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(04/2022) Prof. Ham delivers an invited talk on "Density functional study on the electrochemical synthesis of ammonia in hetero double atom catalyst " at the NH3 and CO2 symposium at 2022 Spring Meeting of The Korean Electrochemical Society, held in Jeju, Korea.
(04/2022) Our CCEL team (Eoyoon Lee, Elim Kim) attended 2022 Spring Meeting of The Korean Electrochemical Society, held in Jeju, Korea.
(03/2022) Ho Chang Song moved to Department of chemical engineering, the University of Texas at Austin to conduct the research on the modeling of solid-liquid interface phenomena for fuel cell applications for three months as an exchange graduate student, which is funded by BK21 four project.
(03/2022) Our CCEL team (Hwa Woong Cha, Ho Chang Song, Eoyoon Lee, Je Gyu Oh) attended ACS Spring Meeting 72nd Annual Meeting, held in San Diego, CA, USA.
(03/2022) Hyun Ju Lee joined our research group as undergraduate student researcher.
(03/2022) Eun Seong You joined our research group as undergraduate student researcher.
(03/2022) Yun Do Kim joined our research group as POST-Master researcher
(02/2022) Hwa Woong moved to Department of chemical engineering, the University of Texas at Austin to conduct the research on the modeling of solid-liquid interface phenomena for fuel cell applications for three months as an exchange graduate student, which is funded by BK21 four project.
(02/2022) Elim Kim joined our research group as a undergraduate researcher. He is expected to pursue his MS degree in our team. Welcome Elim Kim!!
(01/2022) CCEL welcome undergraduate student interns (Elim Kim, and Minki Choi). They will learn DFT calculation during winter vacation.
(01/2022) Seung-hoon and Hochang' paper entitled "Impact of Dopant-induced Ensemble Structure of Hetero Double Atom Catalysts in Electrochemical NH3 Production" has been accepted to Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Congratulation !!
(01/2022) A research project for computational design of H2 production catalyst from biomass as the part of Hydrogen Innovation Research program, which is funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), is approved to enter the 2nd phase. Our role is the computational design of biomass decomposition catalyst.
(12/2021) Geungsang accepted a job offer (research engineer) from DIT (Data & Information Technology) center, Samsung Electronics. Congratulation !!
(12/2021) Shedrack' paper entitled "Conversion of Cyclic Xylose into Xylitol on the Ru, Pt, Pd, Ni, and Rh Catalysts: A Density Functional Theory Study" has been selected by Editors as a 2021 HOT PCCP article.
(12/2021) Seung-hoon successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulate Dr. Seung-hoon Kim !!
(11/2021) Eoyoon and Geungsang successfully defended his M.S Thesis. Congratulate Eoyoon and Geungsang !!
(11/2021) Seung-hoon' paper entitled "First-principles study of Pt-based Bifunctional Oxygen Evolution & Reduction Electrocatalyst: Interplay of strain and ligand effect" has been accepted to Energies Journal. Congratulation !!
(11/2021) Shedrack' paper entitled "Conversion of Cyclic Xylose into Xylitol on the Ru, Pt, Pd, Ni, and Rh Catalysts: A Density Functional Theory Study" has been accepted to Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP). Congratulation !!
(11/2021) Prof. Ham delivers an invited talk on "First-Principles Design on Small Cluster Catalysts for the Electrochemical NH3 Synthesis By Ligand Engineering" at the symposium on Nanomaterials for Energy Storage and Conversion 2 at 2021 Annual AIChE virtual meeting.
(11/2021) Ki Seong joined our research group as a undergraduate researcher. He will also pursue his MS degree in our team. Welcome Ki Seong!!
(11/2021) Eoyoon' paper entitled "Plasma-Induced Alloying as a Green Technology for Synthesizing Ternary Nano-particles with an Early Transition Metal" has been accepted to Nano Today (which provide a theoretical explanation on the experimental work of Dr. Yoo at KIST). Congratulation !!
(10/2021) Ho chang, Jegyu, Hwa Woong gave the poster presentation at 2021 Fall Meeting of KIChE.
(10/2021) Eoyoon' paper entitled "Ultra-low Pt Loaded Porous Carbon Microparticles with Controlled Channel Structure for High-Performance Fuel Cell Catalysts" has been accepted to Advanced Energy Materials (which provide a theoretical explanation on the experimental work of Prof. Lee at KAIST). Congratulation !!
(10/2021) Dr. Lee and Dr. Kwon' paper entitled "Novel High-Purity H2 Production through the Integration of Dry-Reforming and Sorption-Enhanced Water Gas Shift Reactions from Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases" has been accepted to Journal of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. Congratulation !!
(10/2021) Hyunjin joined our research group as undergraduate researchers. Welcome Hyunjin !!
(09/2021) Ho Chang' paper entitled "Facile one-step synthesis of Ru doped NiCoP nanoparticles as highly efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction" has been accepted to Chemistry - An Asian Journal (which provide a theoretical explanation on the experimental work of Dr. Kim at KIST). Congratulation !!
(09/2021) Su Min Oh joined our research group as undergraduate researcher. Welcome Su Min !!
(08/2021) Our CCEL team (Geungsang Yoo, Hwa Woong Cha, Hyung Chul Ham, Colbert Ayuk, Ho Chang Song, Eoyoon Lee, Je Gyu Oh) attended ISE 2021, 72nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, held in Jeju, Korea.(04/2021) Seung-Hoon gave the poster presentation on "A Study on the Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction of a Single Atomic Catalyst Using DFT Calculation" at 2021 Spring Meeting of The Korean Electrochemical Society.
(08/2021) Seung-Hoon gave the oral presentation on "A DFT Study on the Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction of a double atom catalyst" at 2021 Fall Meeting of The American chemical Society, held in Atlanta, GA, USA.
(08/2021) Our team was awarded to a research project for the theoretical design of oxygen reduction catalyst for PEMFC application as the part of Nano and Material Program, which is funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF).
(07/2021) Our team was awarded to a research project for the theoretical design of proton conductor as the part of Future Hydrogen Energy Program, which is funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF).
(07/2021) Hwa Woong' paper entitled "Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane with CO2 as a soft oxidant over a PtCe bimetallic catalyst" has been accepted to ACS Catalysis (which provide a theoretical explanation on the experimental work of Prof. Jo at Inha University). Congratulation !!
(07/2021) VASP-based DFT calculation tutorial, organized by Computational Catalysis and Energy Material Design Lab, will kick off at 60th Anniversary hall in July 5th.
(07/2021) CCEL welcome undergraduate student interns (Kisung Song, Seok Min Oh, Su Min Oh, Ki Eun Sohn, Jeong Sub Kim, Ji Yeon Park). They will learn DFT calculation during summer vacation.
(06/2021) Seung-Hoon' paper entitled "Hierarchically Assembled Cobalt Oxynitride and N-doped Carbon Nanofiber Hybrids for Efficient Bi functional Oxygen Electrocatalysis with Exceptional Regenerative Efficiency" has been accepted to ACS nano (which provide a theoretical explanation on the experimental work of Dr. Kim at KIST). Congratulation !!
(06/2021) A research project for Green H2 production as the part of Alchemist program, which is funded by Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KIET), is approved to enter the 2nd phase. Our role is the computational design of CH4 decomposition catalyst.
(05/2021) Young Min Jo joined our research group as undergraduate researcher. Welcome Young Min !!
(05/2021) Our team was awarded to a research project for CH4 reforming catalyst as the part of 1kW MCEC (molten carbonate electrolysis cell) development program, which is funded by Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) .
(05/2021) Eoyoon' paper entitled "Conformation-Modulated Three-Dimensional Electrocatalysts for High-Performance Fuel Cell Electrodes" has been accepted to Science Advances (which provide a theoretical explanation on the experimental work of Dr. Kim at KIST). Congratulation !!
(05/2021) KIURI (Korea Initiative for fostering University of Research & Innovation) in which our research team participates has been approved from NRF. Research topic is a hydrogen-based next-generation mechanical system.
(05/2021) Akpe Shedrack' paper entitled "Hydrogen-Mediated Thin Pt Layer Formation on Ni3N Nano-particles for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction" has been accepted to ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (which provide a theoretical explanation on the experimental work of Dr. Yoo at KIST). Congratulation !!
(04/2021) Our CCEL team (Seung-Hoon Kim, Geungsang Yoo, Je Gyu Oh, Ho Chang Song, Eoyoon Lee, Hyung Chul Ham, Hwa Woong Cha,Shedrack Akpe) attended 2021 Spring Meeting of Korean Institute of Chemical Engineer, held in Busan, Korea.
(04/2021) Geungsan, and Eoyoon gave the poster presentation on "Computational Design of Ni-based Bimetallic Catalysts for Hydrogen Generation from Biomass", and "Co-based Double Atom Catalysts with Transition Metals for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction: A DFT Study" at 2021 Spring Meeting of The Korean Electrochemical Society.
(04/2021) Prof. Ham delivers an invited keynote talk on "Computational Design of small cluster catalysts for NH3 synthesis via electrochemical N2 reduction " at symposium on carbon dioxide and nitrogen at 2021 Spring Meeting of The Korean Electrochemical Society.
(03/2021) Akpe Shedrack' paper entitled "Activity-stability benefits of Pt/C fuel cell electrocatalysts prepared via remote CeO2 interracial doping" has been accepted to J. Power Source (which provide a theoretical explanation on the experimental work of Dr. Kim at KIST and Dr. Yoon at KITECH). Congratulation !!
(03/2021) Our lab was awarded to a research project for catalyst design using computational method as the part of bio-diesel production, which is funded by KIER(Korea Institute of Energy Research).
(03/2021) Colbert Ayuk joined our research group as a PhD student. Welcome Colbert Ayuk. And he won Global Vision Scholarship.
(02/2021) Seung-Hoon' paper entitled "Structural Engineering of Ultrathin ReS2 on Hierarchically Architectured Graphene for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction" has been accepted to ACS nano (which provide a theoretical explanation on the experimental work of Prof. Park at Sungkyunkwan University). Congratulation !!
(02/2021) Eun Taek Lim (a graduate student of Prof. CW Chung's group) joined our research group. He will perform a DFT study on the etching process of semiconductor materials. Welcome Eun Taek !!
(12/2020) Hwa Woong Cha and Ho Chang Song won INHA Graduate School Fellowship. Congratulation!!
(11/2020) Prof. Ham gave a talk on "Nanoalloy Catalysts for boosting H2 Production from HCOOH Decomposition: A First-principles Study" at 2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting.
(11/2020) Prof. Ham gave a talk on "A DFT Study on the Catalyst Structure-Activity Relationship" at Symposium on Computational Catalysis at 2020 Fall Conference of KIChE.
(11/2020) Prof. Ham gave a talk on "Machine Learning in Computational Catalysis" at Tutorial on Basics of Machine Learning for Chemical Engineering at 2020 Fall Conference of KIChE.
(11/2020) Seung-Hoon, and Eoyoon gave the poster presentation on "Cobalt-Metal hetero double atom catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction: A DFT Study", "Limits of single-atom catalysts in electrochemical nitrogen reduction reactions: a DFT Study" at 6th Ertl International Symposium on Electrochemistry and Catalysis.
(11/2020) Prof. Ham gave a talk on "Electrochemical ammonia synthesis on the hetero Ru-based atom catalysts: a DFT Study" at 6th Ertl International Symposium on Electrochemistry and Catalysis.
(10/2020) Dr. Jo' paper entitled "Roles of noble metals (M = Ag, Au, Pd, Pt and Rh) on CeO2 in enhancing activity toward soot oxidation: active oxygen species and DFT calculations" has been accepted to Journal of Hazardous Materials. Congratulation !!
(10/2020) Our group joined Education and Research Center for Smart Energy and Materials which is funded by Phase Four of Brain Korea 21 Project (BK21)
(10/2020) Our lab was awarded a project for Green H2 production as the part of Alchemist program, which is funded by Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KIET).
(09/2020) Our team was awarded to a research project for Machine Learning Guided Design of Electrocatalyst for Synthesis of Ammonia from N2 as the Jung-Gyeon (Mid-career) researcher program through National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF).
(08/2020) Prof. Ham gave a talk on "Computational Catalysis" at Korea Institute of Energy Research.
(08/2020) Je Gyu Oh joined our research group as graduate student. He also won INHA Graduate School Fellowship. Welcome Je Gyu !!
(08/2020) Jeong Min Oh joined our research group as undergraduate researcher. Welcome Jeong Min !!
(Information for university ranking) The world ranking for Chemical Engineering at INHA university is 201-250, which is based on QS ranking.
(07/2020) Seung-Hoon' paper entitled "Mechanistic insights on aqueous formic acid dehydrogenation over Pd/C catalyst for efficient hydrogen production" has been accepted to Journal of Catalysis (which provide a theoretical analysis on the experimental work of Prof. Kim at Seoul National University). Congratulation !!
(07/2020) Dr. Deokyeon Jo accepted a postdoctoral fellow position in KAIST.
(07/2020) Saerom moved to The University of Texas at Austin to seek a PhD degree.
(06/2020) Deokyeon' paper entitled "Facet-dependent Electrocatalysis in the HCOOH Synthesis from CO2 Reduction on Cu catalyst: A Density Functional Theory Study" has been accepted to Applied Surface Science. Congratulation !!
(05/2020) Deokyeon successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulate Dr. Deokyeon !!
(02/2020) Our lab was awarded to a project for computational design of H2 production catalyst from biomass as the part of Hydrogen Innovation Research program, which is funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF).
(02/2020) INHA Graduate School Fellowships were awarded to Eoyoon Lee and Geungsan Yoo. Congratulate Eoyoon and Geungsang !!
(02/2020) Our research lab was awarded to a DFT-based catalyst design project as the part of alkaline electrolysis technology development, which is funded by KIST(Korea Institute of Science and Technology).
(01/2020) Hwa Woong Cha and Ho Chang Song joined our research group as undergraduate researcher. Welcome Hwa Woong Cha and Ho Chang Song!!
(01/2020) Eoyoon Lee and Geungsang Yoo joined our research group as graduate student. Welcome Eoyoon and Geungsang !!
(01/2020) Seung-Hoon' paper entitled "Electrocatalytic glycerol oxidation enabled by surface plasmon polaron-induced hot carriers in Kretschmann configuration" has been accepted to Nanoscale (which provide a theoretical analysis on the experimental work of Prof. Kim at Ewha Womans University). Congratulation !!
(11/2019) Prof. Ham gave a talk on "Computational Catalysis for Energy Conversion and Storage" at the graduate school of chemical engineering at Korea University.
(11/2019) Prof. Ham' interview as a new faculty member of Inha University.
(10/2019) Prof. Ham gave a talk at the symposium of the multi-scale modeling and simulation in Fall meeting of KIChE held in Daejeon, Korea.
(09/2019) Akpe Shedrack joined our research group as Ph.D student. Welcome Shedrack !!
(09/2019) Dr. Ham accepted a tenure-track associate professor position at Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University.
(07/2019) Dr. Ham gave a talk on "Density Functional Theory Study of Nanocatalysts for Fuel Cell Applications" in Nano Korea 2019 held in Insan, Korea.
(07/2019) Our research paper entitled "Combined experimental and density functional theory (DFT) studies on the catalyst design for the oxidative coupling of methane" (with research collaboration with Dr. Ha at KIST) was highlighted in various media (Yonhap News, HelloDD, The Digital Times, Maeil Business News, Donga Science, I-news24)
(05/2019) The CH4 activation paper entitled "Combined experimental and density functional theory (DFT) studies on the catalyst design for the oxidative coupling of methane" (with research collaboration with Dr. Ha at KIST) has been accepted to Journal of Catalysis.
(05/2019) Deokyeon' paper entitled "Interplay of Ligand and Strain Effects in CO Adsorption on Bimetallic Cu/M (M=Pt, Pd, Ir, Ni) Catalysts from First-principles: Effect of Different Facets in Catalysis" (with research collaboration with Prof. Lee at Korea University) has been accepted to Catalysis Today.
(04/2019) Dr. Ham gave a talk on "Atomistic modeling of NH3 synthesis and decomposition catalysts" in Symposium for Environmental electrochemistry at 2019 Spring Meeting of the Korean Society of Electrochemistry, Jeju, April, 2019.
(04/2019) Deokyeon' paper entitled "Role of the Zn atomic arrangements in Enhancing the Activity and Stability of the Kinked Cu(211) site in CH3OH Production by CO2 Hydrogenation and Dissociation: First-principles Microkinetic Modeling Study"(with research collaboration with Prof. Lee at Korea University) has been accepted to Journal of Catalysis. Congratulation !!
(03/2019) Jinwon' paper entitled "Au-doped PtCo/C Catalysts Preventing Co Leaching for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells" (with research collaboration with Prof. Lee at KAIST) has been accepted to Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.
(03/2019) Joohyeng' paper entitled "Importance of Exsolution in Transition Metal (Co, Rh, Ir)-doped LaCrO3 Perovskite Catalysts for Boosting Dry Reforming of CH4 for Hydrogen Production"(with research collaboration with Prof. Lee at Korea University) has been accepted to Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
(06/2018) Our research paper entitled "Computational and Experimental Design of Active and Durable Ir-based Nanoalloy for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Reaction" was highlighted in various media (Yonhap News, HelloDD, The Digital Times, Maeil Business News, Gas Newspaper)
(08/2018) Dr. Ham gave a talk on "current status in computational catalysis in South Korea" in SKI Forum at UKC 2019 conference held in New York, USA.
(04/2018) Jinwon' paper entitled "Computational and Experimental Design of Active and Durable Ir-based Nanoalloy for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Reaction" has been accepted to Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.
(04/2018) Dr. Kwon' paper entitled "The novel perovskite Ni-doped doped Sr0.92Y0.08TiO3 as a reforming biogas (CH4 +CO2) for H2 production" has been accepted to Applied Energy.
(03/2017) Jinwon' paper entitled "Role of Heteronuclear Interactions in Selective H2 Formation from HCOOH Decomposition on Bimetallic Pd/M (M=Late Transition FCC Metals) Catalysts" has been accepted to ACS Catalysis.