Educations and Work Experiences：

PhD., Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (2004.04-2010.01）

Postdoc., King Abdullah University of Science and Technology  (2010.04-2015.04)

Visiting Scholar, Stanford University (USA)  (2011.05-2011.10)

Prof., Shaanxi Normal University (From 2015 to now)

Research interests:

Thin film optoelectronics and solar cells

In situ diagnostics

Representative Publications:

(1) Scalable Ambient Fabrication of High-Performance CsPbI₂Br Solar Cells

Yuanyuan Fan, Junjie Fang, Xiaoming Chang, Ming-chun Tang, Dounya Barrit, Zhuo Xu, Zhiwu Jiang, Jialun Wen, Huan Zhao, Tianqi Niu, Detlef-M.Smilgies, Shengye Jin, Zhike Liu, Er Qiang Li, Aram Amassian,* Shengzhong (Frank) Liu,* Kui Zhao*

Joule, 2019, 10.1016/j.joule.2019.07.015.

(2) Phase Transition Control for High-Performance Blade-Coated Perovskite Solar Cells

Jianbo Li, Rahim Munir, Yuanyuan Fan, Tianqi Niu, Yucheng Liu, Yufei Zhong, Zhou Yang, Yuansi Tian, Bo Liu, Jie Sun, Detlef-M. Smilgies, Sigurdur Thoroddsen, Aram Amassian,* Kui Zhao,* and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*

Joule, 2018, 2, 1313–1330.

(3) Dynamical Transformation of Two-Dimensional Perovskites with Alternating Cations in the Interlayer Space for High-Performance Photovoltaics

Yalan Zhang, Peijun Wang, Ming-Chun Tang, Dounya Barrit, Weijun Ke, Junxue Liu, Tao Luo, Yucheng Liu, Tianqi Niu, Detlef-M Smilgies, Zhou Yang, Zhike Liu, Shengye Jin, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis,* Aram Amassian,* Shengzhong Frank Liu,* and Kui Zhao*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2684-2694

(4) Multi-inch single-crystalline perovskite membrane for high-detectivity flexible photosensors

Yucheng Liu, Yunxia Zhang, Zhou Yang, Haochen Ye, Jiangshan Feng, Zhuo Xu, Xu Zhang, Rahim Munir, Jia Liu, Ping Zuo, Qingxian Li, Mingxin Hu, Lina Meng, Kang Wang, Detlef-M. Smilgies ,Guangtao Zhao, Hua Xu, Zupei Yang, Aram Amassian, Jiawei Li, Kui Zhao,* Shengzhong(Frank) Liu*

Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 5302.

(5) Phase Transition Control for High Performance Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskite Solar Cells

Xu Zhang, Rahim Munir, Zhuo Xu, Yucheng Liu, Hsinhan Tsai, Wanyi Nie, Jianbo Li,Tianqi Niu, Detlef-M. Smilgies, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Aditya D. Mohite, Kui Zhao,* Aram Amassian,* Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*

Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1707166.

(6) Stable High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells via Grain Boundary Passivation

Tianqi Niu, Jing Lu, Rahim Munir, Jianbo Li, Dounya Barrit, Xu Zhang, Hanlin Hu, Zhou Yang, Aram Amassian,* Kui Zhao,* Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*

Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1706576

(7) High performance ambient-air-stable FAPbI3 perovskite solar cells with molecule-passivated Ruddlesden–Popper/3D heterostructured film

Tianqi Niu, Jing Lu, Ming-Chun Tang, Dounya Barrit, Detlef-M. Smilgies, Zhou Yang, Jianbo Li, Yuanyuan Fan, Tao Luo, Iain McCulloch, Aram Amassian,* Shengzhong (Frank) Liu,* Kui Zhao*

Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11, 3358-3366

(8) Stable high efficiency two-dimensional perovskite solar cells via cesium doping

Xu Zhang, Xiaodong Ren, Bin Liu, Rahim Munir, Xuejie Zhu, Dong Yang, Jianbo Li, Yucheng Liu, Detlef-M. Smilgies, Ruipeng Li, Zhou Yang, Tianqi Niu, Xiuli Wang, Aram Amassian, Kui Zhao,* Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*

Energy Environ. Sci., 2017, 10, 2095-2102.

(9) Low-temperature-gradient crystallization for multi-inch high-quality perovskite single crystals for record performance photodetectors

Yucheng Liu, Yunxia Zhang, Zhou Yang, Jiangshan Feng, Zhuo Xu, Qingxian Li, Mingxin Hu, Haochen Ye, Xu Zhang, Ming Liu, Kui Zhao,* Shengzhong(Frank) Liu*

Materials Today, 2019, 22, 67-75

(10) Vertical Phase Separation in Small Molecule:Polymer Blend Organic Thin Film Transistors Can Be Dynamically Controlled

Kui Zhao, Olga Wodo, Dingding Ren, Hadayat Ullah Khan, Muhammad Rizwan Niazi, Hanlin Hu, Maged Abdelsamie, Ruipeng Li,Er. Qiang Li, Liyang Yu, Buyi Yan, Marcia M. Payne, Jeremy Smith, John E. Anthony, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Sigurdur T. Thoroddsen, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Aram Amassian*

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, 26, 1737-1746