1980.9-1984.7 郑州大学 化学
1984.9-1987.6 南开大学 化学
1993.9-1997.6 加拿大维多利亚大学博士
1997.8-1999.7 加州大学洛杉矶分校及肯塔基大学 博士后
1997.7-1999.8 美国加州大学洛杉矶分校和肯塔基大学 博士后及研究员
199.8-2002.2 美国Cymerg公司高级 研究员
2002.3-2004.4 美国加州大学圣地亚哥分校SDSC国家超算中心 高级研究员
2010.6-今 德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校 讲座教授
2004.4-今 南开大学 教授

2010年获天津市自然科学奖一等奖（第一完成人）
2014年获第五届中国侨界（创新成果）贡献奖
2015年荣获“天津市劳动模范”称号
2017年入选首批天津市杰出人才
2014-2025年连续多年入选科睿唯安“全球高被引科学家奖”
2018年获国家自然科学奖二等奖（第一完成人）

2019年荣获“天津市优秀科技工作者标兵”称号

2024年荣获“天津市优秀教师”称号

长期从事功能高分子和碳纳米材料以及其在绿色能源方面应用等方面的研究，取得了系列原创性研究成果：1）提出了可溶液加工受体-给体-受体型高效寡聚物型有机光伏材料设计理念，发展系列高效光伏材料，建立了有机光伏效率半经验模型，多次刷新领域光电转换效率记录；2）提出并构建了一种新型高效能量自持人体温度管理系统，实现主动式制冷/制热，为可穿戴器件领域提供了开创性设计思路；3）提出了“三维交联石墨烯”高分子体相材料的设计理念，实现了对这类材料性能调控和在多种能源转化和存储器件中的应用。迄今已发表包括 Science（4 篇）和 Nature（1 篇）以及Nature Photonics、Nature Electronics 等 SCI 论文500余篇，他引90000余次，H 因子>130。出版专著2部，获授权发明专利37项。主持承担了包括“国家重点研发计划”在内的多项国家重大项目。
代表性论文：
(1) Ziyuan Wang, Yiwen Bo, Peijia Bai, Shuchao Zhang, Guanghui Li, Xiangjian Wan, Yongsheng Liu*, Rujun Ma*, Yongsheng Chen*. Self-Sustaining Personal All-Day Thermoregulatory Clothing Using only Sunlight. Science, 2023, 382, 1291.
(2) Lingxian Meng, Yamin Zhang, Xiangjian Wan*, Chenxi Li, Xin Zhang, Yanbo Wang, Xin Ke, Zuo Xiao, Liming Ding*, Ruoxi Xia, Hin-Lap Yip, Yong Cao, Yongsheng Chen*. Organic and Solution-Processed Tandem Solar Cells with 17.3% Efficiency. Science, 2018, 361, 1094.
(3) Márcio D Lima, Na Li, Mônica Jung de Andrade, Shaoli Fang, Jiyoung Oh, Geoffrey M Spinks, Mikhail E Kozlov, Carter S Haines, Dongseok Suh, Javad Foroughi, Seon Jeong Kim, Yongsheng Chen, Taylor Ware, Min Kyoon Shin, Leonardo D Machado, Alexandre F Fonseca, John D W Madden, Walter E Voit, Douglas S Galvão, Ray H Baughman*. Electrically, Chemically, and Photonically Powered Torsional and Tensile Actuation of Hybrid Carbon Nanotube Yarn Muscles. Science, 2012, 338, 893.
(4) Kai Zhao, Tengfei Zhang, Huicong Chang, Yang Yang, Peishuang Xiao, Hongtao Zhang, Chenxi Li, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Pulickel M. Ajayan*, Yongsheng Chen*. Super-Elasticity of Three-Dimensionally Cross-Linked Graphene Materials All the Way to Deep Cryogenic Temperatures. Science Advance, 2019, 5, eaav258.
(5) Yanna Sun, Meijia Chang, Lingxian Meng, Xiangjian Wan, Huanhuan Gao, Yamin Zhang, Kai Zhao, Zhenhe Sun, Chenxi Li, Shuiren Liu, Huike Wang, Jiajie Liang, Yongsheng Chen*. Flexible Organic Photovoltaics Based on Water-Processed Silver Nanowire Electrodes. Nature Electronics, 2019, 2, 513.
(6) Miaomiao Li, Ke Gao, Xiangjian Wan*, Qian Zhang, Bin Kan, Ruoxi Xia, Feng Liu, Xuan Yang, Huanran Feng, Wang Ni, Yunchuang Wang, Jiajun Peng, Hongtao Zhang, Ziqi Liang, Hin-Lap Yip, Xiaobin Peng*, Yong Cao, Yongsheng Chen*. Solution-Processed Organic Tandem Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiencies >12%. Nature Photonics, 2017, 11, 85.
(7) Tengfei Zhang, Huicong Chang, Yingpeng Wu, Peishuang Xiao, Ningbo Yi, Yanhong Lu, Yanfeng Ma, Yi Huang, Kai Zhao, Xiao-Qing Yan, Zhi-Bo Liu, Jian-Guo Tian, Yongsheng Chen*. Macroscopic and Direct Light Propulsion of Bulk Graphene Material. Nature Photonics, 2015, 9, 471.
(8) Qian Zhang, Bin Kan, Feng Liu, Guankui Long, Xiangjian Wan, Xiaoqing Chen, Yi Zuo, Wang Ni, Huijing Zhang, Miaomiao Li, Zhicheng Hu, Fei Huang, Yong Cao, Ziqi Liang, Mingtao Zhang, Thomas P. Russell, Yongsheng Chen*. Small-Molecule Solar Cells with Efficiency over 9%. Nature Photonics, 2015, 9, 35.
(9) Huazhe Liang, Xingqi Bi, Hongbin Chen, Tengfei He, Yi Lin, Yunxin Zhang, Kangqiao Ma, Wanying Feng, Zaifei Ma, Guankui Long, Chenxi Li, Bin Kan, Hongtao Zhang, Oleg A Rakitin, Xiangjian Wan, Zhaoyang Yao*, Yongsheng Chen*. A Rare Case of Brominated Small Molecule Acceptors for High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells. Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 4707.

(10) Yingpeng Wu, Ningbo Yi, Lu Huang, Tengfei Zhang, Shaoli Fang, Huicong Chang, Na Li, Jiyoung Oh, Jae Ah Lee, Mikhail Kozlov, Alin C. Chipara, Humberto Terrones, Peishuang Xiao, Guankui Long, Yi Huang, Fan Zhang, Long Zhang, Xavier Lepró, Carter Haines, Márcio Dias Lima, Nestor Perea Lopez, Lakshmy P. Rajukumar, Ana L. Elias, Simin Feng, Seon Jeong Kim, N. T. Narayanan, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Mauricio Terrones, Ali Aliev, Pengfei Chu, Zhong Zhang, Ray H. Baughman*, Yongsheng Chen*. Three-Dimensionally Bonded Spongy Graphene Material with Super Compressive Elasticity and Near-Zero Poisson’s Ratio. Nature Communications, 2015, 6, 6141.

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