Cheng MU Associate professor

Cheng MU

Associate professor

E-mail: cmu@ruc.edu.cn

Address: Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, 59 Zhongguancun Street, Beijing 100872.

Lab: Room 304,306, Building of Science

Office: Room 510, Building of Science


Education and Work Experience:

1996-2000, Peking University, B.S. in Chemistry

2000-2005, Peking University, Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry

2005-2008, Peking University, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

2008-2012, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Research Fellow

2012-2014, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

2014-2016, Peking University, Visiting Scholar

2016-present, Renmin University of China, Associate Professor


Researcher ID:

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/U-6120-2017



Research interest:


The research interests of our group include energy materials and devices:

  • Synthesis and photoelectric applications of low dimensional functional nanomaterials;

  • New type solar cell (polymer / perovskite) devices;

  • Dynamic behavior of solar cell devices/materials.


Selected Published Papers

  1. Mu, C.; Pan, J.; Feng, S.; Li, Q.; Xu, D., Quantitative Doping of Chlorine in Formamidinium Lead Trihalide (FAPbI3−xClx) for Planar Heterojuction Perovskite Solar Cells. Adv. Energy. Mater. 2017, 1601297


  1. Pan, J.; Mu, C.; Li, Q.; Li, W.; Ma, D.; Xu, D., Room-Temperature, Hydrochloride-Assisted, One-Step Deposition for Highly Efficient and Air-Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. Adv. Mater. 2016, 28 (37), 8309.


  1. Liu, Y. H.; Mu, C.; Jiang, K.; Zhao, J. B.; Li, Y. K.; Zhang, L.; Li, Z. K.; Lai, J. Y. L.; Hu, H. W.; Ma, T. X.; Hu, R. R.; Yu, D. M.; Huang, X. H.; Tang, B. Z.; Yan, H., A Tetraphenylethylene Core-Based 3D Structure Small Molecular Acceptor Enabling Efficient Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells. Adv. Mater. 2015, 27 (6), 1015.

  2. Mu, C.; Liu, P.; Ma, W.; Jiang, K.; Zhao, J.; Zhang, K.; Chen, Z.; Wei, Z.; Yi, Y.; Wang, J.; Yang, S.; Huang, F.; Facchetti, A.; Ade, H.; Yan, H., High-Efficiency All-Polymer Solar Cells Based on a Pair of Crystalline Low-Bandgap Polymers. Adv. Mater. 2014, 26 (42), 7224.


  1. Liu, Y.; Zhao, J.; Li, Z.; Mu, C.; Ma, W.; Hu, H.; Jiang, K.; Lin, H.; Ade, H.; Yan, H., Aggregation and morphology control enables multiple cases of high-efficiency polymer solar cells. Nature Communications 2014, 5.


  1. Mu, C.; Zhang, J.-P.; Xu, D., Au nanoparticle arrays with tunable particle gaps by template-assisted electroless deposition for high performance surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Nanotechnology 2010, 21 (1).


  1. Mu, C.; Zhao, Q.; Xu, D.; Zhuang, Q.; Shao, Y., Silicon nanotube array/gold electrode for direct electrochemistry of cytochrome c. J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111 (6), 1491.


  1. Mu, C.; Yu, Y. X.; Liao, W.; Zhao, X. S.; Xu, D. S.; Chen, X. H.; Yu, D. P., Controlling growth and field emission properties of silicon nanotube arrays by multistep template replication and chemical vapor deposition. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2005, 87 (11).


  1. Mu, C.; Yn, Y. X.; Wang, R. M.; Wu, K.; Xu, D. S.; Guo, G. L., Uniform metal nanotube arrays by multistep template replication and electrodeposition. Adv. Mater. 2004, 16 (17), 1550.