Professor
Prof. Dong-Joo Yoo
Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University
Room 414, Innovation hall, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 02841, Korea
E-mail: djyoo@korea.ac.kr
Tel: 02-3290-3367
Education
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (2020.8)
Ph.D. School of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Research Advisor: Prof. Jang Wook Choi
Thesis: Design and analysis of organic molecules for lithium metal and aluminum complex ion batteries
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea (2017.2)
M.S. Graduate School of EEWS (Energy, Environment, Water, Sustainability)
Research Advisor: Prof. Jang Wook Choi
Thesis: Aluminum metal-based high efficiency energy storage system development
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (2015.2)
B.S. Material Science and Engineering (double-major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
Work and Research Experience
Assistant Professor, 2022.03 – present
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2021.04 – 2022.02
Advanced Electrolyte Team, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division,
Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USA.
Advisor: Dr. Zhengcheng (John) Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2020.09 – 2021.03
School of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Institute of Chemical Processes,
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Advisor: Prof. Jang Wook Choi
Award and Honors
Encouragement Award, 8th KSME-SEMES Open Innovation Challenge, Nov 2023
Miwon Young Investigator Award, Spring Conference of the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, May 2023
POSCO Science Fellowship (Post-Doc in energy material field), POSCO TJ Park Foundation, Jan 2021
Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Fostering Next Generation Researchers Program (Post-Doc Domestic Training), National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Sep 2020
Shinyang Young Investigator Award, Shinyang Foundation, Seoul National University, Jun 2019
User Paper Award, Seoul National University Center for Inter-University Research Facilities (NCIRF), Apr 2019
Full Scholarship in B.S. degree, Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF), 2008-2014
Selected Publications
Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 2386 (IF=14.919)
"Tetradiketone macrocycle for divalent aluminium ion batteries"Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 14869 (IF=15.336)
“Fluorinated Aromatic Diluent for High-Performance Lithium Metal Batteries”Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 1901645 (IF=30.849)
“Highly Elastic Polyrotaxane Binders for Mechanically Stable Lithium Hosts in Lithium Metal Batteries”Nature Energy, 2019, 14, 51 (IF=60.858)
“Rechargeable Aluminium Organic Batteries”Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8, 1802365 (IF=29.368)
“Tuning the Electron Density of Aromatic Solvent for Stable Solid-Electrolyte-Interphase Layer in Carbonate-based Lithium Metal Batteries”Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8, 1702744 (IF=29.368)
“The Synergistic Effect of Cation and Anion of an Ionic Liquid Additive for Lithium Metal Anodes”