Education
• September 2000 - July 2005, Ph.D. in Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (Advisor: Xu Dongsheng)
• September 1996 - July 2000, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
Work Experience
• April 2024 - Present, Associate Professor/Vice Dean, School of Chemistry and Life Resources, Renmin University of China
• December 2021 - April 2024, Vice Chair, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China
• December 2020 - December 2021, Deputy Director (On secondment), Office of Laboratory Management and Teaching Facilities Development, Renmin University of China
• March 2016 - April 2023, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China
• September 2014 - February 2016, Visiting Scholar, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
• September 2012 - August 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• July 2008 - August 2012, Assistant Researcher, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• July 2005 - June 2008, Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
Honors and Awards
• 2019, Top 10 Class Advisor, Renmin University of China
• 2006, Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis, Peking University
• 2005, Outstanding Graduate, Peking University
Courses Taught
• Since 2023, Undergraduate course 'Physical Chemistry II'
• Since 2017, Graduate course 'Principles and Devices of Solar Cells'
• Since 2017, Undergraduate course 'Physical Chemistry I'
Research Interests: Energy Materials and Devices
(1) Design and optimization of perovskite solar cell.
(2) Dynamics of solar cell materials.
(3) Synthesis and optoelectronic applications of low-dimensional functional nanomaterials.
Research Achievements: Currently, over 60 SCI papers have been published in journals such as Nat. Commun., Adv. Sci., Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater. For a complete list of papers, please visit the following link: https://webofscience.clarivate.cn/wos/author/record/U-6120-2017
(1) Dong, H.; Shen, G.; Fang, H.; Li, Y.; Gao, X.; Song, Q.; Xu, X.; Wang, Y.; Mu, C.; Xu, D., Internal Encapsulation Strategy Using a Polymer Enables Efficient, Stable, and Lead-Safe Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 202402394
(2) Song, Q.; Li, Y.; Lin, Z.; Xu, X.; Dong, H.; Duan, H.; Guan, L.; Gao, X.; Ai, X.-C.; Mu, C., High-Fill-Factor Perovskite Solar Cells via Pseudohalide Salt Modification of the Substrate to Mitigate Nonradiative Recombination at the Interface. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, 9951.
(3) Cai, Q.; Lin, Z.; Zhang, W.; Xu, X.; Dong, H.; Yuan, S.; Liang, C.; Mu, C., Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells via CsPF6 Passivation of Perovskite Film Defects. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 4598.
(4) Lin, Z.; Zhang, W.; Cai, Q.; Xu, X.; Dong, H.; Mu, C.; Zhang, J.-P., Precursor Engineering of the Electron Transport Layer for Application in High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Science 2021, 8, 2102845.
(5) Zou, Y.; Wang, H.-Y.; Qin, Y.; Mu, C.; Li, Q.; Xu, D.; Zhang, J.-P., Reduced Defects of MAPbI(3) Thin Films Treated by FAI for High-Performance Planar Perovskite Solar Cells. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29, 1805810.
(6) Mu, C.; Pan, J.; Feng, S.; Li, Q.; Xu, D., Quantitative Doping of Chlorine in Formamidinium Lead Trihalide (FAPbI3−xClx) for Planar Heterojuction Perovskite Solar Cells. Adv. Energy. Mater. 2017, 7, 1601297.
(7) Liu, Y. H.; Mu, C.; Jiang, K.; Zhao, J. B.; Li, Y. K.; Zhang, L.; Li, Z. K.; Lai, J. Y. L.; Hu, H. W.; Ma, T. X.; Hu, R. R.; Yu, D. M.; Huang, X. H.; Tang, B. Z.; Yan, H., A Tetraphenylethylene Core-Based 3D Structure Small Molecular Acceptor Enabling Efficient Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells. Adv. Mater. 2015, 27 , 1015.
(8) Mu, C.; Liu, P.; Ma, W.; Jiang, K.; Zhao, J.; Zhang, K.; Chen, Z.; Wei, Z.; Yi, Y.; Wang, J.; Yang, S.; Huang, F.; Facchetti, A.; Ade, H.; Yan, H., High-Efficiency All-Polymer Solar Cells Based on a Pair of Crystalline Low-Bandgap Polymers. Adv. Mater. 2014, 26 , 7224.
(9) Liu, Y.; Zhao, J.; Li, Z.; Mu, C.; Ma, W.; Hu, H.; Jiang, K.; Lin, H.; Ade, H.; Yan, H., Aggregation and morphology control enables multiple cases of high-efficiency polymer solar cells. Nature Communications 2014, 5.
(10) Mu, C.; Yn, Y. X.; Wang, R. M.; Wu, K.; Xu, D. S.; Guo, G. L., Uniform metal nanotube arrays by multistep template replication and electrodeposition. Adv. Mater. 2004, 16 , 1550.
