03/2021 – Present
Associate Professor in Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
03/2018 – 11/2020
Research Fellow in Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices, in Prof. Andrew Holmes Laboratory, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Australia
10/2015 – 02/2018
BK 21 post-doctor researcher in Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Education Experiences:
09/2012 – 2015.6
Ph. D. in Materials Physics and Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
09/2009 – 07/2012
Master’s degree in Materials Physics and Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
09/2005 -- 07/2009
Bachelor of Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University
Research Interests
Organic inorganic hybrid perovskite based solar cells:
Design & synthesis of high stable hybrid perovskite materials by ion substitution (Chalcogenide) or polymerization.
Optimizing the cell’s structure for low-cost and high stability & PCEs solar devices.
Technology route: flexible and large size solar cell modules
Temperature Sensors：
Printed arrays for tactile sensors
Cryogenic temperature sensors
Self-powered flexible sensors
Representative Publications：
1. Gang Wang, Wenqi Wang, Le Bai, Qian Zhou, Dongmei He, Baibai Liu, Pengjun Zhao, Lin Tan, Yuelong Li, Dong Wei, Jiangzhao Chen, Grain Boundary Chemical Anchoring via Bidirectional Active Site Additive Enables Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022, 9, 2200904.
2. Baibai Liu, Jie Hu, Dongmei He, Le Bai, Qian Zhou, Wenqi Wang, Cunyun Xu, Qunliang Song, Donghwa Lee, Pengjun Zhao, Feng Hao, Xiaobin Niu, Zhigang Zang, Jiangzhao Chen, Simultaneous Passivation of Bulk and Interface Defects with Gradient 2D/3D Heterojunction Engineering for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 18, 21069-21078.
3. Pengjun Zhao, Byeong Jo Kim, Xiaodong Ren, Dong Geon Lee, Gi Joo Bang, Jae Bum Jeon, Won Bin Kim, Hyun Suk Jung, Antisolvent with an Ultrawide Processing Window for the One-Step Fabrication of Efficient and Large-Area Perovskite Solar Cells, Advanced Materials, 2018, 1802763.
4. Bolong Zhang, Pengjun Zhao, Lachlan J Wilson, Jegadesan Subbiah, Hanbo Yang, Paul Mulvaney, David J Jones, Kenneth P Ghiggino, Wallace WH Wong, High-Performance Large-Area Luminescence Solar Concentrator Incorporating a Donor–Emitter Fluorophore System. ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4 (8), 1839-1844.
5. Pengjun Zhao, Manhyung Han, Wenping Yin, Xing Zhao, Seul Gi Kim, Yaping Yan, Minwoo Kim, Young Jae Song, Nam Gyu Park, Hyun Suk Jung, Insulated Interlayer for Efficient and Photostable Electron-Transport-Layer-Free Perovskite Solar Cells, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 10132–10140.
6. Pengjun Zhao, Byeong Jo Kim, Hyun Suk Jung, Passivation in perovskite solar cells: A review, Materials Today Energy, 2018, 7, 267-286.
7. Pengjun Zhao, Wenping Yin, Minwoo Kim, Manhyung Han, Young Jae Song, Tae Kyu Ahn and Hyun Suk Jung, Improved Carriers Injection Capacity in Perovskite Solar Cells by Introducing A-site Interstitial Defects, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 7905–7911.
8. Pengjun Zhao, Jinbao Xu, Xiaoyu Dong, Lei Wang, Wei Ren, Liang Bian, Aimin Chang, Large-size CH3NH3PbBr3 single crystal: growth and in situ characterization of the photophysics properties, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2015, 6 (13) 2622-2628.
9. Pengjun Zhao, Liang Bian, Lei Wang, Jinbao Xu, Aimin Chang, Enhanced open voltage of BiFeO3 polycrystalline film by surface modification of organolead halide perovskite, Applied Physics Letters 105, (2014) 013901.
10. Pengjun Zhao, Jinbao Xu,, Hongguang Wang, Lei Wang, Wenwen Kong, Wei Ren, Liang Bian, and Aimin Chang, Calcium Manganate: A promising candidate as buffer layer for hybrid halide perovskite photovoltaic-thermoelectric systems. Journal of Applied Physics 116, (2014) 194901.
11. Pengjun Zhao, Jinbao Xu, Chao Ma, Wei Ren, Lei Wang, Liang Bian, and Aimin Chang, Spontaneous polarization behaviors in hybrid halide perovskite film, Scripta Materialia, 102 (2015) 51-54.
Articles and Patents
1. Aimin Chang, Pengjun Zhao, Rong Wu, Juan Hou, Hunmin Zhang, Fang Guan, Bo Zhang, Cu@TiO2 core-shell nanoparticles Preparation and Application (Patent No: CN102335605A);
2. Aimin Chang, Juan Hou, Rong Wu, Pengjun Zhao, Graphene-TiO2 (B) nanotubes composite material: its preparation and applications (Patent No: CN102437321B);
3. Aimin Chang, Juan Hou, Rong Wu, Pengjun Zhao, Graphene-titanium dioxide nanotubes composite material: its preparation and applications (Patent No: CN102496700B);
4. Huimin Zhang, Fang Guan, Aimin Chang, Pengjun Zhao, Bo Zhang, Preparation methods of Negative temperature coefficient of thermal ceramic composite materials (Patent No: CN102211924B);
