Home People Teaching Staff LU Xinhui

Education:

• PhD, Yale University, USA, 2010
• BS, Nanjing University, China, 2004

Position:

• 2021-now, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2016-2021, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2012-2016, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2010-2012, Research Associate, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Lab, NY

Research Interest:

• Materials science and experimental soft condensed matter physics
• X-ray and neutron scattering
• Organic solar cells
• Perovskite optoelectronics

Honours and Awards:

• China's Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) 2021, National Natural Science Foundation of China
• Young Researcher Award 2020, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Highly Cited Researchers 2020, The Clarivate Analytics

Selected Recent Publications:

• X. Xia, T-K. Lau, X. Guo, Y. Li, M. Qin, K. Liu, Z. Chen, X. Zhan, Y. Xiao, P. F. Chan, H. Liu, L. Xu, G. Cai, N. Li, H. Zhu, G. Li, Y. Zhu, T. Zhu, X. Zhan, X-L. Wang and X. Lu*, Uncovering the Out-of-plane Nanomorphology of Organic Photovoltaic Bulk Heterojunction by GTSAXS, Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 6226.
• M. Qin, H. Xue, H. Zhang, H. Hu, K. Liu, Y. Li, Z. Qin, J. Ma, H. Zhu, K. Yan, G. Fang, G. Li, U-S. Jeng, G. Brocks, S. Tao*, and X. Lu*, Precise Control of Perovskite Crystallization Kinetics via Sequential A-site Doping, Advanced Materials, 2020, 2004630.
• M. Qin, K. Tse, T.-K Lau, Y. Li, C.-J. Su, G. Yang, J. Chen, J. Zhu, U-S. Jeng, G. Li, H. Chen, and X. Lu*, Manipulating the Mixed-Perovskite Crystallization Pathway Unveiled by In Situ GIWAXS, Advanced Materials, 2019, 1901284.
• J. Mai, Y. Xiao, G. Zhou, J. Wang, J. Zhu, N. Zhao, X. Zhan, X. Lu*, Hidden Structure Ordering along Backbone of Fused-ring Electron Acceptors Enhanced by Ternary Bulk Heterojunction, Advanced Materials, 2018, 1802888.
• M. Qin, J. Cao, T. Zhang, J. Mai, T- K. Lau, S. Zhou, Y. Zhou, J. Wang, Y- J. Hsu, N. Zhao, J. Xu, X. Zhan, X. Lu*, Fused-ring Electron Acceptor ITIC-Th: A Novel Stabilizer for Halide Perovskite Precursor Solution, Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 1703399.