E-mail: ye.yang@xmu.edu.cn
Address: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

Education:
BS (2008),   University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
PhD (2013),  Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Postdoc (2014-2017),  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
Scientist (2017-2018), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
Professor: (2018-present),  Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Principal Research Interests:
Surface carrier dynamics and ultrafast interfacial charge transfer in semiconductors for solar energy conversion

Selected Recent Publications:

1. 1. Kang Wang, Chao Chen, Hongyan Liao, Siyu Wang, Jiang Tang, Matthew C. Beard, Ye Yang*, Both Free and Trapped Carriers Contribute to Photocurrent of Sb2Se3 Solar Cells, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 4881-4887.

2. 2. XihanChen, HaipengLu, Ye Yang*, Matthew C. Beard*, Excitonic Effects in Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9 (10), 2595-2603.

3. 3. Xihan Chen, Haipeng Lu, Zhen Li, YaxinZhai, Paul F.Ndione, Joseph J. Berry, Kai Zhu, Ye Yang*, Matthew C. Beard*, Impact of Layer Thickness on the Charge Carrier and Spin Coherence Lifetime in Two-Dimensional Layered Perovskite Single Crystals, ACS Energy Lett., 2018, 3 (9), 2273-2279

4. 4. YeYang#, MengjinYang#, David T. Moore, Yong Yan, Elisa M. Miller, Kai Zhu*, Matthew C. Beard*, Top and bottom surfaces limit carrier lifetime in lead iodide perovskite films, Nat. Energy, 2017, 2: 16207

5. 5. Ye Yang, David P. Ostrowski, Ryan M. France, Kai Zhu, Jao Van De Lagemaat, Joseph M. Luther, Matthew C. Beard*,Observation of a Hot-Phonon Bottleneck in Lead Iodide Perovskites, Nat. Photon., 2016, 10: 53-59

6. 6. Ye Yang*, Mengjin Yang, Kai Zhu, Justin C. Johnson, Joseph J. Berry, Jao Van De Lagemaat, Matthew C. Beard*,Large Polarization-Dependent Exciton Optical Stark Effect in Lead Iodide Perovskites, Nat. Commun., 2016, 7: 1261

7. 7. Ye Yang*#, Jing Gu#, James L. Young, Elisa M. Miller, John A. Turner, Nathan R. Neale, Matthew C. Beard*, Semiconductor Interfacial Carrier Dynamics via Photoinduced Electric Fields, Science, 2015, 350: 1061-1065

8. 8. Ye Yang*, Yong Yan, Mengjin Yang, Sukgeun Choi, Kai Zhu, Joseph M. Luther, Matthew C. Beard*, Low Surface Recombination Velocity in Solution-Grown CH3NH3PbBr3 Perovskite Single Crystals, Nat. Commun., 2015, 6: 7961

9. 9. Ye Yang, William Rodríguez-Córdoba,Tianquan Lian*, Multiple Exciton Generation and Dissociation in PbS Quantum Dot-Electron Acceptor Complexes, Nano Lett., 2012, 12(8): 4235-4241

10. 10. Ye Yang, William Rodríguez-Córdoba, Xu Xiang, Tianquan Lian*, Strong Electronic Coupling and Ultrafast Electron Transfer between PbS Quantum Dots and TiO2 Nanocrystalline Films, Nano Lett., 2012, 12(1): 303-30