Xiaoyan Du

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Xiaoyan Du is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoyan Du has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 29 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 6 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xiaoyan Du's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (34 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (29 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (14 papers). Xiaoyan Du is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (34 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (29 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (14 papers). Xiaoyan Du collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Xiaoyan Du's co-authors include Christoph J. Brabec, Ning Li, Thomas Heumueller, Andrej Classen, Tobias Unruh, Wolfgang Gruber, Liming Ding, Zuo Xiao, Jiang He and Jie Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoyan Du

35 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Based on Non-fullerene Acce... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Based on Non-fullerene Acceptors with Potential Device Lifetime Approaching 10 Years
    2018 395 citations Xiaoyan Du, Thomas Heumueller et al. Joule profile →

Peers

Xiaoyan Du
Ching‐Hong Tan United Kingdom
Marios Neophytou Saudi Arabia
Claudia Piliego Italy
Shuixing Dai China
Yanguang Zhang China
Mengyao Su China
Samuel C. Price United States
Qiaogan Liao China
Minh Trung Dang Canada
G. Casalbore‐Miceli Italy
Ching‐Hong Tan United Kingdom
Xiaoyan Du
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Countries citing papers authored by Xiaoyan Du

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaoyan Du

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoyan Du

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaoyan Du. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaoyan Du based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xiaoyan Du. Xiaoyan Du is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xu, Jianbo, Bowen Cheng, Jiawei Qiao, et al.. (2025). Rational selection of volatile solid additives for organic photovoltaics via synergistic thermal and dipole engineering. Nano Energy. 145. 111486–111486.
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Sun, Ming, Zhihua Zhou, Jiamin Cao, et al.. (2025). Hybrid nonfullerene acceptor merged from IT-4F and Y6 for efficient organic solar cells. Dyes and Pigments. 243. 113065–113065.
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Göhler, Clemens, Xiaoyan Du, Li Nian, et al.. (2022). Traps and transport resistance are the next frontiers for stable non-fullerene acceptor solar cells. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3786–3786. 54 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kaicheng, Karen Forberich, Larry Lüer, et al.. (2021). Understanding the Limitations of Charge Transporting Layers in Mixed Lead–Tin Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 20 indexed citations
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Lee, Tack Ho, Song Yi Park, Xiaoyan Du, et al.. (2020). Effects on Photovoltaic Characteristics by Organic Bilayer- and Bulk-Heterojunctions: Energy Losses, Carrier Recombination and Generation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(50). 55945–55953. 18 indexed citations
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Ye, Linglong, Kangkang Weng, Jinqiu Xu, et al.. (2020). Unraveling the influence of non-fullerene acceptor molecular packing on photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6005–6005. 150 indexed citations
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Cui, Mengqi, Dan Li, Xiaoyan Du, et al.. (2020). A Cost‐Effective, Aqueous‐Solution‐Processed Cathode Interlayer Based on Organosilica Nanodots for Highly Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Materials. 32(38). e2002973–e2002973. 81 indexed citations
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Brabec, Christoph J., Andreas Distler, Xiaoyan Du, et al.. (2020). Material Strategies to Accelerate OPV Technology Toward a GW Technology. Advanced Energy Materials. 10(43). 126 indexed citations
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Meng, Wei, Yi Hou, Ening Gu, et al.. (2019). Visualizing and Suppressing Nonradiative Losses in High Open-Circuit Voltage n-i-p-Type CsPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Energy Letters. 5(1). 271–279. 47 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chaohong, Thomas Heumueller, Wolfgang Gruber, et al.. (2019). Comprehensive Investigation and Analysis of Bulk-Heterojunction Microstructure of High-Performance PCE11:PCBM Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(20). 18555–18563. 28 indexed citations
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Classen, Andrej, Thomas Heumueller, Yakun He, et al.. (2019). Revealing Hidden UV Instabilities in Organic Solar Cells by Correlating Device and Material Stability. Advanced Energy Materials. 9(39). 108 indexed citations
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He, Yakun, Thomas Heumüller, Wenbin Lai, et al.. (2019). Evidencing Excellent Thermal‐ and Photostability for Single‐Component Organic Solar Cells with Inherently Built‐In Microstructure. Advanced Energy Materials. 9(21). 110 indexed citations
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Du, Xiaoyan, Thomas Heumueller, Wolfgang Gruber, et al.. (2018). Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Based on Non-fullerene Acceptors with Potential Device Lifetime Approaching 10 Years. Joule. 3(1). 215–226. 395 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhu, Peng, Baobing Fan, Xiaoyan Du, et al.. (2018). Improved Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells by Modifying the Side Chain of Wide-Band Gap Conjugated Polymers Containing Pyrrolo[3,4-f]benzotriazole-5,7(6H)-dione Moiety. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(26). 22495–22503. 24 indexed citations
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Hou, Yi, Xiaofeng Tang, Nicola Gasparini, et al.. (2017). Suppression of Hysteresis Effects in Organohalide Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 4(11). 66 indexed citations
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Du, Xiaoyan, Xuechen Jiao, José Darío Perea, et al.. (2017). Crystallization of Sensitizers Controls Morphology and Performance in Si-/C-PCPDTBT-Sensitized P3HT:ICBA Ternary Blends. Macromolecules. 50(6). 2415–2423. 27 indexed citations
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Cao, Jiamin, et al.. (2013). A dumbbell-like A–D–A molecule for single-component organic solar cells. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(8). 3512–3512. 31 indexed citations
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Cao, Jiamin, Qiaogan Liao, Xiaoyan Du, et al.. (2013). A pentacyclic aromatic lactam building block for efficient polymer solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 6(11). 3224–3224. 143 indexed citations
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He, Dan, Xiaoyan Du, Wei Zhang, Zuo Xiao, & Liming Ding. (2013). Improving the stability of P3HT/PC61BM solar cells by a thermal crosslinker. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 1(14). 4589–4589. 34 indexed citations
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Liu, Ying, Xiaoyan Du, Zuo Xiao, et al.. (2012). Solution processable low bandgap small molecule donors with naphthalene end-groups for organic solar cells. Synthetic Metals. 162(17-18). 1665–1671. 20 indexed citations

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