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Personal Profile
Kai Zhu is a senior scientist in NREL's Chemistry and Nanoscience Center. He joined NREL in 2004 as a postdoctoral researcher, working with Arthur J. Frank on fundamental charge-carrier transport and recombination in photoelectrochemical cells, especially dye-sensitized solar cells. Prior to NREL, Zhu studied the electrical and optical properties and the device physics of solar cells based on amorphous-silicon thin films and dye-sensitized mesoporous TiO2 films. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Kansas State University, where he worked on III-nitride wide-bandgap semiconductors for high-power blue and ultraviolet light-emitting diodes.
Research Interests
Current research interests are both basic and applied research on perovskite solar cells, including perovskite material development, device fabrication and characterization, and basic understanding of charge-carrier dynamics in these cells.
Research interests have also included hydrogen production via photoelectrochemical cells and nanostructured electrodes for Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors.
Education/Academic Qualification
PhD, Physics, Syracuse University
Master, Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Bachelor, Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
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A 2D/3D Heterostructure Perovskite Solar Cell with a Phase-Pure and Pristine 2D Layer: Article No. 2416672
Shih, M.-C., Tan, S., Lu, Y., Kodalle, T., Lee, D.-K., Dong, Y., Larson, B., Park, S., Zhang, R., Grotevent, M., Sverko, T., Zhu, H., Lin, Y.-K., Sutter-Fella, C., Zhu, K., Beard, M., Bulovic, V. & Bawendi, M., 2025, In: Advanced Materials. 37, 17, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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C60-Based Ionic Salt Electron Shuttle for High-Performance Inverted Perovskite Solar Modules
You, S., Zhu, H., Shen, Z., Wang, X., Shao, B., Wang, Q., Liu, J., Yuan, Y., Dou, B., Sanehira, E., Russell, T., Lorenz, A., Dong, Y., Chen, L., Casareto, M., Rolston, N., Beard, M., Berry, J., Freitag, M. & Yan, Y. & 2 others, , 2025, In: Science. 388, 6750, p. 964-968 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Co-Doping Approach for Enhanced Electron Extraction to TiO2 for Stable Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells: Article No. 2400578
Gries, T., Regaldo, D., Kobler, H., Hartono, N. T., Harvey, S., Simmonds, M., Frasca, C., Hartel, M., Sannino, G., Felix, R., Husam, E., Saleh, A., Wilks, R., Zu, F., Gutierrez-Partida, E., Iqbal, Z., Nia, Z., Yang, F., Veneri, P. & Zhu, K. & 10 others, , 2025, In: Small Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correlation of Band Bending and Ionic Losses in 1.68 eV Wide Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cells: Article No. 2404726
Scheler, F., Mariotti, S., Mantione, D., Shah, S., Menzel, D., Koebler, H., Simmonds, M., Gries, T., Kurpiers, J., Skorjanc, V., Li, J., Al-Ashouri, A., Wagner, P., Harvey, S., Yang, F., Rusu, M., Unold, T., Stannowski, B., Zhu, K. & Lang, F. & 9 others, , 2025, In: Advanced Energy Materials. 15, 16, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells Achieved via Rapid Photonic Annealing of All Stacking Layers: Unveiling the Crystallization Energy Window: Article No. 2501825
Ameri, M., Ouyang, Z., Beights, J., Breakfield, J., Liang, Q., Abate, S., Park, S. Y., Dai, Q., Zhu, K. & Li, D., 2025, In: Small. 21, 21, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Awards and Honors
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NREL Distinguished Member of Research Staff
Zhu, K. (Recipient), Vidal, J. (Recipient), Tao, L. (Recipient), Tan, J. (Recipient), Smith, W. (Recipient), Schaidle, J. (Recipient), Reese, M. (Recipient), Parilla, P. (Recipient), Palmintier, B. (Recipient), Musial, W. (Recipient), Moriarty, P. (Recipient), Mann, M. (Recipient), Mai, T. (Recipient), Luther, J. (Recipient), Laurens, L. (Recipient), King, J. (Recipient), Johnston, S. (Recipient), Jackson, R. (Recipient), Hodge, B.-M. (Recipient), Heath, G. (Recipient), Hale, E. (Recipient), Habas, S. (Recipient), Gruchalla, K. (Recipient), Gevorgian, V. (Recipient), Geisz, J. (Recipient), Fleming, P. (Recipient), Farrell, J. (Recipient), Ding, F. (Recipient), Denholm, P. (Recipient), Ciesielski, P. (Recipient), Churchfield, M. (Recipient), Bomble, Y. (Recipient) & Blackburn, J. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Honorary award