Sung Bum Kang

Sung Bum Kang, Ph.D.

Oct 2020 -                               Postdoctoral researcher, Materials Science and Engineering, 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  (UIUC), USA


Mar 2020 - Sep 2020        Postdoctoral researcher, Materials Science and Engineering, 

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea

Sep 2014 – Feb 2020        M.S. combined Ph.D. Course in Materials Science and Engineering

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea  

Mar 2011 – Aug 2014        B.S. in Energy engineering, B.S in Materials Science and Engineering

                                                         Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea

Selected publications

1.  S. B. Kang , G.Huang, G.Singhal, D. Xie, D. Hsieh , Y. Lee, A.A. Kulkarni, J. Smith, Q.Chen, K.Thornton, S. Sinha, and P. V. Braun “Highly Ordered Eutectic Mesostructures via Template-Directed Solidification within Thermally Engineered Templates”, Advanced Materials, 2308720 (2024) 

2. S. B. Kang†, S. Baurzhan†, W.J Park, M.H Jeong, J. Kim and K.J. Choi  "Colorful transparent silicon photovoltaics with unprecedented flexibility ” Advanced Functional Materials, 2110435 (2022) 

3. S. B. Kang, J. Kim, M. H. Jeong, A. Sanger, C. U. Kim, C. Kim and K.J. Choi "Stretchable and colorless free-standing microwire arrays for transparent solar cells with flexibility” Light: science and applications (Nature Publishing Group), 8, 121 (2019) 

4. S. B. Kang, W. J. Park, M. H. Jeong, S. Kang, C. Yang and K.J. Choi "Ambipolar passivated back surface field layer for Silicon Photovoltaics” Advanced Functional Materials, 2004943 (2020) 

5. S. B. Kang†, K.C Kwon†, K.S Choi, R. Lee, A. Sanger, S.Y Kim, H.W. Jang, K.J. Choi, “Transfer of ultrathin molybdenum disulfide and transparent nanomesh electrode onto silicon for efficient heterojunction solar cells” Nano Energy, 50, 649-658 (2018) 

6.  S. B. Kang, M. H. Jeong, I. Y. Choi, S.-D. Sohn, S. H. Kim, H.-J. Shin, W. I. Park, J. C. Shin, M. H. Song, K. J. Choi, “Self-Assembled, Highly Crystalline Porous Ferroelectric Poly (Vinylidene Fluoride-co-Trifluoroethylene) interlayer for Si/Organic Hybrid Solar Cells,” Nano Energy 41, 243-250 (2017) 

7. S. B. Kang†, A. Sanger†, M.H Jeong J. M Baik and K.J. Choi “Heterogeneous Stacking of Reduced Graphene Oxide on ZnO Nanowires for NO2 Gas Sensors with Dramatically Improved Response and High Sensitivity” Sensors and Actuator B: Chemical, 376, 133196, (2023) 

8. S. B. Kang, S. H. Won, M. J. Im, C. U. Kim, W. I. Park, J. M. Baik, K. J. Choi, “Enhanced piezoresponse of highly aligned electrospun poly (vinylidene fluoride) nanofibers,” Nanotechnology 28, 395402 (2017) 

9. A. Sanger†, S. B. Kang† , M. H. Jeong, M. J. Im, I. Y. Choi, C. U. Kim, H.M. Lee, K. J. Choi “Morphology-controlled aluminum-doped zinc oxide nanofibers for highly sensitive NO2 sensor with full recovery at room temperature” Advanced Science, 1800816 (2018)