Introduction

Personal informatioin

  • Name: Young-Kyu Han

  • Title: Professor

  • Address: 26, Pil-dong 3-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, Department of energy and materials engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • E-mail: ykenergy@dongguk.edu and ykhan1972@gmail.com

  • Marital Status: Married, Two sons

  • Birth: Jan. 1972, Seoul, Korea

  • Nationality: Korean

  • Education:

    • 1990.3 ~ 1994.2 : B. Sc., Chemistry, Yonsei University

    • 1994.3 ~ 1996.2 : M. Sc., Physical Chemistry, Computational Quantum Chemistry, KAIST "Ab initio study of structures of fluorocyclobutenes and MXY ( M = Ca,Sr,Ba ; X,Y =H,F,Cl,Br,I ) molecules", M. Sc. Thesis (1996).

    • 1996.3 ~ 1999.8 : Ph. D., Physical Chemistry, Computational Quantum Chemistry, KAIST "Geometry optimization and force constant calculations with two-component spinor formalism and relativistic effective core potentials", Ph. D. Thesis (1999).

  • Experience:

    • 1999.10. ~ 2000. 9. : Postdoctoral researcher, Tokyo Univ., Japan (JSPS fellow)

    • 2000.10. ~ 2010. 3. : Computational chemistry team leader, LG chem., Ltd. Research Park, Republic of Korea

    • 2010. 3. ~ 2013. 2. : Principal researcher, Division of materials science, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Republic of Korea

    • 2013. 3. ~ 2017. 2. : Associate professor, Department of energy and materials engineering, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea

    • 2017. 3. ~ present : Professor, Department of energy and materials engineering, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea

  • Japanese Language Proficiency Test : Level 2 (2003. 12.)

Research interest

  1. Relativistic Chemistry (~2001)

    • Spin-orbit effects on atoms and molecules containing heavy elements

    • Actinide and superheavy (or transactinide) element chemistry

    • Relativistic effective core potentials (RECP) calculations

    • Two-component method and code development: Geometry optimization and normal mode analysis

  2. Materials Computational Chemistry (2001~present)

    • Battery electrolyte: Electron transfer, reductive decomposition, and desolvation

    • Battery electrode: Lithiation mechanism and two-phase interface simulation

    • Homogeneous catalyst: Transition-state optimization and reaction energy profile

    • Heterogeneous catalyst: Water splitting (TMD and Perovskite)

    • Organic Electroluminescence material: Electron transfer and UV-Vis spectrum

  3. Cluster Chemistry (2004~2012)

    • Ligand-stabilized metal cluster chemistry: Structure, stability, electronic structure, bonding nature of metal-ligand, electron shell closing model, superatom concept, and reaction mechanism

    • Metal cluster-fullerene chemistry: CV modeling, structure, stability, regioselectivity, electronic communication, and new-type M-C60 bonding mode

Team members

    • Research professor: Dr. Sung Chul Jung (2011~2017), Current: Assistant Professor, Physics, Pukyong National University from 09/01/2017.

    • Principal researcher: Dr. Hyung Jin Kim (Solid-state physics calculation, Physics)

    • Assistant Professor: Dr. Sang Jin Lee (Solid-state physics calculation, Physics)

    • Researcher: Mr. Keon Joon Lee (Computational chemistry, Chemistry)

    • Researcher: Mr. Jihun Oh (Computational chemistry, Chemistry)

    • Researcher: Ms. Su Jin Lee (Solid-state physics calculation, Physics)

    • Researcher: Ms. Bo Hyun Hwang (Solid-state physics calculation, Physics)

    • Graduate student: Mr. Jaeho Lee

    • Graduate student: Mr. Jihoon Choi

    • Graduate student: Ms. Chae Won Kim

    • Administrator: Ms. Nan-yeong Song

    • See our group homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/emslab2013

    • Assistant professor: Dr. Yuvaraj Haldorai (2014-2017, Current: a ramalingaswami fellow, Bharathiar University)