Professor
Principal investigator
Dr. Hobeom Kim
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)
Office: +82-62-715-2741
E-mail: hobkim@gist.ac.kr, hobkim11@gmail.com
Education
2017.08.: Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH (Advisor: Prof. Tae-Woo Lee)
2011.02.: B.S. in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, SKKU
Experience
2022.10.~Present: Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, GIST
2018.05.~2022.08.: Postdoctoral researcher, EPFL (Advisor: Prof. M. K. Nazeeruddin)
2017.09.~2018.04.: Postdoctoral researcher, SNU (Advisor: Prof. Tae-Woo Lee)
Honors & Awards
2019 PRIME SPECIALE, School of Basic Sciences, EPFL, Switzerland
2019 LG Award, Korean Expert Association on Material Science and Technology in Europe (KEMST)
2017 Rising Scientist, Inter-Academy Seoul Science Forum (IASSF), The Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)
2017 Best Paper Award of Year, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH
2015 Excellent Paper Presentation Award, The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Representative achievements
“Employing 2D-perovskite as an electron blocking layer in highly efficient (18.5%) perovskite solar cells with printable low temperature carbon electrode”
S. Zouhair†, S.-M. Yoo†, D. Bogachuk, J. P. Herterich, J. Lim, H. Kanda, B. Son, H. J. Yun, U. Würfel, A. Chahboun, M. K. Nazeeruddin, A. Hinsch*, L. Wagner*, H. Kim*
Adv. Energy Mater., 2200837 (2022)
“Proton-transfer-induced 3D/2D hybrid perovskites suppress ion migration and reduce luminance overshoot”
H. Kim†, J. S. Kim†, J.-M. Heo†, M. Pei, I.-H. Park, Z. Liu, H. J. Yun, M.-H. Park, S.-H. Jeong, Y.-H. Kim, J.-W. Park, E. Oveisi, S. Nagane, A. Sadhanala, L. Zhang, J. J. Kweon, S. K. Lee, H. Yang, H. M. Jang, R. H. Friend, K. P. Loh, M. K. Nazeeruddin, N.-G. Park, and T.-W. Lee*
Nat. Commun., 11, 3378 (2020)
“Planar heterojunction organometal halide perovskite solar cells: Role of interfacial layers”
H. Kim†, K.-G. Lim†, and T.-W. Lee*
Energy Environ. Sci., 9, 12 (2016), Selected for Inside front cover
“On-fabrication solid-state N-doping of graphene by an electron transporting metal oxide layer for efficient inverted organic solar cells”
H. Kim, J. Byun, S.-H. Bae, T. Ahmed, J.-X. Zhu, S.-J. Kwon, Y. Lee, S.-Y. Min, C. Wolf, H.-K. Seo, J.-H. Ahn, and T.-W. Lee*
Adv. Energy Mater., 6, 1600172 (2016), Selected for the front cover, Best of Advanced Energy Materials – June, (2016)
“Self‐Crystallized Multifunctional 2D Perovskite for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells”
H. Kim, M. Pei, Y. Lee, A. A. Sutanto, S. Paek, V. I. E. Queloz, A. J. Huckaba, K. T. Cho, H. J. Yun, H. Yang, and M. K. Nazeeruddin*
Adv. Funct. Mater., 30, 1910620 (2020)
“Efficient flexible organic/inorganic hybrid perovskite light-emitting diodes based on graphene anode”
H.-K. Seo†, H. Kim†, J. Lee, M.-H. Park, S.-H. Jeong, Y.-H Kim, S.-J. Kwon, T.-H. Han, S. Yoo and T.-W. Lee*
Adv. Mater., 29, 1605587 (2017)
Professional Activities
Journal referee for
Nature Photonics, published by Springer Nature
Advanced Energy Materials, published by Wiley-VCH
Solar RRL, published by Wiley-VCH
Applied Physics Letters, published by the American Institute of Physics
ChemComm, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Academic Membership
한국고분자학회 (Polymer Society of Korea)
2024-: 학술위원
2024-: 고분자 과학과 기술지 편집위원
한국공업화학회 (The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry)
2023-: 디스플레이분과회 섭외간사
대한금속재료학회 (The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials)
2024-: 디스플레이재료분과 간사위원
IMID (International Meeting on Information Display)
2024-: Micro-LEDs분과 Program Sub-Committee Member
Research Grants
May. 2024 - present (이공분야 기초연구사업 - 우수신진연구)
"Perovskite Single Crystal Polytypes for Efficient and Stable Red Light-Emitting Diodes"
(단결정 페로브스카이트 결정다형체 기반 고효율 고안정성 적색 발광다이오드 개발)
supported by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
Sep. 2023 - present (디지털연구혁신 선도기관 육성 사업)
"AI Digital Twin-Based High-Efficiency Stackable Semiconductor Device Development Automation Laboratory"
(인공지능 디지털 트윈 기반 고효율 적층형 반도체 소자 개발 자동화 연구실)
supported by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
Oct. 2023 - present (다학제 융합클러스터사업)
"Future Micro-Display Technology Research Convergence Cluster"
(미래 마이크로 디스플레이 기술 개발을 위한 융합클러스터)
supported by National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST)
Sep. 2023 - Dec. 2023 (대학 혁신역량 강화 기획지원 사업)
"Development of Next-Generation Micro-Display Technology"
(차세대 마이크로 디스플레이 기술개발)
supported by Gwangju TechnoPark(GJTP)