Hong Li

Associate Research Professor

Degrees and Appointments

  • Associate Research Professor, 2020-present, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona
  • Senior Research Scientist, 2012-2016 and 2017-2020, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Senior Research Scientist, 2016-2017, Solar and Photovoltaics Engineering Research Center, Physical Science and Engineering Division, KAUST
  • Research Scientist, 2007-2012, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2007, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Research Associate, 2002-2005, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
  • RIKEN Fellow, 2000-2001, Muon Science Laboratory, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan
  • Assistant/Associate Professor, 1996-2002, Department of Physics, Nankai University, China
  • Ph.D. 1996, Department of Physics, Nankai University, China

Classification: Research Faculty

Fields of Study: Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry

Research

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.

  1. N. Jiang, J. Zhou, X.-L. Hao, J. Li, D. Zhang, J. Bacsa, E. S. Choi, A. Ramanathan, A. E. Baumbach, H. Li, J.-L. Bredas, Y. Han, H. S. La Pierre,* Electronic Spin Qubit Candidates Arrayed Within Layered Two-Dimensional Polymers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 207 (2023).
  2. A. K. Oanta, K. A. Collins, A. M. Evans, S. M. Pratik, L. A. Hall, M. J. Strauss, D. M. D’Alessandro, T. Rajh, D. E. Freedman, H. Li, J.-L. Brédas, L. Sun,* W. R. Dichtel,* Electronic Spin Qubit Candidates Arrayed Within Layered Two-Dimensional Polymers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 689 (2023).
  3. S. Bhunia, A. Pena-Duarte, Hu. Li, Ho. Li, M. FathiSanad, P. Saha, M. A. Addicoat, K. Sasaki, T. A. Strom, M. J. Yacamán, C. Cabrera, R. Seshadri, S. Bhattacharya, J.-L. Brédas, L. Echegoyen,*  [2,1,3]-Benzothiadiazole-Spaced Co-Porphyrin-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks for O2 Reduction, ACS Nano, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c09838 (2023).
  4. Z. A. Enderson, H. Murali, R. R. Dasari, Q. Dai, H. Li, T. C. Parker, J..-L. Brédas, S. R. Marder, P. N. First,* Tailoring On-Surface Molecular Reactions and Assembly through Hydrogen-Modified Synthesis: From Triarylamine Monomer to 2D Covalent Organic Framework, ACS Nano, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c11463 (2023)
  5. T. Zhu, L. Shen, S. Xun, J. S. Sarmiento, Y. Yang, L. Zheng, H. Li,* H. Wang,* J.‐L. Bredas,* X. Gong,* High‐performance ternary perovskite‐organic solar cells, Advanced Materials, 34, 2109348 (2022).
  6. A. M. Evans, K. A. Collins, S. Xun, T. G. Allen, S. Jhulki, I. Castano, H. L. Smith, M. J. Strauss, A. K. Oanta, L. Liu, L. Sun, O. G. Reid, G. Sini, D. Puggioni, J. M. Rondinelli, T. Rajh, N. C. Gianneschi, A. Kahn, D. E. Freedman, H. Li, S. Barlow, G. Rumbles, J.-L. Brédas, S. R. Marder, W. R. Dichtel, Controlled n-Doping of Naphthalene-Diimide-Based 2D Polymer, Advanced Materials, 34, 2101932 (2002).
  7. X. Zhong, X. Ni, S. Sidhik, H. Li, A. D. Mohite, J.-L. Bredas, A. Kahn, “Direct Characterization of Type-I Band Alignment in 2D Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskites”, Advanced Energy Materials, 12, 220233 (2022).
  8. Chen Yang, Jun Yin, Hong Li, Khulud Almasabi, Luis Gutiérrez-Arzaluz, Issam Gereige, Jean-Luc Brédas, Osman M Bakr, Omar F Mohammed, Engineering Surface Orientations for Efficient and Stable Hybrid Perovskite Single-Crystal Solar Cells, ACS Energy Lett., 7, 1544 (2022).
  9. X. Ni, H. Li, F. Liu, J.-L. Bredas,* Engineering of flat bands and Dirac bands in two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (COFs): relationships among molecular orbital symmetry, lattice symmetry, and electronic-structure characteristics, Materials Horizons, 9, 88 (2022).
  10. T. Niu, Y.‐M. Xie, Q. Xue,* S. Xun, Q. Yao, F. Zhen, W. Yan, H. Li,* J.‐L. Brédas,* H.‐L. Yip,* Y. Cao, Spacer Engineering of Diammonium‐Based 2D Perovskites toward Efficient and Stable 2D/3D Heterostructure Perovskite Solar Cells, Advanced Energy Materials, 12, 2102973 (2022).
  11. Xiaojuan Ni, Hong Li,* Jean-Luc Brédas,* “Organic self-assembled monolayers on superconducting NbSe2: interfacial electronic structure and energetics”, J. Phys.: Condensed Matter, 34, 294003 (2022).
  12. Q. Dai, H. Li,* G. Sini, J.-L. Bredas,* Evolution of the Nature of Excitons and Electronic Couplings in Hybrid 2D Perovskites as a Function of Organic Cation π‐Conjugation, Advanced Functional Materials, 2108662 (2021).
  13. S. Xun, H. Li,* G. Sini, J.-L. Bredas,* Impact of Imine Bond Orientations on the Geometric and Electronic Structures of Imine‐based Covalent Organic Frameworks, Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 16, 3781 (2021).
  14. B. Wang, H. Li, Q. Dai, M. Zhang, Z. Zou,* J.-L. Brédas,* Z. Lin,* Robust Molecular Dipole‐Enabled Defect Passivation and Control of Energy‐Level Alignment for High‐Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells, Angewandte Chemie, 133, 17805 (2021).
  15. A. Evans, A. Giri, V. Sangwan, S. Xun, M. Bartnof, C. Torres-Castanedo, H. Balch, M. Rahn, N. Bradshaw, E. Vitaku, D. Burke, H. Li, M. Bedzyk, F. Wang, J.-L. Brédas, J. Malen, A. McGaughey, M. Hersam, W. Dichtel, P. Hopkins,* Thermally conductive ultra-low-k dielectric layers based on two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks, Nature Materials, 20, 1142 (2021).
  16. D. Zhang, G. Wang, C. Chen, T. Joshi, X.-K. Chen, A. Evans, M. Matsumoto, W. Dichtel, H. Li,* M. Crommie,* J.-L. Brédas,* Mechanism of Formation of Benzotrithiophene-Based Covalent Organic Framework Monolayers on Coinage-Metal Surfaces: C–C Coupling Selectivity and Monomer–Metal Interactions, Chemistry of Materials, 32, 10688 (2020).
  17. H. Balch, A. Evans, R. Dasari, H. Li, R. Li, S. Thomas, D. Wang, R. Bisbey, K. Slicker, I. Castano, S. Xun, L. Jiang, C. Zhu, N. Gianneschi, D. Ralph, J.-L. Bredas, S. Marder, W. Dichtel, F. Wang,* “Electronically Coupled 2D Polymer/MoS2 Heterostructures”, 142, 21131 (2020). 
  18. S. Silver, S. Xun, H. Li, J.-L. Brédas, and A. Kahn*, Structural and Electronic Impact of an Asymmetric Organic Ligand in Diammonium Lead Iodide Perovskites, Advanced Energy Materials., 1903900 (2020).
  19. D. J. Rizzo, Qingqing Dai, C. Bronner, G. Veber, B. J. Smith, M. Matsumoto, S. Thomas, G. D. Nguyen, P. R. Forrester, W. Zhao, J. H. Jørgensen, W. R. Dichtel*, F. R. Fischer*, H. Li*, J.-L. Bredas*, M. F. Crommie*, Revealing the Local Electronic Structure of a Single-Layer Covalent Organic Framework through Electronic Decoupling, Nano Lett., 20, 963 (2020).
  20. S. Jhulki, A. M. Evans, X.-L. Hao, M. W. Cooper, C. H. Feriante,J. Leisen, H. Li, S. Barlow, J.-L. Brédas, W. R. Dichtel,* and S. R. Marder*, Humidity Sensing through Reversible Isomerization of a Covalent Organic Framework, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142, 783 (2020).
  21. Hu. Li, Ho. Li,* S. Xun, and J.-L. Bredas,* Doping Modulation of the Charge Injection Barrier between a Covalent Organic Framework Monolayer and Graphene, Chem. Mater., 32, 9228 (2020).
  22. T. Joshi, C. Chen, H. Li, C. S. Diercks, G. Wang, P. J. Waller, H. Li*, J.-L. Bredas*, Omar M. Yaghi*, and Michael F. Crommie*, Local Electronic Structure of Molecular Heterojunctions in a Single-Layer 2D Covalent Organic Framework, Adv. Mater., 31, 1805941 (2019).
  23. S. Zhang, X. Chen, A.-M. Ren, H. Li*, and J.-L. Bredas*, Impact of Organic Spacers on the Carrier Dynamics in 2D Hybrid Lead-Halide Perovskites, ACS Energy Lett., 4, 17, (2019).  
  24. S. Thomas, H. Li*, and J. L. Brédas*, Emergence of an Antiferromagnetic Mott Insulating Phase in Hexagonal π-Conjugated Covalent Organic Frameworks, Adv. Mater., 31, 1900355 (2019).
  25. Simil Thomas, Hong Li*, Cheng Zhong, Michio Matsumoto, William Dichtel, and Jean-Luc Brédas, Chem. Mater., 31, 3051 (2019).
  26. Simil Thomas, Hong Li, Raghunath R. Dasari, Austin M. Evans, Ioannina Castano, Taylor G. Allen, Obadiah G. Reid, Garry Rumbles, William R. Dichtel, Nathan C. Gianneschi, Seth R. Marder, Veaceslav Coropceanu*, and Jean-Luc Brédas*, Design and Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks with Four-Arm Cores: Prediction of Remarkable Ambipolar Charge-Transport Properties, Materials Horizon, 6, 1868 (2019).
  27. S. Silver, Q. Dai, H. Li, J.-L. Brédas, and A. Kahn, Quantum Well Energetics of an n = 2 Ruddlesden–Popper Phase Perovskite, Adv. Energy Mater., 9, 1901005 (2019).