1. Novel semiconductor materials and devices, including flexible optoelectronic devices and self-powered GaN-based photodetectors;
2022—Present University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Master Supervisor.
2021—Present Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), Associate Research Fellow (Excellent Youth Prize of SINANO).
2018—2019 Leibniz Association (Germany), Paul-Drude-Institut fu？r Festko？rperelektronik,
Postdoctor (Awarded Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellowships).
2017—2020 CAS, SINANO, Assistant Research Fellow.
Education
2012—2017 Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU), Doctor of Engineering Science (Awarded Doctoral National Scholarship).
2015—2016 University of Liverpool (UK), Joint PhD candidate (Supported by China Scholarship Council).
2008—2012 XJTU, Double Bachelor's Degrees (Engineering & Economics).
As the (Co-) first author or corresponding author, Dr. Zhao has published >20 academic papers in some well-known SCI journals from 2015 to 2022, such as Nano Energy, Fundamental Research, ACS Photonics, Adv. Mater. Interfaces, ACS Appl. Nano Mater., Appl. Phys. Lett., Nanomaterials, Materials Advances, Scientific Reports, RSC Advances, etc. Some papers have been selected as Back Cover or reported by Semiconductor Today or CAS official website as news. Furthermore, he has applied >10 patents (7 patents authorized). As the leader, Dr. Zhao has guided / completed the research works of 2 projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 3 projects of CAS and several provincial projects. In addition, Dr. Zhao serves as the Guest Editor for the SCI journal Crystals and the Reviewer for Nano Energy, Optics Express, J. Appl. Phys., etc. He is also a Reviewer for NSFC projects and a Senior Member for Chinese Institute of Electronics.
1. Jianya Zhang, Bo Jiao, Jinfei Dai, Dongmin Wu, Zhaoxin Wu, Lifeng Bian, Yukun Zhao*, Wenxian Yang, Min Jiang, Shulong Lu*. Enhance the responsivity and response speed of self-powered ultraviolet photodetector by GaN/CsPbBr3 core-shell nanowire heterojunction and hydrogel. Nano Energy100, 107437 (2022).
2. Min Jiang, Jianya Zhang, Wenxian Yang, Dongmin Wu,Yukun Zhao*, Yuanyuan Wu, Min Zhou, and Shulong Lu*. Flexible self-powered photoelectrochemical photodetector with ultrahigh detectivity, ultraviolet/visible reject ratio, stability, and a quasi-Invisible functionality based on lift-off vertical (Al,Ga)N nanowires.Adv. Mater. Interfaces9, 2200028 (2022, Back Cover).
3. Min Jiang, Yukun Zhao*, Penghui Zheng, Jianya Zhang, Wenxian Yang, Min Zhou, Yuanyuan Wu, Renjun Pei, Shulong Lu*. Flexible bidirectional self-powered photodetector with significantly reduced volume and accelerated response speed based on hydrogel and lift-off GaN-based nanowires. Fundamental Research, in press (2022).
4. Min Jiang, Yukun Zhao*, Lifeng Bian, Wenxian Yang, Jianya Zhang, Yuanyuan Wu, Min Zhou, Shulong Lu, Hua Qin*. Self-powered photoelectrochemical (Al,Ga)N photodetector with an ultrahigh ultraviolet/visible reject ratio and a quasi-invisible functionality for 360° omnidirectional detection.ACS Photonics8, 3282 (2021).
5. Yukun Zhao#, Zhiwei Xing#, Lutz Geelhaar, Jianya Zhang, Wenxian Yang, Thomas Auzelle, Yuanyuan Wu, Lifeng Bian and Shulong Lu. Detaching (In,Ga)N nanowire films for devices requiring high flexibility and transmittance. ACS Appl. Nano Mater.3, 9943 (2020).
