40. Xiaowen Sun, Hua Fan, Xiaowei Xu, Gongqiang Li*, Xiaoyu Gu, Dou Luo, Chengwei Shan, Qiong Yang, Shixing Dong, Chunyang Miao, Zheng Xie, Gang Lu, Dong Hwan Wang, Ping-Ping Sun*, Aung Ko Ko Kyaw*. A Fluorination Strategy and Low-Acidity Anchoring Group in Self-Assembled Molecules for Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2024, 30(33), e202400629.
39. Ping-Ping Sun, Shuai Yuan, Weijie Chi*, Guilong Cai*. Germanium doping effect on the photoelectronic performance of alternating cations in the interlayer space GA(MA)3(Pb1-xGex)3I10. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024, 12, 16466-16475.
38. Qin Zhoua , Chunsheng Cai, Qiu Xiong, Ping-Ping Sun, Zilong Zhang, Can Wang, Chi Li Jingchuan Y, Naoyuki Shibayama, Zhongyi Yuan, Peng Gao. Boron subnaphthalocyanine additive for multilocus passivation of defects towards efficient and stable perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2024, doi.org/10.1039/D3TC03445C.
37. Miao Dong, Dazhuang Wang, Jinrong Yang, Ping-Ping Sun, Weilu Ding, Jianxin Yang*, Jinwu Yan*, Weijie Chi*. Computational chemistry-assisted design of hydrazine-based fluorescent molecular rotor for viscosity sensors. Smart Molecules, 2023, 1(3):e20230011.
36. Ping-Ping Sun, Xuyuan Zhang, Shuai Yuan, Weijie Chi*, Guilong Cai*. High-Performance Photoabsorber Based on 2D Perovskites with Alternating Cations in the Interlayer Space: GA(MA)3M3I10. Solar RRL, 2023, 2300441.
35. Ping-Ping Sun, Devesh R. Kripalani, Weijie Chi*. Molecular Principles of the Excited-State Intramolecular Thiol Proton Transfers in 3-thiolflavone Derivatives. Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2023, e202300314.
34. Ping-Ping Sun, Devesh R. Kripalani, Weijie Chi*. Improved mobility and photovoltaic performance of two-dimensional Ruddlesden−Popper (ThMA)2(MA)2M3I10 perovskites applied in perovskite solar cells. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 937, 168464.
33. Weijie Chi*, Ping-Ping Sun*. Restriction of photoinduced electron transfer as a mechanism for the aggregation-induced emission of a trityl-functionalised maleimide fluorophore. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023,25, 4193-4200.
32. Tao Meng#, Pingping Sun#, Feng Yang#, Jie Zhua, Baoguang Mao*, Lirong Zheng, and Minhua Cao*. Double-atom dealloying-derived Frank partial dislocations in cobalt nanocatalysts boost metal–air batteries and fuel cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, 2214089119.
31. Yueping Bao#, Weili Yan#, Ping-Ping Sun#, Justin Zhu Yeow Seow, Shun Kuang Lua, Wen Jie Lee, Yen Nan Liang, Teik-Thye Lim, Zhichuan J. Xu, Kun Zhou*, and Xiao Hu*. Unexpected Intrinsic Catalytic Function of Porous Boron Nitride Nanorods for Highly Efficient Peroxymonosulfate Activation in Water Treatment. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 16, 18409–18419.
30. Can Wang†, Yifeng Gao†, Zhen-Lin Qiu†, Ping-Ping Sun, Naoyuki Shibayama, Zilong Zhang, Qiu Xiong, Fangbin Ren, Shui-Yang Lien, Lusheng Liang, Jiaoxia Zhang*, Yuan-Zhi Tan* and Peng Gao*. D6h Symmetric Radical Donor–Acceptor Nanographene Modulated Interfacial Carrier Transfer for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells. CCS Chemistry, 2023, 5(9), 2159-2170.
29. Jianbin Xu, Qiu Xiong, Xiaofeng Huang, Ping-Ping Sun, Qin Zhou, Yitian Du, Zilong Zhang, Peng Gao.* Symmetry-Breaking Induced Dipole Enhancement for Efficient Spiro-Type Hole Transporting Materials: Easy Synthesis with High Stability. Small. 2022, 19(12):2206435.
28. Zicheng Li, Can Wang, Ping-Ping Sun, Zhihao Zhang, Qin Zhou, Yitian Du, Jianbin Xu, Yibo Chen, Qiu Xiong, Liming Ding, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, PengGao*. In-situ peptization of WO3 in alkaline SnO2 colloid for stable perovskite solar cells with record fill-factor approaching the shockley–queisser limit. Nano Energy, 2022, 100, 107468.
27. Guilong Cai, Zeng Chen, Xinxin Xia, Yuhao Li, Jiayu Wang, Heng Liu, PingPing Sun, Chao Li, Ruijie Ma, Yaoqiang Zhou, Weijie Chi,* Jianqi Zhang,* Haiming Zhu, Jianbin Xu, He Yan, Xiaowei Zhan, and Xinhui Lu*. Pushing the Efficiency of High Open-Circuit Voltage Binary Organic Solar Cells by Vertical Morphology Tuning. Advanced Science, 2022, 2200578.
26. Devesh R. Kripalani, Ping-Ping Sun, Pamela Lin, Ming Xue, and Kun Zhou*. Vacancies and dopants in two-dimensional tin monoxide: An ab initio study. Applied Surface Science, 2021, 538, 147988.
25. Ping-Ping Sun, Devesh R. Kripalani, Weijie Chi, Shane A. Snyder, and Kun Zhou*. High Carrier Mobility and Remarkable Photovoltaic Performance of Two-Dimensional Ruddlesden−Popper Organic-Inorganic Metal Halides (PA)2(MA)2M3I10 for Perovskite Solar Cell Applications. Materials Today, 2021, 47, 45-52.
24. Ping-Ping Sun, Devesh R. Kripalani, Lichun Bai, Weijie Chi, and Kun Zhou*. Pentadiamond: A Highly Efficient Electron Transport Layer for Perovskite Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125, 5372−5379.
23. Yan Jiang#, Ping-Ping Sun#, Lekha Sharma, Baoguang Mao, Rita Kakkar, Tao Meng, Lirong Zheng, Minhua Cao*. Further Insights into Bifunctional Mechanism in Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution for Hybridized Nanocatalysts and General Route toward Mechanism-Oriented Synthesis. Nano Energy, 2021, 81, 105645.
22. Ping-Ping Sun, Weijie Chi, Devesh R. Kripalani, and Kun Zhou*. The photocatalytic mechanism of organic dithienophosphole derivatives as highly efficient photo-redox catalysts. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020, 22, 20721-20731.
21. Ping-Ping Sun, Devesh R. Kripalani, Mengyao Hao, Weijie Chi, Weidong Li, Kun Zhou*. Emissive Nature and Molecular Behavior of Zero-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Metal Halides Bmpip2MX4. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, 11, 5234−5240.
20. Baoguang Mao#, Ping-Ping Sun#, Yan Jiang, Tao Meng, Donglei Guo, Jinwen Qin, and Minhua Cao*. Identifying the adsorbed hydroxyl transfer kinetics as a descriptor of alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 15232–15237.
19. Ping-Ping Sun, Devesh R. Kripalani, and Kun Zhou*. Water dissociation and hydrogen evolution on the surface of Fe-based bulk metallic glasses. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020, 22, 700-708.
18. Devesh R. Kripalani, Ping-Ping Sun, Pamela Lin, Ming Xue, and Kun Zhou*. Strain-driven superplasticity of ultrathin tin (II) oxide films and the modulation of their electronic properties: A first-principles study. Physical Review B, 2019, 100 (21), 214112.
17. Zhu-Zhu Sun*, Ping-Ping Sun, Shuai Feng, Yu-Lin Xua, Jiang-Feng Liu. Molecular design of D-π-D-typed hole-transporting materials for perovskite solar cells based on the π-conjugated cores. Synthetic Metals, 2019, 254, 34–41.
16. Bijun Tang, Jiadong Zhou, Ping-Ping Sun, Xiaowei Wang, Lichun Bai, Jiadong Dan, Jiefu Yang, Kun Zhou*, Xiaoxu Zhao*, Stephen J. Pennycook, and Zheng Liu*. Phase-Controlled Synthesis of Monolayer Ternary Telluride with a Random Local Displacement of Tellurium Atoms. Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 1900862.
15. Jun Jin, Yun Zheng, Shaozhuan Huang, Ping-Ping Sun, Narasimalu Srikanth, Ling Bing Kong, Qingyu Yan, Kun Zhou*. Directly anchoring 2D NiCo metal-organic frameworks on few-layer black phosphorus for advanced lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 783–790.
14. Ping-Ping Sun, Devesh R. Kripalani, Lichun Bai, and Kun Zhou*. Prediction of the Role of Bismuth Dopants in Organic-Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskites on Photoelectric Properties and Photovoltaic Performance. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123, 12684−12693.
13. Ping-Ping Sun, Lichun Bai, Devesh R. Kripalani, Kun Zhou*. A new carbon phase with direct bandgap and high carrier mobility as electron transport material for perovskite solar cells. npj Computational Materials, 2019, 5, 9.
12. Lichun Bai, Ping-Ping Sun, Bo Liu, Zishun Liu, Kun Zhou*. Mechanical behaviors of T-carbon: A molecular dynamics study. Carbon, 2018, 138, 357-362.
11. Wei-Jie Chi, Ping-Ping Sun, Ze-Sheng Li*. How to regulate energy levels and hole mobility of spiro-type hole transport materials in perovskite solar cells. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016, 18, 27073–27077.
10 Wei-Jie Chi, Ping-Ping Sun, Ze-Sheng Li*. A strategy to improve the efficiency of hole transporting materials: introduction of highly symmetrical core. Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 17752–17756.
9. Xia Wang, Ping-Ping Sun, Jinwen Qin, Jianqiang Wang, Ying Xiao, Min-Hua Cao*. A three-dimensional porous MoP@C hybrid as a high-capacity, long-cycle life anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 10330–10338.
8. Ping-Ping Sun, Wei-Jie Chi, Ze-Sheng Li*. Effects of water molecules on the chemical stability of MAGeI3 perovskite explored from a theoretical viewpoint. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016, 18, 24526–24536.
7. Ping-Ping Sun, Quan-Song Li*, Shuai Feng, Ze-Sheng Li*. Mixed Ge/Pb perovskite light absorbers with an ascendant efficiency explored from theoretical view. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016, 18, 14408–14418.
6. Ping-Ping Sun, Quan-Song Li*, Li-Na Yang, Ze-Sheng Li*. Theoretical insights into a potential lead-free hybrid perovskite: substituting Pb2+ with Ge2+. Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 1503–1512. (Highly Cited Paper)
5. Li-Na Yang, Hong-Yan Zhou, Ping-Ping Sun, Shi-Lu Chen*, Ze-Sheng Li*. A promising candidate with D-A-A-A architecture as an efficient sensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells. ChemPhysChem, 2015, 16, 601–606.
4. Shuai Feng, Quan-Song Li*, Ping-Ping Sun, Thomas A. Niehaus, Ze-Sheng Li. Dynamic Characteristics of Aggregation Effects of Organic Dyes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 22501–22514.
3. Zhu-Zhu Sun, Quan-Song Li*, Ping-Ping Sun, Ze-Sheng Li*. Probing the regeneration process of triphenylamine-based organic dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 276, 230–237.
2. Ying Xiao, Ping-Ping Sun, Min-Hua Cao*. CoreShell Bimetallic Carbide Nanoparticles Confined in a Three-Dimensional N Doped Carbon Conductive Network for Efficient Lithium Storage. ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 7846–7857.
1. Ping-Ping Sun, Quan-Song Li*, Li-Na Yang, Zhu-Zhu Sun, Ze-Sheng Li*. Theoretical investigation on structural and electronic properties of organic dye C258 on TiO2(101) surface in dye-sensitized solar cells. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014, 16, 21827–21837.