Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University,
Sejong, 30019, Republic of Korea
Tel: +82-044-860-1493
e-mail: krwee@korea.ac.kr
RESEARCH INTEREST:
Organic/Organometallic Molecular Machine and Electronic Materials
Energy Materials: Chromophore-Catalyst Molecular Assembly, Molecular p/n Junction, Donor-Acceptor Molecule, Metal/Metal Oxide Nano-particle
Artificial Photosynthesis: Water Oxidation/Reduction and CO2 Reduction Based on Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells (DSPEC)
Work Experience:
2008. 03 ~ 2013. 08: Teaching, Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University
2013. 03 ~ 2013. 08: Researcher, Center for Photovoltaic Materials, Korea University
2013. 09 ~ 2016. 02: Post-doc in Thomas J. Meyer Group, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & UNC Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC)
2016. 03 ~ 2023.08: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Daegu University
2023. 03 ~ present: Journal of Analytical Science and Technology (Springer Nature), Associate Editor
2023. 09 ~ present: Associate Professor, Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, Sejong
Certificate and Award :
2009. 06: Excellent Presentation Award, Korean Society of Photoscience, Korea
2009. 09: Excellent Presentation Award, KJFP & ICFPFM 2009 Meeting, Korea-Japan
2012. 04: Excellent Presentation Award, Korean Chemical Society, Korea
2013. 02: Dow Electronic Materials Award, The Dow Chemical Company, Korea
Education:
B. Sc. (2001. 03. ~ 2006. 02.): Department of Chemistry, Korea University, South Korea
M. Sc (2006. 03. ~ 2008. 02.): Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, South Korea
Ph.D (2008. 03. ~ 2013. 02.): Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, South Korea
Main Experience
Molecular synthesis of organic and organometallic materials and structure-properties relationship studies for organic electronics and artificial photosynthesis. Electrochemical studies of photosensitizer or photocatalyst in various conditions and excited state kinetic studies using nano-, pico, and femto-second laser photolysis, artificial photosynthesis (water splitting and CO2 reduction) experimental set up and characterization, device fabrication and characterization, charge transport in organic materials and interfaces, Measuring and analysis of solid state structure, Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations.