistry
Organic chemistry
Material chemistry
Organic solar cells

Publications

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2024 12

A polymer acceptor with double-decker configuration enhances molecular packing for high-performance all-polymer solar cells

Joule, v. 8, (8), August 2024, p. 2304-2324
Yu, Han; Wang, Yan; Kwok, Chung Hang; Zhou, Rongkun; Yao, Zefan; Mukherjee, Subhrangsu; Sergeev, Aleksandr; Hu, Haixia; Fu, Yuang; Ng, Ho Ming; Chen, Li; Zhang, Di; Zhao, Dahui; Zheng, Zilong; Lu, Xinhui; Yin, Hang; Wong, Kam Sing; Ade, Harald; Zhang, Chen; Zhu, Zonglong; Yan, He
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Advantages, challenges and molecular design of different material types used in organic solar cells

Nature Reviews Materials, v. 9, (1), January 2024, p. 46-62
Yi, Jicheng; Zhang, Guangye; Yu, Han; Yan, He
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An efficient alkoxy-substituted polymer acceptor for efficient all-polymer solar cells with low voltage loss and versatile photovoltaic applications

Energy and Environmental Science, v. 17, (14), July 2024, p. 5191-5199
Yu, Han; Zhao, Chaoyue; Hu, Huawei; Zhu, Shenbo; Zou, Bosen; Dela Pena, Top Archie; Ng, Ho Ming; Kwok, Chung Hang; Yi, Jicheng; Liu, Wei; Li, Mingjie; Wu, Jiaying; Zhang, Guangye; Chen, Yiwang; Yan, He
Article

Efficient Blade‐Coated p–i–n Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules Enabled by Effective Molecular N Doping

Small, v. 20, (23), June 2024, article number 2306425
Wang, Feifei; Shi, Xiaoyu; Yu, Han; Wang, Lingyuan; Ren, Zhijun; Chen, Shangshang
Article

Modification of the Electron-Deficient Core on Unfused-Ring Acceptors Enabling High Open-Circuit Voltage of Organic Solar Cells

Solar RRL, v. 8, (5), March 2024, article number 2300997
Kim, Ha Kyung; Ng, Ho Ming; Pan, Mingao; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Li, Xingye; Li, Yuhao; Ding, Kan; Lu, Xinhui; Ade, Harald; Cui, Bo; Yan, He; Yu, Han
Article

Oligothiophene Additive-Assisted Morphology Control and Recombination Suppression Enable High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Energy Materials, v. 14, (11), January 2024, article number 2303661
Liang, Wenting; Chen, Lu; Wang, Zhibo; Peng, Zhengxing; Zhu, Liangxiang; Kwok, Chung Hang; Yu, Han; Xiong, Wenzhao; Li, Tongzi; Zhang, Ziyue; Wang, Yufei; Liao, Yaozu; Zhang, Guangye; Hu, Huawei; Chen, Yiwang
Article

Over 19 % Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Manipulating the Intermolecular Interactions through Side Chain Fluorine Functionalization

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 63, (15), April 2024, article number e202400086
Hu, Huawei; Liu, Shuai; Xu, Jiaoyu; Ma, Ruijie; Peng, Zhengxing; Peña, Top Archie Dela; Cui, Yongjie; Liang, Wenting; Zhou, Xiaoli; Luo, Siwei; Yu, Han; Li, Mingjie; Wu, Jiaying; Chen, Shangshang; Li, Gang; Chen, Yiwang
Article

Precisely Controlling Polymer Acceptors with Weak Intramolecular Charge Transfer Effect and Superior Coplanarity for Efficient Indoor All-Polymer Solar Cells with over 27% Efficiency

Advanced Materials, May 2024, article number 2405404
Zou, Bosen; Ng, Ho Ming; Yu, Han; Ding, Pengbo; Yao, Jia; Chen, Dezhang; Pun, Sai Ho; Qammar, Memoona; Liu, Wei; Wu, Weiwei; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Zhao, Chaoyue; Pan, Mingao; Halpert, Jonathan Eugene; Yan, He
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Strengthening Near‐Infrared Photon Harvesting in Semi‐Transparent All‐Polymer Solar Cells through the Synergy of Fluorination on the Selenide Monomer Backbone

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 34, (33), August 2024, article number 2400131
Liu, Wei; Yu, Han; Liu, Baoze; Yan, Wang; Hu, Huawei; Ng, Ho Ming; Kwok, Chung Hang; Yi, Jicheng; Chen, Zhang; Huang, Fei; Zhu, Zonglong; Yan, He
Article

Systematic anode engineering enabling universal efficiency improvements in organic solar cells

Giant, v. 20, December 2024, article number 100338, p. 1-9
Tsang, Kwok Kiu; Yu, Han; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Ng, Ho Ming; Kwok, Chung Hang; Xiong, Wenzhao; Hu, Huawei; Yan, He
Article

Tailoring Cyano Substitutions on Quinoxaline‐based Small‐Molecule Acceptors Enabling Enhanced Molecular Packing for High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Energy Materials, May 2024, article number 2400285
Chen, Li; Zhao, Chaoyue; Yu, Han; Sergeev, Aleksandr; Zhu, Liangxiang; Ding, Kan; Fu, Yuang; Ng, Ho Ming; Kwok, Chung Hang; Zou, Xinhui; Yi, Jicheng; Lu, Xinhui; Wong, Kam Sing; Ade, Harald; Zhang, Guangye; Yan, He
Article

Tailoring the Position of Ester Group on N-Alkyl Chains of Benzotriazole-based Small Molecule Acceptors for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 63, (11), March 2024, article number e202319635
Zhou, Liuyang; Yu, Han; Zhang, Jinyuan; Qiu, Dingding; Fu, Yuang; Yi, Jicheng; Xie, Lan; Li, Xiaojun; Meng, Lei; Zhang, Jianqi; Lu, Xinhui; Wei, Zhixiang; Li, Yongfang; Yan, He
Article

2023 8

18.1% Ternary All-Polymer Solar Cells Sequentially Processed from Hydrocarbon Solvent with Enhanced Stability

Advanced Energy Materials, v. 13, (31), 18 August 2023, article number 2300904
Zhao, Chaoyue; Ma, Ruijie; Hou, Yiwen; Zhu, Liangxiang; Zou, Xinhui; Xiong, Wenzhao; Hu, Huawei; Wang, Lihong; Yu, Han; Wang, Yajie; Zhang, Guoping; Yi, Jicheng; Chen, Lu; Wu, Dan; Yang, Tao; Li, Gang; Qiu, Mingxia; Yan, He; Li, Shunpu; Zhang, Guangye
Article

Achieving ideal transistor characteristics in conjugated polymer semiconductors

Science Advances, v. 9, (22), 2023, article number eadg8659
Xiao, Mingfei; Ren, Xinglong; Yu, Han; Yan, He; Chen, Shangshang; Sirringhaus, Henning
Article

Auxiliary sequential deposition enables 19%-efficiency organic solar cells processed from halogen-free solvents

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), October 2023, article number 6964
Luo, Siwei; Li, Chao; Zhang, Jianquan; Zou, Xinhui; Zhao, Heng; Ding, Kan; Huang, Hui; Song, Jiali; Yi, Jicheng; Yu, Han; Wong, Kam Sing; Zhang, Guangye; Ade, Harald; Ma, Wei; Hu, Huawei; Sun, Yanming; Yan, He
Article

Design of Furan-Based Acceptors for Organic Photovoltaics

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 62, (40), October 2023, article number e202309003
Che, Yuxuan; Niazi, Muhammad Rizwan; Chan, Quentin; Ghamari, Pegah; Yu, Ting; Ruchlin, Cory; Yu, Han; Yan, He; Ma, Dongling; Xiao, Steven S.; Izquierdo, Ricardo; Perepichka, Dmytro F.
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Effects of Halogenation of Small-Molecule and Polymeric Acceptors for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Functional Materials, 23 February 2023, article number 2300712
Yu, Han; Wang, Yan; Zou, Xinhui; Han, Han; Kim, Ha Kyung; Yao, Zefan; Wang, Zhibo; Li, Yuhao; Ng, Ho Ming; Zhou, Wentao; Zhang, Jianquan; Chen, Shangshang; Lu, Xinhui; Wong, Kam Sing; Zhu, Zonglong; Yan, He; Hu, Huawei
Article

Improved photovoltaic performance and robustness of all-polymer solar cells enabled by a polyfullerene guest acceptor

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), April 2023, article number 2323
Yu, Han; Wang, Yan; Zou, Xinhui; Yin, Junli; Shi, Xiaoyu; Li, Yuhao; Zhao, Heng; Wang, Lingyuan; Ng, Ho Ming; Zou, Bosen; Lu, Xinhui; Wong, Kam Sing; Ma, Wei; Zhu, Zonglong; Yan, He; Chen, Shangshang
Article

Selective Chemical Reactivity of Non-Fullerene Acceptor for Photoelectrochemical Bioassay of Urease Activity

Advanced Functional Materials, July 2023, article number 2304915
Xiao, Runshi; Yu, Han; Liu, Mingwang; Xu, Wentao; Qin, Ying; Tan, Rong; Chen, Yuanxing; Wen, Jing; Peng, Xiang; Gu, Wenling; Zhu, Chengzhou; Hu, Liuyong
Article

Synergistic effect of benzoselenadiazole core and alkoxy side chain substitution on the photovoltaic performance of non-fullerene acceptors

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, v. 11, (42), October 2023, p. 22769-22774
Ng, Ho Ming; Kwok, Chung Hang; Qi, Zhenyu; Wang, Zhen; Chen, Li; Liu, Wei; Zhao, Wenchao; Ade, Harald; Zhang, Chen; Yan, He; Yu, Han
Article

2022 9

A Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']Difuran Based Donor Polymer Achieving High-Performance (>17%) Single-Junction Organic Solar Cells with a Fill Factor of 80.4%

Advanced Energy Materials, July 2022, article number 2201850
Yi, Jicheng; Pan, Mingao; Chen, Lu; Chen, Yuzhong; Angunawela, Indunil Chathurangani; Luo, Siwei; Zhang, Ting; Zeng, Anping; Chen, Jian; Qi, Zhenyu; Yu, Han; Liu, Wei; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Kim, Ha Kyung; Zhu, Xunjin; Ade, Harald; Lin, Haoran; Yan, He
Article

A Vinylene-Linker-Based Polymer Acceptor Featuring a Coplanar and Rigid Molecular Conformation Enables High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells with Over 17% Efficiency

Advanced Materials, v. 34, (27), July 2022, article number 2200361
Yu, Han; Wang, Yan; Kim, Ha Kyung; Wu, Xin; Li, Yuhao; Yao, Zefan; Pan, Mingao; Zou, Xinhui; Zhang, Jianquan; Chen, Shangshang; Zhao, Dahui; Huang, Fei; Lu, Xinhui; Zhu, Zonglong; Yan, He
Article

An Improved Performance of All Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by Sequential Processing via Non-Halogenated Solvents

Nano Energy, v. 104, (Part B), 15 December 2022, article number 107872
Zhao, Chaoyue; Yi, Jicheng; Wang, Lihong; Lu, Guanyu; Huang, Hui; Kim, Ha Kyung; Yu, Han; Xie, Chen; You, Peng; Lu, Guanghao; Qiu, Mingxia; Yan, He; Li, Shunpu; Zhang, Guangye
Article

Blueshifting the Absorption of a Small-Molecule Donor and Using it as the Third Component to Achieve High-Efficiency Ternary Organic Solar Cells

Solar RRL, v. 6, (9), September 2022, article number 2200386
Qi, Zhenyu; Yu, Han; Yu, Jianwei; Zhao, Heng; Zhao, Chaoyue; Chen, Li; Li, Chao; Ma, Wei; Gao, Feng; Zhang, Guangye; Yan, He
Article

Boosting the Fill Factor through Sequential Deposition and Homo Hydrocarbon Solvent toward Efficient and Stable All-Polymer Solar Cells

Advanced Energy Materials, v. 12, (48), 22 December 2022, article number 2202729
Wang, Yan; Yu, Han; Wu, Xin; Zhao, Dan; Zhang, Shoufeng; Zou, Xinhui; Li, Bo; Gao, Danpeng; Li, Zhen; Xia, Xinxin; Chen, Xiankai; Lu, Xinhui; Yan, He; Chueh, Chu-Chen; Jen, Alex K.-Y.; Zhu, Zonglong
Article

Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells with Sequentially Processed Active Layers

Polymers, v. 14, (10), 18 May 2022, article number 2058
Zhao, Chaoyue; Huang, Hui; Wang, Lihong; Zhang, Guoping; Lu, Guanyu; Yu, Han; Lu, Guanghao; Han, Yulai; Qiu, Mingxia; Li, Shunpu; Zhang, Guangye
Article

Linker Unit Modulation of Polymer Acceptors Enables Highly Efficient Air-Processed All-Polymer Solar Cells

Advanced Science, 10 July 2022, article number 2202223
Kim, Ha Kyung; Yu, Han; Pan, Mingao; Shi, Xiaoyu; Zhao, Heng; Qi, Zhenyu; Liu, Wei; Ma, Wei; Yan, He; Chen, Shangshang
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Optimizing spectral and morphological match of nonfullerene acceptors toward efficient indoor organic photovoltaics with enhanced light source adaptability

Nano Energy, v. 98, July 2022, article number 107281
Luo, Siwei; Bai, Fujin; Zhang, Jianquan; Zhao, Heng; Angunawela, Indunil; Zou, Xinhui; Li, Xiaojun; Luo, Zhenghui; Feng, Kui; Yu, Han; Wong, Kam Sing; Ade, Harald; Ma, Wei; Yan, He
Article

Slow Hole Transfer Kinetics Lead to High Blend Photoluminescence of Unfused A–D–A′–D–A-Type Acceptors with Unfavorable Highest Occupied Molecular Orbitals Offset

Solar RRL, April 2022, article number 2200169
Zou, Xinhui; Yu, Han; Qi, Zhenyu; Liu, Bin; Xing, Zengshan; Chan, Christopher Chang Sing; Chow, Philip C. Y.; Pan, Ding; Yan, He; Wong, Kam Sing
Article

2021 15

A Difluoro‐Monobromo End Group Enables High‐Performance Polymer Acceptor and Efficient All‐Polymer Solar Cells Processable with Green Solvent under Ambient Condition

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 31, (25), June 2021, article number 2100791
Yu, Han; Luo, Siwei; Sun, Rui; Angunawela, Indunil; Qi, Zhenyu; Peng, Zhengxing; Zhou, Wentao; Han, Han; Rong, Wei; Pan, Mingao; Cheung, Man Hong Andy; Zhao, Dahui; Zhang, Jianquan; Ade, Harald; Min, Jie; Yan, He
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A highly crystalline non-fullerene acceptor enabling efficient indoor organic photovoltaics with high EQE and fill factor

Joule, v. 5, (5), May 2021, p. 1231-1245
Bai, Fujin; Zhang, Jianquan; Zeng, Anping; Zhao, Heng; Duan, Ke; Yu, Han; Cheng, Kui; Chai, Gaoda; Chen, Yuzhong; Liang, Jiaen; Ma, Wei; Yan, He
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Achieving Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells Using Structurally Similar Non‐Fullerene Acceptors with Varying Flanking Side Chains

Advanced Energy Materials, v. 11, (14), April 2021, article number 2100079
Chang, Yuan; Zhang, Jianquan; Chen, Yuzhong; Chai, Gaoda; Xu, Xiaopeng; Yu, Liyang; Ma, Ruijie; Yu, Han; Liu, Tao; Liu, Pei; Peng, Qiang; Yan, He
Article

Achieving over 17% efficiency of ternary all-polymer solar cells with two well-compatible polymer acceptors

Joule, v. 5, (6), June 2021, p. 1548-1565
Sun, Rui; Wang, Wei; Yu, Han; Chen, Zeng; Xia, XinXin; Shen, Hao; Guo, Jing; Shi, Mumin; Zheng, Yina; Wu, Yao; Yang, Wenyan; Wang, Tao; Wu, Qiang; Yang, Yang; Lu, Xinhui; Xia, Jianlong; Brabec, Christoph J.; Yan, He; Li, Yongfang; Min, Jie
Article

Achieving ultra-narrow bandgap non-halogenated non-fullerene acceptors via vinylene π-bridges for efficient organic solar cells

Materials Advances, v, 2, (6), March 2021, p. 2132-2140
Hai, Jiefeng; Luo, Siwei; Yu, Han; Chen, Honggang; Lu, Zhenhuan; Li, Ling; Zou, Yingping; Yan, He
Article

Alkoxy substitution on IDT-Series and Y-Series non-fullerene acceptors yielding highly efficient organic solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, v. 9, (12), March 2021, p. 7481-7490
Chen, Yuzhong; Liu, Tao; Ma, Lik Kuen; Xue, Wenyue; Ma, Ruijie; Zhang, Jianquan; Ma, Chao; Kim, Ha Kyung; Yu, Han; Bai, Fujin; Wong, Kam Sing; Ma, Wei; Yan, He; Zou, Yingping
Article

Alkyl-Chain Branching of Non-Fullerene Acceptors Flanking Conjugated Side Groups toward Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Energy Materials, October 2021
Zhang, Jianquan; Bai, Fujin; Angunawela, Indunil; Xu, Xiaoyun; Luo, Siwei; Li, Chao; Chai, Gaoda; Yu, Han; Chen, Yuzhong; Hu, Huawei; Ma, Zaifei; Ade, Harald; Yan, He
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Asymmetric Alkoxy and Alkyl Substitution on Nonfullerene Acceptors Enabling High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Energy Materials, v. 11, (3), 21 January 2021, article number 2003141
Chen, Yuzhong; Bai, Fujin; Peng, Zhengxing; Zhu, Lei; Zhang, Jianquan; Zou, Xinhui; Qin, Yunpeng; Kim, Ha Kyung; Yuan, Jun; Ma, Lik Kuen; Zhang, Jie; Yu, Han; Chow, Chi Yung Philip; Huang, Fei; Zou, Yingping; Ade, Harald; Liu, Feng; Yan, He
Article

Fine-tuning of side-chain orientations on nonfullerene acceptors enables organic solar cells with 17.7% efficiency

Energy & Environmental Science, v. 14, (6), June 2021, p. 3469-3479
Chai, Gaoda; Chang, Yuan; Zhang, Jianquan; Xu, Xiaopeng; Yu, Liyang; Zou, Xinhui; Li, Xiaojun; Chen, Yuzhong; Luo, Siwei; Liu, Binbin; Bai, Fujin; Luo, Zhenghui; Yu, Han; Liang, Jiaen; Liu, Tao; Wong, Kam Sing; Zhou, Hang; Peng, Qiang; Yan, He
Article

Fluorinated End Group Enables High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells with Near-Infrared Absorption and Enhanced Device Efficiency over 14%

Advanced Energy Materials, v. 11, (4), 27 January 2021, article number 2003171
Yu, Han; Qi, Zhenyu; Yu, Jianwei; Xiao, Yiqun; Sun, Rui; Luo, Zhenghui; Cheung, Man Hong Andy; Zhang, Jianquan; Sun, Huiliang; Zhou, Wentao; Chen, Shangshang; Guo, Xugang; Lu, Xinhui; Gao, Feng; Min, Jie; Yan, He
Article

Medium Band-gap Non-fullerene Acceptors Based On A Benzothiophene Donor Moiety Enabling High-performance Indoor Organic Photovoltaics

Energy & Environmental Science, v. 14, (8), July 2021, p. 4555-4563
Li, Xiaojun; Luo, Siwei; Sun, Huiliang; Sung, Herman Ho-Yung; Yu, Han; Liu, Tao; Xiao, Yiqun; Bai, Fujin; Pan, Mingao; Lu, Xinhui; Williams, Ian Duncan; Guo, Xugang; Li, Yongfang; Yan, He
Article

Regio-Regular Polymer Acceptors Enabled by Determined Fluorination on End Groups for All-Polymer Solar Cells with 15.2 % Efficiency

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 60, (18), April 2021, p. 10137-10146
Yu, Han; Pan, Mingao; Sun, Rui; Agunawela, Indunil; Zhang, Jianquan; Li, Yuhao; Qi, Zhenyu; Han, Han; Zou, Xinhui; Zhou, Wentao; Chen, Shangshang; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Luo, Siwei; Luo, Zhenghui; Zhao, Dahui; Lu, Xinhui; Ade, Harald; Huang, Fei; Min, Jie; Yan, He
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Regio‐Regular Polymer Acceptors Enabled by Determined Fluorination on End Groups for All‐Polymer Solar Cells with 15.2% Efficiency

Angewandte Chemie, v. 133, (18), April 2021, p. 10225-10234
Yu, Han; Pan, Mingao; Sun, Rui; Agunawela, Indunil; Zhang, Jianquan; Li, Yuhao; Qi, Zhenyu; Han, Han; Zou, Xinhui; Zhou, Wentao; Chen, Shangshang; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Luo, Siwei; Luo, Zhenghui; Zhao, Dahui; Lu, Xinhui; Ade, Harald; Huang, Fei; Min, Jie; Yan, He
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Unraveling the Temperature Dependence of Exciton Dissociation and Free Charge Generation in Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells

Solar RRL, v. 5, (4), April 2021, article number 2000789
Ma, Chao; Chan, Christopher Chang Sing; Zou, Xinhui; Yu, Han; Zhang, Jianquan; Yan, He; Wong, Kam Sing; Chow, Chi Yung Philip
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Vinylene π-bridge: a simple building block for ultra-narrow bandgap nonfullerene acceptors enable 14.2% efficiency in binary organic solar cells

Dyes and Pigments, v. 188, April 2021, article number 109171
Hai, Jiefeng; Zhao, Wenhua; Luo, Siwei; Yu, Han; Chen, Honggang; Lu, Zhenhuan; Li, Ling; Zou, Yingping; Yan, He
Article

2020 13

A Narrow-Bandgap n-Type Polymer with an Acceptor–Acceptor Backbone Enabling Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells

Advanced Materials, v. 32, (43), October 2020, article number 2004183
Sun, Huiliang; Yu, Han; Shi, Yongqiang; Yu, Jianwei; Peng, Zhongxiang; Zhang, Xianhe; Liu, Bin; Wang, Junwei; Singh, Ranbir; Lee, Jaewon; Li, Yongchun; Wei, Zixiang; Liao, Qiangan; Kan, Zhipeng; Ye, Long; Yan, He; Gao, Feng; Guo, Xugang
Article

All‐Polymer Solar Cells with over 12% Efficiency and a Small Voltage Loss Enabled by a Polymer Acceptor Based on an Extended Fused Ring Core

Advanced Energy Materials, 30 July 2020
Yao, Huatong; Ma, Lik Kuen; Yu, Han; Yu, Jianwei; Chow, Chi Yung Philip; Xue, Wenyue; Zou, Xinhui; Chen, Yuzhong; Liang, Jiaen; Arunagiri, Lingeswaran; Gao, Feng; Sun, Huiliang; Zhang, Guangye; Ma, Wei; Yan, He
Article

B ← N bridged polymer acceptors with 900 nm absorption edges enabling high-performance all-polymer solar cells

Macromolecules, v. 53, (21), 10 November 2020, p. 9259-9538
Xiang, Ying; Meng, Huifeng; Yao, Qin; Chang, Yuan; Yu, Han; Guo, Liang; Xue, Qifan; Zhan, Chuanlang; Huang, Jianhua; Chen, Guohua
Article

Deciphering the Role of Chalcogen-Containing Heterocycles in Nonfullerene Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells

ACS Energy Letters, v. 5, (11), 13 November 2020, p. 3415-3425
Chai, Gaoda; Zhang, Jianquan; Pan, Mingao; Wang, Zhen; Yu, Jianwei; Liang, Jiaen; Yu, Han; Chen, Yuzhong; Shang, Ao; Liu, Xiyuan; Bai, Fujin; Ma, Ruijie; Chang, Yuan; Luo, Siwei; Zeng, Anping; Zhou, Hang; Chen, Kai; Gao, Feng; Ade, Harald; Yan, He
Article

Enhanced hindrance from phenyl outer side chains on nonfullerene acceptor enables unprecedented simultaneous enhancement in organic solar cell performances with 16.7% efficiency

Nano Energy, v. 76, October 2020, article number 105087
Chai, Gaoda; Chang, Yuan; Peng, Zhengxing; Jia, Yanyan; Zou, Xinhui; Yu, Dian; Yu, Han; Chen, Yuzhong; Chow, Chi Yung Philip; Wong, Kam Sing; Zhang, Jianquan; Ade, Harald; Yang, Liwei; Zhan, Chuanlang
Article

High Open-circuit Voltage and Low Voltage Loss in All-polymer Solar Cell with a Poly(coronenediimide-vinylene) Acceptor

Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, v. 38, (11), November 2020, p. 1157-1163
Han, Han; Bai, Fujin; Wei, Rong; Yu, Han; Guo, Yikun; Yan, He; Zhao, Dahui
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Improved organic solar cell efficiency based on the regulation of an alkyl chain on chlorinated non-fullerene acceptors

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 4, (8), June 2020, p. 2428-2434
Yu, Han; Ma, Ruijie; Xiao, Yiqun; Zhang, Jianquan; Liu, Tao; Luo, Zhenghui; Chen, Yuzhong; Bai, Fujin; Lu, Xinhui; Yan, He; Lin, Haoran
Article

Incorporation of alkylthio side chains on benzothiadiazole-based non-fullerene acceptors enables high-performance organic solar cells with over 16% efficiency

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, v. 8, (44), 28 November 2020, p. 23239-23247
Cheung, Man Hong Andy; Yu, Han; Luo, Siwei; Wang, Zhen; Qi, Zhenyu; Zhou, Wentao; Arunagiri, Lingeswaran; Chang, Yuan; Yao, Huatong; Ade, Harald; Yan, He
Article

Modulating Energy Level on an A-D-A′-D-A-Type Unfused Acceptor by a Benzothiadiazole Core Enables Organic Solar Cells with Simple Procedure and High Performance

Solar RRL, v. 4, (11), November 2020, article number 2000421
Yu, Han; Qi, Zhenyu; Li, Xingye; Wang, Zhen; Zhou, Wentao; Ade, Harald; Yan, He; Chen, Kai
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Random Polymerization Strategy Leads to a Family of Donor Polymers Enabling Well-Controlled Morphology and Multiple Cases of High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Materials, v. 32, (52), December 2020, article number 2003500
Liang, Jiaen; Pan, Mingao; Chai, Gaoda; Peng, Zhengxing; Zhang, Jianquan; Luo, Siwei; Han, Qi; Chen, Yuzhong; Shang, Ao; Bai, Fujin; Xu, Yuan; Yu, Han; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Chen, Qing; Zhang, Maojie; Ade, Harald; Yan, He
Article

Selective Hole and Electron Transport in Efficient Quaternary Blend Organic Solar Cells

Joule, v. 4, (8), 15 July 2020, p. 1790-1805
Arunagiri, Lingeswaran; Peng, Zhengxing; Zou, Xinhui; Yu, Han; Zhang, Guangye; Wang, Zhen; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Zhang, Jianquan; Zheng, Yan; Cui, Chaohua; Huang, Fei; Zou, Yinping; Wong, Kam Sing; Chow, Chi Yung Philip; Ade, Harald; Yan, He
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Tailoring non-fullerene acceptors using selenium-incorporated heterocycles for organic solar cells with over 16% efficiency

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, v. 8, (45), December 2020, p. 23756-23765
Yu, Han; Qi, Zhenyu; Zhang, Jianquan; Wang, Zhen; Sun, Rui; Chang, Yuan; Sun, Huiliang; Zhou, Wentao; Min, Jie; Ade, Harald; Yan, He
Article

Transannularly conjugated tetrameric perylene diimide acceptors containing [2.2] paracyclophane for non-fullerene organic solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, v. 8, (14), April 2020, p. 6501-6509
Yu, Han; Arunagiri, Lingeswaran; Zhang, Lin; Huang, Jiachen; Ma, Wei; Zhang, Jianquan; Yan, He
Article

2019 5

Donor Polymer Can Assist Electron Transport in Bulk Heterojunction Blends with Small Energetic Offsets

Advanced Materials, v. 31, (44), November 2019, article number 1903998
Yin, Hang; Ma, Lik Kuen; Wang, Yilin; Huang, Jiachen; Yu, Han; Zhang, Jianquan; Chow, Chi Yung Philip; Ma, Wei; So, Shu Kong; Yan, He
Article

Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells based on a New Polymer Acceptor Achieving 10.3% Power Conversion Efficiency

ACS Energy Letters, v. 4, (2), February 2019, p. 417-422
Yao, Huatong; Bai, Fujin; Hu, Huawei; Arunagiri, Lingeswaran; Zhang, Jianquan; Chen, Yuzhong; Yu, Han; Chen, Shangshang; Liu, Tao; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Zou, Yingping; Ade, Harald; Yan, He
Article

Efficient Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells With Truxene-bridged PDI Trimers as Electron Transporting Materials

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 3, (10), October 2019, p. 2137-2142
Wang, Rui; Jiang, Kui; Yu, Han; Wu, Fei; Zhu, Linna; Yan, He
Article

Intramolecular π-stacked Perylene-diimide Acceptors for Non-fullerene Organic Solar Cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, v. 7, (14), April 2019, p. 8136-8143
Zhang, Jianquan; Bai, Fujin; Li, Yunke; Hu, Huawei; Liu, Bin; Zou, Xinhui; Yu, Han; Huang, Jiachen; Pan, Ding; Ade, Harald W.; Yan, He
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Tweaking the Molecular Geometry of a Tetraperylenediimide Acceptor

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v.11, (7), Feburary 2019, p. 6970-6977
Han, Han; Ma, Lik Kuen; Zhang, Lin; Guo, Yikun; Li, Yunke; Yu, Han; Ma, Wei; Yan, He; Zhao, Dahui
Article

Article 12

A polymer acceptor with double-decker configuration enhances molecular packing for high-performance all-polymer solar cells

Joule, v. 8, (8), August 2024, p. 2304-2324
Yu, Han; Wang, Yan; Kwok, Chung Hang; Zhou, Rongkun; Yao, Zefan; Mukherjee, Subhrangsu; Sergeev, Aleksandr; Hu, Haixia; Fu, Yuang; Ng, Ho Ming; Chen, Li; Zhang, Di; Zhao, Dahui; Zheng, Zilong; Lu, Xinhui; Yin, Hang; Wong, Kam Sing; Ade, Harald; Zhang, Chen; Zhu, Zonglong; Yan, He

Advantages, challenges and molecular design of different material types used in organic solar cells

Nature Reviews Materials, v. 9, (1), January 2024, p. 46-62
Yi, Jicheng; Zhang, Guangye; Yu, Han; Yan, He

An efficient alkoxy-substituted polymer acceptor for efficient all-polymer solar cells with low voltage loss and versatile photovoltaic applications

Energy and Environmental Science, v. 17, (14), July 2024, p. 5191-5199
Yu, Han; Zhao, Chaoyue; Hu, Huawei; Zhu, Shenbo; Zou, Bosen; Dela Pena, Top Archie; Ng, Ho Ming; Kwok, Chung Hang; Yi, Jicheng; Liu, Wei; Li, Mingjie; Wu, Jiaying; Zhang, Guangye; Chen, Yiwang; Yan, He

Efficient Blade‐Coated p–i–n Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules Enabled by Effective Molecular N Doping

Small, v. 20, (23), June 2024, article number 2306425
Wang, Feifei; Shi, Xiaoyu; Yu, Han; Wang, Lingyuan; Ren, Zhijun; Chen, Shangshang

Modification of the Electron-Deficient Core on Unfused-Ring Acceptors Enabling High Open-Circuit Voltage of Organic Solar Cells

Solar RRL, v. 8, (5), March 2024, article number 2300997
Kim, Ha Kyung; Ng, Ho Ming; Pan, Mingao; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Li, Xingye; Li, Yuhao; Ding, Kan; Lu, Xinhui; Ade, Harald; Cui, Bo; Yan, He; Yu, Han

Oligothiophene Additive-Assisted Morphology Control and Recombination Suppression Enable High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Energy Materials, v. 14, (11), January 2024, article number 2303661
Liang, Wenting; Chen, Lu; Wang, Zhibo; Peng, Zhengxing; Zhu, Liangxiang; Kwok, Chung Hang; Yu, Han; Xiong, Wenzhao; Li, Tongzi; Zhang, Ziyue; Wang, Yufei; Liao, Yaozu; Zhang, Guangye; Hu, Huawei; Chen, Yiwang

Over 19 % Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Manipulating the Intermolecular Interactions through Side Chain Fluorine Functionalization

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 63, (15), April 2024, article number e202400086
Hu, Huawei; Liu, Shuai; Xu, Jiaoyu; Ma, Ruijie; Peng, Zhengxing; Peña, Top Archie Dela; Cui, Yongjie; Liang, Wenting; Zhou, Xiaoli; Luo, Siwei; Yu, Han; Li, Mingjie; Wu, Jiaying; Chen, Shangshang; Li, Gang; Chen, Yiwang

Precisely Controlling Polymer Acceptors with Weak Intramolecular Charge Transfer Effect and Superior Coplanarity for Efficient Indoor All-Polymer Solar Cells with over 27% Efficiency

Advanced Materials, May 2024, article number 2405404
Zou, Bosen; Ng, Ho Ming; Yu, Han; Ding, Pengbo; Yao, Jia; Chen, Dezhang; Pun, Sai Ho; Qammar, Memoona; Liu, Wei; Wu, Weiwei; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Zhao, Chaoyue; Pan, Mingao; Halpert, Jonathan Eugene; Yan, He

Strengthening Near‐Infrared Photon Harvesting in Semi‐Transparent All‐Polymer Solar Cells through the Synergy of Fluorination on the Selenide Monomer Backbone

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 34, (33), August 2024, article number 2400131
Liu, Wei; Yu, Han; Liu, Baoze; Yan, Wang; Hu, Huawei; Ng, Ho Ming; Kwok, Chung Hang; Yi, Jicheng; Chen, Zhang; Huang, Fei; Zhu, Zonglong; Yan, He

Systematic anode engineering enabling universal efficiency improvements in organic solar cells

Giant, v. 20, December 2024, article number 100338, p. 1-9
Tsang, Kwok Kiu; Yu, Han; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Ng, Ho Ming; Kwok, Chung Hang; Xiong, Wenzhao; Hu, Huawei; Yan, He

Tailoring Cyano Substitutions on Quinoxaline‐based Small‐Molecule Acceptors Enabling Enhanced Molecular Packing for High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Energy Materials, May 2024, article number 2400285
Chen, Li; Zhao, Chaoyue; Yu, Han; Sergeev, Aleksandr; Zhu, Liangxiang; Ding, Kan; Fu, Yuang; Ng, Ho Ming; Kwok, Chung Hang; Zou, Xinhui; Yi, Jicheng; Lu, Xinhui; Wong, Kam Sing; Ade, Harald; Zhang, Guangye; Yan, He

Tailoring the Position of Ester Group on N-Alkyl Chains of Benzotriazole-based Small Molecule Acceptors for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 63, (11), March 2024, article number e202319635
Zhou, Liuyang; Yu, Han; Zhang, Jinyuan; Qiu, Dingding; Fu, Yuang; Yi, Jicheng; Xie, Lan; Li, Xiaojun; Meng, Lei; Zhang, Jianqi; Lu, Xinhui; Wei, Zhixiang; Li, Yongfang; Yan, He

Article 8

18.1% Ternary All-Polymer Solar Cells Sequentially Processed from Hydrocarbon Solvent with Enhanced Stability

Advanced Energy Materials, v. 13, (31), 18 August 2023, article number 2300904
Zhao, Chaoyue; Ma, Ruijie; Hou, Yiwen; Zhu, Liangxiang; Zou, Xinhui; Xiong, Wenzhao; Hu, Huawei; Wang, Lihong; Yu, Han; Wang, Yajie; Zhang, Guoping; Yi, Jicheng; Chen, Lu; Wu, Dan; Yang, Tao; Li, Gang; Qiu, Mingxia; Yan, He; Li, Shunpu; Zhang, Guangye

Achieving ideal transistor characteristics in conjugated polymer semiconductors

Science Advances, v. 9, (22), 2023, article number eadg8659
Xiao, Mingfei; Ren, Xinglong; Yu, Han; Yan, He; Chen, Shangshang; Sirringhaus, Henning

Auxiliary sequential deposition enables 19%-efficiency organic solar cells processed from halogen-free solvents

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), October 2023, article number 6964
Luo, Siwei; Li, Chao; Zhang, Jianquan; Zou, Xinhui; Zhao, Heng; Ding, Kan; Huang, Hui; Song, Jiali; Yi, Jicheng; Yu, Han; Wong, Kam Sing; Zhang, Guangye; Ade, Harald; Ma, Wei; Hu, Huawei; Sun, Yanming; Yan, He

Design of Furan-Based Acceptors for Organic Photovoltaics

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 62, (40), October 2023, article number e202309003
Che, Yuxuan; Niazi, Muhammad Rizwan; Chan, Quentin; Ghamari, Pegah; Yu, Ting; Ruchlin, Cory; Yu, Han; Yan, He; Ma, Dongling; Xiao, Steven S.; Izquierdo, Ricardo; Perepichka, Dmytro F.

Effects of Halogenation of Small-Molecule and Polymeric Acceptors for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Functional Materials, 23 February 2023, article number 2300712
Yu, Han; Wang, Yan; Zou, Xinhui; Han, Han; Kim, Ha Kyung; Yao, Zefan; Wang, Zhibo; Li, Yuhao; Ng, Ho Ming; Zhou, Wentao; Zhang, Jianquan; Chen, Shangshang; Lu, Xinhui; Wong, Kam Sing; Zhu, Zonglong; Yan, He; Hu, Huawei

Improved photovoltaic performance and robustness of all-polymer solar cells enabled by a polyfullerene guest acceptor

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), April 2023, article number 2323
Yu, Han; Wang, Yan; Zou, Xinhui; Yin, Junli; Shi, Xiaoyu; Li, Yuhao; Zhao, Heng; Wang, Lingyuan; Ng, Ho Ming; Zou, Bosen; Lu, Xinhui; Wong, Kam Sing; Ma, Wei; Zhu, Zonglong; Yan, He; Chen, Shangshang

Selective Chemical Reactivity of Non-Fullerene Acceptor for Photoelectrochemical Bioassay of Urease Activity

Advanced Functional Materials, July 2023, article number 2304915
Xiao, Runshi; Yu, Han; Liu, Mingwang; Xu, Wentao; Qin, Ying; Tan, Rong; Chen, Yuanxing; Wen, Jing; Peng, Xiang; Gu, Wenling; Zhu, Chengzhou; Hu, Liuyong

Synergistic effect of benzoselenadiazole core and alkoxy side chain substitution on the photovoltaic performance of non-fullerene acceptors

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, v. 11, (42), October 2023, p. 22769-22774
Ng, Ho Ming; Kwok, Chung Hang; Qi, Zhenyu; Wang, Zhen; Chen, Li; Liu, Wei; Zhao, Wenchao; Ade, Harald; Zhang, Chen; Yan, He; Yu, Han

Article 9

A Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']Difuran Based Donor Polymer Achieving High-Performance (>17%) Single-Junction Organic Solar Cells with a Fill Factor of 80.4%

Advanced Energy Materials, July 2022, article number 2201850
Yi, Jicheng; Pan, Mingao; Chen, Lu; Chen, Yuzhong; Angunawela, Indunil Chathurangani; Luo, Siwei; Zhang, Ting; Zeng, Anping; Chen, Jian; Qi, Zhenyu; Yu, Han; Liu, Wei; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Kim, Ha Kyung; Zhu, Xunjin; Ade, Harald; Lin, Haoran; Yan, He

A Vinylene-Linker-Based Polymer Acceptor Featuring a Coplanar and Rigid Molecular Conformation Enables High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells with Over 17% Efficiency

Advanced Materials, v. 34, (27), July 2022, article number 2200361
Yu, Han; Wang, Yan; Kim, Ha Kyung; Wu, Xin; Li, Yuhao; Yao, Zefan; Pan, Mingao; Zou, Xinhui; Zhang, Jianquan; Chen, Shangshang; Zhao, Dahui; Huang, Fei; Lu, Xinhui; Zhu, Zonglong; Yan, He

An Improved Performance of All Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by Sequential Processing via Non-Halogenated Solvents

Nano Energy, v. 104, (Part B), 15 December 2022, article number 107872
Zhao, Chaoyue; Yi, Jicheng; Wang, Lihong; Lu, Guanyu; Huang, Hui; Kim, Ha Kyung; Yu, Han; Xie, Chen; You, Peng; Lu, Guanghao; Qiu, Mingxia; Yan, He; Li, Shunpu; Zhang, Guangye

Blueshifting the Absorption of a Small-Molecule Donor and Using it as the Third Component to Achieve High-Efficiency Ternary Organic Solar Cells

Solar RRL, v. 6, (9), September 2022, article number 2200386
Qi, Zhenyu; Yu, Han; Yu, Jianwei; Zhao, Heng; Zhao, Chaoyue; Chen, Li; Li, Chao; Ma, Wei; Gao, Feng; Zhang, Guangye; Yan, He

Boosting the Fill Factor through Sequential Deposition and Homo Hydrocarbon Solvent toward Efficient and Stable All-Polymer Solar Cells

Advanced Energy Materials, v. 12, (48), 22 December 2022, article number 2202729
Wang, Yan; Yu, Han; Wu, Xin; Zhao, Dan; Zhang, Shoufeng; Zou, Xinhui; Li, Bo; Gao, Danpeng; Li, Zhen; Xia, Xinxin; Chen, Xiankai; Lu, Xinhui; Yan, He; Chueh, Chu-Chen; Jen, Alex K.-Y.; Zhu, Zonglong

Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells with Sequentially Processed Active Layers

Polymers, v. 14, (10), 18 May 2022, article number 2058
Zhao, Chaoyue; Huang, Hui; Wang, Lihong; Zhang, Guoping; Lu, Guanyu; Yu, Han; Lu, Guanghao; Han, Yulai; Qiu, Mingxia; Li, Shunpu; Zhang, Guangye

Linker Unit Modulation of Polymer Acceptors Enables Highly Efficient Air-Processed All-Polymer Solar Cells

Advanced Science, 10 July 2022, article number 2202223
Kim, Ha Kyung; Yu, Han; Pan, Mingao; Shi, Xiaoyu; Zhao, Heng; Qi, Zhenyu; Liu, Wei; Ma, Wei; Yan, He; Chen, Shangshang

Optimizing spectral and morphological match of nonfullerene acceptors toward efficient indoor organic photovoltaics with enhanced light source adaptability

Nano Energy, v. 98, July 2022, article number 107281
Luo, Siwei; Bai, Fujin; Zhang, Jianquan; Zhao, Heng; Angunawela, Indunil; Zou, Xinhui; Li, Xiaojun; Luo, Zhenghui; Feng, Kui; Yu, Han; Wong, Kam Sing; Ade, Harald; Ma, Wei; Yan, He

Slow Hole Transfer Kinetics Lead to High Blend Photoluminescence of Unfused A–D–A′–D–A-Type Acceptors with Unfavorable Highest Occupied Molecular Orbitals Offset

Solar RRL, April 2022, article number 2200169
Zou, Xinhui; Yu, Han; Qi, Zhenyu; Liu, Bin; Xing, Zengshan; Chan, Christopher Chang Sing; Chow, Philip C. Y.; Pan, Ding; Yan, He; Wong, Kam Sing

Article 15

A Difluoro‐Monobromo End Group Enables High‐Performance Polymer Acceptor and Efficient All‐Polymer Solar Cells Processable with Green Solvent under Ambient Condition

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 31, (25), June 2021, article number 2100791
Yu, Han; Luo, Siwei; Sun, Rui; Angunawela, Indunil; Qi, Zhenyu; Peng, Zhengxing; Zhou, Wentao; Han, Han; Rong, Wei; Pan, Mingao; Cheung, Man Hong Andy; Zhao, Dahui; Zhang, Jianquan; Ade, Harald; Min, Jie; Yan, He

A highly crystalline non-fullerene acceptor enabling efficient indoor organic photovoltaics with high EQE and fill factor

Joule, v. 5, (5), May 2021, p. 1231-1245
Bai, Fujin; Zhang, Jianquan; Zeng, Anping; Zhao, Heng; Duan, Ke; Yu, Han; Cheng, Kui; Chai, Gaoda; Chen, Yuzhong; Liang, Jiaen; Ma, Wei; Yan, He

Achieving Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells Using Structurally Similar Non‐Fullerene Acceptors with Varying Flanking Side Chains

Advanced Energy Materials, v. 11, (14), April 2021, article number 2100079
Chang, Yuan; Zhang, Jianquan; Chen, Yuzhong; Chai, Gaoda; Xu, Xiaopeng; Yu, Liyang; Ma, Ruijie; Yu, Han; Liu, Tao; Liu, Pei; Peng, Qiang; Yan, He

Achieving over 17% efficiency of ternary all-polymer solar cells with two well-compatible polymer acceptors

Joule, v. 5, (6), June 2021, p. 1548-1565
Sun, Rui; Wang, Wei; Yu, Han; Chen, Zeng; Xia, XinXin; Shen, Hao; Guo, Jing; Shi, Mumin; Zheng, Yina; Wu, Yao; Yang, Wenyan; Wang, Tao; Wu, Qiang; Yang, Yang; Lu, Xinhui; Xia, Jianlong; Brabec, Christoph J.; Yan, He; Li, Yongfang; Min, Jie

Achieving ultra-narrow bandgap non-halogenated non-fullerene acceptors via vinylene π-bridges for efficient organic solar cells

Materials Advances, v, 2, (6), March 2021, p. 2132-2140
Hai, Jiefeng; Luo, Siwei; Yu, Han; Chen, Honggang; Lu, Zhenhuan; Li, Ling; Zou, Yingping; Yan, He

Alkoxy substitution on IDT-Series and Y-Series non-fullerene acceptors yielding highly efficient organic solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, v. 9, (12), March 2021, p. 7481-7490
Chen, Yuzhong; Liu, Tao; Ma, Lik Kuen; Xue, Wenyue; Ma, Ruijie; Zhang, Jianquan; Ma, Chao; Kim, Ha Kyung; Yu, Han; Bai, Fujin; Wong, Kam Sing; Ma, Wei; Yan, He; Zou, Yingping

Alkyl-Chain Branching of Non-Fullerene Acceptors Flanking Conjugated Side Groups toward Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Energy Materials, October 2021
Zhang, Jianquan; Bai, Fujin; Angunawela, Indunil; Xu, Xiaoyun; Luo, Siwei; Li, Chao; Chai, Gaoda; Yu, Han; Chen, Yuzhong; Hu, Huawei; Ma, Zaifei; Ade, Harald; Yan, He

Asymmetric Alkoxy and Alkyl Substitution on Nonfullerene Acceptors Enabling High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Energy Materials, v. 11, (3), 21 January 2021, article number 2003141
Chen, Yuzhong; Bai, Fujin; Peng, Zhengxing; Zhu, Lei; Zhang, Jianquan; Zou, Xinhui; Qin, Yunpeng; Kim, Ha Kyung; Yuan, Jun; Ma, Lik Kuen; Zhang, Jie; Yu, Han; Chow, Chi Yung Philip; Huang, Fei; Zou, Yingping; Ade, Harald; Liu, Feng; Yan, He

Fine-tuning of side-chain orientations on nonfullerene acceptors enables organic solar cells with 17.7% efficiency

Energy & Environmental Science, v. 14, (6), June 2021, p. 3469-3479
Chai, Gaoda; Chang, Yuan; Zhang, Jianquan; Xu, Xiaopeng; Yu, Liyang; Zou, Xinhui; Li, Xiaojun; Chen, Yuzhong; Luo, Siwei; Liu, Binbin; Bai, Fujin; Luo, Zhenghui; Yu, Han; Liang, Jiaen; Liu, Tao; Wong, Kam Sing; Zhou, Hang; Peng, Qiang; Yan, He

Fluorinated End Group Enables High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells with Near-Infrared Absorption and Enhanced Device Efficiency over 14%

Advanced Energy Materials, v. 11, (4), 27 January 2021, article number 2003171
Yu, Han; Qi, Zhenyu; Yu, Jianwei; Xiao, Yiqun; Sun, Rui; Luo, Zhenghui; Cheung, Man Hong Andy; Zhang, Jianquan; Sun, Huiliang; Zhou, Wentao; Chen, Shangshang; Guo, Xugang; Lu, Xinhui; Gao, Feng; Min, Jie; Yan, He

Medium Band-gap Non-fullerene Acceptors Based On A Benzothiophene Donor Moiety Enabling High-performance Indoor Organic Photovoltaics

Energy & Environmental Science, v. 14, (8), July 2021, p. 4555-4563
Li, Xiaojun; Luo, Siwei; Sun, Huiliang; Sung, Herman Ho-Yung; Yu, Han; Liu, Tao; Xiao, Yiqun; Bai, Fujin; Pan, Mingao; Lu, Xinhui; Williams, Ian Duncan; Guo, Xugang; Li, Yongfang; Yan, He

Regio-Regular Polymer Acceptors Enabled by Determined Fluorination on End Groups for All-Polymer Solar Cells with 15.2 % Efficiency

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 60, (18), April 2021, p. 10137-10146
Yu, Han; Pan, Mingao; Sun, Rui; Agunawela, Indunil; Zhang, Jianquan; Li, Yuhao; Qi, Zhenyu; Han, Han; Zou, Xinhui; Zhou, Wentao; Chen, Shangshang; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Luo, Siwei; Luo, Zhenghui; Zhao, Dahui; Lu, Xinhui; Ade, Harald; Huang, Fei; Min, Jie; Yan, He

Regio‐Regular Polymer Acceptors Enabled by Determined Fluorination on End Groups for All‐Polymer Solar Cells with 15.2% Efficiency

Angewandte Chemie, v. 133, (18), April 2021, p. 10225-10234
Yu, Han; Pan, Mingao; Sun, Rui; Agunawela, Indunil; Zhang, Jianquan; Li, Yuhao; Qi, Zhenyu; Han, Han; Zou, Xinhui; Zhou, Wentao; Chen, Shangshang; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Luo, Siwei; Luo, Zhenghui; Zhao, Dahui; Lu, Xinhui; Ade, Harald; Huang, Fei; Min, Jie; Yan, He

Unraveling the Temperature Dependence of Exciton Dissociation and Free Charge Generation in Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells

Solar RRL, v. 5, (4), April 2021, article number 2000789
Ma, Chao; Chan, Christopher Chang Sing; Zou, Xinhui; Yu, Han; Zhang, Jianquan; Yan, He; Wong, Kam Sing; Chow, Chi Yung Philip

Vinylene π-bridge: a simple building block for ultra-narrow bandgap nonfullerene acceptors enable 14.2% efficiency in binary organic solar cells

Dyes and Pigments, v. 188, April 2021, article number 109171
Hai, Jiefeng; Zhao, Wenhua; Luo, Siwei; Yu, Han; Chen, Honggang; Lu, Zhenhuan; Li, Ling; Zou, Yingping; Yan, He

Article 13

A Narrow-Bandgap n-Type Polymer with an Acceptor–Acceptor Backbone Enabling Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells

Advanced Materials, v. 32, (43), October 2020, article number 2004183
Sun, Huiliang; Yu, Han; Shi, Yongqiang; Yu, Jianwei; Peng, Zhongxiang; Zhang, Xianhe; Liu, Bin; Wang, Junwei; Singh, Ranbir; Lee, Jaewon; Li, Yongchun; Wei, Zixiang; Liao, Qiangan; Kan, Zhipeng; Ye, Long; Yan, He; Gao, Feng; Guo, Xugang

All‐Polymer Solar Cells with over 12% Efficiency and a Small Voltage Loss Enabled by a Polymer Acceptor Based on an Extended Fused Ring Core

Advanced Energy Materials, 30 July 2020
Yao, Huatong; Ma, Lik Kuen; Yu, Han; Yu, Jianwei; Chow, Chi Yung Philip; Xue, Wenyue; Zou, Xinhui; Chen, Yuzhong; Liang, Jiaen; Arunagiri, Lingeswaran; Gao, Feng; Sun, Huiliang; Zhang, Guangye; Ma, Wei; Yan, He

B ← N bridged polymer acceptors with 900 nm absorption edges enabling high-performance all-polymer solar cells

Macromolecules, v. 53, (21), 10 November 2020, p. 9259-9538
Xiang, Ying; Meng, Huifeng; Yao, Qin; Chang, Yuan; Yu, Han; Guo, Liang; Xue, Qifan; Zhan, Chuanlang; Huang, Jianhua; Chen, Guohua

Deciphering the Role of Chalcogen-Containing Heterocycles in Nonfullerene Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells

ACS Energy Letters, v. 5, (11), 13 November 2020, p. 3415-3425
Chai, Gaoda; Zhang, Jianquan; Pan, Mingao; Wang, Zhen; Yu, Jianwei; Liang, Jiaen; Yu, Han; Chen, Yuzhong; Shang, Ao; Liu, Xiyuan; Bai, Fujin; Ma, Ruijie; Chang, Yuan; Luo, Siwei; Zeng, Anping; Zhou, Hang; Chen, Kai; Gao, Feng; Ade, Harald; Yan, He

Enhanced hindrance from phenyl outer side chains on nonfullerene acceptor enables unprecedented simultaneous enhancement in organic solar cell performances with 16.7% efficiency

Nano Energy, v. 76, October 2020, article number 105087
Chai, Gaoda; Chang, Yuan; Peng, Zhengxing; Jia, Yanyan; Zou, Xinhui; Yu, Dian; Yu, Han; Chen, Yuzhong; Chow, Chi Yung Philip; Wong, Kam Sing; Zhang, Jianquan; Ade, Harald; Yang, Liwei; Zhan, Chuanlang

High Open-circuit Voltage and Low Voltage Loss in All-polymer Solar Cell with a Poly(coronenediimide-vinylene) Acceptor

Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, v. 38, (11), November 2020, p. 1157-1163
Han, Han; Bai, Fujin; Wei, Rong; Yu, Han; Guo, Yikun; Yan, He; Zhao, Dahui

Improved organic solar cell efficiency based on the regulation of an alkyl chain on chlorinated non-fullerene acceptors

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 4, (8), June 2020, p. 2428-2434
Yu, Han; Ma, Ruijie; Xiao, Yiqun; Zhang, Jianquan; Liu, Tao; Luo, Zhenghui; Chen, Yuzhong; Bai, Fujin; Lu, Xinhui; Yan, He; Lin, Haoran

Incorporation of alkylthio side chains on benzothiadiazole-based non-fullerene acceptors enables high-performance organic solar cells with over 16% efficiency

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, v. 8, (44), 28 November 2020, p. 23239-23247
Cheung, Man Hong Andy; Yu, Han; Luo, Siwei; Wang, Zhen; Qi, Zhenyu; Zhou, Wentao; Arunagiri, Lingeswaran; Chang, Yuan; Yao, Huatong; Ade, Harald; Yan, He

Modulating Energy Level on an A-D-A′-D-A-Type Unfused Acceptor by a Benzothiadiazole Core Enables Organic Solar Cells with Simple Procedure and High Performance

Solar RRL, v. 4, (11), November 2020, article number 2000421
Yu, Han; Qi, Zhenyu; Li, Xingye; Wang, Zhen; Zhou, Wentao; Ade, Harald; Yan, He; Chen, Kai

Random Polymerization Strategy Leads to a Family of Donor Polymers Enabling Well-Controlled Morphology and Multiple Cases of High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Materials, v. 32, (52), December 2020, article number 2003500
Liang, Jiaen; Pan, Mingao; Chai, Gaoda; Peng, Zhengxing; Zhang, Jianquan; Luo, Siwei; Han, Qi; Chen, Yuzhong; Shang, Ao; Bai, Fujin; Xu, Yuan; Yu, Han; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Chen, Qing; Zhang, Maojie; Ade, Harald; Yan, He

Selective Hole and Electron Transport in Efficient Quaternary Blend Organic Solar Cells

Joule, v. 4, (8), 15 July 2020, p. 1790-1805
Arunagiri, Lingeswaran; Peng, Zhengxing; Zou, Xinhui; Yu, Han; Zhang, Guangye; Wang, Zhen; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Zhang, Jianquan; Zheng, Yan; Cui, Chaohua; Huang, Fei; Zou, Yinping; Wong, Kam Sing; Chow, Chi Yung Philip; Ade, Harald; Yan, He

Tailoring non-fullerene acceptors using selenium-incorporated heterocycles for organic solar cells with over 16% efficiency

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, v. 8, (45), December 2020, p. 23756-23765
Yu, Han; Qi, Zhenyu; Zhang, Jianquan; Wang, Zhen; Sun, Rui; Chang, Yuan; Sun, Huiliang; Zhou, Wentao; Min, Jie; Ade, Harald; Yan, He

Transannularly conjugated tetrameric perylene diimide acceptors containing [2.2] paracyclophane for non-fullerene organic solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, v. 8, (14), April 2020, p. 6501-6509
Yu, Han; Arunagiri, Lingeswaran; Zhang, Lin; Huang, Jiachen; Ma, Wei; Zhang, Jianquan; Yan, He

Article 5

Donor Polymer Can Assist Electron Transport in Bulk Heterojunction Blends with Small Energetic Offsets

Advanced Materials, v. 31, (44), November 2019, article number 1903998
Yin, Hang; Ma, Lik Kuen; Wang, Yilin; Huang, Jiachen; Yu, Han; Zhang, Jianquan; Chow, Chi Yung Philip; Ma, Wei; So, Shu Kong; Yan, He

Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells based on a New Polymer Acceptor Achieving 10.3% Power Conversion Efficiency

ACS Energy Letters, v. 4, (2), February 2019, p. 417-422
Yao, Huatong; Bai, Fujin; Hu, Huawei; Arunagiri, Lingeswaran; Zhang, Jianquan; Chen, Yuzhong; Yu, Han; Chen, Shangshang; Liu, Tao; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Zou, Yingping; Ade, Harald; Yan, He

Efficient Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells With Truxene-bridged PDI Trimers as Electron Transporting Materials

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, v. 3, (10), October 2019, p. 2137-2142
Wang, Rui; Jiang, Kui; Yu, Han; Wu, Fei; Zhu, Linna; Yan, He

Intramolecular π-stacked Perylene-diimide Acceptors for Non-fullerene Organic Solar Cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, v. 7, (14), April 2019, p. 8136-8143
Zhang, Jianquan; Bai, Fujin; Li, Yunke; Hu, Huawei; Liu, Bin; Zou, Xinhui; Yu, Han; Huang, Jiachen; Pan, Ding; Ade, Harald W.; Yan, He

Tweaking the Molecular Geometry of a Tetraperylenediimide Acceptor

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v.11, (7), Feburary 2019, p. 6970-6977
Han, Han; Ma, Lik Kuen; Zhang, Lin; Guo, Yikun; Li, Yunke; Yu, Han; Ma, Wei; Yan, He; Zhao, Dahui

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

All Projects 2 Leading Projects 1 Participating Projects 1

Design of Cluster Acceptors with Through-Space Conjugation for Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells

空間共軛簇受體的設計用於高效穩定的有機太陽能電池 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
YU Han (Lead)

YAN Henry He
2024 -
Hong Kong/Guangdong Joint Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality Science and Technology

粵港碳中和科學與技術聯合實驗室 Participating

Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province
Project Team (HKUST)
CHAN Keith

SHAO Minhua

YAN Henry He

YU Han

ZHAO Xiaofan
2024 -