Conceiving reliable materials for different applications, through the knowledge of the basic principles and controlling those materials is crux of today's organic materials chemistry. Among the promising materials being studied for use in energy conversion & storage are covalent organic frameworks (COFs). COFs are a class of intrinsically porous polymers, whose organic building blocks can be periodically incorporated into elongated network structures with ordered and regular pores. Our group is focused on the design and synthesis of structure and function correlated COFs for different applications.

Fused Aromatic Networks (FANs) are a special class of covalent organic networks (CONs) with irreversible fused aromatic linkages, without rotatable single bonds. These characteristics differentiate them from other types of covalent organic frameworks (COFs), such as imine-based (Schiff-base-type), boron-based (boroxine-based), triazine-based, imide-based, hydrazone-based and azine-based COFs.

Three-dimensional (3D) organic frameworks have been recently at the focus of attention with promising applications in host-guest chemistry, and specifically for gas sorption and separation. Our group is are interested in the design and incorporation of functional groups into 3D organic frameworks and to efficiently construct crystalline 3D frameworks.

Hybrid and single atom anchored organic frameworks are promising materials for electrocatalysis and our research team is investigating how particular metal can be incorporated into the organic framework to develop new or more efficient catalysts. This work widens from gathering new fundamental insight from metal supported catalysts through to new catalysts.

In our group we investigate novel functional materials for different electrocatalysis, e.g., ORR, OER, HER etc.

We check our new two-dimensional frameworks for high-performance organic electronic materials on the basis of organic chemistry and surface chemistry. The recent focus of our research includes organic semiconductor materials and devices, and novel organic materials.