Zefan Yao, Peking University, 姚泽凡, 北京大学

2026

101. Tuning Solution-State Aggregation for Shearing-Induced Alignment and High Mobility Transport in Conjugated Polymers
Yu-Chun Xu, Yang-Yang Zhou, Li Ding, Yu-Meng Gao, Xiao-Yan Zhang, Ze-Fan Yao*, Jie-Yu Wang, Wen-Bin Zhang*, Jian Pei*
Advanced Materials, 2026, e21831, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202521831

100. Material design strategies for flexible n‐type polymer semiconductors
Xiao-Yan Zhang, Yang-Yang Zhou, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei, Ze-Fan Yao* 
FlexMat, 2026, DOI: 10.1002/flm2.70055

99. Geometric Divergence in Nanostructural Fates of Coassembled Peptides Leads to Broadening of Morphology-Based Optoelectronic Property Outcomes
Yuyao Kuang, Ze-Fan Yao, Sydney To, Sheng Wei Tang, Joni Spencer, Ronald Dat Phung, Hao-Tian Wu, Catherine Salgado, Li Xing, Karolina Sulowska, Joanna Olesiak-Bańska, Jian Pei, Elizabeth M.Y. Lee, Herdeline Ann M. Ardoña*
Chem, 2026, DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2026.103059

98. Amphiphilic molecular binder strengthens atomic layer-deposited SnO_x for reliable perovskite solar cells
Ming Liu (刘铭)#, Jie Zeng (曾洁)#, Jiarong Wang (王佳绒)#, Yidan An (安怡澹)#, Zefan Yao (姚泽凡), Lingyi Ke (柯灵逸), Ning Zhou (周宁), Leyu Bi (毕乐雨), Xiaofeng Huang (黄晓锋), Kaikai Liu (刘凯凯), Hin-Lap Yip (叶轩立), Francis R. Lin (林均叡), Alex K.-Y. Jen (任广禹)* 
Joule, 2026, 102431, DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2026.102431

97. Oxygen Vacancy Defect Engineering in IGZO Thin Film by Sequential Ultraviolet Ozone and Forming Gas Annealing
Guoduan Liu, Ze-Fan Yao, Huiming Guo, Soyeong Kwon, William Bowman, Ich Tran, Luz Adriana Rincon-Baron, Juan Carlos Salcedo Reyes, Camilo Velez.
Material Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2026, 210, 110677, DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2026.110677

96. Manipulating Heavy Halogenated Asymmetric Terminals Affords Regio‐Regular Hetero‐Fluorinated/Brominated Dual Asymmetric Acceptor With a Binary Photovoltaic Efficiency of 20.3%
Aslam-Muhammad Shahid#, Hong-Chen Rong#, Heng Zhang, Ze-Fan Yao, Er-Long Li, Weijian Li, Hong-Fu Zhi, Yin Song, Zhi-Guo Zhang, Jin-Liang Wang* 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026, e3817518, DOI: 10.1002/anie.3817518

95. Optoelectronic biohybrid platform enables light-controlled cardiac structural and functional feedback
Yuyao Kuang, Ze-Fan Yao, Catherine Salgado, Emil M. Lundqvist, Nadeen Morsi, Natalie Celt, Juan Manuel Urueñ, Chelsea M. Phillips, Michael J. Zeitz, James W. Smyth, Dmitry A. Fishman, Herdeline Ann M. Ardoña* 
Cell Biomaterials, 2026, 2, 100416, DOI: 10.1016/j.celbio.2026.100416

94. Intrinsically stretchable complementary circuits based on direct photo-patternable polymer semiconductors
Qianhe Liu, Yu Zheng, Haotian Wu, Lukas Michalek, Margherita Ronchini, Rachael K. Mow, Weichen Wang, Hyunchang Park, Xiaozhou Ji, Zhiao Yu, Ze-Fan Yao, Yuya Nishio, Chuanzhen Zhao, Jian Pei, Zhenan Bao*
Nature Electronics, 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41928-026-01599-z

93. Ultrathin and robust elastomeric dielectrics using a crosslinking-assisted trap creation method for miniaturized stretchable electronics
Zeyu Zhong, Zhanpeng Cui, Zhitong Zhang, Yinghong Li, Zhenxiao Wang, Ziyan He, Shengyuan Liu, Dunting Zhang, Ze-Fan Yao, Yalin Wang, Yu-Qing Zheng*
Nature Electronics, 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41928-026-01579-3

92. Achieving intrinsically stretchable high-performance n-type semiconducting polymers by tuning side chain ordering inspired by oleic acid
Xiao-Yan Zhang, Zi-Di Yu, Nai-Fu Liu, Wenxi Sun, Xin-Yi Wang, Junjiang Wu, Jintao Feng, Yang-Kun Qu, Si-Lu Li, Zhi-Hao Xie, Yu-Ze Sun, Wan-Yun Hsieh, Chen-Kai Pan, Long Ye, Ze-Fan Yao, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei*
npj Flexible Electronics, 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41528-026-00547-3

91. A water-processable n-type polymeric ink with conductivities exceeding 1000 S cm^–1
Qifan Li, Tiefeng Liu*, Jun-Da Huang, Ze-Fan Yao, Dace Gao, Qingqing Wang, Junpeng Ji, Miao Xiong, Xianjie Liu, Sang Young Jeong, Min Gyu Kang, Han-Yan Wu, Chi-Yuan Yang*; Han Young Woo, Mats Fahlman, Simone Fabiano*
Matter 2026, 102599, DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102599

90. Achieving Well-Ordered Microstructure and Enhanced Conductivities in n-Doped Conjugated Polymers via a Dual-Affinity Dopant
Chen-Kai Pan, Yi-Fan Huang, Zi-Di Yu, Ze-Fan Yao, Chi-Yuan Yang, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei*
Chem 2026, 12 102755, DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102755

89. Dibenzo[a,o]Picene: A Semiconducting Non-planar Heptacene Isomer
Yi Wang, Yong-Shi Chen, Zekang Ma, Huijie Wei, Ze-Fan Yao, Jian Pei, Zexin Jin*
Organic Letters, 2026, 28, 977–981, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c04940

88. Unravelling Solid-State Microstructure from Conjugated Oligomers to Polymers
Yu-Chun Xu, Yang-Yang Zhou, Li Ding, Yi-Zhen Zhang, Ze-Fan Yao, Yu Shao, Yi Liu, Jie-Yu Wang, Wen-Bin Zhang*, Jian Pei*
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2026, DOI: 10.1039/D5TC04268B

2025

87. Side-Chain Length Matching Enhances Aggregation and Crystallization in Conjugated Polymers
Nai-Fu Liu, Tian-Yu Zhang, Xiao-Yan Zhang, Ze-Fan Yao*, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025, 17, 70740-70748, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c19377 

86. Side Chain Engineering toward Chemical Doping of Conjugated Polymers
Ze-Fan Yao*, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei*
Accounts of Chemical Research, 2025, 58, 9, 1496-1508, DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5c00121
 
85. Complementary biomolecular nanoassemblies direct energy transport for cardiac photostimulators
Ze-Fan Yao#, Sujeung Lim#, Yuyao Kuang, Emil M. Lundqvist, Natalie Celt, Caleb O. Chung, Kathryn K. Lee, Krystal. Nguyen, Lanie Le, Sheng Wei Tang, Griffin M. Milligan, Phillip Kohl, Tarunya Rao Sudarshan, Youli Li, Asuka Eguchi, Anant K. Paravastu, Michael V. Zaragoza, Dima A. Fishman, Herdeline A. M. Ardoña*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2025, 122, e2509467122, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2509467122
 
84. Polymerized Y-series non-fullerene acceptors as robust electron-transporting layer for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells
Kai-Kai Liu#, Ze-Fan Yao#, Deng Wang#, Xiaofeng Huang*, Qian Li, Zhenhuang Su, Zixin Zeng, Francis R. Lin, Chaowei Zhao, Wenlin Jiang, Ming Liu, Dangyuan Lei, Sai-Wing Tsang, Alex K.-Y. Jen*
Joule, 2025, 9, 101955, DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2025.101955
 
83. Asymmetrical Substitution Manipulates Stacking Modes in 2D Conductive MOF Crystals
Yi Liu#, Huiying Yao#, Haoyang Zhang, Chao Ma, Jinkun Guo, Yunlong Fan, Hao Chen, Xinyan Wu, Luming Yang, Xing Huang, Tianyang Chen, Qingqing Ji, Ze-Fan Yao, Jian Li, Jin-Hu Dou*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 48127-48135, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c 15827
 
82. Fullerene-Embedded Porphyrin Metallacages as Photoactive Additives for Stable Binary Organic Solar Cells with a Certificated Efficiency of 20.2%
Hairui Bai#, Wenyan Su#*, Tengfei Li#, Zeyuan Zhang#, Ruijie Ma*, Ze-Fan Yao, Kai Xiang, Muhammad Hamza Maqsood, Zhaozhao Bi, Han Liu, Ke Wang, Yue Wu, Bin Kan, Lihe Yan, Guanghao Lu, Zhenghui Luo, Jianhua Chen, Yuhang Liu, Mingming Zhang*, Gang Li*, Wei Ma*, Qunping Fan*
Energy & Environmental Science, 2025, 18, 10351-10363, DOI: 10.1039/D5EE04824A

81. Indoor Organic Photovoltaics with Over 29% Efficiency and Great Stability Enabled by Giant Dimeric Acceptors with Hypsochromic Absorption and High Glass Transition Temperature
Bosen Zou#, Ho Ming Ng#, Zhengkai Li#, Yan Wang, Qingyuan Wang, Dezhang Chen, Zefan Yao, Hongxiang Li, Chunliang Li, Xianghao Zeng, Wei Liu, Jonathan E. Halpert, Huawei Hu, Chunhui Duan, Zonglong Zhu, TomWu, Wai-Yeung Wong, Zhi-Guo Zhang,* He Yan,* Han Yu*
Advanced Science, 2025, e12690, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202512690
 
80. Light-triggered regionally controlled n-doping of organic semiconductors
Xin-Yi Wang, Yi-Fan Ding, Xiao-Yan Zhang , Yang-Yang Zhou, Chen-Kai Pan, Yuan-He Li, Nai-Fu Liu, Ze-Fan Yao, Yong-Shi Chen, Zhi-Hao Xie, Yi-Fan Huang, Yu-Chun Xu, Hao-Tian Wu, Chun-Xi Huang, Miao Xiong, Li Ding, Zi-Di Yu, Qi-Yi Li, Yu-Qing Zheng, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei*
Nature 2025, 642, 599–604, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09075-y
 
79. Molecular Engineering of Terminus, Conjugation, and Energetics for Thermally Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells
Jiaonan Sun,# Jiarong Wang,# Ze-Fan Yao, Leyu Bi, Xiaofei Ji, Jia Wang, Xiaofeng Huang, Ming Liu, Kaikai Liu, Francis R. Lin, Bin Kan, Qiang Fu,* Alex K.-Y. Jen*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 31965-31974, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c09669
 
78. Thermally Removable Sidechain Stabilized Benzodipyrrole as Electron-Rich Building Block Used in Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers
Hao-Tian Wu, Yong-Shi Chen, Zi-Xuan Qi, Ze-Fan Yao, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei*
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2025, 13, 16396-16402, DOI: 10.1039/D5TC01889G

77. Internally BN-Doped Coronene
Jing-Cai Zeng, Xuan-Yu Song, Ze-Fan Yao, Yong-Shi Chen, Yu-Chun Xu, Kexiang Zhao, Yi Liu, Jie-Yu Wang,* Jian Pei* 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202509971. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202509971
 
76. Design of Intrinsically Stable Hole-Selective Self-Assembled Monolayers by Introducing Fused-ring Intramolecular Donor-Acceptor Interactions
Wenlin Jiang, Baobing Fan*, Lingchen Kong, Ze-Fan Yao, Wansong Shang, Chun-To Wong, Francis R. Lin, Alex K.-Y. Jen*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202507273, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202507273
 
75. Multiple-Asymmetric Molecular Engineering Enables Regio-Regular Selenium-Substituted Acceptor with High Efficiency and Ultra-Low Energy Loss in Binary Organic Solar Cells
Can Yang#, Yuan Gao#, Heng Zhang, Ze-Fan Yao, Er-Long Li, Hong-Hai Guan, Hong-Fu Zhi, Quan Yuan, Min Hun Jee, Han Young Woo, Jie Min*, Jin-Liang Wang*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202506795, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202506795
 
74. Hybrid Linking Sites Constructed Non-Fully Conjugated Asymmetric Dimerized Giant Molecule Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells with an Efficiency of ~20%
Han Liu, Luting Tang, Tengfei Li, Fan Yi, Wenyan Su, Kai Xiang, Bitao Dong*, Ze-Fan Yao, Ke Wang, Tianyu Hu, Zhaozhao Bi, Hairui Bai, Jianhua Chen, Xunchang Wang, Yuhang Liu, Ruijie Ma, Manjun Xiao*, Wei Ma*, Qunping Fan*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202503721, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202503721v
 
73. Supramolecular peptidic dopants for inducing photoconductivity and mechanical tunability in digital light processable hydrogels
Harrison C. Jeong, Yuyao Kuang, Ze-Fan Yao, Herdeline A. M. Ardoña*
Faraday Discussion, 260, 192-203, 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D5FD00031A
 
72. Micropatterning Photoconductive Peptide Assemblies on Stiff and Soft Biomaterial Substrates
Emil M. Lundqvist, Kathryn K. Lee, Lanie Le, Krystal Nguyen, Sujeung Lim, Natalie Celt, Yuyao Kuang, Ze-Fan Yao, Haotian Wu, Sheng Wei Tang, Jian Pei, Herdeline Ann M. Ardoña*
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2025, 17, 31982-31992, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c05693

71. Electron-deficient fused dithieno-benzothiadiazole-bridged polymer acceptors for high-efficiency all-polymer solar cells with low energy loss
Hai-Rui Bai#, Heng Zhang#, Huifeng Meng#, Yinfeng Li#, Xiaopeng Xu*, Ming-Qiao Liu, Yuting Chen, Ze-Fan Yao, Hong-Fu Zhi, Asif Mahmood, Yan Wang, Jia-Hao Ye, Mengyun Jiang, Qiaoshi An*, Han Young Woo, Hongbin Wu*, Qiang Peng*, Jin-Liang Wang*
Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2025, 163, 100916, DOI: 10.1016/j.mser.2024.100916
 
70. Improved Efficiency and Stability of Outdoor and Indoor Organic Photovoltaics with Suppressed Voltage Loss by Alkoxylation on Dimeric Giant Acceptors Featuring as a Supramolecular Stabilizer
Ho Ming Ng#, Bosen Zou#, Aleksandr A. Sergeev, Yuang Fu, Pok Fung Chan, Ze-Fan Yao, Qingyuan Wang, Zhengkai Li, Chun-Jen Su, U-Ser Jeng, Xiaotian Hu, Gang Li, Xinhui Lu, Kam Sing Wong, Zhi-Guo Zhang, Yiwang Chen, Wai-Yeung Raymond Wong*, Han Yu*, He Yan*
Energy & Environmental Science, 2025, 18, 6587-6596, DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00668F

2024

69. Lattice-guided assembly of optoelectronically-active π-conjugated peptides on 1D van der Waals single crystals
Ze-Fan Yao, Dmitri L. M. Cordova, Griffin M. Milligan, Diana Lopez, Steven J. Allison, Yuyao Kuang, Herdeline A. M. Ardoña*, Maxx Q. Arguilla*
Science Advances, 2024, 10, eadl2402, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adl2402
 
68. Selective induction of molecular- to tissue-level anisotropy on peptide-based optoelectronic cardiac biointerfaces
Ze-Fan Yao, Yuyao Kuang, Hao-Tian Wu, Emil Lundqvist, Xin Fu, Natalie Celt, Jian Pei, Albert Yee, Herdeline A. M. Ardoña* 
Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2312231, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202312231

67. Achieving ideal and environmentally stable n-type charge transport in polymer field-effect transistors
Ze-Fan Yao, Hao-Tian Wu, Fang-Dong Zhuang, Peng-Fei Zhang, Qi-Yi Li, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Small, 2024, 20, 2306010, DOI: 10.1002/smll.202306010
 
66. Polyoxometalate Reinforced Perovskite Phase for High‐Performance Perovskite Photovoltaics
Xiaofeng Huang#, Leyu Bi#, Zefan Yao#, Qiang Fu, Baobing Fan, Shengfan Wu, Zhenhuang Su, Qifan Feng, Jiarong Wang, Yuhao Hong, Ming Liu, Yidan An, Mingqian Chen, Alex K.-Y. Jen*
Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2410564, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202410564
 
65. A Polymer Acceptor with Double-Decker Configuration Enhances Molecular Packing for High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells
Han Yu#, Yan Wang#, Chung Hang Kwok#, Rongkun Zhou#, Zefan Yao#, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Haixia Hu, Yuang Fu, Ho Ming Ng, Li Chen, Di Zhang, Dahui Zhao, Zilong Zheng, Xinhui Lu, Hang Yin*, Harald Ade, Chen Zhang*, Zonglong Zhu*, He Yan*
Joule, 2024, 8, 2304-2324. DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.06.010
 
64. Trialkylsilyl-thiophene-conjugated acceptor for efficient organic solar cells compatible with spin-coating and blade-coating technologies
Tengfei Li#, Qiang Wu#*, Ze-Fan Yao#, Hairui Bai, Wenyan Su, Rui Sun, Lingxiao Tang, Zhaozhao Bi, Xiaojun Li, Weiguo Zhu, Jie Min, Qunping Fan*, Wei Ma* 
Science China Chemistry, 2024, 67, 4184-4193, DOI: 10.1007/s11426-023-1913-3
 
63. Halogen-Bonded Hole-Transport Material Enhances Open-Circuit Voltage of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells
Zhaoyang Chen#, Jiakang Zhang#, Zilong Chen, Ze-Fan Yao, Kai-Kai Liu, Zhongmin Zhou*, Haichang Zhang*, Maning Liu* 
Advanced Science, 2024, 11, 2411567, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202411567
 
62. Ultraviolet Circularly Polarized Light Detection Based on Chiral BN-Anthracene Derivatives
Wanhui Li, Yi Zhang, Kai-Yin Ren, Cheng-Zhuo Du, Ze-Fan Yao, Jian Pei, Xiao-Ye Wang* 
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2024, 12, 15408-15412, DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03404J
 
61. GaSI: A wide gap non-centrosymmetric helical crystal
Kaitlyn G. Dold#, Dmitri Leo Mesoza Cordova#, Sirisak Singsen, Joseph Q. Nguyen, Griffin M. Milligan, Marcus Marracci, Ze-Fan Yao, Joseph W. Ziller, Dmitry A. Fishman, Elizabeth M. Y. Lee, Maxx Q. Arguilla* 
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 22881−22886, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06487
 
60. Encapsulation of crystalline and amorphous Sb2S3 within carbon and boron nitride nanotube
Griffin M. Milligan, Dmitri Leo Mesoza Cordova, Ze-Fan Yao, Brian Y. Zhi, Lyndsey R. Scammell, Toshihiro Aoki, Maxx Q. Arguilla*
Chemical Science, 2024, 15, 10464-10476, DOI: 10.1039/D4SC01477D
 
59. Buffer Chain Model for Understanding Crystallization Competition in Conjugated Polymers
Zi-Di Yu, Yang Lu, Ze-Fan Yao, Hao-Tian Wu, Zi-Yuan Wang, Chen-Kai Pan, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202405139, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202405139
 
58. Role of the Chain Structure and Conformation of Conjugated Polymers on Aggregation Behavior
Chen-Kai Pan, Yi-Fan Ding, Ze-Fan Yao, Xin-Yi Wang, Yang-Yang Zhou, Xing-Zhong Wu, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 4107-4117, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02547
 
57. Functionalization and Structural Evolution of Conducting Quasi-One-Dimensional Chevrel-Type Telluride Nanocrystals
Kaleolani S. Ogura, Dmitri L.M. Cordova, Toshihiro Aoki, Griffin M. Milligan, Ze-Fan Yao, Maxx Q. Arguilla* 
Chemistry of Materials, 2024, 36, 730-741, DOI:1021/acs.chemmater.4c00468
 
56. Single Quasi-1D Chains of Sb₂Se₃ Encapsulated Within Carbon Nanotubes
Griffin Milligan, Zefan Yao, Dmitri Cordova, Baixin Tong, Maxx Arguilla* 
Chemistry of Materials, 2024, 36, 730-741, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02114
 
55. Halogenation Strategy of Thiophene Derived Solvent Additives Enables Optimized Morphology for Organic Solar Cells with 19.17% Efficiency
Wenyan Su, Xuming Zhou, Ze-Fan Yao, Hairui Bai, Yuwei Duan, Rui Sun, Yue Wu, Qiang Wu, Hongmei Qin, Chao Zhao, Weiguo Zhu, Han Young Woo, Jie Min, Yuxiang Li*, Wei Ma, Qunping Fan* 
Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34, 2313744, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202313744
 
54. Defect-Passivating and Stable Benzothiophene-Based Self-Assembled Monolayer for High-Performance Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells
Ming Liu#, Mingliang Li#, Yanxun Li, Yidan An, Zefan Yao, Baobing Fan, Feng Qi, Kaikai Liu, Hin-Lap Yip, Francis R. Lin, Alex K.-Y. Jen* 
Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 14, 2303742, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202303742
 
53. Assessing the Role of BN-Embedding Position in B₂N₂-Perylenes
Jing-Cai Zeng, Kexiang Zhao, Peng-Fei Zhang, Fang-Dong Zhuang, Li Ding, Ze-Fan Yao, Jie-Yu Wang*, Jian Pei* 
Chemistry – A European Journal, 2024, 30, e202304372, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202304372
 
52. Non‐Fully Conjugated Dimerized Giant Acceptors with Different Alkyl‐Linked Sites for Stable and 19.13% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells
Fan Yi, Manjun Xiao*, Yongdie Meng, Hairui Bai, Wenyan Su, Wei Gao, Ze-Fan Yao, Guangyu Qi, Zezhou Liang, Conggui Jin, Lingxiao Tang, Rui Zhang, Lihe Yan, Yuhang Liu, Weiguo Zhu, Wei Ma*, Qunping Fan* 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 64, 13, e202319295, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202319295

2023

51. Controlling morphology and microstructure of conjugated polymers via solution-state aggregation
Ze-Fan Yao, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Progress in Polymer Science, 2023, 136, 101626. DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2022.101626
 
50. Engineering multi-scale organization for biotic and organic abiotic electroactive systems
Ze-Fan Yao, Emil Lundqvist, Yuyao Kuang, Herdeline Ann M. Ardoña* 
Advanced Science, 2023, 10, 2205381, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205381
 
49. Carbodiimide-fueled assembly of π-conjugated peptides regulated by electrostatic interactions
Ze-Fan Yao, Yuyao Kuang, Phillip Kohl, Youli Li, Herdeline Ann M. Ardoña* 
ChemSystemsChem, 2023, 5, e202300003, DOI: 10.1002/syst.202300003
 
48. Unravelling the Superiority of Nonbenzenoid Acepleiadylene as a Building Block for Organic Semiconducting Materials
Lin Fu#, Pengcai Liu#, Rui Xue, Xiao-Yu Tang, Jiawen Cao, Ze-Fan Yao, Yuchao Liu, Shouke Yan, Xiao-Ye Wang* 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202306509, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306509
 
47. Biomimetic sequence-templating approach towards a multiscale modulation of chromogenic polymer properties
Yuyao Kuang, Ze-Fan Yao, Sujeung Lim, Catherine Ngo, Megan Alma Rocha, Dmitry A. Fishman, Herdeline Ann M. Ardoña* 
Macromolecules, 2023, 56, 4526-4540, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00403
 
46. Achieving ideal transistor characteristics in conjugated polymer semiconductors
Mingfei Xiao, Xinglong Ren*, Kangyu Ji, Sein Chung, Xiaoyu Shi, Jie Han, Zefan Yao, Xudong Tao, Szymon Zelewski, Mark Nikolka, Youcheng Zhang, Zhilong Zhang, Zichen Wang, Nathan Jay, Ian Jacobs, Weijing Wu, Han Yu, Yarjab Abdul Samad, Samuel Stranks, Boseok Kang, Kilwon Cho, Jin Xie, He Yan*, Shangshang Chen*, Henning Sirringhaus* 
Science Advances, 2023, 9, eadg8659, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg8659
 
45. Visualizing the multi-level assembly structures of conjugated molecular systems with chain-length dependent behavior
Yang-Yang Zhou, Yu-Chun Xu, Ze-Fan Yao, Jia-Ye Li, Chen-Kai Pan, Yang Lu, Chi-Yuan Yang, Li Ding, Bu-Fan Xiao, Xin-Yi Wang, Yu Shao, Wen-Bin Zhang, Jie-Yu Wang, Huan Wang, Jian Pei*
Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 3340, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39133-w
 
44. Polymer Semiconductors: Synthesis, Processing, and Applications
Li Ding#, Zi-Di Yu#, Xiao-Ye Wang, Ze-Fan Yao, Yang Lu, Chi-Yuan Yang, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Chemical Reviews, 2023, 123, 7421-7497, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00696
 
43. High n-type and p-type conductivities and power factors achieved in a single conjugated polymer
Zi-Di Yu, Yang Lu, Zi-Yuan Wang, Hio-Ieng Un, Szymon J. Zelewski, Ying Cui, Hao-Yang You, Yi Liu, Ke-Feng Xie, Ze-Fan Yao, Yu-Cheng He, Jie-Yu Wang, Wen-Bing Hu, Henning Sirringhaus, Jian Pei* 
Science Advances, 2023, 9, eadf3495, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf3495
 
42. Effects of Halogenation of Small-molecule and Polymeric Acceptors for Efficient Organic Solar Cells
Han Yu#, Yan Wang#, Xinhui Zou#, Han Han, Ha Kyung Kim, Zefan Yao, Zhibo Wang, Yuhao Li, Ho Ming Ng, Wentao Zhou, Jianquan Zhang*, Shangshang Chen, Xinhui Lu, Kam Sing Wong*, Zonglong Zhu*, He Yan*, Huawei Hu* 
Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33, 2300712, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202300712
 
41. Density of States Engineering of n-Doped Conjugated Polymers for High Charge Transport Performances
Xin-Yi Wang, Zi-Di Yu, Yang Lu, Ze-Fan Yao, Yang-Yang Zhou, Chen-Kai Pan, Yi Liu, Zi-Yuan Wang, Yi-Fan Ding, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Advanced Materials, 2023, 35, 2300634, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300634
 
40. Conjugated Polymers in Solution: A Physical Perspective
Yu-Chun Xu, Li Ding, Ze-Fan Yao, Yu Shao, Jie-Yu Wang, Wen-Bin Zhang*, Jian Pei* 
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023, 14, 927–939, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03600

2022

39. Organic polymorph-based alloys for continuous regulation of emission colors
Yang Su#, Ze-Fan Yao#, Bin Wu, Yu-Dong Zhao, Jing-Yu Han, Ji-Hao Sun, Ming-Peng Zhuo*, Jian-Zhong Fan, Zuo-Shan Wang*, Jian Pei, Liang-Sheng Liao, Xue-Dong Wang* 
Matter, 2022, 5, 1520-1531, DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2022.02.017
 
38. Regulation of High Miscibility for Efficient Charge-Transport in n-doped Conjugated Polymers
Qi-Yi Li#, Ze-Fan Yao#, Hao-Tian Wu, Longfei Luo, Yi-Fan Ding, Chi-Yuan Yang, Xin-Yi Wang, Zhihao Shen, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e2022002, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200221
 
37. “Spine Surgery” of Perylene Diimides with Covalent B–N Bonds toward Electron-Deficient BN-Embedded Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Kexiang Zhao, Ze-Fan Yao, Zi-Yuan Wang, Jing-Cai Zeng, Li Ding, Miao Xiong, Jie-Yu Wang*, Jian Pei 
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022. 144, 3091-3098, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11782
 
36. Controlling Solution-State Aggregation and Solid-State Microstructures of Conjugated Polymers by Tuning Backbone Conformation
Hao-Tian Wu, Ze-Fan Yao, Zhe Xu, Hua-Kang Kong, Xin-Yi Wang, Qi-Yi Li, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2022, 43, 2200069, DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200069
 
35. A Vinylene-Linker-Based Polymer Acceptor Featuring Co-planar and Rigid Molecular Conformation Enables High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells
Han Yu#*, Yan Wang#, Ha Kyung Kim#, Xin Wu, Yuhao Li, Zefan Yao, Mingao Pan, Xinhui Zou, Jianquan Zhang, Shangshang Chen, Dahui Zhao, Fei Huang, Xinhui Lu, Zonglong Zhu, He Yan* 
Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 2200361, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202200361
 
34. Revealing the effect of oligo(ethylene glycol) side chains on n-doping process in FBDPPV-based polymers
Xin-Yi Wang, Yi Liu, Zi-Yuan Wang, Yang Lu, Ze-Fan Yao, Yi-Fan Ding, Zi-Di Yu, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 60, 538-547, DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210493
 
33. BN-Anthracene for High-Mobility Organic Optoelectronic Materials through Periphery Engineering
Wanhui Li#, Cheng-Zhuo Du#, Xing-Yu Chen, Lin Fu, Rong-Rong Gao, Ze-Fan Yao, Jie-Yu Wang, Wenping Hu, Jian Pei, Xiao-Ye Wang* 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202201464, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201464

2021

32. Approaching Crystal Structure and High Electron Mobility in Conjugated Polymer Crystals
Ze-Fan Yao, Yu-Qing Zheng, Jin-Hu Dou, Yang Lu, Yi-Fan Ding, Li Ding, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Advanced Materials, 2021, 33, 2006794, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202006794
 
31. High-performance polymer field-effect transistors: from the perspective of multi-level microstructures
Ze-Fan Yao, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 1193-1205, DOI: 10.1039/D0SC06497A
 
30. Multi-level aggregation of conjugated small molecules and polymers: from morphology control to physical insights
Qi-Yi Li#, Ze-Fan Yao#, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Reports on Progress in Physics, 2021, 2, 076601, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/abfaad
 
29. Building crystal structures of conjugated polymers through X‐ray diffraction and molecular modeling
Ze-Fan Yao, Qi-Yi Li, Hao-Tian Wu, Yi-Fan Ding, Zi-Yuan Wang, Yang Lu, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
SmartMat, 2021, 84, 076601, DOI: 10.1002/smm2.1053
 
28. Influence of solution-state aggregation on conjugated polymer crystallization in thin films and microwire crystals
Yu-Qing Zheng, Ze-Fan Yao, Jin-Hu Dou, Yilin Wang, Wei Ma, Lin Zou, Shayla Nikzad, Qi-Yi Li, Ze-Hao Sun, Zhi-Ao Yu, Wen-Bin Zhang, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Giant, 2021, 7, 100064, DOI: 10.1016/j.giant.2021.100064
 
27. Persistent Conjugated Backbone and Disordered Lamellar Packing Impart Polymers with Efficient n-Doping and High Conductivities
Yang Lu, Zi-Di Yu, Hio-Ieng Un, Ze-Fan Yao, Hao-Yang You, Wenlong Jin, Liang Li, Zi-Yuan Wang, Bo-Wei Dong, Stephen Barlow, Elena Longhi, Chong-an Di, Daoben Zhu, Jie-Yu Wang, Carlos Silva, Seth R. Marder, Jian Pei* 
Advanced Materials, 2021, 33, 2005946, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202005946
 
26. Pyrene-1,5,6,10-Tetracarboxyl Diimide: A New Building Block for High-Performance Electron-Transporting Polymers
Yao Li, Zefan Yao, Jiajun Xie, Han Han, Guantao Yang, Xudong Bai, Jian Pei*, Dahui Zhao* 
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2021, 9, 7599-7606, DOI: 10.1039/D1TC01729B
 
25. Systematic Investigation of Solution-State Aggregation Effect on Electrical Conductivity in Doped Conjugated Polymers
Yang-Yang Zhou, Zi-Yuan Wang, Ze-Fan Yao, Zi-Di Yu, Yang Lu, Xin-Yi Wang, Yi Liu, Qi-Yi Li, Lin Zou*, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
CCS Chemistry, 2021, 3, 2994-3004, DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.021.202101411
 
24. Correlating Charge Transport Properties of Conjugated Polymers in Solution Aggregates and Thin-Film Aggregates
Zi-Yuan Wang, Lucia Di Virgilio, Ze-Fan Yao, Zi-Di Yu, Xin-Yi Wang, Yang-Yang Zhou, Qi-Yi Li, Yang Lu, Lin Zou, Hai I. Wang*, Xiao-Ye Wang, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 20483-20488, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202107395
 
23. Controllable Transformation between the Kinetically and Thermodynamically Stable Aggregates in a Solution of Conjugated Polymers
Li Ding, Zi-Yuan Wang, Ze-Fan Yao, Nai-Fu Liu, Xin-Yi Wang, Yang-Yang Zhou, Longfei Luo, Zhihao Shen, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei 
Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 5815-5824, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00391
 
22. Thermally Activated n-Doping of Organic Semiconductors Achieved by N-heterocyclic Carbene Based Dopant
Yi-Fan Ding, Chi-Yuan Yang, Chun-Xi Huang, Yang Lu, Ze-Fan Yao, Chen-Kai Pan, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 5816-5820, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011537
 
21. Parent B₂N₂‐Perylenes with Different BN Orientations
Peng-Fei Zhang, Jing-Cai Zeng, Fang-Dong Zhuang, Ke-Xiang Zhao, Ze-Hao Sun, Ze-Fan Yao, Yang Lu, Xiao-Ye Wang, Jie-Yu Wang*, Jian Pei 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 23313-23319, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202108519
 
20. Photoluminescence of monolayer MoS₂ modulated by water/O₂/laser irradiation
Chao Hou, Jingwen Deng, Jianxin Guan, Qirong Yang, Zhihao Yu, Yilin Lu, Zihan Xu, Zefan Yao, Junrong Zheng*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021, 23, 24579-24588, DOI: 10.1039/D1CP03651C

2020

19. Ordered Solid-State Microstructures of Conjugated Polymers Arising from Solution-State Aggregation
Ze-Fan Yao, Zi-Yuan Wang, Hao-Tian Wu, Yang Lu, Qi-Yi Li, Lin Zou*, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 17467-17471, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007589

18. A thermally activated and highly miscible dopant for n-type organic thermoelectrics
Chi-Yuan Yang, Yi-Fan Ding, Dazhen Huang, Jue Wang, Ze-Fan Yao, Chun-Xi Huang, Yang Lu, Hio-Ieng Un, Fang-Dong Zhuang, Jin-Hu Dou, Chong-an Di, Daoben Zhu, Jie-Yu Wang, Ting Lei, Jian Pei* 
Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 3292, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17063-1
 
17. The Critical Role of Dopant Cations in Electrical Conductivity and Thermoelectric Performance of n-Doped Polymers
Yang Lu, Zi-Di Yu, Yi Liu, Yi-Fan Ding, Chi-Yuan Yang, Ze-Fan Yao, Zi-Yuan Wang, Hao-Yang You, Xiu-Fen Cheng, Bo Tang*, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 15340-15348, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05699
 
16. Precise tracking and modulating aggregation structures of conjugated copolymers in solutions
Zi-Yuan Wang, Ze-Fan Yao, Yang Lu, Li Ding, Zi-Di Yu, Hao-Yang You, Xin-Yi Wang, Yang-Yang Zhou, Lin Zou*, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Polymer Chemistry, 2020, 11, 3716-3722, DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00456A
 
15. Achieving High Alignment of Conjugated Polymers by Controlled Dip-Coating
Qi-Yi Li, Ze-Fan Yao, Yang Lu, Song Zhang, Zachary Ahmad, Jie-Yu Wang, Xiaodan Gu, Jian Pei*
Advanced Electronic Materials, 2020, 6, 2000080, DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202000080
 
14. Conformation-Dependent Spin Relaxation Behaviors of 6-Oxoverdazyl Radical Single Crystals
Zi-Yuan Wang, Ya-Zhong Dai, Ze-Fan Yao, Bo-Wei Dong, Yang Lu, Li Ding, Shang-Da Jiang*, Jie-Yu Wang*, Jian Pei* 
Crystal Growth and Design, 2020, 20, 2141-2146, DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00050

2019

13. Wafer-Scale Fabrication of High-Performance n-Type Polymer Monolayer Transistors Using a Multi-Level Self-Assembly Strategy
Ze-Fan Yao, Yu-Qing Zheng, Qi-Yi Li, Ting Lei*, Song Zhang, Lin Zou, Han-Yu Liu, Jin-Hu Dou, Yang Lu, Jie-Yu Wang, Xiaodan Gu, Jian Pei* 
Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 1806747, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201806747
 
12. Improved Transistor Performance by Modulating Molecular Packing with Donor and Acceptor Moieties
Ze-Fan Yao, Han-Yu Liu, Zi-Yuan Wang, Ze-Kun Zhou, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 2019, 14, 1686-1691, DOI: 10.1002/asia.201801855
 
11. Dinaphthobenzo[1,2:4,5]dicyclobutadiene with Strong Antiaromaticity and Orthogonally Tunable Electronics and Packing
Zexin Jin, Ze-Fan Yao, Kayla P. Barker, Jian Pei*, Yan Xia* 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 2034-2039, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812581v
 
10. Multi-Level Self-assembly of Conjugated Polymers, 共轭高分子的多级组装
Qi-Yi Li, Ting Lei*, Ze-Fan Yao, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Acta Polymerica Sinica (高分子学报), 2019, 50, 1-12, DOI: 10.11777/j.issn1000-3304.2018.18223
 
9. Pyrazine-Flanked Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP): A New Polymer Building Block for High-Performance n-Type Organic Thermoelectrics
Xinwen Yan#, Miao Xiong#, Jia-Tong Li, Song Zhang, Zachary Ahmad, Yang Lu, Zi-Yuan Wang, Ze-Fan Yao, Jie-Yu Wang, Xiaodan Gu, Ting Lei* 
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 142, 20215-20221, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10107
 
8. BN-Embedded Tetrabenzopentacene: A Pentacene Derivative with Remarkable Ambient Stability
Fang-Dong Zhuang, Ze-Hao Sun, Ze-Fan Yao, Qi-Ran Chen, Zhen Huang, Jing-Hui Yang, Jie-Yu Wang*, Jian Pei* 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 10708-10712, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201905601
 
7. Rigid Coplanar Polymers for Stable n-Type Polymer Thermoelectrics
Yang Lu, Zi-Di Yu, Run-Zhi Zhang, Ze-Fan Yao, Hao-Yang You, Li Jiang, Hio-Ieng Un, Bo-Wei Dong, Miao Xiong, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 11390-11394, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201905835
 
6. Organic Semiconducting Alloys with Tunable Energy Levels
Jin-Hu Dou, Zhi-Ao Yu, Jun Zhang, Yu-Qing Zheng, Ze-Fan Yao, Zeyi Tu, Xinchang Wang, Shiliang Huang, Chengwen Liu, Junliang Sun, Yuanping Yi, Xiaoyu Cao, Yiqin Gao, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 6561-6568, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b13471

2018

5. Control of π–π Stacking via Crystal Engineering in Organic Conjugated Small Molecule Crystals
Ze-Fan Yao, Jie-Yu Wang*, Jian Pei* 
Crystal Growth and Design, 2018, 18, 7-15, DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01385

2017

4. Unraveling the Solution-State Supramolecular Structures of Donor–Acceptor Polymers and their Influence on Solid-State Morphology and Charge-Transport Properties
Yu-Qing Zheng, Ze-Fan Yao, Ting Lei, Jin-Hu Dou, Chi-Yuan Yang, Lin Zou*, Xiangyi Meng, Wei Ma, Jie-Yu Wang*, Jian Pei*
Advanced Materials, 2017, 29, 1701072, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201701072

2015

3. Fine Tuning of Crystal Packing and Charge Transport Properties of BDOPV Derivatives through Fluorine Substitution
Jin-Hu Dou#, Yu-Qing Zheng#, Ze-Fan Yao, Zhi-Ao Yu, Ting Lei, Xingxing Shen, Xu-Yi Luo, Junliang Sun, Shi-Ding Zhang, Yi-Fan Ding, Guangchao Han, Yuanping Yi*, Jie-Yu Wang*, Jian Pei* 
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 15947-15956, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b11114
 
2. A Cofacially Stacked Electron-Deficient Small Molecule Communication with High Electron Mobility over 10 cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹ in Air
Jin-Hu Dou, Yu-Qing Zheng, Ze-Fan Yao, Ting Lei, Xingxing Shen, Xu-Yi Luo, Zhi-Ao Yu, Shi-Ding Zhang, Guangchao Han, Zhi Wang, Yuanping Yi*, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei* 
Advanced Materials, 2015, 27, 8051-8055, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201503803
 
1. Effect of Halogenation in Isoindigo-Based Polymers on the Phase Separation and Molecular Orientation of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
Yu-Qing Zheng, Zhi Wang, Jin-Hu Dou, Shi-Ding Zhang, Xu-Yi Luo, Ze-Fan Yao, Jie-Yu Wang*, Jian Pei* 
Macromolecules, 2015, 48, 5570-5577, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01074