Selected Publications: (#: co-first author, *: corresponding author)
- Linqin Wang, Fuguo Zhang, Tianqi Liu, Wei Zhang, Yuanyuan Li, Bin Cai, Yu Guo, Xichuan Yang, Bo Xu *(corresponding author), James M. Gardner, Lars Kloo, Licheng Sun *, "A crosslinked polymer as dopant-free hole-transport material for efficient n-i-p type perovskite solar cells".
Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2021, 55, 211-218.
- Bo Xu# (co-first author), Jinbao Zhang# (co-first author), Yong Hua, Peng Liu, Linqin Wang, Changqing Ruan, Yuanyuan Li, Gerrit Boschloo, Erik M. J. Johansson,* Lars Kloo, Anders Hagfeldt, Alex K.-Y. Jen, and Licheng Sun *, "Tailor-making of Low-cost Spiro[fluorene-9,9'- xanthene] (SFX)-based 3D Oligomers for Perovskite Solar Cells with 20.8% Efficiency".
Chem, 2017, 2, 676–687. (Cell Press flagship journal, ESI highly-cited paper)
- Bo Xu, Dongqin Bi, Yong Hua, Peng Liu, Ming Cheng, Michael Grätzel, Lars Kloo, Anders Hagfeldt, Licheng Sun *, "A Low-cost Spiro[fluorene-9,9’-xanthene]-based Hole Transport Material for Efficient Solid-state Dye-sensitized Solar Cells and Perovskite Solar Cells".
Energy Environ. Sci., 2016, 9, 873-877. (ESI highly-cited paper)
- Bo Xu, Esmail Sheibani, Peng Liu, Jinbao Zhang, Haining Tian, Nick Vlachopoulos, Gerrit Boschloo, Lars Kloo, Anders Hagfeldt, Licheng Sun *, "Carbazole-based Hole-Transport Materials for Efficient Solid-state Dye-sensitized Solar Cells and Perovskite Solar Cells".
Adv. Mater., 2014, 26, 6629-6634. (ESI highly-cited paper)
- Bo Xu, Lei Tian, Ahmed S. Etman, Junliang Sun and Haining Tian *, "Solution-Processed Nanoporous NiO-Dye-ZnO Photocathodes: Toward Efficient and Stable Solid-State p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells and Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cells".
Nano Energy, 2019, 55, 59-64.
- Bo Xu# (co-first author), Zonglong Zhu# (co-first author), Jinbao Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Chu-Chen Chueh, Xiaosong Li, Alex K.-Y. Jen *, "4-tert-Butylpyridine Free Organic Hole Transporting Materials for Stable and Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells".
Adv. Energy Mater., 2017, 7, 1700683.
- Bo Xu, Erik Gabrielsson, Majid Safdari, Ming Cheng, Yong Hua, Haining Tian, James M. Gardner, Lars Kloo, Licheng Sun *, "1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane (TeCA) as Solvent Additive for Organic Hole Transport Materials and Its Application in Highly Efficient Solid-state Dye-sensitized Solar Cells".
Adv. Energy Mater., 2015, 5, 1402340. (Selected as a Frontispiece)
- Bo Xu, Haining Tian, Lili Lin, Deping Qian, Hong Chen, Jinbao Zhang, Nick Vlachopoulos, Gerrit Boschloo, Yi Luo, Fengling Zhang, Anders Hagfeldt, Licheng Sun *, "Integrated Design of Organic Hole Transport Materials for Efficient Solid-state Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells".
Adv. Energy Mater., 2015, 5, 1401185.
- Fusheng Li, Ke Fan, Bo Xu, Erik Gabrielsson, Quentin Daniel, Lin Li, Licheng Sun *, "Organic Dye-Sensitized Tandem Photoelectrochemical Cell for Light Driven Total Water Splitting".
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 9153-9159. (ESI highly-cited paper)
- Xing Li, Bo Xu *(corresponding author), Peng Liu, Yue Hu, Lars Kloo, Jianli Hua *, Licheng Sun and He Tian, "Molecular engineering of D–A–π–A sensitizers for highly efficient solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells".
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 3157-3166.
- Ke Gao# (co-first author), Zonglong Zhu# (co-first author), Bo Xu# (co-first author), Sae Byeok Jo, Yuanyuan Kan, Xiaobin Peng *, Alex K-Y. Jen *, "Highly Efficient Porphyrin-Based OPV/Perovskite Hybrid Solar Cells with Extended Photo Response and High Fill Factor".
Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1703980.
- Bo Xu, Sina Wrede, Allison Curtze, Lei Tian, Palas Baran Pati, Lars Kloo, Yiying Wu and Haining Tian *, "An Indacenodithieno[3,2-b]thiophene based Organic Dye for Solid-state p-Type Dye-sensitized Solar Cells".
ChemSusChem, 2019, 12, 3243-3248.
- Linqin Wang, Esmaeil Sheibani,* Yu Guo, Peng Liu, Bo Xu* (corresponding author), Lars Kloo, Licheng Sun, "Impact of Linking Topology on the Properties of Carbazole-Based Hole-Transport Materials and Their Application in Solid-State Mesoscopic Solar Cells".
Solar RRL, 2019, 3, 1900196.
- Jinbao Zhang# (co-first author), Bo Xu# (co-first author), Li Yang, Changqing Ruan, Linqin Wang, Peng Liu, Wei Zhang, Nick Vlachopoulos, Lars Kloo, Gerrit Boschloo, Licheng Sun, * Anders Hagfeldt, and Erik M. J. Johansson *, "The Importance of Pendant Groups on Triphenylamine-based Hole Transport Materials for obtaining Perovskite Solar Cells with over 20% Efficiency".
Adv. Energy Mater., 2018, 8, 1701209.
- Dongqin Bi# (co-first author), Bo Xu# (co-first author), Peng Gao, Licheng Sun *, Michael Grätzel and Anders Hagfeldt *, "Facile Synthesized Organic Hole Transporting Material for Perovskite Solar Cell with Efficiency of 19.8%".
Nano Energy, 2016, 23, 138-144. (ESI highly-cited paper)
- Ke Gao# (co-first author), Bo Xu# (co-first author), Chaoshen Hong, Xueliang Shi, Hongbin Liu, Xiaosong Li, Linghai Xie * and Alex K-Y Jen *, "Di-Spiro Based Hole-Transporting Materials for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells".
Adv. Energy Mater., 2018, 8, 1800809.
- Jinbao Zhang# (co-first author), Bo Xu# (co-first author), Li Yang, Alba Mingorance, Changqing Ruan, Yong Hua, Linqin Wang, Nick Vlachopoulos, Mónica Lira-Cantú, Gerrit Boschloo, Anders Hagfeldt, Licheng Sun *, Erik M. J. Johansson *, "Incorporation of Counter Ions in Organic Molecules: New Strategy in Developing Dopant-Free Hole Transport Materials for Efficient Mixed-Ion Perovskite Solar Cells".
Adv. Energy Mater., 2017, 7, 1602736.
- Jinbao Zhang# (co-first author), Bo Xu# (co-first author), Malin B. Johansson, Nick Vlachopoulos, Gerrit Boschloo, Licheng Sun *, Erik M. J. Johansson * and Anders Hagfeldt *, "A Strategy to Boost the Efficiency of Mixed-Ion Perovskite Solar Cells: Changing Geometry of the Hole Transporting Material".
ACS Nano, 2016, 10, 6816–6825.
- Jinbao Zhang# (co-first author), Bo Xu# (co-first author) , Malin B. Johansson, Mahboubeh Hadadian, Juan Pablo Correa Baena, Peng Liu, Yong Hua, Nick Vlachopoulos, Lars Kloo, Erik M. J. Johansson *, Gerrit Boschloo, Licheng Sun and Anders Hagfeldt, "Constructive Effects of Alkyl Chains: A Strategy to Design Simple and Non-Spiro Hole Transporting Materials for High-efficiency Mixed-Ion Perovskite Solar Cells".
Adv. Energy Mater., 2016, 6, 1502536.
- Lei Yang# (co-first author), Bo Xu# (co-first author), Dongqin Bi, Haining Tian *, Gerrit Boschloo, Licheng Sun, Anders Hagfeldt, and Erik M. J. Johansson *, "Initial Light Soaking Treatment Enables Hole Transport Material to Outperform Spiro-OMeTAD in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells".
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013,135, 7378-7385.
- Zhongjin Shen, Bo Xu *(corresponding author), Peng Liu, Yue Hu, Ying Yu, Haoran Ding, Lars Kloo, Jianli Hua*, Licheng Sun and He Tian, "High performance solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on organic blue-colored dyes".
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 1242-1247.
- Bo Xu, Haining Tian*, Dongqin Bi, Erik Gabrielsson, Erik M. J. Johansson, Gerrit Boschloo, Anders Hagfeldt, Licheng Sun *, "Efficient solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on an oligomer hole transport material and an organic dye".
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 14467-14470.
- Yong Hua# (co-first author), Bo Xu# (co-first author), Peng Liu, Hong Chen, Haining Tian, Ming Cheng, Lars Kloo, Licheng Sun *, "High Conductivity Ag-Based Metal-Organic Complexes as Dopant-Free Hole-Transport Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells with High Fill Factor".
Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 2633-2638.
- Bo Xu, Jing Huang, Hans Ågren, Lars Kloo, Anders Hagfeldt, Licheng Sun *, "AgTFSI as p-Tpye Dopant for Efficient and Stable Solid-state Dye-sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cells".
ChemSusChem, 2014, 7, 3252-3256.
- Peng Xu, Peng Liu, Yuanyuan Li, Bo Xu*(corresponding author), Lars Kloo*, Licheng Sun* and Yong Hua *, "D–A–D-Typed Hole Transport Materials for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells: Tuning Photovoltaic Properties via the Acceptor Group".
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 19697–19703
