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Dr. Yan Shao
Center for Polymers and
Organic Solids
Mitsubishi Chemical Center
for Advanced Materials
University of California, Santa
Barbara, CA 93106
Organic semiconducting and
optoelectronic materials design, preparation, characterization mainly for
applications in ultrathin thin films; Device engineering and fabrication based
on semiconducting and metallic polymers and small molecules; Exploring new
materials, advanced processing methods, and suitable device architecture
technology for functional thin film devices, for examples, organic
light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs), polymer
light-emitting electrochemical cells (PLECs), organic photovoltaic devices
(OPVs), and organic thin film transistors (OTFTs).
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University of California, Santa Barbara |
Jan. 2006 - present |
Assistant
Specialist, supervisor: Prof. A.J. Heeger
(Center
for Polymers and Organic Solids & Mitsubishi Center for Advanced Materials)
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Explored
the new concept of the long lifetime polymer light-emitting electrochemical
cells (PLECs) with high performance and long lifetime.
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Designed
new light-emitting devices to combine the advantages of both LED and LEC by new
materials and new device structures.
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Developed
novel device architecture with new solution-processing material system and thin
film preparation techniques.
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University of
California, Los Angeles |
Sept. 2001 - Dec.2005 |
Research
Assistant/Ph.D candidate (Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng.) advisor:
Prof. Yang Yang
Thesis
Topic: Multifunctional Organic Thin Films and Their Electronic/Optical
Properties.
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Designed
naturally formed graded junction with simplified method and fabricated high
performance organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) with long lifetime.
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Introduced
multi-dopant into organic material systems by fused organic solid solution
(FOSS) technology and saved more than 75% deposition operation time.
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Designed
different color and stable white color OLEDs with new device architecture and
fabrication methods.
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Explored
high efficiency organic solar cells, organic memory devices, and vertical
structure organic thin film transistors.
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Synthesized
semiconductor polymers and fabricate related devices (PLEDs and organic solar
cells).
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Investigated
triplet optoelectronic devices with varied fabrication methods.
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Characterized
device current-voltage curves, photoluminescence (PL), electroluminescence
(EL), lifetime and carried out performance optimization and failure analysis.
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Tsinghua University, Beijing |
Jun. 1998 - Jul. 2001 |
Research
Assistant (Dept. of Chem.) advisor: Prof. Yong Qiu
Thesis
Topic: Synthesis and Properties of Emitting Materials for Organic
Electroluminescence.
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Designed,
synthesized, and purified more than 10 novel organic emitting materials and
fabricated OLEDs with these materials.
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Identified
and characterized new molecules by spectrometry and chromatography.
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Designed
purification methods and improved train sublimation system for different
compounds.
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Synthesized
high Tg organic materials for thin solid films.
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Dept. of Materials Sci.
& Eng., University of California, Los Angeles |
2004 |
Teaching
assistant and lab instructor for Introduction to Materials Science
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Dept. of Mathematics, Tsinghua University, Beijing |
2000-2001 |
Yan
Shao, Xiong
Gong, Jin Young Kim, Michelle Liu, Alex K-Y. Jen, Guillermo C. Bazan, Alan J.
Heeger
Multilayered Polymer Light-emitting Electrochemical Cells with High
Performance. In preparation.
Yan
Shao,
Guillermo C. Bazan, Alan J. Heeger
LED to LEC Transition Behavior in Polymer Light-emitting Devices. Adv.
Mater. in press.
Yan
Shao,
Srinivas Sista, Chih-Wei Chu, Douglas Sievers, Yang Yang
Enhancement
of Tetracene Photovoltaic Devices with Heat Treatment. Appl. Phys. Lett.
90, 103501 (2007). PDF
Yan
Shao,
Guillermo C. Bazan, Alan J. Heeger
Long
Lifetime Polymer Light-emitting Electrochemical Cells. Adv. Mater. 19,
365 (2007). PDF
Highlighted
by Science: Freezing in the Glow. Science 315, 1054 (2007). (Editor's
Choice section) PDF
Yan
Shao, Yang
Yang
Effective Organic Photovoltaic Heterojunction Based on Triplet
Materials. Adv. Mater. 17, 2841 (2005). PDF
Yan
Shao, Yang
Yang
Organic
Solid Solution: Formation and Application in Organic Light-emitting Diodes. Adv.
Funct. Mater. 15, 1781 (2005). PDF
Chih-Wei
Chu, Yan Shao, Yang Yang
High
Performance Organic Solar Cells Based on Tetracene Heterojunction Structure. Appl.
Phys. Lett. 86, 243506 (2005). PDF
Yan
Shao, Yang
Yang
White
Organic Light-emitting Diodes Prepared by Fused Organic Solid Solution Method. Appl.
Phys. Lett. 86, 073510 (2005). PDF
Yan
Shao, Yang
Yang
Naturally
Formed Graded Junction for Organic Light-emitting Diodes. Appl. Phys. Lett.
83, 2453 (2003). PDF
Yan
Shao, Yong
Qiu, Wenhua Hu, Xiaoyin Hong
A
Novel Asymmetric Complex for Organic Electroluminescence. Adv. Mater. Opt.
Electron. 10, 285 (2000). PDF
Yan
Shao, Yong
Qiu, Xiaoming Hu, Xiaoying Hong
A
High Thermal Stable Light-emitting Complex Based on a Tridentate Ligand. Chem.
Lett. 1068 (2000). PDF
Yong
Qiu, De-Qiang Zhang, Juan Qiao, Yan Shao
Dependence
of the Performance of the Organic Electroluminescent Devices upon the
Deposition Rate of Organic Thin Films. Synth. Met. 110, 241
(2000). PDF
Yong
Qiu, Yan Shao, Deqiang Zhang and Xiaoyin Hong
Preparation
and Characterization of High Efficient Blue-Light Emitting Material for Organic
Electroluminescence. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Pt1. 39, 1151 (2000). PDF
Yan
Shao,
Guillermo C. Bazan, Alan J. Heeger
Long
Lifetime Polymer Light-emitting Electrochemical Cells. MRS Spring Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, USA. (2007).
Yan
Shao, Yang
Yang
Efficient
Organic Hetero-junction Photovoltaic Cells Based on Triplet materials. MRS
Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA. (2005).
Yang
Yang, Yan Shao
Organic
Solid Solution: Formation and Application in Organic Light-emitting Diodes. MRS
Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA. (2005).
Yan
Shao, Yang
Yang
Organic
Solid Solution: Formation and Application in Organic Light-emitting Diodes. The
5th International Conference on Electroluminescence of Molecular Materials and
Related Phenomena (ICEL-5), Phoenix, Arizona, USA. (2005).
Yan
Shao, Yang
Yang
Organic
Alloy and the Formation of Organic LEDs. 4th International Conference on
Electroluminescence of Molecular Materials and Related Phenomena, Jeju Island,
Korea (2003).
Yan
Shao, Yong
Qiu
Organic
Light-emitting Material Based on a Complex with a Tridentate Ligand. International
Workshop on Organic Molecule and Polymer Light-Emitting and Laser,
Changchun, China (2000).
Yan
Shao, Yong
Qiu, Deqiang Zhang
Synthesis
and Characterization of a High Efficient Blue-emitting Material Used in Organic
EL. Proceedings of The Fifth IUMRS International Conference on Advanced
Materials, Beijing (1999).
Yong
Qiu, Yan Shao, Deqiang Zhang, Dechun Zou
Emission
and Voltage Effect Research of Organic Light-emitting Device:
ITO/PVK+dye/Alq3/Mg:Ag. The 1th National Meeting on Organic Molecules &
Polymer Light-emitting and Laser, Beijing (1998).
Yan
Shao, Alan
J. Heeger
Multilayered
Polymer Light-emitting Electrochemical Cells with High Performance. UC Case
No. 2008-058.
Yan
Shao, Alan
J. Heeger, Guillermo C. Bazan,
System
and Methods for Immproving the Qualities of Polymer Light-emitting
Electrochemical Cells. 2007-671 Provisional Authorization.
Yan
Shao, Alan
J. Heeger, Guillermo C. Bazan,
Hybrid Polymer Light-emitting Devices. PCT/US2007/001475 ; U.C. Case
No. 2007-079-1.
Yang
Yang, Yan Shao
Effective
Organic Solar Cells Based on Triplet Materials. UCLA Case No. 2005-665-1.
Yang
Yang, Yan Shao
Multifunctional
Organic Thin Film Prepared by Single Source Evaporation. UCLA Case No.
2003-222.
Yong
Qiu, Yan Shao
Emitting
Materials Used for Organic EL Based on Tridentate Ligands. U.S. patent No.:
6,410,766 B2.
Yan
Shao, Yong
Qiu, Yuhong Liu
Novel
Red-emitting Materials for Organic Electroluminescence. Patent No.:
00120788.1(China).
Yong
Qiu, Yan Shao
Novel
Emitting Materials for Organic Electroluminescence. Patent No. 00100040.3
(China).
Materials
Research Society (MRS)
American
Chemical Society (ACS)