Education   

2003-2006    College of Chemistry, Nankai University, CHINA. Received PhD degree in June, 2006 (with Prof. Zhengzhi Zhang).

2000-2003    School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, CHINA. Received MS degree in June, 2003 (with Prof. Hua Zhang)

1996-2000    Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, CHINA. Received BSc Degree in June, 2000.

Academic Career

2016-            Professor, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.

2014-2015    Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, U.S.A., Visiting Scholar

2012-2016    Associate Professor, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.

2006-2011    Lecturer, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.

(1)     Organic/polymer functional material design and application

(2)     Organic photovoltaic materials and device

Honors & Awards 
2014    The National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, China

2018    Second Prize of National Natural Science Award, China

2020    The National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scientist, China

Selected Publications

1. Xiangjian Wan, Chenxi Li, Mingtao Zhang, Yongsheng Chen*, Acceptor-donor-acceptor type molecules for high performance organic photovoltaics - chemistry and mechanism, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020, 49, 2828-2842.

2. Lingxian Meng, Yuan-Qiu-Qiang Yi, Xiangjian Wan*, Yamin Zhang, Xin Ke, Bin Kan, Yanbo Wang, Ruoxi Xia, Hin-Lap Yip, Chenxi Li, and Yongsheng Chen*, A Tandem Organic Solar Cell with PCE of 14.52% Employing Subcells with the Same Polymer Donor and Two Absorption Complementary Acceptors, Adv. Mater., 2019, 31, 1804723.

3. Yamin Zhang, Huanran Feng, Lingxian Meng, Yanbo Wang, Meijia Chang, Shitong Li, Ziqi Guo, Chenxi Li, Nan Zheng, Zengqi Xie, Xiangjian Wan*, Yongsheng Chen, High Performance Thick-Film Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency over 10% and Active Layer Thickness of 600 nm, Adv. Energy Mater., 2019, 9, 1902688.

4. Lingxian Meng, Yamin Zhang, Xiangjian Wan*, Chenxi Li, Xin Zhang, Yanbo Wang, Xin Ke, Zuo Xiao, Liming Ding *, Ruoxi Xia, Hin-Lap Yip, Yong Cao, Yongsheng Chen*, Organic and solution-processed tandem solar cells with 17.3% efficiency, Science, 2018, 361, 1094-1098.

5. Miaomiao Li^†, Ke Gao^†, Xiangjian Wan*, Qian Zhang, Bin Kan, Ruoxi Xia, Feng Liu,Xuan Yang, Huanran Feng, Wang Ni, Yunchuang Wang, Jiajun Peng, Hongtao Zhang, Ziqi Liang, Hin-Lap Yip, Xiaobin Peng*, Yong Cao and Yongsheng Chen* , Solution-processed organic tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiencies >12%, Nature Photon., 2017, 11, 85-9.