Energy Conversion/Storage Devices & Materials
Nanostructured Fuel Cells & Batteries
Nanostructure Materials and Applications

[Work & Teaching Experiences]
2005-present    Professor, Soongsil University, Korea
2004-2005       Postdoctral Researcher, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
2003-2004       Postdoctral Researcher, Research Center for Energy Conversion and Storage

[Awards]
2015            Best Soongsil Fellow Professor (SFP) Award, Soongsil University
2013            Best Soongsil Fellow Professor (SFP) Award, Soongsil University
2012            Best Soongsil Fellow Professor (SFP) Award, Soongsil University
2011            Best Soongsil Fellow Professor (SFP) Award, Soongsil University
2006            Oronzio de Nora Foundation Prize on Electrochemical Energy Conversion, International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
2003            Student Research Award of the Battery Division, The Electrochemical Society (ECS, USA) 

[Professional Activity] 
Member of International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
Member of The Electrochemical Society (USA)
Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)
Member of The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Member of The Korean Electrochemical Society

"High-Performance Chemically Regenerative Redox Fuel Cells using a NO3-/NO Regeneration Reaction", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56 (2017) 2893-2897.
"Fe/N/S-doped mesoporous carbon nanostructures as electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in acid medium", Applied Catalysis B, 203 (2017) 889-898.
"3D flexible Si based-composite(Si@Si3N4)/CNF electrode with enhanced cyclability and high rate capability for lithium-ion batteries", Nano Energy, 27 (2016) 545-553.
"Chemically regenerative redox fuel cells using iron redox couple as a liquid catalyst with co-catalysts”, ACS-Catalysis, 6 (2016) 5302-5306.
"Bimodal porous iron-nitrogen doped highly crystalline carbon nanostructure as a cathode catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in an acid medium", ACS-Catalysis, 6 (2016) 5095-5102.
"Cubic and octahedral Cu2O nanostructures as anodes for lithium-ion batteries", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (2015) 23003-23010.
"Pd@Pt core-shell nanostructures for improved electrocatalytic activity in methanol oxidation reaction" , Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 179 (2015) 178-184.