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Dr Tao Peng
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Dr Tao Peng

Research Assistant Professor

Education and Academic Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, Taiyuan University of Technology
  • Master of Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology
  • Doctor of Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology

Research Overview

My research interest focuses on the design and synthesis of novel photo-functional materials for organic optoelectronics.

Research Interests

  • Functional Materials
  • Novel Materials Design
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Optoelectronics

Achievements

  1. X. Zheng, Z. Zhou, Z. Li, K.-Y. Tran, P. She, H. Wang, W.-Y. Wong,* Q. Zhao,* and P. Tao,* Designing Aromatic Moiety-Free Neutral Luminescent Manganese(II) Halide Scintillator for Efficient X-ray Imaging, J. Mater. Chem. C 2024, doi: 10.1039/d4tc01355g. (Invited article for Journal of Materials Chemistry C Emerging Investigators 2024)
  2. H. Jiang, J. Qiu, H. Li, J. Jin, P. Tao,* B. Zhang,* D. Ma,* and W.-Y. Wong,* Manipulating the Excited States from Charge-Transfer to Hybridized Local and Charge-Transfer towards High-Performance Blue Electroluminescence, Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 473, 145295.
  3. P. Tao,* X. Zheng, H. Jiang, X. Sheng, Y. Deng, Y. Y. I. Chan, Q. Zhao,* and W.-Y. Wong,* Efficient 1-(Thiophen-2-yl)isoquinoline-Based Ionic Iridophosphors with Bulky Counterion for Solution-Processed Deep-Red Electroluminescence, Dalton Trans. 2023, 52, 15496. (Invited article for “New Talent: Asia-Pacific” Special Issue)
  4. H. Jiang, H. Li, J. Jin, G. Ba. Bodedla, P. Tao,* D. Ma,* and W.-Y. Wong,* Orthogonal Anthracene and Pyrene Derivatives for Efficient Pure Deep-Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, J. Mater. Chem. C 2023, 11, 6438.
  5. J. Jin, C. Duan, H. Jiang, P. Tao,* H. Xu,* W.-Y. Wong,* Integrating Asymmetric O-B-N Unit in Multi-Resonance Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters towards High-Performance Deep-Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202218947.
  6. H. Jiang, P. Tao,* W.-Y. Wong,* Recent Advances in Triplet-Triplet Annihilation-Based Materials and Their Applications in Electroluminescence, ACS Mater. Lett. 2023, 5, 822.
  7. P. Tao,* Z. Lv, F.-Q. Zhao, X.-K. Zheng, H. Jiang, Y. Deng, S. Liu, G. Xie,* W.-Y. Wong,* Q. Zhao,* One-Pot Synthesis of Acetylacetonate-Based Isomeric Phosphorescent Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes via Random Cyclometalation: A Strategy for Excited State Manipulation, Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 1202.
  8. P. Tao,* Z. Lv, X.-K. Zheng, H. Jiang, S. Liu, H. Wang,* W.-Y. Wong,* Q. Zhao,* Isomer Engineering of Lepidine-Based Iridophosphors for Far-Red Hypoxia Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy, Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 17703.
  9. P. Tao,* X. Lü,* G. Zhou,* W.-Y. Wong,* Asymmetric Tris-Heteroleptic Cyclometalated Phosphorescent Iridium(III) Complexes: An Emerging Class of Metallophosphors, Acc. Mater. Res. 2022, 3, 830. (Highlighted in Front Cover, the most popular Cover of AMR in 2022)
  10. P. Tao, X.-K. Zheng, X.-Z. Wei, M.-T. Lau, Y.-K. Lee, Z.-K. Li, Z.-L. Guo, F.-Q. Zhao, X. Liu, S.-J. Liu, Q. Zhao,* Y.-Q. Miao,* W.-Y. Wong,* Chlorinated Yellow Phosphorescent Cyclometalated Neutral Iridophosphors Featuring Broad Emission Bandwidths for White Electroluminescence, Mater. Today Energy 2021, 21, 100773.
  11. P. Tao, S. Liu,* and W.-Y. Wong,* Phosphorescent Manganese(II) Complexes and Their Emerging Applications, Adv. Optical Mater. 2020, 8, 2000985.
  12. P. Tao, W. Li, J. Zhang, S. Guo, Q. Zhao,* H. Wang,* B. Wei, S. Liu, X. Zhou, Q. Yu, B. Xu, and W. Huang,* Facile Synthesis of Highly Efficient Lepidine-Based Phosphorescent Iridium(III) Complexes for Yellow and White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, 26, 881.
  1. P. Tao and W.-Y. Wong, 8.02 - Luminescent Transition-Metal Complexes and Their Applications in Electroluminescence, Editors: Jan Reedijk, Kenneth Poeppelmeier, Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry III (Third Edition), Elsevier, 2023, Volume 8, Pages 2−79, ISBN: 978-0-12-823153-1, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823144-9.00106-0. (~31,000 words)

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