1. Jiayu Wang, Yuan Xie, Kai Chen, Hongbin Wu, Justin M. Hodgkiss and Xiaowei Zhan, Physical insights into non-fullerene organic photovoltaics, Nat. Rev. Phys., 2024, 6, 365–381.
2. Jiayu Wang, Peiyao Xue, Yiting Jiang, Yong Huo and Xiaowei Zhan, The principles, design and applications of fused-ring electron acceptors, Nat. Rev. Chem., 2022, 6, 614-634. (Cited 146 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
3. Yiting Jiang, Jiabin Wang, Huachao Zai, Dongyuan Ni, Jiayu Wang, Peiyao Xue, Nengxu Li, Boyu Jia, Huanjun Lu, Yu Zhang, Feng Wang, Zhenyu Guo, Zhaozhao Bi, Haipeng Xie, Qian Wang, Wei Ma,Yingfeng Tu, Huanping Zhou and Xiaowei Zhan, Reducing energy disorder in perovskite solar cells by chelation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 5400–5410. (Cited 69 times, ESI highly cited paper)
4. Jiayu Wang and Xiaowei Zhan, Fused-ring electron acceptors for photovoltaics and beyond, Acc. Chem. Res., 2021, 54, 132-143. (Cited 258 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
5. Boyu Jia, Jing Wang, Yao Wu, Mingyu Zhang, Yufeng Jiang, Zheng Tang, Thomas P. Russell and Xiaowei Zhan, Enhancing the performance of a fused-ring electron acceptor by unidirectional extension, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 19023-19031. (Cited 135 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
6. Jiayu Wang, Junxiang Zhang, Yiqun Xiao, Tong Xiao, Runyu Zhu, Cenqi Yan, Youquan Fu, Guanghao Lu, Xinhui Lu, Seth R. Marder and Xiaowei Zhan, Effect of isomerization on high-performance nonfullerene electron acceptors, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 9140-9147. (Cited 375 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
7. Cenqi Yan, Stephen Barlow, Zhaohui Wang, He Yan, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Seth R. Marder and Xiaowei Zhan, Non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells, Nat. Rev. Mater., 2018, 3, 18003. (Cited 2343 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
8. Pei Cheng, Gang Li, Xiaowei Zhan and Yang Yang, Next-generation organic photovoltaics based on non-fullerene acceptors, Nat. Photon., 2018, 12, 131-142. (Cited 1637 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
9. Shuixing Dai, Fuwen Zhao, Qianqian Zhang, Tsz-Ki Lau, Tengfei Li, Kuan Liu, Qidan Ling, Chunru Wang, Xinhui Lu, Wei You and Xiaowei Zhan, Fused nonacyclic electron acceptors for efficient polymer solar cells, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 1336–1343. (Cited 861 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
10. Fuwen Zhao, Shuixing Dai, Yang Wu, Qianqian Zhang, Jiayu Wang, Li Jiang, Qidan Ling, Zhixiang Wei, Wei Ma, Wei You, Chunru Wang and Xiaowei Zhan, Single-junction binary-blend nonfullerene polymer solar cells with 12.1% efficiency, Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1700144. (Cited 744 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
11. Yuze Lin, Fuwen Zhao, Yang Wu, Kai Chen, Yuxin Xia, Guangwu Li, Shyamal K. K. Prasad, Jingshuai Zhu, Lijun Huo, Haijun Bin, Zhi-Guo Zhang, Xia Guo, Maojie Zhang, Yanming Sun, Feng Gao, Zhixiang Wei, Wei Ma, Chunru Wang, Justin Hodgkiss, Zhishan Bo, Olle Inganäs, Yongfang Li and Xiaowei Zhan, Mapping polymer donors toward high-efficiency fullerene free organic solar cells, Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1604155. (Cited 441 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
12. Jiayu Wang, Kuan Liu, Lanchao Ma and Xiaowei Zhan, Triarylamine: versatile platform for organic, dye-sensitized, and perovskite solar cells, Chem. Rev., 2016, 116, 14675-14725. (Cited 453 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
13. Yuze Lin and Xiaowei Zhan, Oligomer molecules for efficient organic photovoltaics, Acc. Chem. Res., 2016, 49, 175-183. (Cited 605 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper, front cover)
14. Yuze Lin, Fuwen Zhao, Qiao He, Lijun Huo, Yang Wu, Timothy C. Parker, Wei Ma, Yanming Sun, Chunru Wang, Daoben Zhu, Alan J. Heeger, Seth R. Marder and Xiaowei Zhan, High-performance electron acceptor with thienyl side chains for organic photovoltaics, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 4955-4961.(Cited 1006 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
15. Yuze Lin, Qiao He, Fuwen Zhao, Lijun Huo, Jiangquan Mai, Xinhui Lu, Chun-Jen Su, Tengfei Li, Jiayu Wang, Jingshuai Zhu, Yanming Sun, Chunru Wang and Xiaowei Zhan, A facile planar fused-ring electron acceptor for as-cast polymer solar cells with 8.71% efficiency, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 2973-2976. (Cited 943 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
16. Pei Cheng and Xiaowei Zhan, Stability of organic solar cells: challenges and strategies, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 2544-2582. (Cited 944 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
17. Yuze Lin, Jiayu Wang, Zhi-Guo Zhang, Huitao Bai, Yongfang Li, Daoben Zhu and Xiaowei Zhan, An electron acceptor challenging fullerenes for efficient polymer solar cells, Adv. Mater., 2015, 27, 1170-1174. (Cited 3603 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
18. Yuze Lin, Zhi-Guo Zhang, Huitao Bai, Jiayu Wang, Yuehan Yao, Yongfang Li, Daoben Zhu and Xiaowei Zhan, High-performance fullerene-free polymer solar cells with 6.31% efficiency, Energy Environ. Sci., 2015, 8, 610-616. (Cited 648 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
19. Yuze Lin, Yongfang Li and Xiaowei Zhan, Small molecule semiconductors for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 4245-4272. (Cited 1890 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper, inside cover)
20. Xiaowei Zhan, Antonio Facchetti, Stephen Barlow, Tobin J. Marks, Mark A. Ratner, Michael R. Wasielewski and Seth R. Marder, Rylene and related diimides for organic electronics, Adv. Mater., 2011, 23, 268-284. (Cited 1737 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
21. John E. Anthony, Antonio Facchetti, Martin Heeney, Seth R. Marder and Xiaowei Zhan, n-Type organic semiconductors in organic electronics, Adv. Mater., 2010, 22, 3876-3892. (Cited 1291 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)
22. Xiaowei Zhan, Zhan'ao Tan, Benoit Domercq, Zesheng An, Xuan Zhang, Stephen Barlow, Yongfang Li, Daoben Zhu, Bernard Kippelen and Seth R. Marder, A high-mobility electron-transport polymer with broad absorption and its use in field-effect transistors and all-polymer solar cells, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 7246-7247. (Cited 1241 times, ESI hot paper, ESI highly cited paper)