Zhengran He, Ph.D.

(He, Him, His)
Zhengran He, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
163 Burke
Mailing Address:
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
PENN STATE BEHREND
242 BURKE CENTER
5101 JORDAN ROAD
ERIE PA 16563

I received my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Alabama. Currently I am an Assistant Professor in ECET.

Machine learning, organic electronics, renewable energy

Advances in charge carrier mobility of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based organic semiconductors, Coatings - 2024
Collaborators: Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Hybrid system of polystyrene and semiconductor for organic electronic applicationss, Processes - 2024
Collaborators: Sheng Bi; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah, Corresponding Author

Recent progress in printing flexible electronics: A review, Science China Technological Sciences - 2024
Collaborators: Sheng Bi; Buhan Gao; Jacob Metts; Chengming Jiang, Corresponding Author; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah, Corresponding Author

Significant mobility enhancement by semicrystalline polymers additive for crystallization and charge transport in organic field-effect transistor, Electronic Materials Letters - 2024
Collaborators: Sheng Bi; Zehui Yao; Xu Han; Congjie Bi; Xiaolong Wang; Qiangqiang Chen; Yao Wang; Rongyi Wang; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Ruonan Song, Corresponding Author

Binary solvent engineering for small-molecular organic semiconductor crystallization, Materials Advances - 2023
Collaborators: Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Sheng Bi

Excitation threshold reduction techniques for organic semiconductor lasers: a review, Coatings - October 23, 2023
Collaborators: Yao Wang, Author; Xu Han; Linze Jin; Yuhui Meng; Chengming Jiang; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Recent progress in printing flexible electronics: A review, Science China Technological Sciences - July 25, 2023
Collaborators: Sheng Bi, Author; Buhan Gao; Jacob Metts; Chengming Jiang, Corresponding Author; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah, Corresponding Author

Recent progress in electrohydrodynamic jet printing for printed electronics: from 0D to 3D materials, Coatings - June 25, 2023
Collaborators: Shengh Bi, Author; Rongyi Wang; Xu Han; Yao Wang; Dongchen Tan; Baiou Shi; Chengming Jiang; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah, Corresponding Author

Flexible pressure visualization equipment for human-computer interaction, Materials Today Sustainability - March, 2023
Collaborators: Sheng Bi, Author; W. Jin; Jacob Metts; A. Ostrosky; Chengming Jiang, Corresponding Author; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah, Corresponding Author

Ultralarge curvature and extreme rapid degradable porous wood based flexible triboelectric sensor for physical motion monitoring, Advanced Materials Technologies - March, 2023
Collaborators: Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author; Xu Han; Qiangqiang Chen; Buhan Gao; Luhua Chen; Chengming Jiang

Mosaic charge distribution-based sliding and pressing triboelectrification under wavy configuration, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters - March 16, 2023
Collaborators: Xu Han, Author; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Chengming Jiang, Corresponding Author; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

A green binary solvent method to control organic semiconductor crystallization, ChemistrySelect - January 9, 2023
Collaborators: Li Sun, Author; Tianyu Li; Jiajian Zhou; Wenhao Li; Zhongming Wu; Ruikun Niu; Jinxiang Cheng; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah, Corresponding Author

Tailoring the molecular weight of polymer additives for organic semiconductors, Materials Advances - 2022
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Solvent exchange in controlling semiconductor morphology, Electronic Materials Letters - November, 2022
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Ultra-fast-responsivity with sharp contrast integrated flexible piezo electrochromic based tactile sensing display, Nano Energy - November, 2022
Collaborators: Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author; Wenlin Jin; Xu Han; Xuguang Cao; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Chengming Jiang, Corresponding Author

Manipulate organic crystal morphology and charge transport, Organic Electronics - April, 2022
Collaborators: Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Poly(α-methyl styrene) polymer additive for organic thin film transistors, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - January, 2022
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang, Author; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Dynamic photonic perovskite light-emitting diodes with post-treatment-enhanced crystallization as writable and wipeable inscribers, Nanoscale Advances - 2021
Collaborators: Sheng Bi, Author; Wei Zhao; Yeqing Sun; Chengming Jiang, Corresponding Author; Yun Liu; Qikun Li; Jinhui Song, Corresponding Author

Nanoscale alignment of semiconductor crystals for high-fidelity organic electronics applications, Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland) - 2021
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Poly(butyl acrylate) polymer enhanced phase segregation and morphology of organic semiconductor for solution‐processed thin film transistors, Journal of Applied Polymer Science - July 15, 2021
Collaborators: Yeqing Sun; Ziyang Zhang; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Crystal growth of small-molecule organic semiconductors with nucleation additive, Current Applied Physics - January, 2021
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author; Dawen Li, Corresponding Author

Large-dimensional organic semiconductor crystals with poly(butyl acrylate) polymer for solution-processed organic thin film transistors, Electronic Materials Letters - January, 2021
Collaborators: Yeqing Sun, Author; Ziyang Zhang; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Tuning charge transport in organic semiconductors with nanoparticles and hexamethyldisilazane, Journal of Nanoparticle Research - January, 2021
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi; Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author

Polyferrocenylsilane Semicrystalline Polymer Additive for Solution-Processed p-Channel Organic Thin Film Transistors, Polymers - January 27, 2021
Collaborators: Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Sheng Bi; Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author; Dawen Li, Corresponding Author

A facile and novel route to improve TIPS pentacene based organic thin film transistor performance with elastomer, Synthetic Metals - 2020
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author; Dawen Li, Corresponding Author

Effect of polymer molecular weight on morphology and charge transport of small-molecular organic semiconductors, Electronic Materials Letters - 2020
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi; Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author

High performance and efficiency resonant photo-effect-transistor by near-field nano-strip-controlled organic light emitting diode gate, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters - 2020
Collaborators: Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah, Author; Qikun Li; Chengming Jiang, Corresponding Author; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author; Yun Liu; Chuan Liu; Array Array

Nanoparticles for organic electronics applications, Materials Research Express - 2020
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Phase segregation controlled semiconductor crystallization for organic thin film transistors, Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices - 2020
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang, Author; Sheng Bi; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah

Phase segregation effect on TIPS pentacene crystallization and morphology for organic thin film transistors, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - 2020
Collaborators: Sheng Bi; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Ziyang Zhang

Ultra-high resolution position sensors with self-assembled nanowire arrays, Journal of Materials Chemistry C - 2020
Collaborators: Runze Chen, Author; Chuan Liu; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Ziyang Zhang; Yun Liu, Corresponding Author

Ultra-low misorientation angle in small-molecule semiconductor/polyethylene oxide blends for organic thin film transistors, Journal of Polymer Research - 2020
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author

Highly enhanced performance of integrated piezo photo-transistor with dual inverted OLED gate and nanowire array channel, Nano Energy - 2019
Collaborators: Sheng Bi, Author; Qikun Li; Qinglei Guo; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Yun Liu; Chengming Jiang, Corresponding Author

Layer-dependent anisotropic frictional behavior in two-dimensional monolayer hybrid perovskite/ITO layered heterojunctions, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics - 2019
Collaborators: Sheng Bi, Author; Qikun Li; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Tianbao Ma; Chaolong Tang; Zhongliang Ouyang; Yun Liu; Chengming Jiang, Corresponding Author

Long-range crystal alignment with polymer additive for organic thin film transistors, Journal of Polymer Research - 2019
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Poly(α-methylstyrene) polymer and small-molecule semiconductor blend with reduced crystal misorientation for organic thin film transistors, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - 2019
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Polyacrylate polymer assisted crystallization: Improved charge transport and performance consistency for solution-processable small-molecule semiconductor based organic thin film transistors, Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices - 2019
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Polymer additive controlled morphology for high performance organic thin film transistors, Soft Matter - 2019
Collaborators: Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author; Dawen Li, Corresponding Author

Review Article: Crystal alignment for high performance organic electronics devices, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films - 2019
Collaborators: Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author; Dawen Li, Corresponding Author

Self-assembly crystal microribbons with nucleation additive for high-performance organic thin film transistors, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics - 2019
Collaborators: Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah; Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Self-assembly diketopyrrolopyrrole-based materials and polymer blend with enhanced crystal alignment and property for organic field-effect transistors, Organic Electronics - 2019
Collaborators: Sheng Bi, Author; Yu Li; Zhongliang Ouyang; Qinglei Guo; Chengming Jiang, Corresponding Author

Small-molecule additives for organic thin film transistors, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - 2019
Collaborators: Ziyang Zhang; Sheng Bi, Corresponding Author

Temperature gradient controlled crystal growth from TIPS pentacene-poly(α-methyl styrene) blends for improving performance of organic thin film transistors, Organic Electronics - 2016
Collaborators: Kyeiwaa Asare-Yeboah, Author; Sheng Bi; Dawen Li, Corresponding Author

Air-stable solution-processed n -channel organic thin film transistors with polymer-enhanced morphology, Applied Physics Letters - 2015
Collaborators: Shoieb Shaik; Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author; Dawen Li, Corresponding Author

Solution-grown small-molecule organic semiconductor with enhanced crystal alignment and areal coverage for organic thin film transistors, AIP Advances - 2015
Collaborators: Sheng Bi, Author; Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author; Dawen Li, Corresponding Author

Solution-based 5,6,11,12-tetrachlorotetracene crystal growth for high-performance organic thin film transistors, Organic Electronics - July, 2015
Collaborators: Nereo Lopez; Xiaoliu Chi, Corresponding Author; Dawen Li, Primary Author

Improving performance of TIPS pentacene-based organic thin film transistors with small-molecule additives, Organic Electronics - 2014
Collaborators: Jihua Chen; Jong Keum; Greg Szulczewski ; Dawen Li, Corresponding Author

Conjugated polymer controlled morphology and charge transport of small-molecule organic semiconductors, Scientific Reports - 2013
Collaborators: Sheng Bi; Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author; Dawen Li, Corresponding Author

Conjugated polymer-mediated polymorphism of a high performance, small-molecule organic semiconductor with tuned intermolecular interactions, enhanced long-range order, and charge transport, Chemistry of Materials - 2013
Collaborators: Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author; Ming Shao; Kai Xiao; Dawen Li; Bradley Lokitz; Dale Hensley; Michael Kilbey; John Anthony; Jong Keum; Adam Rondinone; Wen-ya Lee; Sanghyun Hong; Zhenan Bao, Corresponding Author

Switching phase separation mode by varying the hydrophobicity of polymer additives in solution-processed semiconducting small-molecule/polymer blends, Applied Physics Letters - 2013
Collaborators: Dawen Li, Corresponding Author; Dale Hensley; Adam Rondinone; Jihua Chen, Corresponding Author

Air-flow navigated crystal growth for TIPS pentacene-based organic thin-film transistors, Organic Electronics - 2012
Collaborators: Jihua Chen; Zhenzhong Sun; Greg Szulczewski; Dawen Li, Corresponding Author

Enhanced performance consistency in nanoparticle/TIPS pentacene-based organic thin film transistors, Advanced Functional Materials - 2011
Collaborators: Kai Xiao; William Durant; Dale Hensley; John Anthony; Kunlun Hong; Michael Kilbey; Jihua Chen; Dawen Li, Corresponding Author

PhD, Electrical Engineering,  The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

BS, Electronic Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China