Publications

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Zhu, P.; Liu, X.; Guo, M.; Li, Q.; Hu, G.; Gao, J.; Shi, Y. Enhanced Triplet Energy Transfer in Quantum Dot–Molecule Hybrids by Driving Bright State Redistribution. Nano Lett. 2025, 25 (46), 16515–16521. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c04652.

Li, Q.; Liu, X.; Zhu, P.; Guo, M.; Hu, G.; Gao, J.; Liu, C.; Shi, Y. Pressure‐Induced Ultralow Critical Micelle Concentration of Surfactant for Encapsulating Dye. Advanced Science 2025, 12 (33), e15151. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202415151.

 

Lee, H.; Lewis, Z.; Christensen, L.; Gao, J.; Li, D. Survey of Polymer Self-Healing Mechanisms in Perovskite Solar Cells. Polymers 2025, 18 (1), 69.

Han, J.; Cao, B.; Yin, H.; Gao, J.; Liu, C.; Shi, Y. Pressure-Induced White Light Emission Based on a Single-Component Organic Molecule. Optics Express 2025, 33 (9), 19912–19921.

Guo, M.; Hu, G.; Liu, X.; Zhu, P.; Zhu, L.; Li, Q.; Gao, J.; Yin, H.; Han, J.; Shi, Y. Non-Isomerizing Switching Strategy for Azobenzene Photoswitch. Applied Physics Letters 2025, 127 (23).

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Zhao, Q.; Wang, S.; Kim, Y.-H.; Mondal, S.; Miao, Q.; Li, S.; Liu, D.; Wang, M.; Zhai, Y.; Gao, J. Advantageous Properties of Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots towards Energy-Efficient Sustainable Applications. Green Energy & Environment 2024, 9 (6), 949–965.

Lian, L.; Zhang, P.; Liang, G.; Xia, Y.; Gao, J.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, J. Full-Spectrum White-Light Emission from Triple Self-Trapped Excitons in Hybrid Mixed-Metal Halides. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16 (7), 9030–9038. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c17346.

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Wan, Y.; Li, B.; Liu, Y.; Wang, D.; Zhu, L.; Li, Q.; Yin, H.; Liu, C.; Jin, M.; Gao, J. Turn-on Stimuli-Responsive Switch: Strategies for Activating a New Fluorescence Channel by Pressure. Optics Express 2023, 31 (8), 13017–13027.

Liu, S.; Li, M.-Y.; Xiong, K.; Gao, J.; Lan, X.; Zhang, D.; Gao, L.; Zhang, J.; Tang, J. Efficient Quantum Dot Infrared Solar Cells with Enhanced Low-Energy Photon Conversion via Optical Engineering. Nano Res. 2023, 16 (2), 2392–2398. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4906-1.

Lian, L.; Zhang, P.; Gao, J.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, J. Self-Assemblies of Isomeric Copper Iodide Trimers with Geometry-Dependent Photophysical Properties. Chem. Mater. 2023, 35 (21), 9339–9345. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02142.

Li, Q.; Zhu, L.; Wan, Y.; Wan, Y.; Gao, J.; Yin, H.; Shi, Y. Accelerating Ultrafast Processes in Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes under Pressure. Applied Physics Letters 2023, 122 (6).

Kobbekaduwa, K.; Liu, E.; Zhao, Q.; Bains, J. S.; Zhang, J.; Shi, Y.; Zheng, H.; Li, D.; Cai, T.; Chen, O.; Rao, A. M.; Beard, M. C.; Luther, J. M.; Gao, J. Ultrafast Carrier Drift Transport Dynamics in CsPbI3 Perovskite Nanocrystalline Thin Films. ACS Nano 2023, 17 (14), 13997–14004. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c03989.

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Lian, L.; Zhang, T.; Ding, H.; Zhang, P.; Zhang, X.; Zhao, Y.-B.; Gao, J.; Zhang, D.; Zhao, Y. S.; Zhang, J. Highly Luminescent Zero-Dimensional Organic Copper Halide with Low-Loss Optical Waveguides and Highly Polarized Emission. ACS Materials Lett. 2022, 4 (8), 1446–1452. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c00233.

Lian, L.; Wang, S.; Ding, H.; Liang, G.; Zhao, Y.; Song, H.; Lan, X.; Gao, J.; Chen, R.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, J. Single‐Component White‐Light Emitters with Excellent Color Rendering Indexes and High Photoluminescence Quantum Efficiencies. Advanced Optical Materials 2022, 10 (1), 2101640. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202101640.

Lian, L.; Qi, W.; Ding, H.; Tian, H.; Ye, Q.; Zhao, Y.-B.; Zhao, L.; Gao, J.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, J. Highly Luminescent Zero-Dimensional Lead-Free Manganese Halides for β-Ray Scintillation. Nano Res. 2022, 15 (9), 8486–8492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4447-7.

Li, Y.; Cao, B.; Li, B.; Liu, Y.; Shi, Y.; Liu, C.; Jin, M.; Gao, J.; Ding, D. Ultrahigh Aggregation Induced Emission Efficiency in Multitwist-Based Luminogens under High Pressure. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13 (1), 136–141. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03745.

Adhikari, P.; Wang, P.; Kobbekaduwa, K.; Xie, C.; Huai, C.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, J.; Shi, Y.; Zheng, H.; Rao, A. M.; Zeng, H.; Gao, J. Generating and Capturing Secondary Hot Carriers in Monolayer Tungsten Dichalcogenides. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13 (25), 5703–5710. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01073.

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Wang, W.; Sui, N.; Chi, X.; Kang, Z.; Zhou, Q.; Li, L.; Zhang, H.; Gao, J.; Wang, Y. Investigation of Hot Carrier Cooling Dynamics in Monolayer MoS2. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12 (2), 861–868. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03110.

Liu, S.; Zhang, C.; Li, S.; Xia, Y.; Wang, K.; Xiong, K.; Tang, H.; Lian, L.; Liu, X.; Li, M.; Tan, M.; Gao, L.; Niu, G.; Liu, H.; Song, H.; Zhang, D.; Gao, J.; Lan, X.; Wang, K.; Sun, X. W.; Yang, Y.; Tang, J.; Zhang, J. Efficient Infrared Solar Cells Employing Quantum Dot Solids with Strong Inter‐Dot Coupling and Efficient Passivation. Adv Funct Materials 2021, 31 (9), 2006864. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202006864.

Liu, S.; Xiong, K.; Wang, K.; Liang, G.; Li, M.-Y.; Tang, H.; Yang, X.; Huang, Z.; Lian, L.; Tan, M.; Wang, K.; Gao, L.; Song, H.; Zhang, D.; Gao, J.; Lan, X.; Tang, J.; Zhang, J. Efficiently Passivated PbSe Quantum Dot Solids for Infrared Photovoltaics. ACS Nano 2021, 15 (2), 3376–3386. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c10373.

Lian, L.; Zhang, P.; Zhang, X.; Ye, Q.; Qi, W.; Zhao, L.; Gao, J.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, J. Realizing Near-Unity Quantum Efficiency of Zero-Dimensional Antimony Halides through Metal Halide Structural Modulation. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13 (49), 58908–58915. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c18038.

Lian, L.; Zhang, P.; Liang, G.; Wang, S.; Wang, X.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, X.; Gao, J.; Zhang, D.; Gao, L.; Song, H.; Chen, R.; Lan, X.; Liang, W.; Niu, G.; Tang, J.; Zhang, J. Efficient Dual-Band White-Light Emission with High Color Rendering from Zero-Dimensional Organic Copper Iodide. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13 (19), 22749–22756. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c03881.

Lian, L.; Wang, X.; Zhang, P.; Zhu, J.; Zhang, X.; Gao, J.; Wang, S.; Liang, G.; Zhang, D.; Gao, L.; Song, H.; Chen, R.; Lan, X.; Liang, W.; Niu, G.; Tang, J.; Zhang, J. Highly Luminescent Zero-Dimensional Organic Copper Halides for X-Ray Scintillation. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12 (29), 6919–6926. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01946.

 

Li, B.; Liu, Y.; Wan, Y.; Zhu, L.; Shi, Y.; Liu, C.; Jin, M.; Gao, J.; Ding, D. Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Outpaces Auger Recombination in CdTe/CdS Quantum Dots-Rhodamine101 Molecules System upon Compression. Optics Express 2021, 29 (17), 27171–27180.

Li, B.; Cao, B.; Zhou, Q.; Li, Y.; Bao, Y.; Shi, Y.; Liu, C.; Jin, M.; Gao, J.; Ding, D. Turning on High-Rate-Capability Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer in a Quantum Dot-Molecule System via High Pressure. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2021, 9 (40), 14388–14393.

Kobbekaduwa, K.; Shrestha, S.; Adhikari, P.; Liu, E.; Coleman, L.; Zhang, J.; Shi, Y.; Zhou, Y.; Bekenstein, Y.; Yan, F. In-Situ Observation of Trapped Carriers in Organic Metal Halide Perovskite Films with Ultra-Fast Temporal and Ultra-High Energetic Resolutions. Nature communications 2021, 12 (1), 1636.

 

Kobbekaduwa, K.; Liu, E.; Zhao, Q.; Adhikari, P.; Xie, C.; Zhang, J.; Shi, Y.; Zheng, H.; Li, D.; Sanabria, H. Are Solution Processed CsPbI3 Perovskite Nanocrystalline Films Similar to Traditional Crystalline Semiconductors? 2021.

Cai, T.; Shi, W.; Gosztola, D. J.; Kobbekaduwa, K.; Yang, H.; Jin, N.; Nagaoka, Y.; Dube, L.; Schneider, J.; Hwang, S. Colloidal Synthesis and Charge Carrier Dynamics of Cs4Cd1- xCuxSb2Cl12 (0≤ X≤ 1) Layered Double Perovskite Nanocrystals. Matter 2021, 4 (9), 2936–2952.

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Zhou, Q.; Cao, B.; Li, Y.; Li, B.; Yin, H.; Gao, J.; Jin, M.; Shi, Y.; Liu, C.; Ding, D. Pressure Tuning of Electron Transfer Rate in Near-Infrared PbS-Anthraquinone Complexes. Applied Physics Letters 2020, 117 (6).

Yi, J.; Ge, X.; Liu, E.; Cai, T.; Zhao, C.; Wen, S.; Sanabria, H.; Chen, O.; Rao, A. M.; Gao, J. The Correlation between Phase Transition and Photoluminescence Properties of CsPbX 3 (X= Cl, Br, I) Perovskite Nanocrystals. Nanoscale advances 2020, 2 (10), 4390–4394.

Yang, H.; Cai, T.; Liu, E.; Hills-Kimball, K.; Gao, J.; Chen, O. Synthesis and Transformation of Zero-Dimensional Cs3BiX6 (X = Cl, Br) Perovskite-Analogue Nanocrystals. Nano Res. 2020, 13 (1), 282–291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2611-5.

Xia, Y.; Liu, S.; Wang, K.; Yang, X.; Lian, L.; Zhang, Z.; He, J.; Liang, G.; Wang, S.; Tan, M.; Song, H.; Zhang, D.; Gao, J.; Tang, J.; Beard, M. C.; Zhang, J. Cation‐Exchange Synthesis of Highly Monodisperse PbS Quantum Dots from ZnS Nanorods for Efficient Infrared Solar Cells. Adv Funct Materials 2020, 30 (4), 1907379. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201907379.

Xia, Y.; Chen, W.; Zhang, P.; Liu, S.; Wang, K.; Yang, X.; Tang, H.; Lian, L.; He, J.; Liu, X.; Liang, G.; Tan, M.; Gao, L.; Liu, H.; Song, H.; Zhang, D.; Gao, J.; Wang, K.; Lan, X.; Zhang, X.; Müller‐Buschbaum, P.; Tang, J.; Zhang, J. Facet Control for Trap‐State Suppression in Colloidal Quantum Dot Solids. Adv Funct Materials 2020, 30 (22), 2000594. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202000594.

Lian, L.; Zheng, M.; Zhang, W.; Yin, L.; Du, X.; Zhang, P.; Zhang, X.; Gao, J.; Zhang, D.; Gao, L.; Niu, G.; Song, H.; Chen, R.; Lan, X.; Tang, J.; Zhang, J. Efficient and Reabsorption‐Free Radioluminescence in Cs3 Cu2 I5 Nanocrystals with Self‐Trapped Excitons. Advanced Science 2020, 7 (11), 2000195. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202000195.

Lian, L.; Zheng, M.; Zhang, P.; Zheng, Z.; Du, K.; Lei, W.; Gao, J.; Niu, G.; Zhang, D.; Zhai, T.; Jin, S.; Tang, J.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, J. Photophysics in Cs3 Cu2 X5 (X = Cl, Br, or I): Highly Luminescent Self-Trapped Excitons from Local Structure Symmetrization. Chem. Mater. 2020, 32 (8), 3462–3468. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b05321.

Cai, T.; Shi, W.; Hwang, S.; Kobbekaduwa, K.; Nagaoka, Y.; Yang, H.; Hills-Kimball, K.; Zhu, H.; Wang, J.; Wang, Z.; Liu, Y.; Su, D.; Gao, J.; Chen, O. Lead-Free Cs4 CuSb2 Cl12 Layered Double Perovskite Nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (27), 11927–11936. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c04919.

 

 

Zhao, H.; Yin, H.; Liu, X.; Li, H.; Shi, Y.; Liu, C.; Jin, M.; Gao, J.; Luo, Y.; Ding, D. Pressure-Induced Tunable Electron Transfer and Auger Recombination Rates in CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dot–Anthraquinone Complexes. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10 (11), 3064–3070. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01048.

Zhao, H.; Sun, C.; Yin, H.; Li, Y.; Gao, J.; Shi, Y.; Sun, M. Tunable Electron Transfer Rate in a CdSe/ZnS-Based Complex with Different Anthraquinone Chloride Substitutes. Scientific Reports 2019, 9 (1), 7756.

Liu, E.; Zhu, H.; Yi, J.; Kobbekaduwa, K.; Adhikari, P.; Liu, J.; Shi, Y.; Zhang, J.; Li, H.; Oprisan, A.; Rao, A. M.; Sanabria, H.; Chen, O.; Gao, J. Manipulating Charge Transfer from Core to Shell in CdSe/CdS/Au Heterojunction Quantum Dots. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11 (51), 48551–48555. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b17339.

Jia, C.; Li, H.; Tan, L.; Meng, X.; Gao, J.; Li, H. Observation and Implication of Halide Exchange beyond CsPbX 3 Perovskite Nanocrystals. Nanoscale 2019, 11 (7), 3123–3128.

Gao, J.; Kidon, L.; Rabani, E.; Alivisatos, A. P. Ultrahigh Hot Carrier Transient Photocurrent in Nanocrystal Arrays by Auger Recombination. Nano Lett. 2019, 19 (7), 4804–4810. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02374.

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Xia, Y.; Zhai, G.; Zheng, Z.; Lian, L.; Liu, H.; Zhang, D.; Gao, J.; Zhai, T.; Zhang, J. Solution-Processed Solar-Blind Deep Ultraviolet Photodetectors Based on Strongly Quantum Confined ZnS Quantum Dots. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2018, 6 (42), 11266–11271.

Lian, L.; Zhai, G.; Cheng, F.; Xia, Y.; Zheng, M.; Ke, J.; Gao, M.; Liu, H.; Zhang, D.; Li, L. Colloidal Synthesis of Lead-Free All-Inorganic Cesium Bismuth Bromide Perovskite Nanoplatelets. CrystEngComm 2018, 20 (46), 7473–7478.

Lian, L.; Xia, Y.; Zhang, C.; Xu, B.; Yang, L.; Liu, H.; Zhang, D.; Wang, K.; Gao, J.; Zhang, J. In Situ Tuning the Reactivity of Selenium Precursor To Synthesize Wide Range Size, Ultralarge-Scale, and Ultrastable PbSe Quantum Dots. Chem. Mater. 2018, 30 (3), 982–989. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04825.

Lian, L.; Cheng, F.; Xia, Y.; Zheng, M.; Ke, J.; Zhang, W.; He, J.; Liu, H.; Zhang, D.; Gao, J.; Tang, J.; Li, L.; Tan, M.; Zhang, J. Electron Beam Induced Formation of Hollow RbBr Nanocubes. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122 (49), 28347–28350. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b09096.

Gao, J.; Rao, A. M.; Li, H.; Zhang, J.; Chen, O. Carrier Transport Dynamics in High Speed Black Phosphorus Photodetectors. ACS Photonics 2018, 5 (4), 1412–1417. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b01431.

Adhikari, P.; Kobbekaduwa, K.; Shi, Y.; Zhang, J.; Al Abass, N.; He, J.; Rao, A.; Gao, J. Sub-50 Picosecond to Microsecond Carrier Transport Dynamics in Pentacene Thin Films. Applied Physics Letters 2018, 113 (18).

 

 

Fidler, A. F.; Gao, J.; Klimov, V. I. Electron–Hole Exchange Blockade and Memory-Less Recombination in Photoexcited Films of Colloidal Quantum Dots. Nature Physics 2017, 13 (6), 604–610.

 

 

Gao, J.; Nguyen, S. C.; Bronstein, N. D.; Alivisatos, A. P. Solution-Processed, High-Speed, and High-Quantum-Efficiency Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors. ACS Photonics 2016, 3 (7), 1217–1222. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00211.

Gao, J.; Nguyen, S. C.; Bronstein, N. D. Solution-Processed, High-Speed, and High-Quantum-Efficiency Quantum Dot Infrared. ACS Photonics, 3 (7) 2016.

 

 

Zhang, J.; Crisp, R. W.; Gao, J.; Kroupa, D. M.; Beard, M. C.; Luther, J. M. Synthetic Conditions for High-Accuracy Size Control of PbS Quantum Dots. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2015, 6 (10), 1830–1833. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00689.

Zhang, J.; Chernomordik, B. D.; Crisp, R. W.; Kroupa, D. M.; Luther, J. M.; Miller, E. M.; Gao, J.; Beard, M. C. Preparation of Cd/Pb Chalcogenide Heterostructured Janus Particles via Controllable Cation Exchange. ACS Nano 2015, 9 (7), 7151–7163. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b01859.

Gao, J.; Fidler, A. F.; Klimov, V. I. Carrier Multiplication Detected through Transient Photocurrent in Device-Grade Films of Lead Selenide Quantum Dots. Nature Communications 2015, 6 (1), 8185.

Zhang, J.; Gao, J.; Miller, E. M.; Luther, J. M.; Beard, M. C. Diffusion-Controlled Synthesis of PbS and PbSe Quantum Dots with in Situ Halide Passivation for Quantum Dot Solar Cells. ACS Nano 2014, 8 (1), 614–622. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn405236k.

Zhang, J.; Gao, J.; Church, C. P.; Miller, E. M.; Luther, J. M.; Klimov, V. I.; Beard, M. C. PbSe Quantum Dot Solar Cells with More than 6% Efficiency Fabricated in Ambient Atmosphere. Nano Lett. 2014, 14 (10), 6010–6015. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl503085v.

Ihly, R.; Nanayakkara, S. U.; Gao, J.; Zhang, J.; Law, M.; Luther, J. M. Imaging Interfacial Layers and Internal Fields in Nanocrystalline Junctions. In 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC); IEEE, 2014; pp 3498–3501.

Gao, J.; Zhang, J.; Van De Lagemaat, J.; Johnson, J. C.; Beard, M. C. Charge Generation in PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells Characterized by Temperature-Dependent Steady-State Photoluminescence. ACS Nano 2014, 8 (12), 12814–12825. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn506075s.

Kim, S.; Kim, J. K.; Gao, J.; Song, J. H.; An, H. J.; You, T.-S.; Lee, T.-S.; Jeong, J.-R.; Lee, E.-S.; Jeong, J.-H.; Beard, M. C.; Jeong, S. Lead Sulfide Nanocrystal Quantum Dot Solar Cells with Trenched ZnO Fabricated via Nanoimprinting. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5 (9), 3803–3808. https://doi.org/10.1021/am400443w.

Gao, J.; Jeong, S.; Lin, F.; Erslev, P. T.; Semonin, O. E.; Luther, J. M.; Beard, M. C. Improvement in Carrier Transport Properties by Mild Thermal Annealing of PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Applied Physics Letters 2013, 102 (4).

Bhandari, K. P.; Roland, P. J.; Mahabaduge, H.; Haugen, N. O.; Grice, C. R.; Jeong, S.; Dykstra, T.; Gao, J.; Ellingson, R. J. Thin Film Solar Cells Based on the Heterojunction of Colloidal PbS Quantum Dots with CdS. Solar energy materials and solar cells 2013, 117, 476–482.

Gao, J.; Johnson, J. C. Charge Trapping in Bright and Dark States of Coupled PbS Quantum Dot Films. ACS Nano 2012, 6 (4), 3292–3303. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn300707d.

Erslev, P. T.; Chen, H.-Y.; Gao, J.; Beard, M. C.; Frank, A. J.; Van De Lagemaat, J.; Johnson, J. C.; Luther, J. M. Sharp Exponential Band Tails in Highly Disordered Lead Sulfide Quantum Dot Arrays. Phys. Rev. B 2012, 86 (15), 155313. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.155313.

Semonin, O.; Luther, J.; Beard, M.; Johnson, J.; Gao, J.; Nozik, A. Approaches to Future Generation Photovoltaics and Solar Fuels: Quantum Dots, Arrays, and Quantum Dot Solar Cells; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO., 2011. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1087224 (accessed 2026-02-23).

Semonin, O. E.; Luther, J. M.; Choi, S.; Chen, H.-Y.; Gao, J.; Nozik, A. J.; Beard, M. C. Peak External Photocurrent Quantum Efficiency Exceeding 100% via MEG in a Quantum Dot Solar Cell. Science 2011, 334 (6062), 1530–1533. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1209845.

Luther, J. M.; Semonin, O. E.; Beard, M. C.; Gao, J.; Nozik, A. J. Multiple Exciton Generation Solar Cells; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States), 2011. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1042523 (accessed 2026-02-23).

Gao, J.; Perkins, C. L.; Luther, J. M.; Hanna, M. C.; Chen, H.-Y.; Semonin, O. E.; Nozik, A. J.; Ellingson, R. J.; Beard, M. C. N-Type Transition Metal Oxide as a Hole Extraction Layer in PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Nano Lett. 2011, 11 (8), 3263–3266. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl2015729.

Gao, J.; Luther, J. M.; Semonin, O. E.; Ellingson, R. J.; Nozik, A. J.; Beard, M. C. Quantum Dot Size Dependent J − V Characteristics in Heterojunction ZnO/PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Nano Lett. 2011, 11 (3), 1002–1008. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl103814g.

Gao, J.; Jeong, S.; Semonin, O. E.; Ellingson, R. J.; Nozik, A. J.; Beard, M. C. Annealing Effect of PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells. In 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; IEEE, 2011; pp 002619–002621.

Luther, J. M.; Gao, J.; Lloyd, M. T.; Semonin, O. E.; Beard, M. C.; Nozik, A. J. Stability Assessment on a 3% Bilayer PbS/ZnO Quantum Dot Heterojunction Solar Cell. Adv. Mater 2010, 22 (33), 3704–3707.

Lehnherr, D.; Gao, J.; Hegmann, F. A.; Tykwinski, R. R. Pentacene-Based Dendrimers: Synthesis and Thin Film Photoconductivity Measurements of Branched Pentacene Oligomers. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74 (14), 5017–5024. https://doi.org/10.1021/jo9007089.

Lehnherr, D.; Gao, J.; Hegmann, F. A.; Tykwinski, R. R. Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Conjugated Pentacene Dimers. Org. Lett. 2008, 10 (21), 4779–4782. https://doi.org/10.1021/ol801886h.

Gao, J.; Hegmann, F. A. Bulk Photoconductive Gain in Pentacene Thin Films. Applied Physics Letters 2008, 93 (22).

Hegmann, F. A.; Ostroverkhova, O.; Gao, J.; Barker, L.; Tykwinski, R. R.; Bullock, J. E.; Anthony, J. E. Picosecond Transient Photoconductivity in Organic Molecular Crystals. In Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials VIII; SPIE, 2004; Vol. 5352, pp 196–207.

Gao, J. Fast Photoresponse of Functionalized Pentacene Organic Molecular Crystals. 2004.

Gao, J. -b; Jiang, Z. -k; Li, C. -x. Two-Dimensional Images of OH Radicals in Flame of Solid Propellant Using Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF). CHINESE JOURNAL OF LASERS 2001, 28 (9), 823–825.