Dr. Xiaoyan Jin (김효연)
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Chemistry
University of Seoul
Tel: 02-6490-2468
E-mail: xjin@uos.ac.kr
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Experience
2024.03 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Seoul
2020.08 - 2024.02 Research Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineerining, Yonsei University
2019.09 - 2020.07 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University
2018.09 - 2019.08 Postdoctoral researcher, Center for Hybrid Interfacial Chemical Structure, Ewha Womans University
Education
2012.09 - 2018.08 Ph.D. Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience (Major: Nano Material Science), Ewha Womans University
Advisor: Prof. Seong-Ju Hwang
2008.09 - 2012.06 B.S. Department of Chemistry, Yanbian University
Representative Publications
X. Jin, S. J. Kwon, M. G. Kim*, M. Kim*, S.-J. Hwang*, "The crucial role of coordination number in optimizing electrocatalyst activity of holey large-area 2D Ru nanosheets", ACS Nano accepted (2024).
X. Jin, T. Lee, A. Soon*, S.-J. Hwang*, "Vacancy-assisted transformation of MoS₂ nanosheets into defective MoSₓ nanoclusters to regulate sodium-ion electrode functionality", Adv. Funct. Mater. Web-published (2024).
Y. Sun, J. Lee, N. H. Kwon, J. Lim, X. Jin*, Y. Gogotsi*, S.-J. Hwang*, "Enhancing hydrogen evolution reaction activity of palladium catalyst by immobilization on MXene nanosheets", ACS Nano 18(8), 6243-6255 (2024).
S. Y. Yun, S. Lee, X. Jin*, A. Soon*, S.-J. Hwang*, "Ammonolysis-driven exsolution of Ru nanoparticle embedded in conductive metal nitride matrix to boost electrocatalyst activity", Adv. Sci. Web-published (2024).
Z. Wang,†* X. Jin,† R. Xu, Z. Yang, S. Ma, T. Yan, C. Zhu, J. Fang, Y. Liu, S.-J. Hwang*, Z. Pan*, H. J. Fan*, "Cooperation between dual metal atoms and nanoclusters enhances activity and stability for oxygen reduction and evolution", ACS Nano 17, 8622-8633 (2023).
Y. H. Park, S. B. Patil, X. Jin*, S.-J. Hwang*, "High efficacy of substrate dimensionality control in optimizing the specific capacitance and phase stability of hybridized nanostructures" Nano Energy 113, 108566 (2023).
X. Jin, H. Jang, N. Jarulertwathana, M. G. Kim*, S.-J. Hwang*, "Atomically thin holey two-dimensional Ru₂P nanosheets for enhanced hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis", ACS Nano 16(10), 16452-16461 (2022).
X. Jin, T. Lee, W. Tamakloe, S. B. Patil, A. Soon*, Y.-M. Kang*, S.-J. Hwang* "In situ defect engineering route to optimize the cationic redox activity of layered double hydroxide nanosheet via strong electronic coupling with holey substrate", Adv. Sci. 9(1), 2103368 (2022).
H. K. Kim, H. Jang, X. Jin*, M. G. Kim*, S.-J. Hwang*, "A crucial role of enhanced Volmer−Tafel mechanism in improving the electrocatalytic activity via synergetic optimization of host, interlayer, and surface features of 2D nanosheets", Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 312, 121391 (2022).
X. Jin, T.-H. Gu, N. H. Kwon, S.-J. Hwang*, "Synergetic advantages of atomically-coupled 2D inorganic and graphene nanosheets as versatile building blocks for diverse functional nanohybrids", Adv. Mater. 33(47), 2005922 (2021).
Awards and Honors
2022 Best Poster Award-Silver Prize, NANO KOREA 2022 Symposium
2021 Excellent Presentation Award, Korea Electrochemical Society
2020 Excellent Preentation Award, Korea Ceramic Society
2019 Young Scientist Award, Pohang Accelertor Laboratory
2018 Excellent Ph.D. Thesis Prize, Ewha Womans University
2017 Solvay Scholarship for Graduated Student, Solvay Korea
2016 Excellent Presentation Award, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Conference
2016 Excellent Presentation Award, Korea Chemical Society
2014 Excellent Presentation Award, 1st XAFS Conference
2012 International Exchange Scholarship, Ewha Womans University