People

Hongbin
Liu
Alumni
Currently: Research Scientist at Microsoft Quantum

Hongbin Liu portrait
hbliu@uw.edu
311C Bagley Hall Department of Chemistry
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-1700


Education


Awards

  • 2016
    Graduate Student Fellowship UW Clean Energy Institute
  • 2014
    International Workshop Student Travel Award Frontiers in Computational Chemistry
  • 2013
    Second Prize of Scholarship for Outstanding Students Fudan University


Publications

  1. All-Inorganic CsPbI3 Quantum Dot Solar Cells with Efficiency over 16% by Defect Control
    Linlin Zhang, Cuiting Kang, Guizhi Zhang, Zhenxiao Pan, Zhaoshuai Huang, Shuaihang Xu, Huashang Rao, Hongbin Liu, Shengfan Wu, Xin Wu, Xiaosong Li, Zonglong Zhu, Xinhua Zhong, Alex K.-Y. Jen
    Advanced Functional Materials2021, 31, 2005930
  2. High-Efficiency Quasi-2D Perovskite Solar Cells Incorporating 2,2′-Biimidazolium Cation
    Weifei Fu, Ting Zhao, Hongbin Liu, Francis Lin, Lijian Zuo, Xiaosong Li, Alex K.-Y. Jen
    Solar RRL2021, 5, 2000700
  3. Tunable Band-Edge Potentials and Charge Storage in Colloidal Tin-Doped Indium Oxide (ITO) Nanocrystals
    Jose J. Araujo, Carl K. Brozek, Hongbin Liu, Anna Merkulova, Xiaosong Li, and Daniel R. Gamelin
    ACS Nano2021, 15, 14116-14124
  4. Iron-Content-Dependent, Quasi-Static Dielectric Resonances and Oxidative Transitions in Bornite and Chalcopyrite Copper Iron Sulfide Nanocrystals
    Soohyung Lee, Sandeep Ghosh, Chad E. Hoyer, Hongbin Liu, Xiaosong Li, and Vincent C. Holmberg
    Chem. Mater.2021, 33, 1821-1831
  5. Highly Efficient All-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells with Suppressed Non-radiative Recombination by a Lewis Base
    J. Wang, J. Zhang, Q. Xue, H. Liu, Q. Xue, X. Li, C. Chueh, H. Yip, Z. Zhu, and A. K.-Y. Jen
    Nat. Commun2020, 11, 177
  6. Interfacial Modification through a Multifunctional Molecule for Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells with over 18% Efficiency
    Tiantian Liu, Jie Zhang, Xin Wu, Hongbin Liu, Fengzhu Li, Xiang Deng, Francis Lin, Xiaosong Li, Zonglong Zhu, Alex K.-Y. Jen
    Solar RRL2020, 4, 2000205
  7. Relativistic Two-Component Multireference Configuration Interaction Method with Tunable Correlation Space
    H. Hu, A. Jenkins, H. Liu, J. Kasper, M. Frisch, X. Li
    J. Chem. Theory Comput.2020, 15, 2975-2984
  8. Structural Diversity in Cesium-Bismuth-Halide Nanocrystals
    S. E. Creutz, H. Liu, M. E. Kaiser, X. Li, D. R. Gamelin
    Chem. Mater.2019, 31, 4685-4697
  9. Variational Relativistic Two-Component Complete Active Space Self-Consistent Field Method
    A. Jenkins, H. Liu, J. Kasper, M. Frisch, X. Li
    J. Chem. Theory Comput.2019, 15, 2974–2982
  10. Time-dependent Complete Active Space Embedded in Polarizable Force Field
    H. Liu, A. J. Jenkins, A. Wildman, M. J. Frisch, F. Lipparini, B. Mennucci, X. Li
    J. Chem. Theory Comput.2019, 15, 1633–1641
  11. Tailoring the Functionality of Organic Spacer Cations for Efficient and Stable Quasi-2D Perovskite Solar Cells
    Weifei Fu, Hongbin Liu, Xueliang Shi, Lijian Zuo, Xiaosong Li, Alex K.-Y. Jen
    Advanced Functional Materials2019, 29, 1900221
  12. A 0D/3D Heterostructured All-Inorganic Halide Perovskite Solar Cell with High Performance and Enhanced Phase Stability
    Fujin Bai, Jie Zhang, Yufei Yuan, Hongbin Liu, Xiaosong Li, Chu-Chen Chueh, He Yan, Zonglong Zhu, Alex K.-Y. Jen
    Advanced Materials2019, 31, 1904735
  13. Di-Spiro-Based Hole-Transporting Materials for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells
    Ke Gao, Bo Xu, Chaoshen Hong, Xueliang Shi, Hongbin Liu, Xiaosong Li, Linghai Xie, Alex K-Y Jen
    Advanced Energy Materials2018, 8, 1800809
  14. Tunable Band Gap and Long Carrier Recombination Lifetime of Stable Mixed CH3NH3PbxSn1-xBr3 Single Crystals
    D. Ju, Y. Dang, Z. Zhu, H. Liu, C. Chueh, X. Li, L. Wang, X. Hu, A. Jen, X. Tao
    Chem. Mater.2018, 30, 1556-1565
  15. Soluble Supercapacitors: Large and Reversible Charge Storage in Colloidal Iron-Doped ZnO Nanocrystals
    C. Brozek, D. Zhou, H. Liu, X. Li, K. Kittilstved, D. Gamelin
    Nano Lett.2018, 18, 3297–3302
  16. Interplay of Mobile Ions and Injected Carriers Creates Recombination Centers in Metal Halide Perovskites under Bias
    S. Birkhold, J. Precht, H. Liu, R. Giridharagopal, G. Eperon, L. Schmidt-Mende, X. Li, D. Ginger
    ACS Energy Lett.2018, 3, 1279–1286
  17. Modulation of Fluorescent Protein Chromophores to Detect Protein Aggregation with Turn-on Fluorescence
    Y. Liu, C. Wolstenholme, G. Carter, H. Liu, H. Hu, L. Grainger, K. Miao, M. Fares, C. Hoelzel, H. Yennawar, G. Ning, M. Du, L. Bai, X. Li, X. Zhang
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.2018, 140, 7381–7384
  18. Realization of a Highly Oriented MAPbBr3 Perovskite Thin Film via Ion Exchange for Ultrahigh Color Purity Green Light Emission
    T. Zhao, H. Liu, M. E. Ziffer, A. Rajagopal, L. Zuo, D. S. Ginger, X. Li, and A. Jen
    ACS Energy Lett.2018, 3, 16621669
  19. Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells Based on S,N-Heteroacene Non-Fullerene Acceptors
    C. Huang, X. Liao, K. Gao, L. Zuo, F. Lin, X. Shi, C. Li, H. Liu, X. Li, F. Liu, Y. Chen, H. Chen, A. Jen
    Chem. Mater.2018, 30, 5429–5434
  20. Long-Lived, Non-Geminate, Radiative Recombination of Photogenerated Charges in a Polymer/Small-Molecule Acceptor Photovoltaic Blend
    M. E. Ziffer, S. B. Jo, H. Zhong, L. Ye, H. Liu, F. Lin, J. Zhang, X. Li, H. W. Ade, A. Jen, D. S. Ginger
    J. Am. Chem. Soc.2018, 140, 9996−10008
  21. The Cation-π Interaction Enables a Halo-Tag Fluorogenic Probe for Fast No-Wash Live Cell Imaging and Gel-Free Protein Quantification
    Y. Liu, K. Miao, N. P. Dunham, H. Liu, M. Fares, A. K. Boal, X. Li, X. Zhang
    Biochemistry2017, 56, 1585–1595
  22. 4-Tert-butylpyridine Free Organic Hole Transporting Materials for Stable and Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells
    B. Xu, Z. Zhu, J. Zhang, H. Liu, C.-C. Chueh, X. Li, A. K.-Y. Jen
    Adv. Energy Mater.2017, 7, 1700683
  23. A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Model of Electrostatics in Multiply Charged Quantum Dots
    H. Liu, C. Brozek, S. Sun, D. Lingerfelt, D. Gamelin, X. Li
    J. Phys. Chem. C.2017, 121, 26086–26095
  24. A Low-Temperature, Solution-Processable Organic Electron-Transporting Layer Based on Planar Coronene for High-performance Conventional Perovskite Solar Cells
    Z. Zhu, J.-Q. Xu, C.-C. Chueh, H. Liu, Z. Li, X. Li, H. Chen, A. K.-Y. Jen
    Adv. Mater.2016, 28, 10786–10793
  25. Mixed Cation FAxPEA1–xPbI3 with Enhanced Phase and Ambient Stability toward High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells
    N. Li, Z. Zhu, C.-C. Chueh, H. Liu, B. Peng, A. Petrone, X. Li, L. Wang, A. K.-Y. Jen
    Adv. Energy Mater.2016, 1601307
  26. Ab Initio Two-component Ehrenfest Dynamics
    F. Ding, J. J. Goings, H. Liu, D. B. Lingerfelt, X. Li
    J. Chem. Phys.2015, 143, 114105