Publications

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1. The State-of-the-Art Solution-Processed Single Component Organic Photodetectors Achieved by Strong Quenching of Intermolecular Emissive State and High Quadrupole Moment in Non-Fullerene Acceptors
   S. Y. Park, C. Labanti, R. A. Pacalaj, T. H. Lee, Y. Dong, Y.-C. Chin, J. Luke, D. Minami, S. Yun, J.-I. Park, F. Fang, K.-B. Park, J. R. Durrant, J.-S. Kim*
   Adv. Mater. 35, 49, 2306655 (2023) [link]

2. Long-Lived Charges in Y6:PM6 Bulk-Heterojunction Photoanodes with a Polymer Overlayer Improve Photoelectrocatalytic Performance
   T. H. Lee*, S. A. J. Hillman, S. G.-Carrero, A. Difilippo, J. R. Durrant*
   Adv. Energy Mater. 13, 28, 2300400 (2023) [link]

3. Molecular orientation-dependent energetic shifts in solution-processed non-fullerene acceptors and their impact on organic solar cell performance
   Y. Fu1, T. H. Lee1, Y.-C. Chin1, R. A. Pacalaj, C. Labanti, S. Y. Park, Y. Dong, H. W. Cho, J. Y. Kim, D. Minami*, J. R. Durrant*, J.-S. Kim*
   Nat. Commun. 14,  1, 1870 (2023) [link]

4. A Universal Perovskite Nanocrystal Ink for High-Performance Optoelectronic Devices
   H. Song, J. Yang, W. H. Jeong, J. Lee, T. H. Lee, J. W. Yoon, H. Lee, A. J. Ramadan, R. D. J. Oliver, S. C. Cho, S. G. Lim, J. W. Jang, Z. Yu, J. T. Oh, E. D. Jung, M. H. Song, S. H. Park, J. R. Durrant, H. J. Snaith, S. U. Lee, B. R. Lee*, H. Choi*
   Adv. Mater. 35, 8, 2209486 (2023) [link]

5. Organic Planar Heterojunction Solar Cells and Photodetectors Tailored to the Exciton Diffusion Length Scale of a Non-fullerene Acceptor
   T. H. Lee, Y. Dong, R. A. Pacalaj, S. Y. Park, W. Xu, J.-S. Kim, J. R. Durrant*
   Adv. Funct. Mater. 32, 51, 2208001 (2022) [link]

6. Hetero-tandem organic solar cells drive water electrolysis with a solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of 10%
   Y. K. Kim1, T. H. Lee1, J. Yeop, W. J. Byun, J. H. Kim*, J. Y. Kim*, J. S. Lee*
   Appl. Catal. B 309, 121237 (2022) [link]

7. A Dual Functional Polymer Interlayer Enables Near-Infrared Absorbing Organic Photoanodes for Solar Water Oxidation
   T. H. Lee, R. R. Rao, R. A. Pacalaj, A. A. Wilson, J. R. Durrant*
   Adv. Energy Mater. 12, 18, 2103698 (2022) [link] (Selected as a Back cover)

8. How Heteroatom Substitution in Donor–Acceptor Copolymers Affects Excitonic and Charge Photogeneration Processes in Organic Photovoltaic Cells
   J. K. Gallaher, S. N. Pugliese, M. A. Uddin, T. H. Lee, J. Y. Kim*, H. Y. Woo*, J. M. Hodgkiss*
   J. Phys. Chem. C 125, 48, 26590-26600 (2021) [link]

9. Planar Organic Bilayer Heterojunctions Fabricated on Water with Ultrafast Donor-to-Acceptor Charge Transfer
   T. H. Lee, W.-W. Park, S. Y. Park, S. Cho*, O.-H. Kwon*, J. Y. Kim*
   Sol. RRL 5, 8, 2100326 (2021) [link]

10. Photophysical pathways in efficient bilayer organic solar cells: The importance of interlayer energy transfer
    S. Y. Park, S. Chandrabose, M. B. Price, H. S. Ryu, T. H. Lee, Y. S. Shin, Z. Wu, W. Lee, K. Chen, S. Dai, J. Zhu, P. Xue, X. Zhan, H. Y. Woo*, J. Y. Kim*, J. M. Hodgkiss*
    Nano Energy 84, 105924 (2021) [link]

11. Designing a naphthyridinedione-based conjugated polymer for thickness-tolerant high efficiency polymer solar cells
    J.-M. Park1, T. H. Lee1, D. W. Kim, J. W. Kim, H. Y. Chung, J. Heo, S. Y. Park, W. S. Yoon, J. Y. Kim*, S. Y. Park*
    J. Mater. Chem. A 9, 17, 10846-10854 (2021) [link]

12. Effects on Photovoltaic Characteristics by Organic Bilayer-and Bulk-Heterojunctions: Energy Losses, Carrier Recombination and Generation
    T. H. Lee, S. Y. Park, X. Du, S. Park, K. Zhang, N. Li, S. Cho*, C. J. Brabec*, J. Y. Kim*
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 50, 55945−55953 (2020) [link]

13. Dithienogermole-Based Nonfullerene Acceptors: Roles of the Side-Chains’ Direction and Development of Green-Tinted Efficient Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells
    Y. Cho1, T. H. Lee1, S. Jeong, S. Y. Park, B. Lee, J. Y. Kim*, C. Yang*
    ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 3, 8, 7689−7698 (2020) [link]

14. 2D Star-Shaped Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors with Modulation of J-/H-Type Aggregations: Molecular Design–Morphology–Electrical Property Correlation
    C. W. Koh, H. W. Cho, M. A. M. Rashid, T. H. Lee, S. Y. Park, W. Lee, K. Kwak*, J. Y. Kim*, H. Y. Woo*
    Adv. Mater. Technol. 5, 6, 2000174 (2020) [link]

15. Efficient Exciton Diffusion in Organic Bilayer Heterojunctions with Non-Fullerene Small Molecular Acceptors
    T. H. Lee, S. Y. Park, W.-W. Park, X. Du, J. H. Son, N. Li, O.-H. Kwon, H. Y. Woo*, C. J. Brabec*, J. Y. Kim*
    ACS Energy Lett. 5, 5, 1628-1635 (2020) [link]

16. Recent progress in indoor organic photovoltaics
    H. S. Ryu, S. Y. Park, T. H. Lee, J. Y. Kim*, H. Y. Woo*
    Nanoscale 12, 10, 5792-5804 (2020) [link]

17. Morphology-Dependent Hole Transfer under Negligible HOMO Difference in Non-Fullerene Acceptor-Based Ternary Polymer Solar Cells
    T. Kim, J. Heo, J. Y. Lee, Y. J. Yoon, T. H. Lee, Y. S. Shin, I.-S. Kim, H. Kim, M. S. Jeong, I.-W. Hwang, B. Walker, P. S. Jo, B. Lim*, J. Y. Kim*
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11, 7, 7208-7215 (2019) [link]

18. Non-halogenated diphenyl-chalcogenide solvent processing additives for high-performance polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells
    S. Y. Park, S. Song, Y. J. Yoon, T. H. Lee, N. G. An, B. Walker*, J. Y. Kim*
    RSC Adv. 8, 69, 39777-39783 (2018) [link]

19. Effect of Substituents of Thienylene–Vinylene–Thienylene-Based Conjugated Polymer Donors on the Performance of Fullerene and Nonfullerene Solar Cells
    H. S. Kim1, T. H. Lee1, J. Yeop, H. W. Cho, J. W. Kim, S. Y. Park, J. B. Park, J. Y. Kim*, D.-H. Hwang*
    J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 29, 16613-16623 (2018) [link]

20. Engineering the morphology via processing additives in multiple all-polymer solar cells for improved performance
    J. Yuan, Y. Xu, G. Shi, X. Ling, L. Ying*, F. Huang, T. H. Lee, H. Y. Woo, J. Y. Kim, Y. Cao, W. Ma*
    J. Mater. Chem. A 6, 22, 10421-10432 (2018) [link]

21. Green-solvent processable semiconducting polymers applicable in additive-free perovskite and polymer solar cells: molecular weights, photovoltaic performance, and thermal stability
    J. Lee1, T. H. Lee1, M. M. Byranvand1, K. Choi, H. I. Kim, S. A. Park, J. Y. Kim*, T. Park*
    J. Mater. Chem. A 6, 14, 5463-6110 (2018) [link] (Selected as a Front cover)

22. Alkoxybenzothiadiazole-based Fullerene and Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with High Shunt Resistance for Indoor Photovoltaic Applications
    S. Y. Park, Y. Li, J. Kim, T. H. Lee, B. Walker, H. Y. Woo*, J. Y. Kim*
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 4, 3885–3894 (2018) [link]

23. A new small molecule acceptor based on indaceno[2,1-b:6,5-b'] dithiophene and thiophene-fused ending group for fullerene-free organic solar cells
    D. Xie, T. Liu, T. H. Lee, W. Gao, C. Zhong, L. Huo, Z. Luo, K. Wu, W. Xiong, J. Y. Kim, H. Choi, Y. Sun*, C. Yang*
    Dyes Pigments 148, 263-269 (2018) [link]

24. Single Component Organic Solar Cells Based on Oligothiophene‐Fullerene Conjugate
    T. L. Nguyen1, T. H. Lee1, B. Gautam, S. Y. Park, K. Gundogdu*, J. Y. Kim*, H. Y. Woo*
    Adv. Funct. Mater. 27, 39, 1702474 (2017) [link]

25. Naphthalene diimide-based small molecule acceptors for fullerene-free organic solar cells
    M. J. Sung, M. Huang, S. H. Moon, T. H. Lee, S. Y. Park, J. Y. Kim, S.-K. Kwon, H. Choi*, Y.-H. Kim*
    Sol. Energy 150, 90-95 (2017) [link]

26. ZnO decorated germanium nanoparticles as anode materials in Li-ion batteries
    T.-H. Kim, S. Y. Park, T. H. Lee, J. Jeong, D. S. Kim, M. T. Swihart, H.-K. Song*, J. Y. Kim*, S. Kim*
    Nanotechnology 28, 9, 095402 (2017) [link]

27. Alkyl Side-Chain Engineering in Wide-Bandgap Copolymers Leading to Power Conversion Efficiencies over 10%
    T. Liu, X. Pan, X. Meng, Y. Liu, D. Wei, W. Ma, L. Huo*, X. Sun, T. H. Lee, M. Huang, H. Choi, J. Y. Kim, W. C. H. Choy, Y. Sun*
    Adv. Mater. 29, 6, 1604251 (2017) [link]

28. A universal processing additive for high performance polymer solar cells
    T. H. Lee, S. Y. Park, B. Walker, S.-J. Ko, J. Heo, H. Y. Woo, H. Choi*, J. Y. Kim*
    RSC Adv. 7, 13, 7476-7482 (2017) [link]

29. Investigation of Charge Carrier Behavior in High Performance Ternary Blend Polymer Solar Cells
    T. H. Lee, M. A. Uddin, C. Zhong, S.-J. Ko, B. Walker, T. Kim, Y. J. Yoon, S. Y. Park, A. J. Heeger*, H. Y. Woo*, J. Y. Kim*
    Adv. Energy Mater. 6, 19, 16600637 (2016) [link] (Selected as a Frontispiece)

30. Thiophene and Naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c]bis[1,2,5]thiadiazole Based Alternating Copolymers for Polymer Solar Cells
    Y. Li1, T. H. Lee1, J. Kim, S. Y. Park, S. Song, S. Hwang, J. Y. Kim*, H. Y. Woo*
    J. Photopolym Sci. Technol. 29, 4, 553-559 (2016) [link]

31. Straight Chain D–A Copolymers Based on Thienothiophene and Benzothiadiazole for Efficient Polymer Field Effect Transistors and Photovoltaic Cells
    Y. Li1, T. H. Lee1, S. Y. Park, M. A. Uddin, T. Kim, S. Hwang, J. Y. Kim*, H. Y. Woo*
    Polym. Chem. 7, 28, 4638-4646 (2016) [link]

32. Control of Charge Dynamics via Use of Nonionic Phosphonate Chains and Their Effectiveness for Inverted Structure Solar Cells
    G. Kim, S. Song, J. Lee, T. Kim, T. H. Lee, B. Walker, J. Y. Kim*, C. Yang*
    Adv. Energy Mater. 5, 18, 1500844 (2015) [link]

33. Interplay of intramolecular noncovalent coulomb interactions for semicrystalline photovoltaic polymers
    M. A. Uddin1, T. H. Lee1, S. Xu, S. Y. Park, T. Kim, S. Song, T. L. Nguyen, S.-J. Ko, S. Hwang, J. Y. Kim*, H. Y. Woo*
    Chem. Mater. 27, 17, 5997-6007 (2015) [link]

34. Dithienogermole-Containing Small-Molecule Solar Cells with 7.3% Efficiency: In-Depth Study on the Effects of Heteroatom Substitution of Si with Ge
    M. Moon, B. Walker, J. Lee, S. Y. Park, H. Ahn, T. Kim, T. H. Lee, J. Heo, J. H. Seo, T. J. Shin, J. Y. Kim*, C. Yang*
    Adv. Energy Mater. 5, 9, 1402044 (2015) [link]

35. Replacing the metal oxide layer with a polymer surface modifier for high-performance inverted polymer solar cells
    T. H. Lee, H. Choi, B. Walker, T. Kim, H.-B. Kim, J. Y. Kim*
    RSC Adv. 4, 9, 4791-4795 (2014) [link]