Yong-Kul Lee Catalyst Group
Advanced Catalysis Lab for Energy & Environment @ Dankook University
Welcome to ACE Lab @ Dankook University!
Our research group has focused on the verification of the structural and electronic properties of catalysts and the elucidation of reaction mechanism through kinetic and spectroscopic methods using model compounds to allow determination of the surface functionalities needed for high activity, selectivity, and life.
Recent Highlights
What's new in the lab?
July 2023:
So-Yeon joined the lab. Welcome S-Y!
June 2023:
Sang-Yeon's recent paper, Applied Catalysts B 324 (2023) 122269, was selected as one of the best research works of 2023 by Pahang Synchrotron Light Source. Congrats!
May 2023:
Donghun, gave an oral presentation at the 2023 KIChE Spring Meeting in Busan, and Du-Hyeon and Jung-Hwan did poster presentations, and D-H won the best poster award. Congrats!
March 2023:
Donghun and Ki-Duk's manuscript, "Highly Active and Stable CoWS2 Catalysts in Slurry Phase Hydrocracking of Vacuum Residue: XAFS Studies", was accepted in Journal of Catalysis.
Dr. Baskaran joined the lab. Welcome Baski!
Jan. 2023:
Jihyun's manuscript, "Reactivity of Sulfur and Nitrogen Compounds of FCC Light Cycle Oil in Hydrotreating over CoMoS and NiMoS Catalysts", was accepted in Catalysts.
Eun-Seo and Da Eun joined the lab. Welcome E-S and D-E!
Dec. 2022:
Congrats! Ji-Young won the 2022 Best Capstone Design Award of Dankook University.
Sang-Yeon's manuscript, "Insights into Enhanced Activity and Durability of Hierarchical Fe-doped Ni(OH)2/Ni Catalysts for Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction", was accepted in Applied Catalysis B (2021 JCR IF: 24.319).
Prof. Lee gave a talk at the 2022 Korean Hydrogen & New Energy Society Meeting.
Nov. 2022:
Congrats! Donghun won the 2022 Best Paper Award of Dankook University.
Oct. 2022:
Donghun, Du-Hyeon, Ji-Young, and Jeong-Hwan gave poster presentations at the 2022 KIChE Fall Meeting in Busan.
Donghun and Du-Hyeon gave poster presentations at the 2022 Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CCEC 2022) in Vancouver, Canada.
Sep. 2022:
Prof. Lee received a Mid-Carrier Researcher Program Grant from the National Research Foundation (NRF, 2022-2027) of Korea.
July 2022:
Jihyun accepted a job offer from Samsung Electronics. Congrats, JH!
June 2022:
Donghun's manuscript, "Beneficial Effect of V on Stability of Dispersed MoS2 Catalysts in Slurry Phase Hydrocracking of Vacuum Residue: XAFS Studies", was accepted in Journal of Catalysis.
May 2022:
Donghun, Du-Hyeon, Sang-Yeon, Jihyun, Ji-Young, and Jeong-Hwan gave poster presentations at the 2022 KSIEC Spring Meeting in Jeju, and S-Y and J-Y won the best poster award. Congrats!
Prof. Lee received a Basic Research Laboratory Grant from the National Research Foundation (BRL, 2022-2025) of Korea.
April 2022:
Sang-Yeon was accepted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI in NY) on a full scholarship for a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. Congrats! S-Y!
March 2022:
Our group will participate in the oil sand upgrading project supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport together with the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) during 2022-2025.
Jan. 2022:
Jeong-Hwan joined the lab. Welcome J-H!
Dec. 2021:
Jihyun has successfully defended her MS thesis, Congrats!
Nov. 2021:
Prof. Lee gave a talk at the 18th Korea-Japan Symposium on Catalysis (Virtual Meeting).
Sep. 2021:
Sang-Yeon's manuscript, "Boosting Activity and Durability of Electrodeposited Ni(OH)2 Catalyst Using Carbon Nanotube-grafted Substrates for Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER)", was accepted in ACS Applied Nano Materials.
Aug. 2021:
Congrats! Jihyun, Ji-Young, and Min-Young went to the second round of Korean Campus Patent Universiad and won a Corporate CEO Award.
July 2021:
Congrats! Sang-Yeon won the 2021 Best Graduate Student and Paper Award of Dankook University.
June 2021:
Yoon-Hyun accepted a job offer from Samsung Electronics. Congrats, Y-H!
Sang-Yeon passed the MS defense. Congrats!
May 2021:
Sang-Yeon gave a poster presentation at the 2021 Korean Hydrogen & New Energy Society Meeting in Daejun, and won the best poster award.
April 2021:
Prof. Lee joined the Editorial Board Member of Catalysts.
March 2021:
Ji-Young joined the lab.
Feb. 2021:
Jihyun's manuscript, "Reactivity of Sulfur Compounds of FCC Decant Oils in Hydrodesulfurization over CoMoS2/Al2O3 Catalysts", was accepted in Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering.
Before 2021
Dec. 2020:
Yoon-Hyun's manuscript, "Structure and Activity of Unsupported NiWS2 Catalysts for Slurry Phase Hydrocracking of Vacuum Residue", was accepted in Journal of Catalysis (2019 JCR IF: 7.888).
Hyun-Jung and Yoon-Hyun passed the MS defense.
Nov. 2020:
Sang-Yeon's manuscript, "Resolving Potential-Dependent Degradation of Electrodeposited Ni(OH)2 Catalysts in Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER): In situ XANES Studies", was accepted in Applied Catalysis B (2019 JCR IF: 16.683).
Oct. 2020:
Donghun, Hyun-Jung, Yoon-Hyun, Sang-Yeon, and Jihyun gave online poster presentations at the 2020 KIChE Fall Meeting.
Sep. 2020:
Ki-Duk's manuscript, "Beneficial Roles of Carbon Black Additives in Slurry Phase Hydrocracking of Vacuum Residue", was accepted in Applied Catalysis A (2019 JCR IF: 5.006).
An Thai Nguyen joined the lab.
July 2020:
Hyun-Rok's manuscript, "Highly Active and Stable MoWS2 Catalysts in Slurry Phase Hydrocracking of Vacuum Residue", was accepted in Journal of Catalysis (2019 JCR IF: 7.888).
June 2020:
Congrats! Donghun won the 2020 Best Paper Award of Dankook University.
Feb. 2020:
Congrats! Ki-Duk won the 2020 Best Graduate Student Award of Dankook University.
Yong-Su accepted a job offer from Sejong Industrial Co.
Jan. 2020:
Jihyun joined the lab.
Dec. 2019:
Jung-Geun accepted a job offer from SK Innovation.
Yong-Su and Ki-Duk passed the PhD defense, and Jung-Geun and Du-Hyun did the Master's.
Nov. 2019:
Hyun-Rok accepted a job offer from Samsung Electronics.
Oct. 2019:
Donghun's manuscript, "Conversion of V-Porphyrin in Asphaltenes into V2S3 as an Active Catalyst for Slurry Phase Hydrocracking of Vacuum Residue", was accepted in Fuel (2018 JCR IF: 5.128).
Prof. Lee, Yong-Su, Donghun, and Jung-Geun visited Photon Factory (BL11B) in Japan for XAFS measurements.
Sep. 2019:
Ki-Duk's manuscript, "Promotional Effect of Co for Unsupported MoS2 Catalysts on Slurry Phase Hydrocracking of Vacuum Residue: XAFS Studies", was accepted in Journal of Catalysis (2018 JCR IF: 7.723).
Aug. 2019:
Yong-Su and Du-Hyun gave poster presentations at the annual ACS Fall Meeting, San Diego.
July 2019:
Prof. Lee received a grant from Hyundai Motors.
June 2019:
Ki-Duk and Jung-Geun received the best paper award from Dankook University.
May 2019:
Ki-Duk, Hyun-Rok, Hyun-Jung, and Jung-Geun gave presentations at the 2019 MACS in France.
Prof. Lee received a grant from RIST.
April 2019:
Ki-Duk, Yong-Su, Hyun-Rok, Hyun-Jung, Jung-Geun, and Du-Hyun gave presentations at the 2019 KIChE Spring Meeting in Jeju, and Ki-Duk received the best oral presentation award.
March 2019:
Han-Beyol accepted a job offer from Heesung Catalysts.
Feb. 2019:
Prof. Lee received a grant from National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea.
Jan. 2019:
Jung-Geun's manuscript, "Promotional Effect of Ga for Ni2P Catalyst on Hydrodesulfurization of 4,6-DMDBT", was accepted in Applied Catalysis B (2017 JCR IF: 11.698).
Sang-Yeon joined the lab.
Dec. 2018:
Hyun-Rok's manuscript, "Comparison of Unsupported WS2 and MoS2 Catalysts for Slurry Phase Hydrocracking of Vacuum Residue", was accepted in Applied Catalysis A (2017 JCR IF: 4.522).
Donghun passed the MS defense.
Nov. 2018:
Prof. Lee gave an invited talk at the 2018 PLS User Meeting in Pohang.
Oct. 2018:
Han-Beyol's manuscript, "Designing Supported NiMoS2 Catalysts for Hydrocracking of Vacuum Residue", was accepted in Fuel (2017 JCR IF: 4.908).
Sep. 2018:
Ki-Duk's manuscript, "Active Phase of Dispersed MoS2 Catalysts for Slurry Phase Hydrocracking of Vacuum Residue", was accepted in Journal of Catalysis (2017 JCR IF: 6.759).
Yoon-Hyun joined the lab.
Aug. 2018:
Ki-Duk, Yong-Su, Donghun, Hyun-Rok, Hyun-Jung, Jung-Geun, and Doo-Hyun gave poster presentations at the TOCAT8, Tokyo.
A Homecoming event of the lab was held on 25th.
April 2018:
Sung-Ho's manuscript, "Structure and Activity of Dispersed Co, Ni, or Mo Sulfides for Slurry Phase Hydrocracking of Vacuum Residue", was accepted in Journal of Catalysis (2017 JCR IF: 6.759).
March 2018:
Prof. Lee gave an invited talk and Ki-Duk gave a poster presentation at the Scientific-Technological Symposium on Catalytic Hydroprocessing in Oil Refining in Lyon.
Feb. 2018:
Han-Beyol's manuscript, "Promoting asphaltene conversion by tetralin for hydrocracking of petroleum pitch", was accepted in Fuel (2017 JCR IF: 4.908).
Jan. 2018:
Prof. Lee received a grant from RIST.
Nov. 2017:
Jung-Geun and Doo-Hyun went to the final round of Korean Campus Patent Universiad and received an award.
Han-Beyol passed the MS defense.
Oct. 2017:
Ki-Duk and Hyun-Rok gave poster presentations at the 2017 KIChE Fall Meeting.
Sep. 2017:
Prof. Lee received a grant from KEIT.
August 2017:
Sung-Ho received the Best Graduate Student Award of Dankook University. Congratulations!
July 2017:
Prof. Lee was invited as guest editor of Catalysts for a special issue, "Recent Progress in Transition Metal Phosphide Catalysts for the Hydroprocessing of Petroleum or Biomass Feedstocks".
July 2017:
Prof. Lee gave a keynote at the APSMR 2017, Sapporo.
June 2017:
Sung-Ho passed the PhD defense.
May 2017:
Sung-Ho, Ki-Duk, Yong-Su, Han-Beyol, Dong-Hurn, Hyun-Jung, and Jung-Geun gave poster presentations at the 2017 KIChE Spring Meeting, and Han-Beyol received the best poster award.
April 2017:
Sung-Ho received the best paper award from Dankook University.
March 2017:
Jin-Woo's manuscript, "Strong Metal-Support Interaction Effect of Pt/Nb2O5 Catalysts on Aqueous Phase Hydrodeoxygenation of 1,6-Hexanediol", was accepted in Catalysis Today (2015 JCR IF: 4.312).
March 2017:
Hyun-Rok joined the lab.
Feb. 2017:
Yong-Su's manuscript, "Morphology effect of beta-zeolite supports for Ni2P catalysts on the hydrocracking of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to benzene, toluene, and xylene", was accepted in Journal of Catalysis (2015 JCR IF: 7.354).
Jan. 2017:
Prof. Lee became a new department chair of Chemical Engineering at Dankook University.
Dec. 2016:
Sung-Ho's manuscript, "Beneficial Roles of H-Donors as Diluent and H-Shuttle for Asphaltenes in Catalytic Upgrading of Vacuum Residue", was accepted in Chemical Engineering Journal (2015 JCR IF: 5.310).
Dec. 2016:
Doo-Hyun joined the lab.
Nov. 2016:
Sung-Ho, Ki-Duk, and Han-Byul gave poster presentations at the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Han-Byul and Dong-Hurn went to the final round of Korean Campus Patent Universiad and received an award.
Oct. 2016:
Sung-Ho's manuscript on Dispersed MoS2 Catalysts for Slurry Phase Hydrocracking of Vacuum Residue was accepted in Journal of Catalysis (2015 JCR IF: 7.354).
June 2016:
Jung-Geun joined the lab.
May 2016:
Prof. Lee gave an invited talk at the KSIEC-JPI Joint Symposium, Yeosu
April 2016:
Prof. Lee gave an invited talk at the KIChE Spring Meeting, Busan
Jan. 2016:
Prof. Lee returned from sabbatical.
Dec. 2015:
Bo-Mi passed the MS defense.
Nov. 2015:
Sung-Ho and Yong-Su gave poster presentations at the 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City.
Oct. 2015:
Han-Byul and Dong-Hurn joined the lab.
Sep. 2015:
Hyun-Jung went to the final round of Korean Campus Patent Universiad and received the LG Chem CEO award.
Aug. 2015:
Prof. Lee gave a keynote at the 45th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress (IUPAC-2015), and a talk at the 250th ACS National Meeting, Boston.
July 2015:
Jue-Hyuk's manuscript on in situ XAFS works for NiO anodic materials was accepted in Journal of Power Sources (2015 JCR IF: 6.217).
May 2015:
Prof. Lee received a grant from National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea.
April 2015:
Ji-Sue accepted the offer of admission to UC Irvine with full scholarships for PhD program of Chemical Engineering.
April 2015:
Prof. Lee received a grant from SAMSUNG/TOTAL.
March 2015:
Ji-Sue's manuscript on DFT studies for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) over Ni2P catalysts was accepted in Journal of Catalysis (2013 JCR IF: 6.073).
Feb. 2015:
Ji-Sue received the Best Graduate Student Award of Dankook University. Congratulations!
Feb. 2015:
Ho-Yeol accepted a job offer from Heesung Catalysts.
Ju-Hyuk joined Fuel Cell R&D center at KIST for his PhD study.
Jan. 2015:
Prof. Lee will take a sabbatical leave in 2015 to visit Prof. Robert Davis group at University of Virginia.
Dec. 2014:
Kye-Sung accepted a job offer from Heesung Metal.
Ki-Duk and Ju-Hyuk passed the MS defense.
Prof. Lee received a grant from MSIP/KRICT.
Nov. 2014:
Kye-Sung passed the PhD defense and Ji-Sue passed the MS defense.
Ji-Sue's manuscript on in situ XAFS studies of supported Ni2P catalysts for HDO was accepted in Topics in Catalysis in honor of Prof. S. Ted Oyama.
Oct. 2014:
Bomi and Monica went to the final round of Korean Campus Patent Universiad and received a corporate CEO award.
Sep. 2014:
Byung-Mok's manuscript on in situ XAFS works for Co3O4 anodic materials was accepted in Journal of Power Sources (2013 JCR IF: 5.211).
Aug. 2014:
Kye-Sung gave a birth to a daughter (A-hyun).
Congratulations!
Aug.2014:
ACE lab was relocated to Eng Bldg#3-321.
July 2014:
Ji-Sue and Yong-Soo received best poster awards at the 2014 Korean XAFS Society Meeting.
June 2014:
Monica and Hyun-Jung joined our lab.
May 2014:
Ho-Yeol passed the MS defense.
May 2014:
Ji-Sue received the best paper award from Dankook University.
April 2014:
Byung-Mok accepted a job offer from Aekyung Petrol. co.
April 2014:
Prof. Lee received a grant from Posco-Energy.
March 2014:
Gwang-Nam and So-Jin joined Prof. Oyama group at the University of Tokyo for their PhD studies.
Yong-Su, and Ji-Sue gave poster presentations at the 247th ACS Meeting in Dallas.
Feb. 2014:
Prof. Lee received a grant from NRF(3/3).
Dec. 2013:
Ji-Sue's manuscript on DFT and in situ XAFS studies for HDO over Ni2P catalysts was accepted to Journal of Catalysis (2013 JCR IF: 6.073).
Nov. 2013:
Prof. Lee received a grant from Samsung-Total.
Byung-Mok and Yong-Su passed their MS defense.
Yong-Su's manuscript on HCK of polyaromatics over Ni2P/zeolites was accepted in Catalysis Communications (2013 JCR IF: 3.320).
Oct. 2013:
Kye-Sung's manuscript on LCO ODS studies over Ti-catalysts was accepted in Applied Catalysis B (2013 JCR IF: 6.007).
Gwang-Nam's manuscript on LCO HDS studies over Ni2P catalysts was accepted in Applied Catalysis B (2013 JCR IF: 6.007).
June 2013:
Prof. Lee gave an oral presentation at the 14th Korea-Japan Symposium on Catalysis in Nagoya, and Ho-Yeol, Ki-Duk, Yong-Su, and Ji-Sue did poster presentations.
May 2013:
Prof. Lee received a grant from CJ-Cheiljedang.
April 2013:
Gwang-Nam's manuscript on LCO ODS studies was accepted in Fuel Processing Technology.
Feb. 2013:
Prof. Lee received a grant from NRF(2/3).
Dec. 2012:
Prof. Lee received a grant from SK innovation.
Nov. 2012:
Ki-Duk, Yong-Soo, and Ji-Sue went to the final round of Korean Campus Patent Universiad and received a corporate CEO award.
July 2012:
Prof. Lee gave an oral presentation at the 15th International Congress on Catalysis in Munich, and Sung-Ho, Gwang-Nam, and So-Jin did poster presentations.
Prof. Lee received a grant from POSCO-RIST.
May 2012:
Prof. Lee received a grant from S-oil.
April. 2012:
SK innovation donated lab facilities (HP-5980-ll/FID).
March 2012:
Prof. Lee gave an oral presentation at the 2012 ACS Spring meeting in San Diego.
Feb. 2012:
Prof. Lee received a grant from National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea.
Jan. 2012:
Samsung SDI donated lab facilities (Agilent 6890-SCD, MS 5973, CP-4900).
Nov. 2011:
Byung-Mok went to the final round of Korean Campus Patent Universiad and received a corporate CEO award, and Sung-Ho, So-Jin received the bronze award.
Nov. 2011:
Prof. Lee, Kye-Sung, Gwang-Nam, and So-Jin conducted XAFS measurements at Photon Factory, Japan, and visited Prof. Oyama lab at University of Tokyo.
Oct. 2011:
Prof. Lee, Kye-Sung, and Gwang-Nam conducted XAFS measurements at SSRF, Shanghi, China.
Aug. 2011:
Hye-Ryun received the Best Graduate Student Award of Dankook University. Congratulations!
May 2011:
Prof. Lee, Sung-Ho, Ji-Sue, Ki-Duk, Gwang-Nam, and Kye-Sung attended the 13th Korea-Japan Symposium on Catalysis, Jeju.
May 2011:
Prof. Lee received a grant from S-oil.
March 2011:
Kye-Sung gave a poster presentation at 2011 ACS Spring Meeting, Anaheim, USA.
March 2011:
Hye-Ryun gave a poster presentation at Hybrid Materials 2011 conference in Strasbourg, France.
Jan. 2011:
Prof. Lee received a grant from KIST.
Nov. 2010:
Hye-Ryun went to the final round of Korean Campus Patent Universiad and received the Best award and Gwang-Nam received the bronze award.
Oct. 2010:
Kye-Sung received an honor from PLS Korea to attend Cheiron School 2010 at Spring 8, Japan.
Sep. 2010:
Prof. Lee received a grant from SK innovation.
Aug. 2010:
Ki-Duk, Yong-Su, Donghun, Hyun-Rok, Hyun-Jung, Jung-Geun, and Doo-Hyun gave poster presentations at the TOCAT8, Tokyo.
Aug. 2010:
Kyoung-Suk received the Best Graduate Student Award of Dankook University. Congratulations!
May 2010:
Prof. Lee received a grant from KETEP
March 2010:
Kye-Sung and Hye-Ryun gave poster presentations at 2010 ACS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
Oct. 2009:
Kyoung-Suk attended COMSOL tutorial.
Sept. 2009:
Kye-Sung, Kyoung-Suk, and So-Yeon attended PLS tutorial in Pohang.
Aug. 2009:
Sung-Ho and Hye-Ryun joined the lab.
Aug. 2009
Prof. Lee received a grant from KETEP.
May 2009:
Prof. Lee received a grant from National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea.
Dec. 2008:
Chan-Hyun joined the lab.
Nov. 2008:
Kye-Sung, Chan-Hyun, and Jin-Woo went to the final round of Korean Campus Patent Universiad and received a corporate CEO award, and Kyoung-Suk received the bronze award.
Nov. 2008:
Kye-Sung, Kyoung-Suk, and So-Yeon attended PLS tutorial in Pohang.
Aug. 2008
Prof. Lee received a grant from KETEP.
Aug. 2008:
Kyoung-Suk joined the lab.
July 2008:
Kye-Sung and Jin-Woo joined the lab.
May 2008:
Prof. Lee received a grant from National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea.
March 2008:
Prof. Lee joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Dankook University and launched Advanced Catalysis Lab for Energy and Environment.