Faculty
Aung Ko Ko Kyaw joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology as an Associate Professor in August 2017. He received both B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2007 and 2012, respectively. After that, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Prof. Alan Heeger at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany, and a Scientist at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering of A*STAR, Singapore, before joining SUSTech. He has published 130 journal papers and 4 book chapters and applied for 18 patents. He has an H-index of 43 and citations over 8800 times. He is an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Electronic Materials and Topic Editor of Photonics. He is recognized as one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University and the Best Electronics and Electrical Engineering Scientists in China by Research.com. He also received international awards such as the Distinguished Lectureship Award from the Chemical Society of Japan, Green Talents from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and the IAAM medal.
Education
2008 to 2012 Ph.D. Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2003 to 2007 B.Eng. (First Class Honours) Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Working Experiences
08. 2017 - Present Associate Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
02. 2014 - 08. 2017 Scientist, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore
01. 2012 - 01. 2014 Research Fellow at Nobel Laureate Prof Alan Heeger’s Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
08. 2013 - 09. 2014 Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
10. 2008 - 01. 2012 Project Officer, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
08. 2007 - 08. 2008 Research Officer, Institute of Microelectronics (A*STAR), Singapore
Research
Organic/molecular materials and devices
Perovskite optoelectronic devices
Doping in organic semiconductors
Wearable and flexible devices
Teaching
Introduction to Semiconductor Devices
Fundamentals of Photovoltaics
Engineering Ethics
Awards & Honors
Distinguished Lectureship Award from The Chemical Society of Japan
IAAM Medal from International Association of Advanced Materials, Sweden
Standford’s Top 2% Scientist
Excellent Residential College Mentor Award
A*STAR Investigatorship 2014 (final list)
Green Talents 2012 from Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (BMBF)
A*STAR International Fellowship
PhD prize in Environmental and Sustainability Research
A*STAR Graduate Scholarship
Publications
Dr. Kyaw has published 130 papers in well-regarded journals such as Nature Communications, Energy Environ. Sci., Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., ACS Nano, Nano Energy, Nano Lett., and 4 conference papers. His publications cover a wide range of topics, from organic/perovskite solar cells and photodetectors to thermoelectric devices and ambipolar transistors. Many of his papers were selected as cover pages of prestigious journals. He also authored/co-authored 4 book chapters and applied for 18 patents. He has a track record as an invited, plenary, and keynote speaker at international conferences, with over 30 talks delivered.
Papers
[1] A. K. K. Kyaw*, F. Jamalullah, L. Vaithieswari, M. J. Tan, L. Zhang and J. Zhang*, “Thermally Stable and Sterilizable Polymer Transistors for Reusable Medical Devices”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, 9533 (2016)
[2] V. V. Brus, A. K. K. Kyaw*, P. D. Maryanchuk, J. Zhang, “Quantifying interface states and bulk defects in high-efficiency solution-processed small-molecule solar cells by impedance and capacitance characteristics”, Progress in Photovoltaics, 23, 1526 (2015)
[3] C. Luo*, A. K. K. Kyaw, L. A. Perez, S. Patel, M. Wang, B. Grimm, G. C. Bazan, E. J. Kramer and A. J. Heeger*, “General Strategy for Self-Assembly of Highly Oriented Nanocrystalline Semiconducting Polymers with High Mobility”, Nano Letters,14, 2764 (2014) (Cited 171 times)
[4] A. K. K. Kyaw, D. H. Wang, L. Chan, Y. Cao, T. Q. Nguyen, G. C. Bazan and A. J. Heeger*, “Effects of Solvent Additives on Morphology, Charge Generation, Transport, and Recombination in Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells”, Adv. Energy Mat., 4, 1301469 (2014)
[5] A. K. K. Kyaw, D. H. Wang, D. Wynands, J. Zhang, T. Q. Nguyen, G. C. Bazan and A. J. Heeger*, “Improved Light Harvesting and Improved Efficiency by Insertion of an Optical Spacer (ZnO) in Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells”, Nano Letters, 13, 3796 (2013) (highlighted by Physics.org. Cited 316 times)
[6] A. K. K. Kyaw, D. H. Wang, V. Gupta, W. L. Leong, L. Ke, G. C. Bazan and A. J. Heeger*, “Intensity Dependence of Current–Voltage Characteristics and Recombination in High-Efficiency Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells”, ACS Nano, 7, 4569 (2013) (Cited 220 times)
[7] A. K. K. Kyaw, D. H. Wang, V. Gupta, J. Zhang, S. Chand, G. C. Bazan and A. J. Heeger*, “Efficient Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells with Inverted Structure”, Adv. Mat., 25, 2397 (2013) (Cited 336 times)