1987年10月生，南昌大学光伏研究院教授，博士生导师，2016年度“香江学者”计划获得者，南昌大学与美国华盛顿大学联合培养博士，材料物理与化学专业。现于南昌大学光伏研究院独立负责新型光电材料及其器件的应用研究。

至今以通讯作者的身份在国际权威刊物Nature Photonics，Joule，Advanced Materials，Advanced Energy Materials，ACS Nano等期刊上发表论文30余篇，被引用总次数3000余次，文章他引次数超过100的共10篇。入选江西省青年井冈学者，江西省培养类“双千计划”和江西省科技创新杰出青年等多个人才培养类项目。

教育经历（按时间倒排序）：

2018/12-2019/12，高级访问学者，化学系，香港城市大学，合作导师：Alex K.Y. Jen院士；

2016/12-2018/12，博士后（香江学者计划），应用物理系，香港理工大学，合作导师：黄海涛教授；

2009/9 - 2014/6，博士，材料物理与化学专业，南昌大学，导师：陈义旺教授(杰青)；

2012/9 - 2014/3，联合培养博士，材料物理与化学专业，美国华盛顿大学，导师：Alex K.Y. Jen院士；

2005/9 - 2009/7，学士，化学专业，南昌大学，导师：陈义旺教授(杰青)；

主要研究兴趣：

面向辐射探测和光电成像的高性能钙钛矿光电器件；

面向产业化的高效钙钛矿/晶硅叠层太阳能电池；

联系方式邮件： yaokai@ncu.edu.cn

以通讯作者发表代表性文章：

[1] Jizhong Jiang, Min Xiong, Ke Fan , Chunxiong Bao, Deyu Xin, Zhengwei Pan, Linfeng Fei , Haitao Huang , Lang Zhou, Kai Yao* , Xiaojia Zheng , Liang Shen*, Feng Gao*. Synergistic strain engineering of perovskite single crystals for highly stable and sensitive X-ray detectors with low-bias imaging and monitoring. Nature Photonics, 2022, 16(8), 575-581.

[2]   Wei Gao, Qi Wei, Ting Wang, Jiangtao Xu, Lyuchao Zhuang, Mingjie Li, Kai Yao*, Siu Fung Yu*. Two-photon lasing from two-dimensional homologous Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite with giant nonlinear absorption and natural microcavities. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 13082−13091.

[3] Binbin Tu, Liuhong Xu, Yuan Qin, Leting Shan, Chaochao Qin*, Zhijun Xiong, Liang Shen, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, Kai Yao*. Tailoring the quantum well structure and distribution of reduced-dimensional perovskites for charge dynamics optimization. ACS Energy Lett. 2022, 7, 3917-3926.

[4] Min Xiong, Wenjun Zou, Ke Fan, Chaochao Qin, Sibo Li, Linfeng Fei, Jizhong Jiang, Haitao Huang*, Liang Shen, Feng Gao, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Kai Yao*. Tailoring phase purity in the 2D/3D perovskite heterostructures using lattice mismatch. ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7, 550-559.

[5] Kai Yao*, Siqi Li, Zhiliang Liu, Yiran Ying, Petr Dvořák, Linfeng Fei, Lang Zhou, Tomáš Šikola, Haitao Huang*, Peter Nordlander, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Dangyuan Lei*. Plasmon-induced trap filling at grain boundaries in perovskite solar cells, Light: Science & Applications, 2021, 10, 219.

[6] Zhiliang Liu, Qingcheng Li, Kun Chen, Yuying Cui, Jeremy J. Intemann, Shifeng Leng, Minghuan Cui, Chaochao Qin, Linfeng Fei, Kai Yao*, Haitao Huang. Tailoring carrier dynamics in inverted mesoporous perovskite solar cells with interface-engineered plasmonics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2021, 9, 2394-2403.

[7] Zhengwei Pan, Long Wu, Jizhong Jiang, Liang Shen,* Kai Yao*. Searching for High-Quality Halide Perovskite Single Crystals toward X‑ray Detection, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022, 13, 2851−2861.

[8] Yuan Qin, Hongjie Zhong, Jeremy J. Intemann, Shifeng Leng, Minghuan Cui, Chaochao Qin,* Min Xiong, Feng Liu, Alex K.-Y. Jen,* Kai Yao*. Coordination Engineering of Single-Crystal Precursor for Phase Control in Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskite Solar Cells, Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, 10, 1904050. (Cover Article)

[9] Sibo Li, Ke Fan, Yuying Cui, Shifeng Leng, Yiran Ying, Wenjun Zou, Zhiliang Liu, Chang-Zhi Li, Kai Yao*, Haitao Huang. Unravelling the mechanism of ionic fullerene passivation for efficient and stable methylammonium-free perovskite solar cells, ACS Energy Lett. 2020, 5, 2015-2022.

[10] Kai Yao*, Shifeng Leng, Zhiliang Liu, Linfeng Fei, Yongjian Chen, Sibo Li, Naigeng Zhou, Jie Zhang, Yun-Xiang Xu, Lang Zhou, Haitao Huang*, Alex K.-Y. Jen*. Fullerene-Anchored Core-Shell ZnO Nanoparticles for Efficient and Stable Dual-Sensitized Perovskite Solar Cells, Joule, 2019, 3, 417–431.

[11] Kai Yao*, Hongjie Zhong, Zhiliang Liu, Min Xiong, Shifeng Leng, Jie Zhang, Yun-xiang Xu, Wenyan Wang*, Lang Zhou, Haitao Huang*, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles with Core−Bishell Structure for High-Performance Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells, ACS Nano 2019, 13, 5397-5409.

[12] Zhiliang Liu, Sibo Li, Xu Wang, Yuying Cui, Yuan Qin, Shifeng Leng, Yun-xiang Xu, Kai Yao*, Haitao Huang. Interfacial engineering of front-contact with finely tuned polymer interlayers for high-performance large-area flexible perovskite solar cells, Nano Energy 2019, 62, 734–744.

[13] Adharsh Rajagopal, Kai Yao*, Alex K.-Y Jen*. Towards perovskite solar cell commercialization: A perspective and research roadmap based on interfacial engineering, Advanced Materials, 2018, 30, 1800455.

[14] Kai Yao*, Fan Li, Qiqi He, Xiaofeng Wang, Yihua Jiang, Haitao Huang*, Alex K.-Y. Jen*. A Copper-Doped Nickel Oxide Bilayer for Enhancing Efficiency and Stability of Hysteresis-Free Inverted Mesoporous Perovskite Solar Cells, Nano Energy, 2017, 40, 155–162.

[15] Qiqi He, Kai Yao*, Xiaofeng Wang, Xuefeng Xia, Shifeng Leng, Fan Li*. Room-Temperature and Solution-Processable Cu-Doped Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles for Efficient Hole-Transport Layers of Flexible Large-Area Perovskite Solar Cells, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2017, 9, 41887–41897.

[16] Kai Yao*, Xiaofeng Wang, Yun-Xiang Xu, Fan Li, Lang Zhou. Multilayered Perovskite Materials Based on Polymeric-Ammonium Cations for Stable Large-Area Solar Cell, Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28, 3131−3138.

[17] Kai Yao*, Huifeng Jiao, Yun-Xiang Xu, Qiqi He, Fan Li, Xiaofeng Wang. Nano-bio hybrids of plasmonic metals/photosynthetic proteins for broad-band light absorption enhancement in organic solar cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4, 13400–13406.

[18] Kai Yao*, Xiaofeng Wang, Yun-xiang Xu, Fan Li*. A general fabrication procedure for efficient and stable planar perovskite solar cells: Morphological and interfacial control by in-situ-generated layered perovskite, Nano Energy, 2015, 18, 165–175.

[19] Kai Yao*, Xiaofeng Wang, Fan Li*, Lang Zhou. Mixed perovskite based on methyl-ammonium and polymeric-ammonium for stable and reproducible solar cells. Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 15430–15433.

[20] Kai Yao*, Yun-Xiang Xu, Fan Li, Xiaofeng Wang, Lang Zhou. A Simple and Universal Method to Increase Light Absorption in Ternary Blend Polymer Solar Cells Based on Ladder-Type Polymers, Advanced Optical Materials, 2015, 3, 321–327.

主持科研项目：

(1) 国家自然科学基金（面上项目）：基于二维/三维钙钛矿异质结的高效稳定双绒面钙钛矿/晶硅叠层太阳能电池研究（62274080），2023.1-2026.12。

(2) 国家自然科学基金（面上项目）：基于噻吩类有机胺分子结构设计可控构筑二维/三维钙钛矿异质结的研究（61874052），2019.1-2022.12。

(3) 国家自然科学基金（地区项目）：无机/有机双壳层结构的等离激元增强有机太阳能电池全光谱吸收的研究（51863013），2019.1-2022.12。

(4) 国家自然科学基金（青年项目）：基于新型聚合物/无机杂化空穴传输材料的高效钙钛矿太阳能电池研究（61504053），2016.1-2018.12，已结题。

另承担省级重大项目多项，总科研经费超过300万元。