Main research directions include silicon photonics (silicon-based optoelectronics), covering all-silicon lasers, black silicon solar cells, all-silicon infrared detectors, and infrared solar cells. Research work has been reported by over 30 mainstream and professional media outlets.

Principal inventor of the all-silicon laser, all-silicon WLED, and high-efficiency black silicon solar cell. Extensive research experience in surface plasmons, field passivation effects, photoluminescence enhancement, photoluminescence conversion, silicon surface nanotexturing, strong full-solar-spectrum absorption of silicon, monocrystalline silicon cell fabrication, and metal ion diffusion behaviour. Has led and participated in multiple national defence and NSFC projects, 973 sub-projects, and key projects of the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission.

Placement of supervised graduate students:

Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) – “Hundred Talents Plan” recipient

55th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation – Chief Expert of Military Science Committee

Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, CAS

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology

Shanghai Integrated Circuit R&D Centre

Fullgoal Fund Management Co., Ltd.

Founder of Chuangzhi Huiyuan and several other companies

Second Prize, Pre-research Project of China Academy of Engineering Physics

Shanghai University Outstanding Young Teacher Award, 1999

Ministry of Education Outstanding Young Teacher Fund, 2003

Undergraduate, Department of Physics, Fudan University

Master’s student, Department of Physics, Fudan University

Doctoral student, Department of Physics, Fudan University

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Graz, Austria

Assistant Researcher, University of Houston, USA

Undergraduate course: University Physics

Postgraduate courses: English for Specific Purposes; Nanophotonics

Has published SCI-indexed papers in domestic and international journals: 100+ papers，Granted 8 invention patents; co-authored 1 English-language academic monograph (Nova Science Publishers, USA); completed multiple national-defence reports。

Recent papers：

Achieving high brightness of Si LED via a field effect approach ， Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 061105(2014)

Surface plasmons on Ag clusters induced via ultrasonic and thermal treatments and their enhancement of Si light emission ， Physica E 64, 63-67(2014)

Mass production of Si quantum dots for c-Si solar cell efficiency improvement ， Mater. Lett. 133, 80-82(2014)

Enhancing the brightness of Si nanocrystal light emitting device with electro-excited surface plasmons ， Nanotechnology 25, 355203(2014)

Enhancing optical gains in Si nanocrystals with hydrogenation and cerium doping ， J. Appl. Phys. 116, 043512(2014)

Effects of crystallographic surface and co-sputtered atom on the growth of ion-sputter induced Si nanocone arrays ， Appl. Phys. A 119, 1033-1038(2015)

A synergetic effect of surface texture and field passivations on improving Si solar cell performance ， Physica E 71, 96-100(2015)

Enhancing photocatalysis in SrTiO 3 by using Ag nanoparticles: A two-step excitation model for surface plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis ， J. Chem. Phys. 143, 084706(2015)

White light emissions and optical gains from a Si nanocrystal thin film ， Nanotechnology 26, 475203(2015)

A synergetic application of surface plasmon and field effect to improve Si solar cell performance ， Nanotechnology 27, 145203(2016)

A porous Si emitter crystalline-Si solar cell with 18.97% efficiency s ， Nanotechnology 27, 425207(2016)

High Fill Factors of Si Solar Cells Achieved by Using an Inverse Connection Between MOS and PN Junctions ， Nanoscale Res. Lett. 11, 453(2016)

A Synergetic Effect of Surface Plasmon and Ammoniation on the Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of ZnO Nanorods ， RSC Advances 6, 97808-97817(2016)

Light emissions from a Si crystalline thin film prepared by HSQ ， Physica E 89, 57-60(2017)

Enhancing the ultraviolet-visible-near infrared photovoltaic responses of crystalline-silicon solar cell by using aluminum nanoparticles ， Physica E 94, 174-177(2017)

An Investigation on a Crystalline-Silicon Solar Cell with Black Silicon Layer at the Rear ， Nanoscale Research Letters, 12, 623(2017)

An all-silicon laser based on silicon nanocrystals with high optical gains ， Science Bulletin 63(2)75-77 (2018)

A Synergetic Effect of Ytterbium-doping and Ammoniation on Enhancing UV and visible Photocatalytic Activities of TiO2 ， Chemical Physics Letters, 2018, 64C: 53-59.

Black silicon Schottky photodetector in sub-bandgap near-infrared regime ， Optics Express 27(3), 3161-3168(2019)

Emission characteristics and wavelength tunability of all-silicon distributed feedback lasers ， IEEE JSTQE 26(2), 1500107(1-7)(2020)

All-Inorganic Silicon White Light-Emitting Device with an External Quantum Efficiency of 1.0% ， Opt. Express 28, 194(2020). （The work was featured by Laser Focus World，J. Wallace, Laser Focus World 56, 31(2020)）

High-pressure hydrogenation induced light emission enhancement of Si nanocrystals ， Opt. Express 28 ， 23320-23328 （ 2020 ）

Improving the performance of crystalline Si solar cell by high-pressure hydrogenation ， Chinese Phys. B Vol. 29, No. 11 (2020) 118801

High-pressure Ar passivation to enhance the photoluminescence of Si nanocrystals, Physics E 131, 114680(2021).

High brightness silicon nanocrystal white light-emitting diode with luminance of 2060 cd/m 2 , Optics Express 29, 34126-34134(2021). （The work was featured by Semiconductor Today, M. Cooke, Semiconductor Today, October (2021)。It was the brightest siliconLED——See:：L. Pavesi, “Thirty Years in Silicon Photonics: A Personal View”, Frontiers in Physics 9, 786028 (December 2021)）

Achieving high-responsivity near-infrared detection at room temperature by nano-Schottky junction arrays via a black silicon/platinum contact approach, Photonics Research 9, 1324-1329(2021).

Dispersed freestanding silicon nanocrystals for Si white light-emitting diode, Chemical Physics Letters 785, 139155(2021).

A synergistic approach of interface engineering to improve the performance of silicon nanocrystal light-emitting diode, Vacuum 197, 110822(2022).

Observation of waveguide Fabry-Perot lasing in highly efficient Si nanocrystals, Results in Physics 34, 105336 (2022).

Sub-bandgap near-infrared photovoltaic response in Au/Al2O3/n-Si metal–insulator–semiconductor structure by plasmon-enhanced internal photoemission, Discover Nano, 18(2023): 33.

A Silicon Sub-Bandgap Near-Infrared Photodetector with High Detectivity Based on Textured Si/Au Nanoparticle Schottky Junctions Covered with Graphene Film, Sensors, 23(2023): 6184.