Peer-review Articles

1. Han Gil Seo* and Harry L. Tuller*, “Control of chemical expansion of nonstoichiometric oxides …”, In preparation, (2025). 

2. Han Gil Seo* and Harry L. Tuller*, “Rational design of fuel cell cathodes …”, In preparation, (2025). 

3. Gyu Rac Lee+, Thomas Defferriere+, Jinwook Kim, Han Gil Seo, Yeon Sik Jung, and Harry L. Tuller*, “Acidity-Mediated Metal Oxide Heterointerfaces: Roles of Substrates and Surface Modification”, submitted (2025). 

4. Nikolai Tsvetkov+, Han Gil Seo+, Jongsu Seo, Bonjae Koo, Keon-Han Kim, Jeung Ku Kang*, and WooChul Jung*, “Inhibition of grain growth and bulk decomposition…”, in revision, (2025). 

5. Hyunseung Kim+, Han Gil Seo+, Sejong Ahn, Harry L. Tuller*, and WooChul Jung*, “Unveiling Critical Role of Metal Oxide Infiltration in Controlling the Surface Oxygen Exchange Activity and Polarization of SrTi1 xFexO3-δ Perovskite Oxide Electrodes”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, (2025), 13 (2025) 9708-9714.  

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   • This article is part of the themed collection: Journal of Materials Chemistry A HOT Papers 

6. Sanghoon Ji*, Gu Young Cho, Han Gil Seo, Nari Park, Miseon Kim, Weonjae Kim, Suk Won Cha, “Combinatorial Deposition of Pinhole‑Free and High‑Performance, Nanothin Electrolyte for Hydrogen‑Fueled, Low‑Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Supported on a Porous Substrate”, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology, 12 (2025) 565-572.  

7. Masahiro Yasutake+, Han Gil Seo+, Yohei Nagatomo, Ryota Ozaki, Junko Matsuda, Kazunari Sasaki*, and Harry L. Tuller*, “Degradation and recovery of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-based intermediate-temperature reversible solid oxide cells by controlled surface acidity”, Journal of Power Sources, 632 (2025) 236321.

8. Jun Seo, Han Gil Seo, Yoo Sei Park, Taeho Moon, Jae-Won Lee, Hee Jung Park*, “The effect of adding CeO2 on the lithium-ion conductivity of PEO solid electrolytes in all-solid-state batteries”, Ceramist, 27 (2024) 371-378.

9. Sanghoon Ji*, Weonjae Kim, Nari Park, Mi-Seon Kim, Jinhong Jung, Kwangho Ahn, Sungwon Kang, Jongsu Seo, Han Gil Seo, WooChul Jung, “ALD Cycle Numbers of Alumina Protecting Agents for Thin-film Cathode in Power-variable and Hydrogen-fueled Low-temperature SOFCs”, Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy (한국수소및신에너지학회집), 35(6) (2024) 729-735.

10. Sanghoon Ji*, Weonjae Kim, Nari Park, Mi-Seon Kim, Sangjong Han, Hyun-Man Lim, Han Gil Seo, Jongsu Seo, WooChul Jung, “The Temperature Dependence of Performance of Thin-film Cathode Protected by Using ALD Oxide for Low-temperature SOFCs”, Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy (한국수소및신에너지학회집), 35(6) (2024) 715-720. 

11. Yoonseok Choi+, Hyunwoo Ha+, Jinwook Kim, Han Gil Seo, Hyuk Choi, Beomgyun Jeong, JeongDo Yoo, Ethan J. Crumlin, Graeme Henkelman, Hyun You Kim*, WooChul Jung*, “Unveiling direct electrochemical oxidation of methane at the ceria/gas interface”, Advanced Materials, 36 (2024) 2403626.

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12. Han Gil Seo*, Hyunseung Kim, WooChul Jung, and Harry L. Tuller*, “Reversal of chronic surface degradation of Sr(Ti,Fe)O3 perovskite-based fuel cell  cathodes by surface acid/base engineering”, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 355 (2024) 124172.

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13. Anna F. Staerz*, Han Gil Seo, and Harry L. Tuller, “Surface electron modulation of metal oxide-based electrochemical devices by surface additives—linking sensors and fuel cells”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 107 (2024) 1959-1973.

14. Han Gil Seo and Harry L. Tuller*, “Recovery and delay of impurity-induced poisoning of oxygen exchange kinetics in mixed conducting oxides via  controlled surface acidity”, ECS Transactions, 111 (2023) 1259.

15. Han Gil Seo and Harry L. Tuller*, “Surface oxygen exchange kinetics of mixed conducting oxides: Dilatometric vs electrical conductivity relaxation study”,  Scripta Materialia, 228 (2023) 115314.

16. Han Gil Seo, Anna Staerz, Georgios Dimitrakopoulos, Dongha Kim, Bilge Yildiz, and Harry L. Tuller*, “Degradation and recovery of solid oxide fuel cell performance by control of cathode surface acidity: Case study – impact of Cr followed by Ca infiltration”, Journal of Power Sources, 558 (2023) 232589.

17. Han Gil Seo, Anna Staerz, Dennis S. Kim, James M. LeBeau, and Harry L. Tuller*, “Tuning surface acidity of mixed conducting electrodes: Recovery of Si-induced degradation of oxygen exchange rate and area specific resistance”, Advanced Materials, 35 (2023) 202208182.

18. SungHyun Jeon+, Jongsu Seo+, Jeong Woo Shin+, Sungje Lee, Han Gil Seo, Siwon Lee, Nikolai Tsvetkov, Jinwook Kim, Jihwan An*, and WooChul Jung*, “Metal-oxide nanocomposite catalyst simultaneously boosts the oxygen reduction reactivity and chemical stability of a solid oxide fuel cell cathode”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 455 (2023) 140611.

19. Han Gil Seo, Dong Hwan Kim, Jongsu Seo, Seung Jin Jeong, Jinwook Kim, Harry L. Tuller, Ji-Won Son*, and WooChul Jung*, “High-performance and durable fuel cells using Co/Sr-free fluorite-based mixed conducting (Pr,Ce)O2-d cathode”, Advanced Energy Materials, 12 (2022) 2202101.

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20. Han Gil Seo+, Anna Staerz+, Dennis S. Kim, Dino Klotz, Clement Nicollet, Michael Xu, James M. LeBeau, and Harry L. Tuller*, “Reactivation of chromia poisoned oxygen exchange kinetics in mixed conducting solid oxide fuel cell electrodes by serial infiltration of lithia”, Energy & Environmental Science, 15 (2022) 4038-4047.

1. • MIT DMSE & MRL News “Team IDs simple way to increase lifetimes of fuel cells” & “Team IDs simple way to significantly increase lifetimes of fuel cells, other key devices”, August 23, 2022

   • MIT News: https://news.mit.edu/2022/simple-way-to-significantly-increase-fuel-cell-lifetimes-0831, August 31, 2022

   • Green Car Congress: MIT researchers significantly increase lifetimes of solid oxide fuel cells by changing pH, September 1, 2022

21. Jinwook Kim+, Yoonseok Choi+, Dae-Kwang Lim, JeongDo Yoo, Han Gil Seo, Seunghyun Kim, Sangwoo Kim, and WooChul Jung*, “Electrochemically plated nickel-decorated ceria nanostructures for direct hydrocarbon solid oxide fuel cell electrodes”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10 (2022) 20886-20895.

1. • From the themed collection: Journal of Materials Chemistry A HOT Papers

22. Dmitri Kalaev*, Han Gil Seo, and Harry L. Tuller, "Temporal and spatial tuning of optical constants in praseodymium doped ceria by electrochemical means", Nanophotonics, 11(17) (2022) 3943-3952.

23. Anna Staerz+, Han Gil Seo+, Dino Klotz, Dennis S. Kim, James M. LeBeau, and Harry L. Tuller*,  “The influence of Cr-additives on the polarization resistance of praseodymium-doped ceria cathodes for solid oxide fuel cells”, Journal of The  Electrochemical Society, 169 (4) (2022) 044530.

• In Honor of Prof. John Goodenough: A Centenarian Milestone (2019 Nobel Prize Laureates)

24. Anna Staerz+, Han Gil Seo+, Thomas Defferriere+, and Harry L. Tuller*, “Silica: ubiquitous poison of metal oxide interfaces”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10 (2022) 2618-2636.

1. • In Honor of Prof. John Kilner’s 75th Birthday (Imperial College London)

25. Han Gil Seo+, Sanghoon Ji+, Jongsu Seo, Sanwi Kim, Bonjae Koo, Yoonseok Choi,  Hyunseung Kim, Jeong Hwan Kim, Taek-Soo Kim, and WooChul Jung*, “Sintering-resistant platinum electrode achieved through atomic layer deposition for thin-film solid oxide fuel cells”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 15 (2020) 155347.

26.  Hyunseung Kim, Han Gil Seo, Yoonseok Choi, Dae-Kwang Lim, and WooChul Jung*, “Cathodic electrochemical deposition: a new strategy to enhance the activity and stability of silver cathodes for thin-film solid oxide fuel cells”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8 (2020) 14491-14497.

1. • Featured as the Back Cover

   • From the themed collection: Journal of Materials Chemistry A HOT Papers

27. Jun Hyuk Kim, Jun Kyu Kim, Han Gil Seo, Dae-Kwang Lim, Seung Jin Jeong, Jongsu Seo, Jinwook Kim, and WooChul Jung*, “Ex-solved Ag nanocatalysts on a Sr-free parent scaffold authorize a highly efficient route of oxygen reduction”, Advanced Functional Materials, 30 (2020) 2001326.

1. • Featured as the Front Cover

28. Sunjoong Park, Minwon Suh, Kyungmok Kim, Moohyun Kim, Hyunjin Cho, Hongjoo Shin, Han Gil Seo, WooChul Jung, and Duk Young Jeon*, “Effect of spatial molecular configuration of ZnO/polyethylenimine hybrid electron injection materials on OLEDs performance”, Organic Electronics, 75 (2019) 105427.

29. Yoonseok Choi, Jinwook Kim, Han Gil Seo, Harry L. Tuller, and WooChul Jung*, “Nucleation and growth kinetics of electrochemically deposited ceria nanostructures for high-temperature electrocatalysis”, Electrochimica Acta, 316 (2019) 273-282.

30. Noo Woo Kwak+, Seung jin Jeong+, Han Gil Seo, Siwon Lee, YeonJu Kim, Jun Kyu Kim, Pilgyu Byeon, Sung-Yoon Chung, and WooChul Jung*, “In situ synthesis of supported metal nanocatalysts through heterogeneous doping”, Nature Communications, 9 (2018) 4829.

31. Beom-Kyeong Park+, Han Gil Seo+, WooChul Jung*, and Jong-Won Lee*, “Perovskite oxide-based nanohybrid for low-temperature thin-film solid oxide fuel cells fabricated via a facile and scalable electrochemical process”, Ceramics International, 44 (2018) 18727-18735.

32. Han Gil Seo, Yoonseok Choi, and WooChul Jung*, “Exceptionally enhanced electrode activity of (Pr,Ce)O2-d based cathodes for thin-film solid oxide fuel cells”, Advanced Energy Materials, 8 (2018) 1703647. 

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   • Presented to foreign press and a total of 21 articles to domestic press 

33. Bonjae Koo+, Hyunguk Kwon+, YeonJu Kim, Han Gil Seo, Jeong Woo Han* and WooChul Jung*, “Enhanced oxygen exchange of perovskite oxide surfaces through strain-driven chemical stabilization”, Energy & Environmental Science, 11 (2018) 71-77.

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34. Sanghoon Ji+, Han Gil Seo+, Siwon Lee, Jongsu. Seo, Yeageun Lee, Waqas Hassan Tanveer, Suk Won Cha, and WooChul Jung*, “Integrated design of a Ni thin-film electrode on a porous alumina template for affordable and high-performance low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells”, RSC Advances, 7 (2017) 23600-23606.

35. Han Gil Seo, Yoonseok Choi, Bonjae Koo, Ahreum Jang, and WooChul Jung*, “Robust nano-architectured composite thin films for a low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell cathode”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4 (2016) 9394-9402.

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36. Han Gil Seo, and Sung-Tag Oh*, “Fabrication of porous Cu-Ni by freeze drying and hydrogen reduction of CuO-NiO powder mixture”, Journal of Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute, 21(1) (2014) 34-38.

37. Gyu-Tae Lee, Han Gil Seo, Myung-Jin Suk, and Sung-Tag Oh*, “Freeze drying for porous Mo with sublimable vehicles of eutectic system”, Journal of Powder Materials, 20(4) (2013) 253-257.

38. Han Gil Seo, Young Do Kim, Myung-Jin Suk, and Sung-Tag Oh*, “Fabrication of porous Ti by freeze-drying and heat treatment of TiH2/camphene slurries”, Korean Journal of Materials Research, 23(6) (2013) 339-343.