School of Chemical Engineering
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Education
2012.3 - 2018.2 Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University (Advisor: Prof. Jooho Moon)
2007.3 - 2012.2 B.S. in Ceramic Engineering, Yonsei University
Experience
2022.2 - present Assistant Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, SKKU
2019.9 - 2021.11 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich (Advisor: Prof. David Tilley)
2018.3 - 2019.8 Postdoctoral Researcher, Yonsei University
Research Interest
Photoelectrochemical water splitting for solar hydrogen production
Solution-processing of chalcogenide light absorbers
Solar energy conversion devices
Advanced device characterizations with small perturbation methods
Low-cost electrocatalysts for energy conversion applications
Journal Articles
(2023) Bi2S3-Cu3BiS3 Mixed Phase Interlayer for High-Performance Cu3BiS3-Photocathode for 2.33% Unassisted Solar Water Splitting Efficiency. ADVANCED SCIENCE, In poress
(2022) Crystal orientation-dependent etching and trapping in thermally-oxidised Cu2O photocathodes for water splitting ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. 15, 2002-2010.
(2022) Interfacial Dipole Layer Enables High-Performance Heterojunctions for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. ACS ENERGY LETTERS. 7, 1392-1402.
(2021) Operando Analysis of Semiconductor Junctions in Multi-Layered Photocathodes for Solar Water Splitting by Impedance Spectroscopy. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS. 11, 2003569.
(2020) Solar water splitting exceeding 10 % efficiency via low-cost Sb2Se3 photocathodes coupled with semitransparent perovskite photovoltaics. ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. 13, 4362-4370.
(2020) Benchmark performance of low-cost Sb2Se3 photocathodes for unassisted solar overall water splitting. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 11, 861.
(2020) Hierarchal Nanorod-Derived Bilayer Strategy to Enhance Photocurrent Density of Sb2Se3Photocathodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. ACS ENERGY LETTERS 5, 136.
(2019) Strategies for Enhancing Photocurrent, Photovoltage, and Stability of Photoelectrodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS. 48, 4979.
(2019) Rapid Advances in Antimony Triselenide Photocathodes for Solar Hydrogen Generation. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRAY A. 7, 20467-20477.
(2019) Cu-doped NiO as an Effective Hole Selective Layer for High Performance Sb2Se3 Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. ACS ENERGY LETTERS. 4, 995.
(2019) Fullerene as a photo-electron transfer promoter enabling stable TiO2-protected Sb2Se3 photocathodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS. 9, 1900179.
(2019) Efficient Solar to Hydrogen Conversion from Neutral Electrolytes using Morphology-Controlled Sb2Se3 Light Absorbers. ACS ENERGY LETTERS. 4, 517
(2019) Boosting Visible-Light Harvesting in p-type Ternary Oxides for Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion using Inverse Opal Structure. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS. 29, 1900194.
(2018) Time-Resolved Observation of Photo-Generated Charge Carrier Dynamics in Sb2Se3 Photocathodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. ACS NANO. 12, 11088.
(2018) Adjusting the anisotropy of 1D Sb2Se3 nanostructures for highly efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS. 8, 1702888.