Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
WANG Kai
Title: Associate Professor
Subject: Chemical Engineering
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Email: wangkai@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests
Perovskite solar cells, charge transport layers, large-scale solar cells, tandem solar cells
1. Controllable preparation and performance regulation of inorganic charge transport materials Research the dry and wet preparation routes of inorganic charge transport layers, develop interface modification strategies, and study the influence mechanism of optimization methods on the photoelectric properties and stability of charge transport layers.
2. Research on perovskite tandem solar cells Research the preparation methods of high-quality perovskite thin films with different band gaps, study the optimization strategy of energy level matching, and study the energy loss mechanism and suppression methods of solar cells with different band gaps. Research on the preparation technology of perovskite tandem solar cells. 
3. Preparation of large-area perovskite cells Research the dry preparation and wet preparation technology of large-area perovskite cells, focusing on the composition design, quality control and crystallization mechanism of large-area perovskite thin films. 
Biography
1. Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2020/12 - present
2. Assistant Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2017/11 - 2020/12
3. Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 2012/09 - 2017/10
4. B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 2008/09 - 2012/06
Honors and Awards
Excellent young Doctoral talents of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics.
The Young Star of Science and Technology of Dalian
Publications
1. Minyong Du, Shuai Zhao, Lianjie Duan, Yuexian Cao, Hui Wang, Youming Sun, Likun Wang, Xuejie Zhu, Jiangshan Feng, Lu Liu, Xiao Jiang, Qingshun Dong, Yantao Shi, Kai Wang,* Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*, Surface Redox Engineering of Vacuum-Deposited NiOx for Top-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules. Joule, 2022, 6(8), 1931-1943.
2. Feiyan Shi, Yao Tong*, Hongsheng Li, Jiajun Li, Ziyang Cong, Shangru Zhai, Qingda An*, Kai Wang*, Synthesis of oxygen/nitrogen/sulfur codoped hierarchical porous carbon from enzymatically hydrolyzed lignin for high-performance supercapacitors. Journal of Energy Storage, 2022, 52, 104992.
3. Feiyan Shi, Shuai Zhao, Junyu Yang, Yao Tong,* Jiajun Li, Shangru Zhai, Xinyu Zhao, Shenghan Wu, Hongsheng Li, Qingda An* Kai Wang*, Nickel–Cobalt Bimetallic Tungstate Decorated 3d Hierarchical Porous Carbon Derived from Lignin for High-Performance Supercapacitor Applications. J. Mater. Chem. A 2022, 10, 12679-12691.
4. Zihan Li, Zhen Chang, Kai Wang, Dongliang Bai, Lu Liu, Yang Yang, Le Wang, Shiwei Wang, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu, 4-Hydrazinobenzoic-Acid Antioxidant for High-Efficiency Sn–Pb Alloyed Perovskite Solar Cells, 2022, 10(6) 2200217.
5. Yao Tong, Adel Najar, Le Wang, Lu Liu, Minyong Du, Jing Yang, Jianxun Li, Kai Wang*, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu?, Wide-bandgap Organic-inorganic Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells, Advanced Science. 2021, 9(14) 2105085.
6. Lu Liu, Adel Najar, Kai Wang*, Minyong Du, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*, Perovskite Quantum Dots in Solar Cells, Advanced Science. 2021, 9(7) 2104577
7. Feiyan Shi, Hongsheng Li, Jiatong Xiao, Wenhui Wang, Qingda An,* Shangru Zhai, Kai Wang, *, Li Wei, * and Yao Tong, * Three-dimensional Hierarchical Porous Lignin-Derived Carbon/WO3 for High-Performance Solid-State Planar Micro-Supercapacitor, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021, 190, 11–18.
8. Huaxi Bao?, Minyong Du?, Hui Wang, Kai Wang*, Xiaokun Zuo, Fangyv Liu, Lu Liu, Dominik Eder, Alexey Cherevan, Shimin Wang, Li Wan*, Shuai Zhao*, and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*, Samarium-doped Nickel Oxide for Superior Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells: Insight into Doping Effect for Electronic Applications, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2021, 31(34) 2102452.
9. Xiao Jiang?, Waqas Siddique Subhani?, Kai Wang*, Hui Wang, Lianjie Duan, Minyong Du, Shuping Pang, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*, Dual-Interface Modification of CsPbIBr2 Solar Cells with Improved Efficiency and Stability, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2020, 8(7), 2001994.
10. Fangyv Liu, Xiaokun Zuo, Kai Wang*, Huaxi Bao, Lu Liu, Zhihua Guo*, Shiwei Wang*, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*, Improving Performance and Stability of Planar Perovskite Solar Cells through Passivation Effect with Green Additives, Solar RRL, 2021, 2000732.
11. Xiao Jiang, Kai Wang*, Hui Wang, Lianjie Duan, Minyong Du, Likun Wang, Yuexian Cao, Lu Liu, Shuping Pang, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*, Nano‐Confined Crystallization for High Efficiency Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells, Small Science, 2021, 2000054.
12. Minyong Du, Xuejie Zhu, Likun Wang, Kai Wang*, Hui Wang, Jiangshang Feng, Xiao Jiang, Yuexian Cao, Youming Sun, Lianjie Duan, Yuxiao Jiao, Xiaodong Ren, Zhe Yan, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu,* High-pressure nitrogen-extraction and effective passivation to attain highest large-area perovskite solar module efficiency. Adv. Mater. 2020, 32(47), 2004979. 
13. Congqiang Zhang, Kai Wang*, Yulong Wang, Waqas Siddique Subhani, Xiao Jiang, Shimin Wang, Huaxi Bao, Lu Liu, Li Wan*, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*. Low‐Temperature Crystallization of CsPbIBr2 Perovskite for High Performance Solar Cells. Solar RRL, 2020, 4(10), 2000254. 
14. Yulong Wang, Kai Wang*, Waqas Siddique Subhani, Congqiang Zhang, Xiao Jiang, Shimin Wang, Huaxi Bao, Lu Liu, Li Wan*, and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*. Extrinsic Ion Distribution Induced Field Effect in CsPbIBr2 Perovskite Solar Cells. Small, 2020, 16(17) 1907283. 
15. Kai Wang, Waqas Siddique Subhani, Yulong Wang, Xiaokun Zuo, Hui Wang, Lianjie Duan, and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*. Metal Cations in Effcient Perovskite Solar Cells: Progress and Perspective. Adv. Mater. 2019, 31(50),1902037.
16. Kai Wang, Selina Olthof, Waqas Siddique Subhani, Xiao Jiang a, Yuexian Cao, Lianjie Duan, Hui Wang, Minyong Du, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*. Novel inorganic electron transport layers for planar perovskite solar cells: Progress and prospective. Nano Energy 68 (2020) 104289. 
17. Waqas Siddique Subhani, Kai Wang,* Minyong Du, Xiuli Wang, and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu*. Interface-modification-induced gradient energy band for highly efficient CsPbIBr2 perovskite solar cells. Adv. Energy Mater. 2019, 9(21), 1803785. 
18. Waqas Siddique Subhani, Kai Wang*, Minyong Du, Shengzhong Frank Liu*. Goldschmidt-rule-deviated perovskite CsPbIBr2 by barium substitution for efficient solar cells. Nano Energy 61 (2019) 165–172. 
19. Waqas Siddique Subhani, Kai Wang*, Minyong Du, Xiuli Wang, Ningyi Yuan, Jianning Ding, Shengzhong Frank Liu*. Anti-solvent engineering for efficient semitransparent CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite solar cells for greenhouse applications. Journal of Energy Chemistry 34 (2019) 12–19. 
20. Kai Wang, Yantao Shi*, Bo Li, Liang Zhao, Wei Wang, Xiangyuan Wang, Xiaogong Bai, Shufeng Wang, Ce Hao, Tingli Ma*, Amorphous Inorganic Electron transfer layers for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells: Feasible Strategy towards Room-Temperature Fabrication, Adv. Mater. 2016, 28(9): 1891-1897. 
21. Kai Wang, Yantao Shi*, Liguo Gao, Rihan Chi, Kun Shi, Bingyi Guo, Liang Zhao, Tingli Ma*, W(Nb)Ox-based efficient flexible perovskite solar cells: From material optimization to working principle, Nano Energy, 2017, 31, 424-431.
22. Kai Wang, Yantao Shi*, Qingshun Dong, Yu Li, Shufeng Wang, Xufeng Yu, Mengyao Wu, and Tingli Ma*, Low-Temperature and Solution-Processed Amorphous WOx as Electron transfer layer for Perovskite Solar Cells, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2015, 6(5): 755-759.