Research

• Project I: Donor-Acceptor Polymers and Small Molecules for Organic Photovoltaics and Organic Field Effect Transistors

Publications

• Du, J.; Bulumulla, P.; Mejia, I.; McCandless, G.T.; Biewer, M.C.; Stefan, M.C.; Evaluation of (E)-1,2-di(furan-2-yl)ethene as building unit in diketopyrrolopyrrole alternative copolymers for transistors, Submitted.
• Du, J.; Fortney, A.; Washington, K.E.; Biewer, M.C.; Kowalewski, T.; Stefan, M.C.; Benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b']difuran and Furan Substituted Diketopyrrolopyrrole Alternating Copolymer for Organic Photovoltaics with High Fill Factor, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 15591-15600.
• Du, J.; Fortney, A.; Washington, K.E.; Bulumulla, P.; Huang, P.; Dissanayake, D.; Biewer, M.C.; Kowalewski, T.; Stefan, M.C.; Systematic Investigation of Benzodithiophene-Benzothiadiazole Isomers for Organic Photovoltaics, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8, 33025-33033
• Du, J.; Biewer, M.C.; Stefan, M.C.; Benzothiadiazole building units in solution-processable small molecules for organic photovoltaics, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4, 15771-15787.

Presentations

• "Furan-Based Block Copolymers for Electronic Applications", 252^nd ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (August, 2016)
• "Systematic Investigation of Benzodithiophene and Benzothiadiazole Isomers for Organic Photovoltaics", Texas Soft Matter Meeting, Dallas, Texas (August, 2016)
• "Benzodithiophene and Benzothiadiazole Donor-Acceptor (D-A) Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells", 250^th ACS National Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts (August, 2015)

Posters

• "Synthesis of Donor-Acceptor Copolymers Containing Benzodithiophene with Bithienyl Substituents for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells", 247^th ACS National Meeting, Dallas, Texas (March, 2014)