Congratulations to Feng Wu, Tyler Smart, Junqing Xu, and Prof. Ping for their publication in Physical Review B Rapid Communications! Link to the full article can be found here. The identification and design of defects in two-dimensional (2D) materials as promising single photon emitters (SPEs) requires a deep understanding of the underlying carrier recombination mechanisms....Read More

Congratulations to Valentin, Tyler and Prof. Ping, for their recent publication in Chemistry of Materials! Perovskite-type lanthanum iron oxide, LaFeO3, is a p-type semiconductor that can achieve overall water splitting using visible light while maintaining photostability. These features make LaFeO3 a promising photocathode candidate for various photoelectrochemical cells. Currently, the photoelectrochemical performance of a LaFeO3...Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Wu and Prof. Ping on their publication “Dimensionality and Anisotropicity Dependence of Radiative Recombination in Nanostructured  Phosphorene” in Journal of Materials Chemistry C as part of  Emerging investigators themed issue! The journal cover represents this work. In this study we study the interplay of dimensionality and anisotropicity on optoelectronic properties and exciton dynamics...Read More

Congratulations to Bingzhang and Prof. Ping, as well as Feng Wu and Tyler Smart, for their work in collaboration with Prof. Shaowei Chen on carbon nanowires co-doped with ruthenium and nitrogen which has just been published in Nature Communications. This work develops a unique system which has the unprecedented ability to function as an effective...Read More

Capping off 2018, the group’s paper “Fundamental principles for calculating charged defect ionization energies in ultrathin two-dimensional materials” has been published in Physical Review Materials! Congratulations to Tyler, Feng, and Prof. Ping! Defects in two-dimensional (2D) materials are becoming prominent candidates for quantum emitters and scalable optoelectronic applications. However, several physical properties that characterize their...Read More

Our recent work on “Mechanistic insights of enhanced spin polaron conduction in CuO through atomic doping” has been accepted in npj Computational Materials! Congratulations to Tyler, Feng, and Prof. Ping! The formation of a “spin polaron” (SP) stems from strong spin-charge-lattice interactions in magnetic oxides, which leads to a localization of carriers accompanied by local magnetic...Read More

Our recent work on “Point of Anchor: Impacts on Interfacial Charge Transfer of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles” by Bingzhang Lu, Feng Wu in collaboration with Prof. Shaowei Chen’s group was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society! Photoinduced charge transfer across the metal oxide–organic ligand interface plays a key role in the diverse applications of...Read More

Our recent review article on “Spin-optotronic Properties of Organometal Halide Perovskites” by Prof. Ping with Prof. Jin Zhong Zhang was published as a cover article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters! Spin is an intrinsic quantum mechanical property of fundamental particles including the electron. The spin property is intimately related to electronic and optical properties...Read More

Congratulations Feng and Prof. Ping on there new publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry A!   In this work we established a first-principles framework for polaron hopping mobility in anisotropic and doped metal oxides, by combining the generalized Landau-Zener theory with kinetic Monte-Carlo sampling.  Within this method, we can obtain the hopping transfer rates that...Read More

  Charged defects in two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerging applications in quantum technologies such as quantum emitters and quantum computation. The advancement of these technologies requires a rational design of ideal defect centers, demanding reliable computation methods for the quantitatively accurate prediction of defect properties. We present an accurate, parameter-free, and efficient procedure to evaluate...Read More