FAN, Xiaochun
Associate Professor
Education and Research Experience：
2025/07-Now: Associate Professor, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University
2023/08-2024/08: Visiting Scholar, Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA), Kyushu University, Japan (Advisor: Prof. Chihaya Adachi)
2022/07-2025/06: Postdoc, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China (Advisor: Prof Xiao-Hong Zhang);
2017/09－2022/06: Ph.D., Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University (Supervisor: Prof. Xiao-Hong Zhang)
2013/09－2017/06: B. E., School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University
Research Interests:
Design, synthesis and characterization of organic light-emitting materials and their applications in optoelectronic devices
E-mail：
xcfan@suda.edu.cn
Selected Publications:
1. X.-C. Fan, K. Wang*, Y.-Z. Shi, Y.-C. Cheng, Y.-T. Lee, J. Yu, X.-K. Chen*, C. Adachi* and X.-H. Zhang*. Ultrapure Green Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Highly Distorted Fused π-Conjugated Molecular Design. Nat. Photon. 2023, 17, 280-285.
2. X.-C. Fan, X. Tang*, T. Y. Zhang, S. Kohata, J. Yu, X. K. Chen, K. Wang*, T. Hatakeyama, C. Adachi* and X. H. Zhang*. Stable Narrowband Blue OLEDs by Modulating Frontier Molecular Orbital Levels. Nat. Commun. 2025,16, 4936.
3. X.-C. Fan, F. Huang, H. Wu, H. Wang, Y. C. Cheng, J. Yu, K. Wang* and X. H. Zhang. A Quadruple‐Borylated Multiple‐Resonance Emitter with para/meta Heteroatomic Patterns for Narrowband Orange‐Red Emission. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202305580.
4. R. Walia#, X.-C. Fan#, L. Mei, W.-X. Guo, K. Wang, C. Adachi*, X.-K. Chen* and X.-H. Zhang. Blocking Orbital pi-Conjugation to Boost Spin-Orbit Coupling in Carbonyl-Embedded Polycyclic Heteroaromatic Emitters. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202503371.
5. X.-C. Fan, X.-Y. Hao, F. Huang, J. Yu, K. Wang* and X.-H. Zhang*. RGB Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters for Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes toward Realizing the BT.2020 Standard. Adv. Sci. 2023, 10, 2303504.
6. X.-C. Fan, K. Wang*, Y. Z. Shi, D. M. Sun, J. X. Chen, F. Huang, H. Wang, J. Yu, C. S. Lee* and X. H. Zhang*. Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials for Nondoped Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes with Nearly 100% Exciton Harvest. SmartMat. 2022, 4, 1.
7. F. Huang, Y.-C. Cheng, H. Wu, X. Xiong, J. Yu, X.-C. Fan*, K. Wang* and X.-H. Zhang*. Hanging heavy atom-containing chains onto a multiple resonance framework: Influence on the TADF properties and device performances. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 465, 142900.
8. X.-C. Fan, K. Wang*, Y.-Z. Shi, J.-X. Chen, F. Huang, H. Wang, Y.-N. Hu, Y. Tsuchiya*, X.-M. Ou, J. Yu, C. Adachi* and X.-H. Zhang*. Managing Intersegmental Charge‐Transfer and Multiple Resonance Alignments of D3‐A Typed TADF Emitters for Red OLEDs with Improved Efficiency and Color Purity. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2021, 10, 2101789.
9. Y.-N. Hu, X.-C. Fan*, F. Huang, Y.-Z. Shi, H. Wang, Y.-C. Cheng, M.-Y. Chen, K. Wang*, J. Yu and X.-H. Zhang*. Novel Multiple Resonance Type TADF Emitter as Blue Component for Highly Efficient Blue-Hazard-Free White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2022, 11, 2202267.
10. Y. Tian#, Y.-Z. Shi#, X.-C. Fan#, S.-G. Wan, X.-M. Wang, K. Wang, J. Yu, X.-H. Zhang* and C.-Q. Ye*. Exploring the Key Factors of TADF Materials as Sensitizers: Toward High‐performance Triplet Fusion Upconversion. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2023, 11, 2300504.
Edited by Juan Yang
