Group Website:www.comates.group
Education
2009 Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Thesis: Computational Study of Complex Condensed Matter Systems
Advisor: Xin-Gao Gong
2004 B.S. in Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Academic Experience
2019 – Adjunct Professor, Beijing Graphene Institute (BGI), China
2015 – Professor, School of Energy, Soochow University, China
Head, Department of Theory and Computational Science,
Soochow Institute of Energy and Materials Innovations (SIEMIS), China
2014 – 2015 Research Associate, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
2011 – 2013 Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Phys. and Astro., University of Toledo, USA
2009 – 2011 Postdoctoral Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, USA
Funding
2020 Jiangsu Outstanding Young Award Funding during years 2020-2023
“Theoretical and Computational Design of Solar Cell absorbers”
2020 NSFC award during years 2020-2023
“Developing Defect Calculation Approach via Combining GW and DFT”
2020 MOST Program during years 2020-2024
“10000 hours Perovskites Solar Cell (Theory)”
2020 Double Talent Team Award during years 2020-2023
“Flexible and Wearable Electronics”
2016 MOST program during years 2016-2020
“Material Genome Project for Photovoltaics: Program and Database”
2016 NSFC award during years 2016-2020
“Theoretical Investigation of Ion Diffusion in Perovskite Solar Cell Materials and Its Impact on Stability”
2016 NSFC award during years 2016-2019
“Theoretical Design of New Non-toxic Stable Perovskite for Solar Cell Application”
2016 Jiangsu Province Research Funding during year 2016-2019
“Smart Algorithm for Searching New Perovskite Materials for Photovoltaic Application”
Research Interests
1. Defect Physics
2. Materials Design
3. Graphene Growth
Selected Publications
(citations: 8000+)
1) Simple descriptor derived from symbolic regression accelerating the discovery of new perovskite catalysts
B. Weng#, Z. Song#, R. Zhu, Q. Yan, Q. Sun, C. Corey, Y. Yan*, W.-J. Yin*
Nature Communications 11, 3513 (2020)
2) Passivating Detrimental DX Centers in CH3NH3PbI3 for Reducing Nonradiative Recombination and Elongating Carrier Lifetime
J. Wang, W. Li, W.-J. Yin*
Advanced Materials 32, 1906115 (2020)
3) Thermodynamic Stability Landscape of Halide Double Perovskites via High-Throughput Computing and Machine Learning
Z. Li, Q. Xu, Q. Sun. Z. Hou and W.-J. Yin*
Advanced Functional Materials 29, 1807280 (2019)
4) Materials Design of Solar Cell Absorbers Beyond Perovskites and Conventional Semiconductors via Combining Tetrahedral and Octahedral Coordination
J. Wang, H. Chen, S.-H. Wei and W.-J. Yin*
Advanced Materials 31, 1806593 (2019)
5) Oxide perovskites, double perovskites and derivatives for electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and photovoltaics
WJ Yin#, B Weng#, J Ge#, Q Sun, Z Li, Y Yan*
Energy & Environmental Science 12, 442-462 (2018)
6) Bandgap Engineering of Stable Lead-Free Oxide Double Perovskites for Photovoltaics
Q Sun, J Wang, WJ Yin*, Y Yan*
Advanced Materials, 30 (15), 1705901 (2018)
7) Thermodynamic Stability Trend of Cubic Perovskites
Q Sun, WJ Yin*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139 (42), 14905-14908 (2017)
8) Unique properties of halide perovskites as possible origins of the superior solar cell performance
Wan-Jian Yin*, Tingting Shi and Yanfa Yan*
Advanced Materials 26, 4553 (2014).
9) Unusual defect physics in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cell absorber
Wan-Jian Yin*, Tingting Shi, Yanfa Yan*
Applied Physics Letters 104, 063903 (2014).
10). Wan-Jian Yin, Su-Huai Wei, Mowafak Al-Jassim, Yanfa Yan*
Double-Hole-Mediated Coupling of Dopants and Its Impact on Band Gap Engineering in TiO2
Physical Review Letters 106, 066801 (2011)