Areas of research interest

(1) Methodologies for the synthesis of conjugated polymers.

(2) Monodisperse conjugated oligomers/polymers and related supramolecular chemistry.

(3) New aromatic building blocks for conjugated polymers.

(4) High mobility organic & polymeric semiconductors.

Honors and awards

National Natural Science Award of China (second prize).

Science and Technology Innovation Young and Middle-Aged Talents (Ministry of Science and Technology of China, 2014).

National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, NSFC (2005).

Jilin Distinguished Young Scholars Program (2004).

Hundreds of Talents Program, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2003).

Alexander von Humboldt Stipendiat (1998)

Research projects

(1) Design, synthesis and properties of organic/polymeric semiconducting materials based on fused aromatics, Key Found of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51333006, 2014.01-2018.12).

(2) Synthesis and properties of D-A conjugated polymers based on dithienylethylene and benzothiadiazole derivates, Normal Found of  National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21574128, 2016.01-2019.12).

(3) Modulation of donor/acceptor nanostructures and device interfaces, National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Project, No. 2014CB643504, 2014.01-2018.12).

Selected publications(Journal articles, patents and books)

(1) Yu Jiang, Yao Gao, Hongkun Tian,* Junqiao Ding,* Donghang Yan, Yanhou Geng,* Fosong Wang, Synthesis and Characterization of Isoindigo[7,6-g]isoindigo-Based Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers, Macromolecules 2016, 49, 2135-2144.

(2) Mu He, Weili Li, Yao Gao, Hongkun Tian,* Jidong Zhang, Hui Tong,* Donghang Yan, Yanhou Geng,* Fosong Wang, Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers Based on Dithieno[3,2-b:3',2'-b']naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b']dithiophene: Synthesis and Semiconducting Properties, Macromolecules 2016, 49, 825-832.

(3) Yao Gao, Xiaojie Zhang,* Hongkun Tian,* Jidong Zhang, Donghang Yan, Yanhou Geng,* Fosong Wang, High Mobility Ambipolar Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Conjugated Polymer Synthesized Via Direct Arylation Polycondensation, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 6753-6759.

(4) Yunfeng Deng, Weili Li, Lihui Liu, Hongkun Tian,* Zhiyuan Xie, Yanhou Geng*, Fosong Wang, Low Bandgap Conjugated Polymers Based on Mono-Fluorinated Isoindigo for Efficient Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells Processed with Non-Chlorinated Solvent, Energy Environ. Sci. 2015, 8, 585-591.

(5) Jianfei Qu, Bingrong Gao, Hongkun Tian, Xiaojie Zhang, Yan Wang, Zhiyuan Xie*, Haiyu Wang, Yanhou Geng*, Fosong Wang, Donor-Spacer-Acceptor Monodisperse Conjugated Co-Oligomers for Efficient Single-Molecule Photovoltaic Cells Based on Non-Fullerene Acceptors, J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 3632-3640.

(6) Yunfeng Deng, Jian Liu, Jiantai Wang, Lihui Liu, Weili Li, HongkunTian, Xiaojie Zhang, ZhiyuanXie*, YanhouGeng*, Fosong Wang, Dithienocarbazole and isoindigo based amorphous low bandgap conjugated polymers for efficient polymer solar cells, Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 471-476.

(7) Yunfeng Deng, Yagang Chen, Jian Liu, Lihui Liu, Hongkun Tian, Zhiyuan Xie, Yanhou Geng*, Fosong Wang, Low-Band-Gap Conjugated Polymers of Dithieno[2,3-b:7,6-b]carbazole and Diketopyrrolopyrrole: Effect of the Alkyl Side Chain on Photovoltaic Properties, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5, 5741-5747.

(8) Shaoqiang Dong, Cheng Bao, Hongkun Tian,* Donghang Yan, Yanhou Geng, Fosong Wang, ABAB-Symmetric Tetraalkyl Titanyl Phthalocyanines for Solution Processed Organic Field-Effect Transistors with Mobility Approaching 1 cm2V-1s-1, Adv. Mater. 2013, 25, 1165-1169.

(9) Yunfeng Deng, Yagang Chen, Xiaojie Zhang, Hongkun Tian, Cheng Bao, Donghang Yan, Yanhou Geng, Fosong Wang, Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers with Dithienocarbazoles as Donor Units: Effect of Structure on Semiconducting Properties, Macromolecules 2012, 45, 8621-8627.

(10) Aiguo Sui, Xincui Shi, Shupeng Wu, Hongkun Tian, Yanhou Geng, Fosong Wang, Controlled Synthesis of Polyfluorenes via Kumada Catalyst Transfer Polycondensation with Ni(acac)2/dppp as the Catalyst, Macromolecules 2012, 45, 5436-5443.

(11) Shupeng Wu, Li Huang, Hongkun Tian, Yanhou Geng, Fosong Wang, LiCl-Promoted Chain Growth Kumada Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation of the "Reversed" Thiophene Monomer, Macromolecules 2011, 44, 7558-7567.

(12) Shaoqiang Dong, Hongkun Tian, Lizhen Huang, Jidong Zhang, Donghang Yan, Yanhou Geng, Fosong Wang, Non-Peripheral Tetrahexyl-Substituted Vanadyl Phthalocyanines with Intermolecular Cofacial k-k Stacking for Solution Processed Organic Field-Effect Transistors, Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 2580-2584.

(13) Qilin Wang, Yao Qu, Hongkun Tian, Yanhou Geng, Fosong Wang, Iterative Binomial Synthesis of Monodisperse Polyfluorenes up to 64-mers and Their Chain-Length Dependent Properties, Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 1256-1260.

(14) Shupeng Wu, Yuequan Sun, Li Huang, Jianwei Wang, Yihan Zhou, Yanhou Geng, and Fosong Wang, Grignard Metathesis Chain{Growth Polymerization for Poly(bithienylmethylene)s: Ni Catalyst Can Transfer across the Non-Conjugated Monomer, Macromolecules, 2010, 43, 4438-4440.

(15) Laju Bu, Xiaoyang Guo, Bo Yu, Yao Qu, Zhiyuan Xie, Donghang Yan, Yanhou Geng, Fosong Wang, Monodisperse Cooligomer Approach toward Nanostructured Films with Alternating Donor-Acceptor Lamellae, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 13242-13243.

(16) Hongkun Tian, Jianwu Shi, Donghan Yan, Lixiang Wang, Yanhou Geng, Fosong Wang, Naphthyl end-capped quarterthiophene: A simple organic semiconductor with high mobility and air stability, Adv. Mater., 2006, 18, 2149-2152.

Social Appointments

Editorial Board of Journal of Molecular Science