Dr. Chen Xihan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), a doctoral supervisor, and a recipient of the National Young Talent Program. His main research directions include: 1. Ultrafast interfacial carrier dynamics; 2. Quantum spin control mechanisms and light-matter interactions; 3. Photocatalytic kinetic mechanisms. In recent years, he has published over 100 papers in journals such as Science, National Science Review, Advanced Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Energy & Environmental Science. His total citation count exceeds 9,000, and he has an H-index of 47.

Ultrafast spectroscopy

Quantum spin manipulation

Electron-phonon coupling

2012-2017  UC Berkeley, Ph. D.

2008-2012  The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, B.Sc.

2021-Present Southern University of Science and Technology, Associate Professor

2017-2021 National Renewable Energy Lab, Postdoc

2021 High-level oversea talent of Shenzhen, B

1. Jianhui Li, MingXi Chen, Pan Wang, Xiaohong Li, Yuling Huang, Kemi Ding, Lingling Mao, X-D Xiang*, Xihan Chen* “Machine learning-driven prediction of ultrafast spin relaxation in metal halide perovskites for spintronic applications” Chem. Sci. 16, 46, 22071-22083 (2025)

2. Yuling Huang, Shaokuan Gong, Qianxia Chen, Congcong Chen, Zhangqiang Yang, Kang Wang, Jie Xue, Daozeng Wang, Haipeng Lu, Lingling Mao, Ye Yang, Jin-Zhu Zhao*, Xihan Chen* “Giant deformation potential induced small polaron effect in two-dimensional lead halide perovskites” Natl. Sci. Rev. nwae461 (2025)

3. Yuling Huang, Zhikang Jiang, Congcong Chen, Shaokuan Gong, Lingling Mao, Jinzhu Zhao, Xihan Chen* “Quantification of Chirality Induced Spin–Orbit Coupling for Long Spin Polarized Lifetime in Hybrid Perovskite” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 16, 9, 2378–2384 (2025)

4. Yuling Huang, Congcong Chen, Shaokuan Gong, Qiushi Hu, Jingjing Liu, Hongyu Chen, Lingling Mao*, Xihan Chen* “Tuning Spin Polarized Lifetime at High Carrier Density Through Deformation Potential in Dion-Jacobson Phase Perovskites” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 12225-12232 (2024)

5. Jingjing Xue#, Rui Wang#, Xihan Chen#, Canglang Yao, Xiaoxun Jin, Kaili Wang, Wenchao Huang, Tianyi Huang, Yepin Zhao, Yaxin Zhai, Dong Meng, Shaun Tan, Ruzhang Liu, Zhao-Kui Wang, Chenhui Zhu, Kai Zhu, Matthew C. Beard, Yanfa Yan, Yang Yang “Reconfiguring the band-edge states of photovoltaic perovskites by conjugated organic cations” Science 371, 636-640 (2021)