WUHAN, China (November 1, 2018) - Wuhan Optoelectronics Forum No. 148 was successfully held in Auditorium A101 at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) in the afternoon of November 1. Prof. Shihe Yang from Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School delivered an exciting talk entitled Materials Innovation for Efficient Solar Energy Conversion. Prof. Wei Chen, from WNLO chaired the forum. Dr. Jun Zhou, Deputy Director of WNLO, awarded Prof. Shihe Yang the forum medal.
Materials assembly and integration at multiple length scales are critical to the functioning of new generation solar energy devices, and call for basic science informed design and elaboration. The key is to understand and leverage the intrinsic properties of the tailored materials as well as the interplay between the material components so as to realize the desired functions. In this contribution, I will present some of our recent results in interfacing and assembling various nanostructures by solution processes. The novel materials have been explored as efficient light absorbers, carrier transporters, interlayers and surface reaction promoters for high-performance solar energy conversion devices, particularly perovskite solar cells and photoelectrochemical cells. Implications of these results on the future development of new solar energy devices will be discussed.
Shihe Yang received his B.S. in Polymer Chemistry/Physics from Sun Yat-Sen University in China and Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (with the Nobel Laureate Prof. Richard E. Smalley). He did post-doctoral research at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Toronto (with the Nobel Laureate Prof. John C. Polanyi) before joining the faculty at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he became a full professor. He is now Director of Guangdong Key Lab of Nano-Micro Material Research, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen. His research interests include chemistry and physics of clusters, nanomaterials, soft matter and energy conversion. He and co-workers made contributions to the understanding and development of cluster science, fullerenes/metallofullerenes, soft materials interfaces, novel nanomaterials chemistry, new generation solar cells, solar fuels, and other energy conversion devices. His current interest is focused on solar energy nanoscience and nanotechnology. He is the author/co-author of over 520 international journal publications and ~10 patents with > 30,000 citations (Google Scholar h-index > 94). His scientific research has been recognized by, among others, two State Natural Science Awards. He is currently an editorial board member of several international journals including ChemNanoMat (VCH-Wiley), Sustainable Energy (Hans Publishers), International Journal of Nanotechnology (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.), etc.
