Yao Liu
Professor, Full-time PI
Specializations: Polymer chemistry and physics; Physical chemistry; Material chemistry
Email: liuyao@mail.buct.edu.cn
Phone: 13162811807
Office Location: Gaojingjian Building 907
Group Website: https://www.x-mol.com/groups/liu_yao
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Education:
2008-09 – 2013-07 | Ph. D. in polymer chemistry and physics | Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing |
2004-09 – 2008-07 | B.E. in polymer science and engineering | Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing |
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Working Experience:
2018-09 – Present | Professor | Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing
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2013-08 – 2018-08 | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
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Research Interests:
1. Design and synthesis of conjugated organic/polymer molecular materials
2. Organic solar cells; perovskite solar cells
3. Functional devices based on thin film transistors (FETs) (electrochemical FETs, light-emitting FETs, memristors, etc.)
4. Basic research and technology development of ion-electronic functional devices (iontronics)
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Teaching:
Polymer Physics 40 periods undergraduate student
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Funding:
NSFC: 21875018; U21A20101; 52473164
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Awards:
Journal of Material Chemistry C Emerging Investigator (2021)
Chinese Journal of Chemistry Emerging Investigator (2024)
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Publications:
1. Page, Z. A.#; Liu, Y. #; Duzhko, V. V.; Russell, T. P.; Emrick, T. Fulleropyrrolidine Interlayers: Tailoring Electrodes to Raise Organic Solar Cell Efficiency. Science 2014, 346, 441-444.
2. Liu, Y.; Cole, M. D.; Jiang, Y.; Kim, P. Y.; Nordlund, D.; Emrick, T.; Russell, T. P. Chemical and Morphological Control of Interfacial Self-Doping for Efficient Organic Electronics. Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, e1705976.
3. Liu, Y.; Sheri, M.; Cole, M. D.; Emrick, T.; Russell, T. P. Combining Fullerenes and Zwitterions in Non-Conjugated Polymer Interlayers to Raise Solar Cell Efficiency. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2018, 57, 9675-9678.
4. Liu, Y.; Sheri, M.; Cole, M. D.; Yu, D. M.; Emrick, T.; Russell, T. P. Transforming Ionene Polymers into Efficient Cathode Interlayers with Pendent Fullerenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 5677-5681.
5. Liu, M.; Fan, P.; Hu, Q.; Russell, T. P.; Liu, Y. Naphthalene-Diimide-Based Ionenes as Universal Interlayers for Efficient Organic Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2020, 59, 18131-18135.
6. Liu, Y.; Russell, T. P. Electroactive Ionenes: Efficient Interlayer Materials in Organic Photovoltaics. Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55, 1097-1108.
7. You, Z.; Song, Y.; Liu, W.; Wang, W.; Zhu, C.; Duan, Y.; Liu, Y. Diazabicyclic Electroactive Ionenes for Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2023, 62, e202302538.
8. Guo, W.; Duan, Y.; Liu, W.; Zhang, X.; Gao, J.; You, Z.; Jiang, Y.; Ma, Z.; Zhan, X.; Liu, Y. Ultranarrow Bandgap Electron Acceptor with Low Reorganization Energy and Refined Crystallization Enables Efficient Self-Powered Photodetectors with Spectral Response over 1100 nm. CCS Chem. 2024, 1-14.
9. Zhang, L.; Wang, Y.; Wen, J.; Huang, Y.; Gao, J.; Duan, Y.; Park, S.; Shin, W.; Ma, Z.; Liu, M.; Cho, S. W.; Park, Y.; Jung, Y. M.; Lee, H.; Liu, W.; Liu, Y. Configurational Isomerization‐Induced Orientation Switching: Non‐Fused Ring Dipodal Phosphonic Acids as Hole‐Extraction Layers for Efficient Organic Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024, e202408960.
10. Liu, W.; Wen, J.; Yu, H.; Zhan, X.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, L.; Fan, Y.; You, Z.; Liu, Y. Thienyltriazine Triamides: Thickness Insensitive Interlayer Materials Featuring Fine‐Tuned Optoelectronic and Aggregation Characters for Efficient Organic Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024, e202413135.
