Show-An Chen
Title Professor
Name Show-An Chen
Office Tel No. 03-5715131-35700/ Lab分機#35718
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Area Polymer Science and Engineering
Speciality Design/synthesis of conjugated conductive polymers and related devices On-going research topics are: ■ Molecular design, synthesis, and emission mechanism of electroluminescent polymers and their application in light emitting display. ■ Polymer solar cell. ■ Polymer field effect transistor and its integration with flat panel display. ■ Polymer memory device.
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Year Paper Title
2018 “Highly Efficient Thermally Activated Delay Fluorescent White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Single Emission Layer by Solution-Process”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, vol. 10, pp. 4851-4859, 2018
2018 Kai Lin Woon*, Azhar Ariffin,* Kar Wei Ho  and Show-An Chen,, “Effect of conjugation and aromaticity of 3,6 disubstituted carbazoles on triplet energy and the implication of triplet energy in multiple-cyclic aromatic compounds, RSC Adv., vol. 8, pp. 9850-, 2018" href="/en/Members/page/“Effect-of-conjugation-and-aromaticity-of-3-6-disubstituted-carbazoles-on-triplet-energy-and-the-implication-of-triplet-energy-in-multiple-cyclic-aromatic-compounds-185066" target="_blank">Kai Lin Woon*, Azhar Ariffin,* Kar Wei Ho  and Show-An Chen,, “Effect of conjugation and aromaticity of 3,6 disubstituted carbazoles on triplet energy and the implication of triplet energy in multiple-cyclic aromatic compounds, RSC Adv., vol. 8, pp. 9850-, 2018
2018 Nonvolatile Morphology Regulator for Enhancing Molecular Order in Active Layer and therefore Power Conversion Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 6, pp. 8874-8879, 2018
2018 Kuen-Wei Tsai, Yun-Chung Wu, Tzu-Hao Jen and Show-An Chen*,, "Electric-Field-Induced Excimer Formation at Interface of Deep-Blue Emission Poly(9,9-dioctyl-2,7-fluorene) with Polyelectrolyte or Its Precursor as Electron Injection Layer in Polymer Light Emitting Diode and Its Prevention for Stable Emission and Higher Performance”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, vol. 10, pp. 26422-26433, 2018" href="/en/Members/page/-Electric-Field-Induced-Excimer-Formation-at-Interface-of-Deep-Blue-Emission-Poly-9-9-dioctyl-2-7-fluorene-with-Polyelectrolyte-or-Its-Precursor-as-Electron-Injection-Layer-in-Polymer-Light-Emitting-Diode-and-Its-Prevention-for-Stable-Emission-and-Higher-Performance”-22938418" target="_blank">Kuen-Wei Tsai, Yun-Chung Wu, Tzu-Hao Jen and Show-An Chen*,, "Electric-Field-Induced Excimer Formation at Interface of Deep-Blue Emission Poly(9,9-dioctyl-2,7-fluorene) with Polyelectrolyte or Its Precursor as Electron Injection Layer in Polymer Light Emitting Diode and Its Prevention for Stable Emission and Higher Performance”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, vol. 10, pp. 26422-26433, 2018
2018 Controlling the morphology of hybrid polymer/nanoparticles active layer of solar cell: mesoscopic simulation, Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., Advance Article, 2018
2018 “Solution Processed Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent OLED with High EQE as 31% Using High Triplet Energy Crosslinkable Hole Transport Materials”, Adv. Funct. Mater., vol. 1901025, 2018
2017 Hong-Ren Syue, Miao-Ken Hung, Yao-Tang Chang, Ge-Wei Lin, Yu-Hsuan Lee and Show-An Chen*, “High Brightness Fluorescent White Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes by Promoted Hole Injection via Reduced Barrier by Interfacial Dipole Imparted from Chlorinated Indium Tin Oxide to Hole Injection Layer”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017" href="/en/Members/page/“High-Brightness-Fluorescent-White-Polymer-Light-Emitting-Diodes-by-Promoted-Hole-Injection-via-Reduced-Barrier-by-Interfacial-Dipole-Imparted-from-Chlorinated-Indium-Tin-Oxide-to-Hole-Injection-Layer”-76574597" target="_blank">Hong-Ren Syue, Miao-Ken Hung, Yao-Tang Chang, Ge-Wei Lin, Yu-Hsuan Lee and Show-An Chen*, “High Brightness Fluorescent White Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes by Promoted Hole Injection via Reduced Barrier by Interfacial Dipole Imparted from Chlorinated Indium Tin Oxide to Hole Injection Layer”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017
2017 Zainal AbidinHasan, KaiLinWoon*, WahSengWong, AzharAriffin, Show-An Chen, “Solution processed multilayered green and blue phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes using carbazole dendrimer as a host, J. Luminescence, vol. 183, pp. 150-158, 2017" href="/en/Members/page/“Solution-processed-multilayered-green-and-blue-phosphorescent-organic-light-emitting-diodes-using-carbazole-dendrimer-as-a-host-81248685" target="_blank">Zainal AbidinHasan, KaiLinWoon*, WahSengWong, AzharAriffin, Show-An Chen, “Solution processed multilayered green and blue phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes using carbazole dendrimer as a host, J. Luminescence, vol. 183, pp. 150-158, 2017
2017 “High Brightness Fluorescent White Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes by Promoted Hole Injection via Reduced Barrier by Interfacial Dipole Imparted from Chlorinated Indium Tin Oxide to Hole Injection Layer”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 9, pp. 3824-3830, 2017
2017 Tzu-Hao Jen and Show-An Chen*, “Singlet Exciton Fraction in Electroluminescence from Conjugated Polymer”, Scientific Reports, 2017" href="/en/Members/page/“Singlet-Exciton-Fraction-in-Electroluminescence-from-Conjugated-Polymer”-41874342" target="_blank">Tzu-Hao Jen and Show-An Chen*, “Singlet Exciton Fraction in Electroluminescence from Conjugated Polymer”, Scientific Reports, 2017
2017 “Promotion of power conversion efficiency of quantum dot solar cell and its tandem solar cell with low bandgap polymer:PC71BM by water vapor treatment on quantum dot layer surface”, J. Matter. Chem.-A, vol. 5, pp. 21528-21535, 2017
2017 Jiuan-Yih Wu and Show-An Chen*, “Highly Efficient Thermally Activated Delay Fluorescent White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Single Emission Layer by Solution-Process”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 29, 2017" href="/en/Members/page/“Highly-Efficient-Thermally-Activated-Delay-Fluorescent-White-Organic-Light-Emitting-Diodes-with-Single-Emission-Layer-by-Solution-Process”-42539725" target="_blank">Jiuan-Yih Wu and Show-An Chen*, “Highly Efficient Thermally Activated Delay Fluorescent White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Single Emission Layer by Solution-Process”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 29, 2017
2016 Sih-Hao Liao, Hong-Jyun Jhuo, Yu-Shan Cheng, Vinay Gupta, and Show-An Chen*,, “High Performance Inverted Organic Solar Cell with Low Band Gap Small Molecule (p-DTS (FBTTh2)2) Using Fullerene Derivatives-Doped Zinc Oxide Nano-Film Modified with Fullerene-based Self-Assembled Monolayer as Cathode”, J. Mater. Chem.-A, vol. 3, 2015, pp. 22599-22604, 2016" href="/en/Members/page/“High-Performance-Inverted-Organic-Solar-Cell-with-Low-Band-Gap-Small-Molecule-p-DTS-FBTTh2-2-Using-Fullerene-Derivatives-Doped-Zinc-Oxide-Nano-Film-Modified-with-Fullerene-based-Self-Assembled-Monolayer-as-Cathode”-35375343" target="_blank">Sih-Hao Liao, Hong-Jyun Jhuo, Yu-Shan Cheng, Vinay Gupta, and Show-An Chen*,, “High Performance Inverted Organic Solar Cell with Low Band Gap Small Molecule (p-DTS (FBTTh2)2) Using Fullerene Derivatives-Doped Zinc Oxide Nano-Film Modified with Fullerene-based Self-Assembled Monolayer as Cathode”, J. Mater. Chem.-A, vol. 3, 2015, pp. 22599-22604, 2016
2016 Hong-Jyun Jhuo, Sih-Hao Liao, Yi-Lun Li, Po-Nan Yeh, Show-An Chen*, Wei-Ru Wu, Chun-Jen Su, Jey-Jau Lee, Norifumi L. Yamada, U-Ser Jeng*, “The Novel Additive 1-Naphthalenethiol Opens a New Processing Route to Efficiency- Enhanced Polymer Solar Cells”, Adv. Funct. Mater. , vol. 26, pp. 3094-3104, 2016" href="/en/Members/page/“The-Novel-Additive-1-Naphthalenethiol-Opens-a-New-Processing-Route-to-Efficiency-Enhanced-Polymer-Solar-Cells”-98772503" target="_blank">Hong-Jyun Jhuo, Sih-Hao Liao, Yi-Lun Li, Po-Nan Yeh, Show-An Chen*, Wei-Ru Wu, Chun-Jen Su, Jey-Jau Lee, Norifumi L. Yamada, U-Ser Jeng*, “The Novel Additive 1-Naphthalenethiol Opens a New Processing Route to Efficiency- Enhanced Polymer Solar Cells”, Adv. Funct. Mater. , vol. 26, pp. 3094-3104, 2016
2016 Kai Lin Woon*, Zakaria Nurul Nadiah, Zainal Abidin Hasan, Azhar Ariffin*, and Show-An Chen, “Tuning the singlet-triplet energy splitting by fluorination at 3,6 positions of the 1,4-biscarbazoylbenzene, Dyes and Pigments, vol. 132, 2016, pp. 1-6, 2016" href="/en/Members/page/“Tuning-the-singlet-triplet-energy-splitting-by-fluorination-at-3-6-positions-of-the-1-4-biscarbazoylbenzene-51388026" target="_blank">Kai Lin Woon*, Zakaria Nurul Nadiah, Zainal Abidin Hasan, Azhar Ariffin*, and Show-An Chen, “Tuning the singlet-triplet energy splitting by fluorination at 3,6 positions of the 1,4-biscarbazoylbenzene, Dyes and Pigments, vol. 132, 2016, pp. 1-6, 2016
2016 “Bipolar and Unipolar Silylene-Diphenylene σ-π Conjugated Polymer Route for Highly Efficient Electrophosphorescence”, Scientific Reports, vol. 6, 2016
2016 Yi-Lun Li, Po-Nan Yeh, Sunil Sharma and Show-An Chen*,, “Promotion of power conversion efficiency of quantum dot solar cell and its tandem solar cell with low bandgap polymer:PC71BM by water vapor treatment on quantum dot layer surface”, J. Matter. Chem.-A, 2016" href="/en/Members/page/“Promotion-of-power-conversion-efficiency-of-quantum-dot-solar-cell-and-its-tandem-solar-cell-with-low-bandgap-polymer-PC71BM-by-water-vapor-treatment-on-quantum-dot-layer-surface”-73135981" target="_blank">Yi-Lun Li, Po-Nan Yeh, Sunil Sharma and Show-An Chen*,, “Promotion of power conversion efficiency of quantum dot solar cell and its tandem solar cell with low bandgap polymer:PC71BM by water vapor treatment on quantum dot layer surface”, J. Matter. Chem.-A, 2016
2015 “Thienoisoindigo-based copolymer with fused thieno[3,2-b]thiophene as donor in thin film transistor application with high performance”, J. Mater. Chem.-C, 2015
2015 Yu-Hsuan Lee, Yao-Tang Chang, Hong-Ren Syue and Show-An Chen*, “Single Layer Deep Blue Polymer Light Emitting Diodes with Chlorinated Indium Tin Oxide after Surface Modification for High Performance Organic Electronics”, Organic Electronics, vol. 20, 2015, pp. 158-163, 2015" href="/en/Members/page/“Single-Layer-Deep-Blue-Polymer-Light-Emitting-Diodes-with-Chlorinated-Indium-Tin-Oxide-after-Surface-Modification-for-High-Performance-Organic-Electronics”-2016563" target="_blank">Yu-Hsuan Lee, Yao-Tang Chang, Hong-Ren Syue and Show-An Chen*, “Single Layer Deep Blue Polymer Light Emitting Diodes with Chlorinated Indium Tin Oxide after Surface Modification for High Performance Organic Electronics”, Organic Electronics, vol. 20, 2015, pp. 158-163, 2015
2015 “Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Inserting Cross-linked Electron-Blocking Interlayer for Performance Enhancement”, J. Mater. Chem.-A, vol. 3, pp. 9291-9297, 2015
2015 “Triplet states and Energy Back Transfer of Carbazole Derivatives”, RSC Advances, vol. 5, 2015, pp. 59960-59969, 2015
2015 Chi-Min Chen, Tzu-Hao Jen; Show-An Chen*,, "Effective End-group Modification of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) with Functional Electron-Deficient Moieties for Performance Improvement in Polymer Solar Cell", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 7, 2015, pp. 20548-20555, 2015" href="/en/Members/page/-Effective-End-group-Modification-of-Poly-3-hexylthiophene-with-Functional-Electron-Deficient-Moieties-for-Performance-Improvement-in-Polymer-Solar-Cell-83010638" target="_blank">Chi-Min Chen, Tzu-Hao Jen; Show-An Chen*,, "Effective End-group Modification of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) with Functional Electron-Deficient Moieties for Performance Improvement in Polymer Solar Cell", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 7, 2015, pp. 20548-20555, 2015
2014 “Large active area inverted tandem polymer solar cell with high performance via insertion of subnano-scale silver layer”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 120, pp. 728-734, 2014
2014 “Structure tuning on crown ether grafted conjugated polymers as electron transport layer of bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells for high performance”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2014
2014 “Large active area inverted tandem polymer solar cell with high performance via alcohol treatment on the surface of bottom active layer P3HT:ICBA”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 128, pp. 240-247, 2014
2014 Cβ conformer formation in poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) single chains facilitated by endcapping with an electron deficient moiety”, RSC Adv., vol. 4, pp. 14365-14368, 2014
2014 “Single Junction Inverted Polymer Solar Cell Toward Power Conversion Efficiency Up to 10.31% with Bisfullerene Derivative and Indium Dual-Doped Zinc Oxide Nano-Film as Cathode Interlayer”, Scientific Reports, 2014
2014 “Thienoisoindigo-based copolymer with fused thieno[3,2-b]thiophene as donor in thin film transistor application with high performance”, J. Mater. Chem.-C, 2014
2014 “Review on the recent progress in low band gap conjugated polymers for bulk hetero-junction polymer solar cells”, J. Chin. Chem. Soc., vol. 61, pp. 115-126, 2014
Country School Name Department Degree
R.O.C National Cheng Kung University Chemical Engineering B.S.
U.S.A University of Rochester Chemical Engineering M.S.
U.S.A Washington University Chemical Engineering Ph.D.
Organization Title Department Job Title Duration
2006.08 ~ Up to today
2002.08 ~ Up to today
1999.08 ~ 2002.07
1979.01 ~ 1982.01
1974.01 ~ Up to today
1973.01 ~ 1974.01
1970.01 ~ 1973.01
1969.01 ~ 1970.01
Honor Category Year Award Name Awarding Unit
Off-campus Excellence 2008
Off-campus Excellence 2007
Off-campus Excellence 2006
Off-campus Excellence 2006
Congratulations 2006
Off-campus Excellence 2005 Members of Advisory Boards: Polymer (Elsevier), July, 2005-date; Polymer Review (Taylor & Francis), January 2005-date; Journal of Macromolecular Science (Taylor & Francis): Physics (1996-date); Materials Chemistry and Physics (Elsvier), 1992-2000.
Off-campus Excellence 2005 副會長, 台灣軟性電子產業推動聯盟 2005.7-2008
Off-campus Excellence 2004
Off-campus Excellence 2003
Off-campus Excellence 2002
Off-campus Excellence 2002
Off-campus Excellence 2000
Off-campus Excellence 1999
Off-campus Excellence 1997
Off-campus Excellence 1995
Off-campus Excellence 1995
Off-campus Excellence 1995
Off-campus Excellence 1994
Congratulations 1984
Off-campus Excellence 1984
Congratulations 1984
Off-campus Excellence 1911