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Han Young Woo

Han Young Woo

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Chemistry
Korea
2025

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Materials Science

D-Index
88
Citations
26024
World Ranking
1880
National Ranking
52

Chemistry

D-Index
84
Citations
24713
World Ranking
2829
National Ranking
40

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Han Young Woo is affiliated with Korea University in South Korea, with a research focus primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their academic work spans several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's research topics encompass Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research, Thin-Film Transistor Technologies, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures.

Han Young Woo has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publications appear in:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Several co-authors frequently collaborating with Han Young Woo include:

  • Sang Young Jeong
  • Ziang Wu
  • Xugang Guo
  • Min Hun Jee
  • Kui Feng

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • "Recent advances in organic luminescent materials with narrowband emission" (2021), published in NPG Asia Materials
  • "High Efficiency (15.8%) All-Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by a Regioregular Narrow Bandgap Polymer Acceptor" (2021), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Transition metal-catalysed molecular n-doping of organic semiconductors" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Vertically optimized phase separation with improved exciton diffusion enables efficient organic solar cells with thick active layers" (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • "Approaching 18% efficiency of ternary organic photovoltaics with wide bandgap polymer donor and well compatible Y6: Y6-1O as acceptor" (2020), published in National Science Review

Han Young Woo's work largely pertains to the development of organic electronic materials and devices, focusing on efficient solar cells, organic semiconductors, and luminescent materials. Their output reflects interdisciplinary approaches combining chemistry, engineering, and material science aimed at advancing next-generation electronic and photovoltaic technologies.

Best Publications

  • Semi-crystalline photovoltaic polymers with efficiency exceeding 9% in a ∼300 nm thick conventional single-cell device

    Thanh Luan Nguyen;Hyosung Choi;Seojin Ko;Mohammad Afsar Uddin

  • Eco-Compatible Solvent-Processed Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Over 16% Efficiency.

    Ling Hong;Huifeng Yao;Ziang Wu;Yong Cui

  • Recent advances in organic luminescent materials with narrowband emission

    Jung Min Ha;Seon Hyoung Hur;Ambika Pathak;Ji-Eun Jeong

  • Achieving Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with Improved Intermolecular Interaction and Open-Circuit Voltage.

    Huifeng Yao;Long Ye;Junxian Hou;Bomee Jang

  • New Class of Two-Photon-Absorbing Chromophores Based on Dithienothiophene

    Oh Kil Kim;Kwang Sup Lee;Han Young Woo;Kie Soo Kim

  • Determining the role of polymer molecular weight for high-performance all-polymer solar cells: its effect on polymer aggregation and phase separation.

    Hyunbum Kang;Mohammad Afsar Uddin;Changyeon Lee;Ki Hyun Kim

  • Highly Efficient Fullerene‐Free Polymer Solar Cells Fabricated with Polythiophene Derivative

    Yunpeng Qin;Yunpeng Qin;Mohammad Afsar Uddin;Yu Chen;Bomee Jang

  • Dopant-Free Small-Molecule Hole-Transporting Material for Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency Exceeding 21.

    Yang Wang;Yang Wang;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Lei Wang;Bao Tu

  • Solvent Effects on the Two-Photon Absorption of Distyrylbenzene Chromophores

    Han Young Woo;Bin Liu;Bernhard Kohler;Dmitry Korystov

  • Transition metal-catalysed molecular n-doping of organic semiconductors

    Han Guo;Chi-Yuan Yang;Xianhe Zhang;Alessandro Motta

  • High-performance all-polymer solar cells via side-chain engineering of the polymer acceptor: the importance of the polymer packing structure and the nanoscale blend morphology.

    Changyeon Lee;Hyunbum Kang;Wonho Lee;Taesu Kim

  • Vertically optimized phase separation with improved exciton diffusion enables efficient organic solar cells with thick active layers

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  • High Efficiency (15.8%) All-Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by a Regioregular Narrow Bandgap Polymer Acceptor.

    Huiting Fu;Yuxiang Li;Yuxiang Li;Jianwei Yu;Ziang Wu

  • Combination of titanium oxide and a conjugated polyelectrolyte for high-performance inverted-type organic optoelectronic devices.

    Hyosung Choi;Ji Sun Park;Eunjae Jeong;Gi Hwan Kim

  • Morphology Control Enables Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells.

    Yuanpeng Xie;Fan Yang;Yuxiang Li;Mohammad Afsar Uddin

  • Approaching 18% efficiency of ternary organic photovoltaics with wide bandgap polymer donor and well compatible Y6 : Y6-1O as acceptor.

    Xiaoling Ma;Anping Zeng;Jinhua Gao;Zhenghao Hu

  • A high-conductivity n-type polymeric ink for printed electronics.

    Chi Yuan Yang;Marc Antoine Stoeckel;Tero Petri Ruoko;Han Yan Wu

  • Eco-Friendly Polymer Solar Cells: Advances in Green-Solvent Processing and Material Design.

    Seungjin Lee;Dahyun Jeong;Changkyun Kim;Changyeon Lee

  • (Semi)ladder-Type Bithiophene Imide-Based All-Acceptor Semiconductors: Synthesis, Structure-Property Correlations, and Unipolar n-Type Transistor Performance

    Yingfeng Wang;Han Guo;Alexandra Harbuzaru;Mohammad Afsar Uddin

  • A High Efficiency Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cell with Optimized Crystalline Organizations.

    Oh Kyu Kwon;Mohammad Afsar Uddin;Jung Hwa Park;Sang Kyu Park

  • Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltage of 1.3 V and Low Non-Radiative Voltage Loss of 0.16 V.

    Ning An;Yunhao Cai;Hongbo Wu;Ailing Tang

  • Benzotriazole-Containing Planar Conjugated Polymers with Noncovalent Conformational Locks for Thermally Stable and Efficient Polymer Field-Effect Transistors

    Seungjib Yum;Tae Kyu An;Xiaowei Wang;Wonho Lee

  • Multi-Charged Conjugated Polyelectrolytes as a Versatile Work Function Modifier for Organic Electronic Devices

    Byoung Hoon Lee;In Hwan Jung;Han Young Woo;Hong Ku Shim

  • Molecular design of a wide-band-gap conjugated polymer for efficient fullerene-free polymer solar cells

    Delong Liu;Bei Yang;Bomee Jang;Bowei Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jin Young Kim
Jin Young Kim Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Xugang Guo
Xugang Guo Southern University of Science and Technology
Yanming Sun
Yanming Sun Beihang University
Bumjoon J. Kim
Bumjoon J. Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jianhui Hou
Jianhui Hou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bright Walker
Bright Walker Kyung Hee University
Guillermo C. Bazan
Guillermo C. Bazan National University of Singapore
Myoung Hoon Song
Myoung Hoon Song Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Justin M. Hodgkiss
Justin M. Hodgkiss Victoria University of Wellington
Alex K.-Y. Jen
Alex K.-Y. Jen City University of Hong Kong

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