National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China

Faculty

Zuo Xiao

Title：	Professor
E-mail：	xiaoz(AT)nanoctr.cn
Affiliation：	National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) No.11 Beiyitiao Zhongguancun, 100190 Beijing, P. R. China
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Education and Professional Experience:

Zuo Xiao obtained his BS and PhD from Peking University under the supervision of Prof. Liangbing Gan. In 2008, he conducted a postdoctoral research with Prof. Eiich Nakamura at the University of Tokyo. In 2011, he joined National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) as an Associate Professor. In 2020, he was promoted as a Full Professor in NCNST. His current research focuses on organic solar cells and organic optoelectronic functional materials. Especially, his research on the key materials for organic solar cells, eg. polymer donors, fullerene acceptors and nonfullerene acceptors, has reached the top-level of the world. He has more than 90 peer-reviewed publications on international journals, including J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Energy Environ. Sci., Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Sci. Bull., etc. He has an H-index of 32, and over 6000 citations. In 2016, he became a member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS. In 2019, he received the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars.

Research Interests:

[1] Q. Liu, Y. Jiang, K. Jin, J. Qin, J. Xu, W. Li, J. Xiong, J. Liu, Z. Xiao*, K. Sun, S. Yang*, X. Zhang* and L. Ding*, “18% Efficiency organic solar cells”, Sci. Bull., 2020, 65, 272.

[2] Z. Xiao, S. Yang, Z. Yang, J. Yang, H.-L. Yip, F. Zhang, F. He, T. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Yuan*, H. Yang*, M. Wang* and L. Ding*, “Carbon-Oxygen-Bridged Ladder-Type Building Blocks for Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Acceptors”, Adv. Mater., 2019, 31, 1804790.

[3] D. Li^#, Z. Xiao^#, S. Wang, X. Geng, S. Yang,* J. Fang,* H. Yang* and L. Ding*, “A Thieno[3,2-c]Isoquinolin-5(4H)-One Building Block for Efficient Thick-Film Solar Cells”, Adv. Energy Mater., 2018, 8, 1800397. (co-first author)

[4] M. An, F. Xie, X. Geng, J. Zhang, J. Jiang, Z. Lei*, D. He*, Z. Xiao* and L. Ding*, “A High-Performance D–A Copolymer Based on Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]Pyridin-5(4H)-One Unit Compatible with Fullerene and Nonfullerene Acceptors in Solar Cells”, Adv. Energy Mater., 2017, 7, 1602509.

[5] Z. Xiao, X. Jia and L. Ding*, “Ternary organic solar cells offer 14% power conversion efficiency”, Sci. Bull., 2017, 62, 1562.

[6] Z. Xiao, X. Geng, D. He, X. Jia and L. Ding*, “Development of isomer-free fullerene bisadducts for efficient polymer solar cells”, Energy Environ. Sci., 2016, 9, 2114.

[7] J. Cao, Q. Liao, X. Du, J. Chen, Z. Xiao*, Q. Zuo and L. Ding*, “A pentacyclic aromatic lactam building block for efficient polymer solar cells”, Energy Environ. Sci., 2013, 6, 3224.

[8] Z. Xiao, G. Ye, Y. Liu, S. Chen, Q. Peng*, Q. Zuo and L. Ding*, “Pushing Fullerene Absorption into the Near-IR Region by Conjugately Fusing Oligothiophenes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 9038.

[9] Z. Xiao, Y. Matsuo* and E. Nakamura*, “Copper-catalyzed Formal [4+2] Annulation between Alkyne and Fullerene Bromide”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 12234.

[10] Z. Xiao, J. Yao, D. Yang, F. Wang, S. Huang, L. Gan*, Z. Jia, Z. Jiang, X. Yang, B. Zheng, G. Yuan, S. Zhang, Z. Wang*, “Synthesis of Fullerenones through Peroxide-mediated Step-wise Cleavage of Fullerene Skeleton Bonds and X-ray Structures of Their Water Encapsulated Open-cage Complexes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 16149.