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Bo Hou

Dr Bo Hou

Senior Lecturer
Condensed Matter and Photonics Group

School of Physics and Astronomy

Email
HouB6@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29225 12035
Campuses
Translational Research Hub, Room Room 105, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Users
Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

I am a Senior Lecturer at the School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University. My research interests include quantum dot synthesis, quantum dot optoelectronics (PV, LED, Photodetector, Display and Image sensor), electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic charge transfer analysis.

Publication

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Research

My research group covers multiple disciplines research of Quantum Materials including material synthesis (Colloidal and thin-film), microstructure analysis (TEM), charge dynamics and interface simulation, energy conversion and storage (quantum dot solar cells, supercapacitors and lithium batteries), optoelectronics applications (LED, Photodetector and Image sensor). My research group has a strong collaboration with a number of leading UK and international institutions including, in particular, the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, the University of Bristol, Queen Mary University of London, Imperial College London, Swansea University, Emory University, Sungkyunkwan University, Dongguk University, Donghua University, Zhejiang University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Henan university of technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Lanzhou University and Soochow University. The work of my research group has been published in leading international journals such as ACS Nano, ACS Energy Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Letters and Nano Energy.

For the full publication list, please refer to My personal website.

Current Research Grants
  • Leverhulme Trust: "Two-dimensional expressive quantum light languages for robotic communication", 2023-2025
  • Welsh Government: "Compound Semiconductors for Hydrogen Generation and Integration’ (CS4Hydrogen) facility - a cutting-edge ceramic deposition, characterisation and hydrogen/methane generation systems", 2022-2023
  • BBSRC BB/X004449/1: "Development of a nanoscale, near-infrared spectroscopy imaging tool for in situ, rapid and label-free analysis of single extracellular vesicles", 2022-2024
  • Royal Society RGS\R1\221009: "Laser ablation synthesis colloidal quaternary metal oxide compound semiconductor nanocrystals for inkjet-printed neuromorphic computing", 2022-2023
  • Royal Society IEC\NSFC\211201:"New Material Platforms for Selective Adsorption and Enrichment of Heavy Metal Ions in Semiconductor Wastewater", 2022-2024
  • EPSRC New Investigator Award EP/V039717/1: "Soft colloidal quantum Wells IMage Sensing (SWIMS)", 2022-2024
  • EPSRC EP/V05399X/1: "Photo induced Force Microscopy (PiFM): Nanoscale Topography and Vibrational Spectroscopy", 2022-2024
  • Royal Society of Chemistry E21-9668828170: "CsSnGeI3 Perovskite Quantum Dot for Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction", 2021-2022
  • Cardiff University start grant 2020-

Teaching

  • Year 1 tutor
  • PX2150/PX2133 intermediate practice physics​
  • PX3243 "Laser Physics and Non-linear Optics"
  • 3rd-year project supervision
  • 4th-year project supervision (MPhys)
  • MSc project supervision
  • CDT 

Biography

Bo Hou received his PhD degree from the University of Bristol (2010–2014) and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford (2014–2018, Wolfson College) and a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge (2018-2020, St Edmund's College).

Honours and awards

IOP Semiconductor Physics Group SIOE Merit awards for oral presentations (2021)

"2020 Emerging Investigators", Royal Society of Chemistry (2020)

‘Built-in Quantum Dot Infrared Wireless Charging’, Second Prize, THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY CSSAUK HIGH-LEVEL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE, London (2018)

‘Understanding charge transport dynamics in solution-processed quantum dot solar cells’,15th International Symposium on Novel and Nano Materials, First Prize, Portugal. (2018)

Outstanding contribution award in reviewing for Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier (2018)

Outstanding contribution award in reviewing for Applied Surface Science, Elsevier (2018)

EPSRC "SuperGen" fully funded doctoral studentship (2010)

Professional memberships

2018-Present, Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society (FRMS)

2020-Present, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

2011-Present, Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

2021-Present, Member of the Institute of Physics (IOP)

2017-Present, Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

2019-2020, Member of Downing College, University of Cambridge

2019-2020, Member of St Edmund's College, the University of Cambridge

2015-2018, Member of Wolfson College, University of Oxford

Academic positions

08. 2022 – now: Senior Lecturer, School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University

02. 2020 – 08. 2022: Lecturer, School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University

09. 2018 – 01.2020: Senior Research Associate, Department of Engineering, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge

09. 2016 – 09.2018: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Engineering Science, Wolfson College, University of Oxford

09. 2014 – 09.2016: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Engineering Science, Wolfson College, University of Oxford

Committees and reviewing

2023-Present, Advisory Board Member, InfoMat (Wiley)

2023-Present, Editorial Board Member, Nanotechnology (IOP)

2022-Present, Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Springer Nature)

2021-Present, Editorial Board Member, Catalysis (MDPI)

2021-Present, Associate Editor, Frontiers in Photonics

2021-Present, Expert Review Member for Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowships

2021-2022, Guest Editor, Nanotechnology (IOP)

"Machine Learning and Deep Learning Assisted Nanoscience and Engineering"

2020-2021, Guest Editor, Catalysis (MDPI)

"Emerging Nanocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen Evolution and Hydrogen Evolution"

2018-2019, Guest Editor, Israel Journal of Chemistry (Wiley)

"Quantum Dots Photochemistry and Photoelectronics"

2020-Present, Reviewer of Nature Electronics (Springer Nature)

2014-Present, Reviewer of The Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, ACS Omega, ACS Applied Energy Materials, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (ACS);

2014-Present, Reviewer of Nanoscale, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, New Journal of Chemistry, CrystEngComm (RSC);

2014-Present, Reviewer of Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials and Small (Wiley);

2014-Present, Reviewer of Nano Energy, Carbon, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Applied Surface Science, Ceramics International, Thin Solid Films, Journal of Energy Storage, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry (Elsevier);

2014-Present, Reviewer of Nano (World Scientific);

2014-Present, Reviewer of Nanomaterials, Catalysis, Molecules, International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI);

Supervisions

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the area of:

  • Quantum material growth (Colloidal and thin-film)
  • Microstructure analysis (TEM, SEM, STEM, FIB)
  • Charge dynamics and interface simulation (DFT and MD)
  • Energy conversion and storage (quantum dot solar cells, supercapacitors, lithium batteries and photoelectrochemistry)
  • Optoelectronics applications (LED, Photodetector, Image sensor, Semiconductor Laser and Optical Communication)

If you are interested in joining my research group as a postdoctoral researcher, postgraduate student or undergraduate intern, please contact me directly at Houb6@cardiff.ac.uk.  My group also supports funding applications for outstanding PhD or postdoctoral candidates. Please also contact me for further details about these opportunities or visit my Group Website.

Current PhD Funding opportunities:

Current postdoctoral funding opportunities:

Current supervision

Diyar Othman

Mr Diyar Othman

Research student

Munerah Almutairi

Ms Munerah Almutairi

Research student