PUBLICATIONS

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42. M. Kim, J. Mok, W. Choi, S. H. Kim, S. Moon, S. H. Chae, H. Rho, C. Yoo, Y. Yoon*, B.-M. Jun*, "MXenes as Adsorbents for Water Pollutants: Synthesis, Performance, Mechanisms, and Challenges", Journal of Environmental Management, 404, 129529 (2026). 

41. M. Kim, J. Mok, W. Choi, S. H. Kim, S. Moon, S. H. Chae, H. Rho, K. Chon, Y. Yoon*, B.-M. Jun*, "Algal Biochar for Inorganic Pollutant Removal via Adsorption Process: Synthesis, Solution Chemistry, and Mechanistic Insights", Journal of Water Process Engineering, 83, 109708 (2026). 

40. H. Na, J. Mok, W. Choi, S. H. Kim, S. Moon, S. H. Chae, H. Rho, S.-N. Nam, Y. Yoon*, B.-M. Jun*, "Boron Nitride Nanomaterials for Inorganic Pollutant Removal: Fabrication, Adsorption Performance, and Mechanisms", Desalination, 620, 119633 (2026).

39. J.-I. Lee, S. Cho, S. H. Kim, S. H. Joo, H. Y. Lim, Y. Choi, J. Ryu, S. K. Kwak, S. Park*, "Modulating Na-ion Solvation in Carbonate-based Electrolytes by Nitrogen-doped Carbon Dots Enables Superior Na Metal Batteries", Energy Storage Materials, 75, 104023 (2025).

38. C. Li†, S. H. Kim†, H. Y. Lim†, Q. Sun, Y. Jiang, H.-J. Noh, S.-J. Kim, S. K. Kwak*, J.-B. Baek*, "Self-Accommodation Induced Electronic Metal–Support Interaction on Ruthenium Site for Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction", Advanced Materials, 35(21), 2301369 (2023).

37. P. Oh†, J. Yun†, J. H. Choi†, G. Nam, S. Park, T. J. Embleton, M. Yoon, S. H. Joo, S. H. Kim, H. Jang, H. Kim, M. G. Kim*, S. K. Kwak*, J. Cho*, "New Ion Substitution Method to Enhance Electrochemical Reversibility of Co-Rich Layered Materials for Li-Ion Batteries", Advanced Energy Materials, 13(1), 2202237 (2023).

36. H. Jang†, H. Y. Lim†, Y. J. Yoon, J. Seo, C. B. Park, J. G. Son, J. W. Kim, Y. S. Shin, N. G. An, S. J. Choi, S. H. Kim, J. Jeong, Y. Jo, S. K. Kwak*, D. S. Kim*, J. Y. Kim*, "Formate as Anti-Oxidation Additives for Pb-free FASnI₃ Perovskite Solar Cells", Solar RRL, 6(12), 2200789 (2022).

35. B.-M. Jun†, S. H. Kim†, H. Y. Lim, S. K. Kwak*, Y.-N. Kwon*, "Acid Stability of Polyamide Membranes", Polymer, 241, 124516 (2022).

34. C. Park†, E. Lee†, S. H. Kim†, J.-G. Han, C. Hwang, S. H. Joo, K. Baek, S. J. Kang, S. K. Kwak*, H.-K. Song*, N.-S. Choi*, "Malonic-acid-functionalized Fullerene Enables the Interfacial Stabilization of Ni-rich Cathodes in Lithium-ion Batteries", Journal of Power Sources, 521, 230923 (2022).

33. H. Kim, J. W. Lee, G. R. Han, Y. J. Kim, S. H. Kim, S. K. Kim, S. K. Kwak*, J. H. Oh*, "Highly Efficient Hole Transport Layer-Free Low Bandgap Mixed Pb-Sn Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by a Binary Additive System", Advanced Functional Materials, 32(12), 2110069 (2022).

32. J.-H. Cho, Y. J. Kim, S. H. Kim, Y.-J. Lee, J.-Y. Choi, G.-T. Hwang, J. Ryu, S. K. Kwak, W. Jo*, "Modulation of Magnetoelectric Coupling through Systematically Engineered Spin Canting in Nickel-Zinc Ferrite", Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 105(4), 2655–2662 (2022).

31. D.-G. Lee†, S. H. Kim†, H. H. Lee, S. Shin, J. Lee, S. H. Joo, Y. Lee, S. K. Kwak*, H.-K. Song*, "Breaking the Linear Scaling Relationship by a Proton Donor for Improving Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Kinetics", ACS Catalysis, 11(20), 12712–12720 (2021).

30. D.-G. Lee†, S. H. Kim†, J. Lee, S. Shin, S. H. Joo, Y. Lee, C.-H. Park, S. K. Kwak*, H.-K. Song*, "Double Activation of Oxygen Intermediates of Oxygen Reduction Reaction by Dual Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Electrocatalysts", Nano Energy, 86, 106048 (2021).

29. H. Kim†, H. Kim†, S. H. Kim, J. M. Park, Y. J. Jung*, S. K. Kwak*, J. Park*, "Molecularly Smooth and Conformal Nanocoating by Amine-Mediated Redox Modulation of Catechol", Chemistry of Materials, 33(3), 952–965 (2021).

28. H. Y. Lim, S. O. Park, S. H. Kim, G. Y. Jung*, S. K. Kwak*, "First-Principles Design of Rutile Oxide Heterostructures for Oxygen Evolution Reaction", Frontiers in Energy Research, 9, 606313 (2021).

27. J. Ryu†, T. Bok†, S. H. Joo†, S. Yoo, G. Song, S. H. Kim, S. Choi, H. Y. Jeong, M. G. Kim, S. J. Kang, C. Wang*, S. K. Kwak*, S. Park*, "Electrochemical Dissociation and Clustering of Disordered Silicon-Carbon Bonds Yields Stable Composite Battery Anodes", Energy Storage Materials, 36, 139–146 (2021).

26. T.-U. Wi†, C. Lee†, M. F. Rahman†, W. Go, S. H. Kim, D. Y. Hwang, S. K. Kwak*, Y. Kim*, H.-W. Lee*, "Chemical Stability and Degradation Mechanism of Solid Electrolytes/Aqueous Media at a Steady-State for Long-Lasting Sodium Batteries", Chemistry of Materials (2021).

25. [News Broadcasting] J. Lee, J. Heo, H. Y. Lim, J. Seo, Y. Kim, J. Kim, U. Kim, Y. Choi, S. H. Kim, Y. J. Yoon, T. J. Shin, J. Kang, S. K. Kwak*, J. Y. Kim*, H. Park*, "Defect-induced In-situ Atomic Doping in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides via Liquid-phase Synthesis for Achieving Efficient Electrochemical Activity", ACS Nano, 14(12), 17114–17124 (2020).

24. [News Broadcasting] C. H. Jang, A. Harit, S. Lee, S. H. Kim, J.-E. Jeong, J. H. Park, E. D. Jung, J. M. Ha, S. K. Kwak*, H. Y. Woo*, M. H. Song*, "Enhanced Performance of Sky Blue-Emissive Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes: Crystal Growth and Interfacial Control Using Conjugated Polyelectrolytes as Hole-Transporting Layers", ACS Nano, 14(10), 13246–13255 (2020).

23. J. Hwang, S. Myeong, W. Jin, H. Jang, G. Nam, M. Yoon, S. H. Kim, S. H. Joo, S. K. Kwak*, M. G. Kim*, J. Cho*, "Excess-Li Localisation Triggers Chemical Irreversibility in Li- and Mn-rich Layered Oxides", Advanced Materials, 32 (2020). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202001944

22. [Inside Cover] Y. H. Lee†, I. Song†, S. H. Kim, J. H. Park, S. O. Park, J. H. Lee, Y. Won, K. Cho, S. K. Kwak*, J. H. Oh*, "Perovskite Granular Wire Photodetectors with Unprecedentedly High Photodetectivity", Advanced Materials, 32(32), 2002357 (2020).

21. [News Broadcasting, Front Cover] J.-G. Han†, C. Hwang†, S. H. Kim†, C. Park, J. Kim, G. Y. Jung, K. Baek, S. Chae, S. J. Kang, J. Cho, S. K. Kwak*, H.-K. Song*, N.-S. Choi*, "An Anti-Aging Electrolyte Additive for High-Energy-Density Lithium-Ion Batteries", Advanced Energy Materials, 10(20), 2000563 (2020).

20. S. H. Kim†, J. H. Park†, E. M. Go†, W.-S. Kim*, S. K. Kwak*, "Separation Principle of Xylene Isomers and Ethylbenzene with Hydrogen-bonded Host Frameworks via First-principles Calculation", Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 85, 276–281 (2020).

19. [VIP Paper] S. Lee†, W. Jin†, S. H. Kim†, S. H. Joo, G. Nam, P. Oh, Y.-K. Kim, S. K. Kwak*, J. Cho*, "Oxygen Vacancy Diffusion and Condensation in Li-ion Battery Cathode Materials", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 131(31), 10588–10595 (2019).

18. S. Lee, C. H. Jang, T. L. Nguyen, S. H. Kim, K. M. Lee, K. Chang, S. S. Choi, S. K. Kwak*, H. Y. Woo*, M. H. Song*, "Conjugated Polyelectrolytes as Multifunctional Passivating and Hole-Transporting Layers for Efficient Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes", Advanced Materials, 31(24), 1900067 (2019).

17. [News Broadcasting] K. Jeong†, S. Park†, G. Y. Jung, S. H. Kim, Y.-H. Lee, S. K. Kwak*, S.-Y. Lee*, "Solvent-Free, Single Lithium-Ion Conducting Covalent Organic Frameworks", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(14), 5880–5885 (2019).

16. K. Jeong†, J.-M. Kim†, S. H. Kim, G. Y. Jung, J. Yoo, S.-H. Kim, S. K. Kwak*, S.-Y. Lee*, "Carbon Nanotube-Cored Cobalt Porphyrin as a One-Dimensional Nanohybrid for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes", Advanced Functional Materials, 29(24), 1806937 (2019).

15. [Back Cover] Y. Bu, H. Jang, O. Gwon, S. H. Kim, S. H. Joo, G. Nam, S. Kim, Y. Qin, Q. Zhong, S. K. Kwak*, J. Cho*, G. Kim*, "Synergistic Interaction of Perovskite Oxides and N-doped Graphene in Versatile Electrocatalyst", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(5), 2048–2054 (2019).

14. S.-D. Sohn, S. H. Kim, S. K. Kwak*, H.-J. Shin*, "Defect-associated Adsorption of Monoethanolamine on TiO₂(110): An Alternative Way to Control the Work Function of Oxide Electrode", Applied Surface Science, 467–468, 1213–1218 (2019).

13. [Front Cover] S.-J. Cho†, G. Y. Jung†, S. H. Kim, M. Jang, D.-K. Yang, S. K. Kwak*, S.-Y. Lee*, "Monolithic Heterojunction Quasi-solid-state Battery Electrolytes Based on Thermodynamically Immiscible Dual Phases", Energy & Environmental Science, 12(2), 559–565 (2019).

12. [News Broadcasting] Y. J. Yoon, K. T. Lee, T. K. Lee, S. H. Kim, S. Y. Park, B. Walker, J. Heo, J. Lee, S. K. Kwak, G.-H. Kim*, J. Y. Kim*, "Reversible, Full-Color Luminescence by Post-treatment of Perovskite Nanocrystals", Joule, 2(10), 2105–2116 (2018).

11. Z. Tang, J. H. Park, S. H. Kim, J. Kim, J. Mun, S. K. Kwak, W.-S. Kim*, T. Yu*, "Synthesis of Cu₇S₄ Nanoparticles: Role of Halide Ions, Calculation, and Electrochemical Properties", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 764, 333–340 (2018).

10. B.-M. Jun†, S. H. Kim†, S. K. Kwak*, Y.-N. Kwon*, "Effect of Acidic Aqueous Solution on Chemical and Physical Properties of Polyamide NF Membranes", Applied Surface Science, 444, 387–398 (2018).

9. J. Yang†, S. H. Kim†, S. K. Kwak*, H.-K. Song*, "Curvature-induced Metal–Support Interaction of an Islands-by-islands Composite of Platinum Catalyst and Carbon Nano-onion for Durable Oxygen Reduction", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(28), 23302–23308 (2017).

8. D.-G. Lee, S. H. Kim, S. H. Joo, H.-I. Ji, H. Tavassol, Y. Jeon, S. Choi, M.-H. Lee, C. Kim, S. K. Kwak, G. Kim, H.-K. Song*, "Polypyrrole-assisted Oxygen Electrocatalysis on Perovskite Oxides", Energy & Environmental Science, 10, 523–527 (2017).

7. [Front Cover] S. Lee, Z. Hanif, K. Seo, T. Lim, H.-M. Shin, S. Park, S. H. Kim, S. K. Kwak, S. Hong, M.-H. Yoon*, S. Ju*, "Hydrogen Production Based on Photoactivated Nanowire-forest", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4, 14988–14995 (2016).

6. [Inside Front Cover] Y.-S. Oh, G. Y. Jung, J.-H. Kim, J.-H. Kim, S. H. Kim, S. K. Kwak*, S.-Y. Lee*, "Janus-faced, Dual-conductive/Chemically-active Battery Separator Membranes", Advanced Functional Materials, 26, 7074–7083 (2016).

5. J. Yoo, S.-J. Cho, G. Y. Jung, S. H. Kim, K.-H. Choi, J.-H. Kim, C. K. Lee, S. K. Kwak*, S.-Y. Lee*, "COF-Net on CNT-Net as a Molecularly Designed, Hierarchical Porous Chemical Trap for Polysulfides in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries", Nano Letters, 16(5), 3292–3300 (2016).

4. [Front Cover] H. Kim, S. Lee, H. Cho, J. Kim, J. Lee, S. H. Joo, S. H. Kim, M. Park, S. K. Kwak*, J. Cho*, "Enhancing Interfacial Bonding between Anisotropically Oriented Grains using a Glue-Nanofiller for Advanced Li-ion Battery Cathode", Advanced Materials, 28(23), 4705–4712 (2016).

3. [News Broadcasting] D.-G. Lee, O. Gwon, H.-S. Park, S. H. Kim, J. Yang, S. K. Kwak, G. Kim*, H.-K. Song*, "Conductivity-dependent Completion of Oxygen Reduction on Oxide Catalysts", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 127(52), 15956–15959 (2015).

2. H.-H. Lee, Y. Park, S. H. Kim, S.-H. Yeon, C.-W. Lee, S. K. Kwak, K. T. Lee*, S. Y. Hong*, "Mechanistic Studies of Transition Metal-Terephthalate Coordination Complexes upon Electrochemical Lithiation and Delithiation", Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 4859–4866 (2015).

1. S. H. Kim, T. K. Lee, T.-I. Kim*, S. K. Kwak*, "Effect of Ga and As Vacancies on Electronic Properties of Ga₀.₉₃₇₅Al₀.₀₆₂₅As", Molecular Physics, 112(22), 2970–2978 (2014).