ZHANG Xuliang
Associate Professor
Education and Professional Experience
06/2026–Present: Associate Professor, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Soochow University
06/2023–05/2026: Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Soochow University, Cooperative Advisor: Prof. Wanli Ma
09/2018–06/2023: Ph.D. in Physics, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Supervisors: Prof. Wanli Ma and Prof. Jianyu Yuan
09/2014–06/2018: B.Sc. in Applied Physics, School of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology, Yantai University
Research Group: Group of Prof. Jianyu Yuan
Contacts:
Email: xlzhang@suda.edu.cn
199 Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
Awards and Research Funding
Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Soochow University (2026)
China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents, (2023)
Jiangsu Funding Program for Excellent Postdoctoral Talent (2023)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (01/2025–12/2027)
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (09/2024–08/2027)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (12/2023–11/2025)
Jiangsu Graduate Research and Practice Innovation Program (06/2022–06/2023)
Current Research Directions
1. High-Throughput Synthesis of Perovskite Nanocrystals: Focused on controllable synthesis, compositional and morphological regulation, and surface chemistry engineering, combined with machine learning-assisted development of room-temperature, low-cost, large-scale flow synthesis strategies.
2. Printable Nanocrystal Optoelectronic Devices: Focused on ordered assembly of nanocrystal films and all-room-temperature air-processable printing of nanocrystal photovoltaics, mini-modules, photodetectors, and related optoelectronic applications.
Research Interests and Achievements
Zhang’s research focuses on the surface and interface chemical engineering of perovskite nanocrystals and their optoelectronic applications. His work systematically covers controllable synthesis of perovskite nanocrystals, surface chemistry design, conductive ink development, room-temperature high-throughput synthesis, nanocrystal film printing, and optoelectronic devices.
He has published more than 10 research papers as first or corresponding author, including Nat. Energy, Chem. Soc. Rev., Adv. Mater., and Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., and has been granted 3 Chinese invention patents.
Representative Publications
1. Xuliang Zhang, Hehe Huang, Chenyu Zhao, Lujie Jin, Chihyung Lee, Youyong Li, Doo-Hyun Ko, Wanli Ma*, Tom Wu, Jianyu Yuan* “Conductive colloidal perovskite quantum dot inks towards fast printing of solar cells” Nat. Energy 2024, 9, 1378-1387.
2. Xuliang Zhang#, Hehe Huang#, Chenyu Zhao#, Jianyu Yuan* “Surface chemistry-engineered perovskite quantum dot photovoltaics” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2025, 54, 3017-3060.
3. Xuliang Zhang, Hehe Huang, Lujie Jin, Chao Wen, Qian Zhao, Chenyu Zhao, Junjun Guo, Chen Cheng, Hongshuai Wang, Liang Zhang, Youyong Li, Yin Maung Maung, Jianyu Yuan*, Wanli Ma* “Ligand-assisted coupling manipulation for efficient and stable FAPbI3 colloidal quantum dot solar cells” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e2022142.
4. Xuliang Zhang, Hehe Huang, Xufeng Ling, Jianguo Sun, Xingyu Jiang, Yao Wang, Di Xue, Lizhen Huang, Lifeng Chi, Jianyu Yuan*, Wanli Ma “Homojunction perovskite quantum dot solar cells with over 1 µm-thick photoactive layer” Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2105977.
5. Mengmeng Ma#,Xuliang Zhang#, Liang Xu#, Xiao Chen, Lei Wang, Tao Cheng, Fei Wei, Jianyu Yuan*, Boyuan Shen* “Atomically unravelling the structural evolution of surfaces and interfaces in metal halide perovskite quantum dots” Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2300653.
6. Xuliang Zhang, Hehe Huang, Yin Maung Maung, Jianyu Yuan*, Wanli Ma “Aromatic amine-assisted pseudo-solution-phase ligand exchange in CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dot solar cells” Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 7906-7909.
7. Xuliang Zhang#, Yuli Qian#, Xufeng Ling, Yao Wang, Yannan Zhang, Junwei Shi, Yao Shi, Jianyu Yuan*, Wanli Ma* “α-CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots for application in semitransparent photovoltaics” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 27307-27315.
8. Fangchao Li#, Xuliang Zhang#, Junwei Shi, Lujie Jin, Jiawei Qiao, Junjun Guo, Yingguo Yang, Hang Yin, Youyong Li, Jianyu Yuan*, Wanli Ma* “Solution-Mediated FAPbI3 Perovskite Quantum Dots for Solar Cell with Record Efficiency over 15%” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2302542.
9. Xinyu Zhao, Du Li, Xuliang Zhang*, Hehe Huang, Chenyu Zhao, Wanli Ma, Jianyu Yuan* “Room-temperature synthesis of full-component APbX3 perovskite nanocrystal inks for optoelectronic applications” J. Energy Chem. 2024, 92, 87-94.
10. Du Li, Chenyu Zhao, Wei Zhu, Xuliang Zhang*, Hehe Huang, Xinyu Zhao, Huifeng Li, Zhangtao Min, Jianyu Yuan* “In-situ Zinc Picolinate Ligand Engineering Enables 18.29% FAPbI3 Quantum Dot Solar Cells” Sci. China Chem. 2026, DOI： 10.1007/s11426-025-3191-0.
Edited by Juan Yang