Publications

[27] A Flat Analyzer Polycapillary Spectrometer for X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Dilute Transition Metals at X-ray-Free Electron Lasers

Angel T. Garcia-Esparza,† Jinkyu Lim,† Alexander Britz, Marco Reinhard, Ryan D. Ribson, Jeffrey T. Babicz Jr., Cali Antolini, Leland B. Gee, Quinn Claussen, Nina A. Boiadjieva, Leslie Hsiao, Jim Defever, Patrick Oppermann, Vincent Esposito, Hasan Yavas, Dean Skoien, Matthieu Chollet, Tim B. van Driel, Sanghoon Song, Diling Zhu, Dimosthenis Sokaras,* and Roberto Alonso-Mori*

Photon Science 2026, 1, 2, 121-129. (†co-first authors)

[26] Ultrafast Population and Structural Dynamics of a Ni-Bipyridine Photoredox Catalyst Reveal a Significant Deactivation Pathway

Sumana L. Raj, Felipe Curtolo, Kacie Nelson, David A. Cagan, Reagan X. Hooper, Daniel Bím, Alec H. Follmer, Ryan D. Ribson, Nathanael P. Kazmierczak, Brendon J. McNicholas, Natalia Powers-Riggs, Michael Sachs, Elisa Biasin, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Jinkyu Lim, Leland B. Gee, Matthieu Chollet, Patrick Kramer, Roberto Alonso-Mori, Tim B. van Driel, Kelly Gaffney, Sijia S. Dong,* Ryan G. Hadt, Amy A. Cordones*

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2026, 17, 4, 1164-1172.

[25] Advanced high current density activity in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis with mass transport enhanced Ir nanodendrites

Jinkyu Lim,* Minseo Kim, Sun Seo Jeon, Jae Won Lee, Hee-Eun Kim, Gahyun Kim, Youngbeom Kim, and Jiseok Kwon

Energy 2025, 333, 137439.

[24] The electrode-electrolyte interface of Cu via modulation excitation X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Angel T. Garcia-Esparza, Xiang Li, Finn Babbe, Jinkyu Lim, K. Dean Skoien, Philipp Stefan Simon, Junko Yano,* and Dimosthenis Sokaras*

Energy & Environmental Science 2025, 18, 10, 4643-4650.

[23] Polyphenol-based fire-resistant coatings: a bio-inspired solution for forest fire prevention

Mark John Castillo, Jumi Kang, Jinkyu Lim, Minok Park,* and Kyueui Lee*

Green Chemistry 2025, 27, 17, 4573-4586.

[22] Synergistic effect of ROS-generating polydopamine on drug-induced bone tissue regeneration

Hyeju Han,† Bongkyun Kang,† Shazid Md. Sharker, Tabassum Binte Kashem, Yuejin Kim, Jeehee Lee, Minok Park, Eunjeong Kim, YunJae Jung, Jinkyu Lim,* Seungwon Ryu,* and Kyueui Lee*

Nanoscale 2024, 16, 43, 20118-20130. (†co-first authors)

[21] The Liquid Jet Endstation for Hard X-ray Scattering and Spectroscopy at the Linac Coherent Light Source

Cali Antolini,† Victor Sosa Alfaro,† Marco Reinhard, Gourab Chatterjee, Ryan Ribson, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Leland Gee, Takahiro Sato, Patrick L. Kramer, Sumana Laxmi Raj, Brandon Hayes, Pamela Schleissner, Angel T. Garcia-Esparza, Jinkyu Lim, Jeffrey T. Babicz Jr., Alec H. Follmer, Silke Nelson, Matthieu Chollet, Roberto Alonso-Mori,* and Tim B. van Driel*

Molecules 2024, 29, 10, 2323. (†co-first authors)

[20] Improved electrocatalytic activity of Pt on carbon nanofibers for glucose oxidation mediated by support oxygen groups in Pt perimeter

Matthijs van der Ham, Thomas J. P. Hersbach, Juan José Delgado, Benjamin D. Matson, Jinkyu Lim, Marlene Führer, Tomas van Haasterecht, Tiny M.W.G.M. Verhoeven, Emiel J.M. Hensen, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Marc T.M. Koper, and Harry J. Bitter*

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2023, 338, 123046.

[19] Unraveling Metal-Ligand Bonding in an HNO-Evolving {FeNO}6 Complex with a Combined X-ray Spectroscopic Approach

Leland B. Gee,* Jinkyu Lim, Thomas Kroll, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Roberto Alonso-Mori, and Chien-Ming Lee*

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 38, 20733-20738.

[18] Biohybrid CO2 Electrolysis for the Direct Synthesis of Polyesters from CO2

Jinkyu Lim,† So Young Choi,† Jae Won Lee,† Sang Yup Lee,* and Hyunjoo Lee*

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2023, 120, 14, e2221438120. (†co-first authors)

Press released

[17] Electrodeposited Sn-Cu@Sn dendrites for selective electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction to formic acid

Jinkyu Lim,* Angel T. Garcia-Esparza, Jae Won Lee, Gihun Kang, Sangyong Shin, Sun Seo Jeon, and Hyunjoo Lee*

Nanoscale 2022, 14, 26, 9297-9303.

[16] Atomically ordered Pt3Mn intermetallic electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells

Jeonghoon Lim,† Chanwon Jung,† Doosun Hong, Junu Bak, Jaewook Shin, MinJoong Kim, DongHoon Song, Changsoo Lee, Jinkyu Lim, Hyunjoo Lee, Hyuck Mo Lee, and EunAe Cho*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2022, 10, 13, 7399-7408. (†co-first authors)

[15] Amorphous Ir atomic clusters anchored on crystalline IrO2 nanoneedles for proton exchange membrane water oxidation

Jinkyu Lim,† Gihun Kang,† Jae Won Lee, Sun Seo Jeon, Hyeseong Jeon, Phil Woong Kang, and Hyunjoo Lee*

Journal of Power Sources 2022, 524, 231069. (†co-first authors)

[14] Photo-assisted electrochemical CO2 reduction using a translucent thin film electrode

Phil Woong Kang, Jinkyu Lim, Robert Haaring, and Hyunjoo Lee*

Chemical Communications 2022, 58, 12, 1918-1921.

[13] Design Principles of NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxide Anode Catalysts for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers

Sun Seo Jeon, Jinkyu Lim, Phil Woong Kang, Jae Won Lee, Gihun Kang, and Hyunjoo Lee*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 31, 37179-37186.

Selected as front cover image

[12] High Facets on Nanowrinkled Cu via Chemical Vapor Deposition Graphene Growth for Efficient CO2 Reduction into Ethanol

Ju Ye Kim, Woonghyeon Park, Changhyeok Choi, Gukbo Kim, Kyeong Min Cho, Jinkyu Lim, Seon Joon Kim, Ahmed Al-Saggaf, Issam Gereige, Hyunjoo Lee, Woo-Bin Jung,* Yousung Jung,* and Hee-Tae Jung*

ACS Catalysis 2021, 11, 9, 5658-5665.

[11] Highly durable fuel cell catalysts using crosslinkable block copolymer-based carbon supports with ultralow Pt loadings

Juhyuk Choi,† Young Jun Lee,† Dongmin Park, Hojin Jeong, Sangyong Shin, Hongseok Yun, Jinkyu Lim, Junghun Han, Eun Ji Kim, Sun Seo Jeon, Yousung Jung, Hyunjoo Lee,* and Bumjoon J. Kim*

Energy & Environmental Science 2020, 13, 12, 4921-4929. (†co-first authors)

[10] Electrochemically deposited Sn catalysts with dense tips on a gas diffusion electrode for electrochemical CO2 reduction

Jinkyu Lim, Phil Woong Kang, Sun Seo Jeon, and Hyunjoo Lee*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2020, 8, 18, 9032-9038.

[9] Mechanisms of Two-electron and Four-electron Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Reactions at Nitrogen-doped Reduced Graphene Oxide

Hyo Won Kim,† Vanessa J. Bukas,† Hun Park, Sojung Park, Kyle M. Diederichsen, Jinkyu Lim, Young Hoon Cho, Juyoung Kim, Wooyul Kim, Tae Hee Han, Johannes Voss, Alan C. Luntz,* and Bryan D. McCloskey* 

ACS Catalysis 2020, 10, 1, 852-863. (†co-first authors)

[8] Monodisperse IrOx deposited on Pt/C for reversal tolerant anode in proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Chi-Woo Roh, Hee-Eun Kim, Juhyuk Choi, Jinkyu Lim, and Hyunjoo Lee*

Journal of Power Sources 2019, 443, 227270.

[7] Electrochemical CO2 reduction using alkaline membrane electrode assembly on various metal electrodes

Jonghyeok Lee, Jinkyu Lim, Chi-Woo Roh, Ho Seok Whang, and Hyunjoo Lee*

Journal of CO2 Utilization 2019, 31, 244-250.

[6] Heterogeneous catalysts for catalytic CO2 conversion into value-added chemicals

Ho Seok Whang, Jinkyu Lim, Min Suk Choi, Jonghyeok Lee, and Hyunjoo Lee*

BMC Chemical Engineering 2019, 1, 9.

Invited review paper

[5] Gram-scale synthesis of highly active and durable octahedral PtNi nanoparticle catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Juhyuk Choi, Jue-Hyuk Jang, Chi-Woo Roh, Sungeun Yang, Jiwhan Kim, Jinkyu Lim, Sung Jong Yoo,* and Hyunjoo Lee*

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2018, 225, 530-537.

[4] Ultrathin IrO2 Nanoneedles for Electrochemical Water Oxidation

Jinkyu Lim, Dongmin Park, Sun Seo Jeon, Chi-Woo Roh, Juhyuk Choi, Daejin Yoon, Minju Park, Hyeyoung Jung, and Hyunjoo Lee*

Advanced Functional Materials 2018, 28, 4, 1704796.

[3] Balancing activity, stability and conductivity of nanoporous core-shell iridium/iridium oxide oxygen evolution catalysts

Yong-Tae Kim,* Pietro Papa Lopes, Shin-Ae Park, A-Yeong Lee, Jinkyu Lim, Hyunjoo Lee, Seoin Back, Yousung Jung, Nemanja Danilovic, Vojislav Stamenkovic, Jonah Erlebacher, Joshua Snyder, and Nenad M. Markovic*

Nature Communications 2017, 8, 1449.

[2] Enhanced activity and durability of Ru catalyst dispersed on zirconia for dry reforming of methane

Ho Seok Whang, Min Seok Choi, Jinkyu Lim, Chanyeon Kim, Iljeong Heo, Tae-Sun Chang, and Hyunjoo Lee*

Catalysis Today 2017, 293-294, 122-128.

[1] Shaped Ir–Ni bimetallic nanoparticles for minimizing Ir utilization in oxygen evolution reaction

Jinkyu Lim, Sungeun Yang, Chanyeon Kim, Chi-Woo Roh, Yongwoo Kwon, Yong-Tae Kim, and Hyunjoo Lee*

Chemical Communications 2016, 52, 32, 5641-5644.