Name: Xiaotian Hu

Gender: Male

Academic Title: Professor / Doctoral Supervisor

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Major: Polymer Chemistry and Physics

E-mail: happyhu@ncu.edu.cn

Research Interests: Organic Optoelectronic Devices, Flexible Printed Electronics, Functional Biomimetic Devices

Education and Professional Experience

• 2022.12–Present: Professor & Doctoral Supervisor, School of      Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University

• 2019.06–2022.12: Distinguished Research Fellow & Doctoral      Supervisor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang      University

• 2016.09–2019.05: Doctor of Science in Physical Chemistry,      Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Supervisor:      Researcher Yanlin Song

• 2018.09–2019.04: Visiting Research Student, City University of      Hong Kong. Supervisor: Professor Xi Yao. Focus on the ink wettability      research of solar cells

• 2013.09–2016.06: Master of Engineering in Materials Science and      Engineering, Nanchang University. Supervisor: Professor Yiwang Chen

• 2009.09–2013.07: Bachelor of Engineering in Materials Physics,      Nanchang University

Teaching Profile

• Courses Taught: Undergraduate      courses including Scientific Exploration and Academic Norms, University      Chemistry.

• Talent Cultivation: Direction Tutor      of Huang Kezhi Science and Engineering Basic Disciplines Experimental      Class; Gold Medal Tutor of New Functional Materials Experimental Class.

Research Profile

Dr. Hu mainly focuses on the research of flexible printed solar cells, and has systematically solved the problems ranging from flexible device design, interface regulation to large-area printed devices. Up to now, he has published more than 60 papers as the first/corresponding author in international authoritative journals such as Science, Nature Synthesis, Nature Communications, Joule, Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Energy & Environmental Science. His H-index is 53, with more than 10,000 citations, and he has obtained 14 authorized invention patents.

Research Projects (Principal Investigator)

Has presided over more than 20 projects, including the Excellent Young Scientists Fund, International Cooperation Project, General Program and Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Pre-research Project of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission, and the Innovative Research Group Project of the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation.

Academic Affiliations and Social Services

• Director, China Association of Young Scientists and      Technologists

• Member, Jiangxi Association of Young Scientists and      Technologists

• Member, Jiangxi Youth Federation

• Young Editorial Board Member, InfoMat, Nano-Micro      Letters, Rare Metals

Awards and Honors

1. Young Scientist Award of Chinese Materials Research Society      (2025)

2. Jiangxi Provincial Science and Technology Youth Award (2024)

3. Honorary Title of "Pioneer of Ganpo in the New Era"      (2023)

4. Jiangxi Youth May Fourth Medal (2023)

5. Polymer Young Scholar Award of Chinese Chemical Society (2023)

6. First Prize of Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Award (R2,      2022)

7. Selected into the Young Talent Support Program of China      Association for Science and Technology (2022)

8. Selected into Jiangxi Provincial "Double Thousand Talents      Plan" (2020)

9. Second Prize of Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Award (R3,      2020)

10. Young Jinggang Scholar of Jiangxi Province (2019)

11. Second Prize of Excellent Scientific Research Achievements of      Higher Education Institutions (R7, 2019)

12. Outstanding Doctoral Graduate of Beijing Municipality (2019)

13. 10th China Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award (2016)

Representative Publications and Patents

1. Chu, Zhaoyang; Fan, Baojin; Zhao, Yue; Xie, Yihuan; Luo,      Yaling; Li, Junliang; Gong, Chenxiang; Zhang, Yong; Meng, Xiangchuan;      Chen, Yu; Li, Hongxiang*; Hu, Xiaotian*; Chen, Yiwang*. Laser      annealing enables rapid, degradation-free ambient processing of perovskite      solar modules. Science, 2025, 10.1126/science.adx9650.

2. Shi, Siyi; Gong, Chenxiang; Tao, Minqin; Wang, Cong; Fan,      Baojin; Yuan, Hao; Hu, Huawei; Niazi, Muhammad Bilal Khan; Yan, Xuzhou*; Hu,      Xiaotian*; Chen, Yiwang*. Mechanically interlocked polymer scaffolds      enable high efficiency printed flexible perovskite photovoltaics. Nature      Synthesis, 2025, 10.1038/s44160-025-00904-6.

3. Liu, Siqi; Wang, Hanlin; Cui, Yongting; Zeng, Shumin; Sun,      Chunlong; Li, Haojie; Li, Hongxiang; Ye, Long; Yuan, Hao; Zhu, Haiming;      Yu, Jinyang; Chen, Hongzheng; Hu, Xiaotian*; Chen, Yiwang*.      Sustainable Eco-friendly Printing of High-Performance Large-Area Organic      Photovoltaics via Enhanced Laplace Pressure Gradient. Nature      Communications, 2025, 16(1): 8520.

4. Yang, Yan; Zhao, Jianming; Yang, Hanjun; Yang, Xia*; Lu, Ying;      Huang, Zengqi; Duo, Shuwang*; Xiong, Zhihua*; Hu, Xiaotian*. Green      encapsulants boost stability and sustainability in inverted perovskite      solar cells. Nature Communications, 2025, 16(1): 8993.

5. Zhao, Zhipeng; Li, Wei; Hu, Xiaotian*; Deng, Qiyu;      Zhang, Yiyuan; Jiang, Shaojun; Sun, Pengcheng; Zhu, Hengjia; Li, Hegeng;      Shi, Siyi; Huang, Zhandong; Li, An; Li, Huizeng; Su, Meng; Li, Fengyu;      Wang, Steven; Song, Yanlin*; Wang, Liqiu*. The limit of droplet rebound      angle. Nature Communications, 2025, 16: 5684.

6. Meng, Xiangchuan; Hu, Xiaotian*; Song, Yanlin*; Chen,      Yiwang*, et al. Bio-Inspired Vertebral Design for Scalable and Flexible      Perovskite Solar Cells. Nature Communications, 2020, 11(1): 3016.

7. Wen, Min; Liu, Siqi; Li, Haojie; Wang, Hanlin; Zeng, Shumin;      Zhang, Chenzhuo; Liu, Qianjin; Li, Lei; Li, Hongxiang; Hu, Xiaotian*;      Chen, Yiwang*. Ambient Processing of High-Efficiency Organic Solar Modules      Enabled by Radical Scavengers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition,      2025, e202510765.

8. Wang, Cong; Gong, Chenxiang; Ai, Wei; Fan, Baojin; Meng,      Xiangchuan; Shi, Siyi; Hu, Xiaotian*; Chen, Yiwang*. A Wenzel      Interfaces Design for Homogeneous Solute Distribution Obtains Efficient      and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Materials, 2025, 37(9):      2417779.

9. Li, Haojie; Le, Jinglin; Tan, Hao; Hu, Lin; Li, Xin; Zhang,      Kai; Zeng, Shumin; Liu, Qianjin; Zhang, Meng; Shi, Linfeng; Cai, Zheren;      Liu, Siqi; Li, Hongxiang; Ye, Long; Hu, Xiaotian*; Chen, Yiwang*.      Synergistic Multimodal Energy Dissipation Enhances Certified Efficiency of      Flexible Organic Photovoltaics Beyond 19%. Advanced Materials,      2025, 37(5): 2411989.

10. Hu, Xiaotian; Ma, Wei*; Chen,      Yiwang*; Song, Yanlin*, et al. A Mechanically Robust Conducting Polymer      Network Electrode for Efficient Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells. Joule,      2019, 3(9): 2205-2218.