Journals

2025

58. Improving PEC efficiency by enhancing light capture from laser patterning of Cu2O film

Gyeong-Cheon Choi, Gyuwan Choi, Hui Jin Jin, Soohyeok Park, Min-Kyu Son*, Han-Don Um*, Ji-Youn Seo*  (in preparation)

57. Enhancing Mechanical Durability of Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells via Perfluoroarene-Induced Grain Stress Relaxation

Jong-Min Kim†, Ramesh Kumar Chitumalla†, Kukhyun Jo†, Thanh-Danh Nguyen, Ji Hee Song, Gyeongcheon Choi, Weifan Luo, Mengqiong Zhu, Hyojung Kim*, Joonkyung Jang*, Jovana V. Milić*, and Ji-Youn Seo*  (submitted)

56. Seed-Primed and Vacuum-Assisted Growth of Scalable Perovskite Solar Modules

Sun-Ju Kim†, Seungyeon Hong†,  Dong-Geon Kwun†, Yu-Jin Kang†, Thanh-Danh Nguyen, In Hwa Cho, Sung Hun Lee, Gyeong Cheon Choi,  Geun-young Yoon, Siyeon Seo, Weifan Luo, Ghewa Alsabeh, Dong-Hwan Hwang, Min Jun Choi,  Jong-Min Kim, Olzhas Kurman, Dong-Ok Kim, Sohyun Park, Jong H. Kim, O-Pil Kwon, Jovana V. Milić, and Michael Grätzel*, Do-Hyung Kim*, Hyo Jung Kim*, Ji-Youn Seo*(submitted)

55. Toward Commercialization of Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Modules: Architectures, Scalable Coating, and Stability Strategies 

Sun-Ju Kim,† Chae Young Woo,† Dong-Geon Kwun, Thanh-Danh Nguyen, Dong-Hwan Hwang, Jong-min Kim, Olzhas Kurman, Hyung Woo Lee*, Ji-Youn Seo* 

Chemical Science (under review)

54. Illumination-Dependent Charge Carrier Dynamics and Photoelectrochemical Performance of LaFeO3

Gyeong Cheon Choi†,Dong Hwan Hwang†, Gayoung Ham†, Chan Gyu Yoon, Min Kyu Son, Hyojung Cha*, Ji-Youn Seo*

Solar RRL (in revision)

53. Impact of Work Function Cathode on Performance and Stability of Organic Solar Cells with Non-Fullerene Interlayers 

Yeongsu Jo†, So-Youn Ju†, Seungyeon Hong†, Hyo Jung Kim, Hyung Woo Lee*, Hui-Seon Kim*, Ji-Youn Seo* 

Materials Today Sustainability (accepted)

52. Characteristics of Cu2O Photocathodes Based on the Low-Cost CuI Back Contact Layer for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Hui Jin Jin†, Gyu Wan Choi†, Chaeyong Seong, Gyeong-Cheon Choi, Hyunwoong Seo, Ji-Youn Seo*, Min-Kyu Son* 

ChemPhotoChem(2025) (https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202500214)

51. A Push–Pull Type Electron-Selective Self-Assembled Monolayer in Organic Semiconductor Photoanodes for Solar Water Oxidation
Euimin Lee, Donghyun Lee, Gyujin Jang, Hyuna Kim, Jin Su Park, Hoon Kim, Gyu Won Chae, Eunsong Jeon, Jeongyeon Kim, Seong Rae Kang, Gyeong Cheon Choi, Gyeong-Ho Jeong, Ji-Youn Seo, In-Hwa Cho, Jun-Ho Yum*, Jong-Woon Ha*, Kevin Sivula*, Han-Hee Cho*
ACS Energy Letters (2025) (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c02848)

50. Site-Selective Fluorination of Bathocuproine Derivatives for Enhanced Performance and Stability in Peroksite Solar Cells

Hong Nhan Tran†, Doyeong Yeo†, Dong-Geon Kwun†, Ramesh Kumar Chitumalla, Gyeongcheon Choi , Joonkyung Jang, In Hwan Jung*, Ji-Youn Seo* 

ChemSusChem (2025) (https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202501793)

49. Interfacial halogen bonding with charge-transport layers for operational stability of hybrid perovskite solar cells

Jovan N. Lukić†, Weifan Luo†, Sunju Kim†, Lydia Ferrer†, Javier Ortiz,e Desiré Molina,e Jongmin Kim, Jose Arturo Venegas,a Paul Zimmermann, Thanh-Danh Nguyen, Alexander Hinderhofer, Frank Schreiber, Ángela Sastre-Santos*, Ji-Youn Seo*, Vuk V. Radmilović*,  Jovana V. Milić*

Energy Advances (2025) (https://DOI: 10.1039/D5YA00166H)

48. Strategy for Improving Stability and Power Conversion Efficiency in Perovskite Solar Cells: Interlayer and Electrode
Yeongsu Jo†, Hong Nhan Tran†, Hyung Woo Lee,* and Ji-Youn Seo*

Advanced Materials Interfaces (2025) (https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202500297)

47. Air-processed flexible perovskite solar cells with superior mechanical reliability and humidity resistance enabled by stepwise interfacial engineering Muh Fadhil Albab, Muhammad Jahandar, Ah Ra Kim, Jinhee Heo, Yong Hyun Kim, Jovana Milić, Ji-Youn Seo, Soyeon Kim*, Dong Chan Lim* 

Chemical Engineering Journal  518, 164371 (2025)

46. Perfluoroarene-Based 2D/3D Perovskite Solar Cells  

Weifan Luo†, Tim Hügli†, Sun-Ju Kim† , Jong-Min Kim, Mengqiong Zhu, Ghewa AlSabeh, Jovana V. Milić*, Ji-Youn Seo*

ACS Applied Energy Materials (2025) (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsaem.4c01710)

45. Electron Deficient Intermolecular Adhesives: A New Class of Multifunctional Interlayers for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Gyeong-Ho Jeong†, Gyeong Seok Lee†, Ramesh Kumar Chitumalla, Jungkwon OH, Jong-Min Kim, Dong-Geon Kwun, Dong-Hwan Hwang, In-Hwa Cho, Da In Kim, Wolfgang Tress, Joon-Kyung Jang, O-Pil Kwon*, Yun-Hi Kim*, Ji-Youn Seo*
Journal of Energy Chemistry 108, 165-172 (2025) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2025.04.012 ) (IF=14.0, JCR = 2.74%)

44. Perfluoroarene-based tin halide perovskite photovoltaics 

Mengqiong Zhu, Shivam Singh, Alejandra Maria Castro Chong, Jong-Min Kim, Fulya Koc, Debendra Prasad Panda, Paul Zimmermann, Alexander Hinderhofer, Weifan Luo, Ghewa Alsabeh, Muhammad Okash UrRehman, Gyeongcheon Choi, Dmitry Chernyshov, Frank Schreiber, Ji-Youn Seo, Yana Vaynzof, Antonio Abate,* Jovana V. Milić* 

Advanced Energy and  Sustainability Research (2025) (https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202500028) 

43. Photochromic Control in Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics 

Weifan Luo†, José María Andrés Castán†, Diego Mirani†, Antonio J Riquelme, Amit Kumar Sachan, Olzhas Kurman, SunJu Kim, Fabiola Faini, Paul Zimmermann, Alexander Hinderhofer, Yash Patel, Aaron T Frei, Jacques‐E Moser, Daniel Ramirez, Frank Schreiber, Pascale Maldivi, Ji‐Youn Seo, Wolfgang Tress, Giulia Grancini*, Renaud Demadrille*, Jovana V Milić* 

Advanced Materials 37, 2420143 (2025) (https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202420143) (IF=27.4, JCR = 0.91%)

2024

42. Eco-friendly Fabrication of Perovskite Solar Cells: from Material Engineering to Recycling

Olzhas Kurman, Eunju Jung, Ji-Youn Seo* 

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 41, 3751-3770 (2024) (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-024-00331-x) 

41. Sustainable Recycling of Perovskite Solar Cells: Green Solvent-Based Recovery of ITO Substrates  

Sun-Ju Kim†, Eun-Ju Jung†, Ji-Youn Seo* 

International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 57, 4, 235-241 (2024) (https://doi.org/10.1002/kin.21771)

40. Tailor-Made Buffer Materials: Advancing Uniformity and Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells

Thanh-Danh Nguyen†, Doyeong Yeo†, Ramesh Kumar Chitumalla†, Sun-Ju Kim†, Gyeong-Ho Jeong, Dong-Gun Kwon, Joonkyung Jang*, In Hwan Jung*, Ji-Youn Seo*

Advanced Energy Materials 15, 12, 2403633 (2024) (https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202403633) (IF=24.4, JCR = 2.94%)

39. Chalcogen Bonding in Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics

Weifan Luo†, Sun-Ju Kim†, Nikolaos Lempesis†, Mathias Dankl, Virginia Carnevali, Lorenzo Agosta, Michal Zalibera, Lena Merten, Ekaterina Kneschaurek, Dominik J. Kubicki, Laura Piveteau, Marielle Deconinck, L. Andrés Guerrero-León, Aaron T. Frei, Patricia A. Gaina, Eva Carteau, Alexander Hinderhofer, Frank Schreiber, Jacques-E. Moser, Yana Vaynzof, Ji-Youn Seo*, Ursula Rothlisberger*, Jovana V. Milić *   

Advanced Science 11, 32, 2405622 (2024) (https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202405622) (IF=16.70, JCR = 6.98%)

38. Supramolecular Interactions Using 𝜷-Cyclodextrin in Controlling Perovskite Solar Cell Performance

Parnian Ferdowsi, Sun-Ju Kim, Thanh-Danh Nguyen, Ji-Youn Seo, Kevin Sivula*, Jun-Ho Yum*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 12, 15837-15846 (2024) (https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA01741B) (IF=11.60, JCR = 9.24%)

37. Methylammonium Nitrate-Mediated Crystal Growth and Defect Passivation in Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells 

Sun-Ju Kim†, In Hwa Cho†, Thanh-Danh Nguyen, Yun-Kyeong Hong, Yeonju Kim, Jun-Ho Yum, Kevin Sivula, Joonhee Kang, Hui-Seon Kim, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, Michael Grätzel* , Hyo Jung Kim* , Ji-Youn Seo*  

ACS Energy Letters 9, 5, 2137–2144 (2024) (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c00154) (IF=22.0 JCR = 3.78%)

36. Interfacial Engineering through Lead Binding using Crown Ethers in Perovskite Solar Cells 

Sun-Ju Kim†, YeonJu Kim†, Ramesh Kumar Chitumalla, Gayoung Ham, Nguyen Thanh Danh, Joonkyung Jang, Hyojung Cha, Jovana Milic, Jun-Ho Yum*, Kevin Sivula*, Ji-Youn Seo*
Journal of Energy Chemistry 92, 263-270 (2024) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2024.01.042) (IF=13.40, JCR = 2.74%)

35. Photoelectrochemical Characteristics of Se-riched Sb2Se3 Photocathodes fabricated by Solution Process

Hui Jin Jin, Chaeyong Seong, Gyuwan Choi, Ji-Youn Seo* , Minkyu Son* 

RSC Advance 14(1), 59-66 (2024) (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3RA07023A)