Publications

2026

1. H.-S. Yang†, H. Yoo†, Y. Kim†, J.-H. Kim, S. Park, H. Park, T.-L. Choi*, B. H. Lee*, and I.-H. Lee*, “Living Polymerization Strategy for Conjugated Multiblock Copolymers: A Systematic Study of Structure–Property Relationships in Stretchability and Charge Transport,”Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 0:e23558 (2026) [Link]

2. J. Lee†, H. Koo†, E. Noh†, K. Kim, J. Lim, S. H. Lee, B. H. Lee*, and K. W. Nam*, “High Work Function Conductive Polymer for Dendrite–Free Anodes in Long–Life Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc Batteries”

3. H. Shin, ..., and B. H. Lee*, “Transparent and Stretchable Organic Field-Effect Transistors Based on Polymer Semiconductor Nanowires”

4. M. Kim, ..., and B. H. Lee*, “A Naphthalene-Based Photobase Generator with an Enhanced Photoresponse in the Deep Ultraviolet Regime”

5. B. H. Lee*, “Recent Progress on Stretchable Polymer Semiconductors: Materials, Characterization, and Applications”

2025

1. H. Hwang†, H.-K. Um†, H. Ahn, S. Cho, J.-R. Lee*, and B. H. Lee*, “Polarizer-Free Polarimetric Organic Photodetectors for Enhanced Signal Monitoring,” Device 3, 100613 (2025) [Link]

2. K. Kim†, M. Han†, H. Ahn, M. Kim, J. Noh, E. Noh, H. Choi, S. H. Lee*, and B. H. Lee*, “Protic Ionic Liquids: A General Strategy for Enhancing Electrical Conductivity and Stretchability of Conducting Polymer Thin Films,” Advanced Functional Materials 35, 2420607 (2025) [Link]

3. H. Kim†, H. Yoo†, H. Kim†, J.-M. Park, B. H. Lee*, and T.-L. Choi*, “Low-Temperature Direct Arylation Polymerization for the Sustainable Synthesis of a Library of Low-Defect Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers via Pd/Ag Dual-Catalysis,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 147, 11886 (2025) [Link]

4. S. Lee†, H. Yoo†, S. Jeong, D. H. Kim, S.-H. Kang, Y. Choi, C. Yang*, B. H. Lee*, and K. C. Lee*, “Pechmann Dye-Containing Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Stretchable Polymer Semiconductors,” Macromolecular Rapid Communications 46, 2500018 (2025) [Link]

5. H.-K. Um†, E. Noh†, C. Yoo, H. W. Lee, J.-W. Kang, B. H. Lee*, and J.-R. Lee*, “Mobile Sleep Stage Analysis Using Multichannel Wearable Devices Integrated with Stretchable Transparent Electrodes,” ACS Sensors 10, 4016 (2025) [Link]

6. S. Cho†, S. S. Park†, H. Yoo, S. Kim, S. Y. Son*, and B. H. Lee*, “Unmixed Planar Heterojunction Interfaces Enabling Exceptional Air Stability in Organic Photodetectors,” Small 21, 2503880 (2025) [Link]

7. E. Noh†, H.-K. Um†, H. J. Park, M. Kim, M. Kim, S. Lee, H. W. Lee, J.-R. Lee* and B. H. Lee*, “Stretchable Dry Adhesives for Robust Epidermal Biosignal Sensing,” Advanced Healthcare Materials 14, e00878 (2025) [Link]

8. S. Y. Lee, Y. Yu, J. B. Heo, J. A. Prayogo, D. R. Whang, H. Ahn, H. Yoo, B. H. Lee, S. Chung, K. Cho, J. C. Kim, D.-W. Kang, H. Choi*, J. W. Yoon*, and D. W. Chang*, “Strategic Structural Modification of Quinoxaline-Based D–A-Type Polymers via Tuning Electron-Withdrawing Substituents for Photovoltaic Applications,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17, 48574 (2025) [Link]

11. H. Yoo, H. Ahn, and B. H. Lee*, “High-Speed Directed Self-Assembly for Uniaxially Oriented Polymer Semiconductor Thin Films,” ACS Applied Electronic Materials 7, 10692 (2025) [Link]

10. J. Noh, E. Noh, M. Kim, and B. H. Lee*, “Silver Nanowire-Based Stretchable Transparent Electrodes for Precise Biosignal Sensing from Small Skin Areas,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17, 66330 (2025) [Link]

9. Y. Choi, H. J. Park, and B. H. Lee*, “Swelling-Driven Ultrafast Soft Lithography,” Small Methods 9, e00681 (2025) [Link]

2024

1. G. Park, M. Sung, H. Yoo, Y. Kim, J. Lee, and B. H. Lee*, “High-Polarization-Sensitivity Polarimetric Organic Phototransistors Based on Highly Stretchable Semi-Crystalline Polymer Semiconductors,” ACS Materials Letters 6, 3071 (2024) [Link]

2023

1. M. Kim†, S. Y. Lee†, J. Kim†, C. Choi†, Y. Lansac, H. Ahn, S. Park, Y. H. Jang*, S. H. Lee*, and B. H. Lee*, “Protic Ionic Liquids for Intrinsically Stretchable Conductive Polymers,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15, 3202 (2023) [Link​​]

2. H. Byeon, B. Kim, H. Hwang, M. Kim, H. Yoo, H. Song, S. H. Lee, and B. H. Lee*, “Flexible Organic Photodetectors with Mechanically Robust Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Thin Films,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15, 10926 (2023) [Link​​]

3. M. Kim†, H.-K. Um†, H. Choi, J. S. Lee, J. Kim, K. J. Kim, E. Noh, M. Han, H. W. Lee, W. I. Choi, S. H. Lee, J.-R. Lee*, and B. H. Lee*, “Stretchable and Biocompatible Transparent Electrodes for Biosignal Sensing from Exposed Skins,” Advanced Electronic Materials 9, 2300075 (2023) [Link​]

4. H.-J. Ahn, K.-Y. Yoon, M. Sung, H. Yoo, H. Ahn, B. H. Lee, J. Lee*, and J.-H. Jang*, “Utilizing a Siloxane-Modified Organic Semiconductor for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting,” ACS Energy Letters 8, 2595 (2023) [Link​]

5. Y. Kim, H. Ahn, D. Yoo, M. Sung, H. Yoo, S. Park, J. Lee, and B. H. Lee*, “A Semi-Crystalline Polymer Semiconductor with Thin Film Stretchability Exceeding 200%,” Advanced Science 10, 2302683 (2023) [Link]

6. H. Shin†, Y. Kim†, M. Sung, H. Ahn, H. Yoo, K. H. Park, S. H. Song, J. Lee*, and B. H. Lee*, “Effect of Fluorination Position on Crystalline Structure and Stretchability of Intrinsically Stretchable Polymer Semiconductors,” ACS Macro Letters 12, 1569 (2023) [Link]

7. H. Yoo, M. Sung, H. Ahn, D. Yang, J. S. Yoo, J. Lee*, and B. H. Lee*, “Ambipolar Charge Transport in p-Type Cyclopentadithiophene-Based Polymer Semiconductors Enabled by D–A–A–D Configuration,” Chemistry of Materials 35, 9562 (2023) [Link]

2022

1. S. Park, Y. Kim, C. Choi, H. Ahn, T. Park, S. H. Lee, Y. H. Jang, and B. H. Lee*, “Effect of Bulky Atom Substitution on Backbone Coplanarity and Electrical Properties of Cyclopentadithiophene-Based Semiconducting Polymers,” Macromolecular Rapid Communications 43, 2100709 (2022) [Link​​​]

2. Y. Zhang, I. Shin*, F. Li, F. Liu, D. Kim, H.-S. Yang, B. R. Lee, B. H. Lee, I.-W. Hwang, and S. H. Park*, “Enhanced Phase Separation in PEDOT:PSS Hole Transport Layer by Introducing Phenylethylammonium Iodide for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells,” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 14, 013502 (2022) [Link​​​]

3. M. Sung†, H. Yoo†, D. Yoo, H. Ahn, G. Park, K. H. Park, S. H. Song, B. H. Lee*, and J. Lee*, “Fluorinated Benzothiadiazole-Based Polymers with Chalcogenophenes for Organic Field-Effect Transistors,” Organic Electronics 111, 106649 (2022) [Link​​]

2021

1. S. Jeong†, H. Yoo†, Y. Cho, S.-J. Yoon*, B. H. Lee*, and C. Yang*, “Thermally Stable and High-Mobility Dithienopyran-Based Copolymers: How Donor–Acceptor- and Donor–Donor-Type Structures Differ in Thin-Film Transistors,” Small Structures 2, 2100024 (2021) [Link​​​​]

2. H. Yang, M.-J. Kim, B.-G. Kang*, and B. H. Lee*, “Organic Field-Effect Transistors with Bottlebrush Polymer Gate Dielectrics Thermally Crosslinked in Less Than 1 Minute,” Chemistry of Materials 33, 6356 (2021) [Link​​​​]

3. Y. Cho†, S. Park†, S. Jeong, H. Yang, B. Lee, S. M. Lee, B. H. Lee*, and C. Yang*, “Regioregular, Yet Ductile and Amorphous Indacenodithiophene-Based Polymers with High-Mobility for Stretchable Plastic Transistors,” Journal of Materials Chemistry C 9, 9670 (2021) [Link​​​]

4. 김민지, 이병훈, “전도성 고분자 기반 신축성 유연 전극 연구개발 동향,” 화학세계 61, 9 (2021) [Link​​​]

2020

1. J. Song, S. Kwon, B. Kim, E. Kim, L. N. S. Murthy, T. Lee, I. Hong, B. H. Lee, S. W. Lee, S. H. Choi, K. K. Kim, C.-H. Cho, J. W. P. Hsu, and D.-W. Kim*, “Opposite Polarity Surface Photovoltage of MoS2 Monolayers on Au Nanodot Versus Nanohole Arrays”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, 48991 (2020) [Link​​​​]

2. 김지현 & 이병훈*, “높은 용해도와 전기전도도를 갖는 자가-도핑된 전도성 고분자”, 고분자과학과기술 31, 141 (2020) [Link​​​​]

3. Y. Choi, B. H. Lee*, and H. Kim*, “Bicontinuous Network of Electron Donor-Acceptor Composites Achieved by Additive-Free Sequential Deposition for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells”, Current Applied Physics 20, 760 (2020) [Link​​​​​]

4. Y. Zhang, Y. Ma, I. Shin, Y. K. Jung, B. R. Lee, S. Wu, J. H. Jeong, B. H. Lee, J. H. Kim, K. H. Kim*, and S. H. Park*, “Lead Acetate Assisted Interface Engineering for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, 7186 (2020) [Link​​​​​]

2019

1. 박소희, 유다현, 이병훈*, “미세 구조물을 이용한 고분자 반도체 배향”, 고분자과학과기술 30, 408 (2019) [Link​​​​​​]

2. S.-H. Kang, J. Lee, D. Yoo, B. H. Lee*, and C. Yang*, “Dithienosilole-Co-5-Fluoro-2,1,3-Benzothiadiazole-Containing Regioisomeric Polymers for Organic Field-Effect Transistors”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 7, 8522 (2019) [Link​​​​​​]

3. S.-J. Ko, J. Heo, B. H. Lee, S. R. Ha, S. Bandyopadhyay, H. J. Cho, H. Choi*, and J. Y. Kim*, “Morphological and Optical Engineering for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11, 4705 (2019) [Link​​​​​​​]

2018

1. J. Lee, S.-H. Kang, S. M. Lee, K. C. Lee, H. Yang, Y. Cho, D. Han, Y. Li, B. H. Lee*, and C. Yang*, “An Ultra-High Mobility in Isomorphic Fluorobenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole-Based Polymers”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57, 13629 (2018) [Link​​​​​​​​]

2017

1. S.-J. Ko, Q. V. Hoang, C. E. Song, M. A. Uddin, E. Lim, S. Y. Park, B. H. Lee, S. Song, S.-J. Moon, S. Hwang, P.-O. Morin, M. Leclerc, G. M. Su, M. L. Chabinyc, H. Y. Woo*, W. S. Shin*, J. Y. Kim*, “High-Efficiency Photovoltaic Cells with Wide Optical Band Gap Polymers Based on Fluorinated Phenylene-Alkoxybenzothiadiazole”, Energy & Environmental Science 10, 1443 (2017) [Link​​​​​​​​]

2009-2016

1. S. Das†, B. H. Lee†, R. Linstadt, K. Cunha, Y. Li, Y. Kaufman, Z. Levine, B. Lipshutz, R. Lins, J.-E. Shea, A. J. Heeger*, and B. K. Ahn*, “Molecularly Smooth Self-Assembled Monolayer for High-Mobility Organic Field-Effect Transistors,” Nano Letters 16, 6709 (2016) [Link​​​​​​​​​]

2. B. H. Lee, G. C. Bazan, and A. J. Heeger*, “Doping-Induced Carrier Density Modulation in Polymer Field-Effect Transistors,” Advanced Materials 28, 57 (2016) [Link​​​​​​​​​]

4. B. B.-Y. Hsu*, C.-M. Cheng*, C. Luo, S. Patel, C. Zhong, H. Sun, J. Sherman, B. H. Lee, L. Ying, M. Wang, G. Bazan, M. Chabinyc, J.-L. Brédas, and A. Heeger, “The Density of States and the Transport Effective Mass in a Highly Oriented Semiconducting Polymer: Electronic Delocalization in 1D,” Advanced Materials 27, 7759 (2015) [Link​​​​​​​​​​]

3. B. H. Lee*, B. B. Y. Hsu, S. N. Patel, J. Labram, C. Luo, G. C. Bazan, and A. J. Heeger*, “Flexible Organic Transistors with Controlled Nanomorphology,” Nano Letters 16, 314 (2016) [Link​​​​​​​​​​]

5. J.-H. Lee, B. H. Lee*, S. Y. Jeong, S. B. Park, G. Kim, S. H. Lee, and K. Lee*, “Radical Cation-Anion Coupling-Induced Work Function Tunability in Anionic Conjugated Polyelectrolytes,” Advanced Energy Materials 5, 1501292 (2015) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​]

6. J. Seifter, Y. Sun, H. Choi, B. H. Lee, T. L. Nguyen, H. Y. Woo, and A. J. Heeger*, “Measurement of the Cross-Cell Carrier Mobility Distribution in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell,” Advanced Materials 27, 4989 (2015) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​]

7. A. J. Heeger*, C. Luo, B. B.-Y. Hsu, and B. H. Lee, “Electronic Properties of Highly Oriented Nano-Crystalline Semiconducting Polymers,” SID International Symposium, Digest of Technical Papers 46, 483 (2015) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​]

8. H. Choi, S.-J. Ko, T. Kim, P.-O. Morin, B. Walker, B. H. Lee, M. Leclerc, J. Y. Kim*, and A. J. Heeger*, “Small-Bandgap Polymer Solar Cells with Unprecedented Short-Circuit Current Density and High Fill FactorSmall-Bandgap Polymer Solar Cells with Unprecedented Short-Circuit Current Density and High Fill Factor,” Advanced Materials 27, 3318 (2015) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​]

9. B. H. Lee, J.-H. Lee, S. Y. Jeong, S. B. Park, S. H. Lee*, and K. Lee*, “Broad Work-Function Tunability of p-Type Conjugated Polyelectrolytes for Efficient Organic Solar Cells,” Advanced Energy Materials 5, 1401653 (2015) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​]

10. B. H. Lee, J. Coughlin, G. Kim, G. C. Bazan*, and K. Lee*, “Efficient Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells with Titanium Suboxide as an Electric Adhesive Layer,” Applied Physics Letters 104, 213305 (2014) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​]

11. B. H. Lee, J.-H. Lee, Y. H. Kahng*, N. Kim, Y. J. Kim, J. Lee, T. Lee, and K. Lee*, “Graphene-Conducting Polymer Hybrid Transparent Electrodes for Efficient Organic Optoelectronic Devices,” (Selected as Back Cover) Advanced Functional Materials 24, 1847 (2014) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​]

12. N. Kim, S. Kee, S. H. Lee*, B. H. Lee, Y. H. Kahng, Y.-R. Cho, B.-J. Kim, and K. Lee*, “Highly Conductive PEDOT:PSS Nanofibrils Induced by Solution-Processed Crystallization,” (Selected as Front Cover) Advanced Materials 26, 2268 (2014) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

13. B. H. Lee, I. H. Jung, H. Y. Woo*, H.-K. Shim, G. Kim, and K. Lee*, “Multi-Charged Conjugated Polyelectrolytes as a Versatile Work Function Modifiers for Organic Electronic Devices,” (Selected as Front Cover) Advanced Functional Materials 24, 1100 (2014) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

14. H. Kim†*, B. H. Lee†, K. C. Lee, G. Kim, J. Y. Yu, N. Kim, S. H. Lee, and K. Lee*, “Role of the Side Chain in the Phase Segregation of Polymer:Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Composites,” Advanced Energy Materials 3, 1575 (2013) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

15. M. Choe, B. H. Lee, W. Park, J.-W. Kang, S. Jeong, K. Cho, W.-K. Hong, B. H. Lee, K. Lee, S.-J. Park, and T. Lee*, “Characteristics of Light-Induced Electron Transport from P3HT to ZnO-Nanowire Field-Effect Transistors,” Applied Physics Letters 103, 223305 (2013) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

16. J. Shim, B. H. Lee, S. Song, H. Kim, J. A. Kim, I. Kim, K. Lee, and H. Suh*, “Synthesis and Properties of the Conjugated Polymers with Indenoindene and Benzimidazole Units for Organic Photovoltaics,” Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 51, 241 (2013) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

17. S. Song, S. Park, S. Kwon, B. H. Lee, J. A. Kim, S. H. Park, Y. Jin, J. Lee, I. Kim, K. Lee, and H. Suh*, “Synthesis and Characterization of Phenathrothiadiazole-Based Conjugated Polymer for Photovoltaic Device,” Synthetic Metals 162, 1936 (2012) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

18. S. Song, S. Park, S. Kwon, B. H. Lee, J. Y. Shim, J. Lee, S. H. Park, Y. Jin, I. Kim, K. Lee, and H. Suh*, “Synthesis and Photovoltaic Property of Copolymers with Phenanthrothiadiazole Moiety,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 105, 229 (2012) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

19. N. Kim, B. H. Lee, D. Choi, G. Kim, H. Kim, J.-R. Kim, J. Lee, Y. H. Kahng*, and K. Lee*, “Role of Interchain Coupling in the Metallic State of Conducting Polymers,” Physical Review Letters 109, 106405 (2012) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

20. B. H. Lee, J. Shim, G. Kim, H. Kim*, S. Song, H. Suh, and K. Lee*, “Homogeneous Bulk Heterojunction Networks via Surface Energy Matching at Polymer/Fullerene Interfaces,” Applied Physics Letters 101, 083304 (2012) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

21. S. Song, J. Kim, J. Y. Shim, G. Kim, B. H. Lee, Y. Jin, S. H. Park, I. Kim, K. Lee, and H. Suh*, “Synthesis and Characterization of Dimethyl-Benzimidazole Based Low Bandgap Copolymers for OPVs,” Synthetic Metals 162, 988 (2012) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

22. S. Song, J. Kim, J. Shim, J. Kim, B. H. Lee, Y. Jin, I. Kim, K. Lee, and H. Suh*, “Synthesis of the 2H-Benzimidazole-Based Conjugated Polymers with Various Thiophene Units and Their Application in Photovoltaic,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 98, 323 (2012) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

23. S. H. Park*, B. H. Lee, J. M. Shin, S.-Y. Jeong, S. Song, H. Suh, and K. Lee*, “Highly Transparent Polymer Light-Emitting Diode Using Modified Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide Top Electrode,” Applied Physics Letters 100, 133306 (2012) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

24. S. Song, H. Han, Y. Kim, B. H. Lee, S. H. Park, Y. Jin, I. Kim, K. Lee, and H. Suh*, “Dimethyl-2H-Benzimidazole Based Small Molecules as Donor Materials for Organic Photovoltaics,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 95, 1838 (2011) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

25. B. H. Lee, S. H. Park*, H. Back, and K. Lee*, “Novel Film-Casting Method for High-Performance Flexible Polymer Electrodes,” (Selected as Featured Article) Advanced Functional Materials 21, 487 (2011) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

26. M. Choe, B. H. Lee†, G. Jo, J. Park, W. Park, S. Lee, W.-K. Hong, M.-J. Seong, Y. H. Kahng, K. Lee*, and T. Lee*, “Efficient Bulk-Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells with Transparent Multi-Layer Graphene Electrodes,” Organic Electronics 11, 1864 (2010) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​]

27. B. H. Lee, H. C. Back, S. H. Park, and K. Lee*, “Flexible Polymer Electronic Devices Using Highly Conductive Polyaniline Electrode,” Proceedings of SPIE  7416, 74161F-1 (2009) [Link​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​]