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Seungjun Lee, Taeheon Kwak, Nayeon Kim, Felix Sunjoo Kim, Ye-Jin Hwang, Controlled two-step synthesis of n-type conjugated ladder polymers using a flow reactor, European Polymer Journal, Volume 220, 2024, 113445

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Youngrok Kim, Chanseo Lee, Dongyeol Seo, Donguk Kim, Felix S Kim, Gregory I Peterson, Ye-Jin Hwang, Advancing organic electronics: Achieving reliable synthesis of conjugated polymers with various carrier polarities using a continuous flow reactor, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 480, 148016

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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​

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Seung-Hwan Jin, Chanseo Lee, Youngrok Kim, Jinwoo Jeon, Gregory I Peterson, Ye-Jin Hwang, The influence of chain scission on the molecular weight of conjugated polymers in a continuous flow reactor, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2023, 215, 110442

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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

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Jin Woo Jeon, Ye-Jin Hwang, Flow synthesis of conjugated polymers: exploring the effects of solvent and catalyst on molecular weight, Polymer Chemistry, 2023, 14, 5200-5207

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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

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Seung-Hwan Jin, Wonyoung Ko, Seungjun Lee, Ye-Jin Hwang, Combining flow synthesis and heterogeneous catalysis for the preparation of conjugated polymers, Polymer Chemistry, 2022, 13, 3171–3178.​​

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Min-Kyoung Kim, Gyung-Tak Kim, Taemin Kim, Moon-Gyu Kim, Felix Sunjoo Kim, Taeshik Earmme, Ye-Jin Hwang, New naphthalene diimide-based n-type copolymers: The effects of conjugated side chains, European Polymer Journal, 2021, 161, 110817 

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Woojin Shin, Wonyoung Ko, Seung-Hwan Jin, Taeshik Earmme, Ye-Jin Hwang, Reproducible and rapid synthesis of a conjugated polymer by Stille polycondensation in flow: Effects of reaction parameters on molecular weight, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 412, 128572

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Eunhee Lee, Duyen K. Tran, Jihun Park, Wonyoung Ko, Samson A. Jenekhe, Ye-Jin Hwang, Benzodithiophene-based wide-bandgap small-molecule donors for organic photovoltaics with large open-circuit voltages, Organic Electronics, 2021, 88, 105996

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Gregory I Peterson, Wonyoung Ko, Ye-Jin Hwang, Tae-Lim Choi,  Mechanochemical Degradation of Amorphous Polymers with Ball-Mill Grinding: Influence of the Glass Transition Temperature, Macromolecules, 2020, 53(18), 7795-7802

 

Duyen K Tran, Nagesh B Kolhe, Ye-jin Hwang, Daiki Kuzuhara, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Samson A Jenekhe, Effects of a Fluorinated Donor Polymer on the Morphology, Photophysics, and Performance of All-Polymer Solar Cells Based on Naphthalene Diimide–Arylene Copolymer Acceptors, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12(14), 16490-16502 

 

Jianhua Chen, Chengcheng Tang, Shigan Guo, Zilong Wang, Zhaoxia He, Ye-Jin Hwang, Weibo Yan, Hao Xin, Wei Huang​, High crystalline small molecule manipulates polymer-fullerene morphology and enables 20% improvement in fill factor and device performance, Organic Electronics, 2020, 77, 105419

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Lee E, Shin W, Bae O, Kim FS, Hwang Y-J,  Synthesis and Characterization of a highly crystalline benzotriazole-selenophene copolymer semiconductor, Polyemr, 2019 184, 121856

 

A segmented flow platform for on-demand medicinal chemistry and compound synthesis in oscillating droplets , CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS , 2017 , 53 (49), pp. 6649~6652

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Organic nonvolatile memory devices utilizing intrinsic charge-trapping phenomena in an n-type polymer semiconductor , ORGANIC ELECTRONICS , 2016, 31 , pp. 104~110

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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

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7.7% Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells , ADVANCED MATERIALS , 2015, 27 (31), pp. 4578~4584

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Ternary blend all-polymer solar cells: enhanced performance and evidence of parallel-like bulk heterojunction mechanism , MRS COMMUNICATIONS , 2015, 5 (2), pp. 229~234

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Fine-Tuning the 3D Structure of Nonfullerene Electron Acceptors Toward High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells , ADVANCED MATERIALS , 2015, 27 (21), pp. 3266~3272

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Polymer/Polymer Blend Solar Cells Using Tetraazabenzodifluoranthene Diimide Conjugated Polymers as Electron Acceptors , MACROMOLECULES , 2015, 48 (6), pp. 1759~1766

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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

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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

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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

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Annealing temperature dependence of the efficiency and vertical phase segregation of polymer/polymer bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells , APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS , 2014, 104 (22)

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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

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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

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n-Type Naphthalene Diimide-Biselenophene Copolymer for All-Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells , MACROMOLECULES , 2012, 45 (22), pp. 9056~9062

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New Thienothiadiazole-Based Conjugated Copolymers for Electronics and Optoelectronics , MACROMOLECULES , 2012, 45 (9) , pp. 3732~3739