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Prof ZHU, Fu Rong

Prof ZHU, Fu Rong, 朱福榮教授

Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies)
Professor
Director, Institute of Advanced Materials

B.Sc. Hons, M.Sc. (1983, 1987), Fudan University, Shanghai China
DPhil (1993), Charles Darwin University, Australia
MRS member since 1998

Current Research Interests

Organic electronics (solar cells, photodetectors, light-emitting diodes and field effect transistors), perovskite optoelectronic devices, physics of thin film semiconductors and applications.

Selected Publications

  1. YS Lau, Z Lan, L Cai, F Zhu, High-performance solution-processed large-area transparent self-powered organic near-infrared photodetectors, Materials Today Energy 21, 100708 (2021).
  2. Z Lan, F Zhu, Electrically Switchable Color-Selective Organic Photodetectors for Full-Color Imaging,
    ACS nano (2021).
  3. W Lan, X Gao, Y Liu, J Gu, M Zhao, B Wei, F Zhu, An antimonene modified hole extraction layer for high efficiency PEDOT: PSS-free nonfullerene organic solar cells, Organic Electronics 93, 106163 (2021).
  4. L Cai, F Zhu, Toward efficient and stable operation of perovskite solar cells: Impact of sputtered metal oxide interlayers, Nano Select (2021).
  5. L Shi, K Chen, A Zhai, G Li, M Fan, Y Hao, F Zhu, H Zhang, Y Cui, Status and Outlook of Metal–Inorganic Semiconductor–Metal Photodetectors, Laser & Photonics Reviews 15 (1), 2000401 (2021).
  6. H Mehdizadeh-Rad, F Mehdizadeh-Rad, F Zhu, J Singh, Heat mitigation in perovskite solar cells: The role of grain boundaries, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 220, 110837 (2021).
  7. F Zhu, LAN Zhaojue, Filter-free tunable spectrum photodetectors, US Patent App. 16/908,694 (2020).
  8. Z Lan, L Cai, D Luo, F Zhu, Narrowband Near-Infrared Perovskite/Polymer Hybrid Photodetectors,
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13 (1), 981-988 (2020).
  9. Z Lan, YS Lau, Y Wang, Z Xiao, L Ding, D Luo, F Zhu, Filter‐Free Band‐Selective Organic Photodetectors, Advanced Optical Materials 8 (24), 2001388 (2020).
  10. J Han, Y Wang, F Zhu, Built‐In Potential and Operational Stability of Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells,
    Energy Technology 8 (12), 2000245 (2020).
  11. L Cai, Y Wang, N Li, AA Syed, F Zhu, Effect of Precursor Aging on Built‐In Potential in Formamidinium‐Based Perovskite Solar Cells, Energy Technology 8 (12), 2000192 (2020).
  12. AA Syed, L Cai, F Zhu, High Built‐in Potential Perovskite Solar Cells Realized by Incorporating a Hybrid Hole Extraction Layer, Solar RRL 4 (11), 2000393 (2020).
  13. Lina Hu, Shiqi Li, Longlong Zhang, Yifan Liu, Chenxi Zhang, Yukun Wu, Qinjun Sun, Yanxia Cui, Furong Zhu, Yuying Hao, YuCheng Wu, Unravelling the role of C60 derivatives as additives into active layer for achieving high-efficiency planar perovskite solar cells, Carbon (2020). 
  14. N Li, Z Lan, YS Lau, J Xie, D Zhao, F Zhu, SWIR Photodetection and Visualization Realized by Incorporating an Organic SWIR Sensitive Bulk Heterojunction, Advanced Science, 2000444 (2020).
  15. Luz Zavala Sanchez, Xavier Portier, Françoise Maugé, Laetitia Oliviero, Shuanglong Wang, Shiwei Wu, Zhitian Ling, Huimin Chen, Hong Lian, Xavier Portier, Fabrice Gourbilleau, Tomasz Marszalek, Furong Zhu, Bin Wei, Tao Xu, N Korsunska, L Borkovska, L Khomenkova, O Gudymenko, V Kladko, O Kolomys, V Strelchuk, Z Tsybrii, C Guillaume, C Labbé, X Portier, O Melnichuk, L Melnichuk, O Blázquez, J Frieiro, J López-Vidrier, C Guillaume, X Portier, C Labbe, S Hernández, B Garrido, L Khomenkova, MP Chauvat, P Marie, C Frilay, F Lemarie, S Boudin, X Portier, N Ratel-Ramond, Christophe Labbe, J Cardin, F Gourbilleau, LV Borkovska, L Khomenkova, O Korsunska, O Kolomys, V Strelchuk, T Sabov, E Venger, T Kryshtab, O Melnichuk, L Melnichuk, C Guillaume, C Labbe, X Portier, F Ehré, C Dufour, O Blázquez, B Garrido, W Jadwisienczak, D Ingram, J Cardin, F Gourbilleau, X Portier, C Guillaume, Baodan Liu, C Labbe, Luz Zavala Sanchez, Xavier Portier, Françoise Mauge, Laetitia Oliviero, Radia Kalai, Amara Otmani, Lakhdar Bechiri, Noureddine Benslim, Abdelaziz Amara, Xavier Portier, Philippe Marie, X Portier, C Hebert, E Briand, J Perriere, E Millon, C Cachoncinlle, M Nistor, N Jedrecy, Tetyana Torchynska, Brahim El Filali, Larysa Khomenkova, Xavier Portier, Fabrice Gourbilleau, N Korsunska, L Borkovska, Yu Polischuk, O Kolomys, Promoter location on NiW/Al2O3 sulfide catalysts: parallel study by IR/CO spectroscopy and High Resolution STEM-HAADF microscopy, ACS Catalysis (2020).
  16. Tao Xu, Chunliu Gong, Shuanglong Wang, Hong Lian, Weixia Lan, Gaëtan Lévêque, Bruno Grandidier, Jerôme Plain, Renaud Bachelot, Bin Wei, Furong Zhu, Ultraviolet‐Durable Flexible Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells Realized by a Hybrid Nanostructured Transparent Electrode, Solar RRL 4 (5), 1900522 (2020).
  17. Effect of Precursor Aging on Built‐In Potential in Formamidinium‐Based Perovskite Solar Cells, L Cai, Y Wang, N Li, AA Syed, F Zhu, Effect of Precursor Aging on Built‐In Potential in Formamidinium‐Based Perovskite Solar Cells, Energy Technology, 2000192 (2020).
  18. F Zhu, LAN Zhaojue, Multi-mode photodetectors and methods of fabricating the same, US Patent App. 16/592,793 (2020).
  19. YS Lau, Z Lan, N Li, F Zhu, Large-Area Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes Realized by Incorporating a Hybrid Additive, ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2 (4), 1113-1121 (2020).
  20. Shuanglong Wang, Shiwei Wu, Zhitian Ling, Huimin Chen, Hong Lian, Xavier Portier, Fabrice Gourbilleau, Tomasz Marszalek, Furong Zhu, Bin Wei, Tao Xu, Mechanically and thermally stable, transparent electrodes with silver nanowires encapsulated by atomic layer deposited aluminium oxide for organic optoelectronic devices, Organic Electronics 78, 105593 (2020).
  21. Tik Lun Leung, Ho Won Tam, Fangzhou Liu, Jingyang Lin, Alan Man Ching Ng, Wai Kin Chan, Wei Chen, Zhubing He, Ivor Lončarić, Luca Grisanti, Chao Ma, Kam Sing Wong, Ying Suet Lau, Furong Zhu, Željko Skoko, Jasminka Popović, Aleksandra B Djurišić, Mixed Spacer Cation Stabilization of Blue‐Emitting n = 2 Ruddlesden–Popper Organic–Inorganic Halide Perovskite Films, Advanced Optical Materials 8 (4), 1901679 (2020).
  22. AA Syed, L Cai, F Zhu, High Built‐in Potential Perovskite Solar Cells Realized by Incorporating a Hybrid Hole Extraction Layer, Solar RRL (2020).
  23. J Han, Y Wang, F Zhu, Built‐in Potential and Operational Stability of Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells, Energy Technology (2020).
  24. Z Lan, Y Lei, WKE Chan, S Chen, D Luo, F Zhu, Near-infrared and visible light dual-mode organic photodetectors, Science advances 6 (5), eaaw8065 (2020).
  25. Ting Ji, Hengkang Zhang, Na Han, Wenyan Wang, Bo Wu, Guohui Li, Mingming Fan, Zhanfeng Li, Yuying Hao, Furong Zhu, Yucheng Wu, Yanxia Cui, Plasmonic nanoprism enhanced quasi-2D Ruddlesden–Popper layered perovskite photodetectors, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 8 (3), 1110-1117 (2020).
  26. Y Wu, X Li, H Zhao, J Li, Y Miao, H Wang, F Zhu, B Xu, Pyrene-based hyperbranched porous polymers with doped Ir (piq) 2 (acac) red emitter for highly efficient white polymer light-emitting diodes, 
    Organic Electronics 76, 105487 (2020).
  27. H.X. Liu, Z.H. Wu, J.Q. Hu, Q.L. Song, B. Wu, H.L. Tam, Q.Y. Yang, W.H. Choi and F.R, Zhu, Efficient and ultraviolet durable inverted organic solar cells based on an aluminum-doped zinc oxide transparent cathode, Appl.Phys.Lett.103, 043309 (2013).
  28. W.H. Choi, H. L. Tam, F.R. Zhu, D.G. Ma, H. Sasabe and J. Kido, High performance semitransparent phosphorescent white organic light emitting diodes with bi-directional and symmetrical illumination, Appl.Phys.Lett. 102 (2013) 153308.
  29. X.Z. Wang, X.X Zhao, G. Xu, Z.K. Chen and F.R. Zhu, Degradation mechanisms in organic solar cells: localized moisture encroachment and cathode reaction, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 104 (2012)1.
  30. X.Z. Wang, J.W. Ho, Q. Y. Yang, H.L. Tam, G.X. Li, K.W. Cheah and F.R. Zhu, Performance enhancement in organic photovoltaic devices using plasma-polymerized fluorocarbon-modified Ag nanoparticles, Organic Electronics, 12 (2011) 1943.
  31. Y.H. Chen, J.S. Chen, D. G. Ma, D.H. Yan, L.X. Wang and F.R. Zhu, High power efficiency tandem organic light-emitting diodes based on bulk heterojunction organic bipolar charge generation layer, Appl.Phys.Lett. 98, (2011) 243309.
  32. X.Z. Wang, H.L. Tam, K.S. Yong, Z.K. Chen and F.R. Zhu, High performance optoelectronic device based on semitransparent organic photovoltaic cell integrated with organic light-emitting diode, Organic Electronics,12 (2011)1429.
  33. X.H. Chen, J.X.Y ang L.Y. Xuan, C. Haley, J.Lu, F.R. Zhu and K.P. Loh, Towards high efficiency solution processable inverted bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells using modified indium-tin-oxide cathode, Organic Electronics,11 (2010)1942.
  34. W.J. Zeng, K.S. Yong, Z.M. Kam, F.R. Zhu, and Y.N. Li, Effect of blend layer morphology on performance of ZnPc:C60-based photovoltaic cells, Appl.Phys.Lett. 97 (2010) 133304.
  35. C. Vijila, G.M. Ng, Mein Jin Tan, W.P. Goh and F.R. Zhu, Imbalanced charge mobility in oxygen treated polythiophene/fullerene based bulk heterojunction solar cells, Appl.Phys.Lett. 95 (2009) 263305.
  36. X.H. Chen, J.X. Yang, J.Lu, K.K. Manga, K.P.Loh, and F.R. Zhu, Ionic liquid-functionalized carbon nanoparticles-modified cathode for efficiency enhancement in polymer solar cells, Appl.Phys.Lett. 95 (2009) 133305.
  37. Y. Wang, X.H. Chen,Y.L. Zhong, F.R. Zhu and K.P. Loh, Large area, continuous, few-layered graphene as anodes in organic photovoltaic devices, Appl.Phys.Lett. 95 (2009) 063302.
  38. H. S. Tan, N. Mathews, T. Cahyadi, F. R. Zhu and S. G. Mhaisalkar, The effect of dielectric constant on device mobilities of high-performance, flexible organic field effect transistors, Appl.Phys.Lett. 94 (2009) 263303.
  39. Z. H. Cen, T. P. Chen, L. Ding, Y. Liu, J. I. Wong, M. Yang, Z. Liu, W. P. Goh, F. R. Zhu, and S. Fung, Strong violet and green-yellow electroluminescence from silicon nitride thin films multiply implanted with Si ions, Appl.Phys.Lett. 94 (2009) 041102.
  40. H.S. Tan, S.R. Kulkarni, T. Cahyadi, P. S. Lee, S. G. Mhaisalkar, J. Kasim, Z.X. Shen and F.R. Zhu, Solution-processed trilayer inorganic dielectric for high performance flexible organic field effect transistors, Appl.Phys.Lett. 93 (2008) 183503.
  41. F. X. Zang, T. C. Sum, A. C. H. Huan, T. L. Li, W. L. Li, and F.R.Zhu, Reduced efficiency roll-off in phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes at ultrahigh current densities by suppression of triplet-polaron quenching, Appl.Phys.Lett. 93 (2008) 023309.
  42. G. M. Ng, E.L. Kietzke, T. Kietzke, L.W. Tan, P.K. Liew and F.R.Zhu, Optical enhancement in semitransparent polymer photovoltaic cells, Appl.Phys.Lett. 90 (2007) 103505.