Polymer Innovation for Advanced Organic Electronics (PI-AOE) at Purdue University

n-PBDF

N-doped Poly(benzodifurandione) (n-PBDF) has been independently reported by the research groups led by Prof. Fei Huang at South China University of Technologyand and Prof. Mei at Purdue University. In October 2022, Professor Huang's team published their findings in Nature, detailing the synthesis of n-PBDF through duroquinone (TMQ) promoted polymerization, while in February 2023, Professor Mei's group reported their research in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), focusing on the copper catalyzed polymerization of n-PBDF through a combined oxidative polymerization and reductive n-doping process. Both studies highlighted the polymer's high conductivity and air stability. 

Copper catalyzed polymerization of n-PBDF

 

n-PBDF, initially known for its high electrical conductivity and tunable optoelectronic properties, has undergone significant advancements in synthesis, doping mechanism, charge transport, and applications in various fields.

Key Highlights in n-PBDF Development:

  1. Chemical Structure and Modifications:

    • PBDF is a conjugated polymer based on benzodifurandione units, characterized by an inherently planar backbone promoting excellent charge transport.
    • Chemical tailoring of the polymer backbone or side chains has enabled efficient n-doping, facilitating electron-rich states crucial for n-type conductivity.

  2. Doping Mechanisms:

    • n-PBDF's doping primarily involves introducing strong electron donors or reducing agents to populate the conduction band with electrons.
    • The ability to control the degree of doping and deepen the understanding of the band structure are critical to fully harnessing the potential of n-doped Poly(benzodifurandione) (n-PBDF).

  3. Performance Metrics:

    • High electron mobility has been achieved, making n-PBDF competitive with traditional n-type materials.
    • Its air and thermal stability outperform many other n-type polymers, addressing a significant challenge in organic electronics.

  4. Applications:

    • n-PBDF shows promise in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), organic photovoltaics (OPVs), organic electrochromics, organic electrochemical transistors, organic thermoelectric devices, supercapacitors and batteries.
    • The material's unique properties also make it suitable for flexible and wearable electronic applications.
    • n-PBDF in biointerfaces and bioelectronics

  5. Challenges and Opportunities:

    • Achieving high conductivity without compromising material stability remains a critical focus.
    • Further research on scalable synthesis methods and integration into devices will drive its broader adoption.

The development of n-PBDF represents a significant step forward in the field of organic semiconductors, offering a robust platform for advancing sustainable and high-performance electronic devices.

Here are your references, grouped by month and year, while maintaining the numerical order from our previous list.

 

 

2022

November 2022

  1. Tang, H., Liang, Y., Liu, C., Hu, Z., Deng, Y., Guo, H., Yu, Z., Song, A., Zhao, H., Zhao, D. Y. Zhang, X., Guo, J. Pei, Y. Ma, Y. Cao & F. Huang. (2022). A solution-processed n-type conducting polymer with ultrahigh conductivity. Nature, 611, 271-277. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05295-8.

2023

January 2023

  1. Brédas, J.-L. & Reynolds, J. R. (2023). A new path to highly conducting n-doped $\pi$-conjugated polymers. Science China Chemistry, 66, 4-6. DOI: 10.1007/s11426-022-1431-9.

February 2023

  1. [🔴] Ke, Z., Abtahi, A., Hwang, J., Chen, K., Chaudhary, J., Song, I., Perera, K., You, L., Baustert, K. N., Graham, K. R. and J. Mei. (2023). Highly conductive and solution-processable n-doped transparent organic conductor. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145, 3706-3715. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13051.

August 2023

  1. Ni, X., Li, H. & Brédas, J.-L. (2023). Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Oligomers and Chains of Poly (benzodifurandione)(PBDF), A Highly Conducting n-Type Polymer. Chemistry of Materials, 35, 5886-5894. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00688.

December 2023

  1. Liang, Y., Che, C., Tang, H., Zhang, K., Lan, L., Zhou, C., Ma, Y. & Huang, F. (2023). Influence of Interaction between Electrolyte with Side-Chain Free Conjugated Polymer on the Performance of Organic Electrochemical Transistors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16, 19977-19986. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c13781.

2024

January 2024

  1. Li, Z., Liu, P., Chen, S., Wang, B., Liu, S., Cui, E., Li, F., Yu, Y., Pan, W. & Tang, N. (2024). Polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan based nanocomposite organohydrogel flexible wearable strain sensors for sports monitoring and underwater communication rescue. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 258, 129054. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.129054.

  2. [🔴] Ke, Z., Chaudhary, J., Flagg, L. Q., Baustert, K. N., Yusuf, A. O., Liu, G., You, L., Graham, K. R., DeLongchamp, D. M. & Mei, J. (2024). Controlled Dedoping and Redoping of N‐Doped Poly (benzodifurandione)(n‐PBDF). Advanced Functional Materials, 2400255. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202400255.

  3. Luo, X., Yu, J., Tang, H., Cai, H., Xiong, W., Zhang, K., Huang, F. & Cao, Y. (2024). Self‐doped conjugated polymers with electron‐deficient quinone units for enhanced electron transport in highly efficient organic solar cells. FlexMat, 1, 105-115. DOI: 10.1002/flm2.17.

  4. Xu, J., Du, K., Peng, F., Sun, Z., Zhong, Z., Feng, W. & Ying, L. (2024). Highly conductive polymer electrodes for polymer light-emitting diodes. NPJ Flexible Electronics, 8, 38. DOI: 10.1038/s41528-024-00324-0.

     

  5. Zhang, C., Huang, H., Han, S., Liu, X., Mo, L., Zhao, J., Mo, J. & Che, C. (2024). Layer-by-Layer Flexible Organic Thermoelectric Devices based on PEDOT: PSS and PBFDO. Energy Material Advances, 5, 0104. DOI: 10.34133/energymatadv.0104.

     

May 2024

  1. [🔴] Hwang, J., Zhao, Q., Ahmed, M., Yakisan, A. C., Espenship, M. F., Laskin, J., Savoie, B. M. & Mei, J. (2024). Reductive Doping Inhibits the Formation of Isomerization‐Derived Structural Defects in N‐doped Poly (benzodifurandione)(n‐PBDF). Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63, e202401465. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401465.

August 2024

  1. Ni, X., Li, H., Coropceanu, V. & Brédas, J.-L. (2024). Dimensionality-Dependent Electronic Properties of the Highly Conducting n-Type Polymer, Poly (benzodifurandione). ACS Materials Letters, 6, 2569-2576. DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c00624.

  2. Craighero, M., Li, Q., Zeng, Z., Choi, C., Kim, Y., Yoon, H., Liu, T., Sowinski, P., Haraguchi, S. & Hwang, B. (2024). Poly (benzodifurandione) Coated Silk Yarn for Thermoelectric Textiles. Advanced Science, 11, 2406770. DOI: 10.1002/advs.202406770.

September 2024

  1. Tang, H., Liang, Y., Yang, C.-Y., Luo, X., Yu, J., Zhang, K., Fabiano, S. & Huang, F. (2024). Polyethylene glycol-decorated n-type conducting polymers with improved ion accessibility for high-performance organic electrochemical transistors. Materials Horizons, 11, 5419-5428. DOI: 10.1039/d4mh00979g.

  2. Liu, T., Beket, G., Li, Q., Zhang, Q., Jeong, S. Y., Yang, C. Y., Huang, J. D., Li, Y., Stoeckel, M. A. & Xiong, M. (2024). A Polymeric Two‐in‐One Electron Transport Layer and Transparent Electrode for Efficient Indoor All‐Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Science, 11, 2405676. DOI: 10.1002/advs.202405676.

  3. Ohayon, D., Quek, G., Yip, B. R. P., Lopez‐Garcia, F., Ng, P. R., Vázquez, R. J., Andreeva, D. V., Wang, X. & Bazan, G. C. (2024). High‐Performance Aqueous Supercapacitors Based on a Self‐Doped n‐Type Conducting Polymer. Advanced Materials, 36, 2410512. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202410512.

  4. Brunetti, I., James Pataki, N., Hinojosa, D. R., Hawkey, A., Karakaya, O., Rainer, C., Khan, M. I., Franke, L., Mallick, M. M. & Hernandez‐Sosa, G. (2024). A Scalable Fully Printed Organic Thermoelectric Generator for Harsh Environments Enabled by a Stable n‐type Polymer. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2400968. DOI: 10.1002/admt.202400968.

  5. Kazi, S., Bandaru, P., Tang, H., Duan, Y., Chen, S., Huang, F. & Jonsson, M. P. (2024). n-Type redox-tuneable conducting polymer optical nanoantennas. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12, 17469-17474. DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03038A.

  6. Tang, H., Xu, Z., Liang, Y., Cui, W., Chen, Y., Jiang, Q., Lei, T., Ma, Y. & Huang, F. (2024). Highly Conductive Alcohol‐Processable n‐Type Conducting Polymer Enabled by Finely Tuned Electrostatic Interactions for Green Organic Electronics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202415349. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202415349.

  7. [🔴] Liu, G., Hsu, H. H., Samal, S., Lee, W. J., Ke, Z., You, L., Savoie, B. M. & Mei, J. (2024). Selenium Dioxide Catalyzed Polymerization of N‐doped Poly (benzodifurandione)(n‐PBDF) and Its Derivatives. Angewandte Chemie, e202418668. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202418668.

  8. [🔴] Sarabia‐Riquelme, R., Noble, L. E., Alarcon Espejo, P., Ke, Z., Graham, K. R., Mei, J., Paterson, A. F. & Weisenberger, M. C. (2024). Highly Conductive n‐Type Polymer Fibers from the Wet‐Spinning of n‐Doped PBDF and Their Application in Thermoelectric Textiles. Advanced Functional Materials, 34, 2311379. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202311379.

  9. [🔴] Song, I., Lee, W.-J., Ke, Z., You, L., Chen, K., Naskar, S., Mehra, P. & Mei, J. (2024). An n-doped capacitive transparent conductor for all-polymer electrochromic displays. Nature Electronics, 1-12. DOI: 10.1038/s41928-024-01293-y.

  10. Kuang, Y., Yao, T., Deng, S., Dong, J., Ye, G., Zhang, L., Shao, S., Zhu, Z., Liu, J. & Liu, J. (2024). Matching P‐and N‐type Organic Electrochemical Transistor Performance Enables a Record High‐gain Complementary Inverter. Advanced Materials, 2417691. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202417691.

October 2024

  1. Wu, X., Tang, H., Zhou, Z., Salim, T., Tang, C. G., Huang, F. & Leong, W. L. (2024). Improved Stability and Performance of an n-Type Depletion Mode Poly (benzodifurandione) Based Organic Electrochemical Transistor via Electrolyte Selection. Chemistry of Materials, 36, 8639-8648. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00867.

November 2024

  1. Jiang, L., Tang, H., He, J., Liu, X., Liu, X., Du, J., Xiao, H., Huang, F., Ma, D. & Dong, G. (2024). Synergistic Doping Strategy with Novel Multi‐Carbonyl Conductive Polymer Enables Stable Self‐Powered Perovskite Photodetectors. Small, 2406568. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202406568.

December 2024

  1. [🔴] Ahmed, M. H., Hwang, J., Xiao, B., Schiavone, M. R., Chaudhary, J., Chen, M. & Mei, J. (2024). Synthesis and Characterization of n-Doped Poly (benzodifurandione)(n-PBDF) Derivatives via Aromatic Substitution. Macromolecules, 57, 10717-10724. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c02386.

2025

January 2025

  1. Zhang, C., Liu, X., Han, S., Wu, M., Xiao, R., Chen, S. & Chen, G. (2025). High‐Performance n‐type Organic Thermoelectric Aerogels Toward Flexible Energy Harvesting and Sensing Devices. Advanced Electronic Materials, 2400824. DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202400824.

  2. Wisniewski, D. J., Ma, L., Rauhala, O. J., Cea, C., Zhao, Z., Ranschaert, A., Gelinas, J. N. & Khodagholy, D. (2025). Spatial control of doping in conducting polymers enables complementary, conformable, implantable internal ion-gated organic electrochemical transistors. Nature Communications, 16, 517. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55284-w.

  3. Zhang, J., Zhong, Y., Jiang, H., Zhao, Z., Wang, H., Wang, R., Chen, Z., Liang, Q., Wang, X. & Sun, F. (2025). Trace Dual‐Crosslinkable Additives Enable Direct Microlithography for Enhanced Organic Electrochemical Transistors. Advanced Materials, 2417452. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202417452.

February 2025

  1. Floris, P. S., Zozoulenko, I. & Rurali, R. (2025). Doping Efficiency of Poly (benzodifurandione) from First Principles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c07765.

March 2025

  1. Paleti, S. H. K., Haraguchi, S., Cao, Z., Craighero, M., Kimpel, J., Zeng, Z., Sowinski, P., Zhu, D., Pons i Tarrés, J. & Kim, Y. (2025). Benchmarking the Elastic Modulus of Conjugated Polymers with Nanoindentation. Macromolecules. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c03081.

  2. Kang, S., Kim, E. C., Kim, H. W. & Kang, B. (2025). Investigation of poly (benzodifurandione) for bioelectronics: high conductivity, electrical stability, and biocompatibility. Macromolecular Research, 1-7. DOI: 10.1007/s13233-025-00385-8.

April 2025

  1. Xiong, J., Lou, L., Yan, X., Xie, R., Wang, Z., Liu, X., Zhou, P., Guo, Q., Shi, H. & Ge, X. (2025). Quantitive unravelling for the governing role of diffusion energy barrier on the self-discharge of supercapacitors. Journal of Power Sources, 640, 236758. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.236758.

  2. [🔴] Kim, J. H., Lee, I., Lee, W.-J., Shin, D., Lee, H., Flagg, L. Q., Chaudhary, J., You, L., Kang, K. & Mei, J. (2025). Sterilizable vertical n-type organic electrochemical transistors for skin-conformal ECG monitoring. Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 165, 101003. DOI: 10.1016/j.mser.2025.101003.

May 2025

  1. [🔴] Xiaojie Liu, Won‐June Lee, Daniel William Carne, Yanpei Tian, Andrea Felicelli, Yue Lei, Joseph A Romo, Liyan You, Zixin Xiong, Orlando Gabriel Rivera Gonzalez, Abdulrahman Aljwirah, Qiaoqiang Gan, Jianguo Mei, Xiulin Ruan. (2025). High‐Performance Low‐Emissivity Paints Enabled by N‐Doped Poly (benzodifurandione)(n‐PBDF) for Energy‐Efficient Buildings. Advanced Functional Materials, 36 (6), 2419685. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202419685.

  2. Liang, J., Ma, H., Wang, Y., Xie, K., Cui, D., Zheng, H., Yang, K. & Xu, K. (2025). Seebeck Effect-Based All-Polymer Thermoelectric Device for a Wearable Body Temperature Sensor. IEEE Sensors Journal, 25, 44071-44079. DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2025.3627294.

June 2025

  1. [🔴] Kumar, P., Lee, W.-J., Tang, Y., Yang, H., Xu, W., Rout, P., You, L., Romo, J. A., Pradhan, B. & Mei, J. (2025). Enabling ITO-free perovskite solar cells through n-doped poly (benzodifurandione)(n-PBDF) electrodes. EES Solar. DOI: 10.1039/D5EL00035A.

  2. Jing, Z., Sun, A., He, Z., Su, H., Zhou, Y., Lu, M., Wang, L., Wang, Y., Daoud, W. A. & Yu, W. W. (2025). Highly Robust and Conductive Polymer Electrodes for Droplet Energy Harvesting and Printable On‐Skin Electronics. Advanced Materials, 2506511. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202506511.

  3. Xie, Y., Zhao, J., Tang, H., Hong, L., Li, H., Li, Z., Liu, P., Xu, Z., Liu, C. & Zhang, K. (2025). Transfer-Printed N-Type Conductive Polymer as Top Electrode for High-Efficiency Fully Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells with Multifunctionality. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17, 29964-29974. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c04665.

July 2025

  1. [🔴] Liu, G., Pal, U., Samal, S., Espenship, M. F., Li, Y., Lee, W. J., Ogunfowora, L. A., You, L., Laskin, J. & Mei, J. (2025). Catalytic Polymerization of n‐Doped Poly (benzodifurandione)(n‐PBDF) Using Parts Per Million (ppm) Levels of Molybdenum Trioxide. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202510411. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202510411.

  2. Fan, X., Hou, S., Kuang, Y., Zhang, L., Lei, L., Peng, Z., Shao, X., Meng, B., Liu, J. & Liu, J. (2025). Stable n‐Type Conducting Elastomer with High Stretchability and Electrical Conductivity. Advanced Materials, e08526. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202508526.

  3. Cui, W., Jiang, Q., He, X., Tong, S., Wang, B., Sun, M., Gan, H. & Ma, Y. (2025). Charge Transport Properties of PBFDO at Various Doping Levels: An Electrochemical Control and Hall Effect Characterization Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 16, 6393-6401. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c01300.

September 2025

  1. Chen, Z. (2025). An n‐type Polymer with High‐Performance Thermoelectric Properties by Solvent‐Mediated Oxidation. Advanced Energy Materials, e02996. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202502996.

October 2025

  1. Sanjuán, I., Franco, D., Chen, Q. -G., Chueh, C. -C., Lee, W. -Y., & Guerrero, A. (2025). Proton Migration-Modulated n‑Doped Poly(benzodifurandione) Organic Electrochemical Transistors Used for Neuromorphic Computing Applications. ACS Energy Letters. DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c02076.

  2. Hwang, J., Ni, X., Espenship, M. F., Tang, K., Zhang, J., Basu, A., Kuila, S., Barlow, S., Marder, S. R. & Brédas, J.-L. (2025). Elucidating Charge Carrier Reactivity, Conversion, and Degradation in n-Doped Oligo-and Poly (benzodifurandione). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, 19372-19379. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c05722.

December 2025

  1. Kong, W. (2025). Insights into charge transport and storage process for n-type poly (benzodifurandione) toward high-performance capacitive deionization. Available at SSRN 5868635. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5868635.

  2. Huang, J. D., Li, Q., Wang, Q., Liu, T., Jeong, S. Y., Paleti, S. H. K., van der Pol, T. P., Xu, K., Wu, H. Y. & Pinchin, N. (2025). Preventing Benzoquinone‐Based Catalyst Aggregation Enables the One‐Step Synthesis of Highly Conductive Poly (benzodifurandione) without Post‐Reaction Purification. Advanced Materials, 2502426. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202502426.

  3. Nayak, P. D., Ohayon, D., Salvigni, L., Bhattacharjee, S., Arcangeli, D., Hama, A., Uribe, J., Hidalgo, T. C. C., Sheelamanthula, R. & Tang, H. (2025). A Polymeric Mixed Conductor-Based Solid State Charge Storage Device. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. DOI: 10.1039/d4ta07873.

  4. Cai, H., Shao, L., Duan, X., Li, S., Qin, X., Liu, C., Tang, H., Cao, Y. & Huang, F. (2025). Solvent-promoted synthesis of n-type high-conductivity poly (benzodifurandione)(PBFDO) via DMSO/Ac2O: an efficient, purification-free approach. Science China Chemistry, 1-8. DOI: 10.1007/s11426-025-2814-5.

  5. Ji, H., Lee, J. G., Lee, H., Gold, M. S., Kim, D. & Cho, K. (2025). High-performance organic thermoelectric materials based on n-type conjugated polymers via chemical isomerization-induced charge transport modulation. Materials Horizons. DOI: 10.1039/D5MH00991J.

  6. Chen, C., Liu, P., Gu, Y., Pan, W., Liu, Y., Li, X., Yu, Y. & Shan, X. (2025). Stretchable adhesive eutectic organohydrogel based on gelatin-Quaternized chitosan for wearable human motion monitoring. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 146939. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.146939.

  7. Zhu, Y., Tang, H., Liang, D., Liu, S., Wang, N., Huang, F., He, W. & Feng, Y. (2025). Highly conductive PBFDO network bridging biofilm and electrode interface for electron capture and transfer in microbial electrochemical system. Chemical Engineering Journal, 166160. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.166160.

  8. Zhang, C., Xiao, R., Wu, M., Wu, T., Liu, X., Gan, F., Zhao, J., Mo, J., Chen, S. & Che, C. (2025). High-performance jointless all-organic Ohmic junction thermoelectric generators. Nano Energy, 111188. DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.111188.

  9. Ma, H., Wang, Y., Xie, K., Cui, D., Zheng, H., Yang, K. & Xu, K. (2025). Polyvinyl alcohol-modified PEDOT: PSS inks for 3D printing of organic electrochemical transistors and thermoelectric devices. Flexible and Printed Electronics. DOI: 10.1088/2058-8585/ae004a.

  10. Wu, Y., Zeng, F., Ke, Y., He, X., Zhong, Z., Sun, Z. & Xu, J. (2025). High-Conductivity PBFDO-Based Self-Adhesive Hydrogel for Low-Hysteresis Flexible Sensing Applications. Polymer, 128876. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2025.128876.

  11. Hu, Y., Wan, Z., Song, H., Jiang, F., Liu, X., Liu, C., Liu, C., Xu, J. & Liu, P. (2025). Ultralong Cycle Stability Pbfdo/Ti3c2tx Films as Novel Self-Supporting Electrodes for Supercapacitors. Journal of Energy Storage. DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2025.118279.

  12. Solgi, A., Paleti, S. H. K., Haraguchi, S., Cao, Z., Craighero, M., Kimpel, J., Zeng, Z., Sowinski, P., Zhu, D., Pons i Tarrés, J. & Kim, Y. (2025). Fully Inkjet‐Printed Organic Electrochemical Transistors: A Path Toward All‐Organic Electronics. Advanced Materials Technologies, e01582. DOI: 10.1002/admt.202501582.

  13. Xiong, W., Yu, J., Tang, H., Cai, H., Luo, X., Zhang, K., Huang, F. & Cao, Y. (2025). High-Performance n-Type Conducting Polymer-Based Supercapacitors with Enhanced Capacitance and Stability via Redox Additives. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c14387.

  14. Lee, J. G., Ji, H., Lee, H., Kim, D. & Cho, K. (2025). High‐Performance n‐Type Thermoelectric Polymers via Ion‐Exchange Tuning of Polaron–Cation Interactions. Small, e11108. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202511108.

  15. Zhang, Q., Beket, G., Li, Q., Liu, T., Jeong, S. Y., Yang, C. Y., Huang, J. D., Li, Y., Stoeckel, M. A. & Xiong, M. (2025). Quinoidal Benzodifurandione-Based Conjugated Polymer as a NIR Photothermal Therapeutic Agent. ACS Macro Letters. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5c00723.

  16. Zhang, X., Zhong, Y., Jiang, H., Zhao, Z., Wang, H., Wang, R., Chen, Z., Liang, Q., Wang, X. & Sun, F. (2025). Multifunctional integrated electrochromic device by pn conductive polymers for self-powered smart windows and miniaturized spectrometers. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67903-1.

2026

January 2026

  1. [🔴] Won-June Lee, Palak Mehra, Jonathan R. Thurston, Yanpei Tian, Xiaojie Liu, Sanket Samal, Liyan You, Inho Song, Xiulin Ruan, Michael F. Toney & Jianguo Mei. (2026). Robust fast-switching black electrochromic windows based on solution-processed n-doped transparent organic conductor. Nature Communications, 17, 575. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67271-w.

  2. Tang, X., Li, J., Zheng, S., Wu, J., Zhong, Y., Wu, W., ... & Zhang, L. (2026). A PBFDO‐Based Protective Material with Tunable Infrared Emissivity Integrating Thermal Management and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding. Small, e14007. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202511007.

  3. Zhao, Y., Li, Y., Yang, R., Song, Z., Sun, M., Fan, N., ... & Hu, W. (2026). Environmentally Stable N‐Type Conducting Polymer with High Intrinsic Stretchability. Advanced Materials, e18190. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202518190.

  4. Jabri, M., Masoumi, S., Paparas, D., Acuautla, M., & Occhipinti, L. G. (2026). Embedded Direct‐Written Organic Micro‐TEGs for High‐Efficiency Skin‐Heat Harvesting. Advanced Electronic Materials, e00789. DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202500789.

  5. Zeng, F., Ding, C., Huang, Q., Xie, F., Guo, Q., Krishnamoorthy, A., ... & Yuan, D. (2026). Two-Dimensional Electron Transport in N-Type Conducting Polymers by Dication Exchange. Journal of the American Chemical Society. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c17758

    February 2026

     

  6. Li, Z., Tang, H., Liang, Y., Liu, Y., Li, M., Ma, L., ... & Huang, F. (2026). Practical lithium–organic batteries enabled by an n-type conducting polymer. Nature, 1-7. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10174-7.

  7. Zhao, B., Lin, J., Luo, Z., Gao, C., & Wang, L. (2026). Dynamic hydrogen-bond networks enable flexible, repairable, and conductive n-type organic composites for high-performance wearable sensing. Composites Communications, 63, 102757. DOI: 10.1016/j.coco.2026.102757.

  8. Wei, Q., Horike, S., Mukaida, M., Ding, W., Shun, A., & Ebihara, T. (2026). From design to disposal: Fabrication of stable, burnable all-polymer thermoelectric modules for self-powered sensors. APL Energy, 4(1). DOI: 10.1063/5.0311410.

  9. [🔴] Rout, P., Mehra, P., Lee, W. J., You, L., & Mei, J. (2026). Voltage‐Gated Dedoping of n‐Doped Poly (benzodifurandione) as an Interfacial Protective Mechanism in Electrochromic Devices. Advanced Functional Materials, e31933. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202531933.

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