Dr Wei Zhang a Lecturer in Energy Technology at the Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey. Prior to this appointment, he worked with Prof. Henry J. Snaith (FRS) at the University of Oxford on Perovskite Solar Cells. His current research interest includes halide perovskites for photovoltaic and light-emission applications, and low-dimensional nanomaterials (semiconducting metal oxides, plasmonic metal nanoparticles, photonic crystals, etc.) for energy conversion and storage. He has published over 45 peer-reviewed journal articles (6 on Science and Nature Family Journals and 18 are selected as ESI highly cited papers) with a total citation of over 5700 and Google H-index of 32. He serves as a reviewer of 25+ top-tier peer-reviewed journals, and was selected as the associate editor of Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (2017), Emerging Investigator 2017 (Journal of Material Chemistry A). His team is open and cooperative, with collaborators from over 20 institutions.

1. Perovskite solar cells 2. Prospective energy materials for solar cell and optoelectronic applications. 3. Advanced materials for energy storage applications (batteries and supercapacitors). 4. Nanofabrication (1D, 2D semiconducting metal oxides, plasmonic materials, photonic crystals)

D. Luo, W. Yang, Z. Wang, A. Sadhanala, Q. Hu, R. Su, R. Shivanna, G. F. Trindade, J. F. Watts, Z. Xu, T. Liu, K. Chen, F. Ye, P. Wu, L. Zhao, J. Wu, Y. Tu, Y. Zhang, X. Yang, W. Zhang,* R. H. Friend, Q. Gong, H. J. Snaith,* R. Zhu.* Enhanced photovoltage for inverted planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells. Science 360 (6396), 1442-1446 (2018). W. Zhang, G. E. Eperon, H. J. Snaith*. Metal Halide Perovskites for Energy Applications. Nature Energy 1, 16048 (2016). W. Zhang, M. Saliba, D. T. Moore, S. K. Pathak, M. T. Hörantner, T. Stergiopoulos, S. D. Stranks, G. E. Eperon, J. A. Alexander-Webber, A. Abate, A. Sadhanala, S. Yao, Y. Chen, R. H. Friend, L. A. Estroff, U. Wiesner, H. J. Snaith*. Ultrasmooth organic-inorganic perovskite thin-film formation and crystallization for efficient planar heterojunction solar cells. Nature Communications 6, 6142 (2015). W. Zhang, S. Pathak, N. Sakai, T. Stergiopoulos, P. K. Nayak, N. K. Noel, A. A. Haghighirad, V. M. Burlakov, D. W. deQuilettes, A. Sadhanala, W. Li, L. Wang, D. S. Ginger, R. H. Friend, H. J. Snaith*. Enhanced optoelectronic quality of perovskite thin films with hypophosphorous acid for planar heterojunction solar cells. Nature Communications 6, 10030 (2015). W. Zhang, M. Anaya, G. Lozano, M. Ernesto Calvo, M. B. Johnston, H. Miguez*, H. J. Snaith*. Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells with Tuneable Structural Color. Nano Letters 15, 1698-1702 (2015). D. deQuilettes, W. Zhang, V. Burlakov, D. Graham, T. Leijtens, A. Osherov, V. Bulović, H. J. Snaith, D. Ginger, S. Stranks*. Photo-induced halide redistribution in organic-inorganic perovskite films. Nature Communications, 7, 11683 (2016). W. Zhang, M. Saliba, S. D. Stranks, Y. Sun, X. Shi, U. Wiesner, H. J. Snaith*. Enhancement of perovskite-based solar cells employing core-shell metal nanoparticles. Nano Letters 13, 4505-4510 (2013).