Education   

1993-1997    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Canada. Received Ph.D degree in November, 1997 (with Prof. Reg Mitchell)   

1984-1987    Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, China. Received M.S. degree in June, 1987

1980-1984    Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, China. Received B.S. Degree in June, 1984.  

(1)     Organic Photovoltaics;

(2)     Carbon-based Nanomaterials;

(3)     Lithium Battery and Super Capacitor.

(4)     Photodetection

Honors & Awards 
2018    Second Prize of National Natural Science Award

2015    Tianjin Model Worker

2014    China Overseas Chinese Contribution Award

2010   First Prize of Tianjin Natural Science Award

Selected Publications

1. Achieving over 18% Efficiency Organic Solar Cell Enabled by a ZnO-Based Hybrid Electron Transport Layer with an Operational Lifetime up to 5 Years, Shitong Li, Qiang Fu, Lingxian Meng, Xiangjian Wan*, Liming Ding, Guanyu Lu, Guanghao Lu, Zhaoyang Yao, Chenxi Li, Yongsheng Chen*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202207397.

2. Central Unit Fluorination of Non-Fullerene Acceptors Enables Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Over 18% Efficiency, Hongbin Chen, Huazhe Liang, Ziqi Guo, Yu Zhu, Zhe Zhang, Zhixiang Li, Xiangjian Cao, Haohui Wang, Wanying Feng, Yalu Zou, Lingxian Meng, Xiaoyun Xu, Bin Kan, Chenxi Li, Zhaoyang Yao*, Xiangjian Wan, Zaifei Ma*, Yongsheng Chen*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202209580.

3. Flexible organic photovoltaics based on water-processed silver nanowire electrodes, Yanna Sun, Meijia Chang, Lingxian Meng, Xiangjian Wan, Huanhuan Gao, Yamin Zhang, Kai Zhao, Zhenhe Sun, Chenxi Li, Shuiren Liu, Huike Wang, Jiajie Liang, Yongsheng Chen*, Nature Electronics, 2019, 2, 513-520.

4. A Tandem Organic Solar Cell with PCE of 14.52% Employing Subcells with the Same Polymer Donor and Two Absorption Complementary Acceptors, 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*, Adv. Mater., 2019, 1804723

5. Organic and solution-processed tandem solar cells with 17.3% efficiency, 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*, Science, 2018, 361, 1094-1098.

6. Polymeric Graphene Bulk Materials with a 3D Cross-Linked Monolithic Graphene Network, Wangqiao Chen, Peishuang Xiao, Honghui Chen, Hongtao Zhang, Qichun Zhang, and Yongsheng Chen*, Adv. Mater., 2018, 1802403.

7. Monolithic 3D Cross-linked Polymeric Graphene Materials and the Likes: Preparation and Their Redox Catalytic Applications, Yanhong Lu*, Yanfeng Ma, Tengfei Zhang, Yang Yang, Lei Wei, Yongsheng Chen *, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140(37), 11538-11550.

8. Solution-processed organic tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiencies >12%；：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, Yongsheng Chen*,Nature Photon, 2017,11（2）,85-90.

9. Three-dimensionally bonded spongy graphene material with super compressive elasticity and near-zero Poisson’s ratio, Yingpeng Wu†, Ningbo Yi†, Lu Huang†, Tengfei Zhang, Shaoli Fang, Huicong Chang, Na Li, Jiyoung Oh, Jae Ah Lee, Mikhail Kozlov, Alin C. Chipara, Humberto Terrones, Peishuang Xiao, Guankui Long, Yi Huang, Fan Zhang, Long Zhang, et al, Ray H. Baughman*, Yongsheng Chen*, Nature Commun, 2015, 6, 6141.

10. Macroscopic and direct light propulsion of bulk graphene material, Tengfei Zhang†, Huicong Chang†, Yingpeng Wu†, Peishuang Xiao,Ningbo Yi, Yanhong Lu, Yanfeng Ma, Yi Huang, Kai Zhao, Xiaoqing Yan, Zhibo Liu, Jianguo Tian, Yongsheng Chen*,Nature Photon., 2015,9（7）, 471-476.

11. Small-molecule solar cells with efficiency over 9%, Qian Zhang†, Bin Kan†, Feng Liu†, Guankui Long, Xiangjian Wan, Xiaoqing Chen, Yi Zuo, Wang Ni, Huijing Zhang, Miaomiao Li, Zhicheng Hu, Fei Huang, Yong Cao, Ziqi Liang, Mingtao Zhang, Thomas P. Russell, Yongsheng Chen*, Nature Photon.,2015, 9（1）,34-41.

12. A series of simple oligomer-like small molecules based on oligothiophenes for solution-processed solar cells with high efficiency, Bin Kan†, Miaomiao Li†, Qian Zhang†, Feng Liu, Xiangjian Wan,Yunchuang Wang, Wang Ni, Guankui Long, Xuan Yang, Huanran Feng, Yi Zuo,Mingtao Zhang, Fei Huang, Yong Cao, Thomas P. Russell, Yongsheng Chen*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137（11）,3886-3893.

13. Controlling the effective surface area and pore size distribution of sp2 carbon materials and their impact on the capacitance performance of these materials, Long Zhang, Xi Yang, Fan Zhang, Guankui Long, Tengfei Zhang,Kai Leng, Yawei Zhang, Yi Huang, Yanfeng Ma, Mingtao Zhang, Yongsheng Chen*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135（15）, 5921-5929.