Xie Chen, Associate Researcher

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Xie Chen, Doctor of Engineering, Associate Researcher, received his Bachelor of Science degree from Tianjin University in 2010, Master of Science degree from Nanchang University in 2014, and doctorate from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2020, under the supervision of Prof. Christoph Brabec. His main research interests include preparation of optoelectronic devices, especially organic optoelectronic devices; interface and morphology modulation of photovoltaic and other optoelectronic devices; study of device physics and cell stability; design and synthesis of organic materials and applications to photovoltaic cells and other optoelectronic devices. He has published several papers as the first author in Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, and other journals of international repute.

Academic Background:

October 2014-Febuary 2020 Erlangen-Nürnberg, Faculty of Engineering, Doctor

September 2011-June 2014 Nanchang University, Department of Chemistry, Master

September 2006 – June 2010 Tianjin University, College of Pharmacy, Bachelor

Work Experience:

September 2020-Present Shenzhen Technology University, School of New Materials and New Energy, Associate Researcher

December 2019-April 2020 Erlangen-Nürnberg, Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Interests:

1. Interface modulation of organic and perovskite optoelectronic devices and solution processing.

2. Optoelectronic device physical analysis

Representative papers:

1. Chen Xie*, Thomas Heumüller, Wolfgang Gruber, Xiaofeng Tang, Andrej Classen, Isabel Schuldes, Matthew Bidwell, Andreas Späth, Rainer H. Fink, Tobias Unruh, Iain McCulloch, Ning Li, Christoph J. Brabec. Overcoming efficiency and stability limits in water-processing nanoparticular organic photovoltaics by minimizing microstructure defects. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 5535.

2. Yi Hou§, Chen Xie§, Vuk V. Radmilovic, Bianka Puscher, Mingjian Wu, Thomas Heumüller, André Karl, Ning Li, Xiaofeng Tang, Wei Meng, Shi Chen, Andres Osvet, Dirk Guldi, Erdmann Spiecker, Velimir R. Radmilović, and Christoph J. Brabec. Assembling Mesoscale Structured Organic Interfaces in Perovskite Photovoltaics. Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1806516. (§: Contribute equally)

3. Chen Xie*, Andrej Classen, Andreas Späth, Xiaofeng Tang, Jie Min, Markus Meyer, Chaohong Zhang, Ning Li, Andres Osvet, Rainer H. Fink, and Christoph J. Brabec. Overcoming Microstructural Limitations in Water Processed Organic Solar Cells by Engineering Customized Nanoparticulate Inks. Adv. Energy Mater. 2018, 1702857.

4. Lie Chen§, Chen Xie§, Yiwang Chen. Optimization of the Power Conversion Efficiency in Room Temperature-Fabricated Polymer Solar Cells utilizing Solution Processable Tungsten Oxide and Conjugated Polyelectrolyte as Electrode Interlayer. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 3986. (§: Contribute equally)

5. Chen Xie*, Xiaofeng Tang, Marvin Berlinghof, Stefan Langner, Shi Chen, Andreas Späth, Ning Li, Rainer H. Fink, Tobias Unruh, and Christoph J. Brabec. Robot-Based High-Throughput Engineering of Alcoholic Polymer: Fullerene Nanoparticle Inks for an Eco-Friendly Processing of Organic Solar Cells. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 23225−23234.

6. Chen Xie, Lie Chen, Yiwang Chen. Electrostatic Self-assembled Metal Oxide/Conjugated Polyelectrolytes as Electron-Transporting Layers for Inverted Solar Cells with High Efficiency. J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 24804.

7. Lie Chen§, Chen Xie§, Yiwang Chen. Self-Assembled Conjugated Polyelectrolyte-Ionic Liquid Crystal Complex as an Interlayer for Polymer Solar Cells: Achieving Performance Enhancement via Electric Field-Induced Spontaneous Dipole Orientation. Macromolecules 2014, 47, 1623. (§: Contribute equally)

8. Ening Gu, Xianzhong Lin, Xiaofeng Tang, Gebhard J Matt, Andres Osvet, Yi Hou, Sebastian Jäger, Chen Xie, André Karl, Rainer Hock, Christoph J Brabec. Single molecular precursor ink for AgBiS2 thin films: synthesis and characterization. J. Mater. Chem. C 2018, 6, 7642.

9. Lie Chen, Chen Xie, Yiwang Chen. Influences of Charge of Conjugated Polymer Electrolytes Cathode Interlayer for Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells. Org. Electron. 2013, 14, 1551.