Research

Synthesis, structures and physical properties of hybrid crystals (metal-organic frameworks, hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites etc.)


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Representative results

1. F.-F. Gao, Y. Qin, Z.-G. Li, W. Li*, J. Hao, X. Li, Y.-G. Liu, C. J. Howard, X. Wu, X.-X. Jiang, Z.-S. Lin, P.-X. Lu, X.-H. Bu*, Unusual pressure-induced self-trapped exciton to free exciton transfer in chiral 2D lead bromide perovskites , ACS Nano202418, 3251-3259.

2. Z.-G. Li, K. Li, F.-F. Gao, Y.-Q. Chen, W. Li*, X.-H. Bu*, Giant emission enhancement from hybrid manganese bromide via pressure-induced band-edge carrier reconfiguration, Adv. Funct. Mater.2024, 2313683.

3. Z.-G. Li, M. Zacharias, Y. Zhang, F. Wei, Y. Qin, Y.-Q. Yang, L.-C. An, F.-F. Gao, W. Li*, J. Even*, X.-H. Bu*, Origin of phase transitions in inorganic lead halide perovskites: Interplay between harmonic and anharmonic vibrations, ACS Energy Lett.20238, 3016. 

4. F.-F. Gao, H. Song, Z.-G. Li, Y. Qin,* X. Li, Z.-Q. Yao, J.-H. Fan, X. Wu, W. Li*, X.-H. Bu*, Pressure-tuned multicolor emission of 2D lead halide perovskites with ultrahigh color purity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.202362, e202218675.

5. T.-M. Guo, F.-F. Gao, Y.-J. Gong, Z.-G. Li, F.-X. Wei, W. Li*, X.-H. Bu, Chiral two-dimensional hybrid organic−inorganic perovskites for piezoelectric ultrasound detection, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2023145, 22475. 

6. Y.-J. Gong, Z.-G. Li, H. Chen, T.-M. Guo, F.-F. Gao, G.-J. Chen, Y. Zhang, Y.-M. You, W. Li*, M. He, X.-H. Bu, J. Yu*, High power density energy harvesting and human motion monitoring with [trimethylchloromethylammonium][CdCl3]/polymer composite, Matter20236, 2066.

7. L.-C. An, X. Li, Z.-G. Li, Q. Li, P. J. Beldon, F.-F. Gao, Z.-Y. Li, S. Zhu, L. Di, S. Zhao, J. Zhu, D. Comboni, I. Kupenko, W. Li* , U. Ramamurty*, X.-H. Bu*, Plastic bending in a semiconducting coordination polymer crystal enabled by delamination, Nat. Commun.202213, 6645.

8. Y. Qin, Z.-G. Li, F.-F. Gao, H. Chen, X. Li, B. Xu, Q. Li, X. Jiang, W. Li*, X. Wu, Z. Quan, L. Ye, Y. Zhang*, Z. Lin, L. Pedesseau, J. Even*, P. Lu, X.-H. Bu*, Dangling octahedra enable edge states in 2D lead halide perovskites,  Adv. Mater.2022, 202201666.

9. Y. Qin, F.-F. Gao, S. Qian, T.-M. Guo, Y.-J. Gong, Z.-G. Li, G.-D. Su, Y. Gao, W. Li*, C. Jiang*, P. Lu, X.-H. Bu*, Multifunctional chiral 2D lead halide perovskites with circularly polarized photoluminescence and piezoelectric energy harvesting properties, ACS Nano202216, 3221. 

10. K. Li, Z.-G. Li, J. Xu, Y. Qin, W. Li*, A. Stroppa, K. T. Butler*, C. J. Howard, M. T. Dove, A. K. Cheetham, X.-H. Bu*, Origin of ferroelectricity in two prototypical hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2022144, 816. 

11. W.-J. Wei, X.-X. Jiang, L.-Y. Dong, W.-W. Liu, X.-B. Han, Y. Qin, K. Li, W. Li*, Z.-S. Lin*, X.-H. Bu*, P.-X. Lu*, Regulating second-harmonic generation by van der Waals interactions in two-dimensional lead halide perovskite nanosheets, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 9134.

12. L.-J. Ji, S.-J. Sun*, Y. Qin, K. Li, W. Li*, Mechanical properties of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2019391, 15.

13. W. Li*, L. Ji, Perovskite ferroelectrics go metal-free, Science2018361, 132.

14. W.-J. Wei, W. Li*, K. T. Butler, Dr. . Feng, C. J. Howard, M. A. Carpenter*, P. Lu*, A. Walsh, A. K. Cheetham, An unusual phase transition driven by vibrational entropy changes in a hybrid organic–inorganic perovskiteAngew. Chem. Int. Ed.201862, e202218675. 

15. W. Li*, Z.-M. Wang, F. Deschler, S. Gao*. R. H. Friend*, A. K. Cheetham*, Structural diversity and multi-functionality of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites, Nat. Rev. Mater.20172, 16099.