(2) Coherent spin manipulation for quantum information technologies
(3) Charge and energy transfer for solar energy conversion beyond the Shockley-Queisser limit based: hot carrier extraction, carrier/exciton multiplication, triplet-sensitized photon upconversion, etc.
2. Future of Chemical Physics Lectureship Award, Dec. 2021, American Physical Society
3. Chinese Chemical Society Prize for Young Scientists, Dec. 2020, Chinese Chemical Society
4. Robin Hochstrasser Young Investigator Award, Aug. 2019, Chemical Physics Journal
5. Distinguished Young Investigator Award, Jan. 2019, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
6. Victor K. LaMer Award, June 2018, American Chemical Society
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