HOU, Yi

Education

• PDF (ECE) University of Toronto, 2020
• PhD (MSE) University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, 2017

Research Interests

• Materials innovation in perovskite
• Perovskite-based tandem solar cells
• Interface design for optoelectronic devices
• Solar cell failure mechanisms and lifetime extension studies
• Scalable, economically viable thin-film deposition technologies

Selected Publications

Triple-junction solar cells with cyanate in ultrawide bandgap perovskites
Liu, S.; Lu, Y.; Yu, C.; Li, J.; Luo, R.; Guo, R.; Liang, H.; Jia, X.; Guo, X.; Wang, Y.; Zhou, Q.; Wang, X.; Yang, S.; Sui, M.; Müller-Buschbaum, P.; Hou, Y.*
Nature 628, 306-312 (2024).

Regulating phase homogeneity by self-assembled molecules for enhanced efficiency and stability of inverted perovskite solar cells.

Wang, X.; Li, J.; Guo, R.; Yin, X.; Luo, R.; Guo, D.; Ji, K.; Dai, L.; Liang, H.; Jia, X.; Chen, J.; Jia, Z.; Shi, Z.; Liu, S.; Wang, Y.; Zhou, Q.; Wang, T.; Pan, G.; Müller-Buschbaum, P.; Stranks, S. D.; Hou, Y.*
Nature Photonics (2024) DOI: 10.1038/s41566-024-01531-x

Enhancing the efficiency and longevity of inverted perovskite solar cells with antimony-doped tin oxides

Li, J.; Liang, H.; Xiao, C.; Jia, X.; Guo, R.; Chen, J.; Guo, X.; Luo, R.; Wang, X.; Li, M.; Rossier, M.; Hauser, A.; Linardi, F.; Alvianto, E.; Liu, S.; Feng, J.; Hou, Y.*
Nature Energy 9, 308–315 (2024).

Resonant perovskite solar cells with extended band edge

Feng, J.; Wang, X.; Li, J.; Liang, H.; Wen, W.; Alvianto, E.; Qiu, C.; Su, R.; Hou, Y.*
Nature Communications 14, 5392 (2023).

Monolithic perovskite/organic tandem solar cells with 23.6% efficiency enabled by reduced voltage losses and optimized interconnecting layer

Chen, W.; Zhu, Y.; Xiu, J.; Chen, G.; Liang, H.; Liu, S.; Xue, H.; Birgersson, E.; Ho, J. W.; Qin, X.; Lin, J.; Ma, R.; Liu, T.; He, Y.; Ng, M.-C.; Guo, X.; He, Z.*; Yan, H.; Djurišić, A. B.*; Hou, Y.*

Nature Energy 7, 229-237 (2022).

(†contributed equally; *corresponding author)