Book Chapter
1. Zhigang Yin, Shan-Ci Chen, Qingdong Zheng*, Chapter 7: “Inverted Organic Solar Cells (OSCs)”, In: Huang H., Huang J. (eds) Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland (2014). [Link] DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10855-1_7
Published Articles
2026：
67. Jianbin Wang†, Tongqing Zhu†, Jiawen Bai, Xiahui Zeng, Yingwu Zhou, Zhigang Yin*, Insights into water-resistant organic photodetectors with ultra-low noise currents for underwater applications, The Innovation 2026, 7(2), 101118. (†Contributed equally) [Link]
66. Shiju Yang†, Haoshi Ding†, Junlong Tan†, Yiyao Zhang†, Yuqi Guo, Rongjie Kang, Xiaoyang Zhu*, Hongzhi Wang, Ray Baughman, Zhigang Yin*, Jiuke Mu*, Multifaceted mechanical responsive metamaterials: mechanisms, fabrications, and applications, The Innovation 2026, 7(1), 101070. (†Contributed equally) [Link]
2025：
65. Kaihang Sang, Tongqing Zhu, Jianbin Wang, Zhixiang Lai, Tong Yin, Apurba Deb Mitra, Ping Wang*, Zhigang Yin*, Improving photostability of perovskite solar cells by interface engineering for emerging applications, The Innovation Informatics 2025, 1(1), 100004. [Link] (Invited paper)
64. Xiaoyan Wang, Zhigang Yin*, Changdong Liu, Yuting Liu, Yunlong Ma*, Qingdong Zheng*, Low-voltage flexible organic transistors utilizing passivated polyelectrolyte dielectrics for tactile sensing and braille recognition, J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 2025, 691, 137417. [Link]
63. Yuting Liu, Zhigang Yin*, Changdong Liu, Ziyang Liu, Shujun Liu, Qingdong Zheng*, Photo-crosslinked polymer dielectrics enabling flexible organic transistor synapses with excellent linearity for neuromorphic applications, Chem. Eng. J. 2025, 507, 160538. [Link]
62. Changdong Liu, Zhigang Yin*, Yuting Liu, Qingdong Zheng, Flexible polyelectrolyte hybrid dielectrics for multilevel nonvolatile low-voltage organic transistor memories, Chem. Eng. J. 2025, 504, 158625. [Link]
61. Yuting Liu†, Tongqing Zhu†, Ming-Jie Yin*, Jian Li*, Zhigang Yin*, Smart polymer dielectrics enabling autonomous indication in response to electrical degradation, The Innovation 2025, 6(2),100736. (†Contributed equally) [Link]
60. Yaqiong Yang, Tian-Run Lv, Yi-Han Xue, Zhigang Yin, Ming-Jie Yin*, Quan-Fu An, Fabrication of stable sweat ion sensor by coupling high-capacitance membrane with hydrophobic layer, Sci. China Chem. 2025, 68(11), 5920-5929. [Link]
59. Junan Fang, Jingyin Xu, Yaqin Han, Hongyuan Cui, Jia An, Huaiyu Ye, Zhigang Yin, Xuefeng He, Yufei Liu*, White-light and primary colors emission via single wavelength light-induced structural changes in coumarin-bonded graphene nanoribbons, Chem. Eng. J. 2025, 510, 161670. [Link]
58. Jincai Huang#, Yongjun Xu#, Qi Wang#, Qi (Cheems) Wang#, Xingxing Liang#, Fei Wang#, Zhao Zhang#, Wei Wei#, Boxuan Zhang#, Libo Huang#, Jingru Chang#, Liantao Ma#, Ting Ma#, Yuxuan Liang#, Jie Zhang#, Jian Guo#, Xuhui Jiang#, Xinxin Fan#, Zhulin An#, Tingting Li#, Xuefei Li, Zezhi Shao, Tangwen Qian, Tao Sun, Boyu Diao, Chuanguang Yang, Chenqing Yu, Yiqing Wu, Mengxian Li, Haifeng Zhang,Yongcheng Zeng, Zhicheng Zhang, Zhengqiu Zhu, Yiqin Lv, Aming Li, Xu Chen, Bo An, Wei Xiao, Chenguang Bai, Yuxing Mao, Zhigang Yin, Sheng Gui, Wentao Su, Yinghao Zhu, Junyi Gao, Xinyu He, Yizhou Li, Guangyin Jin, Xiang Ao, Xuehao Zhai, Haoran Tan, Lijun Yun, Hongquan Shi, Jun Li, Changjun Fan, Kuihua Huang, Ewen Harrison, Victor C. M. Leung, Sihang Qiu*, Yanjie Dong*, Xiaolong Zheng*, Gang Wang*, Yu Zheng*, Yuanzhuo Wang*, Jiafeng Guo*, Lizhe Wang*, Xueqi Cheng*, Yaonan Wang*, Shanlin Yang*, Mengyin Fu*, Aiguo Fei*, Foundation models and intelligent decision-making: Progress, challenges, and perspectives, The Innovation 2025, 6(6), 100948. [Link] (Cover)
2024：
57. Jianbin Wang, Ziyang Liu, Tongqing Zhu, Zhenjing Kang, Xiahui Zeng, Bi Zhou, Yingwu Zhou, Jiuke Mu*, Zhigang Yin*, Strategies for achieving high-performance photomultiplication-type organic photodetectors and their promising applications, Nano Energy 2024, 132, 110399. [Link]
56. Ziyang Liu, Yaoshen Zhao, Zhigang Yin*, Low-power soft transistors triggering revolutionary electronics, The Innovation 2024, 5(3), 100616. [Link]
2023：
55. Ziyang Liu, Zhigang Yin*, Jian Li*, Zhiming Wang*, Transparent polymer nanoheterostructure films for flexible low-power organic transistors with high mobility, decent photostability, and ultralong-term air stability, Mater. Today Phys. 2023, 37, 101206. [Link]
54. Hansheng Chen, Zhigang Yin*, Yunlong Ma, Dongdong Cai, Qingdong Zheng*, Solution-processed polymer bilayer heterostructures as hole-transport layers for high-performance opaque and semitransparent organic solar cells, Mater. Today Energy 2023, 35, 101322. [Link]
53. Tian-Run Lv†, Wen-Hai Zhang†, Ya-Qiong Yang, Jia-Chen Zhang, Ming-Jie Yin*, Zhigang Yin*, Ken-Tye Yong*, Quan-Fu An, Micro/nano-fabrication of flexible poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-based conductive films for high-performance microdevices, Small 2023, 19(30), 2301071. (†Contributed equally) [Link]
2010-2022 (Before joining Chongqing University):
52. Ziyang Liu, Zhigang Yin*, Yue Jiang, Qingdong Zheng*, Dielectric interface passivation of polyelectrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors for ultrasensitive low-voltage pressure sensors in wearable applications, Mater. Today Electron. 2022, 1, 100001. [Link]
51. Chengxu Shen†, Zhigang Yin†*, Fionn Collins, Nicola Pinna*, Atomic layer deposition of metal oxides and chalcogenides for high performance transistors, Adv. Sci. 2022, 9(23), 2104599. (†Contributed equally) [Link]
50. Jiaxian Sun, Yuting Liu, Zhigang Yin*, Qingdong Zheng, High-performance flexible photonic synapse transistors based on a bulk composite film of organic semiconductors with complementary absorption, Acta Chim. Sinica 2022, 80(7), 936-945. (Invited Paper) [Link]
49. Xinrui He, Lina Cai, Hansheng Chen, Pan Yin, Zhigang Yin*, Qingdong Zheng*, A dual post-treatment method for improving the performance of ternary NiMgO semiconductor interfacial layers and their organic solar cells, Acta Chim. Sinica 2022, 80(5), 581-589. (Invited Paper; Cover) [Link]
48. Jiao Wang, Zhigang Yin*, Felix Hermerschmidt, Emil J. W. List-Kratochvil, Nicola Pinna*, Impact of different intermediate layers on the morphology and crystallinity of TiO2 grown on carbon nanotubes by atomic layer deposition, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 8(15), 2100759. [Link]
47. Fang Wang#*,Jean Damascene Harindintwali, Zhizhang Yuan#, Min Wang#, Faming Wang, Sheng Li#, Zhigang Yin, Lei Huang#, Yuhao Fu, Lei Li, Scott X. Chang, Linjuan Zhang, Jörg Rinklebe, Zuoqiang Yuan, Qinggong Zhu, Leilei Xiang, Daniel CW. Tsang, Liang Xu, Xin Jiang, Jihua Liu, Ning Wei, Matthias Kästner, Yang Zou, Yong Sik Ok, Jianlin Shen, Dailiang Peng, Wei Zhang, Damià Barceló, Yongjin Zhou, Zhaohai Bai, Boqiang Li, Bin Zhang, Ke Wei, Hujun Cao, ZhiliangTan, Liu-bin Zhao, Xiao He, Jinxing Zheng, Nanthi Bolan, Xiaohong Liu, Changping Huang, Sabine Dietmann, Ming Luo, NannanSun, Jirui Gong, Yulie Gong, Ferdi Brahushi, Tangtang Zhang, Cunde Xiao, Xianfeng Li*, Wenfu Chen, Nianzhi Jiao*, Johannes Lehmann, Yong-Guan Zhu*, Hongguang Jin*, Andreas Schäffer, James M. Tiedje*, Jing M. Chen*, Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality, The Innovation 2021, 2(4),100180. [Link]
46. Yongjun Xu#, Xin Liu#, Xin Cao#, Changping Huang#, Enke Liu#, Sen Qian#, Xingchen Liu#, Yanjun Wu, Fengliang Dong, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Junjun Qiu, Keqin Hua, Wentao Su, Jian Wu, Huiyu Xu, Yong Han, Chenguang Fu, Zhigang Yin, Miao Liu, Ronald Roepman, Sabine Dietmann, Marko Virta, Fredrick Kengara, Ze Zhang, Lifu Zhang, Taolan Zhao, Ji Dai, Jialiang Yang, Liang Lan, Ming Luo, Zhaofeng Liu, Tao An, Bin Zhang, Xiao He, Shan Cong, Xiaohong Liu, Wei Zhang, James P. Lewis, James M. Tiedje, Qi Wang*, Zhulin An*, Fei Wang*, Libo Zhang*, Tao Huang*, Chuan Lu*, Zhipeng Cai*, Fang Wang*, and Jiabao Zhang*, Artificial intelligence: a powerful paradigm for scientific research, The Innovation 2021, 2(4),100179. (Cover) [Link]
45. Pan Yin, Zhigang Yin, Yunlong Ma, Qingdong Zheng*, Improving the charge transport of the ternary blend active layer for efficient semitransparent organic solar cells, Energy Environ. Sci. 2020,13(12), 5177-5185. [Link]
44. Yue Jiang, Ziyang Liu, Zhigang Yin*, Qingdong Zheng*, Sandwich structured dielectrics for air-stable and flexible low-voltage organic transistors in ultrasensitive pressure sensing, Mater. Chem. Front. 2020, 4(5), 1459-1470. [Link]
43. Jianbin Wang, Shan-Ci Chen, Zhigang Yin, Qingdong Zheng*, Broadband organic photodetectors based on ternary blend active layers with enhanced and spectrally flat response, J. Mater. Chem. C 2020, 8(40), 14049-14055. [Link]
42. Zhigang Yin*, Call for papers on special issue “Thin-film materials, devices and carrier dynamics for flexible electronics”, Mater. Int. 2020, 2(2) , 62. DOI: 10.33263/materials22.062062. [Link] Special Issue
41. Ziyang Liu, Zhigang Yin*, Jianbin Wang, Qingdong Zheng*, Polyelectrolyte Dielectrics for Flexible Low-Voltage Organic Thin-Film Transistors in Highly Sensitive Pressure Sensing, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29(1), 1806092. [Link]
40. Ming-JieYin, Zhigang Yin, Yangxi Zhang, Qingdong Zheng*, A. Ping Zhang*, Micropatterned elastic ionic polyacrylamide hydrogel for low-voltage capacitive and organic thin-film transistor pressure sensors, Nano Energy 2019, 58, 96-104. [Link]
39. Zhigang Yin, Ming-JieYin, Ziyang Liu, Yangxi Zhang, A. Ping Zhang*, Qingdong Zheng*, Solution-Processed Bilayer Dielectrics for Flexible Low-Voltage Organic Field-Effect Transistors in Pressure-Sensing Applications, Adv. Sci. 2018, 5(9), 1701041. [Link]
38. Ziyang Liu, Zhigang Yin*, Shan-Ci Chen, Shilei Dai, Jia Huang, Qingdong Zheng*, Binary polymer composite dielectrics for flexible low-voltage organic field-effect transistors, Org. Electron. 2018, 53, 205-212. [Link]
37. Qisheng Tu, Zhigang Yin, Yunlong Ma, Shan-Ci Chen, Qingdong Zheng*, Ladder-type heteroheptacene-cored semiconductors for small-molecule solar cells, Dyes and Pigments 2018, 149, 747-754. [Link]
36. Ming-JieYin, Yangxi Zhang, Zhigang Yin, Qingdong Zheng, A. Ping Zhang*, Micropatterned Elastic Gold-Nanowire/Polyacrylamide Composite Hydrogels for Wearable Pressure Sensors, Adv. Mater. Technol. 2018, 3(7), 1800051. (Cover) [Link]
35. Zhigang Yin, Jiajun Wei, Shan-Ci Chen, Dongdong Cai, Yunlong Ma, Meng Wang, Qingdong Zheng*, Long lifetime stable and efficient semitransparent organic solar cells using a ZnMgO-modified cathode combined with a thin MoO3/Ag anode, J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5(8), 3888-3899. [Link]
34. Jiajun Wei, Zhigang Yin, Shan-Ci Chen, Qingdong Zheng*, Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Zinc Tin Oxide Film as a Cathode Interlayer for Organic Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9(7), 6186-6193. [Link]
33. Shan-Ci Chen, Qingdong Zheng*, Zhigang Yin, Dongdong Cai, Yunlong Ma, High performance thermal-treatment-free tandem polymer solar cells with high fill factors, Org. Electron. 2017, 47, 79-84. [Link]
32. Yunlong Ma, Shan-Ci Chen, Zaiyu Wang, Wei Ma, Jinyun Wang, Zhigang Yin, Changquan Tang, Dongdong Cai, Qingdong Zheng*, Indacenodithiophene-based wide bandgap copolymers for high performance single-junction and tandem polymer solar cells, Nano Energy 2017, 33, 313-324. [Link]
31. Zhigang Yin, Qingdong Zheng*, Shan-Ci Chen, Dongdong Cai, Yunlong Ma, Controllable ZnMgO Electron-Transporting Layers for Long-Term Stable Organic Solar Cells with 8.06% Efficiency after One-Year Storage, Adv. Energy Mater. 2016, 6(4), 1501493. [Link]
30. Zhigang Yin, Jiajun Wei, Qingdong Zheng*, Interfacial Materials for Organic Solar Cells: Recent Advances and Perspectives, Adv. Sci. 2016, 3(8), 1500362. [Link]
29. Jiajun Wei, Zhigang Yin, Shan-Ci Chen, Dongdong Cai, Qingdong Zheng*, Solution-processed MoSx thin-films as hole-transport layers for efficient polymer solar cells, RSC Adv. 2016, 6(45), 39137-39143. [Link]
28. Meng Wang, Dongdong Cai, Zhigang Yin, Shan-Ci Chen, Cheng-Feng Du, Qingdong Zheng*, Asymmetric-Indenothiophene-Based Copolymers for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with 9.14% Efficiency, Adv. Mater. 2016, 28(17), 3359-3365. [Link]
27. Qisheng Tu, Dongdong Cai, Lixin Wang, Jiajun Wei, Qi Shang, Shan-Ci Chen, Yunlong Ma, Zhigang Yin, Changquan Tang, Qingdong Zheng*, Side-chain engineering of diindenocarbazole-based large bandgap copolymers toward high performance polymer solar cells, J. Mater. Chem. C 2016, 4(25), 6160-6168. [Link]
26. Linlin Lin, Yongguang Tu, Changquan Tang, Yunlong Ma, Shan-Ci Chen*, Zhigang Yin, Jiajun Wei, Qingdong Zheng*, Truxene-based Hole-transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells, Chinese J. Struct. Chem. 2016, 35(10), 1517-1524. [Link]
25. Zhigang Yin, Qingdong Zheng*, Shan-Ci Chen, Jiaxin Li, Dongdong Cai, Yunlong Ma, Jiajun Wei, Solution-derived poly(ethylene glycol)-TiOx nanocomposite film as a universal cathode buffer layer for enhancing efficiency and stability of polymer solar cells, Nano Res. 2015, 8(2), 456-468. (Cover) [Link]
24. Zhigang Yin, Wenbin Fan, Yunhai Ding, Jiaxin Li, Lunhui Guan*, Qingdong Zheng*, Shell Structure Control of PPy-Modified CuO Composite Nanoleaves for Lithium Batteries with Improved Cyclic Performance, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.2015, 3(3), 507-517. [Link]
23. Dhanavel Ganeshan, Shan-Ci Chen, Zhigang Yin, Qingdong Zheng*, An anode buffer layer with size-controlled Ag nanoparticles for polymer solar cells with improved efficiencies, RSC Adv. 2015, 5(21), 16153-16161. [Link]
22. Lixin Wang, Dongdong Cai, Changquan Tang, Meng Wang, Zhigang Yin, Qingdong Zheng*, Improved synthesis and photovoltaic performance of donor-acceptor copolymers based on dibenzothiophene-cored ladder-type heptacyclic units, J. Mater. Chem. C 2015, 3(22), 5631-5641. [Link]
21. Hao Qin, Dongdong Cai, Meng Wang, Yunlong Ma, Zhigang Yin, Changquan Tang, Shan-Ci Chen, Qingdong Zheng*, Dialkoxynaphthalene as an electron-rich unit for high-performance polymer solar cells with large open circuit voltages, Polymer 2015, 67, 258-266. [Link]
20. Meng Wang, Hao Qin, Lixin Wang, Jiajun Wei, Dongdong Cai, Zhigang Yin, Yunlong Ma, Shan-Ci Chen, Changquan Tang, Qingdong Zheng*, Ladder-type tetra-p-phenylene-based copolymers for efficient polymer solar cells with open-circuit voltages approaching 1.1 V, J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3(43), 21672-21681. [Link]
19. Zhigang Yin, Qingdong Zheng*, Shan-Ci Chen, Dongdong Cai, Lingyu Zhou, Jian Zhang, Bandgap Tunable Zn1-xMgxO Thin Films as Highly Transparent Cathode Buffer Layers for High-Performance Inverted Polymer Solar Cells, Adv. Energy Mater. 2014, 4(7), 1301404. [Link]
18. Wenbin Fan, Zhigang Yin, Yunlong Ma, Bingxi Wang*, Shan-Ci Chen, Changquan Tang, Qingdong Zheng*, Dinaphtho-s-indacene-based copolymers for inverted organic solar cells with high open-circuit voltages, Polymer 2014, 55(9), 2262-2270. [Link]
17. Lixin Wang, Dongdong Cai, Zhigang Yin, Changquan Tang, Shan-Ci Chen, Qingdong Zheng*, Diindenocarbazole-based large bandgap copolymers for high-performance organic solar cells with large open circuit voltages, Polym. Chem. 2014, 5(23), 6847-6856. [Link]
16. Yunlong Ma, Qingdong Zheng*, Lixin Wang, Dongdong Cai, Changquan Tang, Meng Wang, Zhigang Yin, Shan-Ci Chen, Improving the photovoltaic performance of ladder-type dithienonaphthalene-containing copolymers through structural isomerization, J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2(34), 13905-13915. [Link]
15. Zhigang Yin, Qingdong Zheng*, Shan-Ci Chen, Dongdong Cai, Interface Control of Semiconducting Metal Oxide Layers for Efficient and Stable Inverted Polymer Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltages over 1.0 Volt, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5(18), 9015-9025. [Link]
14. Yunlong Ma, Qingdong Zheng*, Zhigang Yin, Dongdong Cai, Shan-Ci Chen, Changquan Tang, Ladder-Type Dithienonaphthalene-Based Donor-Acceptor Copolymers for Organic Solar Cells, Macromolecules 2013, 46(12), 4813-4821. [Link]
13. Shan-Ci Chen, Changquan Tang, Zhigang Yin, Yunlong Ma, Dongdong Cai, Dhanavel Ganesha, Qingdong Zheng*, Ladder-type Diindenopyrazine Based Conjugated Copolymers for Organic Solar Cells with High Open-circuit Voltages, Chinese J. Chem. 2013, 31(11), 1409-1417. [Link]
12. Shan-Ci Chen, Dhanavel Ganeshan, Dongdong Cai, Qingdong Zheng*, Zhigang Yin, Fei Wang, High performance n-channel thin-film field-effect transistors based on angular-shaped naphthalene tetracarboxylic diimides, Org. Electron. 2013, 14(11), 2859-2865. [Link]
11. Lixin Wang, Dongdong Cai, Qingdong Zheng*, Changquan Tang, Shan-Ci Chen, Zhigang Yin, Low Band Gap Polymers Incorporating a Dicarboxylic Imide-Derived Acceptor Moiety for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells, ACS Macro Lett. 2013, 2(7), 605-608. [Link]
10. Shan-Ci Chen, Qingdong Zheng*, Qikai Zhang, Dongdong Cai, Jinyun Wang, Zhigang Yin, Changquan Tang, Tuning the frontier molecular orbital energy levels of n-type conjugated copolymers by using angular-shaped naphthalene tetracarboxylic diimides, and their use in all-polymer solar cells with high open-circuit voltages, J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Chem. 2013, 51(9), 1999-2005. [Link]
9. Zhigang Yin, Qingdong Zheng*, Controlled Synthesis and Energy Applications of One-Dimensional Conducting Polymer Nanostructures: An Overview, Adv. Energy Mater. 2012, 2(2), 179-218. [Link]
8. Zhigang Yin, Yunhai Ding, Qingdong Zheng*, Lunhui Guan, CuO/polypyrrole core-shell nanocomposites as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, Electrochem. Commun. 2012, 20, 40-43. [Link]
7. Dongdong Cai, Qingdong Zheng*, Shan-Ci Chen, Qikai Zhang, Can-Zhong Lu, Yu Sheng, Deqin Zhu, Zhigang Yin, Changquan Tang, Novel ladder-type heteroheptacene-based copolymers for bulk heterojunction solar cells, J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22(31), 16032-16040. [Link]
6. Jia Huang*, Zhigang Yin, Qingdong Zheng*, Applications of ZnO in organic and hybrid solar cells, Energy Environ. Sci. 2011, 4(10), 3861-3877. [Link]
5. Zhigang Yin, Bingxi Wang*, Guihua Chen, Mingjian Zhan, One-dimensional 8-hydroxyquinoline metal complex nanomaterials: synthesis, optoelectronic properties, and applications, J. Mater. Sci. 2011, 46, 2397-2409. [Link]
4. Bingxi Wang*, Hang Lin, Zhigang Yin, Hydrothermal synthesis of β-cobalt hydroxide with various morphologies in water/ethanol solutions, Mater. Lett. 2011, 65(1), 41-43. [Link]
3. Guihua Chen, Bingxi Wang*, Zhigang Yin, Preparation of 1,10-Phenanthroline-copper(Ⅱ) Micro-and Nanorod and Its Influencing Factors, J. Synth. Cryst. 2011, 40(1), 201-206. [Link]
2. Chengxin Chen, Zhigang Yin, Guihua Chen, Bingxi Wang, Synthesis and characterization of rod-like nickel dimethylglyoximate nanocrystals, Sci. Tech. Eng. 2010, 10(32), 8025. [Link]
1. Zhigang Yin, Bingxi Wang*, Guihua Chen, Facile Synthesis of Copper (II) 8-Hydroxyquinolinate Micro-nanometer Materials with Various Morphologies and Polymorphs, Acta Chim. Sinica 2010, 68(17), 1765-1770. [Link]
