Yao Shuhua

Yao Shuhua

Associate professor, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University (NJU).

Address:

Rm. A209, Tang Zhongying Building, Gulou Campus, NJU.

Email： shyao@nju.edu.cn

LabHomepage:

 http://crystal.nnlm.ac.cn/index.php/zh-CN/

Research Areas:

1. The synthesis, structure, physical properties and characteristics of new materials

2. Single-crystal growth and physical properties of new topological materials, including topological insulator, Weyl semimental, etc.;

3. Single-crystal growth and thermoelectric properties of thermoelectric materials, including thermoelectric oxides, semiconductor alloys, etc.

Course:

Crystal Growth

Profile:

Yao Shuhua studied and did research at the State Key Lab of Crystal Materials from 2006 to 2009 and received her Ph.D. from Shangdong University towards the end of this period. She then became an associate professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University. From 2011 to 2012, she was a visiting scholar at the Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Australia.

Research Achievements:

Articles (* refers to corresponding author and # refers to equal contributor):

[1] Zhang, B. B., Lv, Y. Y., Dong, S. T., Zhang, L. Y., Yao, S. H.,* Chen, Y. B.,* Zhang, S. T., Zhou, J., & Chen, Y. F. (2016). Depotassiation of k0.62rho2 and electronic property of the end-product K0.32RhO2 single crystal. Solid State Communications, 230, 1-5.

[2] Dong, S. T., Zhang, B. B., Xiong, Y., Lv, Y. Y., Yao, S. H.,* & Chen, Y. F.* (2015). Anisotropic electrical and thermal conductivity in Bi2AE2Co2O8+δ [AE=Ca, Sr1-xBax (x=0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0)] single crystals. Journal of Applied Physics, 118(12), 125108.

[3] Lv, Y. Y., Ye, L. W., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, B. B., Xu, Z. H., Zhuang, X. X.,* Yao, S. H.,* & Su, G. B. (2015). Growth habit and optical property of γ-Cui single crystals by temperature difference method. RSC Advance, 5, 71514.

[4] Zhang, B. B., Zhang, N. N., Dong, S. T., Lv, Y. Y., Chen, Y. B., Yao, S. H.,* et al. (2015). Lattice dynamics of KxRhO2 single crystals. AIP Advances, 5(8), 087111.

[5] Dong, S. T., Lv, Y. Y., Zhang, B. B., Zhang, F., Yao, S. H.,* Chen, Y. B.*, Zhou, J., Zhang, S. T., Gu, Z. B., & Chen, F. Y. (2015). Strong correlation of the growth mode and electrical properties of BiCuSeO single crystals with growth temperature. CrystEngComm, 17(32), 6136-6141.

[6] Zhang, W., Saliba, M., Moore, D. T., Pathak, S. K., Horantner1, M. T., Stergiopoulos, T., Stranks S. D., Eperon, G. E., Alexander-Webber J. A., Abate A., Sadhanala A., Yao, S. H., Chen, Y. L., Friend, R. H., Estroff, L. A., & Wiesner, U. (2015). Ultrasmooth organic–inorganic perovskite thin-film formation and crystallization for efficient planar heterojunction solar cells. Nature Communications, 6, 6142.

[7] Zhang, L. Y., Liang, Q. F., Xiong, Y., Zhang, B. B., Gao, L., Li, H. D., Chen, Y. B.,* Zhou, J., Zhang, S. T., Gu, Z. B., Yao, S. H.,* Wang, Z. M., Lin, Y., & Chen, Y. F. (2015). Tunable semimetallic state in compressive-strained SrIrO3 films revealed by transport behavior. Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 91(3), 035110.

[8] Dong, S. T., Sun, N., Zhang, B. B., Zhang, F., Yao, S. H.,* Zhou, J., Zhang, S. T., Gu, Z. B., Chen, Y. B.,* & Chen, Y. F. (2015). Crystal growth, structure, and dielectric properties of layered cobaltates La_2-xSr_xCoO₄ (x = 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6) single crystal. Materials Research Bulletin, 61, 352-356.

[9] Zhou, W. J., Hou, D. M., Sang, Y. H., Yao, S. H., Zhou, J., Liu, H., & Chen, S. W.* (2014). MoO₂ nanobelts@nitrogen self-doped mos2 nanosheets as effective electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(29), 11358.

[10] Dong, S. T., Zhang, B. B., Zhang, L. Y., Chen, Y. B.,* Zhou, J., Zhang, S. T., Yao, S. H.,* & Chen, Y. F. (2014). Growth, structure and physical properties of gadolinium doped Sr2IrO4 single crystal. Physics Letters A, 378(37), 2777-2781.

[11] Zhang, B. B., Dong, S. T., Yao, S. H.,* Chen, Y. B.,* Zhang, S. T., Gu, Z. B., Zhou, J., Lu, M. H., Chen, Y. F., & Shi, Y. G. (2014). Electrical, magnetic, and magneto-electrical properties in quasi-two-dimensional K_0.58RhO₂ single crystals doped with rare-earth elements. Applied Physics Letters, 105(6), 062408.

[12] Dong, S. T., Zhang, B. B., Zhang, L. Y., Chen, Y. B.,* Yao, S. H.,* Zhou, J., Zhang, S. T., Gu, Z. B., & Feng, Y. (2014). Metal-semiconductor-transition observed in Bi₂ Ca(Sr,Ba)₂Co₂O_8+δ single crystals. Applied Physics Letters, 105(4), 042105.

[13] Sun, N., Dong, S. T., Zhang, B. B., Chen, Y. B., Zhou, J., Zhang, S. T., Gu, Z. B., Yao, S. H.,* & Chen, Y. F.* (2013). Intrinsically modified thermoelectric performance of alkaline-earth isovalently substituted [Bi₂AE₂O₄][CoO₂]y single crystals. Journal of Applied Physics, 114(4), 2914.

[14] Zhang, B. B., Zhou, J., Chen, Y. B. , Zhang, S. T., Gu, Z. B., Dong, S. T., Yao, S. H.,* & Chen, Y. F. (2013). High temperature solution growth, chemical depotassiation and growth mechanism of KxRhO2 crystals. CrystEngComm, 15(25), 5050-5056.

15. Yao, S. H., Zhou, B., Lu, M. H., Liu, Z. K., Chen, Y. B., Analytis, J., Brüne, C., Dang, W. H., Mo, S. K., Shen, Z. X., Fisher, I. R., Molemkamp, L., Peng, H. L., Hussain, Z., & Chen, Y. L. (2013). Observing electronic structures on ex-situ topological insulator thin films. Phys. Status Solidi. RRL, 7, 130-132.

[16] Yao, S. H., Zhang, B. B., Zhou, J., Chen, Y. B., Zhang, S. T., Gu, Z. B., Dong, S. T., & Chen, Y. F.* (2012). Structure and physical properties of K0.63RhO2 single crystals. AIP Advances, 2(4), 042140.

[17] Yao, S. H., Sang, Y. H., Yu, D. H., & Avdeev, M. (2012). Low temperature neutron diffraction on congruent and near stoichiometric LiNbO₃. Modern Physics Letters B, 26(22), 1250142.

[18] Yao, S. H., Wang, J. Y., Liu, H., Yan, T., Yu, D. H., & Chen, Y. F. (2011). Mechanism of the abnormal thermal expansion of nearly stoichiometric LiNbO₃. Journal of Crystal Growth, 318(1), 951-953.

[19] Yao, S. H., Hu, X. B., Yan, T., Liu, H., Wang, J. Y., Zheng, F. F., & Qin, X. Y. (2010).  Twinning structures in near stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystals. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 43, 276.

[20] Yao, S. H., Zheng, F. F., Liu, H., Wang, J. Y., & Qin, X. (2009). Synthesis of stoichiometric LiNbO₃ nanopowder through a wet chemical method. Crystal Research and Technology, 44(11), 1235-1240.

[21] Yao, S. H., Wang, J. Y., Liu, H., Hu, X. B., Zhang, H. J., Cheng, X. F., & Lin, Z. C. (2008). Growth, optical and thermal properties of near-stoichiometric linbo3 single crystal. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 455(1-2), 501-505.

[22] Yao, S. H., Hu, X. B., Wang, J. Y., Liu, H., Gao, L., Cheng, X. F., Yin, X., & Chen, X. F. (2007). Growth and characterization of near stoichiometric LiNbO₃ single crystal. Crystal Research and Technology, 42(2), 114-118.