Professor Yabing Qi is a Chair Professor at Global Institute of Future Technology in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He received his B.S., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Nanjing University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and University of California Berkeley, respectively. His research interests include surface and interface sciences, energy materials, atomic resolution imaging, perovskite solar cells, lithium batteries, perovskite light emitting diodes, and organic electronics. He has published 200+ articles with a h-index of 81 and over 25000 citations. He has been invited to deliver over 100 invited and keynote talks worldwide at international conferences, symposia, workshops, and universities, and has organized over 10 international symposia as the lead organizer or co-organizer. He is a Foreign Fellow of the Engineering Academy of Japan, MRS Fellow, Fellow of the American Vacuum Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, and the recipient of Kao Science Award and JSPS Prize.

2008    Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, USA

2002    M.Phil., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China

2000    B.S., Nanjing University, China

2024 – Present                        Chair Professor

The Global Institute of Future Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

2019 – 2024                            Full Professor (with tenure), Unit Director, PhD Advisor, Independent Principal Investigator

Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit, OIST, Japan

2017 – 2019                            Associate Professor (with tenure), Unit Director, PhD Advisor, Independent Principal Investigator

Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit, OIST, Japan

2011 – 2017                            Assistant Professor, Unit Director, PhD Advisor, Independent Principal Investigator

Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit, OIST, Japan

2008 – 2011                            Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University, USA

• Surface and Interface Sciences

• Energy Materials

• Atomic Resolution Imaging

• Perovskite Solar Cells

• Lithium Batteries

• Perovskite Light Emitting Diodes

• Organic Electronics

2024   Foreign Fellow of the The Engineering Academy of Japan (EAJ)

2023   JSPS Prize

2023   Fellow, American Vacuum Society (AVS)

2023   Fellow, Materials Research Society (MRS)

2022   Kao Science Award 

2021-2024   Listed as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for 4 consecutive years

2019   Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

S. Wang, Y. Jiang, E. J. Juarez-Perez, L. K. Ono, Y. B. Qi*, “Accelerated degradation of methylammonium lead iodide perovskites induced by exposure to iodine vapor”, Nature Energy 2, 16195 (2017).

Y.  Jiang, L. Qiu, E. J. Juarez-Perez, L. K. Ono, Z. Hu, Z. Liu, Z. Wu, L. Meng, Q. Wang, Y. B. Qi*, “Reduction of lead leakage from damaged lead halide perovskite solar modules using self-healing polymer-based encapsulation”, Nature Energy 4, 585 (2019).

Z. Liu, L. Qiu, L. K. Ono, S. He, Z. Hu, M. Jiang, G. Tong, Z. Wu, Y. Jiang, D.-Y. Son, Y. Dang, S. Kazaoui, Y. B. Qi*, “A holistic approach to interface stabilization for efficient perovskite solar modules with over 2,000-hour operational stability”, Nature Energy 5, 596 (2020).  

T. Bu, L. K. Ono, J. Li, J. Su, G. Tong, W. Zhang, Y. Liu, J. Zhang, J. Chang, S. Kazaoui, F. Huang, Y.-B. Cheng, Y. B. Qi*, “Modulating crystal growth of formamidinium-caesium perovskites for over 200 cm2 photovoltaic sub-modules”, Nature Energy 7, 528 (2022). 

Y. Wang, M. I. Dar*, L. K. Ono, T. Zhang, M. Kan, Y. Li, L. Zhang, X. Wang, Y. Yang, X. Gao, Y. B. Qi*, M. Grätzel*, Y. Zhao*, “Thermodynamically stabilized β-CsPbI3–based perovskite solar cells with efficiencies >18%”, Science 365, 591 (2019).

R. Ohmann, L. K. Ono, H.-S. Kim, H. Lin, M. V. Lee, Y. Li*, N.-G. Park*, Y. B. Qi*, “Real Space Imaging of the Atomic Structure of  Organic–Inorganic Perovskite”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 16049 (2015).

J. Hieulle, X. Wang, C. Stecker, D.-Y. Son, L. Qiu, R. Ohmann, L. K. Ono, A. Mugarza, Y. Yan*, Y. B. Qi*, “Unraveling the Impact of Halide Mixing on Perovskite Stability”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 3515 (2019).  

Y. B. Qi*, T. Sajoto, S. Barlow, E. G. Kim, J. -L. Bredas, S. R. Marder, and A. Kahn, “Use of a high      electron-affinity molybdenum dithiolene complex to p-dope hole-transport layers”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 12530 (2009).

E. J.Juarez-Perez, Z. Hawash, S. R. Raga, L. K. Ono, Y. B. Qi*, “Thermal degradation of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite into NH3 and CH3I gases observed by coupled thermogravimetry - mass spectrometry analysis”, Energy Environ. Sci. 9, 3406 (2016).

Z. Liu, L. Qiu, E. J. Juarez-Perez, Z. Hawash, T. Kim, Y. Jiang, Z. Wu, S. R. Raga, L. K. Ono, S. Liu, Y. B. Qi*, “Gas-solid reaction based over one-micrometer thick stable perovskite films for efficient solar cells and modules”, Nat. Commun. 9, 3880 (2018).

Z. Wu, Z. Liu, Z. Hu, Z. Hawash, L. Qiu, Y. Jiang, L. K. Ono, Y. B. Qi*, “Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells via Modification of Energy Levels at the Perovskite/Carbon Electrode Interface”, Adv. Mater. 31, 1804284 (2019).

Y. Liu, L. K. Ono, G. Tong, T. Bu, H. Zhang, C. Ding, W. Zhang, Y. B. Qi*,  “Spectral Stable Blue-Light-Emitting Diodes via Asymmetric Organic Diamine  Based Dion–Jacobson Perovskites”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 19711 (2021).

H. Zhang, L. K. Ono, G. Tong, Y. Liu, Y. B. Qi*, “Long-life lithium-sulfur batteries with high areal capacity based on coaxial CNTs@TiN-TiO2 sponge”, Nat. Commun. 12, 4738 (2021).

Z. Wu, S. R. Raga, E. J. Juarez-Perez, X. Yao, Y. Jiang, L. K. Ono, Z. Ning, H. Tian, Y. B. Qi*, “Improved Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells Induced by C=O Functionalized Hydrophobic Ammonium-Based Additives”, Adv. Mater. 30, 1703670(2018).

A. Jamshaid, Z. Guo, J. Hieulle, C. Stecker, R. Ohmann, L. K. Ono, L. Qiu, G. Tong, W. Yin*, Y. B. Qi*, “Atomic-scale Insight into Enhanced Surface Stability of Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite by Controlled Deposition of Lead Chloride”, Energy Environ. Sci. 14,4541 (2021).

L. K. Ono, S. Wang, Y. Kato, S. R. Raga, Y. B. Qi*, “Fabrication of Semi-Transparent Perovskite Films with Centimeter-scale Superior Uniformity by the Hybrid Deposition Method”, Energy Environ. Sci. 7, 3989 (2014).

T. Wu, L. K. Ono, R. Yoshioka, C. Ding, C. Zhang, S. Mariotti, J. Zhang, K.  Mitrofanov, X. Liu, H. Segawa, R. Kabe, L. Han, Y. B. Qi*, “Elimination of Light-Induced Degradation at the Nickel Oxide-Perovskite      Heterojunction by Aprotic Sulfonium Layer towards Long-Term Operationally Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells”, Energy Environ. Sci. 15, 4612 (2022).

T. Wu, X. Xu, L. K. Ono, T. Guo, S. Mariotti, C. Ding, S. Yuan, C. Zhang, J. Zhang, K. Mitrofanov, Q. Zhang, S. Raj, X. Liu, H. Segawa, P. Ji, T. Li, R. Kabe, L. Han, A. Narita*, Y. B. Qi*, “Graphene-Like Conjugated Molecule as Hole-Selective Contact for Operationally Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules”, Adv. Mater. 35, 2300169  (2023).

J. Zhou, Z. Liu*, P. Yu, G. Tong, L. K. Ono, R. Chen, H. Wang, F. Ren, S.  Liu, J. Wang, Z. Lan, Y. B. Qi*, W. Chen*, “Modulation of perovskite degradation with multiple-barrier for light-heat stable perovskite solar cells”, Nat. Commun. 14, 6120 (2023).

T. Xu, B. Deng, K. Zheng, H. Li, Z. Wang, Y. Zhong, C. Zhang, G. Lévêque, B.  Grandidier, R. Bachelot, M. Treguer-Delapierre*, Y. B. Qi*, S. Wang*, “Boosting the Performances of Semitransparent Organic Photovoltaics via Synergetic Near-Infrared Light Management”, Adv. Mater. 36, 2311305 (2024).

X. Liu, J. Zhang, H. Wang, Y. Miao, T. Guo, L. K. Ono*, S. Yuan, Y. Wang, P. Ji, H. Chen, C. Zhang, T. Li, C. Ding, S. Mariotti, X. Huo, I.-N. Rabehi, H. Wang, Y. Zhao*, Y. B. Qi*, CsPbI3 perovskite solar module with certified aperture area efficiency> 18% based on ambient-moisture-assisted surface hydrolysis, Joule 8, 2851 (2024). 

X. Huo, S. Mariotti, Y. Li, T. Guo, C. Ding, P. Ji, S. Yuan, T. Li, N. Meng, X. Liu, J. Zhang, I.-N. Rabehi, Y。 Zhang, S. Zhao, H. Wang, D. Song, L. K. Ono*, Z. Xu*, Y. B. Qi*, Unraveling the relationship between the phenethylammonium-induced 2D phase on the perovskite surface and inverted wide bandgap perovskite solar cell performance, Energy Environ. Sci. 17, 8658 (2024).

T. Kim,  W. Song, D. Y. Son, L. K. Ono, Y. B. Qi*, “Lithium-ion batteries: outlook on present, future, and hybridized technologies”, J. Mater. Chem. A 7, 2942 (2019) (1921 citations; Top 1% Highly Cited Paper) (Review article) 

L. K.  Ono, E. Juárez-Pérez, Y. B. Qi*, “Progress on Novel Perovskite Materials and Solar Cells with Mixed Cations and Halide Anions”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 30197 (2017) (567 citations; Top 1% Highly Cited Paper) (Review article).

L. K.  Ono, S. Liu*, Y. B. Qi*, “Reducing Detrimental Defects for High-Performance Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 6676 (2020) (436 citations; Top 1% Highly Cited Paper) (Review article).

W. Zhang, L. K. Ono, J. Xue, Y. B. Qi*, “Atomic level insights into metal halide perovskite materials by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 61, e202112352 (2022) (Review article).

Editorial board member for the following scientific journals:

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research (Wiley-VCH) 

JPhys Materials (Institute of Physics) 

Materials Futures (Institute of Physics) 

Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports (Elsevier) 

Materials Today (Elsevier)