Project Files
2nd Jinmen International Youth Scholar Synposium, Tianjin PolytechNIC University, Tianjin, China
Conference/Workshop
3-month stay at the Technical University of Munich
Visiting Student (outgoing)
6th International School for Materials for Energy and Sustainability, California Institute of Technology
Conference/Workshop
ABBY-Net Summer School: Natural Resource Management and Energy Systems Under Changing Environmental Conditions
Conference/Workshop
Coverage, Mechanism, and Electronics Study of Si–S, Si–Se and Si–Te-bound Si(111) Surfaces Formed via UV Irradiation
Conference/Workshop
Coverage, Mechanism, and Electronics Study of Si–S, Si–Se and Si–Te-bound Si(111) Surfaces Formed via UV Irradiation
Conference/Workshop
Design of Experiments and Machine Learning-Assisted Organic Solar Cell Efficiency Optimization
Conference/Workshop
Directed Self-Assembly for Nanolithgraphy: Writing with Polymers
Event
Directed Self-Assembly to Nanopattern Surfaces: Polymers, Patterns, and Plasmons
Event
Effectively Exploring Parameter Space: Design of Experiments and Machine Learning-assisted Organic Solar Cell Efficiency Optimization
Conference/Workshop
Epitaxy of Incommensurate Block Copolymer Dot Arrays: Preferential Alignment and Moire Superstructures
Conference/Workshop
From Molecules to Mechanisms: Nanoscience and Self-Assembly
Event
Functionalized Silicon Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries
Conference/Workshop
Functionalizing Silicon Surfaces: Mechanistic Connections Between Molecules and Interfaces
Conference/Workshop
Functionalizing Silicon Surfaces: From Molecules to Mechanisms
Event
Future Energy Systems Research Symposium
Conference/Workshop
Green Chemistry Principles of Energy Sustainability Applied to Materials for Energy
Conference/Workshop
Invited seminar, Northwestern University, Evanston IL
Conference/Workshop
Invited seminar, University of Pittsburgh
Conference/Workshop
Invited seminar, University of Washington, Chemical Engineering
Conference/Workshop
Invited seminar: Materials, Molecules, & Mechanisms: The Chemistry of Silicon Surfaces and Silanes
Event
Invited talk: ACS national meeting, Boston
Conference/Workshop
Invited talk: CSC meeting
Conference/Workshop
Keynote talk: KAIST/Korea
Conference/Workshop
Making the Connections Between Silicon and Molecules: Mechanisms and Praxis
Event
Optimization of organic photovoltaic processing parameters: Combining machine learning and experimental design
Conference/Workshop
Optimization of organic solar cell processing parameters: Combining machine learning and experimental design
Conference/Workshop
Plenary invited speaker
Event
Plenary talk, Southeast regional ACS meeting, Georgia, USA
Conference/Workshop
Polymers, Plasmons, and Patterns
Conference/Workshop
Polymers, patterns, and plasmons: Localized chemistry on silicon
Conference/Workshop
Pushing the boundaries of OPV optimization: a Design of experiments and machine learning treatment of the high-efficiency PM6:BTP-4Cl system
Conference/Workshop
Self-assembly of block copolymer nanopatterns on surfaces
Conference/Workshop
Silicon Thin Films: Buffer Elements for Better Performance
Conference/Workshop
Silicon Thin Films: Buffer Elements for Better Performance
Conference/Workshop
The Future of the Planet Relies on Chemists
Conference/Workshop
The Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy - the Central Role of Materials and Nanoscience
Event
Water-Soluble pH-Switchable Cobalt Complexes for Aqueous Symmetric Redox Flow Batteries
Conference/Workshop
Water-Soluble pH-Switchable Cobalt Complexes for Aqueous Symmetric Redox Flow Batteries
Conference/Workshop
2017 SciFinder Future Leaders
Award
2018 Ivy A Thomson and William A Thomson Graduate Scholarship
Award
ACS Nano Award Lecture Laureate
Award
AITF Graduate Scholarship
Award
Covestro Distinguished Lecture
Award
Covestro Lectureship of Energy
Award
Covestro Lectureship of Sustainability
Award
D. B. Robinson Lecture
Award
FGSR Travel Award
Award
GreenSTEM Entrepreneurial Fellowship
Award
Hach Lecture
Award
Hach Lectureship
Award
MITACS Global Link Award
Award
McRae Lecture at Queen's University
Award
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA)
Award
Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship
Award
Québec Centre for Advanced Materials (CQMF) Annual Lectureship,
Award
Rio Tinto Alcan Award from the Canadian Society for Chemistry
Award
SciFinder Scholar (USA/American Chemical Society)
Award
Top teaching assistant award, Department of Chemistry
Award
University of Alberta doctoral recruitment award
Award
Xing Da Lectureship at Peking University
Award
XingDa Lectureship
Award
102nd Canadian National Chemistry Conference and Exhibition
Invited/Keynote
ABBY-Net Summer School
Misc: Summer School
ACS National Meeting and Exhibition
Invited/Keynote
ACS National Meeting and Exhibition
Invited/Keynote
ACS Publications Forum: "Nanomaterials for Energy and Life Sciences"
Invited/Keynote
ACS Publications Symposium: Innovation in Materials Science & Technology
Invited/Keynote
Adhesion and Surface Layers on Silicon Anodes Suppress Formation of c-Li3.75Si and Solid Electrolyte Interphase
Article in professional or trade journals
Alternating Silicon and Carbon Multilayer-Structured Anodes Suppress Formation of the c‑Li3.75Si Phase
Article in professional or trade journals
Bipolar Resistive Switching in Junctions of Gallium Oxide and p-type Silicon
Article in professional or trade journals
Challenges and Opportunities in Designing Perovskite Nanocrystal Heterostructures
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Future Science 2019
Invited/Keynote
How To Optimize Materials and Devices via Design of Experiments and Machine Learning: Demonstration Using Organic Photovoltaics
Scholarly Refereed Journal
In-Operando Study of the Effects of Solvent Additives on the Stability of Organic Solar Cells Based on PTB 7-Th:PC71BM
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Machine-Learning and Design of Experiments-based Optimization of Organic Solar Cells
Masters Thesis
Mechanochemical Synthesis of Methylammonium Lead Mixed\textendash Halide Perovskites: Unraveling the Solid-Solution Behavior Using Solid-State NMR
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Melanin-based electronics: From proton conductors to photovoltaics and beyond
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Optimization of the Bulk Heterojunction of All–Small-Molecule Organic Photovoltaics Using Design of Experiment and Machine Learning Approaches.
Article in professional or trade journals
Phase Evolution in Methylammonium Tin Halide Perovskites with Variable Temperature Solid-State 119Sn NMR Spectroscopy
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Plexcitonics – Fundamental principles and optoelectronic applications
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Preferentially Oriented TiO2 Nanotube Arrays on Non-Native Substrates and Their Improved Performance as Electron Transporting Layer in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Recent Advances in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Reconsidering X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Quantification of Substitution Levels of Monolayers on Unoxidized Silicon Surfaces
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Redox Flow Batteries: How to Determine Electrochemical Kinetic Parameters
Article in professional or trade journals
Sb\textendash Si Alloys and Multilayers for Sodium-Ion Battery Anodes
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Size and Surface Edicts of Silicon Nanocrystals in Graphene Aerogel Composite Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Stabilizing Tin Anodes in Sodium-Ion Batteries by Alloying with Silicon
Article in professional or trade journals
Tailoring Morphology Compatibility and Device Stability by Adding PBDTTPD-COOH as Third Component to Fullerene-Based Polymer Solar Cells
Article in professional or trade journals
Triplet excitons: improving exciton diffusion length for enhanced organic photovoltaics
Scholarly Refereed Journal
UV-Initiated Si–S, Si–Se and Si–Te Bond Formation on Si(111): Coverage, Mechanism, and Electronics
Article in professional or trade journals
Unusual Surface Ligand Doping-Induced p-Type Quantum Dot Solids and Their Application in Solar Cells
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Water-Soluble pH-Switchable Cobalt Complexes for Aqueous Symmetric Redox Flow Batteries
Invited/Keynote
Water-soluble pH-switchable cobalt complexes for aqueous symmetric redox flow batteries
Article in professional or trade journals
van der Waals Epitaxy of Soft Twisted Bilayers: Lattice Relaxation and Mass Density Waves
Scholarly Refereed Journal