[14] Suppressed calendar aging losses via dynamic interfaces in metal anodes

Jin Koo Kim§, Min-Ho Kim§, John Waugh, Chongzhen Wang, Jung Tae Kim, Kaiyan Liang, Hayoung Park, Huida Lyu, Bo Liu, Xintong Yuan, Dingyi Zhao, Tian-Yu Wang, Kaixi Chen, John Muldoon*, Yuzhang Li*

Joule, accepted.

IF=35.4 (Top 1.4 %)

[Next-Gen Metal Batteries / Interface / Corrosion / Electrolytes]

[13] Pre-Disordering for Preserving Transition Metal-Oxygen Covalency in Lithium-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes

Myeongjun Choi§, Jeongwoo Seo§, Min-Ho Kim§,*, Hojoon Kim, Euna Kim, Jinyeong Choe, Haeseong Jang, Jee Ho Ha, Nyung Joo Kong, Seok Ju Kang, Dong-Hwa Seo*, Young Hwa Jung*, Hyun-Wook Lee*

ACS Energy Letters 11 (2), 2324-2333 (2026).

IF=18.9 (Top 3.4 %)

[LIB / Next-Gen Cathodes / Synthesis / X-ray Analysis]

[12] Role of Aluminum Doping in Enhancing High-Temperature Stability of Lithium-Rich Cathodes

Min-Ho Kim§, Aditya Narayan Singh§, Miran Ha§, Wang Geun Lee, Saeed Pourasad, Abhishek Meena, Haeseong Jang, Jeongwoo Seo, Jaehyun Park, Seok Ju Kang, Kyung-Wan Nam, Tae Joo Shin, Hyun-Wook Lee*, Kwang S. Kim*

Chemical Engineering Journal 524, 169609 (2025).

IF=13.2 (Top 4.2 %)

[LIB / Next-Gen Cathodes / Synthesis / Doping / Structural Stability]

[11] Microstructural Evolution Dynamics in Rapid Joule Heating Densification of High-Nickel Cathodes

Min-Ho Kim§, Jeongwoo Seo§, Jaeyong Shin, Eunyoung Park, Ahreum Choi, Myeongjun Choi, Euna Kim, Su Yong Lee, Wooyoung Jin, Sang-Chae Jeon, Yuzhang Li, Changyong Song, Rodney S. Ruoff*, Won Kyung Seong*, Sunghwan Jin*, Hyun-Wook Lee*

Advanced Materials 37 (45), e08602 (2025)

IF=26.8 (Top 1.0 %)

[LIB / Cathodes / Synthesis / Sintering / X-ray Analysis]

[10] How Operando Analysis Enables Quantitative Understanding of Dense Lithium Metal Deposition

Ukhyun Jung§, Juyoung Kim§, Jeongwoo Seo, Sunghwan Jin*, Min-Ho Kim*, Hyun-Wook Lee*

Electrochimica Acta 537 (10), 146902 (2025).

IF=5.6 (Top 23.9 %)

[LMB / Synthesis / Real-time Imaging Analysis]

[9] Metal-to-Metal Charge Transfer for Stabilizing High-Voltage Redox in Lithium-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes

Min-Ho Kim§, Haeseong Jang§, Eunryeol Lee§, Jeongwoo Seo, Jaehyun Park, Ahreum Choi, Taewon Kim, Myeongjun Choi, Euna Kim, Young Hwa Jung, Seok Ju Kang, Jaephil Cho, Yuzhang Li*, Min Gyu Kim*, Dong-Hwa Seo*, Hyun-Wook Lee*

Science Advances 11 (8), eadt0232 (2025).

IF=12.5 (Top 8.5 %)

[LIB / Next-Gen Cathodes / Synthesis / X-ray Analysis / Redox Chemistry / Inorganic Chemistry]

[8] Horizontal lithium growth driven by surface dynamics on single crystal Cu(111) foil

Min-Ho Kim§, Dong Yeon Kim§, Yunqing Li, Juyoung Kim, Min Hyeok Kim, Jeongwoo Seo, Benjamin V. Cunning, Taewon Kim, Sang-Wook Park, Rodney S. Ruoff*, Dong-Hwa Seo*, Sunghwan Jin*, Hyun-Wook Lee*

Energy & Environmental Science 17 (18), 6521-6532 (2024).

Selected as a Inside Front Cover page on Energy & Environmental Science, Volume 17, Issue 18

IF=30.8 (Top 0.2 %)

[LMB / Anode-Free System / Cu substrate / Synthesis / Analysis / Electrodeposition Mechanisms]

[7] Guaiacol as an Organic Superoxide Dismutase Mimics for Anti-ageing a Ru-based Li-rich Layered Oxide Cathode 

Jeongin Lee§, Min-Ho Kim§, Hosik Lee§, Jonghak Kim, Jeongwoo Seo, Hyun-Wook Lee*, Chihyun Hwang*, Hyun-Kon Song*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62 (48), e202312928 (2023).

IF=17.0 (Top 3.9 %)

[LIB / Next-Gen Cathodes / Electrolytes / Interphase]

[6] Mitigating Electrode-Level Heterogeneity Using Phosphorus Nanolayers on Graphite for Fast-Charging Batteries

Min-Ho Kim§, Juyoung Kim§, Seong-Hyun Choi, Tae-Ung Wi, Ahreum Choi, Jeongwoo Seo, Chek Hai Lim, Changhyun Park, Hyun-Wook Lee*

ACS Energy Letters 8 (9), 3962-3970 (2023).

IF=18.9 (Top 3.4 %)

[LIB / Fast-Charging / Anodes / Synthesis / Real-time Imaging Analysis]

[5] Design Principles for Fluorinated Interphase Evolution via Conversion-Type Alloying Processes for Anti-corrosive Lithium Metal Anodes

Min-Ho Kim§, Tae-Ung Wi§, Jeongwoo Seo, Ahreum Choi, Sangho Ko, Juyoung Kim, Ukhyun Jung, Myeong Seon Kim, Changhyun Park, Sunghwan Jin, Hyun-Wook Lee*

Nano Letters 23 (8), 3582-3591 (2023). 

IF=9.1 (Top 11.4 %)

[LMB / Alloys / Interphase / Synthesis / Material Sciences]

[4] Unveiling the Role of Electrode-Level Heterogeneity Alleviated in Silicon–Graphite Electrode Under Operando Microscopy

Juyoung Kim§, Min-Ho Kim§, Youngmin Kim, Myeong Seon Kim, Ahreum Choi, Kyeong-Min Jeong*, Hyun-Wook Lee*

Energy Storage Materials 57, 269-276 (2023).

IF=20.2 (Top 2.9 %)

[LIB / Electrodes / Graphite & Silicon / Heterogeneity / Real-time Imaging Analysis]

[3] Prussian Blue Nanolayer-Embedded Separator for Selective Segregation of Nickel Dissolution in High Nickel Cathodes 

Changhyun Park, Min-Ho Kim*, Sangho Ko, Chanhee Lee, Ahreum Choi, Taewon Kim, Jinwoo Park, Dong Woog Lee, Seok Woo Lee, Hyun-Wook Lee*

Nano Letters 22 (4), 1804-1811 (2022). 

Selected as a Supplementary Cover page on Nano Letters, Volume 22, Issue 4

IF=9.1 (Top 11.4 %)

[LIB / Separator / TM dissolution / Prussian Blue]

[2] Na/Al Codoped Layered Cathode with Defects as Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for High-Performance Li-ion Battery and Oxygen Evolution Reaction 

Aditya Narayan Singh§, Min-Ho Kim§, Abhishek Meena, Tae-Ung Wi, Hyun-Wook Lee*, Kwang S. Kim*

Small 17 (18), 2005605 (2021)

IF=12.1 (Top 9.3 %)

[LIB / OER / Next-Gen Cathodes / Synthesis ]

[1] Nanocrevasse-rich carbon fibers for stable lithium and sodium metal anodes 

Wooseok Go§, Min-Ho Kim§, Jehee Park, Chek Hai Lim, Sang Hoon Joo, Youngsik Kim*, Hyun-Wook Lee*

Nano Letters 19 (3), 1504-1511 (2019). 

Selected as a Supplementary Cover page on Nano Letters, March 2019 issue

IF=9.1 (Top 11.4 %)

[LMB / Lithium-Carbon Composites / Mass-Production / Lithium Recycling]