The Huang Research Group

Research

Developing novel synthetic methodology for conjugated polymers based on basic bond dissociation and formation.
Bond dissociation and formation are the fundamental for developing high efficient synthetic methodology. Our research focused on two areas:
1.Developing novel catalytic systems for cleaving the inert carbon-heteratom bond, including C-X (X=F, Cl etc) and C=Y (Y=O, S etc).

2.Developing novel catalytic systems for organic/polymeric semiconductors, including direct C—H (Hetero)arylation reactions etc.

Developing high performing organic/polymeric semiconductors, especially on tellurophene-based materials.
Tellurophene is an unique building block due to its metalloid and large spin-orbital couplings properties. We thus designed and developed tellurophene-based materials for catalysis, optoelectronics, biosensors, and energy conversion.


 
Understanding the relationship between structure and properties of semiconducting materials
It is always the fundamentally interesting to understand the relationship between structure and properties of semiconducting materials. Conformation of the organic/polymeric semiconductors is one of the most important structure concepts, which is critical for materials properties. We focused on controlling the conformation through noncovalent intramolecular interactions to achieve high performing organic/polymeric semiconductors.