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Dr. Z ZHU

PhD (HKUST)

Assistant Professor of Department of Chemistry

 

Contact Information

Office: YEUNG-G6639
Phone: +852 3442-4559
Fax: +852 3442-0522
Email: zonglzhu@cityu.edu.hk
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8285-9665
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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 with a thesis title of “Designing materials, nanostructures and interfaces for Organic/Inorganic/Hybrid Solar Cells” in 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)

  • Chang-Hung Tsai, # Nan Li, # Chia-Chen Lee, Hung-Chin Wu, Zonglong Zhu*, Liduo Wang, Wen-Chang Chen, He Yan*, Chu-Chen Chueh*, “Efficient and UV-Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by Side Chain-Engineered Polymeric Hole-Transporting Layers”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, DOI:10.1039/C8TA03608J.
  • Nan Li, Zonglong Zhu*, Jiangwei Li, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, Liduo Wang*, “Inorganic CsPb1−xSnxIBr2 for Efficient Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells”, Adv. Energy Mater., 2018, 1800525.
  • Zonglong Zhu, Chu-Chen Chueh, Nan Li, Chengyi Mao, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, “Realizing Efficient Lead-Free Formamidinium Tin Triiodide Perovskite Solar Cells via A Sequential Deposition Route”, Adv. Mater., 2018, 30, 1703800.
  • Xianglang Sun, Qifan Xue, Zonglong Zhu*, Qi Xiao, Kui Jiang, Hin-Lap Yip, He Yan*, Zhong’an Li*, “Fluoranthene-Based Dopant-Free Hole Transporting Materials For Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells”, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 2698.
  • Zonglong Zhu#, Dongbing Zhao#, Chu-Chen Chueh, Xueliang Shi, Zhongan Li, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, “Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by All-Crosslinked Charge-Transporting Layers”, Joule, 2018, 2, 168.
  • Ke Gao#, Zonglong Zhu#, Bo Xu#, Sae Byeok Jo, Yuanyuan Kan, Xiaobin Peng*, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, “Highly Efficient Porphyrin-Based OPV/Perovskite Hybrid Solar Cells with Extended Photoresponse and High Fill Factor”, Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1703980.
  • Bo Xu#, Zonglong Zhu#, Jinbao Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Chu-Chen Chueh, Xiaosong Li, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, “4-tert-Butylpyridine Free Organic Hole Transporting Materials for Stable and Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells”, Adv. Energy Mater., 2017, 7, 1700683.
  • Yang Wang#, Zonglong Zhu#, Chu-Chen Chueh, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, Yun Chi*, “Spiro-Phenylpyrazole-9,9'-Thioxanthene Analogues as Hole-Transporting Materials for Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells”, Adv. Energy Mater., 2017, 7, 1700823.
  • Zonglong Zhu, Yang Bai, Xiao Liu, Chu-Chen Chueh*, Shihe Yang, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, “Enhanced Efficiency and Stability of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells using Highly Crystalline SnO2 Nanocrystals as the Robust Electron-Transporting Layer”, Adv. Mater., 2016, 28, 6478.
  • Zonglong Zhu#, Jing-Qi Xu#, Chu-Chen Chueh, Hongbin Liu, Zhong’an Li, Xiaosong Li, Hongzheng Chen*, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, “A Low-Temperature, Solution-Processable Organic Electron-Transporting Layer Based on Planar Coronene for High-performance Conventional Perovskite Solar Cells”, Adv. Mater., 2016, 28, 10786.
  • Zhong’an Li #, Zonglong Zhu#, Chu-Chen Chueh, Sae-Byeok Jo, Jingdong Luo, Sei-Hum Jiang, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, “Rational Design of Dipolar Chromophore as an Efficient Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Material for Perovskite Solar Cells”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 11833.
  • Dongbing Zhao#, Zonglong Zhu#, Ming-Yu Kuo, Chu-Chen Chueh, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, “n-Type Hexaazatrinaphthylene Derivatives: A Class of Efficient Electron-Transporting Materials with Tunable Energy Levels for Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 8999.
  • Zhong’an Li#, Zonglong Zhu#, Chu-Chen Chueh, Jingdong Luo, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, “Facile Thiol-Ene Thermal Crosslinking Reaction Facilitated Hole-Transporting Layer for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells”, Adv. Energy Mater., 2016, 6, 1601165.
  • Zonglong Zhu, Chu-Chen Chueh, Francis Lin, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, “Enhanced Ambient Stability of Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells by Employing a Modified Fullerene Cathode Interlayer”, Adv. Sci., 2016, 3, 1600027.
  • Zonglong Zhu, Chu-Chen Chueh, Guangye Zhang, Fei Huang, He Yan*, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, “Improved Ambient-Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by a Hybrid Polymeric Electron-Transporting Layer”, ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 2586.
  • Zonglong Zhu, Qifan Xue, Hexiang He, Kui Jiang, Zhicheng Hu, Yang Bai, Teng Zhang, Shuang Xiao, Kenan Gundogdu, Bhoj Raj Gautam, Harald Ade, Fei Huang, Kam Sing Wong, Hin-Lap Yip*, Shihe Yang*, He Yan*, “A PCBM Electron Transport Layer Containing Small Amounts of Dual Polymer Additives that Enables Enhanced Perovskite Solar Cell Performance”, Adv. Sci., 2016, 3, 1500353.
  • Zonglong Zhu, Xiaoli Zheng, Yang Bai, Teng Zhang, Zilong Wang, Shuang Xiao, Shihe Yang*, “Mesoporous SnO2 Single Crystals as an Effective Electron Collector for Perovskite Solar Cells”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 18265.
  • Zonglong Zhu, Jiani Ma, Zilong Wang, Cheng Mu, Zetan Fan, Lili Du, Yang Bai, Louzhen Fan*, He Yan, David Lee Phillips, Shihe Yang*, “Efficiency Enhancement of Perovskite Solar Cells through Fast Electron Extraction: The Role of Graphene Quantum Dots”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 3760.
  • Zonglong Zhu#, Yang Bai#, Teng Zhang, Dr. Zhike Liu, Dr. Xia Long, Zhanhua Wei, Zilong Wang, Lixia Zhang, Prof. Jiannong Wang, Feng Yan, Shihe Yang*, “High-Performance Hole-Extraction Layer of Sol-Gel-Processed NiO Nanocrystals for Inverted Planar Perovskite Solar Cells”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 12571.
  • Zonglong Zhu, Yang Bai, Harrison Ka Hin Lee, Cheng Mu, Teng Zhang, Lixia Zhang, Jiannong Wang, He Yan, Shu Kong So, Shihe Yang*, “Polyfluorene Derivatives are High-performance Organic Hole-Transporting Materials for Inorganic−Organic Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2014, 24, 7357.
  • Zonglong Zhu, Jianhang Qiu, Keyou Yan, and Shihe Yang*, “Building High-Efficiency CdS/CdSe-Sensitized Solar Cells with a Hierarchically Branched Double-Layer Architecture”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2013, 5, 4000.