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Department of Photonics

National Chiao Tung University

Organic Electronics Laboratory

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Research

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Solar Energy Harvesting

We aims to fabricate solar cells based on polymer and/or perovksite materials with high energy conversion efficiencies. We also seeks to potential applications other than convertional solar-energy applications. For instance, we prepared OPVs for biomedical applications, and low-level lighting energy harvesting for IoTs.Read More

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Organic/Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes

Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) have been widely used as flat-panel displays of smart phones and TVs. We currently focus on their general lighting and display applications. Further, we also develop perovksite LEDs, as well as perovskite quantum dots, as they feature pure emissive color, and lost cost fabrication. Flexible LEDs for portable electronics is also another focus.Read More

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Organic Thin-Film Transistors

Organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) are very useful for many applications, such as flat-panel displays and sensors. Our lab develops novel organic semiconductors, organic dielectrics, and processing for fabricate high-performance OTFTs.Read More

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Machine Learning for Smart Materials

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been received much attention recently. Our group have employed machine learning and deep learning algorithm for material screening of potential organic semiconductors for achieving high-performance organic opto-electronics.Read More

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Organic/Perovskite Photodetectors

Organic photodectors (OPDs) provide many possibility for light detecting applications. For instance, we have fabricated photomultiple OPDs in the NIR wavelength range. Such highly sensitive NIR OPDs can be used as night vision, night surveillance and bioimaging. We are also working on flexible X-ray sensors for biomedical applications.Read More

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Other Electronics

We are also interested in many other flexible electronics, especially prepared with simple solution processing methods. We have many other experience, including organic memories and lasers. We also welcome any possible collaboration.Read More

Principle Investigator

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Dr. Fang-Chung Chen

Professor, Vice Chairman of Department of Photonics
Email: fcchen@mail.nctu.edu.tw
TEL: +886-3-5131484
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Website

Education

Experience

  • Professor, Department of Photonics, National Chiao Tung University (Aug. 2012 - )
  • Associate Professor, Department of Photonics, National Chiao Tung University (Aug. 2008 - July 2012)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Photonics, National Chiao Tung University (Feb. 2004 - July 2008)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (Oct. 2003)

Award

  • 2020 Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Paper Award
  • 2020 The Most Potential IoT Innovation Award, Pen Wen Yuan Foundation
  • 2019 Volunteer Service Awards - The EITA Hall of Fame
  • Award for Junior Research Investigators of Academia Sinica in 2008
  • The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science 2002-2003 Awards: Outstanding Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering

Members

Facility

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We have established a state-of-the-art device manufacturing line for organic electronic devices, featuring gloveboxs, spin-coaters, and thermal coaters. Most of them are under inert gas environment and are connected together. They can provide the electronic devices excellent protection from the ambient environments. The equipments are also in a class 10k clearn room.
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We also have several thermal evaporators, which are especially designed for organic semiconductors. The other fabricate line locates in the lithography laboratory, where the samples are exposed to minimum short-wavelength blue light.
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Photolithography can be performed in a class 100 clean room. Simple chemical synthesis can be conducted in several chemical hume hoods.
Measurement_Equipments
We have also established a measurement laboratory, which locates in the CPT Building. We can measure device performance and the physical and chemical properties of organic semiconductors.
Other important meansurement equipments include:
  1. Keithley 4200 and a Probe Station Measurement System
  2. Several Keithley 2400 Source Measurement Units
  3. UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
  4. Ocean optics Spectrometers
  5. Time-Resolved PL Measurement System
  6. Micro-Raman Spectrometer
  7. PR650 SpectraScan Colorimeter
  8. AM1.5G Solar Simulator
  9. External Quantum Efficiency (EQE) Instruments
  10. Tektronix 1GHz Oscilloscope
  11. Various types of Lasers and Light Sources, such as Xe and Hg Lamps

Publication

Selective Journal Publication
  1. Ming-Kai Chuang, Chun-Hao Lin, Fang-Chung Chen*, “Accumulated plasmonic effects of gold nanoparticle decorated PEGylated graphene oxides in organic light-emitting diodes”, Dyes Pigm. 180, 108412 (2020). (IF:4.613) (Access)
  2. Chien-Lun Huang, Gautham Kumar, Ganesh D. Sharma, Fang-Chung Chen*, “Plasmonic Effects of Copper Nanoparticles in Polymer Photovoltaic Devices for Outdoor and Indoor Applications“, Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 253302 (2020). (IF: 3.597) (Access)
  3. Ming-Ju Wu, Chien-Chen Kuo, Lu-Syuan Jhuang, Po-Han Chen, Yi-Fong Lai, and Fang-Chung Chen*, “Bandgap Engineering Enhances the Performance of Mixed-Cation Perovskite Materials for Indoor Photovoltaic Applications”, Adv. Energy Mater. 9, 1901863 (2019). (Inside Front Cover) (IF:25.245) (Access).
  4. Hsin-Hung Sung, Chien-Chen Kuo, Hung-Sheng Chiang, Hong-Lin Yue, Fang-Chung Chen*, “Differential Space‐Limited Crystallization of Mixed‐Cation Lead Iodide Single‐Crystal Micro‐Plates Enhances the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells”, Solar RRL 3, 1900130 (2019). (IF:7.527) (Access).
  5. Yu-Chi Wang, Heng Li, Yu-Heng Hong, Kuo-Bin Hong, Fang-Chung Chen, Chia-Hung Hsu, Ray-Kuang Lee, Claudio Conti, Tsung Sheng Kao,* and Tien-Chang Lu* “Flexible Organometal–Halide Perovskite Lasers for Speckle Reduction in Imaging Projection”, ACS Nano 13, 5421-5429 (2019). (IF:14.558) (Access).
  6. Fang-Chung Chen*, “Virtual Screening of Conjugated Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Devices Using Support Vector Machines and Ensemble Learning” Int. J. Polym. Sci. 2019, 4538514 (2019). (IF:1.892) (Open Access).
  7. Ming-Chuan Hsiao, Ping-Cheng Chien, Lu-Syuan Jhuang and Fang-Chung Chen* “Bidentate Chelating Ligands as Effective Passivating Materials for Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 7867-7831 (2019). (IF:3.567) (Access).
  8. Fang-Chung Chen*, “Emerging Organic and Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices for Specialty Applications: Low-Level-Lighting Energy Conversion and Biomedical Treatment”, Adv. Opt. Mater. 7, 1800662 (2019). (IF:7.430) (Free Access).
  9. Hong-Lin Yue, Hsin-Hung Sung and Fang-Chung Chen*, “Seeded Space-Limited Crystallization of CH3NH3PbI3 Single-Crystal Plates for Perovskite Solar Cells”, Adv. Electron. Mater. 4 (issue 7), 1700655, (2018). (IF:5.466)
  10. Nai-Wei Teng, Shun-Shing Yang, and Fang-Chung Chen*, “Plasmonic-enhanced organic photovoltaic devices for low-power light applications”, IEEE J. Photovolt. 8, 752-756 (2018). (IF:3.075)
  11. Shun-Shing Yang, Zong-Chun Hsieh, Muchamed L. Keshtov, Ganesh D. Sharma, and Fang-Chung Chen*, “Toward High-Performance Polymer Photovoltaic Devices for Low-Power Indoor Applications”, Solar RRL, 1, 1700174 (2017). (IF:7.527) (selected as the front cover)
  12. Wai-Chen Lin, Ming-Kai Chuang, Muchamed L. Keshtov, Ganesh D. Sharma, and Fang-Chung Chen* “Photoexfoliation of Two-Dimensional Materials through Continuous UV Irradiation” Nanotechnology 28, 125604 (2017). (IF:3.440)
  13. Tsung Sheng Kao, Yu-Hsun Chou, Kuo-Bin Hong, Jiong-Fu Huang, Chun-Hsien Chou, Hao-Chung Kuo, Fang-Chung Chen* and Tien-Chang Lu*, “Controllable lasing performance in solution-processed organicinorganic hybrid perovskites” Nanoscale 8, 18483-18488 (2016) (IF:7.367).
  14. Chiung-Fu Huang, M. L. Keshtov and Fang-Chung Chen*, ”Cross-Linkable Hole-Transport Materials Improve the Device Performance of Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8, 27006-27011 (2016). (Times Cited:7) (IF:8.097)
  15. Tsung Sheng Kao, Kuo-Bin Hong, Yu-Hsun Chou, Jiong-Fu Huang, Fang-Chung Chen*, and Tien-Chang Lu* “Localized surface plasmon for enhanced lasing performance in solution-processed perovskites” Opt. Express 24, 20696-20702 (2016) (Times Cited:4) (IF:3.589)
  16. Yu-Sheng Hsiao*, Yan-Hao Liao, Huan-Lin Chen, Peilin Chen and Fang-Chung Chen*, ”Organic photovoltaics and bioelectrodes providing electrical stimulation for PC12 cell differentiation and neurite outgrowth” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8, 9275 (2016). (Times Cited:10) (IF:8.097)
  17. Chun-Hsien Chou, Min-Hung Hsu and Fang-Chung Chen*, “Flexible luminescent waveguiding photovoltaics exhibiting strong scattering effects from the dye aggregation” Nano Energy 15, 729-736 (2015) (Times Cited:7) (IF:13.120)
  18. Ming-Kai Chuang, and Fang-Chung Chen*, “Synergistic plasmonic effects of metal nanoparticle–decorated PEGylated graphene oxides in polymer solar cells” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7, 7397–7405 (2015) (Times Cited:30) (IF:8.097)
  19. Tsung Sheng Kao, Yu-Hsun Chou, Chun-Hsien Chou, Fang-Chung Chen*, and Tien-Chang Lu* “Lasing behaviors upon phase transition in solution-processed perovskite thin films” Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 231108 (2014) (Times Cited:36) (IF:3.495)
  20. An-Kai Ling, Chun-Hao Lin, Hsun Liang, and Fang-Chung Chen* “Tunable microcavities in organic light-emitting diodes by way of low-refractive-index polymer doping“ Org. Electron. 15, 3648 (2014) (IF:3.680)
  21. Chun-Hsien Chou and Fang-Chung Chen* “Plasmonic nanostructures for light trapping in organic photovoltaics devices” Nanoscale 6, 8444 (2014) (Times Cited:81) (IF:7.233)
  22. Yen-Tseng Lin, Chu-Hsien Chou, Fang-Chung Chen,* Chih-Wei Chu, and Chain-Shu Hsu “Reduced optical loss in mechanically stacked multi-junction organic solar cells exhibiting complementary absorptions” Opt. Express 22, S2, A481-A490 (2014) (Times Cited:4) (IF:3.356).
  23. Ming-Kai Chuang, Shih-Wei Lin, Fang-Chung Chen,* Chih-Wei Chu, and Chain-Shu Hsu “Gold nanoparticle–decorated graphene oxides for plasmonic-enhanced polymer photovoltaic devices” Nanoscale 6, 1573 (2014) (Times Cited:62) (IF:7.233).
  24. Wei-Ting Lin, Yen-Tseng Lin, Chu-Hsien Chou, Fang-Chung Chen* and Chain-Shu Hsu “Organic solar cells comprising multiple-device stacked structures exhibiting complementary absorption behavior” Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 120, 724 (2014) (Times Cited:6) (IF:5.018).
  25. Kim-Shih Tan, Ming-Kai Chuang, Fang-Chung Chen*, and Chain-Shu Hsu “Solution-processed nanocomposites containing molybdenum oxide and gold nanoparticles as anode buffer layers in plasmonic-enhanced organic photovoltaic devices” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5, 12419 (2013) (Times Cited:27) (IF:8.097).
  26. Chun-Hsien Chou, Jui-Kang Chuang and Fang-Chung Chen* “High-Performance Flexible Waveguiding Photovoltaics” Sci. Rep. 3, 2244 (2013) (Times Cited:21) (IF:4.122).
  27. Chu-Chen Chueh, Shang-Chieh Chien, Hin-Lap Yip, José Francisco Salinas, Chang-Zhi Li, Kung-Shih Chen, Fang-Chung Chen, Wen-Chang Chen, and Alex K.-Y. Jen* “Toward high-performance semi-transparent polymer solar cells: optimization of ultra-thin light absorbing layer and transparent cathode architecture” Adv. Energy Mat. 4, 417-423 (2013) (Times Cited:82) (IF:21.875).
  28. Yu-Sheng Hsiao, Shobhit Charan, Feng-Yu Wu, Fan-Ching Chien, Chih-Wei Chu, Peilin Chen,* and Fang-Chung Chen* “Improving the light trapping efficiency of plasmonic polymer solar cells through photon management” J. Phys. Chem. C 116 (39), 20731–20737 (2012) (Times Cited:78) (IF:4.484)
  29. Shang-Chieh Chien, Fang-Chung Chen*, Ming-Kai Chung, and Chain-Shu Hsu “Self-assembled poly(ethylene glycol) buffer layers in polymer solar cells: toward superior stability and efficiency” J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 1354 (2012) (Times Cited:33) (IF:4.484)
  30. Jyh-Lih Wu, Fang-Chung Chen,* Ming-Kai Chuang and Kim-Shih Tan “Near-infrared laser-driven polymer photovoltaic devices and their biomedical applications” Energy Environ. Sci. 4, 3374 (2011). (IF:30.067)
  31. Jyh-Lih Wu, Fang-Chung Chen*, Yu-Sheng Hsiao, Fan-Ching Chien, Peilin Chen, Chun-Hong Kuo, Michael H. Huang, and Chain-Shu Hsu “Surface plasmonic effects of metallic nanoparticles on the performance of polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells” ACS Nano 5, 959 (2011) (Times Cited:605) (IF:13.709)
  32. Fang-Chung Chen*, Chu-Jung Ko, Jyh-Lih Wu, and Wei-Chi Chen “Morphological study of P3HT:PCBM blend films prepared through solvent annealing for solar cell applications” Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 94, 2426 (2010). (Times Cited:91) (IF:5.018)
Book Chapters
  1. Fang-Chung Chen*, “Organic Semiconductors” in “Encyclopedia of Modern Optics II”, vol. 5, pp. 220-231, Editor(s)-in-Chief: B. D. Guenther and D. G. Steel, Elsevier, 2018. (ISBN 978-0-12-814982-9).
  2. Ming-Kai Chuang, Jyh-Lih Wu, Shang-Chieh Chien, and Fang-Chung Chen*, “Surface Plasmonic Effects of Nanostructures on the Performance of Polymer Solar Cells”, pp. 299-313, edited by Y. Yang and G. Li, Springer, 2015. (ISBN 978-3-662-45508-1 for Hardcover; 978-3-662-45509-8 for eBook).
  3. Fang-Chung Chen*, Chun-Hsien Chou, and Ming-Kai Chuang, “High-Performance Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells” in “Low-cost Nanomaterials, Toward Greener and More Efficient Energy Applications”, pp. 167-187, edited by Z. Lin and J. Wang, Springer, 2014. (ISBN 978-1-4471-6472-2 for Hardcover; 978-1-4471-6473-9 for eBook).
  4. Shang-Chieh Chien and Fang-Chung Chen*, “Polymer Solar Cells” in “Polymer Electronics” Chapter 5, edited by H. F. Meng, Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd, 2013. (ISBN 978-981-4267-84-7 for Hardcover; 978-981-4364-04-1 for eBook).
  5. Jyh-Lih Wu, Chu-Jung Ko, and Fang-Chung Chen*, “Annealing methods for controlling the morphology of polymer solar cells” in “Photovoltaics: Developments, Applications and Impact” Chapter 3, pp. 63-87, edited by H. Tanaka and K. Yamashita,Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, 2010. (ISBN 978-1-60876-022-0).
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