Introduction

Yongqi Liang obtained his Ph.D. (physical chemistry) degree at Peking University in 2005. Since then (from 2005 to 2014), he has been a postdoc researcher at three different universities of TUDelft, University of Wyoming and Umeå University across the world. His research area spans from low-dimensional nanostructures, photocatalysis, semiconductor photoelectrochemitstry and combinatorial screening of materials. In Sweden, his research has been mainly on the fabrication of the nature-inspired oxygen evolution catalyst with semiconducting oxide photoanodes for the artificial leaf fabrication. In 2014, he joined Dalian University of Technology as an associate professor. There he started to research on the perovskite solar cells with unique angles of research in the field. He then joined Lanzhou University in Nov. 2018. Currently, his research primarily focuses on highly efficient perovskite solar cells and artificial leaf for solar fuel production.

Representative Publications

1. Zijiang Yang, Jinlong Pan, Yongqi Liang*, Qi Li, Dongsheng Xu*, Ambient air condition for room-temperature deposition of MAPbI3 films in highly efficient solar cells, Small. 18, 1802240, 2018

2. Yongfei Zhang, Yongqi Liang*, Yajuan Wang, Licheng Sun*, Dongsheng Xu*, FAPbBr3 solar cells with power conversion efficiency beyond 10%., ACS. Eng. Lett., 3, 1808, 2018

3. Yajuan Wang, Yongqi Liang*, Yongfei Zhang, Wei Yang, Dongsheng Xu*, Licheng Sun*, Pushing the envelope: achieving an open-circuit voltage of 1.18V for pure MAPbI3 perovskite solar cells with a planar architecture, Adv. Func. Mat, 28, 1801237, 2018

4. Yongqi Liang*, Yajuan Wang, Cheng Mu, Shen Wang, Xinnan Wang, Dongsheng Xu*, Licheng Sun*, Achieving a Voc of 1.57 V in hole-transport-material free MAPbBr3 solar cells with carbon electrodes, Adv. Energy. Mat., 8, 1701159, 2018

5. Yongqi Liang*, Johannes Messinger, Improving BiVO4 photoanodes for solar water splitting through surface passivation, Phys.Chem.Phys.Chem, 16, 12014-12020, 2014

6. Yongqi Liang, James E. Thorne, Bruce Parkinson*, Controlling the Electronic Coupling between CdSe Quantum Dots and Thiol Capping Ligands via pH and Ligand Selection, Langmuir, 28, 11072, 2012

7. Yongqi Liang, Toshiki Tsubota, Lennard Mooij, Roel van de Krol*, Highly improved quantum efficiencies for thin film BiVO4 photoanodes, J. Phys. Chem. C., 115, 17594, 2011

8. Yongqi Liang, Cristina S. Enache, Roel van de Krol*, Photoelectrochemical characterization of sprayed α-Fe2O3 thin films: influence of Si doping and SnO2 interfacial layer, Int. J. Photoenergy. 739864, 2008

9. Yongqi Liang, Changgua Zhen, Dechun Zou, Dongsheng Xu*, Preparation of free-standing nanowire arrays on conductive substrates, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 16338-16339, 2004

Representative Publications