Yongfang Li

110.9k total citations · 55 hit papers
1.3k papers, 96.4k citations indexed

About

Yongfang Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongfang Li has authored 1.3k papers receiving a total of 96.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1.1k papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 942 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 175 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yongfang Li's work include Conducting polymers and applications (931 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (899 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (591 papers). Yongfang Li is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (931 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (899 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (591 papers). Yongfang Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yongfang Li's co-authors include Zhiguo Zhang, Xiaowei Zhan, Youjun He, Yuze Lin, Jianhui Hou, Chaohua Cui, Xia Guo, Yingping Zou, Maojie Zhang and Daoben Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yongfang Li

1.2k papers receiving 95.5k citations

Hit Papers

Single-Junction Organic S... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2019 2015 2012 2012 2010 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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  1. Single-Junction Organic Solar Cell with over 15% Efficiency Using Fused-Ring Acceptor with Electron-Deficient Core
    2019 5.0k citations Can Zhu, Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  2. An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells
    2015 3.8k citations Jiayu Wang, Zhiguo Zhang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  3. Molecular Design of Photovoltaic Materials for Polymer Solar Cells: Toward Suitable Electronic Energy Levels and Broad Absorption
    2012 2.6k citations Yongfang Li profile →
  4. Small molecule semiconductors for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics
    2012 1.6k citations Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  5. Indene−C60Bisadduct: A New Acceptor for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells
    2010 1.1k citations Jianhui Hou, Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  6. A High-Mobility Electron-Transport Polymer with Broad Absorption and Its Use in Field-Effect Transistors and All-Polymer Solar Cells
    2007 1.1k citations Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  7. Bright, multicoloured light-emitting diodes based on quantum dots
    2007 1.0k citations Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  8. Single‐Junction Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 10% Power Conversion Efficiency
    2014 994 citations Yongfang Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. 11.4% Efficiency non-fullerene polymer solar cells with trialkylsilyl substituted 2D-conjugated polymer as donor
    2016 942 citations Haijun Bin, Zhiguo Zhang et al. profile →
  10. Replacing Alkoxy Groups with Alkylthienyl Groups: A Feasible Approach To Improve the Properties of Photovoltaic Polymers
    2011 933 citations Yongfang Li, Jianhui Hou et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  11. Fullerene derivative acceptors for high performance polymer solar cells
    2010 844 citations Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  12. Side-Chain Isomerization on an n-type Organic Semiconductor ITIC Acceptor Makes 11.77% High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells
    2016 834 citations Zhiguo Zhang, Haijun Bin et al. profile →
  13. Electrochemical properties of luminescent polymers and polymer light-emitting electrochemical cells
    1999 785 citations Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  14. 6.5% Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells Based on poly(3‐hexylthiophene) and Indene‐C60 Bisadduct by Device Optimization
    2010 780 citations Yongfang Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  15. Perylene diimides: a thickness-insensitive cathode interlayer for high performance polymer solar cells
    2014 758 citations Zhiguo Zhang, Yongfang Li et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  16. A low cost and high performance polymer donor material for polymer solar cells
    2018 737 citations Chenkai Sun, Haijun Bin et al. profile →
  17. Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells Based on Alkylthio and Fluorine Substituted 2D-Conjugated Polymers Reach 9.5% Efficiency
    2016 736 citations Haijun Bin, Zhiguo Zhang et al. profile →
  18. Synthesis and Photovoltaic Properties of Two-Dimensional Conjugated Polythiophenes with Bi(thienylenevinylene) Side Chains
    2006 724 citations Jianhui Hou, Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  19. Flexible and Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells
    2017 697 citations Yaowen Li, Guiying Xu et al. profile →
  20. Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells
    2020 666 citations Jia Yao, Beibei Qiu et al. profile →
  21. All‐Polymer Solar Cells Based on Absorption‐Complementary Polymer Donor and Acceptor with High Power Conversion Efficiency of 8.27%
    2015 665 citations Zhiguo Zhang, Yongfang Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  22. Dual Plasmonic Nanostructures for High Performance Inverted Organic Solar Cells
    2012 626 citations Yongfang Li, Jianhui Hou et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  23. Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Materials with Broad Absorption Band and High Charge Carrier Mobility
    2008 613 citations Yongfang Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  24. High-efficiency robust perovskite solar cells on ultrathin flexible substrates
    2016 609 citations Yaowen Li, Guiying Xu et al. profile →
  25. High-performance fullerene-free polymer solar cells with 6.31% efficiency
    2014 581 citations Zhiguo Zhang, Jiayu Wang et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  26. Constructing a Strongly Absorbing Low‐Bandgap Polymer Acceptor for High‐Performance All‐Polymer Solar Cells
    2017 540 citations Zhiguo Zhang, Jia Yao et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  27. Controlled Synthesis and Optical Properties of Colloidal Ternary Chalcogenide CuInS2 Nanocrystals
    2008 516 citations Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  28. Multifunctional Fullerene Derivative for Interface Engineering in Perovskite Solar Cells
    2015 491 citations Yaowen Li, Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  29. Improvement of open-circuit voltage and photovoltaic properties of 2D-conjugated polymers by alkylthio substitution
    2014 491 citations Yongfang Li et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  30. Synthesis and electroluminescence of novel copolymers containing crown ether spacers
    2003 483 citations Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  31. Highly Emissive and Color‐Tunable CuInS2‐Based Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Off‐Stoichiometry Effects and Improved Electroluminescence Performance
    2012 474 citations Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  32. Precise Control of Crystal Growth for Highly Efficient CsPbI2Br Perovskite Solar Cells
    2018 450 citations Weijie Chen, Haiyang Chen et al. profile →
  33. Polymerized Small‐Molecule Acceptors for High‐Performance All‐Polymer Solar Cells
    2020 406 citations Zhiguo Zhang, Yongfang Li Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  34. High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells with Efficient Hole Transfer at Zero Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Offset between Methylated Polymer Donor and Brominated Acceptor
    2020 392 citations Chenkai Sun, Shucheng Qin et al. profile →
  35. Highly Efficient Fullerene-Free Organic Solar Cells Operate at Near Zero Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Offsets
    2019 385 citations Shuixing Li, Chenkai Sun et al. profile →
  36. Tuning the electron-deficient core of a non-fullerene acceptor to achieve over 17% efficiency in a single-junction organic solar cell
    2020 373 citations Can Zhu, Lei Meng et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  37. A guest-assisted molecular-organization approach for >17% efficiency organic solar cells using environmentally friendly solvents
    2021 363 citations Haiyang Chen, Rui Zhang et al. profile →
  38. A unified description of non-radiative voltage losses in organic solar cells
    2021 360 citations Yongfang Li, Jianhui Hou et al. profile →
  39. A Layer-by-Layer Architecture for Printable Organic Solar Cells Overcoming the Scaling Lag of Module Efficiency
    2020 339 citations Beibei Qiu, Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  40. Achieving over 17% efficiency of ternary all-polymer solar cells with two well-compatible polymer acceptors
    2021 335 citations He Yan, Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  41. Fused Benzothiadiazole: A Building Block for n‐Type Organic Acceptor to Achieve High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells
    2019 335 citations Yongfang Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  42. Improving open-circuit voltage by a chlorinated polymer donor endows binary organic solar cells efficiencies over 17%
    2020 320 citations Yongfang Li, He Yan et al. profile →
  43. Random terpolymer based on thiophene-thiazolothiazole unit enabling efficient non-fullerene organic solar cells
    2020 291 citations Feng Liu, He Yan et al. profile →
  44. Volatilizable Solid Additive‐Assisted Treatment Enables Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency over 18.8% and Fill Factor Exceeding 80%
    2021 289 citations Yongfang Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  45. Realizing Ultrahigh Mechanical Flexibility and >15% Efficiency of Flexible Organic Solar Cells via a “Welding” Flexible Transparent Electrode
    2020 271 citations Guiying Xu, Haiyang Chen et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  46. Balancing the efficiency, stability, and cost potential for organic solar cells via a new figure of merit
    2021 206 citations Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  47. Organic solar cells with 20.82% efficiency and high tolerance of active layer thickness through crystallization sequence manipulation
    2025 177 citations Haiyang Chen, Rui Zhang et al. profile →
  48. In situ crosslinking-assisted perovskite grain growth for mechanically robust flexible perovskite solar cells with 23.4% efficiency
    2023 175 citations Yeyong Wu, Guiying Xu et al. profile →
  49. Tandem organic solar cells with 20.6% efficiency enabled by reduced voltage losses
    2023 161 citations Yongfang Li, Jianhui Hou et al. profile →
  50. High-speed sequential deposition of photoactive layers for organic solar cell manufacturing
    2022 160 citations Yongfang Li et al. profile →
  51. Suppression of phase segregation in wide-bandgap perovskites with thiocyanate ions for perovskite/organic tandems with 25.06% efficiency
    2024 152 citations Weijie Chen, Xingxing Jiang et al. profile →
  52. Perovskite Grain‐Boundary Manipulation Using Room‐Temperature Dynamic Self‐Healing “Ligaments” for Developing Highly Stable Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells with 23.8% Efficiency
    2023 138 citations Ziyuan Chen, Qinrong Cheng et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  53. Isomeric diammonium passivation for perovskite–organic tandem solar cells
    2024 91 citations Shucheng Qin, Lei Meng et al. profile →
  54. Dynamic hydrogen-bonding enables high-performance and mechanically robust organic solar cells processed with non-halogenated solvent
    2025 35 citations Yufei Gong, Hongmei Zhuo et al. profile →
  55. Transient Dipole Strategy Boosts Highly Oriented Self-Assembled Monolayers for Organic Solar Cells Approaching 21% Efficiency
    2025 24 citations Junyuan Ding, Weijie Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yongfang Li China 143 88.1k 71.0k 18.1k 6.6k 5.8k 1.3k 96.4k
René A. J. Janssen Netherlands 116 46.7k 0.5× 34.6k 0.5× 16.3k 0.9× 7.0k 1.1× 5.4k 0.9× 673 56.9k
Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi Austria 104 48.2k 0.5× 35.1k 0.5× 16.0k 0.9× 7.9k 1.2× 7.8k 1.3× 638 59.1k
Yang Yang United States 144 81.4k 0.9× 51.3k 0.7× 33.0k 1.8× 3.3k 0.5× 10.0k 1.7× 576 91.0k
Iain McCulloch United Kingdom 122 51.8k 0.6× 40.7k 0.6× 10.9k 0.6× 3.8k 0.6× 8.6k 1.5× 588 59.4k
Christoph J. Brabec Germany 134 72.1k 0.8× 50.2k 0.7× 20.4k 1.1× 5.5k 0.8× 6.7k 1.1× 890 79.7k
Alex K.‐Y. Jen United States 149 67.9k 0.8× 43.3k 0.6× 28.5k 1.6× 6.0k 0.9× 8.0k 1.4× 1.1k 83.5k
Antonio Facchetti United States 123 50.5k 0.6× 31.6k 0.4× 17.3k 1.0× 5.8k 0.9× 9.3k 1.6× 555 61.4k
Feng Liu China 123 45.5k 0.5× 36.4k 0.5× 12.0k 0.7× 3.4k 0.5× 7.0k 1.2× 810 56.0k
Fei Huang China 114 42.9k 0.5× 33.8k 0.5× 10.5k 0.6× 2.8k 0.4× 3.4k 0.6× 843 48.9k
Olle Inganäs Sweden 108 37.9k 0.4× 34.1k 0.5× 7.6k 0.4× 3.1k 0.5× 9.3k 1.6× 566 48.9k

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All Works

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Sun, Dezhi, Congshu Huang, Zhijie Bai, et al.. (2025). CPHNet: a novel pipeline for anti-HAPE drug screening via deep learning-based Cell Painting scoring. Respiratory Research. 26(1). 91–91. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Yange, Xiangnan Li, Huishuang Zhang, et al.. (2025). A low-energy-consumption method simultaneously achieving rocksalt domains coating and Al-doping for Li-rich layered cathode material. Chemical Engineering Journal. 511. 161932–161932. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yingcong, Cenqi Yan, Hongxiang Li, et al.. (2025). Blade-coated organic photovoltaics with a dichlorophthalic acid self-assembled monolayer. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(16). 11458–11465.
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Zhu, Juan, et al.. (2025). Perspective on Flexible Organic Solar Cells for Self-Powered Wearable Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(4). 5595–5608. 19 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhichao, Weijie Chen, Ziyue Wang, et al.. (2025). Retarding Phase Segregation via Lattice Reinforcement for Efficient and Stable Perovskite/Organic Tandems. Angewandte Chemie. 137(19). 5 indexed citations
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Zhuo, Hongmei, Beibei Qiu, Xiaojun Li, Zhiguo Zhang, & Yongfang Li. (2024). Giant molecule acceptors for high performance polymer solar cells. Giant. 20. 100336–100336. 8 indexed citations
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Shen, Qing, Chengliang He, Baohua Wu, et al.. (2023). Progressive evolutions of non-fused ring electron acceptors toward efficient organic solar cells with improved photocurrent and reduced energy loss. Chemical Engineering Journal. 471. 144472–144472. 16 indexed citations
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Cheng, Qinrong, Haiyang Chen, Weijie Chen, et al.. (2023). Green Solvent Processable, Asymmetric Dopant‐Free Hole Transport Layer Material for Efficient and Stable n‐i‐p Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(46). e202312231–e202312231. 55 indexed citations
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Yang, Heyi, Tingting Xu, Weijie Chen, et al.. (2023). Iodonium Initiators: Paving the Air‐free Oxidation of Spiro‐OMeTAD for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(5). e202316183–e202316183. 50 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jinyuan, Jianxin Guan, Yuegang Zhang, et al.. (2022). Direct Observation of Increased Free Carrier Generation Owing to Reduced Exciton Binding Energies in Polymerized Small-Molecule Acceptors. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(38). 8816–8824. 31 indexed citations
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Zhang, Rui, Ming Zhang, Jia Yao, et al.. (2022). Tethered Small‐Molecule Acceptors Simultaneously Enhance the Efficiency and Stability of Polymer Solar Cells. Advanced Materials. 35(2). e2206563–e2206563. 104 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wan, et al.. (2021). Circularly polarized luminescence from oriented polymer films doped with a tetraphenylethylene-based conjugated oligomer. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 5(14). 5471–5477. 17 indexed citations
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Hu, Ke, Jiaqi Du, Chenkai Sun, et al.. (2021). Ternary All-Polymer Solar Cells with Two Synergetic Donors Enable Efficiency over 14.5%. Energy & Fuels. 35(23). 19045–19054. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaojun, Indunil Angunawela, Yuan Chang, et al.. (2020). Effect of the chlorine substitution position of the end-group on intermolecular interactions and photovoltaic performance of small molecule acceptors. Energy & Environmental Science. 13(12). 5028–5038. 67 indexed citations
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Tan, Licheng, Yilin Wang, Jingwen Zhang, et al.. (2019). Highly Efficient Flexible Polymer Solar Cells with Robust Mechanical Stability. Advanced Science. 6(7). 1801180–1801180. 59 indexed citations
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Lian, Zhong, Haijun Bin, Yongxi Li, et al.. (2018). Ternary non-fullerene polymer solar cells with a high crystallinity n-type organic semiconductor as the second acceptor. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(48). 24814–24822. 19 indexed citations
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Chen, Weijie, Jingwen Zhang, Guiying Xu, et al.. (2018). A Semitransparent Inorganic Perovskite Film for Overcoming Ultraviolet Light Instability of Organic Solar Cells and Achieving 14.03% Efficiency. Advanced Materials. 30(21). e1800855–e1800855. 294 indexed citations
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Li, Yongxi, Zhong Lian, Bhoj Gautam, et al.. (2017). A near-infrared non-fullerene electron acceptor for high performance polymer solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 10(7). 1610–1620. 271 indexed citations
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Li, Yongxi, Zhong Lian, Fu‐Peng Wu, et al.. (2016). Non-fullerene polymer solar cells based on a selenophene-containing fused-ring acceptor with photovoltaic performance of 8.6%. Energy & Environmental Science. 9(11). 3429–3435. 172 indexed citations

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