Welcome to the PolyU Wu Group
We harness the complementary strengths of the human brain—analog and carbon-based—and machine intelligence—digital and silicon-based—to design and synthesize advanced artificial materials.
By exploring the vast landscape of frontier materials, we develop transformative device technologies powered by Artificial Intelligence, high‑throughput synthesis, first‑principles calculations, and state-of-the-art fabrication approaches.
Our research focuses on halide perovskites, metal-organic hybrids, and mixed‑dimensional heterostructures, enabling breakthrough applications across optoelectronics, energy, and environmental technologies.
News
📣The “Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS)” is open to applications! The application period is from 1 September 2026 to 1 December 2026. Total package up to HK$1.72 million! We encourage young talents to contact us and apply.
🎉 China Daily interviewed Prof. Wu in a story, “Materials scientist hails HK’s perovskite vision” . Hong Kong is uniquely positioned as a fertile ground for breakthroughs in frontier materials, combining world-class universities, a robust research ecosystem, and a deep talent pool. Our group is fully committed to seizing these emerging development opportunities. We firmly believe that nurturing young talent remains the ultimate priority of a world-class institution and the mission of our group.
🎉 Congratulations to Terence on his PhD thesis submission and publication in Nature Communications titled “Symmetry-breaking co-assembly of conjugated molecules boosts perovskite photovoltaics”, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-76848-y. This work introduces a general symmetry-breaking co-assembly strategy to prepare uniform molecular interlayers for perovskite solar cells. Improved surface coverage suppresses interfacial degradation and non-radiative recombination, yielding a certified efficiency of 25.67% and excellent operational stability.
🎉 Congratulations to Yongxin and all co-authors on the publication titled “Fingerprinting Organic Molecules for the Inverse Design of Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskites with Target Energetics” in Science Advances，https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb4144. This theoretical work presents an effective approach to labelling organic molecules with simple 12-digit fingerprints and offers the community over 1,000 new 2D hybrid materials to explore.
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🎉 Congratulations to Jone on the publication of “Polarize the Solvent to Regulate the Intermediate Phase and Dynamic Crystallization of Perovskite Films” in Advanced Materials. This marks our first solar paper in 2026! The corresponding research highlights are now available:
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🎉 Prof. Wu is listed among the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics — seven years in a row!
🎉 Congratulations to Terence on receiving the Best Presentation Award at the PolyU Research Student Conference!
🎉 Prof. Wu recognized by ICFM 2025 for symposium leadership!
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