Zhengfeng Zhu

Title: Assistant Research Fellow

Research Interests: Fiber photovoltaic devices

Zhengfeng Zhu is assistant research fellow at the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, and Institute of Fiber Materials and Devices, Fudan University. He received his Bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Technology in 2013 and 2019, respectively. After graduation, he worked for one year in R&D at TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. He joined Fudan University in 2020 to conduct postdoctoral research and became a member of the Institute of Fiber Materials and Devices at Fudan University in 2025. His research focuses on the fabrication of flexible optoelectronic materials, the development and industrialization of fiber photovoltaic devices. He has published near 20 papers as the first or corresponding author in journals such as Advanced Materials and Advanced Functional Materials, applied for over 20 Chinese invention patents (8 granted), and presided over several national and provincial-level research projects.

Research Work:

1) Design, Preparation, and Performance Optimization of Flexible Optoelectronic Materials; 2) Design, Development, and Application of High-Performance Fiber Photovoltaic Devices; 3) Research on the Industrialization and Commercialization of Fiber Photovoltaic Devices.

Selected Publications:

1. Song, J.; Gu Y.; Lin, Z.; Liu J.; Kang, X.; Gong X.; Liu P.; Yang Y.; Jiang, H.; Wang J.; Cao, S.; Zhu, Z.*; Peng, H.* Integrating light diffusion and conversion layers for highly efficient multicolored fiber dye-sensitized solar cells. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2312590.
2. Zhu, Z.; Lin, Z.; Zhai, W.; Kang, X.; Song, J.; Lu, C.; Jiang, H.; Chen, P.; Sun, X.; Wang, B.; Wang, Z.; Peng, H.* Indoor photovoltaic fiber with an efficiency of 25.53% under 1500 lux illumination. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2304876.
3. Cao, S.; Yong, L.; Liu, J.; Ma, L.; Yang, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, J.; Xu, H.; Qin, Y.; Zhao, W.; Han, Q.; Qu, J.; Song, J.; Chen, P.; Zhu, Z.*; Peng, H.* Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, e22715. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202522715.
4. Kang, X.; Song, J.; Liu, J.; Cao, S.; Lin, Z.; Jiang, H.; Yang, Y.; Cheng, X.; Ai, Y.; Sun, X.; Zeng, K.; Zhu, Z.*; Peng, H.* An efficient fiber gel dye‐sensitized solar cell with stable interlaced interfaces. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2404361.
5. Zhu, Z.; Lin, Z.; Gu, Y.; Song, J.; Kang, X.; Jiang, H.; Peng, H.* Designing reflective hybrid counter electrode for fiber dye-sensitized solar cell with record efficiency. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2306742.
6. Kang, X.^#; Zhu, Z.^#; Zhao, T.; Zhai, W.; Xu, J.; Lin, Z.; Zeng, K.; Wang, B.; Sun, X.; Chen, P.*; Peng H.* Hierarchically assembled counter electrode for fiber solar cell showing record power conversion efficiency. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2207763.
7. Song, J.; Zhu, Z.*; Peng, H.* Engineering Interfaces for Fiber Solar Cells. Small 2025, 21, 2503549.