Department of Future Energy Engineering
Office Research Complex 2, 83695Ajkim765@skku.edu
031-299-4057
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Education
2009-2013 B.S. Chemical Engineering, KAIST
2013-2018 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Georgia Tech
Experience
2019-2022 Postdoctoral scholar, Applied Science Research Center, KAIST
2022-2024 Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Hongik University
2024-present Assistant Professor, Future Energy Engineering (FEE), SKKU
Research Interest
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cell
Hydrogen
Electrolysis
Ex-solution
Journal Articles
(2023) An Universal Oxygen-Electrode for Reversible Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells at Reduced Temperatures, Energy & Environmental Science
(2022) Water as Hole-Predatory Instrumental to Create Metal Nanoparticles on Triple-Conducting Oxides, Energy & Environmental Science, 15, 1097-1105
(2021) Promotion of Oxygen Reduction Reaction on a Double Perovskite Electrode by a Water-induced Surface Modification, Energy & Environmental Science, 14, 1506-1516
(2018) A Robust Fuel Cell Operated on Nearly Dry Methane at 500oC Enabled by Synergistic Thermal Catalysis and Electrocatalysis, Nature Energy, 3, 1042-1050
(2018) A Highly Active, CO2-tolerent Electrode for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Energy & Environmental Science, 11 (9), 2458 – 2466
(2022) Self-Assembled Nano-Composite Perovskites as Highly Efficient and Robust Hybrid Cathode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10, 2496-2508
(2021) Understanding the Impact of Sulfur Poisoning on the Methane-Reforming Activity of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode, ACS Catalysis, 11, 21, 13556-13566
(2021) Nanoparticle Ex-solution for Supported Catalysts: Materials Design, Mechanism and Future Perspectives, ACS Nano, 15, 1, 81-110
(2020) Ex‐Solved Ag Nanocatalysts on a Sr‐Free Parent Scaffold Authorize a Highly Efficient Route of Oxygen Reduction, Advanced Functional Materials, 30, 27, (2020): 2001326. Front Cover.
(2020) Unraveling the Mechanism of Water-Mediated Sulfur Tolerance via Operando Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12, 2, 2370-2379
(2022) Advances in Materials and Interface Understanding in Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells, Advanced Materials Technologies (2022): 2201075
(2023) Rocking chair-like movement of ex-solved nanoparticles on the Ni-Co doped La0.6Ca0.4FeO3-δ oxygen carrier during chemical looping reforming coupled with CO2 splitting, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 332, 5 (2023): 122745
(2022) Oxidative Strong Metal–Support Interaction Induced by an Amorphous TiOx Seed Layer Boosts the Electrochemical Performance and High-Temperature Durability of Pt Nanocatalysts. ACS Catalysis, 12(14), 8593-8600
(2022) A measure of active interfaces in supported catalysts for high-temperature reactions, Chem, 8(3), 815-535
(2020) Exceptional Tunability over Size and Density of Spontaneously Formed Nanoparticles via Nucleation Dynamics, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12, 21, 24039-24047