Research Interests
- Interface engineering to design materials properties of nanoscale systems.
- Ab initio calculation to understand atomic interactions over chemical reactions at catalytic surfaces and the function of energy materials.
- Computational materials discovery based on machine learning potential for energy applications.
Research experience
The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, United States of America
Post.Doc., Department of Chemistry, Henkelman Group (Sep. 2021 ~ Sep. 2023)
- Choungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Ph.D., Department of Materials Science of Engineering (Sep. 2017 ~ Aug. 2021, advisor: Prof. Hyun You Kim)
M.S., Department of Materials Science of Engineering (Sep. 2015 ~ Aug. 2017, advisor: Prof. Hyun You Kim)
B.S., Department of Materials Science of Engineering (Mar. 2009 ~ Aug. 2015, advisor: Prof. Hyun You Kim)
Honors and Awards
- Samsung Humantech Paper Award, Bronze Prize in Energy & Environment Division, Samsung (2021)
- Global Ph.D. Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea (2018 ~ 2021)
- Engineer of the Year, Chungnam National University (2018)
- Best Poster Presentation, Korean institute of Metals and Materials (2017)
- ENGE 2016 General Poster Award, Korean institute of Metals and Materials (2016)
Selected Publications
Siwon Lee‡, Hyunwoo Ha‡, Kyung Taek Bae‡, Seunghyun Kim, Hyuk Choi, Juhyeok Lee, Jun Hyuk Kim, Jongsu Seo, Jin Seok Choi, Yong-Ryun Jo, Bong-Joong Kim, Yongsoo Yang, Kang Taek Lee*, Hyun You Kim*, WooChul Jung*, "A Measure of Active Interfaces in Supported Catalysts for High-temperature Reactions", Chem, 8, 815 (2022)
Sinmyung Yoon‡, Hyunwoo Ha‡, Jihun Kim, Eonu Nam, Mi Yoo, Beomgyun Jeong, Hyun You Kim*, Kwangjin An*, "Influence of the Pt Size and CeO2 Morphology at the Pt-CeO2 Interface in CO Oxidation", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9, 26381 (2021)
Jeongjin Kim‡, Hyunwoo Ha‡, Won Hui Doh‡, Kohei Ueda, Kazuhiko Mase, Hiroshi Kondoh, Bongjin Simon Mun*, Hyun You Kim* and Jeong Young Park*, "How Rh Surface Breaks CO2 Molecules under Ambient Pressure", Nature Communications, 11, 5649 (2020)
Mi Yoo‡, Young-Sang Yu‡, Hyunwoo Ha‡, Siwon Lee‡, Jin-Seok Choi, Sunyoung Oh, Eunji Kang, Hyuk Choi, Hyesung An, Kug-Seung Lee, Jeong Young Park, Richard Celestre, Matthew A. Marcus, Kasra Nowrouzi, Doug Taube, David A. Shapiro, WooChul Jung*, Chunjoong Kim*, and Hyun You Kim*, "A Tailored Oxide Interface Creates Dense Pt Single-atom Catalysts with High Catalytic Activity", Energy & Environmental Science, 13, 1231 (2020), Cover highlighted
Yoonseok Choi‡, Seung Keun Cha‡, Hyunwoo Ha‡, Siwon Lee, Hyun Kook Seo, Jeong Yong Lee, Hyun You Kim*, Sang Ouk Kim*, and WooChul Jung*, "Unraveling Inherent Electrocatalysis of Mixed-conducting Oxide Activated by Metal Nanoparticle for Fuel Cell Electrodes", Nature Nanotechnology, 4, 245 (2019)
Hyunwoo Ha‡, Sinmyung Yoon‡, Kwangjin An*, and Hyun You Kim*, "Catalytic CO Oxidation over Au Nanoparticles Supported on CeO2 Nanocrystals: Effect of the Au-CeO2 Interface", ACS Catalysis, 8, 11491 (2018)
Full Publications
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