Dr. ZongXiang Xu is an Professor in Chemistry Department of Southern University of Science and Technology. Dr. Xu received his B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from Xiamen University. In 2008 he received PhD Degree with Prof. ChiMing Che in Chemistry from the University of Hong Kong, where he completed postdoctoral research between 2009-2010. After that he joined Department of Physics and Materials Science in City University of Hong Kong with Dr. Roy VAL, worked as Senior Research Assistant, Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow between 2010-2012. Dr. Xu has more than 12 years of research experience in design, synthesis characterization of organic/inorganic semiconductor materials and application in optoelectronic devices. He has authored and coauthored 50 papers (with total SCI citation = 720, h-index = 15) in peer reviewed international journals. Dr. Xu holds membership of SPIE, Chemical Society of China, selected as Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports. Dr. Xu lectures General Chemistry (English), “Nanomaterials Synthesis and Application”(English), “Organic Electronic Materials and Devices”(English) and “Experimental Physical Chemistry”. Now Dr. Xu is running 5 research project with funding of ~ 8 million RMB. His research is focused on molecular materials design and application on new energy harvesting, such as organic solar cell, organic light-emitting diode and perovskite solar cell.
Representative Publicaitons
1. P. F. Xie, Y. J. Ding, H. Xiao, L. T. Zhang, Y. Qiao, X. Y. Liu, C. Q. Gao, Q. Chen, G. P. Qu*, Z. X. Xu*; Improving Efficiency and Stability of Antisolvent-free Perovskite Solar Cells via Radical Additives and Reduced-toxicity Strategies for Solvent Systems; Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, 2500410
2. J. Y. Feng, Q. K. Hu*, X. Yue, Q. Chen, C. Q. Gao, J. Gu, L. T. Zhang, L. Y. Zhang, H. Dai, F. Yang, G. C. Lin, K. P. Loh*, Z. X. Xu*; Bimetallic Phthalocyanine Catalyst for Ammonia Electrosynthesis from Nitrate Reduction across All pH Ranges; Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2025, 366, 125027
3. G. P. Qu, L. T. Zhang, Y. Qiao, S. K. Gong, Y. J. Ding, Y. L. Tao, S. Y. Cai, X. Y. Chang, Q. Chen, P. F. Xie, J. Y. Feng, C. Q. Gao, G. P. Li, H. Xiao, F. Wang, H. L. Hu, J. Yang, S. Chen, A. K. Y. Jen*, X. H. Chen*, Z. X. Xu*; Self-Assembled Materials with an Ordered Hydrophilic Bilayer for Highly Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells; Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 86
4. G. P. Qu, S. Y. Cai, Y. Qiao, D. Wang, S. K. Gong, D. Khan, Y. Wang, K. Jiang, Q. Chen, L. T. Zhang, Y. G. Wang, X. H. Chen*, A. Y. Jen*, Z. X. Xu*; Conjugated linker-boosted SAM molecule for inverted perovskite solar cells; Joule, 2024, 8, 2123-2134
5. D. Khan*, G. P. Qu, I. Muhammad, Z. G. Tang*, Z. X. Xu*; Overcoming Two Key Challenges in Monolithic Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cell Development: Wide Bandgap and Textured Substrate-A Comprehensive Review; Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2302124
6. X. Y. Liu, J. Y. Min, Q. Chen, T. Liu, G. P. Qu, P. F. Xie, H. Xiao, J. J. Liou*, T. Park*, Z. X. Xu*; Synergy Effect of a π-Conjugated Ionic Compound: Dual Interfacial Energy Level Regulation and Passivation to Promote VOC and Stability of Planar Perovskite Solar Cells; Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 134, e202117
