Dr. Yao Lu graduated from Tongji University with a Ph.D degree in 2019. She is now an Assistant Professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China. Her research interests include new energy conversion technology, self-powered wearable electronics, and thermoelectric cooling technology for chip thermal management. She has published over thirty SCI papers as the first author or corresponding author in prestigious journals, such as Nat. Nanotech. (ESI highly cited), Energy Environ. Sci. (ESI highly cited/hot paper), Mater. Today Phys., J. Mater. Chem. A, and ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. She has issued seven China Invention Patents on semiconductor technology.

Dr. Lu has been financed by more than ten projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and the Science and Technology Innovation Committee Foundation of Shenzhen. She serves as a youth editorial board member of the <Materials Futures>, <Materials Lab> and <Rare Metals> journals, and has been invited to review for renowned SCI journals, including Nat. Commun., Energy Environ. Sci., and J. Mater. Chem. A.

Dr. Lu welcomes individuals passionate in research to join her research group. She has openings for Research Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Assistants, Graduate Students, as well as Internships. Interested individuals are invited to email a copy of CV to her email address.

Contact: luy8@sustech.edu.cn

For more information, please visit the website: https://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/?tagid=luy8

Educational Background

2016-2019, Ph.D Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University

2006-2012, M.Sc. Department of Physics, Jinan University

Professional Experience

2024-present, Assistant Professor, SUSTech

2022-2024, Associate professor (PI), Dongguan University of Technology 

2019-2022, Postdoc. Researcher, Southern University of Science and Technology

2012-2016, R&D Engineer/Supervisor, Inspur Group Co., Ltd

Honors & Awards

Dongguan Characteristic Talents Class II, 2023

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow of Southern University of Science and Technology, 2020

Chinese Materials Conference Excellent Report Award, 2019/2023/2024

First prize in the 6th Shanghai College Students New Material Innovation and Creativity Competition, 2019

Outstanding Student of Shandong Province, 2012

Research Interests

l Chemical and physical methods for preparing flexible materials (fibers, films, gels, etc.)

l Fabrication of novel energy conversion devices and design/integration of self-powered wearable electronic systems

l Simulation and micro/nano fabrication of thermoelectric cooling devices for chip thermal management

Selected Publications

Journal Papers

[1] Y. Lu*, X. Fan, S. Ge. Probing temperature-dependence of hydrogen bonding in condensed polymeric materials with aggregation-induced emission. Chemistry Select 2024, 9, e202402045.

[2] J. Qin#, Y. Lu#*, W. Liu, Z. Du, X. Liang, T. Ding, J. Feng, Y. Du*, Q. Ke*, X. Wang*. Modulating carrier transport by cross-dimensional compositing of Ag2Se/MXene for high-performance flexible thermoelectrics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2024, 12, 17586-17595.

[3] Y. Lu#, Y. Zhou#, W. Wang#, M. Hu#, X. Huang, D. Mao, S. Huang, L. Xie, P. Lin, B. Jiang, B. Zhu, J. Feng, J. Shi, Q. Lou, Y. Huang, J. Yang, J. Li, G. Li, J. He*. Staggered-layer-boosted Flexible Bi2Te3 Films with High Thermoelectric Performance. Nature Nanotechnology 2023, 18, 1281-1288. (ESI highly cited)

[4] Y. Lu, X. Li, K. Cai*, M. Gao, W. Zhao, J. He, P. Wei*. Enhanced-Performance PEDOT:PSS/Cu2Se-Based Composite Films for Wearable Thermoelectric Power Generators. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 631-638.

[5] Y.F. Wang, P. Lin, Q. Lou, Z. Chi, S. Huang*, Y. Lu*, J. He*. Design Guidelines for Chalcogenide-Based Flexible Thermoelectric Materials. Materials Advances 2021, 2,2584-2593.

[6] Y. Lu, Y. Qiu, K. Cai*, Y. Ding, M. Wang, C. Jiang, Y. Qin, C. Huang, L. Chen*, J. He*. Ultrahigh Performance and Flexible Silver Selenide-based Composite Film for Thermoelectric Devices. Energy & Environmental Science 2020, 13, 1240-1249. (ESI highly cited/hot paper)

[7] Y. Lu, Y. Qiu, K. Cai*, X. Li, M. Gao, C. Jiang, J. He*. Ultrahigh Performance PEDOT/Ag2Se/CuAgSe Composite Film for Wearable Thermoelectric Power Generators. Materials Today Physics 2020, 14, 100223.

[8] Y. Lu, Y. Ding, Y. Qiu, K. Cai*, Q. Yao, H. Song, L. Tong, J. He*, L. Chen*. Good Performance and Flexible PEDOT:PSS/Cu2Se Nanowire Thermoelectric Composite Films. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 12819-12829.

[9] Y. Lu, Y. Qiu, Q. Jiang, K. Cai*, Y. Du, H. Song, M. Gao, C. Huang, J. He*, D. Hu*. Preparation and Characterization of Te/PEDOT:PSS/Cu7Te4 Ternary Composite Films for Flexible Thermoelectric Power Generator. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10, 42310-42319.

[10] Y. Lu, P. Wang*, C. Zhang, et al. Study of Material Properties of Fe, S Co-doped SnO2 by First Principles. Acta Physica Sinica 2012, 61(2), 2014-2017.

[11] Y. Lu, P. Wang*, C. Zhang, et al. First-principle study on the electronic and optical study of Mn-doped SnO2. Physica B 2011, 406(17), 3137-3141.

[12] Y. Lu, P. Wang*, C. Zhang, et al. First-Principles Calculation on Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Iron-Doped SnO2. Acta Physica Sinica 2011, 60(11), 414-417.

[13] Y. Lu, P. Wang*, C. Zhang, et al. Material Opto-electronic Properties of In, N Co-Doped SnO2 Studied by First Principles. Acta Physica Sinica 2011, 60(6), 223-229.

Patents

7 authorized China Invention Patents:

CN104465914A, CN104716236B, CN104538517A, CN104868020B, CN105140356A, CN105633235A, CN111471196B

Research Projects

2025/01-2027/12, The National Natural Science Foundation of China

2024/01-2025/01, The Open Research Fund of Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory

2023/11-2026/10, Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation

2021/04-2023/04, The Science and Technology Innovation Committee Foundation of Shenzhen

2020/11-2022/07, Fellowship of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

2020/06-2022/06, Fellowship of China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents