Prof. ZHU Zonglong
朱宗龍教授
PhD(HKUST)
Associate Professor of Department of Chemistry
Contact Information
| Office: | YEUNG-B6719 |
|---|---|
| Phone: | +852 3442-4559 |
| Fax: | +852 3442-0522 |
| Email: | zonglzhu@cityu.edu.hk |
| Web: | Personal Homepage |
| ORCID ID: | 0000-0002-8285-9665 |
| Scopus Author ID: |
55750367600 |
Research Interests
- materials innovation and interfacial engineering
- renewable energy
- nanotechnology
Dr. Zhu obtained his B.S. degree (Chemistry) in 2010 from Nanjing University (China). In 2015, he earned his Ph.D. degree from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Then he moved to the department of materials science and engineering in University of Washington, Seattle and worked as a postdoctoral fellow during 2015-2017. He moved back to HKUST as visiting scholar in 2017. Dr. Zhu joined the City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor in June 2018.
His research mainly focuses on the design inorganic/organic materials, as well connecting the materials synthesis, physical properties and device performance for optoelectronics application. The current application interests include solar cells, transistors, light-emitting diodes, and electrochemical devices (e.g. batteries, supercapacitors).
Selected Publications
(#equal contribution, *corresponding author)
(Full publication list is available here: https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?user=_HSF3-oAAAAJ&hl=en and https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/persons/zonglong-zhu(d6552e68-3ebf-48ea-8580-8b39b961648c)/publications.html)
- Zhen Li, Xianglang Sun, Xiaopeng Zheng, Bo Li, Danpeng Gao, Shoufeng Zhang, Xin Wu, Shuai Li, Jianqiu Gong, Joseph M. Luther, Zhong’an Li*, Zonglong Zhu*, Stabilized hole-selective layer for high-performance inverted p-i-n perovskite solar cells. Science 2023, 382, 6668, 284-289.
- Zhen Li, Bo Li, Xin Wu, Stephanie A. Sheppard, Shoufeng Zhang, Danpeng Gao, Nicholas J. Long*, Zonglong Zhu*, Organometallic-functionalized interfaces for highly efficient inverted perovskite solar cells. Science 2022, 376, 6591, 416-420.
- Xiaopeng Zheng, Zhen Li, Yi Zhang, Min Chen, Tuo Liu, Chuanxiao Xiao, Danpeng Gao, Jay B. Patel, Darius Kuciauskas, Artiom Magomedov, Rebecca A. Scheidt, Xiaoming Wang, Steven P. Harvey, Zhenghong Dai, Chunlei Zhang, Daniel Morales, Henry Pruett, Brian M. Wieliczka, Ahmad R. Kirmani, Nitin P. Padture, Kenneth R. Graham, Yanfa Yan, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Michael D. McGehee, Zonglong Zhu*, Joseph M. Luther* Co-deposition of hole-selective contact and absorber for improving the processability of perovskite solar cells. Nat. Energy 2023, 8, 462-472.
- Shengfan Wu, Zhen Li, Mu-Qing Li, Yingxue Diao, Francis Lin, Tiantian Liu, Jie Zhang, Peter Tieu, Wenpei Gao, Feng Qi, Xiaoqing Pan, Zhengtao Xu*, Zonglong Zhu*, Alex K-Y Jen*, 2D metal-organic framework for stable perovskite solar cells with minimized lead leakage. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2020, 15, 934-940.
- Han Yu, Yan Wang, Xinhui Zou, Junli Yin, Xiaoyu Shi, Yuhao Li, Heng Zhao, Lingyuan Wang, Ho Ming Ng, Bosen Zou, Xinhui Lu, Kam Sing Wong, Wei Ma*, Zonglong Zhu*, He Yan* & Shangshang Chen*. Improved photovoltaic performance and robustness of all-polymer solar cells enabled by a polyfullerene guest acceptor. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 2323.
- Kui Jiang, Jie Zhang, Zhengxing Peng, Francis Lin, Shengfan Wu, Zhen Li, Yuzhong Chen, He Yan*, Harald Ade*, Zonglong Zhu*, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, Pseudo-bilayer architecture enables high-performance organic solar cells with enhanced exciton diffusion length. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 468.
- Jing Wang , Jie Zhang, Yingzhi Zhou, Hongbin Liu, Hin-Lap Yip*, Zonglong Zhu*, Alex K.Y. Jen*, Highly efficient all-inorganic perovskite solar cells with suppressed non-radiative recombination by a Lewis base. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 177.
- Xiaofen Jiang, Baoze Liu, Xin Wu*, Shoufeng Zhang, Dong Zhang, Xue Wang, Shuang Gao, Zongming Huang, Haolin Wang, Bo Li*, Zhengguo Xiao, Tao Chen, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Shuang Xiao*, Shangfeng Yang*, Zonglong Zhu*, Top-down induced crystallization orientation toward highly efficient p-i-n perovskite solar cells. Adv. Mater. 2024, 2313524.
- Bo Li, Chunlei Zhang, Danpeng Gao, Xianglang Sun, Shoufeng Zhang, Zhen Li, Jianqiu Gong, Shuai Li, Zonglong Zhu,* Suppressing Oxidation at Perovskite-NiOx Interface for Efficient and Stable Tin Perovskite Solar Cells. Adv. Mater. 2023, 2309768.
- Xue Wang, Dong Zhang, Baoze Liu, Xin Wu, Xiaofen Jiang, Shoufeng Zhang, Yan Wang, Danpeng Gao, Lina Wang, Haolin Wang, Zongming Huang, Xiangfan Xie, Tao Chen, Zhengguo Xiao, Qiyuan He, Shuang Xiao, Zonglong Zhu*, Shangfeng Yang, Highly Efficient Perovskite/Organic Tandem Solar Cells Enabled by Mixed-Cation Surface Modulation. Adv. Mater. 2023, 2305946.
- Xin Wu, Danpeng Gao, Xianglang Sun, Shoufeng Zhang, Qi Wang, Bo Li, Zhen Li, Minchao Qin, Xiaofen Jiang, Chunlei Zhang, Zhuo Li, Xinhui Lu, Nan Li, Shuang Xiao, Xiaoyan Zhong, Shangfeng Yang, Zhong’an Li, Zonglong Zhu*, Backbone engineering enables highly efficient polymer hole-transporting Materials for inverted perovskite solar cells. Adv. Mater. 2023, 2208431.
- Yizhe Liu, Xintong Li, Shoufeng Zhang, Zilong Wang, Qi Wang, Yonghe He, Wei‐Hsiang Huang, Qidi Sun, Xiaoyan Zhong, Jue Hu, Xuyun Guo, Qing Lin, Zhuo Li, Ye Zhu, Chu‐Chen Chueh, Chi‐Liang Chen, Zhengtao Xu*, Zonglong Zhu*, Molecular Engineering of Metal-Organic Frameworks as Efficient Electrochemical Catalysts for Water Oxidation. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2300945.
- Danpeng Gao, Bo Li, Zhen Li, Xin Wu, Shoufeng Zhang, Dan Zhao, Xiaofen Jiang, Chunlei Zhang, Yan Wang, Zhenjiang Li, Nan Li, Shuang Xiao, Wallace C. H. Choy, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Shangfeng Yang, Zonglong Zhu*. Highly efficient flexible perovskite solar cells through pentylammonium acetate modification with certified efficiency of 23.35%. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2206387.
- Dan Zhao, Danpeng Gao, Xin Wu, Bo Li, Shoufeng Zhang, Zhen Li, Qi Wang, Zongxiao Wu, Chunlei Zhang, Wallace C. H. Choy, Xiaoyan Zhong, Qiyuan He, Zonglong Zhu*. Efficient and stable 3D/2D perovskite solar cells through vertical heterostructures with (BA)4AgBiBr8 nanosheets. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2204661.
- Han Yu*, Yan Wang, Ha Kyung Kim, Xin Wu, Yuhao Li, Zefan Yao, Mingao Pan, Xinhui Zou, Jianquan Zhang, Shangshang Chen, Dahui Zhao, Fei Huang, Xinhui Lu, Zonglong Zhu*, He Yan*. A vinylene-linker-based polymer acceptor featuring a coplanar and rigid molecular conformation enables high-performance all-polymer solar cells with over 17% efficiency. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2200361.
- Shengfan Wu, Zhen Li, Jie Zhang, Xin Wu, Xiang Deng, Yiming Liu, Jingkun Zhou, Chunyi Zhi, Xinge Yu, Wallace C. H. Choy, Zonglong Zhu*, Alex K.-Y. Jen*. Low-bandgap organic bulk-heterojunction enabled efficient and flexible perovskite solar cells. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2105539.
- Xingcheng Li, Xin Wu, Bo Li, Zeyan Cen, Yanbo Shang, Weitao Lian, Rui Cao, Lingbo Jia, Zhen Li, Danpeng Gao, Xiaofen Jiang, Tao Chen, Yalin Lu, Zonglong Zhu*, Shangfeng Yang*. Modulating the deep-level defects and charge extraction for efficient perovskite solar cells with high fill factor over 86%. Energy & Environmental Science. 2022, 15, 4813-4822.
- Xiaofen Jiang, Xue Wang, Xin Wu, Shoufeng Zhang, Baoze Liu, Dong Zhang, Bo Li, Peng Xiao, Fang Xu*, Haipeng Lu, Tao Chen, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Shangfeng Yang*, Zonglong Zhu*. Strain regulation via pseudo halide-based ionic liquid toward eEfficient and stable α-FAPbI3 inverted perovskite solar cells. Adv. Energy Mater., 2023, 13, 2300700.
- Yan Wang, Han Yu, Xin Wu, Dan Zhao, Shoufeng Zhang, Xinhui Zou, Bo Li, Danpeng Gao, Zhen Li, Xinxin Xia, Xiankai Chen, Xinhui Lu, He Yan, Chu-Chen Chueh, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Zonglong Zhu*. Boosting the fill factor through sequential deposition and homo hydrocarbon solvent toward efficient and stable all-polymer solar cells. Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12, 2202729.
- Zhen Li, Xin Wu, Bo Li, Shoufeng Zhang, Danpeng Gao, Yizhe Liu, Xintong Li, Ningbin Zhang, Xiaotian Hu, Chunyi Zhi, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, Zonglong Zhu*. Sulfonated graphene aerogels enable safe-to-use flexible perovskite solar modules. Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12, 2103236.
Research Positions Available
Several positions including Postdoctoral Fellows, Postgraduate Students and Research Assistants are available in Dr. Zhu’s research lab. Please kindly contact Dr. Zhu (zonglzhu@cityu.edu.hk) directly if you are interested in.