Research
1. π-Conjugated Polymer Semiconductors for Electronics and Photovoltaics
Design and Synthesis of New Polymers
Development of New Synthetic Route
Structure-Property-Performance Relationships
Polymer/Polymer Blend Nano-Morphology Study
2. Organic Electronic Device Engineering
Device Physics and Fabrication
Device Engineering
Organic Photovoltaics, OLEDs, Transistors
3. Flow Chemistry in Automated Microreactor
Organic Synthesis in Continuous Flow Reactor
Developing Automated Flow System for Large Quantity Polymer Synthesis
Professor
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University
E-mail : yjhwang@inha.ac.kr
Education
Ph. D. Chemical Engineering (2015)
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Adviser : Samson A. Jenekhe
M. S. Chemical Engineering (2012)
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Adviser : Samson A. Jenekhe
B. S. Chemical Engineering (2008)
Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Adviser : Sang-Eun Shim
Professional Career
Associate Professor (2023.03 - Current)
Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University
Assistant Professor (2017.03 - 2023.02)
Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University
Post Doc. Chemical Engineering (2015.08 - 2017.01)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Current Members
Graduate Students
Nayeon Kim
B. S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2020)
E-mail : ckgml667@inha.edu
Taehoon Kang
B. S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2023)
E-mail : kenny2626@naver.com
Alumni
Eunbyuel Lee
M. S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2019)
B. S. in Chemistry, Inha University (2016)
E-mail : dlquf7005@gmail.com
Current Position : Samsung Display (Engineer)
Woojin Shin
M. S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2020)
B. S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2018)
E-mail : swj7563@naver.com
Current Position : Inventage Lab (Assistant Researcher)
Eunhee Lee
M. S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2020)
B. S. in Chemistry, Inha University (2018)
E-mail : 22181403 @inha.edu
Current Position : LG Chem. (Engineer)
Wonyoung Ko
M. S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2021)
B. S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2019)
E-mail : 22191232 @inha.edu
Current Position : KT&G (Research Scientist)
Minkyoung Kim
M. S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2021)
B. S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2019)
E-mail : 22191150 @inha.edu
Current Position : Samsung Electronics
Jihun Park
M. S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2021)
B. S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2019)
E-mail : 22191137 @inha.edu
Current position : ISU Chemical
Gyungtak Kim
M. S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2022)
B. S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2020)
E-mail : 22201531 @inha.edu
Current position : Samsung Electronics
Seunghwan Jin
M. S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2022)
B. S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2020)
E-mail : 22201564 @inha.edu
Current position : SK innovation
Youngrok Kim
M. S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2023)
B. S. in Polymer Science and Engineering, Inha University (2020)
E-mail : yrkim@inha.edu
Current position : Miwon Commercial Co., Ltd.
Chanseo Lee
M. S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2024)
B. S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2022)
E-mail : lcs21025@inha.edu
Seungjun Lee
M. S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2024)
B. S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2022)
E-mail : dltmdwns1997@inha.edu
Current position : Ph. D. Student Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Jinwoo Jeon
M. S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2024)
B. S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2022)
E-mail : jwoo421@inha.edu
Current position : Miwon Commercial Co., Ltd.
Publications
Seungjun Lee, Gyung-Tak Kim, Jueun Kim, Taehoon Kang, Taeshik Earmme, Ye-Jin Hwang, Precision control of molecular weight ratios in fully conjugated block copolymers using flow synthesis, Polymer Chemistry, 2024, 15, 1166-1172
Hahyeon Kim, Jonghyun Lee, Seung Jae Lee, Jeong Eun Oh, Soo Dong Kim, Yashwardhan R Malpani, Ye-Jin Hwang, Boyoung Y Park, Improving the sustainability and safety of ursodeoxycholic acid synthesis in continuous flow process with water, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2023, 119, 327–334
Jihun Park, Seungjae Lee, Gyungtak Kim, Yashwardhan R Malpani, Boyoung Y Park, Ye-Jin Hwang, Flow Synthesis of L-α-Glycerylphosphorylcholine: Studies on Synthetic Routes Applicable to a Flow Reactor and Optimization of Reaction Conditions, Pharmaceutics, 2022, 14(11), 2480
A segmented flow platform for on-demand medicinal chemistry and compound synthesis in oscillating droplets , CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS , 2017 , 53 (49), pp. 6649~6652
Organic nonvolatile memory devices utilizing intrinsic charge-trapping phenomena in an n-type polymer semiconductor , ORGANIC ELECTRONICS , 2016, 31 , pp. 104~110
Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with 8.5% Efficiency Enabled by a New Highly Twisted Electron Acceptor Dimer , ADVANCED MATERIALS , 2016, 28 (1), pp. 124~124
7.7% Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells , ADVANCED MATERIALS , 2015, 27 (31), pp. 4578~4584
Ternary blend all-polymer solar cells: enhanced performance and evidence of parallel-like bulk heterojunction mechanism , MRS COMMUNICATIONS , 2015, 5 (2), pp. 229~234
Fine-Tuning the 3D Structure of Nonfullerene Electron Acceptors Toward High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells , ADVANCED MATERIALS , 2015, 27 (21), pp. 3266~3272
Polymer/Polymer Blend Solar Cells Using Tetraazabenzodifluoranthene Diimide Conjugated Polymers as Electron Acceptors , MACROMOLECULES , 2015, 48 (6), pp. 1759~1766
n-Type Semiconducting Naphthalene Diimide-Perylene Diimide Copolymers: Controlling Crystallinity, Blend Morphology, and Compatibility Toward High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells , JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2015, 137 (13), pp. 4424~4434
All-Polymer Bulk Heterojuction Solar Cells with 4.8% Efficiency Achieved by Solution Processing from a Co-Solvent , ADVANCED MATERIALS , 2014, 26 (35), pp. 6080~6080
Side chain engineering of n-type conjugated polymer enhances photocurrent and efficiency of all-polymer solar cells , CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS , 2014, 50 (74), pp. 10801~10804
Annealing temperature dependence of the efficiency and vertical phase segregation of polymer/polymer bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells , APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS , 2014, 104 (22)
All-Polymer Solar Cells with 3.3% Efficiency Based on Naphthalene Diimide-Selenophene Copolymer Acceptor , JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY , 2013, 135 (40), pp. 14960~14963
New n-type polymer semiconductors based on naphthalene diimide and selenophene derivatives for organic field-effect transistors , POLYMER CHEMISTRY , 2013, 4 (11), pp. 3187~3195
n-Type Naphthalene Diimide-Biselenophene Copolymer for All-Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells , MACROMOLECULES , 2012, 45 (22), pp. 9056~9062
New Thienothiadiazole-Based Conjugated Copolymers for Electronics and Optoelectronics , MACROMOLECULES , 2012, 45 (9) , pp. 3732~3739
Academic Activities
Conferences
Awards
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The Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering 2024
BEXCO Busan, Korea
2024. 10. 16. ~ 2024. 10. 18.
Wonho Cho, Gyeongseo Kim, Chaeyeon Park (Poster presentation)
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KJF-ICOMEP 2024
ICC Jeju, korea
2024. 04. 03. ~ 2024. 04. 05.
Ye-Jin Hwang (Invited lecture), Nayeon Kim, Taehoon Kang, Wonho Cho, Gyeongseo Kim (Poster presentation)
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The Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering 2023
BEXCO Busan, Korea
2023. 04. 19. ~ 2023. 04. 21.
Seungjun Lee, Chanseo Lee, Jinwoo Jeon, Nayeon Kim, Taehoon Kang (Poster presentation)
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129th General Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society
ICC Jeju, Korea
2022. 04. 13. ~ 2022. 04. 15.
Youngrok Kim, Seungjun Lee, Chanseo Lee, Jinwoo Jeon (Poster presentation)
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KJF-ICOMEP 2021
Online
2021. 08. 29. ~ 2021. 08. 31.
Ye-Jin Hwang (Invited lecture), Gyung Tak Kim, Seunghwan Jin, Youngrok Kim (Poster session)
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IUPAC-MACRO 2020+
ICC Jeju, Korea
2021. 05. 16. ~ 2021. 05. 20.
Ye-Jin Hwang (Oral session), Seunghwan Jin, Gyung Tak Kim (Poster presentation)
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Seungjun Lee
Best Poster Presentation Award
@ KJF-ICOMEP 2022
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Seungjun Lee
Best Poster Presentation Award
@ ENGE 2022
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Ye-Jin Hwang
Emerging Scholar Award
@ KJF-ICOMEP 2021
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Seunghwan Jin
Best Poster Presentation Award
@ KJF-ICOMEP 2021
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Youngrok Kim
Best Poster Presentation Award
@ KJF-ICOMEP 2021
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Seunghwan Jin
RSC Polymer Chemistry Online Short Talk Award
@ IUPAC-MACRO 2020+
Contact
Office
60-1116, Inha University
100 inharo, Michuhol-gu Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
Laboratory
2-335, Inha University
100 inharo, Michuhol-gu Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
TEL
+82-32-860-7464