ZHANG, Xiaohong
Ph.D., Professor
Academic History:
2014--Now Professor, Soochow University
2000-2014 Professor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of CAS
2003-2004 Senior Visiting Scholar, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University
1998-2000 Senior Visiting Scholar, City University of Hong Kong
1996-1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Photographic Chemistry of CAS
1992-1996 Ph.D., Beijing Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
1989-1992 M.S., Beihang University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
1985-1989 B.S., Beihang University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Organic Optoelectronic Materials
Micro/Nano-Structured Optoelectronic Materials
Optoelectronic Devices and Applications in Energy Conversion
Research Experience and Accomplishments:
Dr. Xiaohong Zhang is an internationally recognized outstanding scientist in the field of organic/nanostructured optoelectronic materials, in three thrusts of this research area, including i) organic single crystals and optoelectronic devices, ii) TADF materials based on intermolecular charge-transfer transitions and their OLEDs, and iii) silicon micro/nano-structures and their applications, he has come up with original, internationally recognized and highly appraised achievements. He has published over 580 papers in international journals, and 3 book chapters with a total of >26,000 citations and an H-index of 86 (Web of Science). He is the inventor of over 50 patents many of which are licensed or in active use by large companies and startups that he has co-founded.
Honors and Awards:
2024 First Prize in Jiangsu Science and Technology Award (the first achiever), Jiangsu Province, China
2023 Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
2020 First Prize in Jiangsu Science and Technology Award (the second achiever), Jiangsu Province, China
2019 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2018 Recipient of Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of National Natural Science Foundation of China
2018 First Prize in Jiangsu Science and Technology Award (the second achiever), Jiangsu Province, China
2017 Election to the Leading Talents in Science & Technology Innovation under the National “Ten Thousand Talent Program”
2016 Leader of Innovation Teams in Priority Areas, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), China
2013 Second-Class Prize in State Natural Science Award (the first achiever), State Council of China
2013 Recipient of State Council Special Allowance, State Council of China
2012 Chief Scientist of National Program on Key Basic Research Project, MOST, China
2012 First Prize in Beijing Science and Technology Award (the first achiever), Beijing Province, China
2009 Election to the National “Hundred, Thousand, Ten Thousand Talents Projects”, MOST & MOE, China
2008 Recipient of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Research Funding (Selected):
Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of NSFC (2019-2024), “Controlled synthesis, interface engineering of organic/inorganic hybrid composite systems and related photoelectric functional devices”, PI and project leader
NSFC Key Project (2022-2026), “High-efficiency and high-color-purity thermally activated delayed fluorescence organic light-emitting materials and devices”, PI and project leader
NSFC Key Project of International Cooperation (2020-2024), “Synergistically solar thermally/ chemically catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide over silicon-based hybrid micro/nanostructure”, PI and project leader
Selected Publications (* Corresponding Author):
B. Ding#, Y. Ding#*, J. Peng#, J. Romano-deGea#, L. E. K. Frederiksen#, H. Kanda, O. A. Syzgantseva, M. A. Syzgantseva, J. N. Audinot, J. Bour, S. Zhang, T. Wirtz, Z. F. Fei*, P. Dörflinger, N. Shibayama, Y. J. Niu, S. Hu, S. L. Zhang, Y. Liu, G. J. Yang, K. Brooks, L. H. Hu, S. Kinge, V. Dyakonov, X. H. Zhang*, S. Y. Dai, P. J. Dyson*, M. K. Nazeeruddin*, “Dopant-Additive Synergism Enhances Perovskite Solar Modules”, Nature, 2024, 628, 299-305.
J. Liu*#, Y. C. He#, L. Ding#, H. Zhang#, Q. Y. Li, L. B. Jia, J. Yu, T. W. Lau, M. H. Li, Y. Qin, X. B. Gu, F. Zhang, Q. B. Li, Y. Yang, S. S. Zhao, X. Y. Wu, J. Liu, T. Liu, Y. J. Gao, Y. L. Wang, X. Dong, H. Chen, P. Li, T. X. Zhou, M. Yang, X. N. Ru, F. G. Peng, S. Yin, M. H. Qu, D. M. Zhao, Z. G. Zhao, M. L. Li, P. H. Guo, H. Yan, C. X. Xiao, P. Xiao*, J. Yin*, X. H. Zhang*, Z. G. Li*, B. He*, X. X. Xu*, “Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells with Bilayer Interface Passivation”, Nature, 2024, 635, 596-603.
Y. X. Shen#, T. K. Zhang#, G. Y. Xu#, J. A. Steele, X. K. Chen, W. J. Chen, G. H. J. Zheng, J. J. Li, B. Y. Guo, H. Y. Yang, Y. Y. Wu, X. Lin, T. Alshahrani, W. J. Yin, J. Zhu, F. Wang, A. Amassian, X. Y. Gao, X. H. Zhang*, F. Gao*, Y. W. Li*, Y. F. Li, “Strain Regulation Retards Natural Operation Decay of Perovskite Solar Cells”, Nature, 2024, 635, 882-889.
R. Walia#, X. Xiong#, X. C. Fan#, T. F. Chen, H. Wang, K. Wang*, Y. Z. Shi, X. Tang, J. L. Bredas, C. Adachi*, X. K. Chen*, X. H. Zhang*, “Achieving Small Singlet-T energy Gaps in Polycyclic Heteroaromatic Emitters”, Nat. Mater., 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02309-4.
W. Deng, X. J. Zhang*, Z. J. Lu, Y. J. Zhang, F. Q. Qiu, Y. J. Wang, H. Y. Jiang, X. B. Ren, Y. M. Wu, X. K. Chen, H. Sirringhaus, J. S. Jie*, X. H. Zhang*, “Organic Thin-Film Tunnel Transistors”, Nat. Electron., 2025, Accepted.
C. X. Kan#, P. J. Hang#, S. B. Wang#, B. Li#, X. G. Yu*, X. B. Yang*, Y. X. Yao, W. Shi, S. D. Wolf*, J. Yin, D. Y. Zhang, D. G. Ding, C. Yu, S. F. Yang, J. T. Zhang, J. Yao, X. H. Zhang*, D. R. Yang*, “Efficient and Stable Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells with Copper Thiocyanate-Embedded Perovskite on Textured Silicon”, Nat. Photon., 2025, 19(1), 63-70.
R. Song#, G. S. Zhao#, J. M. Restrepo-Florez, C. J. V. Pérez, Z. J. Chen, C. Q. Ai, A. Wang, D. W. Jing, A. A. Tountas, J. L. Guo, C. L. Mao, C. R. Li, J. H. Shen, G. M. Cai, C. Y. Qiu, J. Ye, Y. B. Fu, C. T. Maravelias, L. Wang, J. C. Sun, Y. F. Xu, Z. Li, J. Y. Y. Loh, N. T. Nguyen, L. He*, X. H. Zhang*, G. A. Ozin*, “Ethylene Production via Photocatalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethane Using LaMn1-xCuxO3”, Nat. Energy, 2024, 9(6), 750-760.
X. C. Fan, K. Wang*, Y. Z. Shi, Y. C. Cheng, Y. T. Lee, J. Yu, X. K. Chen*, C. Adachi*, X. H. Zhang*, “Ultrapure Green Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Highly Distorted Fused π-Conjugated Molecular Design”, Nat. Photon., 2023, 17, 230-238.
C. Yu#, Kun Gao#, C. W. Peng, C. R. He, S. B. Wang, W. Shi, V. Allen, J. T. Zhang, D. Z. Wang, G. Y. Tian, Y. F. Zhang, W. Z. Jia, Y. H. Song, Y. Z. Hu, J. Colwell, C. F. Xing, Q. Ma, H. T. Wu, L. Y. Guo, G. Q. Dong, H. Jiang, H. H. Wu, X. Y. Wang, D. C. Xu, K. Li, J. Peng, W. Z. Liu, D. Chen, A. Lennon*, X. M. Cao, S. D. Wolf, J. Zhou*, X. B. Yang*, X. H. Zhang*, “Industrial-Scale Deposition of Nanocrystalline Silicon Oxide for 26.4%-Efficient Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with Copper Electrodes”, Nat. Energy, 2023, 8, 1375-1385.
M. J. Cai#, Z. Y. Wu#, Z. Li#, L. Wang, W. Sun, A. A. Tountas, C. R. Li, S. H. Wang, K. Feng, A. B. Xu, S. L. Tang, A. Tavasoli, M. W. Peng, W. X. Liu, A. S. Helmy, L. He*, G. A. Ozin*, X. H. Zhang*, “Greenhouse-Inspired Supra-Photothermal CO2 Catalysis”, Nat. Energy, 2021, 6(8), 807-814.
X. C. Fan#, X. Tang#*, T. Y. Zhang, S. Kohata, J. Yu, X. K. Chen, K. Wang*, T. Hatakeyama, C. Adachi*, X. H. Zhang*, “Stable Narrowband Blue OLEDs by Modulating Frontier Molecular Orbital Levels”, Nat. Commun., 2025, 16(1), 4936.
Y. C. Cheng, X. Tang, K. Wang*, X. Xiong, X. C. Fan, S. L. Luo, R. Walia, Y. Xie, T. Zhang, D. D. Zhang, J. Yu, X. K. Chen*, C. Adachi*, X. H. Zhang*, “Efficient, Narrow-Band, and Stable Electroluminescence from Organoboron-Nitrogen-Carbonyl Emitter”, Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 731.
J. Pan#, Y.M. Wu#, X. J. Zhang*, J. H. Chen, J. W. Wang, S. L. Cheng, X. F. Wu, X. H. Zhang*, J. S. Jie*, “Anisotropic Charge Trapping in Phototransistors Unlocks Ultrasensitive Polarimetry for Bionic Navigation”, Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 6629.
Z. Li #, C. L. Mao#, Q. J. Pei, P. N. Duchesne, T. He, M. K. Xia, J. T. Wang, L. Wang, R. Song, A. A. Jelle, D. M. Meira, Q. J. Ge, K. K. Ghuman*, L. He, X. H. Zhang*, G. A. Ozin*, “Engineered Disorder in CO2 Photocatalysis”, Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 7205.
Z. B. Shao#, T. H. Jiang#,X. J. Zhang#, X. H. Zhang*, X. F. Wu, F. F. Xia, S. Y. Xiong, S. T. Lee*, J. S. Jie*, “Memory Phototransistors Based on Exponential-Association Photoelectric Conversion Law”, Nat. Commun., 2019, 10(1), 1294.
H. Wang, J. T. Wang, Z. X. Cao, W. J. Zhang, C. S. Lee*, S. T. Lee*, X. H. Zhang*, “A Surface Curvature Oscillation Model for Vapour-Liquid-Solid Growth of Periodic One-Dimensional Nanostructures”, Nat. Commun., 2015, 6, 6412.
S. Wu, D. Y. Chen, X. H. Zhang*, D. M. Sun*, E. Zysman-Colman*, “A Multiresonant Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Dendrimer with Intramolecular Energy Transfer: Application for Efficient Host-Free Green Solution-Processed Organic Light-emitting Diodes”, Adv. Mater., 2025, 37(38), 202415289.
D. Y. Chen#*, H. Wang#, D. M. Sun, S. Wu, K. Wang*, X. H. Zhang*, E. Zysman-Colman*, “The Combination of a Donor-Acceptor Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Moiety (TADF) and a Multiresonant (MR-TADF) Emitting Core Results in Very Fast Reverse Intersystem Crossing and Outstanding Electroluminescence Performance”, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36(50), 2412761.
H. Wang, J. X. Chen, Y. Z. Shi, X. Zhang, L. Zhou, X. Y. Hao, J. Yu, K. Wang*, X. H. Zhang*, “An A-D-A-Type Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitter with Intrinsic Yellow Emission Realizing Record-High Red/NIR OLEDs upon Modulating Intermolecular Aggregations”, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36(8), 2307725.
Y. H. Shi#, J. Z. Zhao#, B. C. Zhang*, J. H. Qin, X. Y. Hu, Y. Cheng, J. Yu, J. S. Jie*, X. H. Zhang*, “Freestanding Serpentine Silicon Strips with Ultrahigh Stretchability over 300% for Wearable Electronics”, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36(24), 2313603.
K. Ni, B. T. Xu, Z. Q. Wang, Q. Y. Ren, W. B. Gu, B. Q. Sun, R. Y. Liu*, X. H. Zhang*, “Ion-Diode-Like Heterojunction for Improving Electricity Generation from Water Droplets by Capillary Infiltration”, Adv. Mater., 2023, 35(40), 2305438.
G. Luo, J. L. Shi, W. Deng*, Z. Z. Chang, Z. J. Lu, Y. J. Zhang, R. Pan, J. S. Jie, X. J. Zhang*, X. H. Zhang*, “Boosting the Performance of Organic Photodetectors with a Solution-Processed Integration Circuit toward Ubiquitous Health Monitoring”, Adv. Mater., 2023, 35(36), 2301020.
R. F. Jia, J. X. Li, H. Y. Zhang, X. J. Zhang*, S. L. Cheng, J. Pan, C. Q. Wang, A. A. A. Pirzado, H. L. Dong*, W. P. Hu, J. S. Jie, X. H. Zhang*, “Highly Efficient Inherent Linearly Polarized Electroluminescence from Small-Molecule Organic Single Crystals”, Adv. Mater., 2023, 35(25), 2208789.
X. Xiong, T. F. Chen, R. Walia, X. C. Fan, Y. C. Cheng, H. Wang, H. Wu, X. K. Chen, J. Yu*, K. Wang*, X. H. Zhang*, “Stepwise One-Shot Borylation Reactions for Intersecting DABNA Substructures Exhibiting Bright Yellow-Green Electroluminescence with EQE Beyond 40% and Mild Roll-Off”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64(2), e202414882.
X. C. Fan, F. Huang, H. Wu, H. Wang, Y. C. Cheng, J. Yu, K. Wang*, X. H. Zhang*, “A Quadruple-Borylated Multiple-Resonance Emitter with para/meta Heteroatomic Patterns for Narrowband Orange-Red Emission”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(35), e202305580.
F. Huang, X. C. Fan, Y. C. Cheng, H. Wu, X. Xiong, J. Yu, K. Wang*, X. H. Zhang*, “Combining Carbazole Building Blocks and ν-DABNA Heteroatom Alignment for a Double Boron-Embedded MR-TADF Emitter with Improved Performance”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(32), e202306413.
J. L. Shi, J. S. Jie*, W. Deng, G. Luo, X. C. Fang, Y. L. Xiao, Y. J. Zhang, X. J. Zhang, X. H. Zhang*, “Fully Solution-Printed Photosynaptic Transistor Array with Ultralow Energy Consumption for Artificial Vision Neural Network”, Adv. Mater., 2022, 34(18), 2200380.
Y. C. Cheng, X. C. Fan, F. Huang, X. Xiong, J. Yu, K. Wang*, C. S. Lee*, X. H. Zhang*, “A Highly Twisted Carbazole-Fused DABNA Derivative as An Orange-Red TADF Emitter for OLEDs with Nearly 40% EQE”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61(47), e202212575.
B. C. Zhang#, Y. H. Shi#, J. Mao#, S. Y. Huang, Z. B. Shao, C. J. Zheng, J. S. Jie*, X. H. Zhang*, “Single-Crystalline Silicon Frameworks: A New Platform for Transparent Flexible Optoelectronics”, Adv. Mater., 2021, 33(24), 2008171.
J. X. Chen, Y. F. Xiao, K. Wang*, D. M. Sun, X. C. Fan, X. Zhang, M. Zhang, Y. Z. Shi, J. Yu, F. X. Geng, C. S. Lee*, X. H. Zhang*, “Managing Locally Excited and Charge-Transfer Triplet States to Facilitate Up-Conversion in Red TADF Emitters That Are Available for Both Vacuum- and Solution-Processes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60(5), 2478-2484.
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Email: xiaohong_zhang@suda.edu.cn
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