Prof. LI Sunsun

Contact

Email: iamssli@njtech.edu.cn

Address: Room 904, Sci & Tech Block D, 5 Xin Mo Fan Road, Nanjing 210000, China

Biographical Information

2021 - To date: Professor; Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University.

2018 - 2020: Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

2013.09 - 2018.06: PhD degree; Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

2009.09 - 2013.06: Bachelor degree; University of Science and Technology Beijing, China.

Research Interests

1. New π-conjugated build blocks and organic semiconducting materials.

2. Organic photovoltaic device and the physical processes.

Academic Achievements

Professor Li’s research interests mainly focus on the design and synthesis of new organic semiconducting materials(polymer and small molecule) for organic electronics, especially for organic photovoltaics. During the past few years, she has developed a series of high-performance p-type polymers (low-lying HOMO level) and n-type small molecules (high electron mobility), and produced some of the most efficient photovoltaic devices. To date, she has published 46 papers in high-quality journals, such asJournal of American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Nature MaterialsandJoule. The total citations are over 8000 times (from Web of Science). She received the Excellent Scholarship of Director of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2018 and the National Postdoctoral Program Excellent Innovation Achievement Award in 2020.

Representative Publications

1. S. Li, L. Ye, W. Zhao, H. Yan, B. Yang, D. Liu, W. Li, H. Ade and J. Hou. A Wide Band Gap Polymer with a Deep Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Level Enables 14.2% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells.Journal of the American Chemical Society,2018,140, 7159-7167. (Highlighted byC&EN, ESI Highly Cited Paper, Top 5 Most-Cited Publication in JACS for 2018-2019, Top 100 Most Influential International Academic Paper in China for 2018-2019)

2. S. Li, L. Ye, W. Zhao, S. Zhang, S. Mukherjee, H. Ade, J. Hou. Energy-Level Modulation of Small-Molecule Electron Acceptors to Achieve over 12% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells.Advanced Materials,2016,28, 9423-9429. (ESI Highly Cited Paper, The Most-Cited Article Published in Wiley for 2016-2017, Academic Paper that Arouse Wide Interests in Beijing)

3. S. Li, L. Ye, W. Zhao, X. Liu, J. Zhu, H. Ade, J. Hou, Design of a New Small-Molecule Electron Acceptor Enables Efficient Polymer Solar Cells with High Fill Factor.Advanced Materials,2017,29, 1704051.

4. S. Li, H. Zhang, W. Zhao, L. Ye, H. Yao, B. Yang, S. Zhang, J. Hou. Green-Solvent-Processed All-Polymer Solar Cells Containing a Perylene Diimide-Based Acceptor with an Efficiency over 6.5%.Advanced Energy Materials2016,6, 1501991. (Highlighted byMaterialsViewsChina, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

5. S. Li, L. Ye, W. Zhao, S. Zhang, H. Ade, J. Hou. Significant Influence of the Methoxyl Substitution Position on Optoelectronic Properties and Molecular Packing of Small-Molecule Electron Acceptors for Photovoltaic Cells.Advanced Energy Materials2017,7, 1700183.

6. S. Li, W. Zhao, J. Zhang, X. Liu, Z. Zheng, C. He, B. Xu, Z. Wei, J. Hou. Influence of Covalent and Noncovalent Backbone Rigidification Strategies on the Aggregation Structures of a Wide-Band-Gap Polymer for Photovoltaic Cells.Chemistry of Materials2020,32, 1993-2003. (Excellent Innovative Achievements of the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents)

7. S. Li, L. Ye, Q. Wang, S. Zhang, W. Zhao, J. Hou. Improving the open-circuit voltage of alkylthio-substituted photovoltaic polymers via post-oxidation.Organic Electronics2016,28, 39-46.

8. S. Li, K. Jiang, F. Zhang, J. Huang, S. Li, M. Chen, L. Yang, Y. Song. New diketopyrrolopyrrole-based organic dyes for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells.Organic Electronics2014,15, 1579-1585.

9. S. Li, K. Jiang, C. Yu, J. Huang, L. Yang, Y. Song. A 2,7-pyrene-based dye for solar cell application.New Journal of Chemistry2014,38, 4404-4408.

10. W. Zhao,S. Li, H. Yao, S. Zhang, Y. Zhang, B. Yang, J. Hou. Molecular Optimization Enables over 13% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells.Journal of the American Chemical Society2017,139, 7148-7151. (ESI Highly Cited Paper; Top 5 Most-Cited Publication in JACS for 2017-2019; Top 100 Most Influential International Academic Paper in China for 2017-2018)

11. D. Qian, Z. Zheng, H. Yao, W. Tress, T. R. Hopper, S. Chen,S. Li, J. Liu, S. Chen, J. Zhang, X.-K. Liu, B. Gao, L. Ouyang, Y. Jin, G. Pozina, I. A. Buyanova, W. M. Chen, O. Inganäs, V. Coropceanu, J.-L. Bredas, H. Yan, J. Hou, F. Zhang, A. A. Bakulin, F. Gao. Design rules for minimizing voltage losses in high-efficiency organic solar cells.Nature Materials2018,17, 703-709. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

12. L. Ye,S. Li, X. Liu, S. Zhang, M. Ghasemi, Y. Xiong, J. Hou, H. Ade. Quenching to the Percolation Threshold in Organic Solar Cells.Joule2019,3, 443-458. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)