Welcome to Lab-SUN, where we are at the forefront of designing the future through intensive, interdisciplinary research on next-generation materials and advanced devices. Our groundbreaking work spans critical areas including semiconductors, revolutionary EUV photoresists, high-efficiency perovskite solar cells, sustainable fuel cells, advanced batteries, innovative catalysts, and novel 2D materials.
At Lab-SUN, we empower our members to become leaders in scientific discovery. You will first gain invaluable expertise in specialized structural analysis techniques, mastering the essential tools to probe material properties at an atomic level. Building on this fundamental understanding, you will then actively engage in synthesizing groundbreaking new materials and optimizing state-of-the-art devices with unparalleled, cutting-edge functionalities. Here, your research directly contributes to developing solutions that will revolutionize industries and shape the world.
If you are driven by curiosity, aspire to make a tangible impact, and are eager to acquire highly sought-after analytical and synthetic skills that define the next era of materials science and engineering, we invite you to explore the exciting opportunities at Lab-SUN.
*Highly cited papers (>500 times)
Hanul Min, Do Yoon Lee, Junu Kim, Gwisu Kim, Kyoung Su Lee, Jongbeom Kim, Min Jae Paik, Young Ki Kim, Kwang S. Kim, Min Gyu Kim*, Tae Joo Shin*, Sang Il Seok*, "Perovskite solar cells with atomically coherent interlayers on SnO2 electrode", Nature , 2021, 598, 444-450, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03964-8 (>3,100 times cited)
Eui Hyuk Jung, Nam Joong Jeon, Eun Young Park, Chan Su Moon, Tae Joo Shin, Tae-Youl Yang, Jun Hong Noh*, Jangwon Seo*, "Efficient, stable and scalable perovskite solar cells using poly(3-hexylthiophene)", Nature, 2019, 567, 511~515, DOI(http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1036-3) (>2,400 times cited)
Jaewang Park, Jongbeom Kim, Hyun-Sung Yun, Min Jae Paik, Eunseo Noh, Hyun Jung Mun, Min Gyu Kim*, Tae Joo Shin*, Sang Il Seok*, "Controlled growth of perovskite layers with volatile alkylammonium chlorides", Nature, 2023, 616, 724-730, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05825-y (>1,700 times cited)
Young Jin Sa, Dong-Jun Seo, Jinwoo Woo, Jung Tae Lim, Jae Yeong Cheon, Seung Yong Yang, Jae Myeong Lee, Dongwoo Kang, Tae Joo Shin, Hyeon Suk Shin, Hu Young Jeong, Chul Sung Kim, Min Gyu Kim, Tae-Young Kim, Sang Hoon Joo*, "A General Approach to Preferential Formation of Active Fe–Nx Sites in Fe–N/C Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138 (45), 15046-15056 (>760 times cited)
Hoichang Yang, Tae Joo Shin, Lin Yang, Kilwon Cho, Chang Y Ryu, Zhenan Bao*, "Effect of mesoscale crystalline structure on the field‐effect mobility of regioregular poly (3‐hexyl thiophene) in thin‐film transistors", Adv. Funct. Mater., 2005, 15 (4), 671-676 (>700 times cited)
Thanh Luan Nguyen, Hyosung Choi, S-J Ko, Mohammad Afsar Uddin, Bright Walker, Seungjib Yum, J-E Jeong, MH Yun, Tae Joo Shin, Seongyeon Hwang, Jin Young Kim, Han Young Woo*, "Semi-crystalline photovoltaic polymers with efficiency exceeding 9% in a∼ 300 nm thick conventional single-cell device", Energy & Environmental Science, 2014, 7 (9), 3040-3051 (>700 times cited)
Gyoungsik Kim, Seok-Ju Kang, Gitish K Dutta, Young-Kyu Han, Tae Joo Shin, Yong-Young Noh, Changduk Yang*, "A Thienoisoindigo-Naphthalene Polymer with Ultrahigh Mobility of 14.4 cm2/V·s that Substantially Exceeds Benchmark Values for Amorphous Silicon", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136 (26), 9477-9483. (>670 times cited)
Jitendra N Tiwari, Siraj Sultan, Chang Woo Myung, Taeseung Yoon, Nannan Li, Miran Ha, Ahmad M Harzandi, Hyo Ju Park, Dong Yeon Kim, S Selva Chandrasekaran, Wang Geun Lee, Varun Vij, Hoju Kang, Tae Joo Shin, Hyeon Suk Shin, Geunsik Lee, Zonghoon Lee, Kwang S Kim*, "Multicomponent electrocatalyst with ultralow Pt loading and high hydrogen evolution activity", Nature Energy, 2018, 3 (9), 773-782 (>700 times cited)
Junghoon Lee, A-Reum Han, Hojeong Yu, Tae Joo Shin, Changduk Yang, Joon Hak Oh*, "Boosting the ambipolar performance of solution-processable polymer semiconductors via hybrid side-chain engineering", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135 (25), 9540-9547 (>550 times cited)