Danish Khan, Assistant Professor
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Danish Khan, Doctor of Engineering, Assistant Professor; Graduated from North China Electric Power University (华北电力大学) in 2019 with a doctorate in Renewable Energy; Conducted post-doctoral research at Southern University of Science and Technology (南方科技大学), Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen China, from 2021 to 2023; Served as Assistant Professor at Indus University Karachi, Pakistan from 2019 to 2021.He joined Shenzhen Technology University as an Assistant Professor in 2023. He has published more than 50 articles in well-reputed journals such as Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Small, etc. His research interests include Perovskite single junction and Perovskite-Silicon Tandem solar cells.
Academic Background:
September 2014 - March 2019, North China Electric Power University, Renewable Energy and Clean Power, Doctoral Degree
September 2012 - July 2016, North China Electric Power University, Electrical Power Systems, Master's Degree
September 2007 - July 2011, COMSATS University Pakistan, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree
Work Experience:
September 2023 - Present Shenzhen Technology University, School of New Materials and New Energy, Assistant Professor
April 2021 - March 2023, Southern University of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Postdoctoral Fellow
November 2019 - February 2021, Indus University Karachi, Pakistan, Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
1. Perovskite solar cells
2. Perovskite-silicon Tandem solar cells
Representative Papers:
1.Guoqiang Xu, Imran Muhammad, Yu Zhang, Xiaojian Zheng, Min Xin, Huaxi Gao, Jiahao Li, Chang Liu, Wei Chen, Jun Tang, Fan Yang, Yaorong Su, Peigang Han, Yifa Sheng,Danish Khan*, Xingzhu Wang,* Zeguo Tang*.Amidinopyridine Ion Docking in Crown Ether Cavity to Modulate the Top Interface in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells.AdvancedEnergy Materials2025,15,2405088.https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202405088
2.Xiaojian Zheng, Shehzad Ahmed, Yu Zhang, Guoqiang Xu, Junyu Wang, Di Lu, Tingshu Shi, Jun Tang, Lei Yan, Wei Chen, Peigang Han, Zhixin Liu,Danish Khan*, Xingzhu Wang*, Zeguo Tang*. Differentiating the 2D Passivation from Amorphous Passivation in Perovskite Solar Cells,Nano-Micro Letters2025.18, 62.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-025-01913-y
3.Guoqiang Xu, Imran Muhammad,Danish Khan(共一), Xiaojian Zheng, Yu Zhang, Min Xin, Huaxi Gao, Jiahao Li, Junyu Wang, Di Lu, Shehzad Ahmed, Peng You, Wei Chen, Jun Tang, Fan Yang, Yaorong Su, Peigang Han, Yifa Sheng, Xingzhu Wang*, Zeguo Tang*. Exploring the role of dipole moment at the upper interface of inverted perovskite solar cells through a bi-molecular host–guest strategy,Chemical Engineering Journal2025, 511, 161865.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.161865
4.Min Xin, Wencai Zhou,Danish Khan (共一),Yu Zhang, Ihtesham Ghani, Huaxi Gao, Junyu Wang, Di Lu, Zilong Zheng, Xin Yang, Zeguo Tang. Crown ethers with tuned cavity sizes for lattice-matched passivation in inverted perovskite solar cells,Chemical Engineering Journal2025, 521,167072.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.167072
5.Jiahao Li, Yu Zhang, Faming Han*, Tingshu Shi, Junyu Wang, Di Lu,Danish Khan, Yongping Liu*, Zeguo Tang*, Alkyl-chain engineering of low-dimensional perovskite seeds for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells.Dalton Transactions2025, 54, 11070-11077.https://doi.org/10.1039/D5DT00605H
6.Gao Huaxi, Yu Zhang, Ihtesham Ghani, Min Xin,Danish Khan, Junyu Wang, Di Lu, Tao Cao, Wei Chen, Xin Yang, and et al. Bifunctional 4,5-Diiodoimidazole Interfacial Engineering Enables Simultaneous Defect Passivation and Crystallization Control for High-Efficiency Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells,Nanomaterials2025,15, no. 10: 766.https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15100766
7.Xin Min, Ihtesham Ghani, Yu Zhang, Huaxi Gao,Danish Khan, Xin Yang, and Zeguo Tang.Solvent-Engineered PEACl Passivation: A Pathway to 24.27% Efficiency and Industrially Scalable Perovskite Solar Cells,Nanomaterials2025,15, no. 9: 699.https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15090699
8.Xiaojian Zheng, Ihtesham Ghani, Guoqiang Xu, Danish Khan, Xingzhu Wang and Zeguo Tang. Chlorination strategy facilitates 3D/2D heterojunction formation for high-performance perovskite solar cells,Journal of Physics: Conference Series2025, 3068, 012085.http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3068/1/012085
9.Danish Khan*,Imran Muhammad, Geping Qu, Changqin Gao, Jiamin Xu, Zeguo Tang,* Yang-Gang Wang,* and Zong-Xiang Xu*. Unraveling the reasons behind SnO2/perovskite defects and their cure through multifunctional Ti3C2TX.AdvancedFunctionalMaterials2024,34,2316169.https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202316169
10.Danish Khan, Zeguo Tang, Geping Qu, Zong-Xiang Xu. Hole Transport Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells, Handbook of Perovskite Solar Cells, Volume 2, 1stEdition,CRC Press2024, 9781003400493.http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003400493-2(Book Chapter)
11.Shuanglin Wang,Danish Khan(共一), Wencai Zhou, Yujie Sui, Tong Zhang, Guoping Yu, Yuanmei Huang, Xiqi Yang, Xiaoqing Chen, Hui Yan, Jun Tang, Fan Yang, Peigang Han, Zilong Zheng,*Yongzhe Zhang,*Zeguo Tang*.Ion-Dipole Interaction for Self-Assembled Monolayers: A New Strategy for Buried Interface in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells.AdvancedFunctionalMaterials2024,34,2316202.http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202316202
12.Geping Qu, Siyuan Cai, Ying Qiao, Deng Wang, Shaokuan Gong,Danish Khan, Yu Wang, Kui Jiang, Qian Chen, Letian Zhang, Yang-Gang Wang, Xihan Chen,* Alex K.-Y Jen,* Zong-Xiang Xu,*.Conjugated linker-boosted self-assembled monolayer molecule for inverted perovskite solar cells.Joule2024,8, 7,2024,2123-2134.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.05.005
13.Yujie Sui,Wencai Zhou,Danish Khan,Shuanglin Wang,Tong Zhang,Guoping Yu,Yuanmei Huang,Xiqi Yang,Kai Chang,Yongcai He,Xiaoqing Chen, Wei Chen, Jun Tang, Fan Yang, Peigang Han, Hui Yan, Zilong Zheng*,Zeguo Tang*. “Understanding the Role of Crown Ether Functionalization in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells”.ACS Energy Letters2024, 9, 1518–1526.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.3c02322
14.Shehzad Ahmed,* Imran Muhammad, Awais Ghani, Iltaf Muhammad, Naeem Ullah, Nadeem Raza, Yong Wang, Xiaoqing Tian, Honglei Wu,*Danish Khan*. Two-Dimensional ABS4(A and B = Zr, Hf, and Ti) as Promising Anode for Li and Na-Ion Batteries.Molecules2024, 29, 21, 5208.https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29215208
15.Fan Yang, Pengcheng Deng, Hang He, Ruolan Hong, Kun Xiang, Yuan Cao, Beibei Yu, Zeman Xie, Jiming Lu, Zikang Liu,Danish Khan, David Harbottle, Zhenghe Xu, Qingxia Liu,*Zeguo Tang*.Rapid Joule heating-induced welding of silicon and graphene for enhanced lithium-ion battery anodes.Chemical Engineering Journal2024, 494 152828.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.152828
16.Imran Muhammad, Shehzad Ahmed, Zhen Yao,Danish Khan, Tanveer Hussain, Yang-Gang Wang*.First-row transition metal carbide nanosheets as high-performance cathode materials for lithium–sulfur batteries.Nanoscale2024, 16, 262-272.https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR04761J
17.Shehzad Ahmed, Adnan Ali Khan,Danish Khan, Awais Ghani,* Rashid Ahmad, Tian Xiaoqing, * and Imran Muhammad.Unveiling the potential of aluminum-decorated 3D phosphorus graphdiyne as a catalyst for N2O reduction.Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics2024,26, 27677-27683.https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP02686A
18.Danish Khan*,Geping Qu, Imran Muhammad, Zeguo Tang*, Zong-Xiang Xu*. Overcoming Two Key Challenges in Monolithic Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cell Development: Wide Bandgap and Textured Substrate - A Comprehensive Review.Advanced Energy Materials2023,13,2302124.https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202302124
19.Ehsan Rezaee,Danish Khan(共一), Siyuan Cai, Lei Dong, Hui Xiao, S. Ravi P. Silva, Xiaoyuan Liu* and Zong-Xiang Xu*. Phthalocyanine in perovskite solar cells: a review.Materials Chemistry Frontiers2023, 7, 1704-1736.https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QM01369J
20.Geping Qu, Deng Wang, Xiaoyuan Liu, Ying Qiao,Danish Khan*, Yinxin Li, Jie Zeng, Pengfei Xie, Yintai Xu, Peide Zhu, Limin Huang, Yang-Gang Wang*, Baomin Xu*, Zong Xiang-Xu*. Spontaneous decoration of ionic compound at perovskite interfaces to achieve 23.38% efficiency with 85% fill factor in NiOx-based perovskite solar cells.Journal of Energy Chemistry2023,85,39-48.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2023.05.035
21.Guoping Yu, Yuanmei Huang,Danish Khan*, Yujie Sui, Shuanglin Wang, Xiqi Yang, Wencai Zhou, Kai Chang, Jun Tang, Wei Chen*, Peigang Han*, Zeguo Tang*.RbPbI3Seed Embedding in PbI2Substrate Tailors the Facet Orientation and Crystallization Kinetics of Perovskites.Small2023, 2307219.https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202307219
22.Danish Khan, Xiaoyuan Liu*, Qu Geping, Amit Ranjan Nath, Pengfei Xie, Zong-Xiang Xu*. Nexuses Between the Chemical Design and Performance of Small Molecule Dopant-Free Hole Transporting Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells.Small2023, 19, 2205926.https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202205926
23.Geping Qu, Ying Qiao, Jie Zeng, Siyuan Cai, Qian Chen, Deng Wang,Danish Khan, Limin Huang, Baomin Xu, Jiangzhao Chen, Tarek El-Assaad, Yang-Gang Wang, Dominic V. McGrath, Zong-Xiang Xu. Enhancing perovskite solar cell performance through dynamic hydrogen-mediated polarization of nitrogen and sulfur in phthalocyanine.Nano Energy 2023, 118, 108974.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108974
24.Muhammad Mateen, Ziyu Li, Hongxi Shi, Hao Huang,Danish Khan, Raja Azhar Ashraaf Khan, Muhammad Rafiq, Jawad Ali Shah Syed, Afshan Khaliq, Ghulam Abbas Ashraf, Jadel Matondo Tsiba, Zhangbo Lu, Dan Chi*and Shihua Huang*. Engineering the intermediate adduct phase to control the crystallization of perovskites for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells.Materials Chemistry Frontiers2023, 7, 4080-4091.https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QM00537B
25.Imran Muhammad, Shehzad Ahmed, Hao Cao, Zhen Yao,Danish Khan, Asif Mahmood, Tanveer Hussain, Xiao-Gen Xiong, Rajeev Ahuja*, Yang-Gang Wang*. 3D porous sulfur-graphdiyne with splendid electrocatalytic and energy storage application.Materials Today Chemistry 2023, 34, 101756.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2023.101756
26.Yuanmei Huang, Guoping Yu,Danish Khan, Shuanglin Wang, Yujie Sui, Xin Yang, Yu Zhuang, Jun Tang, Huaxi Gao, Ming Xin, et al. A Functional Biological Molecule Restores the PbI2 Residue-Induced Defects in Two-Step Fabricated Perovskites.Molecules 2023, 28, 20, 7120.https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28207120
27.Geping Qu,Danish Khan(共一), Feini Yan, Armağan Atsay, Hui Xiao, Qian Chen, Hu Xu, Ilgın Nar*, Zong-Xiang Xu*. Reformation of thiophene-functionalized phthalocyanine isomers for defect passivation to achieve stable and efficient perovskite solar cells.Journal of Energy Chemistry2022, 67, 263-275.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2021.09.041
28.Jawad Ali Shah Syed,Danish Khan*, Waseem Ahmad, Ghulam Sarwar Soomro, Afzal Ahmed Dar. Formamidinium post-dripping on methylammonium lead iodide to achieve stable and efficient perovskite solar cells.International Journal of Energy Research2022, 46(4), 5306-5314.https://doi.org/10.1002/er.7496
29.Geping Qu, Lei Dong, Ying Qiao,Danish Khan, Qian Chen, Pengfei Xie, Xuemeng Yu, Xiaoyuan Liu, Yanggang Wang, Jiangzhao Chen*, Xihan Chen*, Zong-Xiang Xu*. Dopant-Free Phthalocyanine Hole Conductor with Thermal-Induced Holistic Passivation for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with 23% Efficiency.Advanced Functional Materials2022, 32, 2206585.https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202206585
30.Danish Khan, Sajid Sajid*, Suliman Khan, Jongee Park, Ihsan Ullah. Identifying the potentials for charge transport layers free n-p homojunction-based perovskite solar cells.Solar Energy2022, 238, 69-77.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2022.04.034
31.Danish Khan*, Mujahid Ali, Ahmed Muddassir Khan, Mohsin Ali. Significances, possibilities and challenges of developing power transmission line conductors from carbon nanotubes.Materials Today: Proceedings2022. 56, 3, 1478-1483.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.12.358
32.Ahmed Adeel,Danish Khan*, Ahmed Muddassir Khan, Muhammad Umair Mustafa, Manoj Kumar Panjwani, Muhammad Hanan, Ephraim Bonah Agyekum*, Solomon Eghosa Uhunamure, and Joshua Nosa Edokpayi. Modeling of Efficient Control Strategies for LCC-HVDC Systems: A Case Study of Matiari–Lahore HVDC Power Transmission Line.Sensors2022. 22, 7, 2793.https://doi.org/10.3390/s22072793
33.Sajid Sajid*, Suliman Khan, Ayub Khan,Danish Khan*, Alibek Issakhov, Jongee Park, Antisolvent-fumigated grain growth of active layer for efficient perovskite solar cells.Solar Energy2021, 225, 2021, 1001-1008.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.08.015
34.Danish Khan*, Zahid Ali, Danyal Asif, Manoj Kumar Panjwani, Idris Khan. Incorporation of carbon nanotubes in photoactive layer of organic solar cells.Ain Shams Engineering Journal2021,12,1,897-900.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2020.06.002
35.Danish Khan*, Abdul Rehman, Muhammad Zahid Rafiq, Ahmed Muddassir Khan, Mohsin Ali. Improving the optical properties of SnO2 nanoparticles through Ni doping by sol-gel technique.Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry2021. 4, 100079,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crgsc.2021.100079
36.Ijaz Ali,Danish Khan*, Tariq Mehmood, Ayub Khan. Removal of Uranium U(IV) from aqueous solution using acid treated spent tea leaves.Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry2021. 4, 100197.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crgsc.2021.100197
37.Danish Khan*, Muhammad Mateen, Zulqarnain Arain, Manoj Kumar Panjwani, Jerry Kumar. Improving Opto-Electronic Performance of Mixed-Cation Perovskite Solar Cells Through Surface-Treatment Strategy.Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters2020. 12, 1, pp. 62-68(7).https://doi.org/10.1166/nnl.2020.3084
38.Muhammad Irfan,*Yu Hao,*Manoj Kumar Panjwani,Danish Khan, Abbas Ali Chandio, Heng Li. Competitive assessment of South Asia's wind power industry: SWOT analysis and value chain combined model.Energy Strategy Reviews2020, 32, 100540.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2020.100540
39.Danish Khan*, Zhan Ao Tan, Idris Khan, Manoj Kumar Panjwani. A Review of the Challenges and Possibilities of Using Carbon Nanotubes in Organic Solar Cells.Science of Advanced Materials2018. 10,6,747-760(14).https://doi.org/10.1166/sam.2018.3260
40.Idris Khan, Honglu Zhu, Jianxi Yao, Danish Khan, Tahir Iqbal. Hybrid Power Forecasting Model for Photovoltaic Plants Based on Neural Network with Air Quality Index.International Journal of Photoenergy2017, 6938713, 9 pages, 2017.
Fundings:
·深圳市稳定支持面上项目（2024-2026），30万，在研，主持。
·高端人才项目（2025-2027）300万，在研，主持。
·博士后（来）留深圳经费（2024-2026），30万，在研，主持。
Contact Information:
E-mail:khandanish@sztu.edu.cn
