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Welcome to Yan Research Group

 

 

 

Group Leader



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Prof. Yanfa Yan

   Distinguished University Professor

   yanfa.yan@utoledo.edu

   Google Scholar
Ohio Research Scholar Endowed Chair/Professor,
Faculty Member, Ohio Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Toledo



Research Professors


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Dr. Xiaoming Wang

   Research Assistant Professor

   xiaoming.wang@utoledo.edu
Joined 2016

B.S., Sun Yat-sen University, China
Ph.D., Sun Yat-sen University, China
Postdoctoral researcher, Rutgers University, USA
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Toledo

Current research focus: first-principles materials modeling, theory of light-matter interaction



Postdoctoral Researchers


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Dr. Jaehoon Chung


   Jaehoon.Chung@UToledo.Edu
Joined Aug. 2020

B.S., Ajou University, Korea, Rep.
Ph.D., Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, Korea, Rep.
Postdoctoral researcher, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea, Rep.
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Toledo

Current research focus: perovskite solar cells and modules, photovoltaic device characterization techniques, and synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles.

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Dr. Rasha Awni


   rasha.awni@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined Dec. 2020

B.S., University of Baghdad, Iraq
M.Sc., University of Baghdad, Iraq
Ph.D., University of Toledo

Current research focus: perovskite solar cells and junction characterization.

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Dr. Tingting Zhu


   Tingting.Zhu@utoledo.edu
Joined Aug. 2023

B.S., Northeasten University, China
Ph.D., ShanghaiTech University and Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Joint-Supervision)
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Toledo

Current research focus: Chiral and ferroelectric materials and related Chiroptical properties

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Dr. Haoran Chen


   haoran.chen@utoledo.edu
Joined Aug. 2023

B.S., Inner Mongolia Minzu University
M.S., Nanjing Tech University
Ph.D., Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Toledo

Current research focus: Inverted perovskite solar cells and modules


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Dr. Hyoungwoo Kwon


   hyoungwoo.kwon@utoledo.edu
Joined Sep. 2024

B.S., Pusan National University, Korea, Rep.
Ph.D., Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, Rep.
Postdoctoral researcher, Northwestern University, USA
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Toledo, USA

Current research focus: Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules, Green Solvent Engineering


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Dr. Xueping Liu


   xueping.liu@utoledo.edu
Joined Dec. 2024

M.S., Wuhan University of Technology
Ph.D., University of Surrey
Postdoctoral researcher, University of California San Diego
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Toledo

Current research focus: All-perovskite tandem solar cells, perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, single-junction solar cells, up-scaling modules, and photovoltaic device characterizations


Graduate Students


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Kshitiz Dolia


   Kshitiz.Dolia@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined Jan. 2021

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Panjab University, India
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, USA
Ph.D. candidate, University of Toledo

Current research focus: perovskite solar cells

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Sabin Neupane


   Sabin.Neupane@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined Dec. 2020

B.Sc., Tribhuvan University, Nepal
M.Sc., Tribhuvan University, Nepal
M.S. , Clark Atlanta University, Georgia, USA
Ph.D. candidate, University of Toledo

Current research focus: CdTe Solar Cells

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Yeming Xian


   Yeming.Xian@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined Aug. 2021

B.S., Electronic Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Ph.D. candidate, University of Toledo

Current research focus: First-principle materials modeling and data-driven material discovery and design

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Muhammad Mohsin Saeed


   msaeed2@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined May 2022

B.S., Islamia university of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
M.S., Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
Ph.D. candidate, University of Toledo

Current research focus: perovskite solar cells

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Alisha Adhikari


   aadhika9@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined May 2022

B.Sc., Tribhuvan University, Nepal
M.S., University of Missouri-Kansas City, Missouri
Ph.D. candidate, University of Toledo

Current research focus: Characterization and Fabrication of Antimony Selenide Solar Cells

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Amirhossein Rahimi


   amirhossein.rahimi@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined Aug. 2022

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. candidate, University of Toledo

Current research focus: Perovskite solar cells and modules

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Hamim Sharif


   MdHamim.Sharif@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined Aug. 2023

B.S., Materials Science and Eng., University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
M.S., Physics, Incheon National University, the Republic of Korea
Ph.D. candidate, University of Toledo

Current research focus: CdTe Solar Cells

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Joel Blodgett


   Joel.Blodgett@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined Aug. 2023

B.S., Saginaw Valley State University
Ph.D. candidate, University of Toledo

Current research focus: Perovskite solar cells, characterization and synthesis techniques

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Sanjeeb Budhathoki


   sanjeeb.budhathoki@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined Aug. 2023

B.S., Tribhuvan University, Nepal
M.S., Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Ph.D. candidate, University of Toledo

Current research focus: CdTe Solar Cells

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Abdulai Rabiu


   abdulai.rabiu@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined Aug. 2023

B.Sc., Erciyes University, Turkey
M.Sc., Gaziantep University, Turkey
Ph.D. candidate, University of Toledo

Current research focus: Perovskite Solar Cells

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Wei Chen


   wei.chen4@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined Aug. 2024

B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, China
M.S., ShanghaiTech University, China
Ph.D. candidate, University of Toledo

Current research focus: Perovskite Solar Cells

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Sonal Bagade


   sonalsantosh.bagade@rockets.utoledo.edu
Joined Aug. 2024

B.S., Savitribai Phule Pune University, India
M.S., Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India
Ph.D. candidate, University of Toledo

Current research focus: Perovskite solar cells and modules (characterization and synthesis)







Alumni

 

Zhaoning Song (Postdoc & Research Assistant Professor & Research Associate Professor, 2017 - 2024, University of Toledo)

 

Yifan Yin (Postdoc, 2023 - 2024, First Solar)

 

Sheng Fu (Postdoc, 2022 - 2024, East China Normal University)

 

Nannan Sun (Ph.D. candidate, 2022 - 2024)

 

You Li (Ph.D., 2019 - 2023, First Solar)

 

Lei Chen (Ph.D., 2018 - 2023, NREL)

 

Dengbing Li (Postdoc & Research Assistant Professor, 2016 - 2023, Soochow University)

 

Sandip Singh Bista (Ph.D., 2018 - 2022, Intel)

 

Suman Rijal (Ph.D., 2018 - 2022, Coherent Corp.)

 

Canglang Yao (Postdoc, 2016- 2022, Fudan University)

 

Chongwen Li (Ph.D. & Postdoc, 2017 - 2022, Northwestern University)

 

Tao Zhu (Posdoc, 2021 - 2022)

 

Amir H. Ghahremani (Postdoc, 2021 - 2021, Tandem PV)

 

Corey Grice (2013 - 2018)

 

James Hack (Postdoc, 2021 - 2021, First Solar)

 

Enbing Bi

 

Zhifang Wu

 

Dachang Liu

 

Xiangyang Liu

 

Cong Chen

 

Yunkang Cui

 

Xiaolu Zheng

 

Xinxing Yin

 

Baicheng Weng

 

SeungWook Shin

 

Changlei Wang

 

Dewei Zhao

 

Hai Zhou

 

Weiwei Meng

 

Lei Guan

 

Qianqian Huang

 

Yue Yu

 

Weiqiang Liao

 

Alex Cimaroli

 

Zewen Xiao

 

Chunbao Feng

 

Wanjian Yin

 

Naba Paudel

 

Jie Ge

 

Weijun Ke

 

Feng Hong

 

Nik Franzer

 

Tinting Shi

 

Nick Xiao

 

Fang Zhang

 

Tejas Prabhakar

 

Dr. Zhiwei Wang

 

Daniel Bergman

 

Yelong Wu