Publications

[57] “Nonflammable Sulfonamide–Carbonate Hybrid Electrolyte for High-Voltage Li Batteries via Preemptive Passivation”

Hun Kim†, Jae-Min Kim†, Yo-Han Yang, Xiaosheng Song, Dong-Gun Koo, Kang Xu, Yang-Kook Sun*

Nature Communications 2026, under revision.

[56] “High-Performance All-Solid-State Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile Batteries Enabled by Iodine Coupling”

Min-Seok Shin†, Hun Kim†, Ji-Min Lee, Myoung-Chan Kim, Yang-Kook Sun*

Materials Today 2026, accepted.

[55] “Ni-Rich Cathodes for High-Energy All-Solid-State Batteries Suppressing Phase-Gradients”

Sung-Min Park†, Hun Kim†, Keun-Hee Kim, Nam-Yung Park, Dong-Hyuk Hwang, Min-Jin Jang, Geon-Tae Park, Myung-Chan Kim, Kyung Yoon Chung, Hun-Gi Jung*, Yang-Kook Sun*

Advanced Energy Materials 2026, accepted.

[54] “Aluminum Acetylacetonate-Confined In-Situ Polymer as Dynamic Active Medium for Sustainable Solid-State Lithium–Sulfur Batteries”

Yi Zhang, Wenyi He, Hun Kim, Xiaosheng Song*, Yong Zhao*, Myoung-Chan Kim, Yang-Kook Sun*

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, in press. [Link]

[53] “A Long-Life and Safe Ni-Rich Cathode Material for Lithium Batteries”

Geon-Tae Park, Byung-Chun Park, Jung-In Yoon, Gwang-Ho Kim, Myoung-Chan Kim, Hun Kim, Min Gyu Kim, Yang-Kook Sun*

Advanced Energy Materials 2026, 16, 2505925. [Link]

[52] “Advanced Cathodes for Practical Lithium–Sulfur Batteries”

Jang-Yeon Hwang, Hyeona Park, Hun Kim, Shivam Kansara, Yang-Kook Sun*

Accounts of Materials Research 2025, 6, 245–258. [Link]

[51] “High-energy, long-life Ni-rich cathode materials with columnar structures for all-solid-state batteries”

Nam-Yung Park, Han-Uk Lee, Tae-Yeon Yu, In-Su Lee, Hun Kim, Sung-Min Park, Hun-Gi Jung, Yun-Chae Jung, Yang-Kook Sun*

Nature Energy 2025, 10, 479–489. [Link]

[50] “High-energy and long-life O3-type layered cathode material for sodium-ion batteries”

Xinghui Liang, Xiaosheng Song, H. Hohyun Sun, Hun Kim, Myoung-Chan Kim, Yang-Kook Sun*

Nature Communications 2025, 16, 3505. [Link]

[49] “High-Areal-Capacity Sulfur Cathode Enabled by Dual-Phase Electrolyte for Sulfide-Based All-Solid-State Batteries”

Hun Kim, Min-Jae Kim, Min-Seok Shin, Ha-Neul Choi, Ilias Belharouak, Yang-Kook Sun*

Advanced Energy Materials 2025, 15, 2500867. [Link]

[48] “Tuning the Lithium Diffusion Kinetics in Co-Free Layered Cathodes for High-Performance All-Solid-State Batteries”

Tae-Yeon Yu, Nam-Yung Park, Hun Kim, In-Su Lee, Han-Uk Lee, Keun-Hee Kim, Woosuk Cho, Hun-Gi Jung, Kyung Yoon Chung, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Energy Letters 2025, 10, 2477–2486. [Link]

[47] “Functional separator strategy for lean electrolyte-based lithium metal batteries with nickel-rich cathodes”

Hun Kim†, Jae-Min Kim†, Seong-Jin Park†, Yo-Han Yang, Yang-Kook Sun*

Journal of Power Sources 2025, 649, 237429. [Link]

[46] “Modulating the Electrode–Electrolyte Interphases for High-Energy Lithium-Metal Batteries”

Jae-Min Kim†, Hun Kim†, Yeon-Ji Ahn, Yo-Han Yang, Yang-Kook Sun*

Energy Storage Materials 2025, 81, 104514. [Link]

[45] “Lithium-Bond-Based Deep Eutectic Electrolyte Solutions for High-Temperature Lithium Metal Batteries”

Xiaosheng Song, Yi Zhang, Zhijie Guo*, Shuang Wu, Yong Zhao*, Xinghui Liang, Myoung-Chan Kim, Hun Kim, Yang-Kook Sun*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, e202511772. [Link]

[44] “Artificial Presetting Layers for Practical Li-Metal Batteries”

Wenyi He, Xiaosheng Song, Yi Zhang, Yong Zhao, Myoung-Chan Kim, Hun Kim, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Energy Letters 2025, 10, 5243–5264. [Link]

[43] “Suppressing Ni-Ion Dissolution for Long-Life Li-Metal Batteries”

Hun Kim, Jae-Min Kim, Yo-Han Yang, Yeon-Ji Ahn, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Energy Letters 2025, 10, 6074–6081. [Link]

[42] “Redefining Polymer Binders: Enabling Ion Transport and Interfacial Stability in Sulfide-Based All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries”

Seung-Bo Hong, Young-Jun Lee, Hun Kim, Min Chang Go, Un-Hyuck Kim*, Yang-Kook Sun*, Dong-Won Kim*

Energy Storage Materials 2025, 83, 104756. [Link]

[41] “Hierarchical Nanowire Host Material for High-Areal-Capacity All-Solid-State S/SeS2 Batteries”

Hun Kim, Ha-Neul Choi, Min-Jae Kim, Shivam Kansara, Jun Tae Kim, Min-Seok Shin, Jang-Yeon Hwang, Hun-Gi Jung, Jun Ming, Yang-Kook Sun*

Advanced Functional Materials 2025, 35, 2415299. [Link]

[40] “Improving Cycling Stability of Ni-Rich Cathode for Lithium-Metal Batteries via Interphases Tunning”

Hun Kim†, Jae-Min Kim†, Geon-Tae Park, Yeon-Ji Ahn, Jang-Yeon Hwang, Doron Aurbach*, Yang-Kook Sun*

Advanced Energy Materials 2025, 15, 2403386. [Link]

[39] “Heterostructured Nickel–Cobalt Metal Alloy and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as a Polysulfide Mediator for Stable Lithium–Sulfur Full Batteries with Lean Electrolyte”

Hyeona Park, Suyeong Lee, Hyerim Kim, Hyunyoung Park, Hun Kim, Jongsoon Kim*, Marco Agostini*, Yang-Kook Sun*, Jang-Yeon Hwang*

Carbon Energy 2024, 6, e472. [Link]

[38] “Relaxation of Stress Propagation in Alloying-Type Sn Anodes for K-Ion Batteries”

Hyokyeong Kang, Hyuk Kang, Junji Piao, Xieyu Xu, Yangyang Liu, Shizhao Xiong, Seunggyeong Lee, Hun Kim, Hun-Gi Jung, Jaekook Kim*, Yang-Kook Sun*, Jang-Yeon Hwang*

Small Methods 2024, 8, 2301158. [Link]

[37] “Constructing the Interconnected Charge Transfer Pathways in Sulfur Composite Cathode Materials for All-Solid-State Li–S Batteries”

Ha-Neul Choi†, Hun Kim†, Min-Jae Kim, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2024, 16, 11076–11083. [Link]

[36] “Improving reaction uniformity of high-loading lithium-sulfur pouch batteries”

Hun Kim, Jae-Min Kim, Ha-Neul Choi, Kyeong-Jun Min, Shivam Kansara, Jang-Yeon Hwang, Jung Ho Kim, Hun-Gi Jung, Yang-Kook Sun*

Carbon Energy 2024, 6, e578. [Link]

[35] “High Voltage Electrolyte Design Mediated by Advanced Solvation Chemistry Toward High Energy Density and Fast Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries”

Haoran Cheng, Zheng Ma, Pushpendra Kumar, Honghong Liang, Zhen Cao, Hongliang Xie, Luigi Cavallo, Hun Kim, Qian Li, Yang-Kook Sun*, Jun Ming*

Advanced Energy Materials 2024, 14, 2304321. [Link]

[34] “Wet-Processable Binder in Composite Cathode with High Active Mass Loading for High Energy Density All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries”

Seung-Bo Hong, Yoo-Rim Jang, Hun Kim, Yun-Chae Jung, Gyuhwang Shin, Hoe Jin Hah, Woosuk Cho*, Yang-Kook Sun*, Dong-Won Kim*

Advanced Energy Materials 2024, 14, 2400802. [Link]

[33] “Toward Practical Li–S Batteries: On the Road to a New Electrolyte”

Xiaosheng Song, Xinghui Liang, Juliana Eko, H. Hohyun Sun*, Jae-Min Kim, Hun Kim, Yang-Kook Sun*

Advanced Energy Materials 2024, 14, 2402506. [Link]

[32] “Practical Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Beyond the Conventional Electrolyte Concentration”

Xiaosheng Song, Xinghui Liang, Hun Kim, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Energy Letters 2024, 9, 5576–5586. [Link]

[31] “Long-Lasting, Reinforced Electrical Networking in High-Loading Li2S Cathode for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries”

Hun Kim, Kyeong-Jun Min, Sangin Bang, Jang-Yeon Hwang, Jung Ho Kim, Chong S. Yoon, Yang-Kook Sun*

Carbon Energy 2023, 5, e308. [Link]

[30] “Intermolecular Interactions Mediated Nonflammable Electrolyte for High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries in Wide Temperature”

Yeguo Zou, Gang Liu, Yuqi Wang, Qian Li, Zheng Ma, Dongming Yin, Yao Liang, Zhen Cao, Luigi Cavallo, Hun Kim, Limin Wang*, Husam N. Alshareef*, Yang-Kook Sun*, Jun Ming*

Advanced Energy Materials 2023, 13, 2300443. [Link]

[29] “Non-Flammable Electrolyte Enables High-Voltage and Wide-Temperature Lithium-Ion Batteries with Fast Charging”

Yeguo Zou, Zheng Ma, Gang Liu, Qian Li, Dongming Yin, Xuejian Shi, Zhen Cao, Zhengnan Tian, Hun Kim, Yingjun Guo, Chunsheng Sun, Luigi Cavallo, Limin Wang*, Husam N. Alshareef*, Yang-Kook Sun*, Jun Ming*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202216189. [Link]

[28] “Turning on lithium-sulfur full batteries at –10 °C”

Hun Kim†, Jang-Yeon Hwang†, Young-Geun Ham, Ha-Neul Choi, Muhammad Hilmy Alfaruqi, Jaekook Kim, Chong Seung Yoon*, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Nano 2023, 17, 14032–14042. [Link]

[27] “High-energy-density, long-life Li metal batteries via application of external pressure”

Hun Kim†, Su-Hyun Lee†, Jae-Min Kim, Chong Seung Yoon*, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Energy Letters 2023, 8, 2970–2978. [Link]

[26] “Tailoring the interface between sulfur and sulfide solid electrolyte for high areal capacity all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries”

Hun Kim, Ha-Neul Choi, Jang-Yeon Hwang, Chong Seung Yoon, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Energy Letters 2023, 8, 3971–3979. (Monthly Most Read Articles) [Link]

[25] “Forming Robust and Highly Li-Ion Conductive Interfaces in High-Performance Lithium Metal Batteries Using Chloroethylene Carbonate Additive”

Hun Kim†, Su-Hyun Lee†, Nam-Yung Park, Jae-Min Kim, Jang-Yeon Hwang, Yang-Kook Sun*

Advanced Energy & Sustainable Research 2023, 5, 2300151. [Link]

[24] “Argyrodite sulfide coated NCM cathode for the improved interfacial contact in normal-pressure operational all-solid-state batteries”

Jun Tae Kim, Hyeon-Ji Shin, A-Yeon Kim, Hyeonseong Oh, Hun Kim, Seungho Yu, Hyoungchul Kim, Kyung Yoon Chung, Jongsoon Kim, Yang-Kook Sun*, Hun-Gi Jung*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2023, 11, 20549–20558. [Link]

[23] “A New Ternary Co-Free Layered Cathode, Li[Ni1-x-yTixAly]O2, for High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries”

Geon-Tae Park, Su-Bin Kim, Been Namkoong, Nam-Yung Park, Hun Kim, Chong S. Yoon*, Yang-Kook Sun*

Materials Today 2023, 71, 38–49. [Link]

2022

[22] “Geometrical engineering of a SPAN–graphene composite cathode for practical Li–S batteries”

Hun Kim†, Jang-Yeon Hwang†, Sangin Bang†, Hun-Gi Jung, Yang-Kook Sun*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2022, 10, 10844–10853. (Front Cover) [Link]

[21] “Resolving the Incomplete Charging Behavior of Redox-Mediated Li–O2 Batteries via Sustainable Protection of Li Metal Anode”

Hun Kim, Kyeong-Jun Min, Min-Gi Jeong, Hun-Gi Jung, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 45945–45953. [Link]

[20] “Discerning Roles of Interfacial Model and Solid Electrolyte Interphase Layer for Stabilizing Antimony Anode in Lithium-Ion Batteries”

Qujiang Sun, Zhen Cao, Zheng Ma, Junli Zhang, Wandi Wahyudi, Tao Cai, Haoran Cheng, Qian Li, Hun Kim, Erqing Xie, Luigi Cavallo, Yang-Kook Sun, Jun Ming

ACS Materials Letters 2022, 4, 2233–2243. [Link]

2021

[19] “State-of-the-art anodes of potassium-ion batteries: synthesis, chemistry, and applications”

Peng Li, Hun Kim, Kwang-Ho Kim, Jaekook Kim, Hun-Gi Jung, Yang-Kook Sun*

Chemical Science 2021, 12, 7623–7655. [Link]

[18] “WO3 Nanowire/Carbon Nanotube Interlayer as a Chemical Adsorption Mediator for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries”

Sang-Kyu Lee, Hun Kim, Sangin Bang, Seung-Taek Myung*, Yang-Kook Sun*

Molecules 2021, 26, 377. [Link]

[17] “Diverting exploration of silicon anode into practical way: a review focused on silicon-graphite composite for lithium ion batteries”

Peng Li, Hun Kim, Seung-Taek Myung, Yang-Kook Sun*

Energy Storage Materials 2021, 35, 550–576. [Link]

[16] “Lithium-Substituted Tunnel/Spinel Heterostructured Cathode Material for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries”

Xinghui Liang, Hun Kim, Hun-Gi Jung, Yang-Kook Sun*

Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 31, 2008569. [Link]

[15] “Long-lasting solid electrolyte interphase for stable Li-metal batteries”

Seon Hwa Lee, Jang-Yeon Hwang, Jun Ming, Hun Kim, Hun-Gi Jung, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Energy Letters 2021, 6, 2153–2161. [Link]

[14] “Ambilaterality of Redox Mediators towards 1O2 in Li–O2 Batteries: Trap and Quencher”

Hyun-Wook Lee†, Hun Kim†, Hun-Gi Jung, Yang-Kook Sun*, Won-Jin Kwak*

Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 31, 2102442. [Link]

[13] “Achieving High-Performance Li–S Batteries via Polysulfide Adjoining Interface Engineering”

Hun Kim†, Sangin Bang†, Kyeong-Jun Min, Young-Geun Ham, Seong-Jin Park, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 39435–39445. [Link]

[12] “Quasi-compensatory effect in emerging anode-free lithium batteries”

Peng Li, Hun Kim, Jun Ming, Hun-Gi Jung*, Ilias Belharouak, Yang-Kook Sun*

eScience 2021, 1, 3–12. [Link]

2020

[11] “Controllable and stable organometallic redox mediators for lithium oxygen batteries”

Won-Jin Kwak, Atif Mahammed, Hun Kim, Trung Thien Nguyen, Zeev Gross, Doron Aurbach*, Yang-Kook Sun*

Materials Horizons 2020, 7, 214–222. [Link]

[10] “Limited effects of a redox mediator in lithium-oxygen batteries: Indecomposable by-products”

Hun Kim, Won-Jin Kwak, Hun-Gi Jung, Yang-Kook Sun*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2020, 8, 5622–5628. [Link]

[9] “Lithium–oxygen batteries and related systems: potential, status, and future”

Won-Jin Kwak, Rosy, Daniel Sharon, Chun Xia, Hun Kim, Lee R. Johnson, Peter G. Bruce*, Linda F. Nazar*, Yang-Kook Sun*, Aryeh A. Frimer, Malachi Noked, Stefan A. Freunberger, Doron Aurbach*

Chemical Reviews 2020, 120, 6626–6683. [Link]

[8] “Oxidation Stability of Organic Redox Mediators as Mobile Catalysts in Lithium-Oxygen Batteries”

Won-Jin Kwak†, Jiwon Park†, Hun Kim†, Jung Min Joo, Doron Aurbach*, Hye Ryung Byon*, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Energy Letters 2020, 5, 2122–2129. [Link]

[7] “Tungsten oxide/zirconia as a functional polysulfide mediator for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries”

Hee Min Kim, Jang-Yeon Hwang, Sangin Bang, Hun Kim, Muhammad Hilmy Alfaruqi, Jaekook Kim, Chong Seung Yoon, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Energy Letters 2020, 5, 3168–3175. [Link]

[6] “High-Energy W-Doped Li[Ni0.95Co0.04Al0.01]O2 Cathodes for Next-Generation Electric Vehicles”

Un-Hyuck Kim, Nam-Yung Park, Geon-Tae Park, Hun Kim, Chong S. Yoon*, Yang-Kook Sun*

Energy Storage Materials 2020, 33, 399–407. [Link]

2019

[5] “A dendrite-and oxygen-proof protective layer for lithium metal in lithium–oxygen batteries”

Won-Jin Kwak, Jiwon Park, Trung Thien Nguyen, Hun Kim, Hye Ryung Byon, Minchul Jang, Yang-Kook Sun*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019, 7, 3857–3862. [Link]

[4] “Deactivation of redox mediators in lithium–oxygen batteries by singlet oxygen”

Won-Jin Kwak, Hun Kim, Yann K. Petit, Christian Leypold, Trung Thien Nguyen, Nika Mahne, Paul Redfern, Larry A. Curtiss, Hun-Gi Jung, Sergey M. Borisov, Stefan A. Freunberger*, Yang-Kook Sun*

Nature Communications 2019, 10, 1380. [Link]

[3] “Verification for trihalide ions as redox mediators in Li–O2 batteries”

Hun Kim, Won-Jin Kwak, Hun-Gi Jung, Yang-Kook Sun*

Energy Storage Materials 2019, 19, 148–153. [Link]

[2] “Mutual conservation of redox mediator and singlet oxygen quencher in lithium–oxygen batteries”

Won-Jin Kwak, Stefan A. Freunberger, Hun Kim, Jiwon Park, Trung Thien Nguyen, Hun-Gi Jung, Hye Ryung Byon, Yang-Kook Sun*

ACS Catalysis 2019, 9, 9914–9922. [Link]

2018

[1] “A Comparative Evaluation of Redox Mediators for Li–O2 Batteries: A Critical Review”

Won-Jin Kwak, Hun Kim, Hun-Gi Jung, Doron Aurbach*, Yang-Kook Sun*

Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2018, 165, A2274–A2293. [Link]