Tao Chen
Professor
Scientific Research


Publications:

2026

1. J. Yang, J. Li, S. Sheng, Z. Cai, K. Li, Z. Ruan, B. Che, R. Tang,* T. Chen,* Internal homojunction Sb₂Se₃ solar cell, Nature Photonics, 2026, 20, 644-652.

2. C. Qian,* K. Sun, J. Huang,* J. Yang, J. Cong, M. He, Z. Li, Z. Feng, X. Liu, R. Tang, M. Green, T. Chen,* X. Hao,* Regulation of hydrothermal reaction kinetics with sodium sulfide for certified 10.7% efficiency Sb₂(S,Se)₃ solar cells, Nature Energy, 2026, 11, 415-424.

3. Y. Huang,* L. Feng, J. Yang, H. Wang, Z. Yu, H. Guo, Y. Yin, H. Zhang, Z. Li, J. Yan, J. Liu, T. Chen,* G. Wang,* Close-Spaced Sublimation of CdCl₂ Enables Uniform CdS Thin Films for Certified 8.08%-Efficient Sb₂S₃ Solar Cells, Advanced Materials, 2026, 38, e20937.

4. X. Peng, Z. Ruan, C. Zhu, S. Yang, T. Chen,* Unique Defect Characteristics of Antimony Chalcogenide Photovoltaic Materials, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2026, 59, 1341-1353. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.6c00896

5. Z. Yu, Y. Q. Huang,* L. Feng, H. Guo, Z. Zhao, J. Yan, J. Liu, B. Yu, T. Chen,* G. Wang,* Revisiting the Photoelectric Conversion Mechanism in Hydrothermally Deposited Sb₂(S,Se)₃ Solar Cells, Small, 2026, 22, e73423.

6. H. Mei, C. Z. Zhang, S. W. Sheng, X. Q. Peng, Y. W. He, X. Jin,* T. Chen,* Indium-Assisted Carrier Transport Enhancement for Efficient Sb₂(S,Se)₃ Solar Cells, Small Methods, 2026, 10, e70606.

7. Y. Hu, T. Chen,* Compositional engineering of low-dimensional V-VI compounds for short-wave infrared imaging, Device, 2026, 4, 101169

8. A. Liu, P. Fang, R. Tang, P. Du,* T. Chen,* 10.21% efficiency Sb₂(S,Se)₃ thin film solar cells with a mixed hole-transport material, Chemical Communications, 2026, 62, 9947-9950.

9. Y. Zhang, L. Cheng, X. Peng, J. Yang, H. Mei, W. Yang, K. Hu, L. H. Wong,* T. Chen,* X. Jin,* Beyond Substrate Engineering: Thermal-Kinetic Control Breaks the Crystallization Bottleneck in Quasi-1D Sb₂(S,Se)₃ Photovoltaics, Advanced Functional Materials, 2026, 36, e75718.

10. Y. Li, Y. Hu, S. Sheng, R. Tang, Y. He, Z. Jiang, X. Peng, J. Yang, T. Chen,* Sodium Metavanadate Chelation-Assisted Chemical Bath Deposition to High-Efficiency Antimony Selenosulfide Solar Cells, Advanced Functional Materials, 2026, 36, e255557.

11. J. Chen*, G. Li, C. Gao, S. Sheng, C. Ruan, Y. Wang, Z. Xu, R. Tang, C. Chen*, Y. Zhang, T. Chen*, J. Xu,* Aqueous Selenium Ion Engineering: A Universal Strategy to Reverse Gradient Limitations in Sb₂(S,Se)₃ Photovoltaics for Enhanced Carrier Dynamics and Performance, Advanced Functional Materials, 2026, 36, e12587. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202512587

12. C. Zhang, S. Sheng, H. Mei, X. Peng, L. Huang, Z. Ruan, X. Jin,* T. Chen,* Nanoparticle-Assisted Crystallization Engineering Toward Efficient, Low-Temperature-Processed Sb₂(S,Se)₃ Solar Cells, Advanced Functional Materials, 2026, 36, e75330. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.75330

13. X. He, S. Zhang, Q. Wang, Y. Ma, C. Zhang, Y. Li, N. Hu, X. Weng, T. Chen, Z. Fang,* J. Zhu, X. Li, C. Ma, S. Liu,* S. Yang,* Y. Cui.* Interface Molecular Locking Synergized with Self-Assembled Monolayers for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026, 65, e23439. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202523439