Res. Xiang Wanchun   Tel: +86-29-  E-mail:wanchun.xiang@snnu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experiences：

Ph. D Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences （2010）

Assistant Professor, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences （2010-2011）

Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, Monash University, Australia （2011-2014）

Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology （2014-2020）

Visiting Professor, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland （2017-2018）

Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Doctoral Supervisor （2020）

Research Interests：

Nanomaterials, thin film materials, solar cells;

Optoelectronic materials and their applications

Awards and Honors：

1.Early Career Editorial Board Member of Rare Metals (2026)

2.First‑Prize Award for Outstanding Scientific and Technological Research Achievements in Higher Education Institutions of Shaanxi Province (2025)

3.Shaanxi Provincial Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2023)

4.Early Career Editorial Board Member of eScience (2023)

5.Shaanxi Provincial Youth Talent Program (2021)

6.Hubei Provincial High‑level Talent Introduction Program (Youth Project) (2016)

7.Council Member of the Thin Films and Coatings Division, The Chinese Ceramic Society (2016–2020)

Research Projects as Principal Investigator：

1.Regulation Strategies and Mechanism of Ion Migration in Inorganic Perovskites, Key Project of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. GK202501004), RMB 150,000, January 2025 – December 2026

2.Composition Optimization of Low Bandgap Inorganic Perovskites and Its Impact Mechanism on Stability, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. 51972255), RMB 600,000, January 2020 – December 2023

3.Regulation of Aqueous Electrolyte pH and Its Effect on the Photovoltaic Performance of p Type Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. 51502224), RMB 250,000, January 2016 – December 2018

4.Highly Stable All Inorganic Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cells, International Cooperation and Exchange Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. 52211540391), RMB 150,000, September 2022 – August 2024

5.Solar Cell Materials and Devices, Shaanxi Provincial Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 2023-JC-JQ-34), RMB 500,000, January 2023 – December 2025

6.Regulation and Mechanism of Stability of All Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskites, Key Project of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. GK202102001), RMB 150,000, January 2021 – December 2023

7.Terminal Group Functionalization of Fullerene Derivatives with Ester Groups and Their Application in Low Temperature Perovskite Solar Cells, Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (Grant No. 2016CFB118), RMB 50,000, January 2017 – December 2018

8.Terminal Group Functionalization of Fullerene Derivatives and Their Application in Perovskite Solar Cells, Open Project of the Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, RMB 80,000, March 2016 – February 2018

Representative Achievements：

1.Jinyun Gong, Nan Li, Zezhang Wang, Borui Wang, Minfang Wu, Shengzhong Liu, Wanchun Xiang*, Dual-action polymer-additive-strategy for simultaneous crystallization kinetics modulation and ion migration suppression in inorganic perovskite solar cells, Chem. Eng. J, 2026, 539, 177185.

2.Borui Wang, Nan Li, Zezhang Wang, Jinyun Gong, Minfang Wu, Shengzhong Liu, Wanchun Xiang*, Implanting Crystal Nuclei at the Buried Interface to Regulate the Growth of Inorganic Perovskite for High-Performance Solar Cells, Adv. Mater, 2026, 38, e15469.

3.Tianfei Xu#, Nan Li#, Zezhang Wang, Ting Nie, Jingru Zhang, Shengzhong Liu*, Wanchun Xiang*, Synergistic Dual-Defect Passivation via Iodoethoxyethane for High-Efficiency Inverted Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2026, 36, e15665.  

4.Minfang Wu, Tianfei Xu, Nan Li, Zezhang Wang, Borui Wang, Jinyun Gong, Shengzhong Liu, Wanchun Xiang*, Crystallization Manipulation of Wide-bandgap Perovskite by Amino Acid Derivative for High Performance Solar Cells, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 2516786.

5.Nan Li, Zezhang Wang, Tianfei Xu, Minfang Wu, Jinyun Gong, Borui Wang, Yang Cao, Xiaolong Feng, Shengzhong Liu*, Wanchun Xiang*, Optimized inorganic perovskite surface by chelation molecule for high performance inverted solar cells, Chem. Eng. J, 2025, 518, 164567

6.Dongsheng Wang, Chunshu Song, Long Cheng, Kaifei Chen, Fanning Meng, Guiqiang Wang*, Wanchun Xiang*, Surface reconfiguration of CsPbI2Br perovskite through in situ constructing 0D Cs4PbI5Br capping layer improves the stability and efficiency of inorganic perovskite solar cells, Chem. Eng. J., 2025, 512, 162516.

7.Zezhang Wang, Tianfei Xu, Nan Li, Zhen Chang, Jing Shan, Yong Wang, Minfang Wu, Fengwei Xiao, Shengzhong Liu*, Wanchun Xiang*, Comprehensive crystallization retardation of inorganic perovskite for high performance inverted solar cells, Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 4130.

8.Tianfei Xu, Shengzhong Liu*, Sang Il Seok*, Wanchun Xiang*, Surface chemistry-induced reconstruction of inorganic perovskite for efficient and stable inverted solar cells, Joule, 2025, 9, 101826.

9.Panli Zhang#, Zezhang Wang#, Tianfei Xu, Nan Li, Shengzhong Liu, Wanchun Xiang*, Xing Zhang*, Surface Treatment via a Multifluorine-Containing Passivator for High-Performance Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells, ACS App. Energy Mater. 2024, 7, 10888−10896

10.Zezhang Wang, Tianfei Xu, Nan Li, Yali Liu, Kun Li, Zihao Fan, Jieke Tan, Dehong Chen, Shengzhong Liu*, Wanchun Xiang*, Interfacial engineering with trivalent cations for efficient and stable inverted inorganic perovskite solar cells, Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17, 7271-7280.

11.Tianfei Xu, Wanchun Xiang*, Xiaoning Ru, Zezhang Wang, Yali Liu, Nan Li, Haojie Xu, Shengzhong Liu*, Enhancing Stability and Efficiency of Inverted Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells with in-situ Interfacial Cross-linked Modifier, Adv. Mater, 2024, 6, 202312237

12.Yang Jiang#, Tian-Fei Xu#, Hong-Qiang Du, Mathias Uller Rothmann, Zhi-Wen Yin, Ye Yuan, Wan-Chun Xiang*, Zhi-Yi Hu, Gui-Jie Liang, Sheng-Zhong Liu, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Yi-Bing Cheng, Wei Li*, Organic-inorganic hybrid nature enables efficient and stable CsPbI3-based perovskite solar cells, Joule, 2023, 7, 2905-2922

13.Yali Liu#, Tianfei Xu#, Zhuo Xu, Hao Zhang, Tengteng Yang, Zezhang Wang, Wanchun Xiang*, Shengzhong Liu*, Defect Passivation and Lithium Ion Coordination Via Hole Transporting Layer Modification for High Performance Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells, Adv. Mater, 2023, 36, 2306982

14.Guiqiang Wang*, Dongsheng Wang, Jiarun Chang, Fanning Meng*, Wanchun Xiang*, Dipolar interlayers in perovskite solar cells, Solar RRL, 2023, 7, 2300481

15.Yali Liu, Wanchun Xiang*, Tianfei Xu, Hao Zhang, Haojie Xu, Yuchen Zhang, Wenzhuo Qi, Lidan Liu, Tengteng Yang, Zezhang Wang, Shengzhong Liu*, Strengthened Surface Modification for High-Performance Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells with 21.3% Efficiency, Small, 2023, 19, 2304190

16.Haodan Guo, Wanchun Xiang*, Yanyan Fang*, Jingrui Li, Yuan Lin*, Molecular Bridge on Buried Interface for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2023, 62, e202304568.

17.Tianfei Xu, Wanchun Xiang*, Junjie Yang, Dominik J. Kubicki, Wolfgang Tress, Tao Chen, Zhimin Fang, Yali Liu, Shengzhong Liu*, Interface Modification for Efficient and Stable Inverted Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells, Adv. Mater, 2023, 35, 2303346

18.Hao Zhang, Wanchun Xiang,* Xuejiao Zuo, Xiaojing Gu, Shiang Zhang, Yachao Du, Zhiteng Wang, Yali Liu, Haifeng Wu, Peijun Wang, Qingyue Cui, Hang Su, Qingwen Tian*, and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*, Fluorine-Containing Passivation Layer via Surface Chelation for Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2023, 135, e202216634

19.Tianfei Xu, Wanchun Xiang,* Dominik J. Kubicki, Yali Liu, Wolfgang Tress, Shengzhong Liu, Simultaneous Lattice Engineering and Defect Control via Cadmium Incorporation for High-Performance Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells, Adv. Sci. 2022, 9, 2204486.

20.Wanchun Xiang*#, Jiahuan Zhang#, Shengzhong Liu, Steve Albrecht, Anders Hagfeldt*, Zaiwei Wang*, Intermediate phase engineering of halide perovskites for photovoltaics, Joule, 2022, 6, 315-339.

21.Yali Liu, Wanchun Xiang*, Shaiqiang Mou, Hao Zhang, Shengzhong Liu*, Synergetic surface defect passivation towards efficient and stable inorganic perovskite solar cells, Chem. Eng. J, 2022, 447, 137515

22.Shumao Wang, Haodan Guo, Jinpeng Wu, Yan Lei, Xiangrong Li, Yanyan Fang*, Yuhua Dai,* Wanchun Xiang*, Yuan Lin, High-conductivity thiocyanate ionic liquid interface engineering for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells, Chem. Commun, 2022, 58, 8384-8387.

23.Wanchun Xiang*, Shengzhong Liu, Wolfgang Tress*, Interfaces and Interface Layers in Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2021, 60, 26440–26453.

24.Xiaojing Gu, Wanchun Xiang*, Qingwen Tian*, Shengzhong Liu*, Rational Surface-Defect Control via Designed Passivation for High-Efficiency Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2021, 60, 23164-23170.

25.Wanchun Xiang*, Shengzhong Liu, Wolfgang Tress*, A Review on Stability of Inorganic Metal Halide Perovskites: Challenge and Opportunity for Stable Solar Cells, Energy & Environ. Sci, 2021, 14, 2090-2113.

26.Zaiwei Wang*, Jiahuan Zhang, Wanlin Guo, Wanchun Xiang*, Anders Hagfeldt*, Formation and Stabilization of Inorganic Halide Perovskites for Photovoltaics, Matter, 2021, 4, 528-551.

27.Tapa Arnauld Robert, Wanchun Xiang*, Abdelaal. S. A. Ahmed, Senwei Wu Bin Li, Qiufen Liu, Chawuch Machar Jacob Chuti, Xiujian Zhao*, Porous rGO/ZnSe/CoSe2 dispersed in PEDOT:PSS as Efficient Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Mater. Chem. Front, 2021, 5, 2702-2714.

28.Junye Pan#, Xing Zhang#, Yong Zheng, Wanchun Xiang*, Morphology control of perovskite film for efficient CsPbIBr2 based inorganic perovskite solar cells, Solar Energy Mater. Solar Cells, 2021, 221, 110878.

29.Wanchun Xiang*, Junye Pan, Qi Chen, In Situ Formation of NiOx Interlayer for Efficient n-i-p Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells, ACS App. Energy Mater, 2020, 3, ‏5977-5983.

30.Wanchun Xiang*#, Zaiwei Wang#, Dominik J. Kubicki, Wolfgang Tress, Jingshan Luo, Daniel Prochowicz, Seckin Akin, Lyndon Emsley, Jiangtao Zhou, Giovanni Dietler, Michael Grätzel, Anders Hagfeldt*, Europium-Doped CsPbI2Br for Stable and Highly Efficient Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells, Joule, 2019, 3, 205-204.

31.Wanchun Xiang*#, Zaiwei Wang#, Dominik J. Kubicki, Wolfgang Tress, Jingshan Luo, Xueting Wang, Jiahuan Zhang, Albert Hofstetter, Lijun Zhang, Lyndon Emsley, Michael Grätzel, Anders Hagfeldt*, Ba-induced phase segregation and band gap reduction in mixed-halide inorganic perovskite solar cell，Nat. Commun, 2019,10, 4686.

32.Wanchun Xiang*, Wolfgang Tress*, Review on Recent Progress of All-inorganic-Metal Halide Perovskites and Solar Cells, Adv. Mater, 2019, 31, 201902851.

Patents:

1.Wanchun Xiang, Fan Zhang, Xi Yao, “A stable perovskite solar cell and its preparation method”, Chinese Invention Patent, Patent No. CN107919439B

2.Wanchun Xiang, Shibi Fang, Yuan Lin, “Polymer metal ion complex gel electrolyte for dye sensitized solar cells”, Chinese Invention Patent, Patent No. CN102020748A

3.Yanyan Fang, Wanchun Xiang, Shibi Fang, Yuan Lin, “Ionic liquid polymer with pendant strongly electronegative ionic functional groups, its preparation method and application”, Chinese Invention Patent, Patent No. CN102234354B

4.Wanchun Xiang, Yali Liu, Shengzhong Liu, “A perovskite solar cell based on an organic molecule modified lithium salt doped hole transport layer”, Chinese Invention Patent, Patent No. CN116133442B

5.Wanchun Xiang, Tianfei Xu, Shengzhong Liu, “A perovskite solar cell passivated by a sulfur containing passivating agent”, Chinese Invention Patent, Patent No. CN116322094B

6.Wanchun Xiang, Tianfei Xu, Shengzhong Liu, “An efficient and stable perovskite solar cell modified by self crosslinking molecules”, Chinese Invention Patent, Patent No. 2023117893277

7.Wanchun Xiang, Zezhang Wang, Shengzhong Liu, “Perovskite solar cell based on surface modification with high valent metal ions”, Chinese Invention Patent, Patent No. 2024110511986

8.Wanchun Xiang, Tianfei Xu, Shengzhong Liu, “A perovskite solar cell and a preparation method by chemical induced surface reconstruction”, Chinese Invention Patent, Patent No. 2024112792908