Publications

[55] Daniel Z. Zheng†, Jiayu Peng*†, Kaylee McCormack, Hongbin Xu, Jin Soo Kang, Zhenshu Wang, Zhichu Ren, Ju Li, Yuriy Román-Leshkov*, Yang Shao-Horn*
EES Catalysis 2024, in press (DOI: 10.1039/d4ey00100a)
“Uniting activity design principles of anode catalysts for direct liquid fuel cells"

[54] Seoni Kim, Jin Soo Kang*, Taekyoon Moon, Hwajoo Joo, Chanhyeong Lee, Yung-Eun Sung*, Jeyong Yoon*
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2024, 128, 10042-10049
“Highly selective electrochemical magnesium recovery using a spinel-structured manganese oxide"

[53] Zhenshu Wang†, Jin Soo Kang*†, Daniel Göhl, Paul Paciok, Danelle S. Gonçalves, Hyung-Kyu Lim, Daniela Zanchet, Marc Heggen, Yang Shao-Horn*, Marc Ledendecker*, Yuriy Román-Leshkov*
Advanced Energy Materials 2024, 14, 2304092
“Platinum/tantalum carbide core-shell nanoparticles with sub-monolayer shells for methanol and oxygen electrocatalysis"

[52] Seoni Kim*, Hyejung Shin, Jin Soo Kang*
Current Opinion in Electrochemistry 2023, 40, 101321
“Electrochemical reduction of captured CO2: A route toward the integrated carbon capture and utilization” 

[51] Daniel Göhl*, Paul Paciok, Zhenshu Wang, Jin Soo Kang, Marc Heggen, Karl J. J. Mayrhofer, Yuriy Román-Leshkov*, Marc Ledendecker*
Nano Select 2023, 4, 271-277
“Core passivation: A concept for stable core-shell nanoparticles in aqueous electrocatalysis"

[50] Yunjai Jang, Chia-Hung Hou, Kyungjung Kwon, Jin Soo Kang, Eunhyea Chung*
Chemosphere 2023, 317, 137865
“Selective recovery of lithium and ammonium from spent lithium-ion batteries using intercalation electrodes” 

[49] Kyle M. Diederichsen†, Rezvan Sharifian†, Jin Soo Kang, Yayuan Liu, Seoni Kim, Betar M. Gallant, David Vermaas, T. Alan Hatton*
Nature Reviews Methods Primers 2022, 2, 68
“Electrochemical methods for carbon dioxide separations” 

[48] Jin Soo Kang†, Seoni Kim†, Jiho Kang, Hwajoo Joo, Junghwan Jung, Kyusik Jo, Subin Park, Hyoung-il Kim, Sung Jong Yoo, Jeyong Yoon*, Yung-Eun Sung*, T. Alan Hatton*
Environmental Science & Technology 2022, 56, 12602-12612
“Surface electrochemistry of carbon electrodes and Faradaic reactions in capacitive deionization” 

[47] Ali Hemmatifar, Jin Soo Kang, Nil Ozbek, Kai-Jher Tan, T. Alan Hatton*
ChemSusChem 2022, 15, e202102533
“Electrochemically-mediated direct CO2 capture by a stackable bipolar cell” 

[46] Jin Soo Kang, Seoni Kim, T. Alan Hatton*
Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2021, 31, 100504
“Redox-responsive sorbents and mediators for electrochemically based CO2 capture” 

[45] Seok Kim, Jin Soo Kang, Seoni Kim, Seongmin Kang, Yung-Eun Sung, Kangwoo Cho*, Jeyong Yoon*
Catalysis Today 2021, 375, 514-521
“Electrochemical regeneration of free chlorine treated nickel oxide catalysts for oxidation of aqueous pollutants” 

[44] Young-Hoon Lee, Jin Soo Kang, In-Rok Jo, Yung-Eun Sung*, Kwang-Soon Ahn*
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 2021, 895, 115479
“Double-layer cobalt selenide/nickel selenide with web-like nanostructures as a high-performance electrode material for supercapacitors” 

[43] Juwon Jeong†, Jin Soo Kang†, Heejong Shin, Soo Hong Lee, Junghwan Jang, Taeghwan Hyeon, Hyun S. Park*, Yung-Eun Sung*
Chemical Communications 2021, 57, 3445-3448
“Self-supported mesoscopic tin oxide nanofilms for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxides to formate” (highlighted as front cover paper) 

[42] Seoni Kim†, Minjune Choi†, Jin Soo Kang, Hwajoo Joo, Byung Hyun Park, Yung-Eun Sung, Jeyong Yoon*
Catalysis Today 2021, 359, 83-89
“Electrochemical recovery of LiOH from used CO2 adsorbents” 

[41] Hyeji Park, Kyungbae Kim, Kyeongjae Jeong, Jin Soo Kang, Hoon-Hwe Cho, Yung-Eun Sung, Heung Nam Han, Jae-Hun Kim, David C. Dunand, Heeman Choe*
Applied Surface Science 2020, 525, 146592
“Integrated porous cobalt oxide/cobalt anode with micro/nano-hybrid pores for lithium ion battery”

[40] Seoni Kim†, Jin Soo Kang†, Hwajoo Joo, Yung-Eung Sung*, Jeyong Yoon*
Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54, 9044-9051
“Understanding the behaviors of λ-MnO2 in electrochemical lithium recovery: key limiting factors and a route to the enhanced performance” 

[39] Young-Hoon Lee, Jin Soo Kang*, Jeong-Hyun Park, Jiho Kang, In-Rok Jo, Yung-Eun Sung*, Kwang-Soon Ahn*
Nano Energy 2020, 72, 104720
“Color-switchable electrochromic Co(OH)2/Ni(OH)2 nanofilms with ultrafast kinetics for multifunctional smart windows” 

[38] Jongkuk Ko, Youngkeol Kim, Jin Soo Kang, Rüdiger Berger*, Hyunsik Yoon*, Kookheon Char*
Advanced Materials 2020, 32, 1908087
“Enhanced vertical charge transport of homo- and blended semiconducting polymers by nanoconfinement” 

[37] Jin Soo Kang†, Seoni Kim†, Dong Young Chung, Yoon Jun Son, Kyusik Jo, Xiao Su, Myeong Jae Lee, Hwajoo Joo, T. Alan Hatton, Jeyong Yoon*, Yung-Eun Sung*
Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 30, 1909387
“Rapid inversion of surface charges in heteroatom-doped porous carbon: a route to robust electrochemical desalination” 

[36] Soonkoo Lee, Daekyun Lee, Chul-Suk Hong, Jee-Eun Yang, Jin Soo Kang, Yung-Eun Sung, Seung R. Paik*
Langmuir 2019, 35, 11923-11931
“Alternative assembly of α-synuclein leading to protein film formation and its application to develop polydiacetylene-based sensing material” 

[35] Kyungju Nam†, Sukyung Lee†, Kicheol Hong, Jin Soo Kang, Hyungyung Jo, Hyeji Park, Yung-Eun Sung, Péter Jenei, Jenő Gubicza, Kyungjung Kwon, Ho-Seok Nam*, Heeman Choe*
Advanced Engineering Materials 2019, 21, 1801265
“Freeze casting is a facile method to create solid solution alloy foams: Cu-Ni alloy foams via freeze casting” 

[34] Hyeji Park, Kicheol Hong, Jin Soo Kang, Teakyung Um, Michal Knapek, Peter Minárik, Yung-Eun Sung, Kristián Máthis*, Akiko Yamamoto*, Hyun-Kyung Kim, Heeman Choe
Materials Science & Engineering C 2019, 97, 367-376
“Acoustic emission analysis of the compressive deformation of iron foams and their biocompatibility study” 

[33] Jin Soo Kang†, Jiho Kang†, Yung-Eun Sung*
ChemSusChem 2019, 12, 772-786
“Recent progress on design and synthesis of nitrides for mesoscopic and perovskite solar cells”

[32] Jin Soo Kang†, Jiho Kang†, Jiyoung Chae†, Yoon Jun Son, Juwon Jeong, Jin Kim, Jae-Yup Kim, Soon Hyung Kang, Kwang-Soon Ahn*, Yung-Eun Sung*
Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2018, 165, H954-H961
“Vapor-deposited tungsten carbide nano-dendrites as sulfur-tolerant electrocatalysts for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells” 

[31] Jin Soo Kang†, Jiho Kang†, Dong Young Chung†, Yoon Jun Son, Seoni Kim, Sungjun Kim, Jin Kim, Juwon Jeong, Myeong Jae Lee, Heejong Shin, Subin Park, Sung Jong Yoo, Min Jae Ko, Jeyong Yoon, Yung-Eun Sung*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2018, 6, 20170-20183
“Tailoring the porosity of MOF-derived N-doped carbon electrocatalysts for highly efficient solar energy conversion” 

[30] Hyeji Park†, Teakyung Um†, Kicheol Hong, Jin Soo Kang, Ho-Seok Nam, Kyungjung Kwon, Yung-Eun Sung, Heeman Choe*
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B 2018, 49B, 2182-2190
“Effects of powder carrier on the morphology and compressive strength of iron foams: water vs. camphene” 

[29] Dong Young Chung, Ji Mun Yoo, Subin Park, Gwan Yeong Jung, Jin Soo Kang, Chi-Yeong Ahn, Sang Kyu Kwak, Yung-Eun Sung*
Small 2018, 14, 1802191
“Edge-terminated MoS2 nanoassembled electrocatalyst via in situ hybridization with 3D carbon network” 

[28] Jin Kim†, Jin Soo Kang†, Juwon Jeong, Yoon Jun Son, Myeong Jae Lee, Jiho Kang, Ahyoun Lim, Hyun S. Park*, Yung-Eun Sung*
Journal of Power Sources 2018, 396, 213-219
“Electrochemically synthesized nanostructured iron carbide/carbon composite as a low-cost counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells” 

[27] Jin Soo Kang†, Jin Kim†, Jeong Soo Kim, Kyungju Nam, Hyungyung Jo, Yoon Jun Son, Jiho Kang, Juwon Jeong, Heeman Choe*, Tae-Hyuk Kwon*, Yung-Eun Sung*
ACS Applied Energy Materials 2018, 1, 4178-4185
“Electrochemically synthesized mesoscopic nickel oxide films as photocathodes for dye-sensitized solar cells” 

[26] Jae-Yup Kim†, Youn Jeong Jang†, Jongwoo Park, Jeehye Kim, Jin Soo Kang, Dong Young Chung, Yung-Eun Sung, Changhee Lee, Jae Sung Lee*, Min Jae Ko*
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2018, 227, 409-417
“Highly loaded PbS/Mn-Doped CdS quantum dots for dual applications in solar-to-electrical and solar-to-chemical energy conversion” 

[25] Heejong Shin†, Narae Kang†, Daye Kang, Jin Soo Kang, Ju Hong Ko, Doo Hun Lee, Subin Park, Seung Uk Son*, Yung-Eun Sung*
ChemElectroChem 2018, 5, 1905-1913
“Understanding the roles of sulfur dopants in carbonaceous electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: the relationship between catalytic activity and work function” 

[24] Jin Soo Kang†, Jae-Yup Kim†, Jungjin Yoon†, Jin Kim, Jiwoong Yang, Dong Young Chung, Min-cheol Kim, Yoon Jun Son, Bong Gyu Kim, Juwon Jeong, Taeghwan Hyeon, Mansoo Choi*, Min Jae Ko*, Yung-Eun Sung*
Advanced Energy Materials 2018, 8, 1703114
“Room-temperature vapor deposition of cobalt nitride nanofilms for mesoscopic and perovskite solar cells” 

[23] Yoon Jun Son†, Jin Soo Kang†, Jungjin Yoon, Jin Kim, Juwon Jeong, Jiho Kang, Myeong Jae Lee, Hyun S. Park*, Yung-Eun Sung*
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122, 7051-7060
“Influence of TiO2 particle size on dye-sensitized solar cells employing an organic sensitizer and a cobalt(III/II) redox electrolyte” 

[22] Jin Soo Kang†, Jin Kim†, Jae-Yup Kim, Myeong Jae Lee, Jiho Kang, Yoon Jun Son, Juwon Jeong, Sun Ha Park, Min Jae Ko*, Yung-Eun Sung*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10, 8611-8620
“Highly efficient bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells employing polymeric counter electrodes” 

[21] Jin Soo Kang†, Jin Kim†, Myeong Jae Lee†, Yoon Jun Son, Dong Young Chung, Subin Park, Juwon Jeong, Ji Mun Yoo, Heejong Shin, Heeman Choe, Hyun S. Park*, Yung-Eun Sung*
Advanced Science 2018, 5, 1700601
“Electrochemically synthesized nanoporous molybdenum carbide as a durable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction”

[20] Dong Young Chung†, Yoon Jun Son†, Ji Mun Yoo†, Jin Soo Kang, Chi-Yeong Ahn, Subin Park, Yung-Eun Sung*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9, 41303-41313
“Coffee waste-derived hierarchical porous carbon as a highly active and durable electrocatalyst for electrochemical energy applications” 

[19] Jin Soo Kang, Hyelim Choi, Jin Kim, Hyeji Park, Jae-Yup Kim, Jung-Woo Choi, Seung-Ho Yu, Kyung Jae Lee, Sun Ha Park, Yong-Hun Cho, Jun-Ho Yum, David C. Dunand, Heeman Choe*, Yung-Eun Sung*
Small 2017, 13, 1701458
“Multidimensional anodized titanium foam photoelectrode for efficient utilization of photons in mesoscopic solar cells” 

[18] Myeong Jae Lee†, Jin Soo Kang†, Docheon Ahn, Dong Young Chung, Subin Park, Yoon Jun Son, Ji Mun Yoo, Heejong Shin, Yun Sik Kang, Nark-Eon Sung, Kug-Seung Lee*, Yung-Eun Sung*
Electrochimica Acta 2017, 245, 219-226
“Lithium manganese phosphate-carbon composite as a highly active and durable electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction”

[17] Jin Soo Kang, Yoonsook Noh, Jin Kim, Hyelim Choi, Tae Hwa Jeon, Docheon Ahn, Jae-Yup Kim, Seung-Ho Yu, Hyeji Park, Jun-Ho Yum, Wonyong Choi, David C. Dunand, Heeman Choe*, Yung-Eun Sung*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017, 56, 6583-6588
“Iron oxide photoelectrode with multidimensional architecture for highly efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting” 

[16] Kyungju Nam, Hyeong-Gwan Kim, Hyelim Choi*, Hyeji Park, Jin Soo Kang, Yung-Eun Sung, Hee Chul Lee*, Heeman Choe
Journal of Electronic Materials 2017, 46, 3748-3756
“Morphology and gas-sensing properties of tin oxide foams with dual pore structure” 

[15] Jin Soo Kang†, Jin Kim†, Myeong Jae Lee†, Yoon Jun Son, Juwon Jeong, Dong Young Chung, Ahyoun Lim, Heeman Choe, Hyun S. Park*, Yung-Eun Sung*
Nanoscale 2017, 9, 5413-5424
“Electrochemical synthesis of nanoporous tungsten carbide and its application as electrocatalysts for photoelectrochemical cells” 

[14]  Ghibom Bhak†, Junghee Lee†, Chang-Hyun Kim, Dong Young Chung, Jin Hyoun Kang, Soojung Oh, Jungsup Lee, Jin Soo Kang, Ji Mun Yoo, Jee Eun Yang, Kun Yil Rhoo, Sunghak Park, Somin Lee, Ki Tae Nam, Noo Li Jeon, Jyongsik Jang, Byung Hee Hong, Yung-Eun Sung, Myung-Han Yoon, Seung R. Paik*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9, 8519-8532
“High-density single-layer coating of gold nanoparticles onto multiple substrates by using an intrinsically disordered protein of α-synuclein for nanoapplications” 

[13] Juwon Jeong†, Woojeong Bak†, Jung-Woo Choi, Kyung Jae Lee, Jin Soo Kang, Jin Kim, Dong Gwan Kim, Won Cheol Yoo*, Yung-Eun Sung*
Electrochimica Acta 2016, 222, 1079-1085
“Application of three-dimensionally ordered mesoporous TiO2 particles as dual-function scatterers in dye-sensitized solar cells” 

[12] Segeun Jang†, Jin Soo Kang†, Jong-Kwon Lee, Sang Moon Kim, Yoon Jun Son, Ahyoun Lim, Hyesung Cho, Jin Kim, Juwon Jeong, Gunhee Lee, Yung-Eun Sung*, and Mansoo Choi*
Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26, 6584-6592
“Enhanced light harvesting in mesoscopic solar cells by multilevel multiscale patterned photoelectrodes with superpositioned optical properties”

[11] Jin Soo Kang†, Joohyun Lim†, Won-Yeop Rho, Jin Kim, Doo-Sik Moon, Juwon Jeong, Dongwook Jung, Jung-Woo Choi, Jin-Kyu Lee*, and Yung-Eun Sung*
Scientific Reports 2016, 6, 30829
“Wrinkled silica/titania nanoparticle with tunable interwrinkle distances for efficient utilization of photons in dye-sensitized solar cells” 

[10] Myeong Jae Lee†, Jin Soo Kang†, Yun Sik Kang†, Dong Young Chung, Heejong Shin, Chi-Yeong Ahn, Subin Park, Mi-Ju Kim, Sungjun Kim, Kug-Seung Lee*, and Yung-Eun Sung*
ACS Catalysis 2016, 6, 2398-2407
“Understanding the bifunctional effect for removal of CO poisoning: blend of a platinum nanocatalyst and hydrous ruthenium oxide as a model system” 

[9] Jae-Hyuk Park†, Jin Soo Kang†, In Young Cha, Jin Kim, Kyung Jae Lee, and Yung-Eun Sung*
Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society 2015, 36, 2213-2220
“Preparation of WO3 thin films by successive dip coating for electrochromic and photoelectrochromic devices” 

[8] Jin Soo Kang†, Min-Ah Park†, Jae-Yup Kim†, Sun Ha Park, Dong Young Chung, Seung-Ho Yu, Jin Kim, Joongwoo Park, Jung-Woo Choi, Kyung Jae Lee, Juwon Jeong, Min Jae Ko*, Kwang-Soon Ahn*, and Yung-Eun Sung*
Scientific Reports 2015, 5, 10450
“Reactively sputtered nickel nitride as electrocatalytic counter electrode for dye- and quantum dot-sensitized solar cells” 

[7] Jae-Yup Kim†, Jin Soo Kang†, Junyoung Shin, Jin Kim, Seung-Joo Han, Jongwoo Park, Yo-Sep Min, Min Jae Ko*, and Yung-Eun Sung*
Nanoscale 2015, 7, 8368-8377
“Highly uniform and vertically aligned SnO2 nanochannel arrays for photovoltaic applications”

[6] Seoni Kim, Jaehan Lee, Jin Soo Kang, Kyusik Jo, Seonghwan Kim, Yung-Eun Sung, and Jeyong Yoon*
Chemosphere 2015, 125, 50-56
“Lithium recovery from brine using a λ-MnO2/activated carbon hybrid supercapacitor system” 

[5] Jae-Yup Kim, Kyeong-Hwan Lee, Junyoung Shin, Sun Ha Park, Jin Soo Kang, Kyu Seok Han, Myung Mo Sung, Nicola Pinna, and Yung-Eun Sung*
Nanotechnology 2014, 25, 504003
“Highly ordered and vertically oriented TiO2/Al2O3 nanotube electrodes for application in dye-sensitized solar cells”

[4] Sun Ha Park†, Yong-Hun Cho†, Myounggeun Choi, Hyelim Choi, Jin Soo Kang, Ji Hyun Um, Jung-Woo Choi, Heeman Choe*, and Yung-Eun Sung*
Surface & Coatings Technology 2014, 259, 560-569
“Nickel-nitride-coated nickel foam as a counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells” 

[3] Choonsoo Kim, Seonghwan Kim, Jusol Choi, Jaehan Lee, Jin Soo Kang, Yung-Eun Sung, Jihwa Lee, Wonyong Choi, and Jeyong Yoon*
Electrochimica Acta 2014, 141, 113-119
“Blue TiO2 nanotube array as an oxidant generating novel anode material fabricated by simple cathodic polarization”

[2] Sun Ha Park†, Ok-Hee Kim†, Jin Soo Kang, Kyung Jae Lee, Jung-Woo Choi, Yong-Hun Cho*, and Yung-Eun Sung*
Electrochimica Acta 2014, 137, 661-667
“Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) inverse opal electrode fabricated from poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiphene):poly(styrene sulfonate) filled polystyrene template for dye-sensitized solar cells” 

[1] Jung-Woo Choi, Homan Kang, Minwoo Lee, Jin Soo Kang, San Kyeong, Jin-Kyoung Yang, Jin Kim, Dae Hong Jeong, Yoon-Sik Lee, and Yung-Eun Sung*
RSC Advances 2014, 4, 19851-19855
“Plasmon-enhanced dye-sensitized solar cells using SiO2 spheres decorated with tightly assembled silver nanoparticles”