Publications

2025

26.   D. W. Liao, D. Zeng, G. K. Mishra, S. Y. Lee, A. M. Melemed, D. Penley, R. Iwamura, H. Kawakami, Y. Aihara, K. Aotani, and Neil P. Dasgupta*, “Solid-Gas Interphase Formation in Anode-Free Solid-State Batteries” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 48013-48027 (2025)

25.   S. Y. Chae‡, M. J. Choi‡, S. Y. Lee, J. Y. Choi, D. W. Kim, J. S. Lee, E. D. Park, J. S. Yoo* and O-S. Joo*, “Highly Active and Stable Immobilized Iridium Complexes via Thermochemically Assisted Dangling Oxygen Participation for Oxygen Evolution Reaction”, Small Science, 5, 250027 (2025)

24.   S. Y. Lee‡, J. D. Lenef‡, D. O. Delgado Cornejo, A. M. Oritz-Oritz, T. S. Arthur, C. A. Roberts*, and N. P. Dasgupta*, “Tuning the selectivity of bimetallic Cu electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction using atomic layer deposition”, Chem. Comm., 61, 965-968 (2025), ‡co-first authors, [★ Selected for the Chem. Comm. 60th Anniversary Collection]

2024

23.   J. Kim‡, S. Y. Lee‡, S.-J. Kim‡, B. Koo, J. Chung, D. Lee, S. Choi, J. Kim, S. Seo, C. Nam, K. A. Gandionco, G. Bak, S. Jo, N. Kim, H.-J. Shin, K. H. Chae, D. H. Won, M. Marcus, D. A. Shapiro, S.-C. Haw, D. H. Alsem, N. J. Salmon, B. K. Min, H. Kim*, Y. J. Hwang* and J. Lim*, “Spatiotemporal active phase evolution for CO2 electrocatalysis”, Joule, 8, 3373-3385, (2024), ‡co-first authors [★ Featured Article | Highlighted in a Preview article, Chem Catal., 4, (2024), 101230]

2023

22.   J. D. Lenef‡, S. Y. Lee‡, K. Fuelling, T. Cho, K. E. Rivera-Cruz, A. Prajapati, D. O. Delgado Cornejo, T. H. Cho, K. Sun, E. Alvarado, T. S. Arthur, C. A. Roberts*, C. Hahn, C. C. L. McCrory and N. P. Dasgupta*, “Atomic Layer Deposition of Cu Electrocatalysts on Gas Diffusion Electrodes for CO2 Reduction”, Nano Lett., 23, 10779-10787 (2023) ‡co-first authors

21.   S. Y. Lee‡, J. Kim‡, G. Bak, E. Lee, D. Kim, J. Kim, H. Yun, S. Yoo and Y. J. Hwang*, “Probing Cation Effects on *CO intermediates from Electroreduction of CO2 through Operando Raman Spectroscopy”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.145, 23068-23075 (2023) ‡co-first authors

2022

20.   J. H. Kim‡, H. Jang‡, G. Bak‡, W. Choi, H. Yun, E. Lee, D. Kim, J. Kim, S. Y. Lee and Y. J. Hwang*, “The insensitive cation effect on a single atom Ni catalyst allows selective electrochemical conversion of captured CO2 in universal media” Energy Environ. Sci., 15, 4301-4312, (2022). ‡co-first authors

19.   D. L. T. Nguyen*, T. M. Nguyen, S. Y. Lee, J. Kim, S. Y. Kim, Q. V. Le*, R. S. Varma* and Y. J. Hwang*, “Electrochemical conversion of CO2 to value-added chemicals over bimetallic Pd-based nanostructures: Recent progress and emerging trends”, Environ. Res., 211, 113116, (2022).

18.   M. Jun‡, C. M. Kwak‡, S. Y. Lee‡, J. Joo, J. M. Kim, D. J. Im, M. K. Cho, H. Baik, Y. J. Hwang*, H. Kim* and K. Lee*, “Microfluidic-Assisted Synthesis of Hierarchical Structured Cu2O Nanocrystal as C2+-Selective CO­2 Reduction Electrocatalyst”, Small Methods, 6, 220074, (2022). ‡co-first authors <Cover Article>

2021

17.   D. Kim, W. Choi, H. W. Lee, S. Y. Lee, Y. Choi, D. K. Lee, W. Kim, J. Na, U. Lee*, Y. J. Hwang* and D. H. Won* “Electrocatalytic Reduction of Low Concentrations of CO2 Gas in a Membrane Electrode Assembly Electrolyzer”, ACS Energy Lett. 6, 3488-3495, (2021).

16.   W. H. Lee, C. Lim, S. Y. Lee, K. H. Chae, C. H. Choi, U. Lee, B. K. Min, Y. J. Hwang* and H-S. Oh*, “Highly selective and stackable electrode design for gaseous CO2 electroreduction to ethylene in a zero-gap configuration” Nano Energy, 84, 105859, (2021).

15.   J. Bok‡, S. Y. Lee‡, B-H. Lee‡, C. Kim‡, D. L. T. Nguyen, J. W. Kim, E. Jung, C. W. Lee, Y. Jung, H. S. Lee, J. Kim, K. Lee, W. Ko, Y. S. Kim, S-P. Cho, J. S. Yoo*, T. Hyeon* and Y. J. Hwang* “Designing atomically dispersed Au on tensile-strained Pd for efficient CO2 electroreduction to formate”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 5386-5395, (2021). ‡co-first authors <Cover Article>

2020

14.   W. H. Lee, Y-J. Ko, Y. Choi, S. Y. Lee, C. H. Choi, Y. J. Hwang, B. K. Min, P. Strasser* and H-S. Oh*, “Highly selective and scalable CO2 to CO-Electrolysis using coral-nanostructured Ag catalysts in zero-gap configuration”, Nano Energy, 76, 105030, (2020).

13.   Y. J. Sa‡, C. W. Lee‡, S. Y. Lee‡, J. Na, U. Lee* and Y. J. Hwang*, “Catalyst-electrolyte interface chemistry for electrochemical CO2 reduction”, Chem. Soc. Rev., 49, 6632-6665, (2020). ‡co-first authors, [★ Web of Science Highly Cited Paper | Cited > 438 times (Google Scholar, Mar. 2026)]

12.   S. Y. Lee, S. Y. Chae, H. Jung, C. W. Lee, D. L. T. Nguyen, H.-S. Oh, B. K. Min and Y. J. Hwang*, “Controlling the C2+ products selectivity of electrochemical CO2 reduction on electrosprayed Cu catalyst” J. Mater. Chem. A, 8, 6210-6218, (2020). First author <Cover Article>

11.   D. L. T. Nguyen‡, C. W. Lee‡, J. Na‡, M.-C. Kim, N. D. K. Tu, S. Y. Lee, Y. J. Sa, D. H. Won, H.-S. Oh, H. Kim, B. K. Min, S. S. Han, U. Lee* and Y. J. Hwang*, “Mass Transport Control by Surface Graphene Oxide for Selective CO Production from Electrochemical CO2 Reduction” ACS Catal., 10, 3222-3231, (2020). ‡co-first authors

10.   S. Y. Chae, S. Y. Lee, S. G. Han, H. Kim, J. Ko, S. Park, O-S. Joo, D. Kim, Y. Kang, U. Lee, Y. J. Hwang and B. K. Min*, “A perspective on practical solar to carbon monoxide production devices with economic evaluation”, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 4, 199-212 (2020).

2019

9.   C. W. Lee‡, S.-J. Shin‡, H. Jung, D. L. T. Nguyen, S. Y. Lee, W. H. Lee, D. H. Won, M. G. Kim, H.-S. Oh, T. Jang, H. Kim*, B. K. Min and Y. J. Hwang*, “Metal-Oxide Interface for Selective Electrochemical C-C Coupling Reactions”, ACS Energy Lett., 4, 2241-2248, (2019). ‡co-first authors

8.   S. Y. Chae, S. Y. Lee and O.-S. Joo*, “Directly synthesized silver nanoparticles on gas diffusion layers by electrospray pyrolysis for electrochemical CO2 reduction” Electrochim. Acta 303, 118-124, (2019).

7.   H. Jung, S. Y. Lee, C. W. Lee, M. K. Cho, D. H. Won, C. Kim, H.-S. Oh, B. K. Min* and Y. J. Hwang*, “Electrochemical Fragmentation of Cu2O Nanoparticles Enhancing Selective C-C Coupling from CO2 Reduction Reaction”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 4624-4633, (2019). <Cover Article>, [★ Web of Science Highly Cited Paper | Cited > 631 times (Google Scholar, Mar. 2026)]

2018

6.   H. Lee, J. Y. Kim, S. Y. Lee, J. A Hong, N. Kim, J. Baik and Y. J. Hwang* “Comparative study of catalytic activities among transition metal-doped IrO2 nanoparticles” Sci. Rep., 8, 1-8, (2018).

5.   S. Y. Lee, H. Jung, S. Y. Chae, H.-S. Oh, B. K. Min and Y. J. Hwang*, “Insight into water oxidation activity enhancement of Ni-based electrocatalysts interacting with modified carbon supports”, Electrochim. Acta, 281, 684, (2018). First author

4.   S. Y. Lee, H. Jung, N.-K. Kim, H.-S. Oh, B. K. Min, and Y. J. Hwang*, “Mixed Copper State in Anodized Cu Electrocatalyst for Stable and Selective Ethylene Production from CO2 Reduction”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 8681-8689, (2018). First author, [★ Web of Science Highly Cited Paper | Cited > 576 times (Google Scholar, Mar. 2026)]

3.   H. Jung, S. Y. Lee, D. H. Won, K-J. Kim, S. Y. Chae, H-S. Oh, B. K. Min and Y. J. Hwang*, “Understanding Selective Reduction of CO2 to CO on Modified Carbon Electrocatalysts”, ChemElectroChem, 5, 1615-1621, (2018).

2.   H. G. Han, S. Y. Chae, S. Y. Lee, B. K. Min, and Y. J. Hwang*, “Charge separation properties of Ta3N5 photoanodes synthesized via a simple metal-organic-precursor decomposition process”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20, 2865, (2018).