Publications
2025
Recent advances in surface chemistry and applications of silicon and germanium nanocrystals
Yilan Zhang, Ming Lai, Xuebiao Deng and Zhenyu Yang*
Mater. Chem. Front., 2026, Advance Article
Regulation of charge distribution for highly efficient colloidal quantum-well light-emitting diodes with deep-red emissions
Wenhui Fang, Chenlin Wang, Dongxiang Luo, Jun Gao, Yuan Liu, Jingyan Liao, Sui-Dong Wang, Zhengji Xu, Zhenyu Yang, Shaolin Liao, Yuan Gao, Baiquan Liu*
InfoMat 2025, e70099.
Diverse Perovskite Solar Cells: Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives
Lixiu Zhang, Mei Zhang, Hantao Wang, Zhizai Li, Zilong Zhang, Yilong Song, Xin Song, Shurong Wang, Jingxuan Chen, Wenxuan Li, Hua Dong, Feng Wang, Yucheng Liu, Xiaoming Li, Jianyu Yuan, Wanli Ma, Yaohong Zhang, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu, Feng Gao, Zhaoxin Wu, Zhenyu Yang, Feng Hao, Kui Zhao, Zhiwen Jin, Keyou Yan, Jingjing Chang, Jing Cao, Jingjing Wang, Xiaoliang Zhang,* Qingfeng Dong,* Peng Gao,* Yixin Zhao,* Lixin Xiao,* Yong Ding, and Liming Ding*
Adv. Mater. 2025, e12221.
Direct Dehydrocoupling Facilitates Efficient Thiophene Anchoring on Silicon Surfaces
J. Li, M. Zhang, W. Li, Z. Li, T. Zhu, Z. Yang.*
Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 6664.
Enhancing charge carrier mobilities in colloidal germanium quantum dot solids via solid-state ligand exchange
M. Lin, L. Wei, X. Wang, Z. Yang.*
ACS Appl. Electron. Mater., 2025, accepted.
Solid-state synthesis of colloidal tin-incorporated silicon nanocrystalsv
J. Bao, M. Lai, L. Wei, J. Li, M. Lin, Z. Yang.*
Chem. Commun., 2025, accepted.
Modulating the Surface and Optical Properties of Hydride-Terminated Silicane through Thermal Alkoxylation
X. Deng, Y. Zhang, G. Yao, H. Chen, L. Zhao, T. Zeng, Z. Yang.*
J. Phys. Chem. C 2025, 129, 12625.
Zinc halide enables highly monodisperse Ag2Te colloidal quantum dots for short-wave infrared photodetectors
Defei Yuan, Fa Cao, Zeyao Han, Mei Liu, Xuebiao Deng, Li Zhang, Xiao Liu, Shuang Cao, Xuan Liu, Zhenyu Yang, Zhengtao Deng, Yang Li, Oleksandr Voznyy, Quli Fan, Bin Sun,* Wei Huang**
Nano Energy 2025, 140, 111026.
Branched intercalating cations regulate the structural evolution of two-dimensional perovskites
W. Li, J. He, Y. Zhang, L. Ye, G. Yao, Z. Zhang, S. Li, X. Lu, H. Lu, Z. Yang.
Cell Rep. Phys. Sci., 2025, accepted.
Dopant-Assisted Crystallization Enables Germanium Quantum Dots with Enhanced Product Yields and Optoelectronic Properties
M. Lai,† L. Wei,† M. Lin, H. Zhang, Y. Zhou, D. Wang, L. Shi, Z. Yang.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 8125–8131.
Photoinduced Long-Distance Charge Transfer in Silicanes: The Stacking Matters
G. Yao, E. Pradhan, Z. Yang.*, T. Zeng.*
Nano Lett., 2025, 25, 1697–1705.
Ligand impacts on band edge energies and excited state splittings of silicane
G. Yao, E. Pradhan, Z. Yang.*, T. Zeng.*
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025, 27, 4845–4857.
2024
Nucleophilic Attack Enables Crystalline Silicon Formation Through Dehydrocoupling at Room Temperature
X. Deng, T. Zeng, J. Li, G. Yao, H. Chen, L. Xu, M. Lin, L. Wei, M. Shakouri, J. C. Yu, Y. Wang, Z. Yang.*
CCS Chem., 2024, accepted.
Advance in solid-state synthesis and surface chemistry of silicon nanocrystals
H. Chen, M. Lai, L. Wei, J. Li, Z. Yang.*
Sci. Sin. Chim., 2024, 54, 1399–1412.
Two-Dimensional Lead Halide Perovskites with Spirocyclic Intercalating Cations
L. Zhao, Y. Zhang, H. Chen, T. Zeng, Z. Yang.*
Chem. Mater., 2024, 36, 5788–5795.
Revisiting the Influence of Surface Alkoxylation on Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals
M. Lai,† L. Wei,† Y. Huang, X. Wang, Z. Yang.*
ACS Photonics, 2024, 11, 2439–2449.
Incorporating Copper(I) Clusters into Lead Halide Perovskite through Mediation of Zwitterionic Linkers
L. Zhao,† G. Yao,† H. Chen, T. Zeng, Z. Yang.*
Chem. Mater., 2024, 36, 3277–3284.
Mixed-ligand-functionalized silicon–germanium alloy nanocrystals with improved carrier mobilities
L. Wei, H. Zhang, L. Shi, Z. Yang.*
Nanoscale, 2024, 1, 6516–6521.
2023
Direct Arylation of Silicon Nanocrystals with Hexadehydro-Diels–Alder-Derived Benzynes
M. Lai,† Y. Zhang,† L. Zhao, Y. Huang, L. Zhang, W. Fu, P. Chen, X. Wang, T. Zhu,* Z. Yang.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202304056.
Two-dimensional silicon nanomaterials for optoelectronics
X. Deng, H. Chen, Z. Yang.*
J. Semicond., 2023, 44, 041101.
Epitaxially grown silicon-based single-atom catalyst for visible-light-driven syngas production
H. Chen,† Y. Xiong,† J. Li, J. Abed, D. Wang, A. Pedrazo-Tardajos, Y. Cao, Y. Zhang, Y. Wang, M. Shakouri, Q. Xiao, Y. Hu, S. Bals, E. H. Sargent, C. Su,* Z. Yang.*
Nat. Commun., 2023, 14, 1719.
Reduced-dimensional perovskites with dithioketal-containing intercalating cations for near-infrared light-emitting diodes
W. Li, G. Yao, Y. Zhang, L. Zhang, S. Hu, C. Liu, B. Liu, T. Zeng, Z. Yang.*
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 6990–6999.
2022
Color-Switchable Nanosilicon Fluorescent Probes
H. Chen,† J. Xu,† Y. Wang, D. Wang, R. Ferrer-Espada, Y. Wang, J. Zhou, A. Pedrazo-Tardajos, M. Yang, J. Tan, X. Yang, L. Zhang, I. Sychugov, S. Chen, S. Bals, J. Paulsson, Z. Yang.*
ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 15450–15459.
Germanium silicon oxide achieves multi-coloured ultra-long phosphorescence and delayed fluorescence at high temperature
H. Chen,† M. Wei.† Y. He, J. Abed, S. Teale, E. H. Sargent,* Z. Yang.*
Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 4438.
0D/2D mixed-dimensional perovskite constructed by thiol- and disulfide-containing ligands
G. Yao,† L. Zhao,† T. Zeng, Z. Yang.*
Nanotechnology, 2022, 33, 355701.
Postsynthetic Crystalline Transformation in Two-Dimensional Perovskites via Organothiol-Based Chemistry
Z. Yuan,† L. Zhao,† E. Pradhan, M. Lai, T. Zeng, Z. Yang.*
CCS Chem., 2022, 4, 855–863.
2021
Ligand Impact of Silicanes as Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries
X. Deng,† X. Zheng,† T. Yuan,† W. Sui, Y. Xie, Y. Wang,* O. Voznyy,* Z. Yang.*
Chem. Mater., 2021, 33, 9357–9365.
Electrochemical synthesis of colloidal lead- and bismuth-based perovskite nanocrystals
H. Chen,† J. Chen,† L. Zhao, T. Zhu, Z. Yang.*
Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 11553–11556.
2020
Thiophene Cation Intercalation to Improve Band-Edge Integrity in Reduced-Dimensional Perovskites
C. Ni,† Y. Huang,† T. Zeng, D. Chen, H. Chen, M. Wei, A. Johnston, Z. Ning, E. H. Sargent, P. Hu,* Z. Yang.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 132, 14081–14087.
Light-Driven Halide Exchange Facilitates Complete Crystal Transformation in Nanostructured Perovskites
L. Zhao, C. Yin, T. Long, P. Hu, Z. Yang*.
Langmuir, 2020, 36, 3064–3071.
Ligand passivation yields long-life perovskite light-emitting diodes
Z. Yang,* L. Ding*.
Sci. Bull., 2020, 65, 1691–1693.
Low-dimensionality perovskites yield high electroluminescence
Z. Yang,* C. Qin,* Z. Ning,* M. Yuan,* J. Tang,* L. Ding,*.
Sci. Bull., 2020, 65, 1057–1060.