About me
I am a Research Associate Professor at Northwestern University. I received my Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Arizona State University, focusing on understanding defects in 2D materials. Before joining Northwestern, I completed postdoctoral training at the University of Toronto, where I studied perovskites, quantum dots, and their optoelectronic devices. Currently, my research centers on defect passivation and enhancing the stability of interfaces in perovskite solar cells.
I have been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher in the Cross-Field category by Clarivate for two consecutive years (2023 and 2024). As a first or corresponding author, I have published 18 high-impact papers, including Science (3), Nature (1), Nature Energy (2), and Nature Photonics (1), contributing to a total of over 120 publications. My work has received more than 15,000 citations, with a Google Scholar h-index of 60.
News
- 2024.11 I am joining the MRS Fall meeting in Boston Dec 1-5
- 2024.11 Our latest work on perovskite solar cells is online! Amidination of ligands for chemical and field-effect passivation stabilizes perovskite solar cells – Science
- 2024.11 My interview with the Chicago Reader People Issue is now live! Bin Chen, The Solar-Cell Chemist - The People Issue 2024 - Chicago Reader
- 2024.07 I am joining the ACS Fall meeting in Denver August 18-19
- 2024.05 I am joining the Tandem PV workshop in Amsterdam June 25-27
- 2024.04 Our latest work on the perovskite solar cell is online! Improved charge extraction in inverted perovskite solar cells with dual-site-binding ligands – Science
- 2024.03 Our latest work on perovskite surface defect passivation, highlighting the importance of dynamic defect-passivant interaction, is online! The dynamic adsorption affinity of ligands is a surrogate for the passivation of surface defects – Nature Communications
- 2024.01 Our latest work on the perovskite tandem is online! All-Perovskite Tandems Enabled by Surface Anchoring of Long-Chain Amphiphilic Ligands – ACS Energy Letters
- 2024.01 Our latest work on the perovskite solar mini-module is online! A thermotropic liquid crystal enables efficient and stable perovskite solar modules – Nature Energy