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1980.9-1984.7 Bachelor, Chemistry, Zhengzhou University
1984.9-1987.6 Master, Chemistry, Nankai University
1987-1992.6 Lecturer, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China, Department of Chemistry
1993.9-1997.6 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Victoria, Canada
1997.8-1999.8 Postdoc and Research Scientist, University of California at Los Angeles and University of Kentucky, USA
1999.8-2002.2 Senior Scientist, Cymer, Inc.
2002.3-2004.4 Senior Research Scientist, SDSC National Laboratory, University of California at San Diego
2010.6-present Adjunction Professor, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
2004.4-present Chair Professor, Nankai University

Yongsheng Chen is primarily engaged in research on functional polymers and nanomaterials, with a focus on their applications in green energy. He has led multiple national projects, including the 973 Program, 863 Program, etc. Published >500 papers in journals including Science, Nature, Nat. Photon., Nat. Common., JACS, Adv. Mat., Acc. Res. Chem., Nano Lett，and etc. These works have been cited more than 90,000 times, with an H-index of 130, and he also hold 37 authorized invention patents.
Recent 10 selected papers:

(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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