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Conducting polymers and applications

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Yuanyuan Jiang
Shanghai Normal University
2
Pengqing Bi
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
3
Qin Tan
Southern University of Science and Technology
4
Kerui Liu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
5
Jiye Han
Sungkyunkwan University
6
Shiqi Yu
Guangdong University of Technology
7
Meixiang Wang
North Carolina State University
8
Lijiao Ma
Chinese Academy of Sciences
9
Weon‐Guk Kim
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
10
Jiajun Du
California Institute of Technology

Papers

1
Non-fullerene acceptor with asymmetric structure and phenyl-substituted alkyl side chain for 20.2% efficiency organic solar cells
Nature Energy|2024
746 cit.
2
19.7% efficiency binary organic solar cells achieved by selective core fluorination of nonfullerene electron acceptors
Joule|2024
301 cit.
3
Publication in Nature Reviews Methods Primers (2025) [241 citations, W4406426717]
Nature Reviews Methods Primers|2025
241 cit.
4
Publication in Energy & Environmental Science (2025) [196 citations, W4407300985]
Energy & Environmental Science|2025
196 cit.
5
Glassy gels toughened by solvent
Nature|2024
151 cit.
6
20.6% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Incorporating a Lower Bandgap Guest Nonfullerene Acceptor Without Open‐Circuit Voltage Loss
Advanced Materials|2025
136 cit.
7
Quinoxaline-based nonfullerene acceptors with powerful core-functionalization ability enabling efficient solar energy utilization
Energy & Environmental Science|2024
42 cit.
8
The Critical Isomerization Effect of Core Bromination on Nonfullerene Acceptors in Achieving High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells with Low Energy Loss
Advanced Materials|2024
39 cit.
9
Design of low-cost non-fused ultranarrow-band-gap acceptors for versatile photovoltaic applications
Joule|2024
29 cit.
10
Donor-acceptor bulk-heterojunction sensitizer for efficient solid-state infrared-to-visible photon up-conversion
Nature Communications|2024
20 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Huifeng Yao
China Pharmaceutical University
2
Sahika Inal
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
3
Jonathan Rivnay
École Normale Supérieure - PSL
4
Qijun Sun
Northeast Forestry University
5
Zhike Liu
Tsinghua University
6
Juan‐Pablo Correa‐Baena
Georgia Institute of Technology
7
Konrad Domanski
Fluxim (Switzerland)
8
Chunhui Duan
Ministry of Energy
9
Chenyi Yi
Tsinghua University
10
Jiangzhao Chen
Kunming University of Science and Technology

Papers

1
Highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells via a multifunctional hole transporting material
Joule|2024
689 cit.
2
Sequential vacuum-evaporated perovskite solar cells with more than 24% efficiency
Science Advances|2022
317 cit.
3
25.24%‐Efficiency FACsPbI<sub>3</sub> Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by Intermolecular Esterification Reaction of DL‐Carnitine Hydrochloride
Advanced Materials|2023
204 cit.
4
Revealing Steric‐Hindrance‐Dependent Buried Interface Defect Passivation Mechanism in Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with Mitigated Tensile Stress
Advanced Functional Materials|2022
193 cit.
5
Bioinspired interactive neuromorphic devices
Materials Today|2022
171 cit.
6
Stabilizing Perovskite Precursor by Synergy of Functional Groups for NiO<sub><i>x</i></sub>‐Based Inverted Solar Cells with 23.5 % Efficiency
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
157 cit.
7
Over 24% efficient MA-free CsxFA1−xPbX3 perovskite solar cells
Joule|2022
150 cit.
8
Realizing Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency Exceeding 25.6% Through Crystallization Kinetics and Spatial Orientation Regulation
Advanced Materials|2024
146 cit.
9
High‐Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Interfacial Charge Extraction by Bridging Molecules
Advanced Materials|2024
145 cit.
10
Scalable spinning, winding, and knitting graphene textile TENG for energy harvesting and human motion recognition
Nano Energy|2022
142 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Zhong Lin Wang
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems
2
Henry J. Snaith
University of Oxford
3
Zhenan Bao
Stanford University
4
Jianhui Hou
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
5
Yongfang Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences
6
Yang Yang
Ministry of Natural Resources
7
Michaël Grätzel
Interface (United States)
8
Yong Cao
Southwest Forestry University
9
Alex K.‐Y. Jen
City University of Hong Kong
10
Stephen R. Forrest
University of Michigan

Papers

1
A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films
Nature|1991
28.4k cit.
2
Photoelectrochemical cells
Nature|2001
12.6k cit.
3
Efficient Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Meso-Superstructured Organometal Halide Perovskites
Science|2012
10.6k cit.
4
Electron-Hole Diffusion Lengths Exceeding 1 Micrometer in an Organometal Trihalide Perovskite Absorber
Science|2013
10.3k cit.
5
Sequential deposition as a route to high-performance perovskite-sensitized solar cells
Nature|2013
9.4k cit.
6
Efficient planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells by vapour deposition
Nature|2013
7.9k cit.
7
Piezoelectric Nanogenerators Based on Zinc Oxide Nanowire Arrays
Science|2006
7.8k cit.
8
The emergence of perovskite solar cells
Nature Photonics|2014
7.3k cit.
9
Highly efficient phosphorescent emission from organic electroluminescent devices
Nature|1998
7.2k cit.
10
Interface engineering of highly efficient perovskite solar cells
Science|2014
6.6k cit.

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