长期致力于新能源材料的合成与应用研究，包括：

1. 有机/无机半导体材料的设计、合成与光伏应用研究

2. 钙钛矿太阳能电池中的界面物理、化学修饰、稳定性等研究

3. 柔性、大面积钙钛矿太阳能电池的研发

近年来在能源、材料和化学等领域期刊发表学术论文35篇，其中以第一作者或通讯作者在Adv. Mater.，Adv. Energy Mater.，Adv. Funct. Mater.，Chem. Eng. J.，Laser & Photon. Rev.，J. Mater. Chem. A，ChemSusChem，Sol. RRL等期刊上发表文章24篇；发表书籍章节1篇。主持福建省自然科学基金面上项目（2021J01040）、深圳市自然科学基金面上项目（JCYJ20220530143214032）和厦门大学校长基金项目（20720200081），参与广东省自然科学基金面上项目（2022A1515011869）、深圳市自然科学基金面上项目（JCYJ20210324121803009）和瑞典能源署与欧盟联合基金项目（H2020/2014-2020，644631）。参加国际/国内学术会议10余次，并获得第66届国际电化学会议（ISE66，台湾）“最佳学术”奖。曾获得厦门大学第十七届青年教师教学技能比赛“二等奖”、材料学院青年教师教学比赛“二等奖”、国家留学基金委（CSC，201206370150）公派博士基金、瑞典Aforsk青年基金、瑞典乌普萨拉大学CFLILJEWALCH和Wallenberg奖学金等人才奖项和荣誉。并被评为福建省引进高层次人才和厦门市高层次留学人员。

[1]  Cuiping Zhang, Qiaogan Liao, Jinyu Chen, Bolin Li, Chaoying Xu, Kun Wei, Guozheng Du, Yang Wang,* Dachang Liu, Jidong Deng, Zhide Luo, Shuping Pang, Ye Yang, Jingrui Li, Li Yang,* Xugang Guo,* Jinbao Zhang,* Thermally crosslinked hole conductor enables stable inverted perovskite solar cells with 23.9% efficiency, Adv. Mater., 2022, 2209422.

[2]  Kun Wei, Jidong Deng, Li Yang,* Cuiping Zhang, Minyi Huang, Xuanyi Cai, Xiaoli Zhang, Jinbao Zhang,* A core@dual-shell nanostructured SnO₂ to modulate the buried interfaces toward stable perovskite solar cells with minimized energy losses, Adv. Energy Mater., 2022, 13(4), 2203448.

[3]  Peiyao Dong, Li Yang,* Guozheng Du, Wanhai Wang, Nicholas Rolston, Jinbao Zhang,* Anion-modulated chemical doping of organic hole conductor boosts efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells,Adv. Funct. Mater., 2022, 33(8), 2211304.

[4]  Xuejiao Wu, Li Yang,* Jidong Deng, Kun Wei, Guozheng Du, Yuhang Cui, Xiaoli Zhang, Jinbao Zhang,*  Antimony Doping of CsBi₃I₁₀ for Tailoring the Film Morphology and Defects toward Efficient Lead-Free Thin-Film Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2022, 5(9), 10622-10631.

[5]  Jidong Deng, Huifeng Zhang, Li Yang,* Kun Wei, Xiaoli Zhang, Ye Yang, Jinbao Zhang,* Additive Strategy to Regulate Crystallization and Charge Carrier Dynamics of Csbi₃I₁₀ Towards Efficient and Stable Thin Film Solar Cells. Chem. Eng. J.,2022, 454, 139993.

[6]  Jidong Deng, Huifeng Zhang, Kun Wei, Yuanhui Xiao, Cuiping Zhang, Li Yang,* Xiaoli Zhang, Deyin Wu, Ye Yang, Jinbao Zhang,* Molecular bridge assisted bifacial defect healing enables low energy loss for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2022, 32(52), 2209516.

[7]  Yuhang Cui, Li Yang,* Xuejiao Wu, Jidong Deng, Xiaoli Zhang, Jinbao Zhang,* Recent progress of lead-free bismuth-based perosvskite materials for solar cells applications, J Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 16629-16656.

[8]  Guozheng Du, Li Yang,* Jinbao Zhang,* Light soaking induced halide doping of evaporated Spiro-OMeTAD in perovskite solar cells, Laser & Photon. Rev., 2022, 17(1), 2200475.

[9]  Bolin Lyu, Li Yang,* Yiyun Luo, Xiaoli Zhang,* Jinbao Zhang,* Counter Electrodes for Perovskite Solar Cells: Materials, Interfaces and Device Stability, J Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 10775-10798.

[10] Kun Wei, Li Yang,* Jidong Deng, Zhide Luo, Xiaoli Zhang,* Jinbao Zhang,* Facile exfoliation of the perovskite thin film for visualizing the buried interfaces in perovskite solar cells, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2022, 5(6), 7458-7465.

[11] Guozheng Du, Li Yang,*Cuiping Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang, Nicholas Rolston, Zhide Luo,Jinbao Zhang,* Evaporated undoped spiro-OMeTAD enables stable perovskite solar cells exceeding 20% efficiency, Adv. Energy Mater., 2022, 12(22), 202103966. (封面文章)

[12] Naiyuan Fan, Yang Wang,* Cuiping Zhang, Guojie Zhu, Guozheng Du, Kun Wei, Jidong Deng, Zhide Luo, Li Yang,* Jinbao Zhang,* Simple benzothiadiazole derivatives as buried interface materials towards efficient and stable n-i-p perovskite solar cells, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 8911-8922.

[13] Li Yang,* Xiaoli Zhang, Jinbao Zhang,* A short review on surface-confined monolayers of π-conjugated polymers for photovoltaics, Sol. RRL, 2022, 6(6), 202101086.

[14] Guojie Zhu, Li Yang,* Cuiping Zhang, Guozheng Du, Naiyuan Fan, Zhide Luo, Xiaoli Zhang, Jinbao Zhang,* Unveiling the Critical Role of Oxidants and Additives in Doped Spiro-OMeTAD toward Stable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2022, 5(3), 3595-3604.

[15] Jidong Deng, Li Yang,* Xiaoli Zhang, Kun Wei, Guozheng Du, Guojie Zhu, Jinbao Zhang,* Synergistic effects of morphological control and enhanced charge collection enable efficient and stable lead-free CsBi₃I₁₀ thin film solar cells, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 9384-9392.(封面文章)

[16] Yiyun Luo, Li Yang,* Jinbao Zhang,* Photoelectrochemical polymerization for solid-state dye sensitized solar cells, Macromol. Rapid Commu.,2022, 43(5), 2100762. (封面文章)

[17] Zhide Luo, Cuiping Zhang, Li Yang,* Jinbao Zhang,* Ambient Spray Coating of Organic-Inorganic Composite Thin Films for Perovskite Solar Cell Encapsulation, ChemSusChem, 2021, 15(3), e202102008. (封面文章)

[18] Jinbao Zhang,* Yichuan Ding, Guochen Jiang, Austin C. Flick, Ziyi Pan, William J. Scheideler, Oliver Zhao, Justin P. Chen,* Li Yang, Nicholas Rolston, Reinhold H. Dauskardt,* Low-temperature sprayed SnOx nanocomposite films with enhanced hole blocking for efficient large area perovskite solar cells, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 21332. 

[19] 杨丽, 张金宝,*钙钛矿太阳能电池中有机空穴传输材料掺杂方法研究进展，科学通报，2021，66(22): 2793-2801.

[20] Esmaeil Sheibani,* Li Yang, Jinbao Zhang,* Recent Advances in Organic Hole Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells, Sol. RRL, 2020, 4, 2000461.

[21] Jinbao Zhang, Yan Hao, Li Yang, Hajar Mohammadi, Nick Vlachopoulos, Licheng Sun, Anders Hagfeldt, Esmaeil Sheibani,* Electrochemically Polymerized Poly(3,4-phenylenedioxythiophene) as Efficient and Transparent Counter Electrode for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Electrochimi. Acta, 2019, 300, 482-488.

[22] Jinbao Zhang, Bo Xu, Li Yang, Chang-Qing Ruan, Linqin Wang, Peng Liu, Wei Zhang, Nick Vlachopoulos, Lars Kloo, Gerrit Boschloo, Licheng Sun,* Anders Hagfeldt, Erik M. J. Johansson,* The Importance of Pendant Groups on Triphenylamine-Based Hole Transport Materials for Obtaining Perovskite Solar Cells with over 20% Efficiency, Adv. Energy Mater., 2018, 8, 1701209.

[23] Li Yang, Xiao Huang, Adolf Gogoll, Maria Strømme, Martin Sjödin,* Conducting Redox Polymers with non-Activated Charge Transport Properties, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 25052-25058.