Biography

Dianyi Liu earned his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from Lanzhou University in 2009, and then worked as the postdoc in Peking University, University of Saskatchewan and Michigan State University. Dr. Liu started his faculty career at Westlake University from January 2019. His research interests include thin-film photovoltaics, artificial photosynthesis and wearable electronics.

Welcome to visit our group website: Dianyi Liu Lab

Research

Dr. Dianyi Liu's research mainly focused on the photovoltaic materials and devices field in past years, including the study on mechanism of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), the simplification of the device fabrication process, and exploration of transparent / flexible photovoltaic devices. The future research efforts of Dr. Liu group will be paid on the applications of thin-film photovoltaics / nano optoelectronic materials on energy, environment and life field.

Publications

1.  Dianyi Liu, Chenchen Yang, Richard R. Lunt*. Halide Perovskites for Selective Ultraviolet-Harvesting Transparent Photovoltaics. Joule, 2018, 2, 1827-1837.

2..  Dianyi Liu, Qiong Wang, Christopher J. Traverse, Chenchen Yang, Mark Elinski, Margaret Young, Padmanaban S. Kuttipillai, Thomas W. Hamann, Richard R. Lunt*. Impact of Ultrathin C₆₀ on Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices. ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 876-883.

3.  Dianyi Liu, Christopher J. Traverse, Pei Chen, Mark Elinski, Chenchen Yang, Lili Wang, Margaret Young, Richard R. Lunt*. Aqueous-Containing Precursor Solutions for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells. Adv. Sci., 2018, 5, 1700484.

4.  Dianyi Liu,# Jinli Yang,# Timothy L. Kelly*. Compact Layer Free Perovskite Solar Cells  with 13.5% Efficiency. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 17116-17122.

5.  Dianyi Liu, Mahesh K. Gangishetty, Timothy L. Kelly*. Effect of CH₃NH₃PbI₃ Thickness on Device Efficiency in Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells. J .Mater. Chem. A., 2014, 2, 19873-19881.

6.  Dianyi Liu, Timothy L. Kelly*. Perovskite Solar Cells with a Planar Heterojunction Structure Prepared Using Room-Temperature Solution Processing Techniques. Nature Photonics, 2014, 8, 133-138.

7.  Dianyi Liu, Mingyan Zhao, Yan Li, Zuqiang Bian*, Luhui Zhang, Yuanyuan Shang, Xinyuan Xia, Sen Zhang, Daqin Yun, Zhiwei Liu, Anyuan Cao*, Chunhui Huang. Solid-State, Polymer-Based Fiber Solar Cells with Carbon Nanotube Electrodes. ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 11027-11034.

8.  Dianyi Liu, Kuanzhen Tang, Weisheng Liu, Chengyong Su, Xuhuan Yan, Haixia Cui, Minyu Tan and Yu Tang*. A novel luminescent chemosensor for detecting Hg²⁺ based on the pendant benzo crown ether terbium complex. Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 9763-9765.

Dr. Liu is always on the lookout for talented new students and post-doctoral fellows. Please do not hesitate to contact and apply.