Solar cell design and integration, thin-film fabrication, optoelectronics, perovskite, photovoltaics, semiconductor device.
R&D 100 award (2002) – “Oscars of Invention”, see Breakthrough Product Wins "Oscar", San Francisco Chronicle, September 17, 2002.
1. Minyong Du, Shuai Zhao, Lianjie Duan, Yuexian Cao, Hui Wang, Youming Sun, Likun Wang, Xuejie Zhu, Jiangshan Feng, Lu Liu, Xiao Jiang, Qingshun Dong, Yantao Shi, Kai Wang, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu; Surface Redox Engineering of Vacuum-Deposited NiOx for Top-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules. Joule 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.06.026.
2. Jiangshan Feng; Yuxiao Jiao; Hui Wang; Xuejie Zhu; Youming Sun; Minyong Du; Yuexian Cao; Dong Yang; Shengzhong Liu, High-throughput large-area vacuum deposition for high-performance formamidine-based perovskite solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science 2021, 14 (5), 3035-3043.
3. Jingru Zhang, Yuankun Fang, Wangen Zhao, Ruijie Han, Jialun Wen, and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu; Molten-Salt-Assisted CsPbI3 Perovskite Crystallization for Nearly 20%-Efficiency Solar Cells. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2103770.
4. Minyong Du, Xuejie Zhu, Likun Wang, Hui Wang, Jiangshang Feng, Xiao Jiang, Yuexian Cao, Youming Sun, Lianjie Duan, Yuxiao Jiao, Kai Wang, Xiaodong Ren, Zhe Yan, Shuping Pang, and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu; High-Pressure Nitrogen-Extraction and Effective Passivation to Attain Highest Large-Area Perovskite Solar Module Efficiency. Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2004979.
5. Yucheng Liu, Zhuo Xu, Zhou Yang, Yunxia Zhang, Jian Cui, Yihui He, Haochen Ye, Kui Zhao, Huaming Sun, Rui Lu, Ming Liu, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu; Inch-Size 0D-Structured Lead-Free Perovskite Single Crystals for Highly Sensitive Stable X-Ray Imaging. Matter 2020, 3 (1), 180-196.
6. Yuanyuan Fan, Junjie Fang, Xiaoming Chang,1 Ming-Chun Tang, Dounya Barrit Zhuo Xu, Zhiwu Jiang, Jialun Wen, Huan Zhao, Tianqi Niu, Detlef-M. Smilgies, Shengye Jin, Zhike Liu, Er Oiang Li, Aram Amassian, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu, and Kui Zhao; Scalable Ambient Fabrication of High-Performance CsPbl2Br Solar Cells. Joule 2019, 3 (10), 2485-2502.
7. Kai Wang, Waqas Siddique Subhani, Yulong Wang, Xiaokun Zuo, Hui Wang,
Lianjie Duan, and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu; Metal Cations in Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells: Progress and Perspective. Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1902037.
8. 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; Phase Transition Control for High-Performance Blade-Coated Perovskite Solar Cells. Joule 2018, 2 (7), 1313-1330.
9. Luis K. Ono, Yabing Qi, and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu; Progress toward Stable Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. Joule 2018, 2 (10), 1961-1990.
10. Hui Bian, Dongliang Bai, Zhiwen Jin, Kang Wang, Lei Liang, Haoran Wang, Jingru Zhang, Qian Wang, and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu; Graded Bandgap CsPbI2+xBr1-x Perovskite Solar Cells with a Stabilized Ef?ciency of 14.4%. Joule 2018, 2 (8), 1500-1510.