Publications

[2025]

[49] L. Du, C. Ku, M. Feng, J. Lan, J. Park, I. S. Kwon, L. Kong, W. Yang*, “Selective Oxidation of High-Concentration 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Furan Dicarboxylic Acid at Room Temperature in Water by Synergic Electronic Effect of Bimetallic RuCo/NC Catalyst” 

Green Energy & Environment (2025) Accepted.  -IF: 14.6, JCR  <10%

[48] T. A. Gazis‡, S. Palit‡, L. A. Cipriano, N. Allasia, S. M. Collins, Q. M. Ramasse, I. S. Kwon, M. Sterrer, G. D. Liberto, G. Vilé*, “Copper Single-Atom Catalysts for Efficient C-S Coupling in Thioether Synthesis” 

Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. (2025) Accepted.  -IF: 16.9, JCR  <10%

[47] Y. Kim‡, I. S. Kwon‡, S. -H. Kim, D. Kang, V. G. Parale, H. Choi, W. Lee, J. Kim, H. J. Heo, K. -S. Lee, S. -W. Kim, H. -H. Park*, “Ligand-Orchestrated Transition Metal Aerogels: A Tailored Sulfur Coordination Strategy for Superior Oxygen Evolution Catalysis” 

Materials Horizons (2025) Accepted.  -IF: 10.7, JCR  11%

[46] Y. S. Won, B. Kirubasankar, H. -J. Kim, I. S. Kwon, J. W. Kim, H. Ko, H. -Y. Han*, S. M. Kim*, K. K. Kim*, “Phase Transformation of Needle-Like Fe-Co0.85Se to Hexagonal Fe-Co3O4 for Enhanced High-Current-Density Oxygen Evolution via Lattice Oxygen Redox” 

Small (2025) Accepted.  -IF: 13.0, JCR < 10%

[45] J. Y. Kim, J. H. Choi, Y. J. Choi, J. Ihsan, I. Mishal, S. Y. Jeong, H. E. Lee, J. E. Ahn, S. J. Yoo, S. -G. Lee, I. H. Kwak*, I. S. Kwon*, J. Park*, H. S. Kang*, “2M Phase Stability of WSe2-MoSe2 Alloy Nanosheets via Colloidal Reaction and Their Se-Rich Model Calculations” 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2025) Advance Article.  -IF: 10.3, JCR < 10%

[44] V. B. Saptal, C. Saetta, A. Laufenböck, M. Sterrer, I. S. Kwon, A. Lucotti, M. Tommasini, O. Tomanec,  A. Bakandritsos, G. D. Liberto, G. Pacchioni, G. Vilé*, “An Adaptive Palladium Single-Atom Catalyst Enabling Reactivity Switching Between Borylation and C-C Coupling” 

Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (22), 18524-18540 (2025).  -IF: 14.4, JCR < 10%

[43] J. Ihsan‡, J. Y. Kim‡, I. H. Kwak‡,I. Mishal, J. H. Choi, J. E. Ahn, S. -G. Lee, S. J. Yoo, I. S. Kwon*, J. Park*, H. S. Kang*, “(ReMoV)X2 (X = S, Se) Ternary Alloy Nanosheets for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

Small 21, 2503399 (2025).  -IF: 13.0, JCR < 10%

[42] A. Moutsiou‡, A. Olivati‡, L. A. Cipriano, A. Sivo, S. M. Collins, Q. M. Ramasse, I. S. Kwon, G. D. Liberto, M. Kanso, R. Wojcieszak, G. Pacchioni, A. Petrozza, G. Vilé*, “Tracking Charge Dynamics in a Silver Single-Atom Catalyst During the Light-Driven Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol to Benzaldehyde ” 

ACS Catalysis 15 (7), 5601-5613 (2025).  -IF: 11.3, JCR < 10%

[41] B. S. Kumar, A. G., R. Kumar, X. Z., A, K, Paidi, V. K. Paidi, B. Yadav, I. S. Kwon, K. S. Lee, D. Ahn, A. Chatterjee, N. Sharma, A. Mukhopadhyay*, “Specific crystallographic site occupancy induced water-stability: Towards facilitating ‘aqueous processing’ of ‘layered’ Na- transition metal oxide cathodes for Na-ion batteries ” 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 13 (8), 5807-5820 (2025).  -IF: 10.7, JCR < 10%

[40] H. Chang, N. Allsia, L. A. Cipriano, G. D. Liberto, I. S. Kwon, M. Zhang, G. Pacchioni, V. Krishnan* and G. Vilé*, “Synergistic Effects of Zinc and Nitrogen in a Carbon Nitride‐Based Single‐Atom Catalyst for Efficient CO2 Cycloaddition” 

ChemCatChem 17 (5), e202401768 (2025). - IF: 4.6,  JCR < 25%

[2024]

[39] J. Luo‡, V. Ruat‡, I. S. Kwon, J. Albertazzi, N. Allasia, O. Nevskyi, V. Busini, D. Moscatelli and G. Vilé*, “Fabricating a Structured Single‐Atom Catalyst via High‐Resolution Photopolymerization 3D Printing” 

Advanced Functional Materials 34 (42), 2404794 (2024). - IF: 19, JCR <5%

[38] C. Ha, I. S. Kwon, K. J. Kim, J. Kim and J. H. Lim*, “In-vacuum undulators for the first phase beamlines of Korea-4GSR” 

Journal of the Korean Physical Society 85 (5), 371-380 (2024). - IF: 0.8 

[37] J. Ihsan, I. H. Kwak, J. Y. Kim, G. M. Zewdie, J. H. Choi, S. G. Lee, K. S. Lee,  I. S. Kwon*, J. Park* and H. S. Kang*, “Alloying of ReS2 and VS2 Nanosheets Enhances Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

Advanced Functional Materials 34 (42), 2406755 (2024). - IF: 19, JCR < 5%

[36] I. H. Kwak, J. Y. Kim, G. M. Zewdie, J. Yang, K. S. Lee, S. J. Yoo,  I. S. Kwon*, J. Park* and H. S. Kang*, “Electrocatalytic Activation in ReSe2‐VSe2 Alloy Nanosheets to Boost Water‐Splitting Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

Advanced Materials 36 (15), 2310769 (2024). - IF: 27.4, JCR < 2%

[35] I. S. Kwon*, I. H. Kwak, J. Y. Kim, S. J. Lee, Q. A. Sial, J. Ihsan, K. S. Lee, S. J. Yoo, J. Park* and H. S. Kang*, “2H–2M Phase Control of WSe2 Nanosheets by Se Enrichment Toward Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

Advanced Materials 36 (8), 2307867 (2024). - IF: 27.4, JCR < 2%

[2023]

[34] J. Y. Kim#, I. H. Kwak#, I. S. Kwon#, Q. A. Sial, J. Ihsan, G. M. Zewdie, J. Park* and H. S. Kang*, “Stacking polytypes of 1T′ phase Se-rich transition metal diselenide and their electrocatalytic activity in the hydrogen evolution reaction” 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 11 (36), 19619-19628 (2023). - IF: 11.9, JCR < 10%

[33] I. S. Kwon# , S. J. Lee, J. Y. Kim, I. H. Kwak, G. M. Zewdie, S. J. Yoo, J. G. Kim, K. S. Lee, J. Park* and H. S. Kang*, “Composition-Tuned (MoWV)Se2 Ternary Alloy Nanosheets as Excellent Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts” 

ACS Nano 17 (3), 2968-2979 (2023). - IF: 17.1, JCR < 5%

[2022]

[32] I. S. Kwon#, I. H. Kwak#, J. Park* and H. S. Kang*, “Molecular Intercalation of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheets to Enhance Electrocatalytic Activity toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society 43 (12), 1352-1363 (2022). - IF: 2.3

[31] I. S. Kwon#, I. H. Kwak#, G. M. Zewdie#, S. J. Lee, J. Y. Kim, S. J. Yoo, J. G. Kim, J. Park* and H. S. Kang*, “MoSe2-VSe2-NbSe2 Ternary Alloy Nanosheets to Boost Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

Advanced Materials 34 (41), 2205524 (2022). - IF: 32.086, JCR < 2%

[30] I. H. Kwak#,  I. S. Kwon#, J. Y. Kim#, G. M. Zewdie, S. J. Lee, S. J. Yoo, J. G. Kim, J. Park* and H. S. Kang*, “Full Composition Tuning of W1-xNbxSe2 Alloy Nanosheets to Promote the Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

ACS Nano, 16 (9), 13949-13958 (2022). - IF: 18.027, JCR <5%

[29] I. S. Kwon#, I. H. Kwak#, G. M. Zewdie#, S. J. Lee, J. Y. Kim, S. J. Yoo, J. G. Kim, J. Park* and H. S. Kang*, “WSe2-VSe2 Alloyed Nanosheets to Enhance the Catalytic Performance of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

ACS Nano, 16 (8), 12569-12579 (2022). - IF: 18.027, JCR <5%

[28] I. H. Kwak#, I. S. Kwon#, G. M. Zewdie#, T. T. Debela, S. J. Lee, J. Y. Kim, S. J. Yoo, J. G. Kim, J. Park* and H. S. Kang*, “Polytypic Phase Transition of Nb1-xVxSe2 via Colloidal Synthesis and Their Catalytic Activity toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

ACS Nano 16 (3), 4278-4288 (2022). - IF: 18.027, JCR <5%

[27] K. Park#, D. Kim#, T. T. Debela#, M. Boujnah, G. M. Zewdie, J. Seo, I. S. Kwon, I. H. Kwak, M. Jung, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Polymorphic Ga2S3 nanowires: phase-controlled growth and crystal structure calculations” 

Nanoscale Advances 4 (15), 3218-3225 (2022). - IF: 4.7, JCR < 25%

[2021]

[26] I. S. Kwon#, I. H. Kwak#, T. T. Debela, J. Y. Kim, S. J. Yoo, J. G. Kim, J. Park* and H. S. Kang*, “Phase-Transition Mo1-xVxSe2 Alloy Nanosheets with Rich V-Se Vacancies and Their Enhanced Catalytic Performance of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

ACS Nano 15 (9), 14672-14682 (2021). - IF: 17.1, JCR < 10%

[25] I. S. Kwon#, I. H. Kwak#, J. Y. Kim, T. T. Debela, Y. C. Park, J. Park* and H. S. Kang*, “Concurrent Vacancy and Adatom Defects of Mo1-xNbxSe2 Alloy Nanosheets Enhance Electrochemical Performance of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

ACS Nano 15 (3), 5467-5477 (2021). - IF: 17.1, JCR < 10%

[24] I. H. Kwak#, I. S. Kwon#, J. H. Lee, Y. R. Lim and J. Park*, “Chalcogen-vacancy Group VI Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheets for Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution” 

Journal of Materials Chemistry C 9 (1), 101-109 (2021). - IF:, JCR < 25%

[23] D. Kim, K. Park, J. H. Lee, I. S. Kwon, I. H. Kwak, and J. Park*, “Anisotropic 2D SiAs for High‐Performance UV–Visible Photodetectors” 

Small 17 (10), 2006310 (2021). - IF: 13.3, JCR < 10%

[2020]

[22]  I. H. Kwak#, T. T. Debela#, I. S. Kwon#, J. Seo, S. J. Yoo, J. G. Kim, J. P. Ahn, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Anisotropic Alloying of Re1-xMoxS2 Nanosheets to Boost Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(47), 25131-25141 (2020). - IF: 11.9, JCR < 20%

[21] I. S. Kwon#, I. H. Kwak#, S. Ju#, S. Kang, S. Han, Y. C. Park, J. Park, and J Park*, “Adatom Doping of Transition Metals in ReSe2 Nanosheets for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

ACS Nano 14 (9), 12184-12194 (2020). - IF: 17.1, JCR < 10%

[20] I. H. Kwak#,  I. S. Kwon#, T. T. Debela#, H. G. Abbas, Y. C. Park, J. Seo, J. -P. Ahn, J. H. Lee, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Phase Evolution of Re1-xMoxSe2 Alloy Nanosheets and Their Enhanced Catalytic Activity toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

ACS Nano 14 (9), 11995-12005 (2020). - IF: 17.1, JCR < 10%

[19] I. S. Kwon#, I. H. Kwak#, T. T. Debela#, H. G. Abbas, Y. C. Park, J. -P. Ahn, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Se-Rich MoSe2 Nanosheets and Their Superior Electrocatalytic Performance for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

ACS Nano 14 (5), 6295-6304 (2020). - IF: 17.1, JCR < 10%

[18]  I. S. Kwon#, T. T. Debela#, I. H. Kwak#, Y. C. Park, J. Seo, J. Y. Shim, S. J. Yoo, J. -G. Kim, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Ruthenium Nanoparticles on Cobalt‐Doped 1T′ Phase MoS2 Nanosheets for Overall Water Splitting” 

Small 16 (13), 2000081 (2020). - IF: 13.3, JCR < 10%

[17] J. Yoo#, I. H. Kwak#, I. S. Kwon#, K. Park, D. Kim, J. H. Lee, S. A. Lim, E. H. Cha*, and J. Park*, “Nickel Sulfide Nanocrystals for Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation” 

Journal of Materials Chemistry C 8 (9), 3908-3915 (2020). - IF: 6.4, JCR < 25%

[2019]

[16] I. S. Kwon#, T. T. Debela#, I. H. Kwak#, H. W. Seo, K. Park, D. Kim, S. J. Yoo, J. -G. Kim, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Selective Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid using Indium–Zinc Bimetallic Nanocrystals” 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7 (70), 22879-22883 (2019). - IF: 11.9, JCR < 20%

[15] I. H. Kwak#, I. S. Kwon#, T. T. Debela#, J. Seo, J. -P. Ahn, S. J. Yoo, J. -G. Kim, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Two-Dimensional MoS2–Melamine Hybrid Nanostructures for Enhanced Catalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7 (39), 22571-22578 (2019). - IF: 11.9, JCR < 20%

[14] I. S. Kwon#, I. H. Kwak#, J. Y. Kim#, H. G. Abbas, T. T. Debela, J. Seo, M. K. Cho, J. -P. Ahn, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Two-Dimensional MoS2/Fe-Phthalocyanine Hybrid Nanostructures as Excellent Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction Reactions” 

Nanoscale 11 (30), 14266-14275 (2019). - IF: 6.7, JCR < 20%

[13] I. H. Kwak#, H. G. Abbas#, I. S. Kwon#, Y. C. Park, J. Seo, M. K. Cho, J. -P. Ahn, H. W. Seo, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Intercalation of Cobaltocene into WS2 Nanosheets for Enhanced Catalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7 (14), 8101-8106 (2019). - IF: 11.9, JCR < 20%

[12] I. S. Kwon#, I. H. Kwak#, H. G. Abbas# H. W. Seo, J. Seo, K. Park, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Two-Dimensional MoS2 Meets Porphyrins via Intercalation to Enhance the Electrocatalytic Activity toward Hydrogen Evolution” 

Nanoscale 11 (9), 3780-3785 (2019). - IF: 6.7, JCR < 20%

[11] I. H. Kwak#, I. S. Kwon#, H. G. Abbas#, J. Seo, G. Jung, Y. Lee, D. Kim, J. -P., Ahn, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Intercalated Complexes of 1T′-MoS2 Nanosheets with Alkylated Phenylenediamines as Excellent Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution” 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7 (5), 2334-2343 (2019). - IF: 11.9, JCR < 20%

[10] D. Kim, K. Park, F. Shojaei, T. T. Debela, I. S. Kwon, I. H. Kwak, J. Seo, J. -P. Ahn, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Thickness-dependent bandgap and electrical properties of GeP nanosheets” 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7 (27), 16526-16532 (2019). - IF: 11.9 JCR < 20%

[9] K. Park, J. Lee, D. Kim, J. Seo, J. A. Lee, I. H. Kwak, I. S. Kwon, J. -P. Ahn, and J. Park*, “GaAsSe Ternary Alloy Nanowires for Enhanced Photoconductivity” 

Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (6), 3908-3915 (2019). - IF: 3.7 JCR < 25%

[8] C. S. Jung, K. Park, Y. Lee, I. H. Kwak, I. S. Kwon, J. Kim, J. Seo, J. -P. Ahn, and J. Park*, “Nickel Phosphide Polymorphs with an Active (001) Surface as Excellent Catalysts for Water Splitting” 

CrystEngComm 21 (7), 1143-1149 (2019). - IF: 3.1 JCR < 25%

[2018]

[7] T. T. Debela#, Y. R. Lim#, H. W. Seo, I. S. Kwon, I. H. Kwak, J. Park*, W. I. Cho and H. S. Kang*, “Two-Dimensional WS2@Nitrogen-Doped Graphite for High-Performance Lithium Ion Batteries: Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations” 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10 (44), 37928-37936 (2018). - IF: 9.5, JCR < 20%

[6] S. Lee, S. Cha, Y. Myung, K. Park, I. H. Kwak, I. S. Kwon, J. Seo, S. A. Lim, E. H. Cha* and J. Park*, “Orthorhombic NiSe2 Nanocrystals on Si Nanowires for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting” 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10 (39), 33198-33204 (2018). - IF: 9.5, JCR < 20%

[5] I. H. Kwak#, I. S. Kwon#, H. G. Abbas#, G. Jung, Y. Lee, T. T. Debela, S. J. Yoo, J. -G. Kim, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Nitrogen-rich 1T′-MoS2 layered nanostructures using alkyl amines for high catalytic performance toward hydrogen evolution” 

Nanoscale 10 (30), 14726-14735 (2017). - IF: 6.7, JCR < 20%

[4] I. S. Kwon#, I. H. Kwak#, H. G. Abbas#, G. Jung, Y. Lee, J. Park*, S. J. Yoo, J, -G. Kim, and H. S. Kang*, “Intercalation of aromatic amine for the 2H–1T′ phase transition of MoS2 by experiments and calculations” 

Nanoscale 10 (24), 11349-11356 (2018). - IF: 6.7, JCR < 20%

[3] I. H. Kwak#, I. S. Kwon#, H. G. Abbas#, G. Jung, Y. Lee, J. Park*, and H. S. Kang*, “Stable methyl ammonium-intercalated 1T′-MoS2 for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution” 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A  6 (14), 5613-5617 (2018). - IF: 11.9, JCR < 20%

[2017]

[2] Y. W. Kim, S. Cha, I. H. Kwak, I. S. Kwon, K. Park, C. S. Jung, E. H. Cha*, and J. Park*., “Surface-Modified Ta3N5 Nanocrystals with Boron for Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting” 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces  9 (42), 36715-36722 (2017). - IF: 9.5, JCR < 20% 

[1] I. H. Kwak, I. S. Kwon, J. Kim, K. Park, J. -P. Ahn, S. J. Yoo, J. G. Kim and J. Park*, “IrO2–ZnO Hybrid Nanoparticles as Highly Efficient Trifunctional Electrocatalysts” 

Journals of Physical Chemistry C  121 (27), 14899-14906 (2017). - IF: 3.832, JCR < 25 %