Education

• 2006 ~ Jun. 2011 Ph. D. in Optical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO), College of Optoelectronics Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China. (Supervisor: Prof. Sheng Liu)
• 2002 ~ Jun. 2006 B. Sc. in Opto-information Science and Technology, College of Optoelectronics Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.

Working Experiences

• 2024 ~ Present, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Professor.
• 2018 ~ Dec. 2023, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Associate Professor.
• 2013 ~ Nov. 2018, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), AssistantProfessor.
• 2011 ~ Jun. 2013, Guangdong Real Faith Optoelectronic Co., Ltd., Vice President.

Research Introduction

Research Interests

• Quantum dot light-emitting diodes (for displayapplications)
• New quantum dot optoelectronic devices (for opto-information and optical communication applications)
• Optical interconnect

Awards & Honors

• 2016 National Technological Invention Award (Second Prize, awarded by the State Council of China)
• 2016 National Ministry of Education Technological Invention Award (First Prize, awarded by the Ministry of Education of China)
• 2015 Hubei Province Natural Science Award (First Prize, awarded by the Hubei Province Government)
• 2022 Guangdong Province Natural Science Award (Second Prize, awarded by the Guangdong Province Government)
• 2021 National Natural Science Funds for Outstanding Youth Scholar (awarded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China)
• 2017 Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Youth Scholar (awarded by the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province)
• 2015 Guangdong Science and Technology Innovation Youth Talent Award (awarded by the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province)
• 2020-2023 World's Top 2% Scientists Identified by Stanford University
• 2017 Outstanding Research Award of SUSTech

Papers

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0443-6955

http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GIFaWXMAAAAJ&hl=en

[1]. G. Mei, K. Wang, and X. W. Sun*, "Competing light extraction strategies in perovskite light-emitting diodes," Nature Nanotechnology, 2024/07/25 2024, doi: 10.1038/s41565-024-01709-y.

[2]. Q. Wang, H. Zhu, Y. Tan, J. Hao, T. Ye, H. Tang, Z. Wang, J. Ma, J. Sun, T. Zhang, F. Zheng, W. Zhang, A. H. W. Choi, W. C. H. Choy, D. Wu*, X. W. Sun, and K. Wang*, "Spin Quantum dot Light-Emitting Diodes Enabled by Two-Dimensional Chiral Perovskite with Spin-Dependent Carrier Transport," Advanced Materials, vol. 36, no. 5, p. 2305604, 2024.

[3]. L. Kong, Y. Luo, Q. Wu, X. Xiao, Y. Wang, G. Chen, J. Zhang*, K. Wang*, W. C. H. Choy, Y.-B. Zhao, H. Li, T. Chiba, J. Kido, and X. Yang*, "Efficient and stable hybrid perovskite-organic light-emitting diodes with external quantum efficiency exceeding 40 per cent," Light: Science & Applications, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 138, 2024.

[4]. Y. Tan, W. Y. Fu, H. Lin, D. Wu, X. W. Sun, H. W. Choi*, and K. Wang*, "Low-threshold anisotropic polychromatic emission from monodisperse quantum-dots," National Science Review, 2024, doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwae311.

[5]. Z. Wang, C. Shan, C. Liu, X. Tang, D. Luo, H. Tang, Z. Song, J. Wang, Z. Ren, J. Ma, H. Wang, J. Sun, N. Zhang, W. C. H. Choy, Y. Liu, A. K. K. Kyaw, X. W. Sun, D. Wu*, and K. Wang*, "In situ growth of perovskite single-crystal thin films with low trap density," Cell Reports Physical Science, vol. 4, no. 4, p. 101363, 2023.

[6]. H. Wang, F. Ye, J. Sun, Z. Wang, C. Zhang, J. Qian, X. Zhang, W. C. H. Choy, X. W. Sun, K. Wang*, and W. Zhao*, "Efficient CsPbBr3 Nanoplatelet-Based Blue Light-Emitting Diodes Enabled by Engineered Surface Ligands," ACS Energy Letters, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 1137-1145, 2022. (featured as Back Cover).

[7]. Z. Ren, J. Yu, Z. Qin, J. Wang, J. Sun, C. C. S. Chan, S. Ding, K. Wang*, R. Chen*, K. S. Wong, X. Lu, W.-J. Yin, and W. C. H. Choy*, "High-Performance Blue Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes Enabled by Efficient Energy Transfer between Coupled Quasi-2D Perovskite Layers," Advanced Materials, vol. 33, no. 1, p. 2005570, 2021 (Frontispiece).

[8]. H. Xiao, K. Wang*, R. Wang*, W. Chen, and K. S. Chiang, "Equivalent Circuit of Quantum-Dot LED and Acquisition of Carrier Lifetime in Active Layer," IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 41, no. 1, p. 87-90, 2020.

[9]. B. Xie, H. C. Liu, R. Hu, C. F. Wang, J. J. Hao, Y. H. Cheng, K. Wang* and X. B. Luo*, “Targeting Cooling for Quantum Dots in White QDs‐LEDs by Hexagonal Boron Nitride Platelets with Electrostatic Bonding,” Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 28, no. 30, p. 1801407, 2018. (featured as Back Cover)

Recruitment Announcement

Prof. WANG Kai’s group currently recruiting Research Assistant Professors(RAP), Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D., graduate students and research assistants. We also welcome students and visiting scholars from top universities both in and out of China. Please contact us if you are interested.

Contact Information

 

Email: wangk@sustech.edu.cn

Homepage: https://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/wangk