一、研究领域或方向
有机光伏器件界面物理，能量损失机理
有机电化学晶体管器件物理，新型器件结构

二、工作/教育经历
2020.08 – 至今，西安交通大学 材料科学学院，助理教授
2019.02 – 2020.06，新加坡国立大学 物理系，博士后（导师： Prof. Peter K. H. Ho，Dr. Rui-Qi Png）
2014.08 – 2019.04，新加坡国立大学 物理系，博士研究生 （导师： Prof. Peter K. H. Ho，Dr. Rui-Qi Png）
2010.08 – 2014.06，中国科学技术大学 近代物理系，本科

三、学术成果介绍

(1)      Chao Zhao; Cindy Guanyu Tang; Zong-Long Seah; Qi-Mian Koh; Lay-Lay Chua; Rui-Qi Png; Peter K. H. Ho; Improving organic photovoltaic cells by forcing electrode work function well beyond onset of Ohmic transition, Nat. Commun., 2021, 12, 2250

(2)      Chao Zhao; Adrian Nugraha Utama; Kim‐Kian Choo; Lay‐Lay Chua; Rui‐Qi Png; Peter K. H. Ho; Bias‐Induced Electrochemical Electron Doping of Organic Semiconductor Contacts, Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 6(19): 1900607.

(3)      Wenyue Xue; Yabing Tang; Xiaobo Zhou; Zheng Tang; Hanzhang Zhao; Tao Li; Lu Zhang; Shengzhong (Frank) Liu; Chao Zhao#; Wei Ma#; Han Yan#; Identifying the Electrostatic and Entropy-Related Mechanisms for Charge-Transfer Exciton Dissociation at Doped Organic Heterojunctions, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2021, 2101892

(4)      Jun-Kai Tan; Rui‐Qi Png; Chao Zhao; Peter K. H. Ho; Ohmic transition at contacts key to maximizing fill factor and performance of organic solar cells, Nat. Commun., 2018, 9(1): 1-8.

(5)      Cindy G Tang; Mazlan Nur Syafiqah; Qi-Mian Koh; Chao Zhao; Jamal Zaini; Qiu-Jing Seah; Michael J Cass; Martin J Humphries; Ilaria Grizzi; Jeremy H Burroughes; Rui-Qi Png; Lay-Lay Chua; Peter K. H. Ho; Multivalent anions as universal latent electron donors, Nature, 2019, 573(7775): 519-525.

(6)      Mervin Chun-Yi Ang; Cindy G Tang; Qi-Mian Koh; Chao Zhao; Qiu-Jing Seah; Yu Wang; Martin Callsen; Yuan-Ping Feng; Rui-Qi Png; Lay-Lay Chua; Bulk ion-clustering and surface ion-layering effects on work function of self-compensated charged-doped polymer semiconductors, Mater. Horiz., 2020, 7(4): 1073-1082.

(7)      Wei‐Ling Seah, Cindy G Tang, Rui‐Qi Png, Venu Keerthi, Chao Zhao, Han Guo, Jin‐Guo Yang, Mi Zhou, Peter K. H. Ho, Lay‐Lay Chua; Interface Doping for Ohmic Organic Semiconductor Contacts Using Self‐Aligned Polyelectrolyte Counterion Monolayer, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2017, 27(18): 1606291.