Dong Wang
Ph.D., Research Professor
Department of Energy and Resources Engineering,
College of Engineering, Peking University
College of Engineering, Peking University
- Office Tel: 1-(303) 6538718
- Lab Tel: 86-13805785304
- Email: wangdong@coe.pku.edu.cn
- Website: http://www.coe.pku.edu.cn/subpage.asp?id=1980
Education Background
• Ph.D. / Phys. Org. Chemistry Rutgers University, 2004, Advisor: Elena Galoppini
• B.S. / Chemistry Peking University, 1999
Experience& Achievement
2010 – Present Research Professor [Peking University, Beijing, China]
• Research on the third generation of photovoltaic device, including dye cell, quantum dot cell, and organic cell.
• Development of hybrid approaches in solar energy utilization.
• Research on the third generation of photovoltaic device, including dye cell, quantum dot cell, and organic cell.
• Development of hybrid approaches in solar energy utilization.
2008 – Present VP of Technology / co-Founder [Optony Inc., San Jose, CA, USA]
• Negotiated with US Department of Energy and secured $250,000 research grant for collaborative research agreement with National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).
• Lead the R&D team and have developed company’s first thin-film prototype cell/module with world record 21.1% light-to-electricity efficiency.
• Designed and budgetary planned company’s first pilot production line.
2005 – 2008 Posdoc Research Scientist [National Renewable Energy Lab, CO, USA]
• Developed world’s first organic photovoltaic device utilizing the novel polymeric perylene derivatives.
• Invented chemical defect engineering methods to improve the traditional P3HT/PCBM-based organic solar cells.
2004 – 2005 Post-doctoral Researcher [University of Houston, TX, USA]
• Synthesized multi-dentate polypyridine Ru(II) photo-catalysts for water splitting process with >3000 turn over number, which is then the highest in the world.
• Fabricated and studied dye-sensitized solar cells using the synthesized novel transition metal complex molecules.
1999 – 2004 Ph.D. Candidate & Research Assistant [Rutgers University, NJ, USA]
• Invented, synthesized, and studied the world’s first group of rigid-rod dye molecules.
• Investigated the interfacial electron transfer processes across molecule-nanocrystalline semiconductor interfaces using the rigid-rod dyes.
• Instructed physical chemistry lab and general chemistry recitation.
Publications
• “Amorphous/Crystalline Silicon Heterojunctions Under Intensive Illumination” Wang, Qi; Page, Matt R.; Iwaniczko, E.; Xu, Y-Q.; Roybal, L.; Duda, A.; Hasoon, F.; Ward, S.; Wang, Dong*; Yu, Pr The 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference; June 20-25, 2010; Hawaii, USA.
• “Defect Engineering in π-Conjugated Polymers” Liang, Ziqi; Nardes, Alexandre; Wang, Dong; Berry, Joseph J.; Gregg, Brian A. Chemistry of Materials, 2009, 21, 4914-4919.
• “Treating Poly(3-hexylthiophene) with Dimethylsulfate Improves Its Photoelectrical Properties” Wang, Dong; Kopidakis, Nikos; Reese, Matthew O.; Gregg, Brian A. Chemistry of Materials, 2008, 20(20), 6307-6309.
• “The Preparation and Study of a Family of Dinuclear Ru(II) Complexes which Catalyze the Decomposition of Water” Deng, Zeping; Tseng, Huan-Wei; Zong, Ruifa; Wang, Dong; Thummel, Randolph P.; Inorganic Chemistry, 2008, 47(6), 1835-1848.
• “Heavy Atom Effects on Anthracene-Rigid-Rod Excited States Anchored to Metal Oxide Nanoparticles” Giaimo, J. M.; Rowley, J. G.; Meyer, G. J.; Wang D.; Galoppini, E.; Chemical Physics, 2007, 339, 146-153.
• “Ru(II)-bpy Complexes Bound to Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films Through Phenyleneethynylene (OPE) Linkers: Effect of the Linkers Length on Electron Injection Rates” Myahkostupov, Mykhaylo; Piotrowiak, Piotr; Wang, Dong; Galoppini, Elena; Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 2007, 111(7), 2827-2829.
• “Photosensitizers Containing the 1,8-Naphthyridyl Moiety and Their Use in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells” Kukrek, Ahmet; Wang, Dong; Hou, Yuanjun; Zong, Ruifa; Thummel, Randolph P.; Inorganic Chemistry, 2006, 45(25), 10131-10137.
• “Binding Studies of Molecular Linkers to ZnO Nanotips Films” Taratula, Olena; Wang, Dong; Chu, Dorothy; Galoppini, Elena; Zhang, Zheng; Chen, Hanhong; Saraf, Gaurav; Lu, Yicheng; Journal of Physical Chemistry B., 2006, 110(13), 6506-6515.
• “Synthetic Approaches to Polypyridyl Bridging Ligands with Proximal Multidentate Binding Sites” Zong, Ruifa; Wang, Dong; Hammit, Richard; Thummel, Randolph P.; Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006, 71(1), 167-175.
• “Ruthenium(II) Complexes of 1,12-Diazaperylene and Their Interactions with DNA” Chouai, Abdellatif; Wicke, Sara E.; Turro, Claudia; Bacsa, John; Dunbar, Kim R.; Wang, Dong; Thummel, Randolph P.; Inorganic Chemistry, 2005, 44(17), 5996-6003.
• "Excited State Electron Transfer from Ru(II) Polypyridyl Complexes Anchored To Nanocrystalline TiO2 Through Rigid-rod Linkers" Wang, Dong; Mendelsohn, Richard; Galoppini, Elena; Hoertz, Paul G.; Carlisle, Rachael A.; Meyer, Gerald J.; Journal of Physical Chemistry B., 2004, 108(43), 16642-16653.
• "Organic Rigid-rod Linkers for Coupling Chromophores to Metal Oxide Nanoparticles" Wang, Dong; Piotrowiak, Piotr; Galoppini, Elena; Hoertz, Paul G.; Carlisle, Rachael A.; Meyer, Gerald J. Nano Letters, 2003, 3(3), 325-330.
• "Synthesis of Rigid-rod Linkers to Anchor Chromophores to Semiconductor Nanoparticles" Wang, Dong; Schlegel, James M.; Galoppini, Elena; Tetrahedron, 2002, 58(30), 6027-6032.
• “Effect of Bridge Length on Injection Rates in Ru(II) Polypyridyl Complexes Anchored to Nanocrystalline TiO2 Through Rigid-rod Linkers” Galoppini, Elena; Piotrowiak, Piotr; Wang, Dong; Myahkostupov, Mykhaylo; Electron Transfer in Nanomaterials, (PV 2004-22), Proceeding Volume of The Electrochemical Society; 205th San Antonio, TX; 2006, 309-316.
Patent Applications
• "Low-cost Thin-film Concentrator Solar Cells" Wang, Dong; Yu, Pingrong; Application No. US 61/147,953
• "An In-line Deposition Chamber Design for Multi-stage Physical Vapor Deposition" Wang, Dong; Application No. US 61/154,246
• Seven patent applications in China
Invited Presentations
• "光伏技术在建筑中的应用与展望" 王东； 第六届绿色建筑与建筑节能大会，2010年3月30日.
• "Defect Engineering in π-Conjugated Polymers" Wang, Dong; Kopidakis, Nikos; Ai, Xin; Gregg, Brian A.; Oral Presentation, MRS 2007 Fall National Meeting, Boston, MA, November 26-30, 2007.
• "Synthesis and properties of rigid sensitizers for TiO2 nanoparticles: the effect of the bridging unit" Wang, Dong; Wei, Qian; Galoppini, Elena; Oral Presentation, 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, September 7-11, 2003.
• "Rigid-rod Chromophores for Functionalization of Semiconductor Nanoparticles" Wang, Dong; Galoppini, Elena; Piotrowiak, Piotr; Oral Presentation, 224th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 18-22, 2002.
Affiliations
• The Scientific Research Society (Sigma Xi, Honored Society) – Full Member
• Materials Research Society (MRS) and American Chemical Society (ACS) – Member
• Inclusion by Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering since 2006
Courses Tought
• General Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry
References
Dr. Brian A. Gregg
Principal Scientist
National Renewable Energy Lab
1617 Cole Blvd
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: 1-303-3846635
Email: brian.gregg@nrel.gov Dr. Randolph P. Thummel
John & Rebecca Moores Professor
University of Houston
136 Fleming Bldg
Houston, TX 77204
Phone: 1-713-7432734
Email: thummel@uh.edu Dr. Elena Galoppini
Professor of Chemistry
Rutgers University
73 Warren St
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 1-973-3535317
Email: galoppini@rutgers.edu
Principal Scientist
National Renewable Energy Lab
1617 Cole Blvd
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: 1-303-3846635
Email: brian.gregg@nrel.gov Dr. Randolph P. Thummel
John & Rebecca Moores Professor
University of Houston
136 Fleming Bldg
Houston, TX 77204
Phone: 1-713-7432734
Email: thummel@uh.edu Dr. Elena Galoppini
Professor of Chemistry
Rutgers University
73 Warren St
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 1-973-3535317
Email: galoppini@rutgers.edu