Guanghui Li, Ph.D.

Tenure-track Associate Professor, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University

Address：Nankai University, Nankai District, Tianjin, China 

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2006.09–2010.06

B.S., Central South University

2010.09–2013.06

M.S., Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2014.10–2018.12

Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, USA

2019.04–2020.10

Postdoctoral Researcher, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

2020.10–present

Tenure-track Associate Research Professor, College of Chemistry, Nankai University

Our research mainly focuses on near-infrared (NIR) to short-wave infrared (SWIR) organic optoelectronic materials and devices, with a particular focus on the design and synthesis of narrow-bandgap organic semiconductors, the fabrication and performance optimization of organic photodetectors, the development of flexible and wearable optoelectronic systems, and the integration of biomimetic vision and intelligent sensing platforms. His research combines molecular design, thin-film assembly, device physics, and system-level applications to uncover the intrinsic relationships among molecular structure, aggregated-state packing, and optoelectronic performance, thereby advancing the application of organic optoelectronic technologies in NIR detection, imaging, spectral recognition, dynamic monitoring, human–machine interaction, and intelligent sensing. To date, he has published more than 50 papers in leading journals, including Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and National Science Review, and has been granted more than 10 patents, several of which have been commercialized.

Selected Publications

1.Guanghui Li, Robert C. Haddon*, et al., Giant Raman Response to the Encapsulation of Sulfur in Narrow Diameter Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 40-43 

2.Hao Qin; Hanzhe Shi; Tingting Guo; Chen Geng; Weicai Li; Jingbo Zhao; Jing Zhang; Yu Zhu; Ruiman Han; Wangqiao Chen; Tiejun Lv; Guanghui Li; Yongsheng Chen; Gbits/s‐Level Encrypted Spectral Wireless Communication Enabled by High‐Performance Flexible Organic Hyperspectrometer, Adv. Mater., 2025, 38(1): e13003  

3.Chen, Xiaofeng; Zhu, Yu; Xu, Yan; Rao, Mei; Pang, Pengfei; Zhang, Bo; Xu, Chenhui; Ni,Wang; Li, Guanghui; Wu, Jishan; Li, Miaomiao; Chen, Yongsheng; Geng, Yanhou; Design of Ultra Narrow Bandgap Polymer Acceptors for High-Sensitivity Flexible All-Polymer Short-Wavelength Infrared Photodetectors, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64(2): e202413965  

4.Yu Zhu, Zhe Zhang, Hao Qin, Yanqing Yang, Jing Zhang, Zhaoyang Yao, Guanghui Li,* and Yongsheng Chen*，Flexible and High-Performance Solution-Processable Single-Detector Organic Spectrometer, Adv. Mater.2025， 33, 2502608

5.Chen Geng, Guangkun Song, Wei Lin, Hanzhe Shi, Longyu Li, Zhaochen Suo, Yu Zhu, Hao Qin, Lin Liu, Ruiman Han, Yingjun Xia, Yanqing Yang, Tingting Guo, Xiangjian Wan, Bo Liu, Wangqiao Chen, Jing Zhang, Ting Zhang, Guanghui Li,* and Yongsheng Chen*， Flexible photonic contactless human-machine interface based on visible-blind near-infrared organic photodetectors, Natl. Sci. Rev.,2025, 9, nwaf303. 

6.Wendi Shi, Qiansai Han, Yu Zhu, Yingjun Xia, Tengfei He, Shijie Wang, Longyu Li, Wei Ma, Guankui Long, Guanghui Li,* Zhaoyang Yao, Chenxi Li, Xiangjian Wan*, Yongsheng Chen*，A Butterfly Shape Acceptor with Rigid Skeleton and Unique Assembly Enables both Efficient Organic Photovoltaics and High-speed Organic Photodetectors, Natl. Sci. Rev., 2025, 12, nwae409

7.Yu Zhu, Hongbin Chen, Ruiman Han, Hao Qin, Zhaoyang Yao, Hang Liu, Yanfeng Ma, Xiangjian Wan, Guanghui Li,* Yongsheng Chen, High-speed flexible near-infrared organic photodiode for optical communication, Natl. Sci. Rev., 2024, 11, nwad311

8.Yingjun Xia, Jing Zhang, Tingting Guo, Hui Wang, Chen Geng, Yu Zhu, Ruiman Han, Yanqing Yang, Guangkun Song, Xiangjian Wan, Guanghui Li,* Yongsheng Chen, High-Speed Flexible Near-Infrared Organic Photodetectors for Self-Powered Optical Integrated Sensing and Communications, Adv. Funct. Mater.,2025, 2, 2412813