Hong Li

Associate Research Professor
Hong Li
hongli2@arizona.edu

Hong received her Ph.D. degree in Particle and Statistical Physics from Nankai University of China in 1996. She joined the Bredas research group in 2005. Her present research interests include the investigation of the electronic, optical, and magnetic properties of various bulk and interfacial systems, especially the two-dimensional organic covalent frameworks and their interfaces with different substrates, the hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites for solar cell applications, and various organic/organic and organic/inorganic interfaces as well as the charge-transfer and charge-separation processes across such interfaces.

 

Recent Publications:

  1. H. K. Kim, A. S. Hyla, P. Winget, H. Li, C. M. Wyss, A. J. Jordan, F. A. Larrain, J. P. Sadighi, C. Fuentes-Hernandez, B. Kippelen, J.-L. Brédas, S. Barlow, S. R. Marder, Reduction of the Work Function of Gold by N-Heterocyclic Carbene, Chem. Mater. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04213 (2017).
  2. J. Yin, H. Li, D. Cortecchia, C. Soci, and Jean-Luc Bredas, Excitonic and Polaronic Properties of 2D Hybrid Organic−Inorganic Perovskites, ACS Energy Lett., 2, 417 (2017).
  3. H.-Y. Li, Y. Li, H. Li, J.-L. Bredas, Organic Field-Effect Transistors: A 3D Monte Carlo Simulation of the Current characteristics in Micro-Sized Devices, Adv. Func. Mater., DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201605715 (2017).
  4. X-K. Chen, M. K. Ravva, H. Li, S. M. Ryno, and J.-L. Brédas, Effect of Molecular Packing and Charge Delocalization on the Non-radiative Recombination of Charge-Transfer States in Organic Solar Cells, Adv. Energy Mater., 1601325 (2016).
  5. Y. Wu, A. R. Chew, G. A. Rojas, G. Sini, g. Haugstads, al. Belianinov, S. V. Kalinin, H. Li, C. Risko, J. L. Bredas, A. Salleo, C. D. Frisbie, Strain Effects on the Work Function of an Organic Semiconductor, Nat. Commun. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10270 (2016).
  6. H. Li and J. L. Bredas, Impact of zinc vacancies on charge separation and charge transfer at ZnO/sexithienyl and ZnO/fullerene interfaces: A comparison via density functional theory study, Adv. Mater.  28, 3928 (2016), invited paper for a special issue highlighting recent developments in the area of oxide-organic interfaces in energy-related materials.
  7. S. A. Paniagua, A. J. Giordano, O. L. Smith, S. Barlow, H. Li, N. R. Armstrong, J. E. Pemberton, J.-L. Brédas, D. Ginger,d and S. R. Marder, Phosphonic Acids for Interfacial Engineering of Transparent Conductive Oxides, Chem. Rev. 116, 7117 (2016).
  8. L. L Kelly, D. A. Racke, P. Schulz, H. Li, P. Winget, H. Kim, P. Ndione, A. K. Sigdel, J.-L. Brédas, J. J. Berry, S. Graham, and O. L A Monti, Spectroscopy and control of near-surface defects in conductive thin film ZnO, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 28, 094007 (2016).
  9. J. Li, H. Li, P. Winget, and J. L. Bredas, Electronic structure of the perylene/ zinc oxide interface: A computational study of photoinduced electron transfer and impact of surface defects, J. Phys. Chem. C. 119, 18843 (2015).
  10. X. Chen, Y. Fu, H. Li, and J. L. Bredas, Electronic structure at the Interface between Rubrene and Perylebediimide Single Crystals: Impact of Interfacial Charge Transfer and its Modulation, Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 1, 1400362 (2014).
  11. T. Papadopoulos, H. Li, E-G. Kim, J. Liu, J. Cella, C. Heller, A. Shu, A. Kahn, A. Duggal, and J. L. Bredas, Impact of Functionalized Polystyrenes as Electron Injection Layer on Au and Al surfaces: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study, Isr. J. Chem. 54, 779 (2014).
  12. P. Schulz, L. Kelly, P. Winget, H. Li, H. Kim, P.Ndione, A.Sigdel, J. Berry, S. Graham, J-L. Brédas, A. Kahn, O. Monti, Tailored electron-transfer barriers at the zinc oxide/C60 interface for organic solar cells, Adv. Func. Mater. 24, 7381 (2014).
  13. H. Li, E. Ratcliff, A. Sigdel, A. Giordano, S. Marder, J. Berry, and J-L. Bredas, Modifications of gallium-doped zinc oxide surface with self-assembled monolayers of phosphonic acids: A joint theoretical and experimental study, Adv. Func. Mater., 24, 3593 (2014).
  14. H. Li, P. Winget, and J-L. Bredas, Transparent conducting oxide of relevance to organic electronics: Electronic structures of their interfaces with organic layers, Chem. Mater. 26, 631 (2014). (Invited Perspective for the Special Issue Celebrating Twenty-five Years of Chemistry of Materials).
  15. P. Winget, L. Kelly, D. Cornil, H. Li, V. Coropceanau, P. Ndione, A.Sigdel, D. Ginley, J. Berry, J. Shim, H. Kim, B. Kippelen, J-L Brédas, and O. Monti, Defect-Driven Interfacial Electronic Structure at an Organic/Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Heterojunction, Adv. Mater. 26, 4711 (2014).
  16. V. Coropceanu, H. Li, P. Winget, L. Zhu, and J-L. Bredas, Electronic-structure theory of organic semiconductors: Charge-transport parameters and metal/organic interfaces, Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 43, 63 (2013).
  17. T. Papadopoulos, J. Meyer, H. Li, Z. Guan, A. Kahn, and J-L. Bredas, Nature of interfaces between stoichiometric and under-stoichiometric MoO3 and 4-4’-N,N’-dicarbazole-biphenyl: A combined theoretical and experimental study, Adv. Func. Mater., 23, 6091 (2013).
  18. C. Wood, H. Li, P. Winget, and J-L Bredas, Binding modes of fluorinated benzylphosphonic acids on the polar ZnO surface and impact on work function,  J. Phys. Chem. C. 116, 19125 (2012).
  19. H. Li, L. Schirra, J. Shim, H. Cheun, B. Kippelen, O. Monti, and J. L. Bredas, ZnO as a Model Transparent Conducting Oxide: A Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Impact of Hydroxylation, Vacancies, and Interstitial Defects on the Electronic Properties of the Polar ZnO(0002) Surface,  Chem. Mater. 24, 3044 (2012).
  20. H. Li, P. Winget, and J. L. Bredas, Surface Modification of Indium Tin Oxide via Assembly of a Donor-acceptor Complexes: A Density-Functional Theory Study, Adv. Mater., 24, 687 (2012).
  21. R. Kodiyath, T. A. Papadopoulos, J. Wang, Z. A. Combs, H. Li, Richard J. C. Brown,§ Jean-Luc Brédas,‡ and Vladimir V. Tsukruk, Silver-decorated cylindrical nanopores: combining the third dimension with chemical enhancement for efficient trace chemical detection with SERS, J. Phys. Chem. C. 116, 13917 (2012).
  22. Y. Zhou, C. Fuentes-Hernandez, J. Shim, J. Meyer, A. J. Giordano, H. Li, P. Winget, T. Papadopoulos, H. Cheun, Stephen Barlow, Samuel Graham, Jean-Luc Brédas, Seth R. Marder, B. Kippele, A universal method to produce low–work function electrodes for organic electronics”, Science, 336, 327 (2012).
  23. H. Cheun, C. Fuentes-Hernandez, J. Shim, Y. Fang, Y. Cai, H. Li, A. Sigdel, J. Meyer, J. Maibach, A. Dindar, Y. Zhou, J. Berry, J.L. Bredas, A. Kahn, K. H. Sandhage, and B. Kippelen, Oriented growth of Al2O3 :ZnO nanolaminates for use as electron-selective electrodes in inverted polymer solar cells”, Adv. Func. Mater., 22, 1531 (2012).