Inorg. Chem. Lab - Publications

Unveiling Key Factors Governing the Catalytic Performance of Half-Metallocene Complexes for Photochemical CO₂ Reduction and Hydrogen Production: Relativistic Effects and Charge Delocalization

Daehan Lee and Ho-Jin Son*

2026 Submitted

A Secondary-Sphere Proton Channel Accelerating Metal–Hydride Formation in Mn(I) Catalysts for Selective CO2-to-Formate Conversion

Min-Jong Bong,# Wonjung Lee,# Daehan Lee, Hyunuk Kim, Junhyeok Seo,* and Ho-Jin Son*

Chemical Science 2026 in press.

#Co-first author

ISSN: 2041-6539

Published: March 19, 2026

DOI: 10.1039/D5SC09412G

Efficient and Durable Photochemical CO2 Reduction by TiO2-Immobilized Metal Porphyrin Catalysts

Hyeongu Kang, Daehan Lee, Sangheon Jeong, Seung-Hwan Cha, Min-Jong Bong, Myung Jae Lee, Won-Jo Jung, and Ho-Jin Son*

ChemSusChem 2026, 19(7), e202501889.

ISSN: 1864-5631

Published: March 29, 2026

DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202501889

Valorization of rice by-products for carbon nanostructures synthesis in dye wastewater remediation

Nady A. Fathy,* Ho-Jin Son, Sahar M. El-Khouly & Ghada M. Mohamed

Carbon Letters 2026 in press

ISSN: 2233-4998

Published: January 28, 2026

DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42823-025-01020-3

Organic Phosphorescence in Pt(II)-Complex linked Organic Chromophore for Blue-Emitting Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Seong Woon Jeong, Hyung Joo Lee, Bum Joon Park, Min-Jong Bong, Daehan Lee, Taekyung Kim,* Chul Hoon Kim,* and Ho-Jin Son*

Communications Chemistry 2025, 8, 140.

ISSN: 2399-3669

Published: May 9, 2025

DOI: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-025-01533-y

Investigation of Interface Characteristics and Physisorption Mechanism in Quantum Dots/TiO2 Composite for Efficient and Sustainable Photoinduced Interfacial Electron Transfer

Bumsoo Chon, Hyung Joo Lee, Yun Kang, Hyun Woo Kim,* Chul Hoon Kim,* and Ho-Jin Son*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2024, 16(7), 9414-9427.

ISSN: 1944-8244

Published: February 9, 2024

DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.3c16086

Efficient Photosensitization of π-Extended Oligomeric Porphyrin Pigments through TiO2-Mediated Outer-Sphere Electron Transfer in Photochemical CO2 Reduction Systems

Sunghan Choi, Min Su Choe, Daehan Lee, Jae Yoon Shin, and Ho-Jin Son*

ACS Applied Energy Materials 2024, 7(9), 3602-3617.

ISSN: 2574-0962

Published: April 18, 2024

DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsaem.3c03048

Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Formate/CO by (η6-para-Cymene)Ru(II) Half-Metallocene Catalyst: Influence of Additives and TiO2 Immobilization on Catalytic Mechanism and Product Selectivity

Daehan Lee, Farzad Molani, Min Su Choe, Hyun Seok Lee, Chul Hoon Kim, Kyung-Ryang Wee, Seongpil Hwang, Art E. Cho, and Ho-Jin Son*

Inorganic Chemistry 2024, 63(25), 11506-11522.

ISSN: 0020-1669

Published: June 10, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03879

Spectroelectrochemical determination of the conduction band level of mesoporous titanium dioxide semiconductor in diverse reaction media

Sunghan Choi, Chongoh Kim, Daehan Lee, Seungmin Jeon, and Ho-Jin Son*

Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 2024, 45(5), 412–419.

ISSN: 1229-5949

Published: April 4, 2024

DOI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bkcs.12839