EDUCATION                                                                         

Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU)                                        Xi’an, Shaanxi, China 

Degree: Master of Engineering                                                       Sept. 2021 – Jun. 2024

Major: Materials Engineering (Semiconductor Physics and Devices) 

Supervisor: Professor Shengzhong(Frank) Liu                       Shaanxi Normal University

                    Associate Researcher Peng Zhai                             Shaanxi Normal University 

Research direction: Low-toxicity lead nitrate aqueous precursor fluids enable high efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells 

Shaanxi University of Science & Technology (SUST)            Xi’an, Shaanxi, China 

Degree: Bachelor of Engineering                                                 Sept. 2017 – Jun. 2021 

Major: Materials and Chemical Engineering 

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE                                                           

Ø  Pure Sn-based High Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells(currently working)

Ø  Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells

Ø  Synergistic Effects of Low Humidity and Surfactants to Optimize Perovskite Surface Morphology.

Ø  Introduction of Non-halide Nanofluids to Modulate the Formation Kinetics of Perovskite.

 

PUBLICATION                                                       

     Yanrui Zhang, Lixia Ren, Jingjing Xin, Jiarong Wu, Qi Zhang, Kui Zhao, Lu Zhang, Peng Zhai*, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*, “The synergistic effect of dry air and surfactants enables water to be a promising green solvent for stable and efficient perovskite solar cells.” Energy & Environmental Science, 2024, 17, 296-306.

     Peng Zhai, Lixia Ren, Yanrui Zhang, Zhuo Xu, Yin Wu, Kui Zhao, Lu Zhang, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*, “Performance-limiting Formation Kinetics in Green Water-processed Perovskite Solar Cells.” Energy & Environmental Science 2023, 16 (7), 3014-3024. (The supervisor is the first author)

     Lixia Ren, Qi Zhang, Yinyi Tian, Yong Li, Yanrui Zhang, Lu Zhang, Shuanhu Wang, Peng Zhai,* Kexin Jin, and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu* Tunable Spin Seebeck Thermopower in Nonlocal Perovskite MAPbBr3-Based Structure[J]. Advanced Optical Materials, 2023, 11 (7), 2202967