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Tao Chen

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Administrative Position:Professor

Contact Information:tchenmse(at)ustc.edu.cn

Degree:Dr

Alma Mater:Nanyang Technological University

Honors and Titles

2021-02-08   Top 10 Research Advances in Semiconductor Research of China (2020)

2024-06-19   Hebei Provincial Science and Technology Award

2023-12-21   Wang Kuancheng Education Award

2026-04-09   Wiley China Highly Contribution Author 2023-2025

2026-05-31   Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

2008-03-03   Chinese Government Scholarship for Outstanding International Students

2015-11-25   Outstanding Young Scholars from Overseas

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Journal Publications:

10 Selected Publications (from 2020)

  1. Junjie Yang,# Jianyu Li,# Shuwei Sheng, Zhiyuan Cai, Ke Li, Zichen Ruan, Bo Che, Rongfeng Tang,* Tao Chen,* Internal Homojunction Sb2Se3 Solar Cell, Nature Photonics, 2026, 20, 644.

  2. Xiaoqi Peng,# Zichen Ruan,# Changfei Zhu, Shangfeng Yang, Tao Chen,* Unique Defect Characteristics of Antimony Chalcogenide Photovoltaic Materials, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2026, 59, 1341 (Invited Review Article).

  3. Chen Qian,* Kaiwen Sun, Jialiang Huang,* Junjie Yang, Jialin Cong, Mingrui He, Zhen Li, Ziyue Feng, Xu Liu, Rongfeng Tang, Martin Green, Tao Chen,* Xiaojing 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.

  4. Jiabin Dong, Qianqian Gao, Li Wu, Junjie Yang, Huizhen Liu, Weihuang Wang, Rongfeng Tang, Jianyu Li, Zixiu Cao, Yue Liu, Han Xu, Pan Zhang, Rutao Meng, Jianpeng Li, Xuejun Xu, Zijun Zhang, Tianchi Li, Tao Chen,* Shengzhong Frank Liu,* Yi Zhang,*  Carrier management through electrode and electron-selective layer engineering for 10.70% efficiency antimony selenosulfide solar cells, Nature Energy, 2025, 10, 857.

  5. Qi Zhao, Rongfeng Tang,* Bo Che, Yawu He, Ting Wu, Xiaoqi Peng, Junjie Yang, Shuwei Sheng, Changfei Zhu, Tao Chen,* Grain-Boundary Elimination via Liquid Medium Annealing toward High-Efficiency Sb2Se3 Solar Cells, Advanced Materials 2025, 37, 2414082.

  6. Bo Che,# Zhiyuan Cai,# Haonan Xu, Shuwei Sheng, Qi Zhao, Peng Xiao, Junjie Yang,Changfei Zhu, Xusheng Zheng,* Rongfeng Tang,* Tao Chen,* Post-deposition Treatment of Sb2Se3 Enables Defect Passivation and Increased Carrier Transport Dimension for Efficient Solar Cell Application, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, 64, e202425639.

  7. Lei Huang,# Jiabin Dong,# Yue Hu, Junjie Yang, Xiaoqi Peng, Haolin Wang, Aoxing Liu, Yizhe Dong, Hong Wang,* Changfei Zhu, Rongfeng Tang,* Yi Zhang,* Tao Chen,* Temperature-Gradient Solution Deposition Amends Unfavorable Band Structure of Sb2(S,Se)3 Film for Highly Efficient Solar Cells, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, 63, e202406512.

  8. Bo Che,# Zhiyuan Cai,# Peng Xiao, Gang Li, Yuqian Huang, Rongfeng Tang, Changfei Zhu, Shangfeng Yang, and Tao Chen* Thermally Driven Point Defect Transformation in Antimony Selenosulfide Photovoltaic Materials, Advanced Materials 2023, 35, 2208564.

  9. Weitao Lian, Chenhui Jiang, Yiwei Yin, Rongfeng Tang, Gang Li, Lijian Zhang, Bo Che, Tao Chen,* Revealing composition and structure dependent deep-level defect in antimony trisulfide photovoltaics, Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 3260.

  10. Rongfeng Tang,# Xiaomin Wang,# Weitao Lian,# Jialiang Huang, Qi Wei, Menglin Huang, Yiwei Yin, Chenhui Jiang, Shangfeng Yang, Guichuan Xing, Shiyou Chen, Changfei Zhu,* Xiaojing Hao,* Martin A Green, Tao Chen,* Hydrothermal deposition of antimony selenosulfide thin films enables solar cells with 10% efficiency, Nature Energy, 2020, 5, 587.

Full publications in recent years:

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. 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. (Invited Perspective)

  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. 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

2025

  1.  J. Dong, Q. Gao, L. Wu, J. Yang, H. Liu, W. Wang, R. Tang, J. Li, Z. Cao, Y. Liu, H. Xu, P. Zhang, R. Meng, J. Li, X. Xu, Z. Zhang, T. Li, T. Chen,* S. Liu,* Y. Zhang.* Carrier management through electrode and electron-selective layer engineering for 10.70% efficiency antimony selenosulfide solar cells, Nature Energy, 2025, 10, 857–868. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-025-01792-y

  2. J. Yang, J. Li, Y. Gu, R. Tang,* L. Huang, Z. Cai, B. Che, Q. Zhao, S. Sheng, H. Wang, C. Zhu, T. Chen.* Amorphous indium–zinc oxide layer with transport and protective dual-function for high-efficiency semitransparent and tandem Sb₂(S,Se)₃ solar cells, Energy & Environmental Science, 2025, 18, 4833. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EE04699D.

  3. B. Che, Z. Cai, H. Xu, S. Sheng, Q. Zhao, P. Xiao, J. Yang, C. Zhu, X. Zheng,* R. Tang,* T. Chen,* Post-deposition Treatment of Sb₂Se₃ Enables Defect Passivation and Increased Carrier Transport Dimension for Efficient Solar Cell Application, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, e202425639. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202425639.

  4. S. Sheng, B. Che, Z. Cai, J. Li, X. Peng, P. Xiao, Q. Zhao, J. Yang, R. Tang,* T. Chen*. Boron Trioxide-Assisted Post-Annealing Enables Vertical Oriented Recrystallization of Sb₂Se₃ Thin Film for High-Efficiency Solar Cells, Advanced Materials, 2025, 37, 2416083. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202416083.

  5. Q. Zhao, R. Tang,* B. Che, Y. He, T. Wu, X. Peng, J. Yang, S. Sheng, C. Zhu, T. Chen.* Grain-Boundary Elimination via Liquid Medium Annealing toward High-Efficiency Sb₂Se₃ Solar Cells, Advanced Materials, 2025, 37, 2414082. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202414082.

  6. Y. He, S. Sheng, J. Yang, Q. Zhao, Y. Li, Z. Jiang, J. Li, X. Peng, R. Tang, H. Wang, S. Yang, C. Zhu, T. Chen.* Manipulating Atomic and Microstructure of Sb₂(S,Se)₃ Thin Films via a Novel Post-Treatment for Efficient Solar Cell Application, Advanced Energy Materials, DOI:10.1002/aenm.202504562.

  7. Y. Gu, W. Liang,* H. Wang, T. Chen.* Hydrothermal Deposition and Further Simulative Optimization of Device Achieving Efficiency Close 19% for AgSbS₂ Solar Cell, Small, 2025, 21, 2504888. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202504888.

  8. S. Chen, H. Li, Y. Fu, G. Liu, M. Ishaq, J. Luo, J. Li, B. Che, J. Luo, L. Ding,* T. Chen,* G. Liang.* High-performance flexible Sb₂Se₃ thin-film photodetector for tunable color imaging and wearable physiological monitoring applications, Nano Research, 2025, 18, 94907159. https://doi.org/10.26599/NR.2025.94907159.

  9. K. Li, Z. Yan, Y. He, H. Wang, D. Liu, J. Dong, Y. Zhang, R. Tang, X. Han,* T. Chen.* Comparative study of molecular beam epitaxy-deposited ZnS:O and CdS:O as electron-transporting materials in Sb₂(S,Se)₃ solar cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2025, 13, 13417-13427. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5TA00642B.

  10. Z. Jiang, X. Peng, S. Sheng, Y. He, Y. Li, J. Yang, J. Li, Y. Hu, C. Zhu, T. Chen,* H. Wang.* Interfacial bond engineering in antimony selenosulfide solar cells via methylammonium lead bromide perovskite film as a hole transport layer, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2025, 13, 37448-37457. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5TA05744B.

  11. J. Li, J. Yang, X. Peng, S. Sheng, H. Wang, Y. Gu, T. Chen,* H. Wang.* Hydrothermal Deposition of Metal Sulfide Heterojunction Thin Films for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, ChemSusChem, 2025, e202500039. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202500039.

  12. X. Peng, Z. Ma, Z. He, R. Tang, J. Li, S. Sheng, T. Wu, Y. Hu, Z. Cai, Z. Jiang, Y. Li, C. Zhu, R. Cao, X. Zheng, T. Chen.* Interfacial Bridge Bonding Enables High-Efficiency Sb₂(S,Se)₃ Solar Cells with Record Fill Factor Exceeding 73%, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, DOI:10.1002/adfm.202503314.

  13. Q. Zhao, R. Tang,* S. Yang, T. Chen.* Post-Treatment Strategies Toward High-Quality Sb₂Se₃ Thin Films in Photovoltaic Applications, Advanced Science, 2025, 12, e202511387. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202511387.


2024

  1.  Cai, Z., Che, B., Gu, Y., Xiao, P., Wu, L., Liang, W.,* Zhu, C., & Chen, T* Active Passivation of Anion Vacancies in Antimony Selenide Film for Efficient Solar Cells. Advanced Materials, 2024, 2404826. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202404826.

  2. Huang, L., Dong, J., Hu, Y., Yang, J., Peng, X., Wang, H., Liu, A., Dong, Y., Wang, H.,* Zhu, C., Tang, R.,* Zhang, Y.,* & Chen, T* Temperature-Gradient Solution Deposition Amends Unfavorable Band Structure of Sb₂(S,Se)₃ Film for Highly Efficient Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202406512. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202406512.

  3. Liu, X., Cai, Z., Wan, L., Xiao, P., Che, B., Yang, J., Niu, H., Wang, H., Zhu, J., Huang, Y.-T., Zhu, H., Zelewski, S. J., Chen, T.,* Hoye, R. L. Z.,* & Zhou, R.*. Grain Engineering of Sb₂S₃ Thin Films to Enable Efficient Planar Solar Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltage. Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2305841. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202305841.

  4. Zhao, Y., Xu, W., Wen, J., Wang, X.,* Chen, X., Che, B., Wang, H., Gong, J., Chen, T., Xiao, X.,* & Li, J.*. Innovative In Situ Passivation Strategy for High-Efficiency Sb₂(S,Se)₃ Solar Cells. Advanced Materials, 2024, 2410669. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202410669.

  5. H. Gao, J. Li, X. Peng, Y. Huang, Q. Zhao, H. Wang, T. Wu, S. Sheng, R. Tang,* T. Chen*. Band Gap Adjustable Antimony Selenosulfide Indoor Photovoltaics with 20% Efficiency, Solar RRL, 2024, 2400389. https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400389.

  6. J. Yang, H. Wang, B. Che, L. Huang, J. Gao, Z. Cai, C. Zhu, R. Tang,* T. Chen.* Manipulating the Intrinsic Defect of MnS by Surface Sulfidation for Inverted Sb₂(S,Se)₃ Planar-Heterojunction Solar Cells, Solar RRL, 2024, 2400006. https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400006.

  7. K. Li, J. Yang, Z. Cai, Y. Gu, A. Liu, C. Zhu, R. Tang,* T. Chen.* Effect of Energy-driven Molecular Precursor Decomposition on the Crystal Orientation of Antimony Selenide Film and Solar Cell Efficiency, Small Methods, 2024, 2400227. https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202400227.

  8. X. Peng, S. Sheng, H. Gao, L. Huang, Q. Zhao, H. Wang, C. Zhu, R. Tang,* T. Chen.* One-Step Hydrothermal Deposition of AgSbS₂₋ₓSeₓ Thin Films for Solar Cell Applications, Small, 2024, 20, 2403247. https://doi.org/10.1002/small.202403247.

  9. K. Chen, B. Zhao, L. Wu, T. Hu, Y. Xiang, T. Chen,* G. Pei.* Silver nanowire networks on textured silicon as low-emissivity coatings for photovoltaic/thermal applications, Solar Energy, 2024, 267, 112253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.112253.

  10. Q. Zhao, B. Che, H. Wang, X. Peng, J. Yang, R. Tang,* C. Zhu, T. Chen.* Crystal reconstruction and defect healing enabled high-quality Sb₂Se₃ films for solar cell applications, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00734D.

  11. Cai, Z.Y., Sun, J., Cai, H.L., Gu, Y.H., Tang, R.F., Zhu, C.F., Luo, P.F.,* & Chen, T * Sb₂Se₃ as a bottom cell material for efficient perovskite/Sb₂Se₃ tandem solar cells. Energy Materials and Devices, 2024, 2(1), 9370027. https://doi.org/10.26599/EMD.2024.9370027.

  12. Liang, W., Che, Y., Cai, Z., Tang, R., Ma, Z., Zheng, X., Wu, X.,* Li, J.,* Jin, H.,* Zhu, C., & Chen, T.*. Surface Decoration Manipulating Zn²⁺/H⁺ Carrier Ratios for Hyperstable Aqueous Zinc Ion Battery Cathode. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34, 2304798. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202304798.

  13. Li, K., Tang, R.,* Zhu, C., & Chen, T..* Critical Review on Crystal Orientation Engineering of Antimony Chalcogenide Thin Film for Solar Cell Applications. Advanced Science, 2024, 11, 2304963. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304963.

  14. Mo, A., Feng, Y., Yang, B., Dang, W., Liang, X., Cao, W., Guo, Y., Chen, T.,* & Li, Z..* Controlling Unintentional Defects Enables High-Efficient Antimony Selenide Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2316292. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202316292.

  15. Hu, Y., Huang, L., Che, B., Wang, H., Liu, A., Zhu, C., Tang, R.,* & Chen, T..* Molecular Induced Patching Process Improving Film Quality for High-Efficiency Cd-Free Antimony Selenosulfide Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2314974. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202314974.

  16. X. Jiang, B. Liu, X. Wu, S. Zhang, D. Zhang, X. Wang, S. Gao, Z. Huang, H. Wang, B. Li,* Z. Xiao, T. Chen, A. Jen, S. Xiao,* S. Yang,* Z. Zhu.* Top-Down Induced Crystallization Orientation toward Highly Efficient p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2313524. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202313524.

  17. X. Li, S. Gao, X. Wu, Q. Liu, L. Zhu, C. Wang, Y. Wang, Z. Liu, W. Chen, X. Li, P. Xiao, Q. Huang, T. Chen, Z. Li, X. Gao, Z. Xiao, Y. Lu, X. Zeng, S. Xiao,* Z. Zhu,* S. Yang.* Bifunctional ligand-induced preferred crystal orientation enables highly efficient perovskite solar cells, Joule, 2024, 8, 3169-3185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.07.009.



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