Qixi Mi

Prof. Mi earned his B.S. degree from Peking University in applied chemistry (2003) and his Ph.D. degree from Northwestern University in chemistry (2009). Later he performed postdoctoral research at California Institute of Technology, taking advantage of a fellowship of the NSF Center for Chemical Innovation (CCI Solar), and then briefly at the Argonne–Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center.                                 

Physics and chemistry of materials; Renewable energy.

The research projects in Mi group include: novel halide semiconductor materials, conversion and utilization of solar energy, solar water splitting for hydrogen generation, photoelectrochemistry, and time-resolved optical/magnetic spectroscopies. The research methods cover theoretical calculations, materials synthesis, device fabrication, as well as measurements and characterizations, enabled by a complete set of research tools.

(1) Walter, M. G.; Warren, E. L.; McKone, J. R.; Boettcher, S. W.; Mi, Q.; Santori, E. A.; Lewis, N. S. Solar Water Splitting Cells. Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 6446–6473.

(2) Mi, Q.; Zhanaidarova, A.; Brunschwig, B. S.; Gray, H. B.; Lewis, N. S. A Quantitative Assessment of the Competition between Water and Anion Oxidation at WO₃ Photoanodes in Acidic Aqueous Electrolytes. Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 5694–5700.

(3) Mi, Q.; Ping, Y.; Li, Y.; Cao, B.; Brunschwig, B. S.; Khalifah, P. G.; Galli, G. A.; Gray, H. B.; Lewis, N. S. Thermally Stable N₂-Intercalated WO₃ Photoanodes for Water Oxidation. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2012, 134, 18318–18324.

(4) Mi, Q.; Coridan, R. H.; Brunschwig, B. S.; Gray, H. B.; Lewis, N. S. Photoelectrochemical Oxidation of Anions by WO₃ in Aqueous and Nonaqueous Electrolytes. Energy Environ. Sci. 2013, 6, 2646–2653.

(5) Liao, Y.; Liu, H.; Zhou, W.; Yang, D.; Shang, Y.; Shi, Z.; Li, B.; Jiang, X.; Zhang, L.; Quan, L. N.; Quintero-Bermudez, R.; Sutherland, B. R.; Mi, Q.; Sargent, E. H.; Ning, Z. Highly Oriented Low-Dimensional Tin Halide Perovskites with Enhanced Stability and Photovoltaic Performance. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6693–6699.

(6) Shi, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Cui, C.; Li, B.; Zhou, W.; Ning, Z.; Mi, Q. Symmetrization of the Crystal Lattice of MAPbI₃ Boosts the Performance and Stability of Metal–Perovskite Photodiodes. Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1701656.

(7) Li, B.; Long, R.; Xia, Y.; Mi, Q. All-Inorganic Perovskite CsSnBr₃ as a Thermally stable, Free-Carrier Semiconductor. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13154–13158.

(8)  Li, B.; Long, R.; Yao, Q.; Zhu, Z.; Mi, Q. Band Alignment Boosts Charge-Carrier Collection in Sn-based Perovskite over Pb Counterparts. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 3699−3703.

(9) Wu, Z.; Zhang, Q.; Li, B.; Shi, Z.; Xu, K.; Chen, Y.; Ning, Z.; Mi, Q. Stabilizing the CsSnCl₃ Perovskite Lattice by B‑Site Substitution for Enhanced Light Emission. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 4999−5004.

(10) Shi, Z.; Fang Z.; Wu J.; Chen Y.; Mi, Q. Order–disorder transition of a rigid cage cation embedded in a cubic perovskite. Nat. Commun., 2021, 12, 3548.

(11) Zhu Z.; Mi, Q.  Substituted thiourea as versatile ligands for crystallization control and surface passivation of  tin–based perovskite. Cell Reports Physical Science 2022, 3, 100690.

 (12) Zhu Z.; Jiang X.; Yu D.;Yu N.; Ning Z.; Mi, Q. Smooth and Compact FASnI₃ Films for Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells with over 14% Efficiency.ACS Energy Lett.2022, 7,  2079–2083.

(13) Wang, Q.; Bai, F.-Y.; Wang, Y.; Niu, F.; Zhang, Y.; Mi, Q.; Hu, K.; Pan, X.* Photoinduced Ion-Pair Inner-Sphere Electron Transfer-Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 19942–19952.

 (14) Shi, Y.; Zhu, Z.; Miao, D.; Ding, Y.; Mi, Q. Interfacial Dipoles Boost Open-Circuit Voltage of Tin Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Energy Lett. 2024, 9, 1895–1897.

 (15) Zhang, C.; Yu, J.; Cui, Y.*; Lue, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Gao, T.; He, Y.; Chen, X.; Li, T.; Lin, T.; Mi, Q.; Yu, Y.; Liu, W.* An electron-blocking interface for garnet-based quasi-solid-state lithium-metal batteries to improve lifespan. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 5325.

(16) Sun, Z.;  Hong, C.; Chen, Y.; Sheng, Z.; Wu, S.; Wang, Z.; Liang, B.; Liu, W.-T.; Yuan, Z.; Wu, Y.; Mi. Q.; Liu, Z.; Shen, J.; Wu, S.* Resolving and routing the magnetic polymorphs in 2D layered antiferromagnet. Nat. Mater., 2025, 24, 226–233.

(17) Miao, D.; Zhu, Z.; Ding, Y.; Ning, Q.; Cheng, L; Fang, Z.; Chen, Y.; Qin, G.; Shi, Y.; Li, G.; Mi, Q.* Congruent and Oriented Crystallization of Mixed Sn–Pb Perovskite from the Nano- to Centimeter Scale. Adv. Sci., 2025, 2412101.

(18) Ning, Q.; Miao, D.; Ma, M.; Zhu, Z.; Chen, Y.; Ding, Y.; Li, W.; Zhou, W.; Shi, Y.; Ning, Z.; Mi, Q.* Homogenizing Electron and Hole Transport Layers in Tin Perovskite Solar Cells to Enhance Photocurrent and Voltage.ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025,17,32489–32496.

(19) Wu, F.; Zhang, X.; Chen, Y.; Pei, D.; Zhan, M.; Tao, Z.; Chen, C.; Lu, S.; Chen, J.; Tang, S.; Wang, X.; Guo, Y.; Yang, L.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, Y.; Mi, Q.*; Li, G.*; Liu, Z.* Mott insulating phase and coherent-incoherent crossover across magnetic phase transition in 2D antiferromagnetic CrSBr.  Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron., 2025,68,267411.

(20) Hong, C.; Sun, Z.*; Sheng, Z.; Wu, S.; Chen, Y.; Tian, M.; Wan, N.; Mi, Q.; Liu, Z.; Chu, W.; Wu, S.* Charge-transfer governed interlayer magnetic coupling and symmetry breaking in a van der Waals magnet.  Nat. Commun., 2025,16,9498.

(21)Ding, Y.; Shi, Y.; Mi, Q.* Band Alignment and Transport Layers in Tin Perovskite Solar Cells, in Comprehensive Series in Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, Lead-free Halide Perovskites for Solar Energy Conversion, Springer,  2025, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/17361_2025_14.

(22) Wang, Z.; Xiang, Y.; Chen, R.; Sun, Z.; Hong, C.; Chen, X.; Gao, J.; Wu, S.; Guo, Z.; Chen, Y.; Mi, Q.; Liu, Z.; Yan, S.; Lei, H.; Ruan, W.; Zhang, Y.; Yu, W.; Liu, W.-T..; Yuan, Z.*; Wu, S.* Ferromagnet-like binary switching of a Stoner–Wohlfarth antiferromagnet.  Nature, 2026,DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-10019-9.

(23) Energy Physics, authored by Robert L. Jaffe and Washington Taylor, translated by Xue J., Mi Q..Shanghai Science and Technology Press,2026,ISBN: 978-7-5478-7394-6

(24) Ding, Y.; Aldamasy, M. H.; Abate, A.*; Mi, Q.* What Limits the Performance of Tin Perovskite Solar Cells? A Perspective from Energy Levels and Interfacial Alignment. ACS Energy Lett., 2026, DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6c00520.

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