By Dr Kaiwen Sun

Journal articles

Bao W; Wang R; Qian C; Li M; Sun K; Yu F; Liu H; Guo C; Li J, 2022, 'Photoassisted High-Performance Lithium Anode Enabled by Oriented Crystal Planes', ACS Nano, 16, pp. 17454 - 17465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c08684

Zhang W; Yang Y; Suo P; Sun K; Peng J; Lin X; Xiu F; Ma G, 2022, 'Semiconductorlike photocarrier dynamics in Dirac-semimetal Cd3As2 films probed with transient terahertz spectroscopy', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.155137

Sun K; Ma H; Xia W; Suo P; Zhang W; Zou Y; Lin X; Zhang S; Guo Y; Ma G, 2022, 'Dynamical Response of Nonlinear Optical Anisotropy in a Tin Sulfide Crystal under Ultrafast Photoexcitation', JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 13, pp. 9355 - 9362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02443

Zeng Y; Huang J; Li J; Sun K; Shah UA; Deng H; Zhang X; Sha C; Qian C; Song H; Hao X, 2022, 'Comparative Study of TiO2 and CdS as the Electron Transport Layer for Sb2S3 Solar Cells', Solar RRL, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200435

Qian C; Wang R; Yu F; Liu H; Guo C; Sun K; Li J; Bao W, 2022, 'Conductive Covalent Organic Frameworks Meet Micro-Electrical Energy Storage: Mechanism, Synthesis and Applications—A Review', Crystals, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cryst12101405

Sun H; Huang J; O’Neill A; Yun JS; Young TL; Yan C; Sun K; Li J; Nielsen MP; Cui X; Wang A; Seidel J; Stride JA; Green MA; Hao X, 2022, 'Manipulating the Distributions of Na and Cd by Moisture-Assisted Postdeposition Annealing for Efficient Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells', Solar Rrl, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200442

Xia J; Wang R; Qian C; Sun K; Liu H; Guo C; Li J; Yu F; Bao W, 2022, 'Supercapacitors of Nanocrystalline Covalent Organic Frameworks—A Review', Crystals, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cryst12101350

Sun H; Huang J; Young TL; Cong J; Li J; Sun K; Yan C; Soufiani AM; Cui X; Nielsen MP; Zhang X; Stride JA; Green MA; Hao X, 2022, 'Defect Engineering for Efficient Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells via Moisture-Assisted Post-Deposition Annealing', Advanced Optical Materials, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adom.202200607

Wang R; Sun K; Zhang Y; Li B; Qian C; Li J; Liu F; Bao W, 2022, 'Nanoscale interface engineering of inorganic Solid-State electrolytes for High-Performance alkali metal batteries', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 621, pp. 41 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.04.075

Bao W; Wang R; Sun K; Qian C; Zhang Y; Li J, 2022, 'Interface Crystallographic Optimization of Crystal Plane for Stable Metallic Lithium Anode', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14, pp. 38696 - 38705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c08278

Wang R; Liu H; Zhang Y; Sun K; Bao W, 2022, 'Integrated Photovoltaic Charging and Energy Storage Systems: Mechanism, Optimization, and Future', Small, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202203014

Wang R; Zhang Y; Sun K; Qian C; Bao W, 2022, 'Emerging green technologies for recovery and reuse of spent lithium-ion batteries - a review', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10, pp. 17053 - 17076, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2ta03295c

Wang R; Li M; Zhang Y; Sun K; Bao W, 2022, 'Atomic surface modification strategy of MXene materials for high-performance metal sulfur batteries', International Journal of Energy Research, 46, pp. 11659 - 11675, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/er.8025

Zhou S; Sun K; Toe CY; Yin J; Huang J; Zeng Y; Zhang D; Chen W; Mohammed OF; Hao X; Amal R, 2022, 'Engineering a Kesterite-Based Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Ammonia Synthesis from NOx Reduction', Advanced Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202201670

Zou Y; Ma Q-S; Zhang Z; Pu R; Zhang W; Suo P; Sun K; Chen J; Li D; Ma H; Lin X; Leng Y; Liu W; Du J; Ma G, 2022, 'Observation of Ultrafast Interfacial Exciton Formation and Relaxation in Graphene/MoS₂ Heterostructure', JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 13, pp. 5123 - 5130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01197

Wang R; Li M; Sun K; Zhang Y; Li J; Bao W, 2022, 'Element-Doped Mxenes: Mechanism, Synthesis, and Applications', Small, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202201740

Wang R; Sun K; Liu H; Qian C; Li M; Zhang Y; Bao W, 2022, 'Integrating a redox-coupled FeSe2/N-C photoelectrode into potassium ion hybrid capacitors for photoassisted charging', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10, pp. 11504 - 11513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2ta02095e

Zeng Y; Wu J; Sun K; Huang J; Li L; Sha C; Yao Y; Lai Y; Green M; Liu F; Hao X, 2022, 'Low-Cost Fabrication of Sb2S3 Solar Cells: Direct Evaporation from Raw Stibnite Ore', Solar Rrl, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202100843

Li D; Zhang W; Suo P; Chen J; Sun K; Zou Y; Ma H; Lin X; Yan X; Zhang S; Li B; Ma G, 2022, 'Ultrafast Dynamics of Defect-Assisted Auger Process in PdSe₂Films:Synergistic Interaction between Defect Trapping and Auger Effect', JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 13, pp. 2757 - 2764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00315

Li J; Huang J; Cong J; Mai Y; Su Z; Liang G; Wang A; He M; Yuan X; Sun H; Yan C; Sun K; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Green MA; Hao X, 2022, 'Large-Grain Spanning Monolayer Cu2ZnSnSe4 Thin-Film Solar Cells Grown from Metal Precursor', Small, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202105044

Wang R; Sun K; Zhang Y; Qian C; Bao W, 2022, 'Dimensional optimization enables high-performance capacitive deionization', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10, pp. 6414 - 6441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ta10783f

Qian C; Li J; Sun K; Jiang C; Huang J; Tang R; Green M; Hoex B; Chen T; Hao X, 2022, '9.6%-Efficient all-inorganic Sb 2 (S,Se) 3 solar cells with a MnS hole-transporting layer', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10, pp. 2835 - 2841, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ta09913b

Li J; Liu H; Sun K; Wang R; Qian C; Yu F; Zhang L; Bao W, 2022, 'Dual-functional iodine photoelectrode enabling high performance photo-assisted rechargeable lithium iodine batteries', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10, pp. 7326 - 7332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2ta00258b

Li J; Huang J; Ma F; Sun H; Cong J; Privat K; Webster RF; Cheong S; Yao Y; Chin RL; Yuan X; He M; Sun K; Li H; Mai Y; Hameiri Z; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Tilley RD; Unold T; Green MA; Hao X, 2022, 'Unveiling microscopic carrier loss mechanisms in 12% efficient Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells', Nature Energy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01078-7

Pan Y; Yan C; Zhao X; Chen W; Sun K; Wu Q; Ding L; Liu F, 2022, '11.39% efficiency Cu₂ZnSn(S,Se)₄ solar cells from scrap brass', SusMat, 2, pp. 206 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sus2.44

Li J; Huang J; Huang Y; Tampo H; Sakurai T; Chen C; Sun K; Yan C; Cui X; Mai Y; Hao X, 2021, 'Interface Recombination of Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells Leveraged by High Carrier Density and Interface Defects', Solar Rrl, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202100418

He M; Huang J; Li J; Jang JS; Suryawanshi UP; Yan C; Sun K; Cong J; Zhang Y; Kampwerth H; Suryawanshi MP; Kim J; Green MA; Hao X, 2021, 'Systematic Efficiency Improvement for Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells By Double Cation Incorporation with Cd and Ge', Advanced Functional Materials, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202104528

He M; Sun K; Suryawanshi MP; Li J; Hao X, 2021, 'Interface engineering of p-n heterojunction for kesterite photovoltaics: A progress review', Journal of Energy Chemistry, 60, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2020.12.019

Zhou S; Sun K; Huang J; Lu X; Xie B; Zhang D; Hart JN; Toe CY; Hao X; Amal R, 2021, 'Accelerating Electron-Transfer and Tuning Product Selectivity Through Surficial Vacancy Engineering on CZTS/CdS for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction', Small, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202100496

Sun K; Wang A; Su Z; Liu F; Hao X, 2021, 'Enhancing the performance of Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell fabricated via successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction method by optimizing the annealing process', Solar Energy, 220, pp. 204 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.03.033

Li J; Huang J; Li K; Zeng Y; Zhang Y; Sun K; Yan C; Xue C; Chen C; Chen T; Green MA; Tang J; Hao X, 2021, 'Defect-Resolved Effective Majority Carrier Mobility in Highly Anisotropic Antimony Chalcogenide Thin-Film Solar Cells', Solar Rrl, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202000693

Wang A; Chang NL; Sun K; Xue C; Egan RJ; Li J; Yan C; Huang J; Rong H; Ramsden C; Hao X, 2021, 'Analysis of manufacturing cost and market niches for Cu2ZnSnS4(CZTS) solar cells', Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 5, pp. 1044 - 1058, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0se01734e

He G; Yan C; Li J; Yuan X; Sun K; Huang J; Sun H; He M; Zhang Y; Stride JA; Green MA; Hao X, 2020, '11.6% Efficient Pure Sulfide Cu(In,Ga)S2 Solar Cell through a Cu-Deficient and KCN-Free Process', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3, pp. 11974 - 11980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c02158

Zhou Z; Sun K; Jiang L; Jia M; Liu F, 2020, 'Research progress on recycling technology of end-of-life silicon photovoltaic modules', Zhongnan Daxue Xuebao Ziran Kexue Ban Journal of Central South University Science and Technology, 51, pp. 3279 - 3288, http://dx.doi.org/10.11817/j.issn.1672-7207.2020.12.002

Li J; Huang Y; Huang J; Liang G; Zhang Y; Rey G; Guo F; Su Z; Zhu H; Cai L; Sun K; Sun Y; Liu F; Chen S; Hao X; Mai Y; Green MA, 2020, 'Defect Control for 12.5% Efficiency Cu2ZnSnSe4 Kesterite Thin-Film Solar Cells by Engineering of Local Chemical Environment', Advanced Materials, 32, pp. e2005268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202005268

Xue C; Huang J; Sun K; Yan C; Kampwerth H; Hao X, 2020, 'Revealing Nanoscale Domains in Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Films by Catalyzed Chemical Etching', Physica Status Solidi Rapid Research Letters, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.202000283

Zeng Y; Sun K; Huang J; Nielsen MP; Ji F; Sha C; Yuan S; Zhang X; Yan C; Liu X; Deng H; Lai Y; Seidel J; Ekins-Daukes N; Liu F; Song H; Green M; Hao X, 2020, 'Quasi-Vertically-Orientated Antimony Sulfide Inorganic Thin-Film Solar Cells Achieved by Vapor Transport Deposition', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12, pp. 22825 - 22834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c02697

Song N; Green MA; Sun K; Hu Y; Yan C; Hao X, 2020, 'Epitaxial growth of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film on Si by radio frequency magnetron sputtering', Applied Physics Letters, 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5136289

Jiang J; Giridharagopal R; Jedlicka E; Sun K; Yu S; Wu S; Gong Y; Yan W; Ginger DS; Green MA; Hao X; Huang W; Xin H, 2020, 'Highly efficient copper-rich chalcopyrite solar cells from DMF molecular solution', Nano Energy, 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.104438

Xiao H; Chen Z; Sun K; Yan C; Xiao J; Jiang L; Hao X; Lai Y; Liu F, 2020, 'Sol-gel solution-processed Cu2SrSnS4 thin films for solar energy harvesting', Thin Solid Films, 697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2020.137828

Rey G; Trupke T; Paduthol A; Sun K; Nagle T; Poplavskyy D; Escalant VS; Melchiorre M; Siebentritt S; Abbott M, 2020, 'Photoluminescence-Based Method for Imaging Buffer Layer Thickness in CIGS Solar Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 10, pp. 181 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2950630

Cui X; Sun K; Huang J; Yun JS; Lee CY; Yan C; Sun H; Zhang Y; Xue C; Eder K; Yang L; Cairney JM; Seidel J; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Green M; Hoex B; Hao X, 2019, 'Cd-Free Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell with an efficiency greater than 10% enabled by Al2O3 passivation layers', Energy and Environmental Science, 12, pp. 2751 - 2764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9ee01726g

Deng H; Zeng Y; Ishaq M; Yuan S; Zhang H; Yang X; Hou M; Farooq U; Huang J; Sun K; Webster R; Wu H; Chen Z; Yi F; Song H; Hao X; Tang J, 2019, 'Quasiepitaxy Strategy for Efficient Full-Inorganic Sb2S3 Solar Cells', Advanced Functional Materials, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201901720

Gao C; Huang J; Li H; Sun K; Lai Y; Jia M; Jiang L; Liu F, 2019, 'Fabrication of Sb2S3 thin films by sputtering and post-annealing for solar cells', Ceramics International, 45, pp. 3044 - 3051, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.10.155

Liu X; Shi L; Huang J; Liu Z; Zhang P; Yun JS; Soufiani AM; Seidel J; Sun K; Hameiri Z; Stride JA; Zhang Y; Green MA; Lin H; Hao X, 2019, 'Improvement of Cs-(FAPbI3)0.85(MAPbBr3)0.15 quality via DMSO-molecule-control to increase the efficiency and boost the long-term stability of 1 cm2 sized planar perovskite solar cells', Solar RRL, pp. 1800338 - 1800338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.201800338

Sun K; Yan C; Huang J; Liu F; Li J; Sun H; Zhang Y; Cui X; Wang A; Fang Z; Cong J; Lai Y; Green MA; Hao X, 2019, 'Beyond 10% efficiency Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells enabled by modifying the heterojunction interface chemistry', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7, pp. 27289 - 27296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9ta09576d

Huang C; Lin P; Fu N; Liu C; Xu B; Sun K; Wang D; Zeng X; Ke S, 2019, 'Facile fabrication of highly efficient ETL-free perovskite solar cells with 20% efficiency by defect passivation and interface engineering', Chemical Communications, 55, pp. 2777 - 2780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9cc00312f

Zhang Y; Huang J; Yan C; Sun K; Cui X; Liu F; Liu Z; Zhang X; Liu X; Stride JA; Green MA; Hao X, 2019, 'High open-circuit voltage CuSbS2 solar cells achieved through the formation of epitaxial growth of CdS/CuSbS2 hetero-interface by post-annealing treatment', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 27, pp. 37 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3061

Cui X; Sun K; Huang J; Lee CY; Yan C; Sun H; Zhang Y; Liu F; Hossain MA; Zakaria Y; Wong LH; Green M; Hoex B; Hao X, 2018, 'Enhanced Heterojunction Interface Quality to Achieve 9.3% Efficient Cd-Free Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells Using Atomic Layer Deposition ZnSnO Buffer Layer', Chemistry of Materials, 30, pp. 7860 - 7871, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b03398

Xu C; Wright M; Ping D; Yi H; Zhang X; Mahmud MDA; Sun K; Upama MB; Haque F; Uddin A, 2018, 'Ternary blend organic solar cells with a non-fullerene acceptor as a third component to synergistically improve the efficiency', Organic Electronics, 62, pp. 261 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2018.08.029

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