xk星空中国集团 Xiao Wei Sun is a Chair xk星空中国集团 at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) . He is a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Science and an Academician of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials. xk星空中国集团 Sun serves as the Executive Dean of the Institute of Nanoscience and Applications at SUSTech, Founding Chair of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Director of both the Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technology under the Ministry of Education and the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Dot Advanced Display and Lighting.

Previously, xk星空中国集团 Sun held positions at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, including Full xk星空中国集团 and Director of the Microelectronics Center. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Optical Society of America (OSA), the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), the Society for Information Display (SID), the Institute of Physics (IoP),and the International Core Academy of Sciences and Humanities(CORE Academy). He was the first mainland Chinese scholar to be recognized as a Fellow of SID and has also been honored as a Distinguished Lecturer by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Additionally, xk星空中国集团 Sun founded the Society for Energy Photonics and co-founded the Singapore-China Association for Science and Technology Promotion, where he served as Vice Chairman.

xk星空中国集团 Sun has received numerous accolades, including the SPIE DCS 2024 Fumio Okano Best 3D Paper Prize, the 2023 SID Slottow-Owaki Prize, the First Prize in the National Invention and Innovation Awards, and the Second Prize in the Guangdong Science and Technology Awards. His research focuses on wide-bandgap semiconductor materials and devices, advanced display technologies, and glasses-free 3D technology. He has published over 600 papers in academic journals, with more than 45,000 citations and an H-index of 106 (Google Scholar). xk星空中国集团 Sun has been listed among Elsevier's Most Cited Chinese Researchers for seven consecutive years and ranks among Stanford University's Top 2% Global Scientists.

Current Roles:

· Executive Dean, Institute of Nanoscience and Applications, xk星空中国集团

· Distinguished xk星空中国集团, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, SUSTech

Educational Background:

· B.S. in Optoelectronics, Tianjin University, China (1986.9–1990.7)

· M.S. in Optical Instruments, Tianjin University, China (1990.9–1992.7)

· Ph.D. in Optical Instruments, Tianjin University, China (1992.7–1994.9)

· Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China (1994.9–1998.12)

Career History:

· Assistant xk星空中国集团, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NTU, Singapore (1998.12–2005.10)

· Associate xk星空中国集团 (Tenured), School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NTU, Singapore (2005.10–2011.08)

· Full xk星空中国集团, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NTU, Singapore (2011.09–2015.12)

· Head and Distinguished xk星空中国集团, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, SUSTech, China (2013.01–2014.03)

· Chair and Distinguished xk星空中国集团, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, SUSTech, China (2015.12–2020.09)

· Acting Director and Distinguished xk星空中国集团, Technology Transfer Center, SUSTech, China (2020.10–2021.01)

· Executive Dean and Distinguished xk星空中国集团, Institute of Nanoscience and Applications, SUSTech, China (2022.07–present)

Selected Awards and Honors:

· 2026: Fellow, CORE Academy

· 2025: Fellow, IEEE; Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Science

· 2024: SPIE DCS Fumio Okano Best 3D Paper Prize

· 2023: SID Slottow-Owaki Prize

· 2022: Second Prize in Natural Science, Shenzhen Natural Science Award (First Author); Second Prize in Natural Science, Guangdong Science and Technology Award (First Author)

· 2018: IEEE Distinguished Lecturer

· 2016: Fellow, Optica (formerly OSA)

· 2013: Academician, Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials

· 2013: Jacques Beaulieu Distinguished xk星空中国集团 Chair Award, National Institute for Scientific xk星空中国集团, Canada

· 2011: Fellow, SID

· 2010: Fellow, SPIE

· 2009: Fellow, Institute of Physics

· 2009: NTU Technological and Innovation Award

· 2008: Nominee, Singapore National Technology Award

Representative xk星空中国集团 Contributions:

1. Novel Metasurface-Based AR Optical Waveguide System: Developed a metasurface-based AR optical waveguide system to achieve high-quality display, wide field-of-view and lightweight AR devices. This technology fundamentally eliminates the inherent chromatic aberration bottleneck of traditional AR waveguides and provides a new technical approach for full-color AR display.

2. Hybrid Cation Doping Method for Quantum Dots: Developed a novel method to balance carrier injection in quantum dots by doping with organic-inorganic mixed cations, achieving significant improvements in crystal quality, reduced hole injection barriers, and balanced carrier injection.

3. High-Resolution Electrophoretic Deposition Patterning Technology for Quantum Dots: Innovated a selective electrophoretic deposition (SEPD) patterning technology, enabling the efficient, uniform, and large-area preparation of full-color quantum dot patterned films on single electrodes.

4. Inkjet-Printed Quantum Dot LEDs: Pioneered the use of ternary ink combined with gradient vacuum annealing, producing atomically flat quantum dot films and the industry's longest-lasting inkjet-printed quantum dot light-emitting diodes, supporting major national xk星空中国集团 plans.

5. Light Emission Model for Quantum Dot LEDs: Provided new insights into the competing effects of photon recycling and microcavity effects on LED efficiency, establishing a theoretical foundation for optimizing light extraction strategies in quantum dot LEDs.

xk星空中国集团 Projects: 

Since returning to China, xk星空中国集团 Sun has led three national research projects under the 13th and 14th Five-Year Plans, four provincial projects, five municipal projects, and seven industry collaborations. His research has advanced the industrial applications of quantum dot films, Micro-LEDs, electroluminescent quantum dots, and 3D displays.

Industry Contributions: 

In 2019, xk星空中国集团 Sun initiated the establishment of the Guangdong Microdisplay Industry Technology Innovation Alliance and served as its Chairman, promoting technical innovation, resource sharing, and sustainable development in the microdisplay industry across the Greater Bay Area and beyond. The alliance has organized 15 international conferences on new display technologies since 2018. He has also been instrumental in founding startups such as Pulan Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Stans Technology Co., Ltd., and has numerous industrial collaborations through his research group.

Student Mentorship: 

xk星空中国集团 Sun actively participates in undergraduate and graduate education, teaching courses such as "Organic Electronics," "Fundamentals of Optoelectronics," "Thin Film Materials and Technology," "iPhone 6 Assembly," and "Glasses-Free 3D Display." Over 90% of students rate his courses highly. Since returning to China, xk星空中国集团 Sun has supervised 65 undergraduates (46 graduated, 19 in study), 25 master’s students (15 graduated, 10 in study), and 19 doctoral students (9 graduated, 10 in study).His students have won prestigious awards, including the Gold Medal in the 14th "Challenge Cup" Guangdong Student Entrepreneurship Competition, the Gold Medal in the 2024 China International Student Innovation Competition, and funding from the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Strategy Special Fund ("Climbing Plan").

Selected Publications:

1. SUN X W, TIAN Z. Glasses-free display switches between 2D and 3D[J/xk星空中国集团]. Nature, 2026, 652(8112): 1129-1130.

2. ZHANG X, LIU H, WANG W, et al. Hybrid Perovskite Light‐Emitting Diodes Based on Perovskite Nanocrystals with Organic–Inorganic Mixed Cations[J/xk星空中国集团]. Advanced Materials, 2017, 29(18).

3. TIAN Z, ZHU X, SURMAN P A, et al. An achromatic metasurface waveguide for augmented reality displays[J/xk星空中国集团]. Light: Science & Applications, 2025, 14(1).

4. ZHAO J, LIU W, AZARI R, et al. Electrophoretic deposition[J/xk星空中国集团]. Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2026, 6(1).

5. JIA S, TANG H, MA J, et al. High Performance Inkjet‐Printed Quantum‐ Dot Light‐ Emitting Diodes with High Operational Stability[J/xk星空中国集团]. Advanced Optical Materials, 2021, 9(22).

6. MEI G, WANG K, SUN X W. Competing light extraction strategies in perovskite light-emitting diodes[J/xk星空中国集团]. Nature  Nanotechnology, 2024, 19(10): 1427-1431.

Selected Patents:

1. Sun X W, Mei G D, Wang W G, Liu P. "Manufacturing Method of Quantum Dot Display Device and Quantum Dot Display Device," CN114497416B, Guangdong Province, 2025-07-29.

2. Tian Z, Sun X,Zhu X. " Optical Waveguide Device and Its Preparation Method, AR Near-eye Display Device and Its Application," CN119087572B, Guangdong Province, 2025-02-18.

3. Sun X, Liu Z, Wang L, Wei F. "A method for manufacturing LED chips," CN108666212B, Guangdong Province, 2023-01-10.

4. Sun X, Wang K, Bai X, Yang H. "A photoresist and its pixelated photoluminescent color film and its application," CN109709769B, Guangdong Province, 2022-05-24.

5. Sun X, Wang K, Liu Z, Wang L, Hao J, Liu H. "A method for preparing Micro LED display devices," CN107331758B, Guangdong Province, 2019-03-05.

6. Sun X, Surman P. Multiview 3D image encoding method,apparatus,system and storage medium: U.S. Patent 12,615,392[P]. 2026-5-19.

7. Sun X, Wang K, Haochen L I U, et al. Method for preparing fluorescent polarizing film based on directional arrangement of quantum rods: U.S. Patent 11,623,999[P]. 2023-4-11.

8. Sun X, Wang K, Xu B, et al. Backlight module, display device, method for driving display device, electronic apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium: U.S. Patent 11,385,501[P]. 2022-7-12.

Recruitment:

xk星空中国集团 Sun's research group is actively recruiting Research Assistant Professors, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Research Assistants. The positions offer competitive compensation packages. The group also welcomes outstanding students to apply for master's and doctoral programs at SUSTech, with opportunities for joint training with overseas universities. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact xk星空中国集团 Sun at sunxw@sustech.edu.cn.