Academic history:
1997 B.S. in Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
2000 M.S. in Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
2006 Ph.D. in Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara. CA.
Advisor: Prof. Alan J. Heeger (Nobel Laureate)
2007 Postdoc., UC Berkeley, Prof. Paul Alivisatos’ group
Research interests:
Solution processed new generation solar cells based on polymers, quantum dots and hybrid materials.
Research Experience and Accomplishments:
Ø Postdoctoral research work highlighted in Materials Research Society Bulletin. “Ternary Nanocrystals Used as Building Blocks for Solar Cells”, MRS Bulletin, 2009, 34, 398.
Ø Total publications cited over 3330 times and an h-index of 12.
Ø Published the most cited paper on solar cells in the past few years: “Thermally Stable, Efficient Polymer Solar Cells with Nano-scale Control of the Interpenetrating Network Morphology” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2005, 15, 1617, cited over 1500 times.
Ø Obtained five patents in solar cells and polymer light-emitting diodes.
Ø Achieved state of the art efficiency (5%) for polymer solar cells in 2005.
Ø First to apply digital image analysis method on photovoltaic films.
Ø Awarded Mitsubishi Chemical Distinguished Graduate Fellowship
Ø Reviewer for Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Langmuir, Macromolecules, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology.
Selected publications:
1. Wanli Ma, Parameswar Iyer, Alan Heeger, “Water/methanol-soluble Conjugated Copolymer as an Electron-transport Layer in Polymer Light-emitting Diodes”, Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 274
2. Wanli Ma, Cuiying Yang, Alan Heeger, “Thermally Stable, Efficient Polymer Solar Cells with Nano-scale Control of the Interpenetrating Network Morphology”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2005, 15, 1617. Times cited: 1500
3. Wanli Ma, Cuiying Yang, Alan Heeger, “Spatial Fourier Transform Analysis of the Morphology of Bulk Heterojunction Materials Used in “Plastic” Solar Cells”, Adv. Mater. 2007, 19, 1387.
4. Wanli Ma, Ajay Gopinathan, Alan Heeger, “Nanostructure of the Interpenetrating Networks in Poly (3-hexylthiophene) /fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Materials: Implications for Charge Transport”, Adv. Mater. 2007, 19, 3656.
5. Wanli Ma, Joseph Luther, Haimei Zheng, Yue Wu, Paul Alivisatos, “Photovoltaic Devices Employing Ternary PbSxSe1-x Nanocrystals”, Nano Lett. 2009, 9, 1699. MRS Bulletin highlighted.
Contact: wlma@suda.edu.cn
