Professor Yuning Li, Principal Investigator
Biography
Dr. Yuning Li is a Chemical Engineering Professor and a researcher in the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Waterloo. His research group studies optoelectronic materials that are suitable for the mass production of electronics using printing technologies. There is an emphasis on the development of printable electronic materials (polymers and nanomaterials) used in thin film transistors (for flexible displays, smart labels, chemo-/bio-sensors, themoelectrics, and memory devices), photovoltaics (for solar cells and photodetectors), and batteries. Professor Li has been the co-recipient of several awards including the 3rd Annual national Aeronautics and Space administration (NASA) Nanotech Briefs Nano 50™ Awards for Printed Organic Electronics in the Technologies category in 2007. So far he has authored over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Professor Li has filed over 120 US patent applications with 75 granted.
Research Interests
Organic and polymer semiconductors, Organic thin film transistors, Organic solar cells, Organic photovoltaics, Printed electronics, Printable conductive inks, Polymer synthesis, Nanomaterials, Electronic materials, Polymer solar cells, Polymer bulk-heterojunction photovoltaics, Small molecule-based OPV, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, Chemical/biosensors and photo-detectors, Low Temperature-processable Conductive inks, Fabrications and Characterization of Organic Electronics, Internet of Things (IoT), Nanotechnology,
Contact
519-888-4567 x31105
Dr. Samala Venkateswarlu, Researcher/Postdoctoral
Previous Degrees: M.Sc in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India; PhD in Organic Materials Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Research Area: Developing Organic semiconducting polymers for applications in organic electronics
Contact: vsamala@uwaterloo.ca
Naixin Zhao, Ph.D. Candidate
Current Program: PhD in Chemical Engineering
Previous Degree: BSc in Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada; MASc in Environmental Science, University of Toronto
Research Area: Synthesis and applications of conjugated polymers in temperature sensing devices
Contact: n4zhao@uwaterloo.ca
Yas Fazaeli, Ph.D. Candidate
Current Program: PhD in Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology)
Contact: r2fazaeli@uwaterloo.ca
Yonglin Wang, Ph.D. Candidate
Current Program: PhD in Chemical Engineering
Previous Degree: BSc in Chemical Engineering, Tiangong University, China
Research Area: Lithium-ion battery development
Contact: yonglin.wang@uwaterloo.ca
Yi Yuan, Ph.D. Candidate
Current Program: PhD in Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology)
Previous Degrees:
BE in Nanomaterials and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
BSc in Materials and Nanosciences, University of Waterloo, Canada
Contact: yi.yuan@uwaterloo.ca
Zhe Huang, Ph.D. Candidate
Current program: Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology), PhD, 2020 Fall
Research project: Lithium-ion Batteries, Lithium-sulfur Batteries
Previous degrees: M.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, China
B.Eng. in Materials Chemistry, Wuhan University of Technology, China
Contact: zhe.huang@uwaterloo.ca
Jimmy Papazotos, MASc. Student
Currently Enrolled: MASc in Chemical Engineering
Previous Degree: BSc in Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Canada
Research Area: Polymer development and characterisation for applications in gas sensors
Songbo Cui, MASc. Student
Currently Enrolled: MASc. in Chemical Enigineering
Contact: songbo.cui@uwaterloo.ca
Yvonne Zhong, MASc. Student
Currently Enrolled: MASc in Chemical Engineering
Previous Degree: BSc in Chemistry
Research Area: Polymer synthesis, organic thin-film transistors, sensors
Contact: y63zhong@uwaterloo.ca