Semiconducting Functional Polymeric Materials
for Green Energy Storage and Energy Production
Conjugated Porous Organic Functional Materials
Our research group designs and synthesizes sustainable semiconducting polymeric materials for green energy storage, energy production, and catalytic applications. We focus on a variety of low-cost porous organic functional materials using molecular engineering to tune their electro-optical and electrochemical properties for targeted applications.
Synthesis, Characterization and Electrochemical Evaluations
The synthesis of conjugated linkers and POPs are characterized using spectroscopic techniques such as NMR, FT-IR, UV-Vis, and elemental analysis, together with structural and morphological analysis using XRD, SEM, and TEM. The electrochemical performance of these materials is evaluated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge-discharge testing (GCD), and long-term stability tests. Our research further includes electrocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen evolution via electrolysis of water and seawater, as well as advanced high-performance energy-storage devices such as Li-ion and Na-ion batteries and supercapacitors.