Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Jan. 2014
Advisors: Prof. Thomas P. Russell and Alejandro Briseno
Thesis: Morphology Investigation of Low Band Gap Polymer Photovoltaic
M.S. Institute of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, 2008
Advisors: Prof. Wei Wei, Prof. Wei Huang and Prof. Yong Cao, 
Thesis: Organic Electroluminescence Materials and Devices based on Pyrene Materials
B.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2005, East China University of Science and Technology

Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University-Department of Physics and Astronomy    2016 – present
 Thin film solar cells--physics and applications.
 Soft matter physics--structure and dynamics.
 Optical phenomenon in structured materials.
Postdoc Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab                   2014 – 2016
 Particle dynamics at jammed interfaces: 
• Investigating the surface properties of gold nano particles at water/oil interfaces. 
• Characterizing particle dynamics at water/oil interfaces using x-ray correlation spectroscopy methods. 
 Large area printed electronics and In-Situ morphology investigations.
• Developing synchrotron based In-Situ characterization methods to study the dynamic morphology evolution, and application to material sciences.
Research Assistant, University of Massachusetts Amherst               2008 – 2013
 Characterizing the None Equilibrium Morphology in Organic Photovoltaics. 
 Studying the diffusion process of particles into conjugated polymers. 
 Developing zwitterion type of electrode modification materials and fabricate high efficient devices. 
Research Assistant, Fudan University                                       2005– 2008
Materials and devices for Organic Electroluminescence: new material and device design.

Fundamentally understand the structure-property relationship of functional soft materials, and apply them to electrical, bio, mechanical and optical applications. Explore the physics of soft materials and manipulate their nano-/meso-structures to suit the demand of new science and technology.

1.   有机/钙钛矿光伏电池形貌表征及其结构与性能的关系。

2.   含氟功能薄膜构效关系及其燃料电池应用。

3.   软X射线碳边散射表征软物质纳米/介观尺度结构。

2018

200. ** J. Song, M. Zhang, M. Yuan, Y. Qian, Y. Sun, F. Liu, ‘Morphology Characterization of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells’, Small Methods, 2018, XX (X), 1700229.
199. ** Q. Fan§, Y. Wang§, M. Zhang*, B. Wu, X. Guo, Y. Jiang, W. Li, B. Guo, C. Ye, W. Su, J. Fang, X. Ou, F. Liu*, Z. Wei, T. C. Sum, T. P. Russell, Y. Li, ‘High-Performance As-Cast Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with Thicker Active Layer and Large Area Exceeding 11% Power Conversion Efficiency’, Advanced Materials, 2018, 30 (6), 1704546.
198. ** Y. Lin, Y. Jin, S. Dong, W. Zheng, J. Yang, A. Liu, F. Liu, Y. Jiang, T. P. Russell, F. Zhang, F. Huang, L. Hou, ‘Printed Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with the Highest Efficiency of 9.5%’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, XX (X), 1701942.
197. ** Z. Luo, H. Bin, T. Liu, Z.-G. Zhang, Y. Yang, C. Zhong, B. Qiu, G. Li, W. Gao, D. Xie, K. Wu, Y. Sun, F. Liu, Y. Li, C. Yang, ‘Fine-Tuning of Molecular Packing and Energy Level through Methyl Substitution Enabling Excellent Small Molecule Acceptors for Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiency up to 12.54%’, Advanced Materials, 2018, XX (X), 1706124.
196. Y. An, X. Liao, L. Chen, J. Yin, Q. Ai, Q. Xie, B. Huang, F. Liu, A. K.-Y. Jen, Y. Chen, ‘Nonhalogen Solvent-Processed Asymmetric Wide-Bandgap Polymers for Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with Over 10% Efficiency’, Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, XX (X), 1706517.
195. ** X. Shi, J. Chen, K. Gao, L. Zuo, Z. Yao, F. Liu, J. Tang, A. K.-Y. Jen, ‘Terthieno[3,2-b]Thiophene (6T) Based Low Bandgap Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor for Highly Efficient Solar Cells with a High Short-Circuit Current Density and Low Open-Circuit Voltage Loss’, Nano Research, Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, XX (X), 1702831.
194. ** Z. Zhang, J. Yu, X. Yin, Z. Hu, Y. Jiang, J. Sun, J. Zhou, F. Zhang, T. P. Russell, F. Liu, W. Tang, ‘Conformation Locking on Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor for High-Performance Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells’, Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, XX (X), 1705095.
193. ** D. Zhou§, S. Xiong§, L. Chen*, X. Cheng, H. Xu, Y. Zhou*, F. Liu*, Y. Chen*, ‘A green route to a novel hyperbranched electrolyte interlayer for nonfullerene polymer solar cells with over 11% efficiency’, Chemical Communications, 2018, 54 (5), 563-566.
192. ** B. Xiao, J. Song, B. Guo, M. Zhang, W. Li, R. Zhou, J. Liu, H.-B. Wang*, M. Zhang*, G. Luo*, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell, ‘Improved photocurrent and efficiency of non-fullerene organic solar cells despite higher charge recombination’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6 (3), 957-962.
191. ** J. Yan§, W. Fu§, X. Zhang, J. Chen, W. Yang, W. Qiu, G. Wu*, F. Liu*, P. Heremans, H. Chen*, ‘Highly oriented two-dimensional formamidinium lead iodide perovskites with a small bandgap of 1.51 eV’, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2018, 2 (1), 121-128.
190. ** S. Li§, L. Zhan§, F. Liu*, J. Ren, M. Shi*, C.-Z. Li, T. P. Russell, H. Chen*, ‘An Unfused-Core-Based Nonfullerene Acceptor Enables High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells with Excellent Morphological Stability at High Temperatures’, Advanced Materials, 2018, 30 (6), 1705208.
2017
189. B. Fan, L. Ying*, P. Zhu, F. Pan, F. Liu*, J. Chen, F. Huang*, Y. Cao, ‘All-Polymer Solar Cells Based on a Conjugated Polymer Containing Siloxane-Functionalized Side Chains with Efficiency over 10%’, Advanced Materials, 2018, 29 (47), 1703906.
188. ** Z. Xiao§, X. Jia§, D. Li, S. Wang, X. Geng, F. Liu*, J. Chen*, S. Yang*, T. P. Russell, L. Ding*, ‘26 mA cm−2 Jsc from organic solar cells with a low-bandgap nonfullerene acceptor’, Science Bulletin, 2017, 62 (22), 1494-1496.
187. ** S. Zhang§, M. N. Shah§, F. Liu*, Z. Zhang, Q. Hu, T. P. Russell, M. Shi, C.-Z. Li*, H. Chen*, ‘Efficient and 1,8-diiodooctane-free Ternary Organic Solar Cells Fabricated via Nanoscale Morphology Tuning Using Small-Molecule Dye Additive’, Nano Research, 2017, 10 (11), 3765-3774.
186. ** Y. Li, L. Zhong, J.-D. Lin, F.-P. Wu, H.-J. Bin, Z. Zhang, L. Xu*, Z.-Q. Jiang*, Z.-G. Zhang, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell, Y. Li. L.-S. Liao, S. R. Forrest*, ‘Isomeric Effects of Solution Processed Ladder-Type Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors’, Solar RRL, 2017, 1 (10), 1700107.
185. ** C. Duan§, K. Gao§, F. J. M. Colberts, F. Liu*, S. C. J. Meskers, M. M. Wienk, R. J. Janssen*, ‘Thiophene Rings Improve the Device Performance of Conjugated Polymers in Polymer Solar Cells with Thick Active Layers’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7 (19), 1700519.
184. ** X. Shi§, L. Zuo§, S. B. Jo§, K. Gao, F. Lin, F. Liu*, A. K.-Y. Jen*, ‘Design of a Highly Crystalline Low-Band Gap Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor for High-Efficiency Solar Cells with Low Energy Loss’, Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29 (19), 8369-8376.
183. ** H. Feng§, N. Qiu§, X. Wang, C. Wang, B. Kan, X. Wan, M. Zhang, A. Xia, C. Li, F. Liu*, H. Zhang*, Y. Chen*, ‘An A-D-A Type Small-Molecule Electron Acceptor with End-Extended Conjugation for High Performance Organic Solar Cells’, Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29 (18), 7908-7917.
182. ** B. Xiao, M. Zhang, J. Yan, G. Luo, K. Gao, J. Liu, Q. You, H.-B. Wang, C. Gao, B. Zhao, X. Zhao, H. Wu, F. Liu*, ‘High Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Based on Amorphous Electron-Donating Polymer and Modified Fullerene Acceptor’, Nano Energy, 2017, 39, 478-488.
181. ** B. Liu, J. Lin, M. Yu, B. Li, L. Xie*, C. Ou, F. Liu*, T. Li, D. Lu, W. Huang*, ‘Hereditary Character of Alkyl-Chain Length Effect on β-Phase Conformation from Polydialkylfluorenes to Bulky Polydiarylfluorenes’, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017, 121 (35), 19087-19096.
180. ** D. Wang*, K. Nakajima, F. Liu*, S. Shi, T. P. Russell*, ‘Nanomechanical Imaging of the Diffusion of Fullerene into Conjugated Polymer’, ACS Nano, 2017, 11 (9), 8660-8667.
179. C. Huang, M. Cui, Z. Sun, F. Liu, B. A. Helms*, T. P. Russell*, ‘Self-Regulated Nanoparticle Assembly at Liquid/Liquid Interfaces: A Route to Adaptive Structuring of Liquids’, Langmuir, 2017, 33 (32), 7994-8001.
178. ** L. Nian§, K. Gao§, Y. Jiang, Q. Hong, X. Hu, D. Xuan, F. Liu*, X. Peng*, T. P. Russell, G. Zhou*, ‘Small-Molecule Solar Cells with Simultaneously Enhanced Short-Circuit Current and Fill Factor to Achieve 11% Efficiency’, Advanced Materials, 2017, 29 (29), 1700616.
177. ** D. Xie§, T. Liu§, W. Gao§, C. Zhong, L. Huo, Z. Luo, K. Wu, W. Xiong, F. Liu*, Y. Sun*, C. Yang*, ‘A Novel Thiophene-Fused Ending Group Enabling an Excellent Small Molecule Acceptor for High-Performance Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cells with 11.8% Efficiency’, Solar RRL, 2017, 1 (6), 1700044.
176. Z. Zhang, Z. Zhou, Q. Hu, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, X. Zhu*, ‘1,3-Bis(thieno[3,4-b]thiophen-6-yl)- 4H-thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6(5H)-dione-Based Small-Molecule Donor for Efficient Solution- Processed Solar Cells’, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9 (7), 6213-6219.
175. ** Q. Hu§, L. Zhao§, J. Wu, K. Gao, D. Luo, Y. Jiang, Z. Zhang, C. Zhu, E. Schaible, A. Hexemer, C. Wang, Y. Liu, W. Zhang, M. Gratzel, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell*, R. Zhu*, Q. Gong, ‘In situ dynamic observations of perovskite crystallisation and microstructure evolution intermediated from PbI6 (4-) cage nanoparticles’, Nature communications, 2017, 8, 15688.
174. ** M. Chen, M. Yi, J. Yi, M. Li, C. Du, K. Lin, W. Tong, C. Ma*, F. Liu*, H. Wang*, ‘Vinazene end-capped acceptor-donor-acceptor type small molecule for solution-processed organic solar cells’, Organic Electronics, 2017, 44, 11-19.
173. ** J. Wang*, K. Liu, S. Liu, F. Liu*, H. Wu*, Y. Cao, T. P. Russell, ‘Applying Thienyl Side Chains and Different π-Bridge to Aromatic Side-Chain Substituted Indacenodithiophene-Based Small Molecule Donors for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells’, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9 (23), 19998-20009.
172. ** F. Liu§, Z. Zhou§, C. Zhang, J. Zhang, Q. Hu, T. Vergote, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell, X. Zhu*, ‘Efficient Semitransparent Solar Cells with High NIR Responsiveness Enabled by a Small-Bandgap Electron Acceptor’, Advanced Materials, 2017, 29 (21), 1606574.
171. ** L. Zhong, L. Gao, H. Bin, Q. Hu, Z.-G. Zhang*, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell, Z. Zhang*, Y. Li*, ‘High Efficiency Ternary Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with Two Polymer Donors and an Organic Semiconductor Acceptor’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7 (14), 1602215.
170. ** X. Li, T. Yan, H. Bin, G. Han, L. Xue, F. Liu*, Y. Yi, Z.-G. Zhang*, T. P. Russell, Y. Li*, ‘Insertion of double bond π-bridges of A-D-A acceptors for high performance near-infrared polymer solar cells’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5 (43), 22588-22597.
169. ** X. Liu§, L. Nian§, K. Gao§, L. Zhang, L. Qing, Z. Wang, L. Ying, Z. Xie, Y. Ma, Y. Cao, F. Liu*, J. Chen*, ‘Low band gap conjugated polymers combining siloxane-terminated side chains and alkyl side chains: side-chain engineering achieving a large active layer processing window for PCE > 10% in polymer solar cells’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5 (33), 17619-17631.
168. ** H. Zhang, S. Zhang, K. Gao, F. Liu*, H. Yao, B. Yang, C. He, T. P. Russell, J. Hou*, ‘Low band-gap conjugated polymer based on diketopyrrolopyrrole units and its application in organic photovoltaic cells’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5 (21), 10416-10423.
167. B. Kan, H. Feng, X. Wan, F. Liu, X. Ke, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, H. Zhang, C. Li, J. Hou, Y. Chen*, ‘Small-Molecule Acceptor Based on the Heptacyclic Benzodi(cyclopentadithiophene) Unit for Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells’, Journal of The American Chemical Society, 2017, 139 (13), 4929-4934.
166. ** T. Liu, X. Xue, L. Huo, X. Sun, Q. An, F. Zhang, T. P. Russell, F. Liu*, Y. Sun*, ‘Highly Efficient Parallel-Like Ternary Organic Solar Cells’, Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29 (7), 2914-2920.
165. ** J. Chen, L. Zhang*, X. Jiang, K. Gao, F. Liu*, X. Gong, J. Chen*, Y. Cao, ‘Using o-Chlorobenzaldehyde as a Fast Removable Solvent Additive during Spin-Coating PTB7-Based Active Layers: High Efficiency Thick-Film Polymer Solar Cells’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7 (3), 1601344.
164. ** Y. Chen, P. Ye, Z. Zhu, X. Wang, L. Yang, X. Xu, X. Wu, T. Dong, H. Zhang, J. Hou, F. Liu*, H. Huang*, ‘Achieving High-Performance Ternary Organic Solar Cells through Tuning Acceptor Alloy’, Advanced Materials, 2017, 29 (6), 1603154.
163. J. Choi, I. Gunkel, Y. Li, Z. Sun, F. Liu, H. Kim, K. R. Carter*, T. P. Russell*, ‘Macroscopically ordered hexagonal arrays by directed self-assembly of block copolymers with minimal topographic patterns’, Nanoscale, 2017, 9 (39), 14888-14896.
162. ** X. Wang§, W. Deng§, Y. Chen, X. Wang, P. Ye, X. Wu, C. Yan, X. Zhan, F. Liu*, H. Huang*, ‘Fine-tuning solid state packing and significantly improving photovoltaic performance of conjugated polymers through side chain engineering via random polymerization’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5 (11), 5585-5593.
161. ** Z. Zhou§, S. Xu§, W. Liu, C. Zhang, Q. Hu, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell, X. Zhu*, ‘Applying the heteroatom effect of chalcogen for high-performance small-molecule solar cells’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5 (7), 3425-3433.
160. M. Li§, K. Gao§, X. Wan*, Q. Zhang, B. Kan, R. Xia, F. Liu, X. Yang, H. Feng, W. Ni, Y. Wang, J. Peng, H. Zhang, Z. Liang, H. L. Yip, X. Peng*, Y. Cao, Y. Chen*, ‘Solution-processed organic tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiencies >12%’, Nature Photonics, 2017, 11 (2), 85-90.
159. ** W.-Y. Tan§, K. Gao§, J. Zhang, L.-L. Chen, S.-P. Wu, X.-F. Jiang, X.-B. Peng*, Q. Hu, F. Liu*, H.-B. Wu, Y. Cao, X.-H. Zhu*, ‘Enhancing Performances of Solution-Processed Inverted Ternary Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells: Manipulating the Host-Guest Donors and Acceptor Interaction’, Solar RRL, 2017, 1 (1), 1600003.
158. ** C. Zhou§, G. Zhang§, C. Zhong, X. Jia, P. Luo, R. Xu, K. Gao, X. Jiang, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell*, F. Huang*, Y. Cao, ‘Toward High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells: Influence of Local Chemical Environment and Morphology’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7 (1), 1601081.
157. J. Huang§, Y. Tang§, K. Gao, F. Liu, H. Guo, T. P. Russell, T. Yang, Y. Liang, X. Cheng, X. Guo*, ‘Head-to-Head Linkage Containing Dialkoxybithiophene-Based Polymeric Semiconductors for Polymer Solar Cells with Large Open-Circuit Voltages’, Macromolecules, 2017, 50 (1), 137-150.
156. ** F. Liu*, S. Ferdous, X. Wan, C. Zhu, E. Schaible, A. Hexemer, C. Wang, T. P. Russell, ‘Printing Fabrication of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells and In Situ Morphology Characterization’, Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2017, 119, 53710.
2016
155. K. Chen§, Q. Hu§, T. Liu§, L. Zhao, D. Luo, J. Wu, Y. Zhang, W. Zhang, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, R. Zhu*, Q. Gong, ‘Charge-Carrier Balance for Highly Efficient Inverted Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells’, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28 (48), 10718-10724.
154. ** F. Liu§, Z. Zhou§, C. Zhang§, T. Vergote, H. Fan, F. Liu*, X. Zhu*, ‘A Thieno [3,4-b] thiophene-Based Non-fullerene Electron Acceptor for High-Performance Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells’, Journal of The American Chemical Society, 2016, 138 (48), 15523-15526.
153. ** S. Shi§, Q. Liao§, Y. Tang, H. Guo, X. Zhou, Y. Wang, T. Yang, Y. Liang, X. Cheng, F. Liu*, X. Guo, ‘Head-to-Head Linkage Containing Bithiophene-Based Polymeric Semiconductors for Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells’, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28 (45), 9969-9977.
152. M. Yu, B. Liu, J. Lin*, T. Li, D. Lu*, F. Liu, W. Zhu, L. Xie, W. Huang*, ‘Nondilute 1,2-Dichloroethane Solution of Poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-2,7-diyl): A Study on the Aggregation Process’, Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2016, 34 (11), 1311-1318.
151. ** L. Gao, Z.-G. Zhang*, H. Bin, L. Xue, Y. Yang, C. Wang, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell, Y. Li*, ‘High-Efficiency Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with Medium Bandgap Polymer Donor and Narrow Bandgap Organic Semiconductor Acceptor’, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28 (37), 8288-8295.
150. ** K. Gao§, W. Deng§, L. Xiao§, Q. Hu, Y. Kan, X. Chen, C. Wang, F. Huang, J. Peng, H. Wu*, X. Peng*, Y. Cao, T. P. Russell*, F. Liu*, ‘New insight of molecular interaction, crystallization and phase separation in higher performance small molecular solar cells via solvent vapor annealing’, Nano Energy, 2016, 30, 639-648.
149. ** C. Duan§, K. Gao§, J. J. van Franeker, F. Liu*, M. M. Wienk, R. A. J. Janssen*, ‘Toward Practical Useful Polymers for Highly Efficient Solar Cells via a Random Copolymer Approach’, Journal of The American Chemical Society, 2016, 138 (34), 10782-10785.
148. P. D. Homyak, Y. Liu, J. D. Harris, F. Liu, K. R. Carter, T. P. Russell, E. B. Coughlin*, ‘Systematic Fluorination of P3HT: Synthesis of P(3HT-co-3H4FT)s by Direct Arylation Polymerization, Characterization, and Device Performance in OPVs’, Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (8), 3028-3037.
147. ** T. Liu§, Y. Guo§, Y. Yi, L. Huo, X. Xue, X. Sun, H. Fu, W. Xiong, D. Meng, Z. Wang, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell, Y. Sun*, ‘Ternary Organic Solar Cells Based on Two Compatible Nonfullerene Acceptors with Power Conversion Efficiency > 10%’, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28 (45), 10008-10015.
146. Y. Jin, Z. Chen, S. Dong, N. Zheng, L. Ying*, X. Jiang, F. Liu, F. Huang*, Y. Cao, ‘A Novel Naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c']Bis([1,2,5]Thiadiazole)-Based Narrow-Bandgap π-Conjugated Polymer with Power Conversion Efficiency Over 10%’, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28 (44), 9811-9818.
145. ** T. Liu§, Q. Hu§, J. Wu, K. Chen, L. Zhao, F. Liu*, C. Wang, H. Lu, S. Jia, T. P. Russell*, R. Zhu*, Q. Gong, ‘Mesoporous PbI2 Scaffold for High-Performance Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2016, 6 (3), 201501890.
144. S. Proller, F. Liu, C. H. Zhu, C. Wang, T. P. Russell, A. Hexemer, P. Muller-Buschbaum, E. M. Herzig*, ‘Following the Morphology Formation in Situ in Printed Active Layers for Organic Solar Cells’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2016, 6 (1), 201501580.
143. ** S. Xu§, Z. Zhou§, H. Fan, L. Ren, F. Liu*, X. Zhu*, T. P. Russell*, ‘An electron-rich 2-alkylthieno [3,4-b] thiophene building block with excellent electronic and morphological tunability for high-performance small-molecule solar cells’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4 (44), 17354-17362.
142. ** L. Xiao§, S. Chen§, K. Gao§, X. Peng*, F. Liu*, Y. Cao, W.-Y. Wong*, W.-K. Wong, X. Zhu*, ‘New Terthiophene-Conjugated Porphyrin Donors for Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells’, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2016, 8 (44), 30176-30183.
141. ** Z. Wang*, X. Li*, Y. Zou, J. Tan, X. Fu, J. Liu, C. Xiao, H. Dong*, W. Jiang*, F. Liu*, Y. Zhen, Z. Wang*, T. P. Russell*, W. Hu*, ‘Tuning charge transport from unipolar (n-type) to ambipolar in bis(naphthalene diimide) derivatives by introducing π-conjugated heterocyclic bridging moieties’, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2016, 4 (30), 7230-7240.
140. ** N. Qiu§, X. Yang§, H. Zhang§, X. Wan, C. Li, F. Liu*, H. Zhang*, T. P. Russell, Y. Chen*, ‘Nonfullerene Small Molecular Acceptors with a Three-Dimensional (3D) Structure for Organic Solar Cells’, Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28 (18), 6770-6778.
139. ** F. Liu, M. A. Brady, C. Wang*, ‘Resonant soft X-ray scattering for polymer materials’, European Polymer Journal, 2016, 81, 555-568.
138. ** Y. Kan, C. Liu, L. Zhang, K. Gao, F. Liu*, J. Chen*, Y. Cao, ‘Solution-processed small molecules with ethynylene bridges for highly efficient organic solar cells’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4 (38), 14720-14728.
137. M. Li§, Y. Liu§, W. Ni, F. Liu, H. Feng, Y. Zhang, T. Liu, H. Zhang*, X. Wan*, B. Kan, Q. Zhang, T. P. Russell, Y. Chen*, ‘A simple small molecule as an acceptor for fullerene-free organic solar cells with efficiency near 8%’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4 (27), 10409-10413.
136. W. Ni§, M. Li§, B. Kan, F. Liu, X. Wan*, Q. Zhang, H. Zhang, T. P. Russell, Y. Chen*, ‘Fullerene-free small molecule organic solar cells with a high open circuit voltage of 1.15 V’, Chemical Communications, 2016, 52 (3), 465-468.
135. ** J. Liang, L. Yu, S. Zhao, L. Ying*, F. Liu*, W. Yang, J. Peng*, Y. Cao, ‘Improving efficiency and color purity of poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) through addition of a high boiling-point solvent of 1-chloronaphthalene’, Nanotechnology, 2016, 27 (28), 284001.
134. C. Huang, Z. Sun, M. Cui, F. Liu, B. A. Helms*, T. P. Russell*, ‘Structured Liquids with pH-Triggered Reconfigurability’, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28 (31), 6612-6618.
133. J. Wu, X. Que, Q. Hu, D. Luo, T. Liu, F. Liu, T. P. Russell*, R. Zhu*, Q. Gong, ‘Multi-Length Scaled Silver Nanowire Grid for Application in Efficient Organic Solar Cells’, Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 26 (27), 4822-4828.
132. L. Zhao§, D. Luo§, J. Wu, Q. Hu, W. Zhang, K. Chen, T. Liu, Y. Liu, Y. Zhang, F. Liu, T. P. Russell*, H. J. Snaith, R. Zhu*, Q. Gong, ‘High-Performance Inverted Planar Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Lead Acetate Precursor with Efficiency Exceeding 18%’, Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 26 (20), 3508-3514.
131. ** J. Wang§*, K. Liu§, J. Yan§, Z. Wu, F. Liu*, F. Xiao, Z. Chang, H. Wu*, Y. Cao, T. P. Russell, ‘Series of Multifluorine Substituted Oligomers for Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency over 9% and Fill Factor of 0.77 by Combination Thermal and Solvent Vapor Annealing’, Journal of The American Chemical Society, 2016, 138 (24), 7687-7697.
130. ** Q. Zhang, X. Wan*, F. Liu*, B. Kan, M. Li, H. Feng, H. Zhang, T. P. Russell*, Y. Chen*, ‘Evaluation of Small Molecules as Front Cell Donor Materials for High-Efficiency Tandem Solar Cells’, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28 (32), 7008-7012.
129. ** K. Gao§, J. Miao§, L. Xiao, W. Deng, Y. Kan, T. Liang, C. Wang, F. Huang, J. Peng, Y. Cao, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell*, H. Wu*, X. Peng*, ‘Multi-Length-Scale Morphologies Driven by Mixed Additives in Porphyrin-Based Organic Photovoltaics’, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28 (23), 4727-4733.
128. ** L. Lan, Z. Chen, Q. Hu, L. Ying*, R. Zhu, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell*, F. Huang*, Y. Cao, ‘High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells Based on a Wide-Bandgap Polymer Containing Pyrrolo [3,4-f]benzotriazole-5,7-dione with a Power Conversion Efficiency of 8.63%’, Advanced Science, 2016, 3 (9), 201600032.
127. Y. Wang, Q. Zhang, F. Liu*, X. Wan*, B. Kan, H. Feng, X. Yang, T. P. Russell, Y. Chen*, ‘Alkylthio substituted thiophene modified benzodithiophene-based highly efficient photovoltaic small molecules’, Organic Electronics, 2016, 28, 263-268.
126. ** S. Li§, W. Liu§, C. Li, F. Liu*, Y. Zhang, M. Shi*, H. Chen*, T. P. Russell, ‘A simple perylene diimide derivative with a highly twisted geometry as an electron acceptor for efficient organic solar cells’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4 (27), 10659-10665.
125. ** B. Jiang, C. Du, M. Li, K. Gao, L. Kou, M. Chen, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell*, H. Wang*, ‘Synthesis of fluorinated diphenyl-diketopyrrolopyrrole derivatives as new building blocks for conjugated copolymers’, Polymer Chemistry, 2016, 7 (19), 3311-3324.
124. ** K. Gao, L. Xiao, Y. Kan, B. Yang, J. Peng, Y. Cao, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell, X. Peng*, ‘Solution-processed bulk heterojunction solar cells based on porphyrin small molecules with very low energy losses comparable to perovskite solar cells and high quantum efficiencies’, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2016, 4 (17), 3843-3850.
123. ** C. Li, A. Zhang, Z. Wang, F. Liu*, Y. Zhou, T. P. Russell, Y. Li, W. Li*, ‘All polymer solar cells with diketopyrrolopyrrole-polymers as electron donor and a naphthalenediimide-polymer as electron acceptor’, RSC Advances, 2016, 6 (42), 35677-35683.
122. L. Nian§, K. Gao§, F. Liu, Y. Kan, X. Jiang, L. Liu, Z. Xie*, X. Peng*, T. P. Russell*, Y. Ma, ‘11% Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells with High Composition Tolerance via Integrated Near-IR Sensitization and Interface Engineering’, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28 (37), 8184-8190.
121. ** S. Li, J. Yan, C. Li, F. Liu*, M. Shi*, H. Chen*, T. P. Russell, ‘A non-fullerene electron acceptor modified by thiophene-2-carbonitrile for solution-processed organic solar cells’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4 (10), 3777-3783.
120. ** T. Liu, D. Meng, Y. Cai, X. Sun, Y. Li, L. Huo*, F. Liu*, Z. Wang, T. P. Russell, Y. Sun*, ‘High-Performance Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells Based on a Selenium-Containing Polymer Donor and a Twisted Perylene Bisimide Acceptor’, Advanced Science, 2016, 3 (9), 201600117.
119. B. Liu§, J. Lin§, F. Liu, M. Yu, X. Zhang, R. Xia, T. Yang, Y. Fang, L. Xie*, W. Huang*, ‘A Highly Crystalline and Wide-Bandgap Polydiarylfluorene with beta-Phase Conformation toward Stable Electroluminescence and Dual Amplified Spontaneous Emission’, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8 (33), 21648-21655.
2015
118. Q. Zhang§, Y. Wang§, K. Bin, X. Wan*, F. Liu, W. Ni, H. Feng, T. P. Russell, Y. Chen*, ‘A solution-processed high performance organic solar cell using a small molecule with the thieno[3,2-b]thiophene central unit’, Chem. Comm. 2015, 51 (83), 15268-15271.
117. ** Z. He, F. Liu*, C. Wang, J. Chen, L. He, D. Nordlund, H. Wu*, T. P. Russell*, Y. Cao, ‘Simultaneous spin-coating and solvent annealing: manipulating the active layer morphology to a power conversion efficiency of 9.6% in polymer solar cells’, Materials Horizon, 2015, 2 (6), 592-597.
116. J. W. Jung, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, W. H. Jo*, ‘Medium Bandgap Conjugated Polymer for High Performance Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 9% Power Conversion Efficiency’, Advanced Materials, 2015, 27 (45), 7462-7468.
115. ** M. Li, F. Liu*, X. Wan*, W. Ni, B. Kan, H. Feng, Q. Zhang, X. Yang, Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, Y. Shen, T. P. Russell, Y. Chen*, ‘Subtle Balance Between Length Scale of Phase Separation and Domain Purification in Small-Molecule Bulk-Heterojunction Blends under Solvent Vapor Treatment’, Advanced Materials, 2015, 27 (40), 6296-6302.
114. J. W. Jung, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, W. H. Jo*, ‘Anthracene-Based Medium Bandgap Conjugated Polymers for High Performance Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 8% PCE Without Additive and Annealing Process’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5 (11), 1500065.
113. W. Ni§, M. Li§, F. Liu, X. Wan*, H. Feng, B. Kan, Q. Zhang, H. Zhang, Y. Chen*, ‘Dithienosilole-Based Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with an Efficiency over 8%: Investigation of the Relationship between the Molecular Structure and Photovoltaic Performance’, Chemistry of Materials, 2015, 27 (17), 6077-6084.
112. B. He, B. A. Zhang, F. Liu, A. Navarro, M. P. Fernandez-Liencres, R. Lu, K. Lo, T. L. Chen, T. P. Russell, Y. Liu*, ‘Electronic and Morphological Studies of Conjugated Polymers Incorporating a Disk-Shaped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Unit’, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2015, 7 (36), 20034-20045.
111. ** L. Li, L. Xiao, H. Qin, K. Gao, J. Peng, Y. Cao, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell, X. Peng*, ‘High-Efficiency Small Molecule-Based Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells Enhanced by Additive Annealing’, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2015, 7 (38), 21495-21502.
110. Q. Li, F. Liu, X. Hu, W. Xu, L. Wang, X. Zhu, X. Gong, Y. Cao, ‘Efficient Small-Molecule-Based Inverted Organic Solar Cells with Conjugated Polyelectrolyte as a Cathode Interlayer’, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2015, 5 (4), 1118-1124.
109. P. Homyak, Y. Liu, F. Liu, T. P. Russell*, E. B. Coughlin*, ‘Systematic Variation of Fluorinated Diketopyrrolopyrrole Low Bandgap Conjugated Polymers: Synthesis by Direct Arylation Polymerization and Characterization and Performance in Organic Photovoltaics and Organic Field-Effect Transistors’, Macromolecules, 2015, 48 (19), 6978-6986.
108. C. Zhu*, C. Wang*, A. Young, F. Liu, I. Gunkel, D. Chen, D. Walba, J. Maclennan, N. Clark, A. Hexemer*, ‘Probing and Controlling Liquid Crystal Helical Nanofilaments’, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (5), 3420-3424.
107. Q. Zhang, B. Kan, X. Wan*, H. Zhang, F. Liu, M. Li, X. Yang, Y. Wang, W. Ni, T. P. Russell, Y. Shen*, Y. Chen*, ‘Large active layer thickness toleration of high-efficiency small molecule solar cells’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3 (44), 22274-22279.
106. H. Feng§, M. Li§, W. Ni, F. Liu, X. Wan*, B. Kan, Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, Q. Zhang, Y. Zuo, X. Yang, Y. Chen*, ‘Investigation of the effect of large aromatic fusion in the small molecule backbone on the solar cell device fill factor’ Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3 (32), 16679-16687.
105. M. Bag§, L. A. Renna§, R. Adhikari, S. Karak, F. Liu, P. M. Lahti, T. P. Russell, M T. Tuominen, D. Venkataraman*, ‘Kinetics of Ion Transport in Perovskite Active Layers and its Implications for Active Layer Stability’, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137 (40), 13130-13137.
104. Y. Liu, Z. Page, S. Ferdous, F. Liu, P. Kim, T. Emrick*, T. P. Russell*, ‘Dual Functional Zwitterionic Fullerene Interlayer for Efficient Inverted Polymer Solar Cells’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5 (14), 1500405.
103. ** P. Liu, S. Dong, F. Liu*, X. Hu, L. Liu, Y. Jin, S. Liu, X. Gong, T. P. Russell*, F. Huang*, Y. Cao, ‘Optimizing Light-Harvesting Polymers via Side Chain Engineering’, Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25 (41), 6458-6469.
102. ** X. Wu§, W. Fu§, Z. Xu, M. Shi, C. Hao, F. Liu*, H. Chen*, J. Wan*, T. P. Russell, ‘Spiro Linkage as an Alternative Strategy to for High Efficiency Nonfullerene Acceptors in Organic Solar cells’, Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25 (37), 5954-5966.
101. ** H. Wang*, Y. Ding, Y. Lai, Z. Sun, Y. Liu, B. Jiang, M. Chen, J. Yao, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell*, ‘Ethynylene-Linked Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-alt-Diketopyrrolopyrrole Alternating Copolymer: Optoelectronic Properties, Film Morphology and Photovoltaic Applications’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3 (24), 12972-12981.
100. ** H. Wang*, M. Chen, B. Jiang, W. Tong, Q. Qian, K. Lin, F. Liu*, ‘Solution-Processable Platinum- Acetylide-Based Small Molecular Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells’, Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 33 (8), 917-924.
99. ** J. Miao, H. Chen, F. Liu*, B. Zhao, L. Hu, Z. He, H. Wu*, ‘Efficiency enhancement in solution- processed organic small molecule: Fullerene solar cells via solvent vapor annealing’, Applied Physics Letters 2015, 106 (18), 183302.
98.  B. Kan§, M. Li§, Q. Zhang§, F. Liu, X. Wan, Y. Wang, W. Ni, G. Long, X. Yang, H. Feng, Y. Zuo, M. Zhang, F. Huang, Y. Cao, T. P. Russell, Y. Chen*, ‘A Series of Simple Oligomer-like Small Molecules Based on Oligothiophenes for Solution-Processed Solar Cells with High Efficiency’, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137 (11), 3886-3893.
97. J. W. Jung, J. W. Jo, C.-C. Chueh, F. Liu, W. H. Jo, T. P. Russell, A. K.-Y. Jen*, ‘Fluoro-Substituted n-Type Conjugated Polymers for Additive-Free All-Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with High Power Conversion Efficiency of 6.71%’, Advanced Materials, 2015, 27 (21), 3310-3317.
96. C. Liu, S. Dong, P. Cai, P. Liu, S. Liu, J. Chen, F. Liu, L. Ying*, T. P. Russell*, F. Huang*, Y. Cao, ‘Donor–Acceptor Copolymers Based on Thermally Cleavable Indigo, Isoindigo, and DPP Units: Synthesis, Field Effect Transistors, and Polymer Solar Cells’, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2015, 7 (17), 9038-9051.
95.  ** K. Gao, L. Li, T. Lai, L. Xiao, Y. Huang, J. Peng, Y. Cao, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell, R. A. J. Janssen*, X. Peng*, ‘Deep Absorbing Porphyrin Small Molecule in High Performance Organic Solar Cells’, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137 (23), 7282-7285.
94.  C. M. Palumbiny, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, A. Hexemer, C. Wang, P. Müller-Buschbaum*, ‘The Crystallization of PEDOT:PSS Polymeric Electrodes Probed In Situ during Printing’, Advanced Materials, 2015, 27 (22), 3391-3397.
93.  B. Kan§, Q. Zhang§, F. Liu, X. Wan*, Y. Wang, W. Ni, X. Yang, M. Zhang, H. Zhang, T. P. Russell*, Y. Cheng, ‘Small Molecules Based on Alkyl/Alkylthio-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-Substituted Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b ']dithiophene for Solution-Processed Solar Cells with High Performance’, Chemistry of Materials, 2015 (24), 8414-8423.
92.  J. H. Kim, J. W. Jung, S. T. Williams, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, A. K.-Y. Jen*, ‘Enhanced crystalline morphology of a ladder-type polymer bulk-heterojunction device by blade-coating’, Nanoscale, 2015,7 (25), 10936-10939.
91.  P. Homyak, Y. Liu, S. Ferdous, F. Liu, T. P. Russell*, E. B. Coughlin*, ‘Effect of Pendant Functionality in Thieno[3,4-b]thiophene-alt-benzodithiophene Polymers for OPVs’, Chemistry of Materials, 2015, 27 (2), 443-449.
90.  Y. Liu, L. Zhang, H. Lee, H.-W. Wang, An. Santala, F. Liu, A. L. Briseno*, T. P. Russell*, ‘NDI-based small molecule as promising non-fullerene acceptor for solution-processed organic photovoltaics’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5 (12), 1500195.
89.  ** W. Cai, P. Liu, Y. Jin, Q. Xue, F. Liu*, T. P. Russell*, F. Huang*, H.-L. Yip*, Y. Cao, ‘Morphology Evolution in High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells Processed from Nonhalogenated Solvent’, Advanced Science, 2015, 2 (8), 1500095.
88.  Z. He, B. Xiao, F. Liu, H. Wu*, Y. Yang, S. Xiao, C. Wang, T. P. Russell, Yong Cao, ‘Single-junction Polymer Solar Cells with High Efficiency and Photovoltage’, Nature Photonics, 2015, 9 (3), 174-179.
87.  J. W. Jo, S. Bae, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, W. H. Jo*, ‘Comparison of Two D-A Type Polymers with Each Being Fluorinated on D and A Unit for High Performance Solar Cells’, Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25 (1), 120–125.
86.  Q. Zhang§, B. Kan§, F. Liu§, G. Long, X. Wan, X. Chen, Y. Zuo, W. Ni, H. Zhang, Mi. Li, Z. Hu, F. Huang, Y. Cao, Z. Liang, M. Zhang, T. P. Russell, Y. Chen*, ‘Small-Molecule-Based Solar Cells with Efficiency Over 9%’, Nature Photonics, 2015, 9 (1), 35-41.
85.  Z. A. Page, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, T. Emrick*, ‘Tuning the Energy Gap of Conjugated Polymer Zwitterions for Efficient Interlayers and Solar Cells’, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2015, 53 (2), 327-336.
84.  ** F. Liu, S. Ferdous, E. Schaible, A. Hexemer, M. Church, X. Ding, C. Wang*, T. P. Russell*, ‘Fast Printing and In-Situ Morphology Observation of Organic Photovoltaics using Slot-Die Coating’, Advanced Materials, 2015, 27 (5), 886-891.
83.  Y. Liu, F. Liu, H. Wang, D. Nordlund, Z. Sun, S. Ferdous, T. P. Russell*, ‘Sequential Deposition: Optimization of Solvent Swelling for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells’, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2015, 7 (1), 653-661.
2014
82.  S. Karak, F. Liu, T. P. Russell*, V. Duzhko*, ‘Bulk Charge Carrier Transport in Push-Pull Type Organic Semiconductor’, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2014, 6 (23), 20904-20912.
81.  C. Zhou, Y. Liang, F. Liu, C. Sun, X. Huang, Z. Xie, F. Huang*, J. Roncali*, T. P. Russell*, Y. Cao, ‘Chain length dependence of the photovoltaic properties of donor-acceptor oligomers as model compounds of polydisperse low band gap polymers’, Advanced Functional Materials, 2014, 24 (47), 7538-7547.
80.  S. Karak, P. J. Homnick, A. M. D. Pelle, Y. Bae, V. V. Duzhko, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, P. M. Lahti*, S. Thayumanavan*, ‘Crystallinity and Morphology Effects on a Solvent-Processed Solar Cell Using a Triarylamine-Substituted Squaraine’, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2014, 6 (14), 11376–11384.
79.  B. He, A. B. Pun, D. Zherebetskyy, Y. Liu, F. Liu, L. M. Klivansky, A. M. McGough, B. Zhang, K. Lo, T. P. Russell, L. Wang, Y. Liu*, ‘New Form of an Old Natural Dye: Bay-Annulated Indigo (BAI) as An Excellent Electron Accepting Unit for High Performance Organic Semiconductors’, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136 (42), 15093-15101.
78.  ** D. Wang, F. Liu*, N. Yagihashi, M. Nakaya, S. Ferdous, X. Liang, A. Muramatsu, K. Nakajima*, T. P. Russell*, ‘New Insight into Morphology of High Performance BHJ Photovoltaics Using High Resolution AFM’, Nano Letters, 2014, 14 (10), 5727-5732.
77.  B. A. G. Hammer, M. A. Reyes-Martinez, F. A. Bokel , F. Liu , T. P. Russell , R. C. Hayward , A. L. Briseno , T. Emrick*, ‘Reversible, Self Cross-Linking Nanowires from Thiol-Functionalized Polythiophene Diblock Copolymers’ ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2014, 6 (10), 7705-7711.
76.  ** P. Liu§, K. Zhang§, F. Liu§, Y. Jin, S. Liu, T. P. Russell*, H. L. Yip*, F. Huang*, Y. Cao, ‘Effect of Fluorine Content in Thienothiophene-Benzodithiophene Copolymers on the Morphology and Performance of Polymer Solar Cells’, Chemistry of Materials, 2014, 26 (9), 3009-3017.
75.  Z. A. Page, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, T. Emrick*, ‘Rapid, facile synthesis of conjugated polymer zwitterions in ionic liquids’, Chemical Science, 2014, 5 (6), 2368-2373.
74.  S. Koyuncu*, H. Wang, F. Liu,  K. B. Toga, W. Gu, T. P. Russell*, ‘A novel complementary absorbing donor-acceptor pair in block copolymers based on single material organic photovoltaics’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2 (9), 2993-2998.
73.  J. Lin, W. Zhu, F. Liu.  L. Xie* , L. Zhang, R. Xia*, G. Xing, W. Huang*, ‘A Rational Molecular Design of beta-Phase Polydiarylfluorenes: Synthesis, Morphology, and Organic Lasers’, Macromolecules, 2014, 47 (3), 1001-1007.
72.  ** F. Liu, L. Zhang, Y. Zhang, S. Mannsfeld, T. P Russell*, A. L. Briseno*, ‘Interpenetrating morphology based on highly crystalline small molecule and PCBM blends’, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2014, 2 (44), 9368-9374.
71.  B. A. G. Hammer, M. A. Reyes-Martinez, F. A. Bokel, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, R. C. Hayward, A. L. Briseno, T. Emrick*, ‘Robust polythiophene nanowires cross-linked with functional fullerenes’, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2014, 2 (45), 9674-9682.
70.  Y. Gu, C. Wang, F. Liu, J. Chen, O. E. Dyck, G. Duscherd, T. P. Russell*, ‘Guided crystallization of P3HT in ternary blend solar cell based on P3HT:PCPDTBT:PCBM’, Energy & Environmental Science, 2014, 7 (11), 3782-3790. 
69.  ** F. Liu, D. Chen, C. Wang, K. Luo, W. Gu, A. L. Briseno, J. W. P. Hsu, T. P. Russell*, ‘Molecular Weight Dependence of the Morphology in P3HT: PCBM Solar Cells’, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2014, 6 (22), 19876-19887.
68.  S. Chantarak, F. Liu, T. Emrick, T. P. Russell*, ‘Solvent-Assisted Orientation of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)- Functionalized CdSe Nanorods Under an Electric Field’, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2014, 215 (17), 1647–1653.
67.  S. Ferdous, F. Liu, D. Wang, T. P. Russell*, ‘Solvent-Polarity-Induced Active Layer Morphology Control by Proper Solvent Selection in Crystalline Low Band Gap Photovoltaics’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2014, 4 (2), 1300834.
66.  ** L. Zhang§, F. Liu§, Y. Diao, N. S. Colella, T. P. Russell, S. C. B. Mannsfeld*, A. L. Briseno*, ‘The Good Host: Formation of Discrete 1-D Fullerene “Autobahnen” in Well-Ordered BTTT Oligomers’, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136 (52), 18120-18130.
65.  ** F. Liu, W. Zhao, J. Tumbleston, W. Cheng, Y. Gu, A. L. Briseno, H. Ade, T. P Russell*, ‘Understanding the Morphology of PTB7: PCBM blends in Organic Photovoltaics’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2014, 4 (5), 1301377.
2013
64.  ** F. Liu, C. Wang, J. Baral, L. Zhang, W. Zhao, A. L. Briseno*, T. P. Russell*, ‘Relating Chemical Structure to Device Performance via Morphology Control in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Low Band Gap Polymers’, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135 (51), 19248-19259.
63.  M. Bag, T. S. Gehan, D. D. Algaier, F. Liu, G. Nagarjuna, P. M. Lahti, T. P. Russell, D. Venkataraman*, ‘Efficient Charge Transport in Assemblies of Surfactant-Stabilized Semiconducting Nanoparticles’, Advanced Materials, 2013, 25 (44), 6411-6415.
62.  M. Zhang, Y. Gu, X. Guo, F. Liu, S. Zhang, L. Huo, T. P. Russell*, J. Hou*, ‘Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Based on Benzothiadiazole and Alkylphenyl Substituted Benzodithiophene with a Power Conversion Efficiency over 8%’, Advanced Materials, 2013, 25 (35), 4944-4949.
61.  ** H. Wang*, F. Liu*, L. Bu, J. Gao, W. Wei, T. P Russell*, ‘The role of additive in diketopyrrolopyrrole- based small molecular bulk heterojunction solar cells’, Advanced Materials, 2013, 25 (45), 6519-6525.
60.  J. W. Jung, F. Liu, T. P Russell, W. H. Jo*, ‘Synthesis of pyridine-capped diketopyrrolopyrrole and its use as a building block of low band-gap polymer for efficient polymer solar cells’, Chemical Communications, 2013, 49 (76), 8495-8497.
69.  Z. Lin, J. Liang, P. Sun, F. Liu, Y. Tay, M. Yi*, K. Peng, X. Xia, L. Xie*, X. Zhou, J. Zhao, W. Huang*, ‘Spirocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Based Organic Nanosheets for Eco-Friendly Aqueous Processed Thin-Film Non-Volatile Memory Devices’ Advanced Materials, 2013, 25 (27), 3664-3669.
58.  C. Tang§, H. Xu§, F. Liu, X. Liu, W. Lai, X. Wang, W. Huang*, ‘Alternating pyrene–fluorene linear copolymers: Influence of non-conjugated and conjugated pyrene on thermal and optoelectronic properties’, Synthetic Metals, 2013, 174, 33-41.
57.  S. Li, C. Gao*, F. Liu, W. Wei*, ‘Synthesis, characterization and third-order nonlinear optical properties of novel hyperbranched donor-acceptor polyfluorenes based on 1,3,6,8-tertsubstituted carbazole core’, Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2013, 73 (6), 828-832.
56.  C. Tang§, H. Xu§, F. Liu, Y. Xia, W. Huang*, ‘Isolated large π systems in pyrene–fluorene derivatives for intramolecular through-space interaction in organic semiconductors’, Organic Electronics, 2013, 14 (3), 782-789.
55.  C. Tang*, X. Liu, F. Liu, X. Wang, H. Xu, R. Liu, Z. Rong, W. Huang*, ‘π-Conjugated molecules based on truxene cores and pyrene substitution: synthesis and properties’, Journal of Chemical Research, 2013, 37 (4), 242-247.
54.  C. Tang*, X. Liu, F. Liu, X. Wang, H. Xu, W. Huang*, ‘Recent Progress in Polymer White Light-Emitting Materials and Devices’, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2013, 214 (3), 314-342.
53.  J. C. Brendel, F. Liu, A. S. Lang, T. P. Russell, M. Thelakkat*, ‘Macroscopic Vertical Alignment of Nanodomains in Thin Films of Semiconductor Amphiphilic Block Copolymers’ ACS Nano, 2013, 7 (7), 6069-6078.
52.  J. W. Jung, F. Liu, T. P Russell, W. H. Jo*, ‘Semi-crystalline random conjugated copolymers with panchromatic absorption for highly efficient polymer solar cells’, Energy & Environmental Science, 2013, 6 (11), 3301-3307.
51.  Y. Huang, F. Liu, X. Guo, W. Zhang, Y. Gu, J. Zhang, C. C. Han, T. P Russell*, J. Hou*, ‘Manipulating Backbone Structure to Enhance Low Band Gap Polymer Photovoltaic Performance’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2013, 3 (7), 930-937.
50.  ** H. Wang*, J. Gao, L. Gu, J. Wan, W. Wei, F. Liu*, ‘Structural modification of thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole- 4,6-dione: structure-property relationships and application in solution-processed small-molecule organic solar cells’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2013, 1 (19), 5875-5885.
49.  ** F. Liu, Z. A. Page, V. V. Duzhko*, T. P. Russell*, T. Emrick*, ‘Conjugated Polymeric Zwitterionic as Efficient Interlayers in Organic Solar Cells’, Advanced Materials, 2013, 25 (47), 6868-6873.
48.  ** F. Liu, Y. Gu, X. Shen, S. Ferdous, H. Wang, T. P. Russell*, ‘Characterization of the morphology of solution-processed bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics’, Progress in Polymer Science, 2013, 38 (12), 1990-2052.
47.  L. Zhang, N. S. Colella, F. Liu, S. Trahan, J. K. Baral, H. Henning Winter, S. C. B. Mannsfeld, A. L. Briseno*, ‘Synthesis, Electronic Structure, Molecular Packing/Morphology Evolution, and Carrier Mobilities of Pure Oligo-/Poly(Alkylthiophenes)’, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135 (2), 844-854.
46.  W. Zhao, F. Liu, X. Wei, D. Chen, G. M. Grason*, T. P. Russell*, ‘Formation of H* Phase in Chiral Block Copolymers: Morphology Evolution as Revealed by Time-Resolved X-Ray Scattering’, Macromolecules, 2013, 46 (2), 474-483.
2012
45.  ** F. Liu, Y. Gu, C. Wang, W. Zhao, D. Chen, A. L. Briseno, T. P. Russell*, ‘Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Based on a Low Bandgap Semi-Crystalline DPP Polymer-PCBM Blends’, Advanced Materials, 2012, 24 (29), 3947-3951.
44.  Y. Huang, X. Guo, F. Liu, L. Huo, Y. Chen, T. P. Russell*, C. C. Han, Y. Li*, J. Hou*, ‘Improving the Ordering and Photovoltaic Properties by Extending π-Conjugated Area of Electron-Donating Units in Polymers with D-A Structure’, Advanced Materials, 2012, 24 (25), 3383-3389.
43.  ** F. Liu, Y. Gu, J. W. Jung, W. H. Jo, T. P. Russell*, ‘On the Morphology of Polymer-Based Photovoltaics’, Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 2012, 50 (15), 1018-1044.
42.  J. W. Jung, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, W. H. Jo*, ‘A High Mobility Conjugated Polymer Based on Dithienothiophene and Diketopyrrolopyrrole for Organic Photovoltaics’, Energy & Environmental Science, 2012, 5 (5), 6857-6861.
41.  ** H. Wang*, J. Gao, W. Tong, Q. Qian, K. Lin, F. Liu*, ‘Copolymerization of 3,3′′′-Didodecylquaterthiophene with Fluorene and Silole Units: Improving Photovoltaic Performance by Tuning Energy Levels’, Polymer Chemistry, 2012, 3 (10), 2794-2800.
40.  X. Wei, W. Gu, W. Chen, X. Shen, F. Liu, J. W. Strzalka, Z. Jiang, T. P. Russell*, ‘Disorder-to-Order Transitions Induced by Alkyne/Azide Click Chemistry in Diblock Copolymer Thin Films’, Soft Matter, 2012, 8 (19), 5273-5282.
39.  J. W. Jung, J. W. Jo, F. Liu, T. P. Russell, W. H. Jo*, ‘A Low Band-Gap Polymer Based on Unsubstituted Benzo[1,2-B:4,5-B’]Dithiophene for High Performance Organic Photovoltaics’, Chemical Communications, 2012, 48 (55), 6933-6935.
38.  L. Zhang, B. Walker, F. Liu, N. S. Colella, S. C. B. Mannsfeld, J. J. Watkins, T. Nguyen, A. L. Briseno*, ‘Triisopropylsilylethynyl-Functionalized Dibenzo[Def,Mno]Chrysene: a Solution-Processed Small Molecule for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells’, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22 (10), 4266-4268.
2011
37.  ** H. Wang, Q. Qian, K. Lin, B. Peng, W. Huang, F. Liu*, W. Wei*, ‘Stable and Good Color Purity White Light-Emitting Devices Based on Random Fluorene/Spirofluorene Copolymers Doped with Iridium Complex’, Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 2011, 50 (3), 180-188.
36.  C. Yin, S. Ye, J. Zhao, M. Yi, L. Xie*, Z. Lin, Y. Chang, F. Liu, H. Xu, N. Shi, Y. Qian, W. Huang*, ‘Hindrance-Functionalized π-Stacked Polymer Host Materials of the Cardo-Type Carbazole–Fluorene Hybrid for Solution-Processable Blue Electrophosphorescent Devices’, Macromolecules, 2011, 44 (12), 4589-4595.
35.  D. Chen, F. Liu, C. Wang, A. Nakahara, T. P. Russell*, ‘Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Active Layers via Bilayer Interdiffusion’, Nano Letters, 2011, 11 (5), 2071-2078.
34.  X. Zhu, X. Deng*, H. Li, Z. Cao, Q. Shen, W. Wei, F. Liu, ‘Simultaneous evaluation of the linear and quadratic electro-optic coefficients of the nonlinear optical polymer by attenuated-total-reflection technique’, Journal of Applied Physics, 2011, 109 (10), 103105.
33.  ** H. Wang, F. Liu*, L. Xie, C. Tang, B. Peng, W. Huang, W. Wei*, ‘Topological Arrangement of Fluorenyl-Substituted Carbazole Triads and Starbursts: Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properties’, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011, 115 (14), 6961-6967.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab spot award                                         2016
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab postdoc fellow                                      2014
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad                           2013
Certificate of Appreciation, American Chemical Society, U.S.A.          2011
Certificate of Accomplishment, National Workshop on Sustainable Energy,      2011
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S.A.    
ACS Travel Award, San Francisco, U.S.A.      2009
Outstanding Graduate Student of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.          2008
Exxon-Mobile Scholarship, Shanghai, China.          2007
Graduate Student Award of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.          2006
Graduate Student of Excellence of Shanghai City, Shanghai, China.          2005
First Prize Academic Scholarship for Four Years, Shanghai, China.             2001-2005
Dean List Student for Three Consecutive Years, Shanghai, China.         2001-2004
IAESTE Exchange Student Fellowship, Trondheim, Norway.          2004
First Prize National English Language Competition, Shanghai, China.      2003
ROHM HAAS Scholarship, Shanghai, China.          2003
Chen Wenshi Scholarship, Shanghai, China.          2002