Academic Degrees

PhD, 2017, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;

Bachelor, 2011, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.

Professional Experience

Professor (2022-present); School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;

Postdoc (2017-2021); School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, United States.

Selected Publications

1. Yao Gao, Letian Dou*. Organic Semiconductor-Incorporated Two-Dimensional Halide Perovskites, Natl. Sci. Rev. 2022, 9, nwab111.

2. Aihui Liang†, Yao Gao*†, Reza Asadpour, Zitang Wei, Blake P. Finkenauer, Linrui Jin, Jiaqi Yang, Kang Wang, Ke Chen, Peilin Liao, Chenhui Zhu, Libai Huang, Bryan W. Boudouris, Muhammad A. Alam, Letian Dou*. Ligand-Driven Grain Engineering of High Mobility Two-Dimensional Perovskite Thin Film Transistors, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 15215-15223.

3. Yao Gao, Zitang Wei, Sheng-Ning Hsu, Bryan W. Boudouris, Letian Dou*. Two-Dimensional Halide Perovskites Featuring Semiconducting Organic Building Blocks, Mater. Chem. Front. 2020, 4, 3400-3418.

4. Yao Gao, Enzheng Shi, Shibin Deng, Stephen B. Shiring, Jordan M. Snaider, Chao Liang, Biao Yuan, Ruyi Song, Svenja M. Janke, Alexander Liebman-Peláez,, Pilsun Yoo, Matthias Zeller, Bryan W. Boudouris, Peilin Liao, Chenhui Zhu, Volker Blum, Yi Yu, Brett M. Savoie, Libai Huang, Letian Dou*. Molecular Engineering of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskites Quantum Wells, Nat. Chem. 2019, 11, 1151-1157.

5. Yao Gao, Zitang Wei, Pilsun Yoo, Enzheng Shi, Matthias Zeller, Chenhui Zhu, Peilin Liao, Letian Dou*. Highly Stable Lead-Free Perovskite Field-Effect Transistors Incorporating Linear π-Conjugated Organic Ligands, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 15577-15585.

6. Yao Gao, Junhua Bai, Ying Sui, Yang Han, Yunfeng Deng*. Hongkun Tian, Yanhou Geng*, Fosong Wang. High Mobility Ambipolar Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Conjugated Polymers Synthesized via Direct Arylation Polycondensation: Influence of Thiophene Moieties and Side Chains, Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 8752-8760.

7. Yao Gao, Yunfeng Deng, Hongkun Tian*, Jidong Zhang, Donghang Yan, Yanhou Geng*, Fosong Wang. Multi-Fluorination toward High Mobility Ambipolar and Unipolar n-Type Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers Based on Isoindigo, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1606217.

8. Yao Gao, Xiaojie Zhang*, Hongkun Tian*, Jidong Zhang, Donghang Yan, Yanhou Geng*, Fosong Wang. High Mobility Ambipolar Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Conjugated Polymer Synthesized Via Direct Arylation Polycondensation, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 6753-6759.

Awards

2021 "Huazhong Scholar" in Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2017 Outstanding Graduate

2016 Chinese Academy of Sciences Dean Excellence Award

2015 National Scholarship

Project

National Natural Science Foundation of China：22205070, Construction and stability studies of organic semiconductors-incorporated two-dimensional perovskites, 2023/01-2025/12

National Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program, Organic-inorganic hybrid semiconductor materials and devices, 2023/01-2025/12