In 2013, Cenqi Yan obtained a Bachelor degree in Materials Physics from Shandong University. In 2018, she got Ph.D. degree in Mechanics (Advanced Materials and Mechanics) from College of Engineering, Peking University. From 2018 to 2022, she conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 2022, she became an associate professor in the College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University.

She has published 24 papers as first or corresponding author in academic journals such as Nature Reviews Materials, Advanced Materials, Energy & Environmental Science, Materials Science and Engineering R, Advanced Energy Materials, and Matter, with a total of over 70 publications and more than 7,100 citations. Her work has been recognized as a hot paper in the field of materials science in China from 2017 to 2021, one of the "Top 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers" in China (2018), and received the first prize for outstanding paper at the Sichuan-Chongqing Science and Technology Academic Conference (2020). Six of her papers have been selected as ESI hot papers, and 14 as ESI highly cited papers. She has been listed in the "World’s Top 2% Scientists" list for 2021 and 2022, and serves as a young editorial board member for eScience, Information & Functional Materials, and Energy & Environmental Materials.

Cenqi Yan focuses on improving the photo-stability, thermal stability, and mechanical stability of organic and perovskite solar cells through material design, device structure optimization, interfacial engineering, and encapsulation.

1. Zhou, Q.; Yan, C.;* Li, H.; Zhu, Z.; Gao, Y.; Xiong, J.; Tang, H.; Zhu, C.; Yu, H.; Gonzalez Lopez, S.; Wang, J.; Qin, M.; Li, J.; Luo, L.;* Liu, X.; Qin, J.; Lu, S.; Meng, L.; Laquai, F.; Li, Y.; Cheng, P.* Polymer Fiber Rigid Network with High Glass Transition Temperature Reinforces Stability of Organic Photovoltaics. Nano-Micro Lett. 2024, 16, 224.

2. He, W.; Li, H.; Ma, R.; Yan, X.; Yu, H.; Hu, Y.; Hu, D.; Qin, J.; Cui, N.; Wang, J.; Lu, S.; Yan, C.;* Li, G.; Cheng, P.* In Situ Self-Assembly of Trichlorobenzoic Acid Enabling Organic Photovoltaics with Approaching 19% Efficiency. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2313594.

3. Yan, C.; Qin, J.; Wang, Y.; Li, G.;* Cheng, P.* Emerging Strategies toward Mechanically Robust Organic Photovoltaics: Focus on Active Layer. Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12, 2201087.

4. Yan, C.; Yu, J.; Li, Y.; Fong, P.; Ding, R.; Liu, K.; Ren, Z.; Xia, H.; Lu, X.; Hao, J.; Li, G.* Ambipolar-Transport Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Interlayer for Organic Photovoltaics with over 18% efficiency, Matter 2022, 5, 2238-2250.

5. Ma, R.;† Yan, C.;† Fong, PWK.; Yu. J.; Liu, H.; Yin, J.; Huang, J.; Lu, X.; Yan, H.; Li, G.* In-situ and Ex-situ Investigations on Ternary Strategy and Co-solvents Effects towards High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells, Energy Environ. Sci. 2022, 15, 2479-2488.

6. Yu, J.;* Liu, X.; Zhong, Z.; Yan, C.;* Liu, H.; Fong, P.; Liang, Q.; Lu, X.; Li, G.* Copper phosphotungstate as low cost, solution-processed, stable inorganic anode interfacial material enables organic photovoltaics with over 18% efficiency. Nano Energy 2022, 94, 106923.

7. Yan, C.;† Tang, H.;† Ma, R.;†Zhang, M.; Liu, T.;* Lv, J.; Huang, J.; Yang, Y.; Xu, T.; Kan, Z.; Yan, H.; Liu, F.;* Lu, S.; Li, G.* Synergy of liquid-crystalline small-molecule and polymeric donors delivers uncommon morphology evolution and 16.6%-efficiency organic photovoltaics. Adv. Sci. 2020, 7, 2000149.

8. Ying, H.;†,* Yan, C.;†,* Hu, H.;†,* Ho, J.; Zhan, X.; Li, G.; So, S.* Recent progress of all-polymer solar cells -From chemical structure and device physics to photovoltaic performance. Mater. Sci. Engineer. R 2020, 140, 100542.

9. Tang, H.; † Yan, C.; †,* Huang, J.; Kan, Z.; Xiao, Z.; Sun, K.; Li, G.;* Lu S.* Benzodithiophene-based Small-molecule Donors for the Next-generation All-Small-Molecule Organic Photovoltaics, Matter 2020, 3(5): 1403-1432.

10. Tang, H.; † Chen, H.; † Yan, C.;* Huang, J.; Fong, P.; Lv, J.; Hu, D.; Singh, R.; Kumar, M.; Xiao, Z.; Kan, Z.; Lu, S;* Li, G.* Delicate Morphology Control Triggers 14.7% Efficiency All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells. Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10, 2001076.

1. Top 2% Scientists of the World (2021, 2022)

2. Hot Papers in the Field of Materials Science in China from 2017 to 2021

3. One of the 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers in China (2018)