Morphology investigation of organic electronics (OPV, OFET, etc) and device fabrication

Development of Synchrotron & neutron techniques (resonant soft x-ray scattering and neutron scattering)

Interface and surface structure of Soft matter (block copolymer, potein, etc...)

03/2015-now,  Xi’an Jiaotong University, Materials Science and Engnieering, Professor

07/2014- now,  Hong Kong University Science Technology,  Department, Hong Kong, Affiliated Assistant Professor    

07/2014-02/2015, Xi’an Jiaotong University-Hong Kong University Science Technology, Joint School Sustainable Development, Xi’an, China. Principle Investigator

2011-2014, Department of Physics, North-Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA. Postdoc Researcher

09/2010-09/2011, Chemistry Department, Ecole Normale Supérieur (ENS-Paris-ULM) , Paris, France. ATER

09/2007-12/2010   Université de Pierre Marie Curie (UPMC) - Paris 6, Paris, France. Ph.D.

09/2006-07/2007   Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France. Master

09/2005-07/2006   South China University of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou,  China. Bachelor

09/2001-07/2005   South China University of Technology, Guangzhou,  China. Bachelor 

2015 “ Young Talent Support Plan” of XJTU

2016 “1000 Young Talent ” of China

2016

68. Triperylene Hexaimides Based All-Small-Molecule Solar Cells with an Efficiency over 6% and Open Circuit Voltage of 1.04 V

Ningning Liang, Dong Meng, Zetong Ma, Bin Kan, Xiangyi Meng, Zhong Zheng, Wei Jiang, Yan Li, Xiangjian Wan, Jianhui Hou,* Wei Ma,* Yongsheng Chen,* Zhaohui Wang*, 2016, Adv. Energy Mater DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201601664 

67. 11.3% Efficiency for Inverted Small-Molecule Solar Cells with the Optimized Vertical and Lateral Composition Distribution
Dan Den^1ϯ, Yajie Zhang^1ϯ, Jianqi Zhang, Zaiyu Wang, Lingyun Zhu, Jin Fang, Zhen Wang, Benzheng Xia, Zhen Wang, Kun Lu^*,Wei Ma^*, Zhixiang Wei*, Nature Communication 7, 13094 (2016) DOI:10.1038/ncomms13094 

66. Donor polymer design enables efficient non-fullerene organic solar cells
Zhengke Li, Kui Jiang, Guofang Yang, Joshua Yuk Lin Lai, Tingxuan Ma, Jingbo Zhao, Wei Ma* and He Yan*, Nature Communication 7, 13094 (2016) DOI:10.1038/ncomms13094

65. π-Conjugated Lewis Base: Efficient Trap-Passivation and Charge-Extraction for Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells
Yuze Lin, Liang Shen, Jun Dai, Yehao Deng, Yang Wu, Yang Bai, Xiaopeng Zheng, Jiayu Wang, Yanjun Fang, Haotong Wei, Wei Ma, Xiaocheng Zeng, Xiaowei Zhan and Jinsong Huang*, 2016, Adv. Mater. DOI: 10.1002/adma.20160XX

64. Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymers with Thienyl and Thiazolyl Linkers for Application in Field-Effect Transistors and Polymer Solar Cells, 
Yaping Yu, Yang Wu, Andong Zhang, Cheng Li, Zheng Tang, Wei Ma,*, Yonggang Wu,* and Weiwei Li*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06967

 63. Enhancing the Photovoltaic Performance of Binary Acceptors- based Conjugated Polymers Incorporating Methyl Units 
Guitao Feng, Yunhua Xu,* Yang Wu, Cheng Li, Fan Yang, Yaping Yu, Wei Ma* and Weiwei  Li* , RSC Advances, 2016, DOI: 10.1039/C6RA17986J

 62. Mapping Polymer Donors towards HighEfficiency Fullerene Free Organic Solar Cells
Yuze Lin,^# Fuwen Zhao,^# Yang Wu,^# Kai Chen, Yuxin Xia, Guangwu Li, Shyamal K. K. Prasad, Jingshuai Zhu, Lijun Huo, Haijun Bin, Zhi-Guo Zhang, Xia Guo, Maojie Zhang, Yanming Sun, Feng Gao, Zhixiang Wei, Wei Ma, Chunru Wang, Justin Hodgkiss, Zhishan Bo, Olle Inganäs, Yongfang Li and Xiaowei Zhan*, 2016, Adv. Mater DOI: 10.1002/adma.201604155

 61. Indenothiophene-Based Wide Bandgap Copolymer for Polymer Fullerene Solar Cells with 9.01% Efficiency and 1.0 V Open Circuit Voltage
Meng Wang, Zaiyu Wang, Wei Ma,* Shan-Ci Chen, and Qingdong Zheng*, Adv. Electro. Mater. 2016, DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201600340

 60. Enhanced Molecular Packing of a Conjugated Polymer with High Organic Thermoelectric Power Factor
Wei Ma*, Ke Shi, Yang Wu, Zuo-Yu Lu, Han-Yu Liu, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei*,  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, DOI : 10.1021/acsami.6b06899

 59. Effect of Fluorination on Molecular Orientation of Conjugated Polymers in High Performance Field-Effect Transistors

Andong Zhang, Chengyi Xiao, Yang Wu, Cheng Li, Yunjing Ji, Lin Li, Wenping Hu, Zhaohui Wang, Wei Ma*, and Weiwei Li*, 2016, Macromolecules, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01446

 58, Effect of Alkyl Side Chains of Conjugated Polymer Donors on the Device Performance of Non-Fullerene Solar Cells
Dongdong Xia, Yang Wu, Qiang Wang, Andong Zhang, Cheng Li, Yuze Lin, Fallon J. M. Colberts, Jacobus J. van Franeker, René A. J. Janssen, Xiaowei Zhan, Wenping Hu, Zheng Tang, Wei Ma*, and Weiwei Li*, 2016, Macromolecules, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01326

 57. High-Performance Conjugated Terpolymer-Based Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
Bingbing Fan,  Xiaonan Xue,  Xiangyi Meng,  Xiaobo Sun,  Lijun Huo, Wei Ma, Yanming Sun J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, DOI: 10.1039/C6TA05886H

 56. An effective way to reduce energy loss and enhance open-circuit voltage in polymer solar cells based on a diketopyrrolopyrrole polymer containing three regular alternating units
Yahui Liu,  Guangwu Li,  Zhe Zhang,a   Liangliang Wu,  Jianya Chen,  Xinjun Xu,*  Xuebo Chen, Wei Ma and  Zhishan Bo*, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, DOI: 10.1039/C6TA05471D

 55. Efficient and stable organic solar cells via sequential process
Pei Cheng,  Cenqi Yan,  Yang Wu,  Shuixing Dai,  Wei Ma* and  Xiaowei Zhan*, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, DOI: 10.1039/C6TC02338J

 54, Ternary Blend Polymer Solar Cells Combining Fullerene and Non-Fullerene Acceptors to Synergistically Boost the Photovoltaic Performance
Heng Lu, Jicheng Zhang, Jianya Chen, Qian Liu, Xue Gong, Shiyu Feng, Xinjun Xu*, Wei Ma* and Zhishan Bo*, Adv. Mater. 2016, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201603588

 53, High Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells by Synergistic Effects of Fine-Tuned Crystallinity and Solvent Annealing

Zhaojun Li, Xiaofeng Xu, Wei Zhang, Xiangyi Meng, Wei Ma, Arkady Yartsev, Olle Inganäs, Mats R. Andersson, René A. J. Janssen, and Ergang Wang, J. Am. Chem, Soc.  2016, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b04822

 52. A Wide-Bandgap Conjugated Polymer for Highly Efficient Inverted Single and Tandem Polymer Solar Cells

Bing Guo,   Xia Guo,   Wanbin Li,   Xiangyi Meng,   Wei Ma,   Maojie Zhang and    Yongfang Li 

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, DOI: 10.1039/C6TA04950H

 51. Three-Bladed Rylene Propellers with Three-Dimensional Network Assembly for Organic Electronics
Dong Meng, Huiting Fu, Chengyi Xiao, Xiangyi Meng, Thorsten Winands, Wei Ma, Wei Wei, Bingbing Fan, Lijun Huo, Nikos L. Doltsinis, Yan Li, Yanming Sun*, and Zhaohui Wang*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 (32), pp 10184–10190

 50. 10.8% Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Based on PTB7-Th and PC71BM via Binary Solvent Additives Treatment
Qun Wan, Xia Guo*, Zaiyu Wang, Wanbin Li, Bing Guo, Wei Ma*, Maojie Zhang* and Yongfang Li, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201602181

 49. Structure Evolution of Oligomer Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors toward High Efficiency of As-Cast Polymer Solar Cells
Yuze Lin, Tengfei Li, Fuwen Zhao, Lei Han, Zaiyu Wang, Yang Wu, Qiao He, Jiayu Wang, Lijun Huo*, Yanming Sun, Chunru Wang, Wei Ma, Xiaowei Zhan*，Adv. Energy Mater. 2016,  DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201600854

 48. Fast charge separation in a non-fullerene organic solar cell with a small driving force
Jing Liu, Shangshang Chen, Deping Qian, Bhoj Gautam, Guofang Yang, Jingbo Zhao, Jonas Bergqvist, Fengling Zhang, Wei Ma, Harald Ade, Olle Inganäs, Kenan Gundogdu*, Feng Gao*, and He Yan*, Nature Energy, 2016, DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.89  PDF
47. Alloy Acceptor: Superior Alternative to PCBM toward Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells
Pei Cheng, Cenqi Yan, Yang Wu, Jiayu Wang, Meng Qin, Qiaoshi An, Jiamin Cao, Lijun Huo, Fujun Zhang, Liming Ding, Yanming Sun, Wei Ma, Xiaowei Zhan*,Adv. Mater. 2016, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201602067

45. 1,8-Naphthalimide-based nonfullerene acceptors for wide optical band gap polymer solar cells with an ultrathin active layer thickness of 35 nm

Jicheng Zhang,  Hongmei Xiao,  Xuejuan Zhang,  Yang Wu,  Guangwu Li  Cuihong Li,*  Xuebo Chen,   Wei Ma* and   Zhishan Bo*, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, DOI:10.1039/C6TC01438K

44. Effect of Solvent Additive on Active Layer Morphologies and Photovoltaic Performance of Polymer Solar Cells Based on PBDTTT-C-T/PC71BM 
Xia Guo, Maojie Zhang*, Wei Ma*, Shaoqing Zhang, Jianhui Hou*,  Yongfang Li , RSC Adv., 2016, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/C6RA06020J
43. Fullerene-free Polymer Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage Above 1.2V: TuningPhase Separation Behavior with Oligomer to Replace Polymer Acceptor
Yingying Fu, Bei Wang, Jianfei Qu, Yang Wu, Wei Ma*, Yanhou Geng*, Yanchun Han, Zhiyuan Xie*, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201601880

41. High Bandgap (1.9 eV) Polymer with Over 8% Efficiency in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
Zewdneh Genene, Junyi Wang, Xiangyi Meng, Wei Ma, Xiaofeng Xu, Renqiang Yang*, Wendimagegn Mammo*, Ergang Wang*, Adv. Electro. Mater. 2016, DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201600084

40. A High-Performance Electron Acceptor with Thienyl Side Chains for Organic Photovoltaics
Yuze Lin, Fuwen Zhao, Qiao He, Lijun Huo, Yang Wu, Timothy C. Parker, Wei Ma, Yanming Sun, Chunru Wang, Daoben Zhu, Alan J. Heeger, Seth R. Marder, and Xiaowei Zhan* J. Am. Chem, Soc. 2016, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b02004

39. Perylene Diimide Trimers-Based Bulk-Heterojuction Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency over 7% 
Ningning Liang, Kai Sun, Zhong Zheng, Huifeng Yao, Guangpeng Gao, Xiangyi Meng, Zhaohui Wang*, Wei Ma*,  Jianhui Hou*, Adv. Energy Mater. 2016, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201600060

38. Inverted all-polymer solar cells based on a quinoxaline–thiophene/naphthalene-diimide polymer blend improved by annealing

Yuxin Xia,  Chiara Musumeci,  Jonas Bergqvist,  Wei Ma,  Feng Gao,  Zheng Tang,  Sai Bai,  Yizheng Jin,  Chenhui Zhu, Renee Kroon,   Cheng Wang,   Mats R. Andersson,   Lintao Hou,  Olle Inganäs* and   Ergang Wang*, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, DOI: 10.1039/C6TA00531D 

37. Efficient organic solar cells processed from hydrocarbon solvents

Jingbo Zhao, Yunke Li, Guofang Yang, Kui Jiang, Haoran Lin, Harald Ade, Wei Ma*, He Yan*, Nature Energy, 2016, DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2015.27  PDF

36. Optimized “Alloy-Parallel” Morphology of Ternary Organic Solar Cells

Zaiyu Wang, Yajie Zhang, Jianqi Zhang, Zhixiang Wei*, Wei Ma*, Adv. Energy Mater. 2016,  DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201502456 PDF

35. Efficient fullerene-free organic solar cells based on fused-ring oligomer molecules

Yuze Lin, Jiayu Wang,  Tengfei Li,  Yang Wu, Cheng Wang,   Lei Han,  Yuehan Yao,   Wei Ma* and   Xiaowei Zhan*, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 1486-1494

34. High Performance Hole Transport and Quasi-Balanced Ambipolar OFETs Based on D-A-A Thieno-benzo-isoindigo Polymers

David Ian James, Suhao Wang, Wei Ma*, Svante Hedström, Xiangyi Meng, Petter Persson, Simone Fabiano, Xavier Crispin, Mats R. Andersson, Magnus Berggren,* Ergang Wang*, Adv. Electro. Mater. 2016, DOI:

33. Surface Treatment by Binary Solvents Inducing Crystallization of Small Molecular Donor for Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance

Weihua Zhou,   Yuanpeng Xie,   Xiaotian Hu,   Lin Zhang,   Xiangchuan Meng,   Yong Zhang and  Wei Ma*,  Yiwang Chen*,  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, DOI: 10.1039/C5CP05644F PDF

 2015

32. One-Step Synthesis of Precursor Oligomers for Organic Photovoltaics – A Comparative Study between Polymers and Small Molecules

Wei Li, Daojuan Wang, Suhao Wang, Wei Ma*, Svante Hedström, David Ian James, Xiaofeng Xu, Petter Persson, Simone Fabiano, Magnus Berggren, Olle Inganäs, Fei Huang*, and Ergang Wang*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09460 PDF

31. Terthiophene-Based D−A Polymer with an Asymmetric Arrangement of Alkyl Chains That Enables Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

Huawei Hu, Kui Jiang, Guofang Yang, J. Liu, Z. Li, H. Lin, Y. Liu, Jingbo Zhao, Jie Zhang, Fei Huang, Yongquan Qu, Wei Ma* and He Yan*, J. Am. Chem, Soc. 2015,DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b08556 PDF

30. A Cross-linkable Donor Polymer as the Underlying Layer to Tune the active layer Morphology of polymer solar cells

Bin Meng, Zaiyu Wang, Wei Ma*, Zhiyuan Xie, Jun Liu* and Lixiang Wang , Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015, DOI: adfm.201503833 PDF

29. A planar electron acceptor for efficient polymer solar cells
Yao Wu, Huitao Bai, Zaiyu Wang, Pei Cheng, Siya Zhu, Yifan Wang, Wei Ma and Xiaowei Zhan, Energy Environ. Sci., 2015,  DOI: 10.1039/C5EE02477C PDF

28. Influence of Processing Parameters and Molecular Weight on the Morphology and Properties of High-performance PffBT4T-2OD:PC₇₁BM Organic Solar Cells 

Wei Ma*, Guofang Yang, Kui Jiang, Joshua H Carpenter, Yang Wu, Xiangyi Meng, Terry McAfee, Jingbo Zhao, Chenhui Zhu, Cheng Wang, Harald Ade*, He Yan*, Adv. Energy Mater. 2015, In press, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201501400 PDF

27. High-Performance Nonfullerene Polymer Solar CellsBased on a Pair of Donor–Acceptor Materials with Complementary Absorption Properties

Haoran Lin, Shangshang Chen, Zhengke Li, Joshua Yuk Lin Lai, Guofang Yang, Terry McAfee, Kui Jiang, Yunke Li, Yuhang Liu, Huawei Hu, Jingbo Zhao, Wei Ma, Harald Ade, and He Yan*, Adv. Mater. 2015, DOI : adma201502775

26. Nonfullerene acceptors based on extended fused rings flanked with benzothiadiazolylmethylenemalononitrile for polymer solar cells, Huitao Bai,  Yao Wu,  Yifan Wang,  Yang Wu,  Rong Li,  Pei Cheng,  Mingyu Zhang,  Jiayu Wang,  Wei Ma and  Xiaowei Zhan* , J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, DOI:10.1039/C5TA05901A  PDF   

25. Understanding the Impact of Hierarchical Nanostructure in Ternary Organic Solar Cells

Jin Fang, Zaiyu Wang, Jianqi Zhang,* Yajie Zhang, Dan Deng, Zhen Wang, Kun Lv, Wei Ma,* and Zhixiang Wei*, Advanced Science, 2015, In press, DOI : advs201500250 PDF

24.  Enhancing the photovoltaic performance by tuning the morphology of polymer:PC71BM blends with a commercially available nucleating agent

Heng Lu, Yang Wu, Wenhua Li, Hedi Wei, Wei Ma*, and Zhishan Bo*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06674 PDF

23. Rational selection of Solvents and Fine Tuning of Morphologies toward Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Fabricated Using Green Solvents 
Delong Liu, Zaiyu Wang, Shaoqing Zhang, Zhong Zheng, Bei Yang, Wei Ma* and Jianhui Hou*, RSC Adv. 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C5RA14013G PDF

22.   Incorporation of Fluorine onto Different Positions of Phenyl Substituted Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene Unit: Influence on Photovoltaic Properties         Jun Yuan, Yingping Zou*, Ruili Cui, Yi-Hsiang Chao, Zaiyu Wang, Mingchao Ma, Yuehui He, Yongfang Li, Amanda Rindgen, Wei Ma*, Dequan Xiao, Zhishan Bo, Xinjun Xu, Lidong Li, and Chain-Shu Hsu* Macromolecules 2015 48 (13), 4347-4356 PDF

21. A Large-Bandgap Conjugated Polymer for Versatile Photovoltaic Applications with High Performance
 Maojie Zhang, Xia Guo, Wei Ma*, Harald Ade*, Jianhui Hou*, Adv. Mater., 2015, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502110 PDF

20.  Diluting concentrated solution: A general, simple and effective approach to enhance efficiency of polymer solar cells
Pei Cheng, Cenqi Yan, Yongfang Li , Wei Ma*, Xiaowei Zhan*, Energy Environ. Sci., 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C5EE01838B PDF 

19.  Conjugated polymer-small molecule alloy leads to high efficient ternary organic solar cells 
Jianqi Zhang, Yajie Zhang, Jin Fang, Kun Lu, Zaiyu Wang, Wei Ma*, and Zhixiang Wei*, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2015, DOI:10.1021/jacs.5b03449 PDF

18.    Dramatic performance enhancement for large bandgap thick-film polymer solar cells introduced by a difluorinated donor unit
Zhengke Li, Haoran Lin, Kui Jiang, Joshua Carpenter, Yunke Li, Yuhang Liu, Huawei Hu, Jingbo Zhao, Wei Ma, Harald Ade, He Yan，Nano Energy  2015, DOI:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.05.016 PDF  
17.    Tuning local molecular orientation-composition correlations in binary organic thin films by solution shearing
 Wei Ma, J. Reinspach, Yan Zhou, Ying Diao, T. McAfee, S C. B Mannsfeld, Zhenan Bao*, Harald Ade*, Adv. Funct. Mater.  2015, DOI:               10.1002/ adfm.201500468 PDF