publications

Publications by Year. †Equal Contributions *Corresponding Authors

2025

  1. JMI
    Neuroevolution potential for thermal transport in silicon carbide
    Haoming Zhang, Mo Cheng, Xuanyu Jiang, Hui Zhang, Xiaodong Pi*, Deren Yang, and Tianqi Deng*
    Journal of Materials Informatics, 2025
  2. arxiv
    Catalogue of chiral phonon materials
    Yue Yang, Zhenyu Xiao, Yu Mao, Zhanghuan Li, Zhenyang Wang, Tianqi Deng, Yanhao Tang, Zhi-Da Song, Yuan Li, Huiqiu Yuan, Ming Shi, and Yuanfeng Xu
    arxiv, 2025
  3. arxiv
    Database and deep-learning scalability of anharmonic phonon properties by automated brute-force first-principles calculations
    Masato Ohnishi, Tianqi Deng, Pol Torres, Zhihao Xu, Terumasa Tadano, Haoming Zhang, Wei Nong, Masatoshi Hanai, Zhiting Tian, Ming Hu, Xiulin Ruan, Ryo Yoshida, Toyotaro Suzumura, Lucas Lindsay, Alan McGaughey, Tengfei Luo, Kedar Hippalgaonkar, and Junichiro Shiomi*
    arxiv, 2025
  4. APL
    Role of entropy in silicon carbide polytype competition
    Xuanyu Jiang, Xuefeng Han, Xiaodong Pi*, Deren Yang, and Tianqi Deng*
    Applied Physics Letters, 2025
  5. npjCompMat
    P-type dopability in Half-Heusler thermoelectric semiconductors
    Lirong Hu, Shen Han, Tiejun Zhu, Tianqi Deng*, and Chenguang Fu*
    npj Computational Materials, 2025
  6. APL
    Phonon folding and transport in SiC polytypes from first principles
    Haoming Zhang, Xuanyu Jiang, Hui Zhang, Xiaodong Pi*, Deren Yang, and Tianqi Deng*
    Applied Physics Letters, 2025
  7. NatChem
    Molecular contacts with an orthogonal π-skeleton induce amorphization to enhance perovskite solar cell performance
    Jingjing Zhou, Yixin Luo, Runda Li, Liuwen Tian, Ke Zhao, Jiahui Shen, Donger Jin, Zixuan Peng, Libing Yao, Li Zhang, Qingqing Liu, Shaochen Zhang, Lu Jin, Shenglong Chu, Sisi Wang, Yuan Tian, Jiazhe Xu, Xu Zhang, Pengju Shi, Xiaonan Wang, Wei Fan, Xuechun Sun, Jingyi Sun, Luo-Zhou Chen, Gang Wu, Wen Shi, Hong-Fei Wang, Tianqi Deng*, Rui Wang*, Deren Yang*, and Jingjing Xue*
    Nature Chemistry, 2025
  8. NatMater
    Iterative sublattice amorphization facilitates exceptional processability in inorganic semiconductors
    Yuechu Wang, Airan Li, Youran Hong, Tianqi Deng*, Pan Deng, Yi Huang, Kai Liu, Jiangwei Wang, Chenguang Fu*, and Tiejun Zhu*
    Nature Materials, 2025
  9. JMCC
    Carrier Lifetime Killer in 4H-SiC: Carrier Capture Path by Carbon Vacancies
    Xuanyu Jiang, Yuanchao Huang, Rong Wang, Xiaodong Pi*, Deren Yang, and Tianqi Deng*
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2025
  10. CGD
    Highly Coherent Grain Boundaries Induced by Local Pseudomirror Symmetry in β-Ga2O3
    Yuchao Yan, Yingying Liu, Ziyi Wang, Da Liu, Xu Gao, Yan Wang, Cheng Li, KeKe Ma, Ning Xia, Zhu Jin*, Tianqi Deng*, Hui Zhang*, and Deren Yang
    Crystal Growth & Design, 2025

2024

  1. APL
    Oxygen-close-packed (310)-plane substrates of β-Ga2O3 grown by the casting method
    Yuchao Yan, Xu Gao, Da Liu, Huifan Xiong, Yingying Liu, Keke Ma, Dan Wu, Jiabin Wang, Yan Wang, Ning Xia, Tianqi Deng*, Zhu Jin*, Hui Zhang*, and Deren Yang
    Applied Physics Letters, 2024
  2. NatPhoton
    High-entropy hybrid perovskites with disordered organic moieties for perovskite solar cells
    Yuan Tian, Xu Zhang, Ke Zhao, Xiaohe Miao, Tianqi Deng, Wei Fan, Donger Jin, Xuanyu Jiang, Shulin Zhong, Xiaonan Wang, Sisi Wang, Pengju Shi, Liuwen Tian, Libing Yao, Shaokuan Gong, Xuemeng Yu, Xingyu Gao, Zhong Chen, Xihan Chen, Yunhao Lu, Vinayak Shrote, Yang Yang, Deren Yang, Rui Wang*, and Jingjing Xue*
    Nature Photonics, Jul 2024
  3. AdvSci
    S-Block Metal Mg-Mediated Co─N─C as Efficient Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Durable and Temperature-Adapted Zn–Air Batteries
    Henan Wang, Xinxin Niu, Wenxian Liu*, Ruilian Yin, Jiale Dai, Wei Guo, Chao Kong, Lu Ma, Xia Ding, Fangfang Wu, Wenhui Shi, Tianqi Deng, and Xiehong Cao*
    Advanced Science, Jul 2024
  4. PRApplied
    Enhancing the mechanical strength of β-Ga2O3 with Al alloying
    Yuchao Yan, Cheng Li, Ning Xia, Tianqi Deng*, Hui Zhang*, and Deren Yang
    Physical Review Applied, Jul 2024
  5. JAP
    Identifying the charge states of carbon vacancies in 4H-SiC by ab initio metadynamics
    Yuanchao Huang, Xuanyu Jiang, Tianqi Deng*, Deren Yang, and Xiaodong Pi*
    Journal of Applied Physics, Jul 2024
  6. APL
    Anisotropic thermal expansion tensor of β-Ga2O3 and its critical role in casting grown crystal cracking
    Yuchao Yan, Dan Wu, Ning Xia, Tianqi Deng*, Hui Zhang*, and Deren Yang
    Applied Physics Letters, Jul 2024
  7. DD
    Machine learning based feature engineering for thermoelectric materials by design
    U. S. Vaitesswar, Daniil Bash, Tan Huang, Jose Recatala-Gomez, Tianqi Deng, Shuo-Wang Yang, Xiaonan Wang*, and Kedar Hippalgaonkar*
    Digital Discovery, Jul 2024

2023

  1. JMCA
    Atomistic design of two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks with high thermoelectric performance
    Tingxia Zhou, Xiaomei Wu, Tianqi Deng, Haoyuan Li, Zhibin Gao, and Wen Shi*
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Jul 2023
  2. JACS
    Kanatzidisite: A Natural Compound with Distinctive van der Waals Heterolayered Architecture
    Luca Bindi, Xiuquan Zhou, Tianqi Deng, Zhi Li, and Christopher Wolverton*
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, Aug 2023
  3. PRB
    Phonon-limited carrier mobilities and Hall factors in 4H-SiC from first principles
    Tianqi Deng*, Deren Yang, and Xiaodong Pi*
    Physical Review B, Jun 2023
  4. Adv.Sci.
    Atomistic Insights into the Origin of High-Performance Thermoelectric Response in Hybrid Perovskites
    Wen Shi*, Mingjia Yao, Xiaomei Wu, Tingxia Zhou, Xue Yong, Tianqi Deng, Huili Ma, and Jinyang Xi*
    Advanced Science, May 2023
  5. JACS
    Three-Component Donor–\pi–Acceptor Covalent–Organic Frameworks for Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
    Ziping Li†, Tianqi Deng†, Si Ma, Zhenwei Zhang, Gang Wu*, Jiaao Wang, Qizhen Li, Hong Xia*, Shuo-Wang Yang, and Xiaoming Liu*
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, Mar 2023

2022

  1. NewJPhys
    Effect of hexagonality on the pressure-dependent lattice dynamics of 4H-SiC
    Junran Zhang, Tao Liang, Yunhao Lu, Binjie Xu, Tianqi Deng, Yiqiang Zhang, Zhidan Zeng*, Xiaodong Pi*, Deren Yang, and Rong Wang*
    New Journal of Physics, Nov 2022
  2. Angew
    Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production on a sp2-Carbon-Linked Covalent Organic Framework
    Si Ma†, Tianqi Deng†, Ziping Li, Zhenwei Zhang, Ji Jia, Gang Wu*, Hong Xia*, Shuo-Wang Yang, and Xiaoming Liu*
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Aug 2022
  3. JPCA
    Neutral Antiaromatic Bis(1,2-dithiolene)-Chelated Nickel Complexes Bearing Multiradical Characters
    Zicong Marvin Wong, Xue Yong, Tianqi Deng, Wen Shi, Gang Wu*, Ning Li, He-Kuan Luo, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Aug 2022

2021

  1. Mater.Horiz.
    Electronic transport descriptors for the rapid screening of thermoelectric materials
    Tianqi Deng†, Jose Recatala-Gomez†, Masato Ohnishi†, D. V. Maheswar Repaka†, Pawan Kumar, Ady Suwardi, Anas Abutaha, Iris Nandhakumar, Kanishka Biswas, Michael B. Sullivan, Gang Wu, Junichiro Shiomi*, Shuo-Wang Yang*, and Kedar Hippalgaonkar*
    Materials Horizons, Aug 2021
  2. AM
    Gate-Defined Quantum Confinement in CVD 2D WS2
    Chit Siong Lau, Jing Yee Chee, Liemao Cao, Zi-En Ooi, Shi Wun Tong, Michel Bosman, Fabio Bussolotti, Tianqi Deng, Gang Wu, Shuo-Wang Yang, Tong Wang, Siew Lang Teo, Calvin Pei Yu Wong, Jian Wei Chai, Li Chen, Zhong Ming Zhang, Kah-Wee Ang, Yee Sin Ang, and Kuan Eng Johnson Goh*
    Advanced Materials, Aug 2021
  3. JPCLett.
    Designing Intrinsic Topological Insulators in Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks
    Tianqi Deng, Wen Shi, Zicong Marvin Wong, Gang Wu*, Xiaoping Yang, Jin-Cheng Zheng, Hui Pan, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Jul 2021
  4. Angew
    Boosting Electrocatalytic Activity of 3d-Block Metal (Hydro)oxides by Ligand-Induced Conversion
    Wenxian Liu, Dong Zheng, Tianqi Deng, Qiaoli Chen, Chongzhi Zhu, Chengjie Pei, Hai Li, Fangfang Wu, Wenhui Shi, Shuo-Wang Yang, Yihan Zhu*, and Xiehong Cao*
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Mar 2021
  5. npjCompMat
    A molecular roadmap towards organic donor-acceptor complexes with high-performance thermoelectric response
    Wen Shi, Tianqi Deng, Zicong Marvin Wong, Gang Wu*, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    npj Computational Materials, Mar 2021
  6. PRB
    Ab initio dipolar electron-phonon interactions in two-dimensional materials
    Tianqi Deng, Gang Wu*, Wen Shi, Zicong Marvin Wong, Jian-Sheng Wang, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    Physical Review B, Feb 2021

2020

  1. npjCompMat
    EPIC STAR: a reliable and efficient approach for phonon- and impurity-limited charge transport calculations
    Tianqi Deng, Gang Wu*, Michael B. Sullivan, Zicong Marvin Wong, Kedar Hippalgaonkar, Jian-Sheng Wang, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    npj Computational Materials, Feb 2020
  2. JMCA
    Beyond the Mahan–Sofo best thermoelectric strategy: high thermoelectric performance from directional \pi-conjugation in two-dimensional poly(tetrathienoanthracene)
    Tianqi Deng, Xue Yong, Wen Shi, Zicong Marvin Wong, Gang Wu, Hui Pan, Jian-Sheng Wang, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Feb 2020
  3. Mater.Adv.
    High performance photocatalytic and thermoelectric two-dimensional asymmetrically ordered Janus-like MXene alloys
    Zicong Marvin Wong, Tianqi Deng, Wen Shi, Gang Wu, Teck Leong Tan*, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    Materials Advances, Feb 2020
  4. JMCA
    Theoretical search for high-performance thermoelectric donor–acceptor copolymers: the role of super-exchange couplings
    Xue Yong, Gang Wu*, Wen Shi, Zicong Marvin Wong, Tianqi Deng, Qiang Zhu, Xiaoping Yang, Jian-Sheng Wang, Jianwei Xu, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Feb 2020
  5. AFM
    Unravelling the Molecular Origin of Organic Semiconductors with High-Performance Thermoelectric Response
    Wen Shi, Zicong Marvin Wong, Tianqi Deng, Gang Wu*, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    Advanced Functional Materials, Dec 2020
  6. ACS AEnM
    Strain Effects on the n-Type Thermoelectric Performance of the Small-Molecule Organic Semiconductor 2-5-Difluoro-7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane
    Zicong Marvin Wong, Tianqi Deng, Wen Shi, Gang Wu*, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    ACS Applied Energy Materials, Oct 2020
  7. AM
    Enabling Superior Sodium Capture for Efficient Water Desalination by a Tubular Polyaniline Decorated with Prussian Blue Nanocrystals
    Wenhui Shi†, Xiaoyue Liu†, Tianqi Deng†, Shaozhuan Huang, Meng Ding, Xiaohe Miao, Chongzhi Zhu, Yihan Zhu, Wenxian Liu, Fangfang Wu, Congjie Gao, Shuo-Wang Yang, Hui Ying Yang, Jiangnan Shen*, and Xiehong Cao*
    Advanced Materials, Jul 2020
  8. Adv.Theo.Sim.
    The Role of Electrostatic Interaction between Free Charge Carriers and Counterions in Thermoelectric Power Factor of Conducting Polymers: From Crystalline to Polycrystalline Domains
    Wen Shi, Erol Yildirim, Gang Wu, Zicong Marvin Wong, Tianqi Deng, Jian-Sheng Wang, Jianwei Xu, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    Advanced Theory and Simulations, Apr 2020

2019

  1. AM
    Unprecedented Enhancement of Thermoelectric Power Factor Induced by Pressure in Small-Molecule Organic Semiconductors
    Wen Shi, Tianqi Deng, Gang Wu, Kedar Hippalgaonkar*, Jian-Sheng Wang, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    Advanced Materials, Jul 2019
  2. AElM
    2D Single-Layer \pi-Conjugated Nickel Bis(dithiolene) Complex: A Good-Electron-Poor-Phonon Thermoelectric Material
    Tianqi Deng, Xue Yong, Wen Shi, Chee Kwan Gan, Wu Li, Kedar Hippalgaonkar, Jin-Cheng Zheng, Xiaobai Wang, Shuo-Wang Yang, Jian-Sheng Wang, and Gang Wu*
    Advanced Electronic Materials, Mar 2019

2018

  1. ACS AMI
    Orbital-Engineering-Based Screening of \pi-Conjugated d8 Transition-Metal Coordination Polymers for High-Performance n-Type Thermoelectric Applications
    Wen Shi, Gang Wu, Xue Yong, Tianqi Deng, Jian-Sheng Wang, Jin-Cheng Zheng, Jianwei Xu, Michael B. Sullivan, and Shuo-Wang Yang*
    ACS Applied Materials &amp\mathsemicolon Interfaces, Sep 2018

2015

  1. Orbital-dependent Electron-Hole Interaction in Graphene and Associated Multi-Layer Structures
    Tianqi Deng, and Haibin Su*
    Scientific Reports, Nov 2015

2014

  1. Ab initio simulation of electronic and mechanical properties of aluminium for fatigue early feature investigation
    Shuai Zhang, Cher Ming Tan, Shuguang Cheng, Tianqi Deng, Feifei He, and Haibin Su
    International Journal of Nanotechnology, Nov 2014

2013

  1. Investigation of work function and surface energy of aluminum: An ab-initio study
    Shuguang Cheng, Cher Ming Tan, Tianqi Deng, Feifei He, Shuai Zhang, and Haibin Su
    In 2013 IEEE 5th International Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC), Jan 2013