Research AreasResearch Areas
Our research interests are summarized and listed below. Please read the project descriptions of the individual projects. Our research activities includes the molecular design and synthesis of organic/inorganic/polymeric semiconductor materials, organic hole transporting materials, well-defined D-p-A copolymers for highly efficient dye-sensitized, organic and perovskite solar cells as well as as well as next generation energy storage devices (supercapacitors and LIBs) in tomorrow's energy science and technology.
The design and the synthesis of such creatively advanced semiconductor materials provides key elements for elucidating the structure-property relationships yet unknown. Also, the basic principle of photodynamics and energy transfer mechanism for advanced organic semiconductor materials from the view point of charge transfer mechanism and molecular spectroscopy will all be systematically investigated with regard to understanding and establishing the structure-property relationships.
With the structure-property relationships established, advanced semiconductor materials and polymers will systematically be designed and synthesized through molecular engineering to optimize their photophysical and electrochemical properties for highly efficient dye-sensitized, organic and perovskite solar cells. In addition, the forementioned molecular structures will be modified through molecular engineering for the purpose of investigating creative advanced semiconductor materials and polymers with new concept, which will be applied to tomorrow's energy technology. Our research efforts will provide the fundamental clue and the milestone for realizing advanced energy technology.
- New Molecular Design & Synthesis of Organic Dye sensitizers for Highly Efficient and Stable Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
- New Molecular Design & Synthesis of Organic Hole Transporting Materials
for Highly Efficient Solid-state Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
- New Molecular Design & Synthesis of D-p-A Copolymers for Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells
- New Molecular Design & Synthesis of Advanced Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Semiconductor Materials for Highly Efficient Hybrid Solar Cells
- New Device Architecture Design and Optimization for DSSC Commercialization
- New Design & Synthesis of Advanced Polymeric Materials by Controlled-Living Radical Polymerizations for Next Generation Energy Conversion and Storage Devices
