Dr Tian Zhang | ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science

Dr Tian Zhang

Dr. Tian Zhang is the researcher fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering. His research focuses on the fabrication and characterization of thin film semiconductor materials  for photovoltaic applications. At Monash University, he is investigating the vacuum-based thin film perovskite  materials and the electron/hole transport layers to realize the high efficiency tandem solar cells in perovskite/Si and perovskite/perovskite structures.  

Qualifications: 
PhD - Photovoltaic engineering, UNSW of Sydney (2016)
MSE- Photovoltaic engineering, UNSW of Sydney (2012)
BSE- Photovoltaic Engineering/ Telecommunication Engineering, UNSW of Sydney Australia (2011 /Nankai University China (2011)
Centre Research Themes: 
1. Excitonic Systems for Solar Energy Conversion

Publications

Journal Articles
Li, W.; Zhu, B.; Rothmann, M. Uller; Liu, A.; Chen, W.; Choo, Y. Yee; Pai, N.; Mao, W.; Zhang, T.; Bao, Q.; et al. Intermediate phase-enhanced Ostwald ripening for the elimination of phase segregation in efficient inorganic CsPbIBr2 perovskite solar cells中间相促进CsPbIBr2晶体生长以消除高效无机钙钛矿太阳能电池的卤素相分离. Science China Materials 2021, 64 (11), 2655-2666 DOI: 10.1007/s40843-021-1660-6. doi: 10.1007/s40843-021-1660-6
Surmiak, A.; Zhang, T.; Lu, J.; Rietwyk, K. James; Raga, S. Ruiz; McMeekin, D. P.; Bach, U. High‐Throughput Characterization of Perovskite Solar Cells for Rapid Combinatorial Screening. Solar RRL 2020, 4 (7), 2000097 DOI: 10.1002/solr.202000097. doi: 10.1002/solr.202000097
Sun, J.; Pascoe, A. R.; Meyer, S.; Wu, Q.; Gaspera, E. Della; Raga, S. R.; Zhang, T.; Nattestad, A.; Bach, U.; Cheng, Y. - B.; et al. Ultrasonic spray deposition of TiO2 electron transport layers for reproducible and high efficiency hybrid perovskite solar cells. Solar Energy 2019, 188, 697 - 705 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.06.045. doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.06.045
Zhang, J.; Zhang, T.; Jiang, L.; Bach, U.; Cheng, Y. - B. 4-tert-Butylpyridine Free Hole Transport Materials for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells: A New Strategy to Enhance the Environmental and Thermal Stability. ACS Energy Letters 2018, 3 (7), 1677 - 1682 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00786. doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00786
Zhang, J.; Daniel, Q.; Zhang, T.; Wen, X.; Xu, B.; Sun, L.; Bach, U.; Cheng, Y. Chemical Dopant Engineering in Hole Transport Layers for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells: Insight into the Interfacial Recombination. ACS Nano 2018, 12 (10), 10452 - 10462 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b06062. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b06062