Education
2007.09 – 2011.06 B.S. in Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University (Supervisor: Prof. Xiao’an Zhang)
2012.09 – 2017.09 Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Riverside (Supervisor: Prof. Ming Lee Tang)
Professional Experience
2017.11 – 2019.06 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Riverside (Advisor: Prof. Ming Lee Tang)
2019.07 – 2022.11 Postdoctoral Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA (Advisor: Dr. Matthew C. Beard)
2022.12 – present Professor (Researcher), Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Zhiyuan's research focuses on photon energy conversion in semiconductor quantum dot-organic molecule hybrid systems, including converting multiple low-energy photons from sunlight into a single high-energy photon via triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion, or splitting a single high-energy photon into multiple low-energy excitons through singlet fission or multiple exciton generation. He also explores their applications in photoelectric and photochemical conversion.

[1]. Y. Lei, J. Zhang, Y Han, S. Lei, S.-H. Xie, S. Wang, Z. Huang*, D.-W. Zhang*, Z.-T. Li*, L.-Z. Wu*, C.-H. Tung, J. Tian*, “Controlled assembly of two-dimensional porphyrin heterostructures toward directed energy transfer and charge separation”, Nat. Commun. 2026, doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74685-7.
[2]. S. Wang, G. Liang, C Wang, C.-H. Wang, Z. Huang*, C.-H. Tung, L.-Z. Wu*, “Visible-Light-Induced ortho-Quinone Methides Formation in Situ Using ortho-Alkylarenols as Precursors for Tandem [4 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction”, Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 470-475.
[3]. Z. Huang*, M. C. Beard*, “Dye-Sensitized Multiple Exciton Generation in Lead Sulfide Quantum Dots”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 15855.
[4]. Z. Huang#, Z. Xu#, T. Huang, V. Gray, K. Moth-Poulsen, T. Lian, M. L. Tang, "Evolution from tunneling to hopping mediated triplet energy transfer from quantum dots to molecules", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 17581.
[5]. Z. Huang, X. Li, M. Mahboub, K. M. Hanson, V. M. Nichols, H. Le, M. L. Tang, C. J. Bardeen, "Hybrid molecule-nanocrystal photon upconversion across the visible and near-infrared" Nano Lett., 2015, 15, 5552.