Clean-hydrogen production using Alkaline electrolysis/SOEC (Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell)
Carbon dioxide(CO2) recycling using electrolysis and methane reaction
Electrolyte for solid state battery
Applications of defect chemistry of ceramic i.e. DRAM(Dynamic Random-Access Memory), Bioceramics
Fundamental research of Electrochemistry and Conduction mechanism
EDUCATION
2004-2008 Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH
2002-2004 M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH
1998-2002 B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH
WORK EXPERIENCE
2021 - present Associate Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, GIST
2015 - 2021 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Chungbuk National University
2012 - 2015 Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Energy Research
2009 - 2012 Post-doctoral Research Scientist(Alexander von Humboldt Fellow), Max-Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany
HONORS AWARDS
2018-2020 수소에너지 클러스터 구축 자문위원(충북)
2019 Solid State Ionics 국제 학회 조직위원
2014 우수 논문상(Korea Institute of Energy Research)
2014 Top Research Group award (Korea Institute of Energy Research)
2012 학술 연구상(Korea Institute of Energy Research)
2009 Alexander von Humboldt Post-doctoral Fellowship(Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany)
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Novel approach to integrate CO2 utilization coupled with direct methane conversion to C2 products using solid oxide electrolysis cell, Chemical Engineering Journal (2022)
Cellulose nanocrystals–blended zirconia/polysulfone composite separator for alkaline electrolyzer at low electrolyte contents, Chemical Engineering Journal (2022)
Nitric oxide utilization for ammonia production using solid electrolysis cell at atmospheric pressure, ACS Energy Letters (2021)
An innovative way to turn catalyst into substrate for highly efficient water splitting, Small (2021)
Strategy to Elucidate the Reaction Mechanism of Electrodes for Realistic Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells Using a Dense Bulk Material, Chemistry of Materials (2021)
A chemically and mechanically stable dual-phase membrane with high oxygen permeation flux, Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2020)
Novel strategy for improving the oxygen permeability of zirconia-based dual-phase membranes, Energy & Environmental Science (2019)
Simultaneous conversion of carbon dioxide and methane to syngas using oxygen transport membrane at pure CO2 and CH4 atmospheres, Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2018)
A new strategy for enhancing the thermo-mechanical and chemical stability of dual-phase mixed ionic electronic conductor oxygen membranes, Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2016)
Dramatically enhanced oxygen fluxes in fluorite-rich dual-phase membrane by surface modification, Chemistry of Materials (2014)
Novel oxygen transport membranes with tunable segmented structures, Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2014)
Measuring electrical properties of thin film fuel cell electrodes by in-situ infrared spectroscopy, Advanced Materials (2012)
REPRESENTATIVE PATENT
pH 및 양성자 전도도 값을 활용한 고 항균력 나노입자 선택방법(2020)
급속 구동 조건에서 안정한 직접 연소형 고체산화물 연료전지(2020)
Integrated carbon dioxide conversion system for connecting oxyfuel combustion and catalytic conversion process (US, 2019)
Apparatus for synthesizing ammonia (US, 2018)
Electrode-support type of gas-separation membrane module, tubular structure of same, production method for tubular structure, and hydrocarbon reforming method using same (US, 2017)
An electrode material for a lithium-ion battery and a method of manufacturing the same (EP, 2017)