Publications

2025

38. Phase Stabilization of Bulk-Heterojunction with a Structural Synonymous Graft-Copolymer Additive as a Model Compound 

Author: D.C., Y.B., M.M., M.K.*, S.Y.S.*, T.P.*

Journal: In preparation

37. Role of Polymer Side Chains in Dopant Diffusion into Conjugated Polymer Films

Author: J.B., Y.L., Sung Yun Son*, H.L.*

Journal: Macromol. Res., 2025, submitted

36. Fused-Ring Donor Polymer with Suppressed Aggregation and Deep HOMO Level for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Author: M.Q.L., Y.Y., S.A., K.S., S.Y., Sang Shin Park, D.W.K., Sung Yun Son, H.A., M.K., J.W.Y., H.C., J.L*

Journal: J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, submitted

35. Low Temperature Side Chain Removal and Layer-by-Layer Processing for Enhanced Stability and Efficiency in D18 based Organic Photovoltaics  

Author: J.S., J.O., X.Z., Sung Yun Son, X.D., H.A., W.Y.*

Journal: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, submitted

34. Post-Treatment Strategy for High-Capacity Naphthalenediimide (NDI) Polymer Cathodes in Li-Ion Batteries 

Author: Minhee Lee, Chanho Yuk, Soyoung Kim, Gyeongdoo Kang, Euimin Lee, Han-Hee Cho, Sung Yun Son, Woochul Song, Taesu Kim, Wonho Lee*

Journal: ChemSusChem, 2025, accepted

33. Acidic Additives Enable Tunable Low Temperature Side Chain Cleavage and Performance Enhancement in Organic Photovoltaics

Author: Jordan Shanahan, Jiyeon Oh, Sung Yun Son, Wei You*

Journal: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, accepted

32. Self-Assembled Monolayer as a Hole-Transport Layer Forming a Robust Interface with the Active Layer for Enhanced Thermal Stability in Organic Solar Cells 

Author: Yelim Choi, Yurim Bae, Haeryang Lim, Hangyeol Kim, Jihyun Min, Dawoon Kim, Dayeong Choi, Minjun Kim*, Taiho Park*, Sung Yun Son*

Journal: J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, accepted

31. Unmixed Planar Heterojuction Interfaces Enabling Exceptional Air Stability in Organic Photodetectors

Author: Sohyun Cho†, Sang Shin Park†, Hyenjin Yoo,  Sung Yun Son*, Byoung Hoon Lee*

Journal: Small, 2025, accepted

30. Random Terpolymerization as a Design Strategy to Modulate Aggregation in NDI-Based Polymer Acceptors for All-Polymer Solar Cells 

Author: Dasol Chung, Stephanie Samson, Sung Mo Moon, Seyeon Yoon, Wei You*, Sung Yun Son*

Journal: ACS Macro Lett., 2025, 14, 484-489

29. Morphological Stability of a Quinoxaline-Based Double-Cable Conjugated Polymer under Thermal Stress 

Author: Dasol Chung, Yurim Bae, Chanhyeok Kim, Dawoon Kim, Taiho Park, Sung Yun Son*

Journal: ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2025, 7, 1175-1180

2024

28. Stability of Intrinsically Stretchable Organic Photovoltaics: Fundamentals, Achievements, and Perspectives

Author: Yurim Bae, Dohyun Kim, Saimeng Li, Yelim Choi, Sung Yun Son*, Taiho Park*, Long Ye*

Journal: Prog. Polym. Sci., 2024, 159, 101899

27. Research Trends in the Development of High Refractive Index Polymer Materials

Author: Wooteak Jung, Geoneop Choi, Sang Shin Park, Sung Yun Son*

Journal: Polym. Korea, 2024, 48, 586-593

26. Synthesis of Photoactive Layer Materials in Organic Photovoltaics: an Asymmetric Molecular Approach

Author: Wooteak Jung, Sehwa Hong, Sung Mo Moon, Sung Yun Son*

Journal: Polym. Korea, 2024, 48, 594-602

25. Recent Advances in the Synergistic Effects of Organic Conjugated Materials and Quantum Dots on Solar Cells

Author: Dae Hwan Lee, Chanhyuk Kim, Giwon Shin, Geoneop Choi, Sang Shin Park, Taiho Park*, Sung Yun Son*

Journal:  J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 31740-31768

24. From non-doped to dopable: The impact of methoxy functionalization on doping and thermoelectric properties of conjugated polymers

Author: Hansol Lee, Landep Ayuningtias, Hoimin Kim, Jaehoon Lee, Jiyun Lee, Min-Jae Kim, Dongki Lee, Byung Mook Weon, Dong-Am Park, Nam-Gyu Park, Sung Yun Son, Junki Kim*, Yun-Hi Kim*, Boseok Kang*

Journal: EcoMat, 2024, 6, e12442

2023

23. Strategic Incorporation of Cleavable Side Chains Improves Thermal Stability of PffBT-T4-Based Polymer Solar Cells

Author: Jordan Shanahan, Jiyeon Oh, Sung Yun Son, Salma Siddika, David Pendleton, Brendan T. O’Connor, Wei You*

Journal: Chem. Mater., 2023, 35, 10139

2022

22. 스트레쳐블 전자소자용 공액 고분자 개발 연구 동향 (Recent advances in conjugated polymers for stretchable electronics)

Author: 박상신, 문성모, 손성윤

Journal: Polym. Sci. Technol., 2022, 33(4), 293

21. Backbone randomization in conjugated polymer-based hole-transport materials to enhance the efficiencies of perovskites solar cells

Author: Sung Yun Son†, Kyungwon Choi†, Junwoo Lee, Hong Il Kim, Taiho Park*, Minjun Kim*

Journal: Chem. Mater., 2022, 34, 4856

20. Integrating charge mobility, stability and stretchability within conjugated polymer films for stretchable multifunctional sensors

Author: Sung Yun Son†, Giwon Lee†, Hongyu Wang, Stephanie Samson, Qingshan Wei*, Yong Zhu*, Wei You*

Journal: Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 2739

~ 2021

19. Understanding of face-on crystallites transitioning to edge-on crystallites in thiophene-based conjugated polymers

Author: Sung Yun Son, Taiho Park*, Wei You*

Journal: Chem. Mater., 2021, 33, 4541

18. Thermocleavage of partial side chains in polythiophenes offers appreciable photovoltaic efficiency and significant morphological stability

Author: Sung Yun Son, Stephanie Samson, Salma Siddika, Brendan T O’Connor, Wei You*

Journal: Chem. Mater., 2021, 33, 4745

17. Charge trapping in a low-crystalline high-mobility conjugated polymer and its effects on the operational stability of organic field-effect transistors

Author: Hansol Lee†, Byungho Moon†, Sung Yun Son, Taiho Park, Boseok Kang*, Kilwon Cho*

Journal: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 16722

16. Green-solvent-processable organic semiconductors and future directions for advanced organic electronics

Author: Junwoo Lee†, Sang Ah Park†, Seung Un Ryu, Dasol Chung, Taiho Park*, Sung Yun Son*

Journal: J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 21455

​15. Hole transport materials in conventional structural (n–i–p) perovskite solar cells: from past to the future

Author: Guan‐Woo Kim, Hyuntae Choi, Minjun Kim, Junwoo Lee, Sung Yun Son, Taiho Park*

Journal: Adv. Energy Mater., 2020, 10, 1903403

14. A short review on interface engineering of perovskite solar cells: a self-assembled monolayer and its roles

Author: Kyoungwon Choi†, Hyuntae Choi†, Jihyun Min, Taewan Kim, Dohyun Kim, Sung Yun Son, Guan-Woo Kim, Jongmin Choi*, Taiho Park*

Journal: Solar RRL, 2020, 4, 1900251

13. Study of burn-In loss in green solvent-processed ternary blended organic photovoltaics derived from UV-crosslinkable semiconducting polymers and nonfullerene acceptors

Author: Junwoo Lee†, Jae Won Kim†, Sang Ah Park, Sung Yun Son, Kyoungwon Choi, Woojin Lee, Minjun Kim, Jin Young Kim*, Taiho Park*

Journal: Adv. Energy Mater., 2019, 9, 1901829

​​12. Improving the photovoltaic performance and mechanical stability of flexible all-polymer solar cells via tailoring intermolecular interactions

Author: Minjun Kim†, Hong Il Kim†, Seung Un Ryu, Sung Yun Son, Sang Ah Park, Nasir Khan, Won Suk Shin, Chang Eun Song*, Taiho Park*

Journal: Chem. Mater., 2019, 31, 5047

11. Improving the electrical connection of n-type conjugated polymers through fluorine-induced robust aggregation

Author: Minjun Kim†, Won-Tae Park†, Seung Un Ryu, Sung Yun Son, Junwoo Lee, Tae Joo Shin, Yong-Young Noh*, Taiho Park*

Journal: Chem. Mater., 2019, 31, 4864

10. In-depth optical characterization of poly(3-hexylthiophene) after formation of nanosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures

Author: Sung Yun Son†, Gyeongho Kang†, Minjun Kim, Junwoo Lee, Taewan Kim, Taiho Park*, Jongchul Lim*

Journal: Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 7567

​​9. Control of crystallite orientation in diketopyrrolopyrrole-based semiconducting polymers via tuning of intermolecular interactions

Author: Sung Yun Son, Gang-Young Lee, Sangwon Kim, Won-Tae Park, Sang Ah Park, Yong-Young Noh*, Taiho Park*

Journal: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 10751 (Cover article)

8. A donor–acceptor semiconducting polymer with a random configuration for efficient, green-solvent-processable flexible solar cells

Author: Sung Yun Son, Jae Won Kim, JooHyeon Lee, Guan-Woo Kim, Jisu Hong, Jin Young Kim*, Taiho Park*

Journal: J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 24580 (Selected as Hot Articles 2018)

​​7. Role of disorder in the extent of interchain delocalization and polaron generation in polythiophene crystalline domains

Author: Kyu Hyung Park, Sung Yun Son, Jun Oh Kim, Gyeongho Kang, Taiho Park*, Dongho Kim*

Journal: J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9, 3173

​​6. Exploiting π–π stacking for stretchable semiconducting polymers

Author: Sung Yun Son†, Jae-Han Kim†, Eunjoo Song†, Kyoungwon Choi, Joohyeon Lee, Kilwon Cho*, Taek-Soo Kim*, Taiho Park*

Journal: Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 2572

​​5. Green-solvent-processable, dopant-free hole-transporting materials for robust and efficient perovskite solar cells

Author: Junwoo Lee†, Mahdi Malekshahi Byranvand†, Gyeongho Kang, Sung Yun Son, Seulki Song, Guan-Woo Kim, Taiho Park*

Journal: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 12175

​4. High-field-effect mobility of low-crystallinity conjugated polymers with localized aggregates

Author: Sung Yun Son†, Yebyeol Kim†, Junwoo Lee, Gang-Young Lee, Won-Tae Park, Yong-Young Noh, Chan Eon Park*, Taiho Park*

Journal: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 8096 (Cover & Featured in JACS spotlights)

​​3. Effects of regioregularity and molecular weight on the growth of polythiophene nanofibrils and mixes of short and long nanofibrils to enhance the hole transport

Author: Yujeong Lee†, Jin Young Oh†, Sung Yun Son, Taiho Park*, Unyong Jeong*

Journal: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 27694

​​2. Positioning lithium ions by host–guest chemistry combined with self-assembly using a thiophene-based all-conjugated amphiphilic block copolymer

Author: Min Jeong Im, Byung Joon Moon, Gang‐Young Lee, Sung Yun Son, Taiho Park*

Journal: J. Polym. Sci. A Polym. Chem., 2014, 52, 1068

1. Improved photovoltaic performance by enhanced crystallinity of poly(3-hexyl)thiophene

Author: Min Jeong Im†, Sung Yun Son†, Byung Joon Moon, Gang-Young Lee, Joo Hyun Kim, Taiho Park*

Journal: Org. Electron., 2013, 14, 3046