Education Background

Sept 2022 - Aug 2024   Master of Philosophy in Physics (By Research), Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Sept 2018 - Jun 2022   Bachelor of Science in Physics, Shandong University, School of Physics, Jinan, China

Working Experiences

Dec 2024 – Dec 2025     Research Assistant, School of Sustainable Energy and Resources, Nanjing University

Research Interests

1.      Crystallization engineering using ligands, intermediate phase control, and additive strategies to achieve high-quality tin-based perovskite films:

2.      Interface engineering to optimize energy-level alignment, reduce interfacial recombination, and enhance charge extraction

3.      Dimensionality control by introducing bulky organic cations to form 2D or 2D/3D hybrid perovskite structures with enhanced stability

Publications (†: equal contribution)

1.     Xinran Xu†, Luokang Sun†, Chuanlu Chen†, Kun Chen†, Ye Yuan, Zhe Li, Li Wang, Zijuan He, Yushuai Xu, Xingpei Ye, Zhou Liu, Yang Sun*, Haipeng Yin*, Zi Ouyang, Kuan Sun, Pengchen Zhu*, and Jia Zhu*, Noncoplanar multidentate contacts reinforce buried interface for perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. Science Advances 2026, 12 (31), aei2945, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aei2945.

2.     Xinran Xu, Zhuoqiong Zhang, Tanghao Liu*, Pengchen Zhu, Zhipeng Zhang* and Guichuan Xing*. Suppressing the penetration of 2D perovskites for enhanced stability of perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2025, 13 (17), 12097-12103, DOI: 10.1039/D4TA08811E.