Prof. Shangshang Chen obtained his bachelor degree from Nanjing University in 2014, then he got his Ph.D from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) under the supervision of Prof. He Yan in 2018. After that, he worked as post-doc at Prof. Jinsong Huang's group at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. In 2022, he joined state key laboratory of coordination chemistry of Nanjing University as PI. 

Prof. Chen's research interest focuses on organic opto-electrical materials and devices, and he has published about 50 papers in high-impact journals including Science, Nature Energy, Nature Sustainability, Science Advances, JACS, Joule, Advanced Materials and Advanced Energy Materials with a total citation of over 7,000 times.

Organic opto-electrical materials and devices:

1. Organic semiconductors and conductive polymers;

2. Organic solar cells;

3. Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite materials and devices;

4. Material and device characterization.

After joining NJU:

10. Ren Z.; Cui Z.; Shi X.; Wang L.; Dou Y.; Wang F.; Lin H.; Yan H.*; Chen S.*, Poly(carbazole phosphonic acid) as a versatile hole-transporting material for p-i-n perovskite solar cells and modules, Joule, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.10.014.

9. Yu H.; Wang Y.; Zou X.; Yin J.; Shi X.; Li Y.; Zhao H.; Wang L.; Ng H.; Zou B.; Lu X.; Wong K.*; Ma W.; Zhu Z.*; Yan H.*; Chen S.*, Improved Photovoltaic Performance and Robustness of All-Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by A Polyfullerene Guest Acceptor, Nature Communications, 2023, accepted.

8. Wang F.; Shi X.; Yu H.; Wang L.; Ren Z.; Chen S.*, Efficient Blade-Coated p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules Enabled by Effective Molecular N Doping, Small, 2023, accepted.

7. Xiao M.; Ren X.*; Ji K.; Chung S.; Shi X.; Han J.; Yan Z.; Tao X.; Zelewski S.; Nikolka M.; Zhang Y.; Zhang Z.; Wang Z.; Jay N.; Jacobs I.; Wu W.; Yu H.; Samad Y.; Strank S.; Kang B.; Cho K.; Xie J.; Yan H*; Chen S.*; Sirringhaus H.*, Achieving ideal transistor characteristics in conjugated polymer semiconductors,Science Advances, 2023, accepted.

6. Shi X.; Chen S.* Carbon-based electrodes for organic solar cells, ChemPlusChem, 2023, invited review.

5. Hai, J.*; Li, L.; Song, Y.; Liu, X.; Shi, X.; Wang, Z.; Chen, X.; Lu, Z.; Li, X.; Pang, Y.; Yu, J.*; Hu, H.*; Chen, S.*, Ending Group Modulation of Asymmetric Non-Fullerene Acceptors Enables Efficient Green Solvent Processed Organic Solar Cells, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej. 2023.142178.

4. Hai, J.*; Song, Y.; Li, L.; Liu, X.; Shi, X.; Huang, Z.; Qian, G.; Lu, Z.; Yu, J.*; Hu, H.*; Chen, S.*, High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Chalcogen Containing Branched Chain Engineering: Balancing Short-Circuit Current and Open-Circuit Voltage, Enhancing Fill Factor, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2023, 2213429.

3. Shangshang Chen (Introducing), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, doi.org/10.1002/anie.202216455.

2. Yin J.‡; Shi X.‡; Wang L.; Yan H.*; Chen S.*, High-Performance Inverted Perovskite Solar Devices Enabled by a Polyfullerene Electron Transporting Material, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, doi.org/10.1002/anie.202210610.

1. K. H.; Yu H.*; Pan X.; Shi X.; Zhao H.; Qi Z.; Liu W.; Ma W.; Yan H.*; Chen S.*, Linker Unit Modulation of Polymer Acceptors Enables Highly Efficient Air-Processed All-Polymer Solar Cells, Advanced Science, 2022, 9, 220223.

Prior to NJU:

1.Chen, S.; Dai, X.; Xu, S.; Jiao, H.; Zhao, L.; Huang, J.* Stabilizing perovskite-substrate interfaces for high-performance perovskite modules, Science 373, 902 (2021).

2.Yang, S.‡;Chen, S.‡; Mosconi, E.; Fang, Y.; Xiao, X.; Wang, C.; Zhou, Y.; Yu, Z.; Zhao, J.; Gao, Y.; Angelis, D. F.; Huang, J.* Stabilizing Halide Perovskite Surfaces for Solar Cell Operation with Wide-Bandgap Lead Oxysalts. Science 365, 473-478 (2019).

3.Chen, S.; Deng, Y.; Gu, H.; Xu, S.; Wang, S.; Yu, Z.; Blum, V.; Huang, J.* Trapping Lead inside Perovskite Solar Modules with Abundant and Low-Cost Cation Exchange Resins. Nature Energy 5, 1003-1011 (2020).

4.Liu, J.‡;Chen, S.‡;Qian, D.; Gautam, B.; Yang, G.; Zhao, J.; Bergqvist, J.; Zhang, F.; Ma, W.; Ade, H.; Inganäs, O.; Gundogdu, K.;* Gao, F.;*Yan, H.* Fast Charge Separation in a Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cell with a Small Driving Force. Nature Energy 1, 16089 (2016).

5. Chen. S.; Deng, Y.; Xiao, X.; Xu, S.; Huang, J.* Preventing Lead Leakage with Built-in Resin Layers for Sustainable Perovskite Solar Cells. Nature Sustainability 4, 636-643(2021).

6.Chen, S.; Xiao, X.; Chen, B.; Kelly, L.; Zhao, J.; Lin, Y.; Toney, M., Huang, J.* Crystallization in One-Step Solution Deposition of Perovskite Films: Upward or Downward? Science Advances 7, eabb2412 (2021).

7.Chen, S.; Xiao, X.; Gu, H.; Huang, J.* Iodine Reduction for Reproducible and High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules. Science Advances 7, eabe8130 (2021). (highlighted by Nature Reviews Materials, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-021-00310-2)

8.Chen, S.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, L.; Chow, P. C.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, G.; Ma, W.;* Yan, H.* A Wide-Bandgap Donor Polymer for Highly Efficient Non-fullerene Organic Solar Cells with a Small Voltage Loss. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 6298 (2017).

9. Chen, S.; Liu, Y.; Xiao, X.; Yu, Z.; Deng, Y.; Dai, X.; Ni, Z.; Huang, J.* Identifying the Soft Nature of Defective Perovskite Surface Layer and Its Removal Using a Facile Mechanical Approach. Joule 4, 2661-2674(2020).

10.Chen, S.‡; Wang, Y.‡; Zhang, L.; Zhao, J.; Chen, Y.; Zhu, D.; Yao, H.; Zhang, G.; Ma, W.; Friend, H. R.; Chow, P. C.;* Gao, F.;* Yan, H.* Efficient Nonfullerene Organic Solar cells with Small Driving Forces for Both Hole and Electron Transfer. Adv. Mater. 30, 1804215 (2018).

11.Chen, S.‡; Zhang, G.‡; Liu, J.; Yao, H.; Zhang, J.; Ma, T.; Li, Z.; Yan, H.* An All‐Solution Processed Recombination Layer with Mild Post‐Treatment Enabling Efficient Homo‐Tandem Non‐Fullerene Organic Solar Cells. Adv. Mater. 29, 1604231 (2017).

12.Chen, S.‡; Yao, H.‡; Hu, B.; Zhang, G.; Arunagiri, L.; Ma, L.; Huang, J.; Zhang, J.; Zhu, Z.; Bai, F.; Ma, W.;* Yan, H.* A Nonfullerene Semitransparent Tandem Organic Solar Cell with 10.5% Power Conversion Efficiency. Adv. Energy Mater. 8, 1800529 (2018).

13.Chen, S.; Yao, H.; Li, Z.; Awartani, O. M.; Liu, Y.; Wang, Z.; Yang, G.; Zhang, J.; Ade, H.;* Yan, H.* Surprising Effects upon Inserting Benzene Units into a Quaterthiophene‐Based D‐A Polymer–Improving Non‐Fullerene Organic Solar Cells via Donor Polymer Design. Adv. Energy Mater. 7, 1602304 (2017).

14.Chen, S.; Zhang, L.; Ma, C.; Meng, D.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, G.; Li, Z.; Chow, P. C.; Ma, W.;* Wang, Z.; Wong, K. S.; Ade, H.; Yan, H.* Alkyl Chain Regiochemistry of Benzotriazole‐Based Donor Polymers Influencing Morphology and Performances of Non‐Fullerene Organic Solar Cells. Adv. Energy Mater. 8, 1702427 (2018).

15.Lin, H.‡;Chen, S.‡;Li, Z.‡; Lai, J. Y. L.; Yang, G.; McAfee, T.; Jiang, K.; Li, Y.; Liu, Y.; Hu, H.;Zhao, J.; Ma, W.; Ade, H.; Yan, H.* High‐Performance Non‐Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells Based on a Pair of Donor–Acceptor Materials with Complementary Absorption Properties. Adv. Mater. 27, 7299 (2015).

16.Lin, H.‡;Chen, S.‡;Hu, H.; Zhang, L.; Ma, T.; Lai, J. Y. L.; Li, Z.; Qin, A.; Huang, X.; Tang, B.; Yan, H.* Reduced Intramolecular Twisting Improves the Performance of 3D Molecular Acceptors in Non‐Fullerene Organic Solar Cells. Adv. Mater. 28, 8546 (2016).

17.Chen, S.‡; Meng, D.‡*; Huang, J.; Liang, N.; Li, Y.; Liu, F.; Yan, H.*; Wang, Z.* Symmetry Induced Orderly Assembly Achieving High-Performance Perylene Diimide-based Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells. CCS Chem. 3, 78-84(2021).