FACULTY

Assistant Professor

Office: Nanyong Building

Education

2015-2020 Ph. D. Nanjing University

2019-2020 Joint Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

2011-2015 B.Sc., Nanjing University

Professional Appointment

2023-Present Assistant Professor, School of Sustainable Energy and Resources, Nanjing University

2020-2023 Assistant Researcher, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University

Research Areas

Perovskite-related optoelectronic devices, interfacial photothermal manipulation, etc.

Professional Services

Reviewer of academic journals including Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Energy, etc.

Awards and Honors

2021 Nanjing University Technology Innovation Funding

2021 Selected Funding for Innovative Project of Overseas Students, Nanjing

2021 Ph. D. of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Jiangsu

Selected Publications

1. Pengchen Zhu, Chuanlu Chen, Jiaqi Dai, Yuzhen Zhang, Ruiqi Mao, Shangshang Chen*, Jinsong Huang*, Jia Zhu*. "Toward the Commercialization of Perovskite Solar Modules." Adv. Mater. 2024, 2307357.

2. Chuanlu Chen†, Pengchen Zhu†^,*, Xiaorui Dong, Yunjie Dou, Yuzhen Zhang, Jie Liang, Ruiqi Mao, Yi Jiang, Jingyang Wang, Minhuan Wang*, Shangshang Chen, Jia Zhu*. “Regulating the perovskite/C₆₀ interface via a bifunctional interlayer for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells.” Chem. Eng. J. 2024, 151403 († contributed equally, * corresponding authors).

3. Pengchen Zhu, Jia Zhu*. “Two cations make the right layer.” Nat. Energy 2022, 7, 570 (news &views).

4. Yepin Zhao†, Pengchen Zhu†, Shu Huang†, Shaun Tan, Minhuan Wang, Rui Wang, Jingjing Xue, Tae-Hee Han, Sung-Joon Lee, Anni Zhang, Tianyi Huang, Pei Cheng, Dong Meng, Jin-Wook Lee*, Jaime Marian*, Jia Zhu*, Yang Yang*. “Molecular interaction regulates the performance and longevity of defect passivation for metal halide perovskite solar cells.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20071 († contributed equally).

5. Yepin Zhao†, Pengchen Zhu†, Minhuan Wang, Shu Huang, Zipeng Zhao, Shaun Tan, Tae-Hee Han, Jin-Wook Lee, Tianyi Huang, Rui Wang, Jingjing Xue, Dong Meng, Yu Huang, Jaime Marian, Jia Zhu*, Yang Yang*. “A polymerization‐assisted grain growth strategy for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells.” Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1907769 († contributed equally).

6. Pengchen Zhu, Jia Zhu. “Low‐dimensional metal halide perovskites and related optoelectronic applications.” InfoMat 2020, 2, 341.

7. Pengchen Zhu†, Shuai Gu†, Xin Luo, Yuan Gao, Songlin Li, Jia Zhu, Hairen Tan*. “Simultaneous contact and grain‐boundary passivation in planar perovskite solar cells using SnO₂‐KCl composite electron transport layer.” Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10, 1903083 († contributed equally).

8. Ning Xu†, Pengchen Zhu†, Yun Sheng, Lin Zhou, Xiuqiang Li, Hairen Tan*, Shuning Zhu, Jia Zhu*. “Synergistic tandem solar electricity-water generators.” Joule 2020, 4, 347 († contributed equally).

9. Yuxi Wang†, Renxing Lin†, Pengchen Zhu†, Qinghui Zheng, Qianjin Wang, Deyu Li*, Jia Zhu*. “Cation dynamics governed thermal properties of lead halide perovskite nanowires.” Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 2772 († contributed equally).

10. Pengchen Zhu, Chuanlu Chen, Shuai Gu, Renxing Lin, Jia Zhu*. “CsSnI₃ Solar Cells via an Evaporation‐Assisted Solution Method.” Solar RRL 2018, 2, 1700224.

11. Pengchen Zhu, Shuai Gu, Xinpeng Shen, Ning Xu, Yingling Tan, Shendong Zhuang, Yu Deng, Zhneda Lu, Zhenlin Wang, Jia Zhu*. “Direct conversion of perovskite thin films into nanowires with kinetic control for flexible optoelectronic devices.” Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 871.