Experience

Aug. 2026-Present  Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Sep. 2025-July. 2026  Assistant Research Professor, Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

Sep. 2023-Aug. 2025  Brain Korea Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

Education (Advisor: Prof. Yang-Kook Sun)

Ph.D. (2023, Best Dissertation Award) and B.S. (2017, Summa Cum Laude) in Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

Full Scholarship during B.S. and Ph.D. Courses

Honor & Awards

2026 2025 ACS Publications Peer Reviewer Certificate of Recognition & Appreciation, ACS Publications

2023 Best Dissertation Award, Hanyang University

2022 Excellent Paper Award, Hanyang University, Brain Korea 21 (NRF) Project

2017 Graduated with Distinction, Hanyang University

2017~2022 Full Scholarship, Hanyang University

2015 Grand Prize, Appropriate Technology Idea Competition, Hanyang University

2013~2016 National Science and Engineering Scholarship, KOSAF, Republic of Korea

Research Interest [Materials & Interfaces for Safe and High-Energy Batteries]

Composite Materials for All-Solid-State Batteries using NCM and Chalcogen

Electrolyte Solutions for Lithium-ion and Lithium-metal Batteries

Electrolyte–Electrode Interface Design/Characterization

New Battery Chemistry & Advanced Battery Electrode Processing

Publications (#54)

First Author #20 (+4): Nature Communications (Revision), Materials Today (1), Advanced Energy Materials (3), ACS Energy Letters (4), Energy Storage Materials (2), Advanced Functional Materials (2), Carbon Energy (2), ACS Nano (1), and so on.

Co-Author #34: Nature Energy (1), Chemical Reviews (1), Nature Communications (2), Journal of the American Chemical Society (1), Angewandte Chemie International Edition (1),  and so on.

Representative Publications

[First] Advanced Energy Materials 2025, 15, 2500867 “High-Areal-Capacity Sulfur Cathode Enabled by Dual-Phase Electrolyte for Sulfide-Based All-Solid-State Batteries”

[First] ACS Energy Letters 2023, 8, 3971–3979. “Tailoring the interface between sulfur and sulfide solid electrolyte for high areal capacity all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries”

[First] Nature Communications 2026, under revision. “Nonflammable Sulfonamide–Carbonate Hybrid Electrolyte for High-Voltage Li Batteries via Preemptive Passivation”

Peer Reviewer

Nature Communications (#3), ACS Energy Letters (#7), Small (#2), Chemical Science (#1)

International Conferences

1. “High-Areal-Capacity All-Solid-State Li-S Batteries Enabled by Dual-Phase Electrolyte Architecture” Oral Presentation, 76th Annual Meeting of ISE (Mainz, Germany, International Society of Electrochemistry), 2025.

2. “Hierarchical Nanowire Host Material-Based All-Solid-State Sulfur Batteries for High Sulfur Utilization” Poster Presentation, 76th Annual Meeting of ISE (Mainz, Germany, International Society of Electrochemistry), 2025.

3. “Tailoring the Solid-Solid Interface for Highly Performing All-Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries” Poster Presentation, IMLB2024 (Hong Kong, China, International Meeting on Lithium Batteries), 2024.

4. “Long-Lasting, Reinforced Electrical Networking in High-Loading Li2S Cathode for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries” Oral Presentation, 244nd ECS Meeting (Gothenburg, Sweden, The Electrochemical Society), 2023.

5. “Resolving the Incomplete Charging Behavior of Redox-Mediated Li-O2 Batteries via Sustainable Protection of Li Metal Anode” Poster Presentation, 244nd ECS Meeting (Gothenburg, Sweden, The Electrochemical Society), 2023.

6. “High capacity lithium-sulfur batteries (> 12 mAh cm–2) enabled by 3D-compact sulfur cathode and polysulfide adjoining interface engineering” Oral Presentation, 242nd ECS Meeting (Atlanta, U.S., The Electrochemical Society), 2022.

7. “Compact sulfurized-polyacrylonitrile/graphene composite cathode for high-energy and long-life Li-S batteries” Poster Presentation, 242nd ECS Meeting (Atlanta, U.S., The Electrochemical Society), 2022.

8. “Interconnected tungsten oxide nanowire/carbon nanotube interlayer for lithium-sulfur batteries” Poster Presentation, IMLB 2022 (Sydney, Australia, International Meeting on Lithium Batteries), 2022.

9. “High capacity Li−S batteries (> 12 mAh cm–2) enabled by compact S cathode and polysulfide adjoining interface engineering” Poster Presentation, IMLB2022 (Sydney, Australia, International Meeting on Lithium Batteries), 2022. 

10. “Evaluation of redox mediator’s oxidation stability in lithium-oxygen batteries” Virtual Presentation, 239th ECS Meeting (Online program, The Electrochemical Society), 2021.

11. “Tungsten oxide nanowire/carbon nanotube interlayer as a polysulfide mediator for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries” Virtual Presentation, 239th ECS Meeting (Online program, The Electrochemical Society), 2021.

12. “Limitation of Redox Mediator in Li-O2 Batteries: Indecomposable By-Products” Poster Presentation, 238th ECS PRiME 2020 Meeting (Online program, The Electrochemical Society), 2020.

13. “Evaluation of trihalide ion’s ability as redox mediators in lithium oxygen batteries” Oral Presentation, 236th ECS Meeting, (Atlanta, U.S., The Electrochemical Society), 2019. 

14. “Na-O2 Batteries Based on Na2-xO2 Evolution” Poster Presentation, IMLB2018 (Kyoto, Japan, International Meeting on Lithium Batteries), 2018.