Research

We are an interdisciplinary research team that develop new materials for various renewable energy application.

Achieving a carbon-neutral society has become an overarching challenge in the 21st century, leading to the emergence of various new fields in renewable energy applications. With the emergence of new fields such as carbon capture, electrocatalysis, and batteries, developing new materials that maximize the energy efficiency of the applications becomes a prerequisite. Our research focuses on atomic-level heterogeneous material design, synthesis, and characterization for electro/photo/thermochemical energy conversion, enabling a one-order-of-magnitude reduction in CO2 footprint without compromising energy efficiency. 

The following fields are of our interest:

• Design and Synthesis of Energy Materials (fuel cell, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, water electrolysis and batteries)

• Water Electrolysis and Fuel Cell

• Advanced Batteries (Li-S, Li-air and Li-ion batteries)

• Photocatalysis

• Electrocatalysis

• Carbon Capture & Conversion

Our Publication

• Energy Materials for Electrocatalysis

Nature Catalysis 2023, 6, 234-243., Nature Materials 2020, 19, 436-442., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5386-5395., Joule 2023, 7, 1902-1919. 

• Energy Materials for Photocatalysis

Nature Materials 2019, 18, 620-626., Energy & Environmental Science 2022. 15, 601-609., Nature Nanotechnology 2023, 18, 754-762.,  Nature Materials 2024, In Press. 

• Energy Materials for Batteries and Fuel Cell

Adv. Funct. Mater.  2022. 2110857., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13406-13414., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16676-16684., ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021. 4, 10553-10564., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 14190-14200., Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 4757-4760. 

• Energy Materials for Carbon Capture & Conversion

Nature Synthesis 2023, 2, 448-457., Joule 2023, 7, 1277-1288., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5386-5395.