Xin Guo(郭鑫），Ph.D, Professor

State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian National Laboratory for Clean EnergyDalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences457 Zhongshan Rd., 116023, Dalian, ChinaEmail: guoxin@dicp.ac.cnTel.: 86-411-84379835

Research Interest:

• Synthesis and application of organic photovoltaic materials;

• Synthesis of conjugated organic small molecules and polymers;

• Organic electronics, including organic solar cells (OSCs), organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs);

• Molecular switches, photochromic materials.

Education:

• 2003.09-2009.01 Ph.D in Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China 

• 1999.09-2003.07 B.E. in Chemical Engineering and Technology, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China

Work Experiences:

• 2015.07-present Full professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China 

• 2013.02-2015.05 Research associate, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

• 2009.03-2013.01 Postdoctoral fellow, Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Scholar, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

Honors and Awards:

• 2015 National “Thousand Talents Program” for young scientists of China 

• 2010-2012 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (one of most prestigious fellowships in Germany)

• 2009-2010 Max Planck Society Stipendium

Selected Publications:

1. Jiawang Zhou, Xin Guo, Howard E. Katz, and Arthur E. Bragg. Molecular Switching via Multiplicity-Exclusive E/Z Photoisomerization Pathways. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 10841-10850.2. Cunbin An, Tomasz Marszalek, Xin Guo*, Sreenivasa R. Puniredd, Manfred Wegner, Wojciech Pisula, and Martin Baumgarten.* Tuning the Optoelectronic Properties of Dual-Acceptor Ambipolar Polymers by Changing the Thiophene-Bridge Length. Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 6238-6245. (*Corresponding author)3. Xin Guo, Jiawang Zhou, Maxime A. Siegler, Arthur E. Bragg, and Howard E. Katz. Visible-Light-Triggered Molecular Photoswitch Based on Reversible E/Z Isomerization of a 1,2-Dicyanoethene Derivative. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 4782-4786. (Hot Paper)4. Xin Guo, Sreenivasa R. Puniredd, Bo He, Tomasz Marszalek, Martin Baumgarten, WojciechPisula, and Klaus Müllen. Combination of Two Diketopyrrolopyrrole Isomers in One Polymer for Ambipolar Transport. Chem. Mater., 2014, 26, 3595-3598.5. Xin Guo, Hoi NokTsao, Peng Gao, Debin Xia, Cunbin An, Mohammad Khaja. Nazeeruddin, Martin Baumgarten, Michael Grätzel, and Klaus Müllen. Dithieno[2,3-d;2',3'-d']benzo[1,2-b;4,5- b']dithiophene Based Organic Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 54130-54133.6. Xin Guo, Martin Baumgarten, and Klaus Müllen. Designing π-Conjugated Polymers for Organic Electronics. Prog. Polym. Sci., 2013, 38, 1832-1908. (Invited review, 77 journal pages)7. Xin Guo, Sreenivasa R. Puniredd, Martin Baumgarten, Wojciech Pisula, and Klaus Müllen. Rational Design of Benzotrithiophene-Diketopyrrolopyrrole-containing Donor-Acceptor Polymers for Improved Charge Carrier Transport. Adv. Mater., 2013, 25, 5467-5472.8. Xin Guo, Sreenivasa R. Puniredd, Martin Baumgarten, Wojciech Pisula, and Klaus Müllen. Benzotrithiophene-Based Donor-Acceptor Copolymers with Distinct Supramolecular Organizations. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 8404-8407.9. Xin Guo, Suhao Wang, Volker Enkelmann, Martin Baumgarten, and Klaus Müllen. Making Benzotrithiophene a Stronger Electron Donor. Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 6062-6065.10. Xin Guo, Chuanjiang Qin, Yanxiang Cheng, ZhiyuanXie, YanhouGeng, Xiabin Jing, Fosong Wang, and Lixiang Wang. White Electroluminescence from a Phosphonate-Functionalized Single-Polymer System with Electron-Trapping Effect. Adv. Mater., 2009, 21, 3682-3688.