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Dr Bo Hou
Condensed Matter and Photonics Group
School of Physics and Astronomy
houb6@cardiff.ac.uk
Room N/2.25a, Queen's Buildings - North Building, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
Available for postgraduate supervision
I am a Lecturer at the School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University. My research interests include quantum dot synthesis, quantum dot optoelectronics (PV, LED, Photodetector, Display and Image sensor), electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic charge transfer analysis.
Bo Hou received his PhD degree from the University of Bristol (2010–2014) and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford (2014–2018, Wolfson College) and a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge (2018-2020, St Edmund's College).
IOP Semiconductor Physics Group SIOE Merit awards for oral presentations (2021)
"2020 Emerging Investigators", Royal Society of Chemistry (2020)
'Built-in Quantum Dot Infrared Wireless Charging', Second Prize, THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY CSSAUK HIGH-LEVEL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE, London (2018)
'Understanding charge transport dynamics in solution-processed quantum dot solar cells',15th International Symposium on Novel and Nano Materials, First Prize, Portugal. (2018)
Outstanding contribution award in reviewing for Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier (2018)
Outstanding contribution award in reviewing for Applied Surface Science, Elsevier (2018)
EPSRC "SuperGen" fully funded doctoral studentship (2010)
2017-Present, Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
2011-Present, Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
2018-Present, Member of the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS)
2020-Present, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
2021-Present, Member of the Institute of Physics (IOP)
2019-2020, Member of Downing College, University of Cambridge
2019-2020, Member of St Edmund's College, the University of Cambridge
2015-2018, Member of Wolfson College, University of Oxford
02. 2020 – present: Lecturer, School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University
09. 2018 – 01.2020: Senior Research Associate, Department of Engineering, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge
09. 2016 – 09.2018: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Engineering Science, Wolfson College, University of Oxford
10.2021 'Colloidal Quantum Dots: 0D Materials for Next-Generation Photovoltaics', (Invited Seminar), Xiamen University-Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
04.2021 'Colloidal Quantum Dots for Indoor and Concentration Solar Cells Applications,' (IOP Semiconductor Physics Group SIOE Merit awards for oral presentations), Semiconductor Integrated Optoelectronics Conference (SIOE), Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
03. 2021 'The Artificial Building Blocks for New-Generation Optoelectronics and Photonics', (Invited Seminar), Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
03. 2021 'Colloidal Quantum Dots: The Artificial Building Blocks for New-Generation Optoelectronics and Photonics', (Invited Seminar), Materials Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
05. 2020 'The Artificial Building Blocks for New-Generation Optoelectronics and Photonics', (Keynote Speaker), Shanghai University League's Forum for International Young Scholars, Donghua University, Shanghai (Webinar), China
05. 2020 'Colloidal Compound Semiconductor Nanocrystals: The Artificial Building Blocks for New-Generation Optoelectronics and Photonics', (Invited Speaker), Physics Seminar, Cardiff University, Cardiff (Webinar), UK
11. 2019 'Hybrid Passivation for Foldable Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide Thin-Film Transistors Mediated by Low Temperature and Low Damage Parylene-C/ALD-AlOx Bilayer Coating', (Invited Speaker and Session Chair), 5th International Conference on Advanced Electromaterials (ICAE 2019), Jeju, Korea
08. 2019 'Chemically Encoded Self-Organized Quantum Chain Supracrystals with Exceptional Charge and Ion Transport Properties', (Invited Speaker), RSC Electrochem 2019, University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde, UK
04. 2019 'Novel Photonic and Optoelectronic Materials', (Invited Speaker) Photonic and Optoelectronic Materials 2019 (POEM2019) Conference, University College London, UK
09. 2018 'Understanding charge transport dynamics in solution-processed quantum dot solar cells', (Invited Speaker) RSC Electrochem 2018, Lancaster University, UK
08. 2018 'Understanding charge transport dynamics in solution-processed quantum dot solar cells', 7th EuCheMS Congress (Invited Speaker), Liverpool, UK
06. 2017 'Semiconductor nanocrystals for energy conversion– designing around the light harvesting and light-emitting' The "BAOJUN QIAN" International Young Scholars' Forum (IYSF) (Invited Lecture), Donghua University, Shanghai, China.
04. 2017 'Highly monodispersed QDs for outstanding QD optoelectronic applications' The Faraday Joint Interest Group Conference (Invited Speaker), April 11th to 13th, 2017, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
07. 2016 'Highly Monodispersed PbS QD for Outstanding QD Solar Cells' the International Symposium on Novel and Nano Materials (ISNNM) (Invited Speaker), July 3rd to July 8th, 2016, Budapest, Hungary.
11. 2015 'High-performance quantum dots solar cells' THE RANK PRIZE FUNDS, Symposium on Electroluminescent and Photovoltaic Effects in Nanocrystal Quantum Dots (Invited Speaker), 16th to 19th November 2015, Wordsworth Hotel, Grasmere, UK.
Committees and reviewing
2021-Present, Expert Review Member for Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowships
2021-Present, Editorial Board Member, Catalysis (MDPI)
2021-Present, Associate Editor, Frontiers in Photonics
2021-Present, Guest Editor, Nanotechnology (IOP)
"Machine Learning and Deep Learning Assisted Nanoscience and Engineering"
2020-2021, Guest Editor, Catalysis (MDPI)
"Emerging Nanocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen Evolution and Hydrogen Evolution"
2018-2019, Guest Editor, Israel Journal of Chemistry (Wiley)
"Quantum Dots Photochemistry and Photoelectronics"
2020-Present, Reviewer of Nature Electronics (Springer Nature)
2014-Present, Reviewer of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, ACS Omega (ACS);
2014-Present, Reviewer of Nanoscale, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, New Journal of Chemistry, CrystEngComm (RSC);
2014-Present, Reviewer of Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials and Small (Wiley);
2014-Present, Reviewer of Nano Energy, Carbon, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Applied Surface Science, Ceramics International, Thin Solid Films, Journal of Energy Storage, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry (Elsevier);
2014-Present, Reviewer of Nano (World Scientific);
2014-Present, Reviewer of Nanomaterials, Catalysis, Molecules, International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI);
Zhang, W.et al. 2021. Secondary particle size determining sedimentation and adsorption kinetics of titanate-based materials for ammonia nitrogen and methylene blue removal. Journal of Molecular Liquids 343, article number: 117026. (10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117026)
Choi, D.et al. 2021. The effect of Cs/FA ratio on the long-term stability of mixed cation perovskite solar cells. Solar RRL 5(12), article number: 2100660. (10.1002/solr.202100660)
Chavan, H. S.et al. 2021. Optimal rule-of-thumb design of Nickel–Vanadium oxides as an electrochromic electrode with ultrahigh capacity and ultrafast color tunability. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13(48), pp. 57403-57410. (10.1021/acsami.1c18613)
Jang, H.et al. 2021. Self-catalytic growth of elementary semiconductor nanowires with controlled morphology and crystallographic orientation. Nano Letters 21(23), pp. 9909-9915. (10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02982)
Qian, C.et al. 2021. Interface-engineered paclitaxel-based hollow mesoporous organosilica nanoplatforms for photothermal-enhanced chemotherapy of tumor. Molecular Pharmaceutics 18(12), pp. 4531-4542. (10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00735)
Cho, Y.et al. 2021. Ferroelectric field effect induced charge carrier transport modulation at quantum dot solar cell heterojunction interface. ACS Applied Energy Materials 4(11), pp. 12056–12062. (10.1021/acsaem.1c01525)
Jo, Y.et al. 2021. Experimental and theoretical insights into the borohydride-based reduction-induced metal interdiffusion in Fe-Oxide@NiCo2O4 for enhanced oxygen evolution. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13(45), pp. 53725–53735. (10.1021/acsami.1c13694)
Liu, Y.et al. 2021. Efficient photocathodic protection enabled by a multi-dimensional quaternary hybrid superstructure. Chemical Engineering Journal 421(P2), article number: 127858. (10.1016/j.cej.2020.127858)
Liu, W.et al. 2021. Molecular dynamics and machine learning in catalysts. Catalysts 11(9), article number: 1129. (10.3390/catal11091129)
Yang, C.et al. 2021. Ni-Co single atomic anchored conjugated microporous polymer for high-performance photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A: materials for energy and sustainability 9(35), pp. 19894-19900. (10.1039/D1TA02547C)
Liu, W.et al. 2021. Full-spectrum thermal analysis in twisted bilayer graphene. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 23(35), pp. 19166-19172. (10.1039/D1CP01715B)
Yan, D.et al. 2021. Colloidal quantum dots and metal halide perovskite hybridization for solar cells stability and performance enhancement. Journal of Materials Chemistry A: materials for energy and sustainability 9(28), pp. 15522-15541. (10.1039/D1TA02214H)
Cho, Y.et al. 2021. Enhanced direct white light emission efficiency in quantum dot light-emitting diodes via embedded ferroelectric islands structure. Advanced Functional Materials 31(41), article number: 2104239. (10.1002/adfm.202104239)
Hong, Y.et al. 2021. High-throughput computations of cross-plane thermal conductivity in multilayer stanene. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 171, article number: 121073. (10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121073)
Hou, B.et al. 2021. Synthetic mechanism studies of iron selenides: an emerging class of materials for electrocatalysis. Catalysts 11(6), article number: 681. (10.3390/catal11060681)
Cho, Y.et al. 2021. Balanced charge carrier transport mediated by quantum dot film post-organization for light-emitting diode applications. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13(22), pp. 26170-26179. (10.1021/acsami.1c04821)
Li, B., Hou, B. and Amaratunga, G. A. J. 2021. Indoor photovoltaics, the next big trend in solution-processed solar cells. InfoMat 3(5), pp. 445-459. (10.1002/inf2.12180)
Cho, S.et al. 2021. Colour-encoded electroluminescent white light-emitting diode Eenabled by Perovskite-Cu-In-S quantum composites. Journal of Materials Chemistry. C 9(22), pp. 7027-7034. (10.1039/D1TC00683E)
Hong, J.et al. 2021. Thermodynamically and physically stable dendrite-free Li interface with layered boron nitride separators. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 9(11), pp. 4185-4193. (10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00040)
Ahmed, A. T. A.et al. 2021. Graphene-integrated CuCo 2 S 4 microspheres as a sustainable anode material for high-performance Li-ion batteries. International Journal of Energy Research 45(2), pp. 1613-1626. (10.1002/er.5804)
Hong, J.et al. 2021. Room temperature wafer-scale synthesis of highly transparent, conductive CuS nanosheet films via a simple sulfur adsorption-corrosion method. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13(3), pp. 4244-4252. (10.1021/acsami.0c21957)
Kudilatt, H., Hou, B. and Welland, M. E. 2020. Quantum dots microstructural metrology: from time-resolved spectroscopy to spatial-resolved electron microscopy. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 37(12), article number: 2000192. (10.1002/ppsc.202000192)
Zhan, S.et al. 2020. Lattice marginal reconstruction enabled high ambient-tolerance Perovskite Quantum Dots phototransistors. Journal of Materials Chemistry. C 8(45), pp. 16001-16009. (10.1039/D0TC03838E)
Hou, X.et al. 2020. Indoor application of emerging photovoltaics - progress, challenges and perspectives. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 8(41), pp. 21503-21525. (10.1039/D0TA06950G)
Li, B.et al. 2020. Asymmetric carbon nanohorn enabled soft capacitors with high power density and ultra low cutoff frequency. Advanced Materials Technologies 5(9), article number: 2000372. (10.1002/admt.202000372)
Hou, B.et al. 2020. Multiphoton absorption stimulated metal chalcogenide quantum dot solar cells under ambient and concentrated irradiance. Advanced Functional Materials 30(39), article number: 2004563. (10.1002/adfm.202004563)
Hong, J.et al. 2020. Plasmonic effects of dual-metal nanoparticle layers for high-performance quantum dot solar cells. Plasmonics 15, pp. 1007-1013. (10.1007/s11468-020-01120-y)
Li, B.et al. 2020. Colloidal quantum dot hybrids: an emerging class of materials for ambient lighting. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 8(31), pp. 10676-10695. (10.1039/d0tc01349h)
Lu, M.et al. 2020. Rational-designed hybrid aerogels for ultra-flyweight electrochemical energy storage. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124(29), pp. 15688-15697. (10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c02217)
Kim, J.et al. 2020. Nanofilament array embedded tungsten oxide for highly efficient electrochromic supercapacitor electrodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 8(27), pp. 13459-13469. (10.1039/D0TA01728K)
Hong, Y.et al. 2020. Machine learning and artificial neural network accelerated computational discoveries in materials science. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science 10(3), article number: e1450. (10.1002/wcms.1450)
Zhan, S.et al. 2020. Hybrid passivation for foldable indium gallium zinc oxide thin-film transistors mediated by low-temperature and low-damage parylene-C/atomic layer deposition-AlOx coating. physica status solidi (a) 217(12), article number: 1900832. (10.1002/pssa.201900832)
Lee, H.et al. 2020. Nano-to-microporous networks via inkjet printing of ZnO nanoparticles/graphene hybrid for ultraviolet photodetectors. ACS Applied Nano Materials 3(5), pp. 4454-4464. (10.1021/acsanm.0c00558)
Shin, D.et al. 2020. Waterproof flexible InP@ZnSeS quantum dot light-emitting diode. Advanced Optical Materials 8(6), article number: 1901362. (10.1002/adom.201901362)
An, G.et al. 2020. 2D metal Zn nanostructure electrodes for high-performance Zn ion supercapacitors. Advanced Energy Materials 10(3), article number: 1902981. (10.1002/aenm.201902981)
Inamdar, A. I.et al. 2020. A robust nonprecious CuFe composite as a highly efficient bifunctional catalyst for overall electrochemical water splitting. Small 16(2), article number: 1905884. (10.1002/smll.201905884)
Xiang, H.et al. 2020. Copper-indium binary catalyst on a gas diffusion electrode for high-performance CO2 electrochemical reduction with record CO production efficiency. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 12(1), pp. 601-608. (10.1021/acsami.9b16862)
Jung, S.et al. 2019. Modeling electrical percolation to optimize the electromechanical properties of CNT/polymer composites in highly stretchable fiber strain sensors. Scientific Reports 9(1), article number: 20376. (10.1038/s41598-019-56940-8)
Lee, J.et al. 2019. Direct epitaxial synthesis of selective two-dimensional lateral heterostructures. ACS Nano 13(11), pp. 13047-13055. (10.1021/acsnano.9b05722)
Lu, M.et al. 2019. Molecular interaction balanced one- and two-dimensional hybrid nanoarchitectures for high-performance supercapacitors. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21(40), pp. 22283-22292. (10.1039/C9CP04579A)
Hou, B.et al. 2019. Chemically encoded self-organized quantum chain supracrystals with exceptional charge and ion transport properties. Nano Energy 62, pp. 764-771. (10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.05.088)
Fan, X.et al. 2019. Quantum dots based photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Israel Journal of Chemistry 59(8), pp. 762-773. (10.1002/ijch.201900029)
Hou, B. 2019. Colloidal quantum dots: the artificial building blocks for new-generation photo-electronics and photochemistry. Israel Journal of Chemistry 59(8), pp. 637-638. (10.1002/ijch.201900069)
Cho, Y.et al. 2019. Quantum dots for hybrid energy harvesting: from integration to piezo-phototronics. Israel Journal of Chemistry 59(8), pp. 747-761. (10.1002/ijch.201900035)
Zhang, Z.et al. 2019. Accelerated discoveries of mechanical properties of graphene using machine learning and high-throughput computation. Carbon 148, pp. 115-123. (10.1016/j.carbon.2019.03.046)
Aqueel Ahmed, A. T.et al. 2019. Morphology engineering of self-assembled nanostructured CuCo2O4 anodes for lithium-ion batteries. Energy Technology 7(7), article number: 1900295. (10.1002/ente.201900295)
Hou, B.et al. 2019. Growth of quantum dot coated core-shell anisotropic nanowires for improved thermal and electronic transport. Applied Physics Letters 114(24), pp. -., article number: 243104. (10.1063/1.5100891)
Pawar, S. M.et al. 2019. Nanoporous CuCo2O4 nanosheets as a highly efficient bifunctional electrode for supercapacitors and water oxidation catalysis. Applied Surface Science 470, pp. 360. (10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.11.151)
Pawar, S.et al. 2019. Facile electrodeposition of high-density CuCo2O4 nanosheets as a high-performance Li-ion battery anode material. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 69, pp. 13-17. (10.1016/j.jiec.2018.09.042)
Gunjakar, J. L.et al. 2018. Two-dimensional layered hydroxide nanoporous nanohybrids pillared with zero-dimensional polyoxovanadate nanoclusters for enhanced water oxidation catalysis. Small 14(49), article number: 1703481. (10.1002/smll.201703481)
Pak, S.et al. 2018. Consecutive junction-induced efficient charge separation mechanisms for high-performance MoS2/quantum dot phototransistors. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 10(44), pp. 38264-38271. (10.1021/acsami.8b14408)
Chavan, H. S.et al. 2018. Nanoflake NiMoO4 based smart supercapacitor for intelligent power balance monitoring.. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 185, pp. 166-173. (10.1016/j.solmat.2018.05.030)
Chavan, H. S.et al. 2018. Ultrathin Ni-Mo oxide nanoflakes for high-performance supercapacitor electrodes. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 767, pp. 782-788. (10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.07.179)
Wang, H.et al. 2018. Cobalt nanocrystals encapsulated in heteroatom-rich porous carbons derived from conjugated microporous polymers for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Small 14(42), pp. -., article number: 1803232. (10.1002/smll.201803232)
Inamdar, A. I.et al. 2018. Influence of operating temperature on Li2ZnTi3O8 anode performance and high-rate charging activity of Li-ion battery. Ceramics International 44(15), pp. 18625-18632. (10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.07.087)
Cho, Y.et al. 2018. Sustainable hybrid energy harvester based on air stable quantum dot solar cells and triboelectric nanogenerator. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 6(26), pp. 12440-12446. (10.1039/C8TA03870H)
Aqueel Ahmed, A. T.et al. 2018. Self-assembled nanostructured CuCo2 O4 for electrochemical energy storage and the oxygen evolution reaction via morphology engineering. Small 14(28), pp. -., article number: 1800742. (10.1002/smll.201800742)
Cho, S.et al. 2018. Optimizing nanosheet nickel cobalt oxide as an anode material for bifunctional electrochemical energy storage and oxygen electrocatalysis. Electrochimica Acta 274, pp. 279-287. (10.1016/j.electacta.2018.04.107)
Gunjakar, J. L.et al. 2018. Direct growth of 2D nickel hydroxide nanosheets intercalated with polyoxovanadate anions as a binder-free supercapacitor electrode. Nanoscale 10(19), pp. 8953-8961. (10.1039/C7NR09626G)
Cho, Y.et al. 2018. Balancing charge carriertransport in a quantum dot P-N junction toward hysteresis-free high-performance solar cells. ACS Energy Letters 3(4), pp. 1036-1043. (10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00130)
Giraud, P.et al. 2018. Field effect transistors and phototransistors based upon p-type solution-processed PbS nanowires. Nanotechnology 29(7), article number: 75202. (10.1088/1361-6528/aaa2e6)
Cho, Y.et al. 2018. Charge transport modulation of a flexible quantum dot solar cell using a piezoelectric effect. Advanced Energy Materials 8(3), pp. -., article number: 1700809. (10.1002/aenm.201700809)
Inamdar, A. I.et al. 2017. Dataset on electro-optically tunable smart-supercapacitors based on oxygen-excess nanograin tungsten oxide thin film. Data in Brief 14, pp. 453-457. (10.1016/j.dib.2017.07.051)
Hong, J.et al. 2017. Highly stable 3D porous heterostructures with hierarchically-coordinated octahedral transition metals for enhanced performance supercapacitors. Nano Energy 39, pp. 337-345. (10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.07.010)
Inamdar, A. I.et al. 2017. Highly efficient electro-optically tunable smart-supercapacitors using an oxygen-excess nanograin tungsten oxide thin film. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 166, pp. 78-85. (10.1016/j.solmat.2017.03.006)
Lee, Y.et al. 2017. Hierarchically assembled tubular shell-core-shell heterostructure of hybrid transition metal chalcogenides for high-performance supercapacitors with ultrahigh cyclability. Nano Energy 37, pp. 15-23. (10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.05.006)
Pawar, S. M.et al. 2017. Self-assembled two-dimensional copper oxide nanosheet bundles as an efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalyst for water splitting applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 5(25), pp. 12747-12751. (10.1039/C7TA02835K)
Patel, R.et al. 2017. Solvothermal synthesis of high-performance Ni-Co layered double hydroxide nanofoam electrode for electrochemical energy storage. Current Applied Physics 17(4), pp. 501-506. (10.1016/j.cap.2017.01.020)
Hou, B.et al. 2017. Red green blue emissive lead sulfide quantum dots: heterogeneous synthesis and applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry. C 5(15), pp. 3692-3858. (10.1039/C7TC00576H)
Hong, J.et al. 2016. Solubility-dependent NiMoO4 nanoarchitectures: direct correlation between rationally designed structure and electrochemical pseudokinetics. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 8(51), pp. 35227-35234. (10.1021/acsami.6b11584)
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Hou, B.et al. 2016. Highly monodispersed PbS quantum dots for outstanding cascaded-junction solar cells. ACS Energy Letters 1(4), pp. 834-839. (10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00294)
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Year 1 tutor
PX2150/PX2133 intermediate practice physics​
PX3243 "Laser Physics and Non-linear Optics"
3rd-year project supervision
4th-year project supervision (MPhys)
My research group covers multiple disciplines research of Quantum Materials including material synthesis (Colloidal and thin-film), microstructure analysis (TEM), charge dynamics and interface simulation, energy conversion and storage (quantum dot solar cells, supercapacitors and lithium batteries), optoelectronics applications (LED, Photodetector and Image sensor). My research group has a strong collaboration with a number of leading UK and international institutions including, in particular, the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, the University of Bristol, Queen Mary University of London, Imperial College London, Swansea University, Emory University, Sungkyunkwan University, Dongguk University, Donghua University, Zhejiang University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Henan university of technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Lanzhou University and Soochow University. The work of my research group has been published in leading international journals such as ACS Nano, ACS Energy Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Letters and Nano Energy.
For the full publication list, please refer to My personal website.
Current Research Grants
EPSRC New Investigator Award EP/V039717/1: "Soft colloidal quantum Wells IMage Sensing (SWIMS)", 2022-2024
EPSRC EP/V05399X/1: "Photo induced Force Microscopy (PiFM): Nanoscale Topography and Vibrational Spectroscopy", 2022-2024
Royal Society of Chemistry E21-9668828170: "CsSnGeI3 Perovskite Quantum Dot for Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction", 2021-2022
Cardiff University start grant 2020-
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the area of:
Quantum material growth (Colloidal and thin-film)
Microstructure analysis (TEM, SEM, STEM, FIB)
Charge dynamics and interface simulation (DFT and MD)
Energy conversion and storage (quantum dot solar cells, supercapacitors, lithium batteries and photoelectrochemistry)
Optoelectronics applications (LED, Photodetector, Image sensor, Semiconductor Laser and Optical Communication)
If you are interested in joining my research group as a postdoctoral researcher, postgraduate student or for an undergraduate internship, please contact me directly at Houb6@cardiff.ac.uk. My group also supports funding applications for outstanding PhD or postdoctoral candidates. Please also contact me for further details for these opportunities.
PhD Funding opportunities:
CSC and Cardiff Co-fund PhD Full-Scholarship (Deadline 1st January 2022)
The UKRI CDT in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Advanced Computing (AIMLAC) PhD Full-Scholarship (Machine Learning and Artificial Neural Network Accelerated Computational Discoveries in Catalysts Materials for Hydrogen Generation and Storage)-Deadline February 12, 2022
Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarship for Research Excellence
EPSRC CDT in Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing
EPSRC DTP fully-funded PhD Studentship (Colloidal Quantum Dots for Visible-Light Communications)
EPSRC CDT in Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing (Application all year round)
Cardiff University International scholarships
Royal Thai Government Scholarship
CSC Scholarship from China
Aga Khan Foundation
Bhajan Lal Scholarship
CONACYT Scholarship for Mexican students
Postdoctoral funding opportunities:
Postdoctoral Research Associate position for developing inkjet printed image sensors-(Deadline 2nd February, 2022)
Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowships
Newton Fellowships
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Current supervision
Xiaoyu Wen
Research student
Munerah Almutairi
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