Organic semiconductors represent a new class of materials that merge the creativity of chemistry with the power of electronics. Unlike conventional silicon, they are lightweight, flexible, cost-effective, and aesthetically tunable, opening new opportunities for next-generation energy and electronic technologies such as wearable solar cells, flexible transistors, and bio-integrated devices. These remarkable possibilities arise from their structural autonomy, which allows every property to be precisely tuned at the molecular level. By designing and synthesizing organic semiconductors with targeted electronic, optical, and mechanical characteristics, we can create materials ideally suited for emerging applications. Our laboratory focuses on molecular design, synthesis, and device engineering of organic semiconductors to pioneer the future of energy and electronics.
Small Electron Acceptors Synthesis
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 758‒769; ACS Energy Lett. 2023, 8, 96‒106
Polymer Electron Donors Synthesis
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202401097; Nano Energy 2023, 106, 108059
Large-Area OSCs
Energy Environ. Sci. 2023, 16, 6035‒6045; J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, 11, 12185‒12193
Ultra-Flexible OSCs
Joule 2025, 9, 101996; ACS Energy Lett. 2023, 8, 4733−4745
Semitransparent OSCs
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202424287; ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 7689‒7698
HTL & ETL Materials Synthesis
Nano Energy 2024, 125, 109584; Science 2020, 369, 1615‒1620
Organic Guest Materials Synthesis
Energy Environ. Sci. 2025, 18, 8161‒8170; ACS Energy Lett. 2023, 4, 1848−1856
Large-Area PeSCs
Nat. Photonics 2022, 16, 119−125; Science 2020, 369, 1615‒1620
Ultra-Stable PeSCs
Nano Energy 2024, 125, 109584; Adv. Mater. 2021, 34, 2106118
Hetero-Structure PeSCs
Energy Environ. Sci. 2025, 18, 8161‒8170; Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10, 2001920
Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photocatalysts
Chem. Eng. J. 2021, 418, 129346; Appl. Catal. B 2021, 284, 119690
Other Energy Applications
Small 2020, 16, 1906635; Nano Energy 2020, 77, 105271
OMIECs Materials Synthesis
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202414180; PNAS. 2025, 122, e414879122
Cross-linkable Polymers Synthesis
PNAS. 2025, ASAP; EcoMat. 2025, 7, e12513
Bioapplicable OECTs
PNAS. 2025, ASAP
High-Density Array OECTs
Nat. Electron. 2024, 7, 234−298
Neuromorphic OECTs
PNAS. 2025, 122, e414879122
N-type Polymer Synthesis
Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 1554; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 40347;
P-type Polymer Synthesis
J. Mater. Chem. C 2021, 9, 9670‒9682; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13629
Highly-Stable OFETs
Small Struct. 2021, 2, 2100024; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 40347
Stretchable OFETs
Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 1554; J. Mater. Chem. C 2021, 9, 9670; Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 1914‒1924
Patterned OFETs
Adv. Electron. Mater. 2021, 7, 2100551; ACS Nano 2021, 15, 20353; Angew. Chem. 2018, 57, 13629
Organic Termoelectric Devices
Small 2023, 19, 2206233; Small 2023, 19, 2300507
Other Electronic Applications
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 34, 2309428; Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 7499−7508