WUHAN, China (May 14, 2021) - Wuhan Optoelectronics Forum No. 176 was held in Auditorium C111 at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) on May 14. Prof. Jianhui Hou from theInstitute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Scienceswas invited as the speaker of the 176thForum. Prof. Yinhua Zhou from WNLO invited Prof. Hou and chaired the Forum. Prof. Dan Zhu, vice director of WNLO, awarded Prof. Hou a forum Forum medal.
Prof. Hou first introduced working process, history and challenges for obtaining high performance of organic solar cells. Then, he introduced series of materials designed by their research group toward high performance, good stability and indoor applications of organic cells. He also shared their understanding on the relation of exciton dissociation and electronegativity on the surface of the donor/acceptor materials. Excitingly, Prof. shared their most recent novel results of cells with power conversion efficiency over 20%. At the end, he discussed the future and applications of organic solar cells.
A fruitful discussion was followed by the d Prof. Hou and the audience from WNLO, School of Chemistry, etc. This Forum was simultaneously shared online. Over 2000 persons attended this talk online.
Jianhui Hou is currently a Principle Investigator at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is also a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. He graduated from University of Science and Technology, Beijing with a bachelor degree in July 1997, and received a Doctor degree from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in July 2006. From Oct. 2006 to Sept. 2008, Dr. Hou was a Postdoctoral Fellow atUniversity of California, Los Angeles. From Oct. 2008 to September 2010, he worked at as a research director at Solarmer Energy Inc., El Monte, CA, US. Since Oct. 2010, he has been a Principle Investigator at Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Hou’s research focuses on organic photovoltaic materials and devices. He has co-authored over 300 journal papers that were cited more than 40,000 times, and holds 21 issued patents. He has been awarded several honors and awards, including Hundred-Talent Program by Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Outstanding Young Scholars Program, Youth excellence of Chinese Chemical Society, National Natural Prize of China.
