Lab of Functional Materials for Optoelectronic and Energy Applications
Research Field
Dr. Hung-Ju Yen is currently an Associate Research Fellow in Institute of Chemistry at Academia Sinica. He earned his B.S. (2006) and M.S. (2007) from National Chi Nan University and then completed his Ph.D. degree from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 2011. He joined Los Alamos National Laboratory as the J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellow (2013-2017) after the postdoctoral training at NTU (2011, 2012-2013). Dr. Yen joined Academia Sinica as an assistant research fellow in 2017 and was promoted to associate research fellow in 2025. Dr. Yen's main research interest lies in the bottom-up chemical synthesis of nanographenes and electroactive high-performance polymers for optoelectronic and energy applications (lithium-ion battery, supercapacitor, redox flow battery, solar cells, fuel cells, electrochromic, electrofluorochromic, light-emitting and memory devices).
Functional Materials for Optoelectronic and Energy Applications
- Bottom-up chemical synthesis of nanographenes
- Design and synthesis of electroactive high-performance polymers
- Organic and polymeric materials for optoelectronic and energy applications
- LCY Outstanding Young Professor Award, Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2023)
- Outstanding Alumni Award, National Chi Nan University (2019)
- 2018-2019 Heritage Prize for "Excellence in Creativity", The Li Foundation (2018)
- J. Robert Oppenheimer (JRO) Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, LANL, 2014
- Jan. 2011, Ph.D. with 1st prize, Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- June 2007, M.S. with Honors, Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan
- June 2006, B.S., Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan.