ALCHEM Lab

Hanyang University ERICA

The ALCHEM Lab

From Electrons to Energy Materials

Atomistic Simulations and Artificial Intelligence for Materials Design

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Welcome to the ALCHEM Lab at Hanyang University ERICA!

The ALCHEM Lab designs energy materials at the level of electrons and atoms.
We combine atomistic simulations with artificial intelligence to understand how materials work, and to discover new ones computationally.

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  • Single-Atom Active Sites in Polymeric Phthalocyanine Hybrid Electrocatalysis for High-Efficiency Lithium–Carbon Dioxide Batteries

    Huiju Kim†, Jun Su Kim†, Huncheol Seo†, Yeji Lim, Suji Kim, Yoon Jeong Yoo, Yoonbin Kim, Won Il Kim, Hyun Chul Kim, Minhyeok Choi, Kihyun Shin, Byung-Hyun Kim*, Ho Seok Park*, and Won-Hee Ryu*

    Advanced Functional Materials e78821 · IF 19.9, Q1, top 4.2% (JCR 2025) In press

    DOI: 10.1002/adfm.78821

  • Sustainable Low-Valent Iridium Active Sites in Rhenium Doped Perovskite Iridates for Efficient Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction via Hybridized Reaction Pathways

    SungJae Park†, Jaekyum Kim†, Daehee Yang†, Jinkyu Lim†, Seong Hyun Park, Min Gyu Choi, Kang Taek Lee, Jihye Lee, Ashishi Gaur, Ghulam Ali, Haryeon Baek, In-Hui Hwang, Mingony Kim, Kyung Yoon Chung, Jung Kyu Kim*, Young-Min Kim*, Byung-Hyun Kim*, and HyukSu Han*

    Angewandte Chemie-International Edition e1466065 · IF 17.6, Q1, top 6.2% (JCR 2025) In press

    In the news뉴시스

    DOI: 10.1002/anie.1466065

  • Upcycled Polymer Waste-Derived N-Doped Carbon Supports Enabling Durable PtCo Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells

    Yewon Kim†, Daehyeon Seo†, Min Seo Kim, Su Min Ahn, Se Youn Cho, Yunji Kim, Jiho Choi, Byung-Hyun Kim*, Hongseok Yun*, and Young Jun Lee*

    Chemical Engineering Journal 547, 180588 (2026) · IF 12.5, Q1, top 4.0% (JCR 2025)

    DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2026.180588

  • Chemistry of Selective Metal Ions Adsorption and Loading onto PVAc Polymer Brush during Advanced Metal Post-CMP Cleaning

    Maheepal Yadav, Sanjay Bisht, Byung-Hyun Kim, Se-Hoon Park, Tae-Gon Kim, Jihoon Seo*, and Jin-Goo Park*

    Applied Surface Science 752, 168292 (2027) · IF 6.6, Q1, top 19.1% (JCR 2025)

    DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168292

  • Redox-Active Ligand-Stabilized Lithium Iron Phosphate Nanoparticles for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode with High Capacities and Long-Term Stability

    Jiwon Bok†, Jeongyeon Ahn†, Bogeun Park†, Donghyeon Nam†, Hee Seung Ryu, Uijun Lee, Jaeyeong Jang, Shihyun Chang, Sungha Choi, Minseong Kwon, Woojae Chang, Du Yeol Ryu, Daegun Kim, Hee-Dae Lim, Byung-Hyun Kim*, Yongmin Ko*, and Jinhan Cho*

    Nano-Micro Letters 19, 12 (2027) · IF 38.5, Q1, top 0.8% (JCR 2025)

    In the news뉴스1 · 이데일리 · 전자신문 · 파이낸셜뉴스

    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-026-02313-6

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Every project in the lab follows one conviction: the fastest way to a better material is to understand it atom by atom.

Our research spans the materials behind a sustainable future: electrocatalysts for green hydrogen, catalysts that turn biomass and waste into valuable chemicals, electrode materials and interfaces for next-generation batteries, and the materials and process chemistries of semiconductor manufacturing.

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News

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  • Award

    Prof. Byung-Hyun Kim receives the 2026 Teaching Excellence Award from Hanyang University ERICA.

  • Paper

    A study on single-atom sites in polymeric phthalocyanine hybrids for high-efficiency Li–CO2 batteries has been published in Advanced Functional Materials · IF 19.9, Q1, top 4.2% (JCR 2025) (Huncheol Seo, Minhyeok Choi).

  • Paper

    A study on Re doping that sustains low-valent Ir active sites for efficient acidic OER has been published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition · IF 17.6, Q1, top 6.2% (JCR 2025) (Jaekyum Kim).

  • Award

    Dong-Kyung Kim is selected as a 2026 Outstanding Master's Scholar in Science and Engineering by the Ministry of Science and ICT.

  • People

    Chaehyeon Moon begins the integrated M.S./Ph.D. program.

Join our team at the ALCHEM Lab – we're hiring!

Are you passionate about chemistry? Do you have a keen interest in computational approaches to energy materials? If so, the ALCHEM Lab invites you to apply and be part of our dynamic team! (bhkim00 at hanyang.ac.kr)

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Contact

Department of Energy and Bio Sciences
Department of Applied Chemistry
Hanyang University ERICA

#435 & #403, Science and Technology Building 1
Tel: +82-31-400-5495
E-mail: bhkim00 at hanyang.ac.kr
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On foot from the ERICA main gate · 4 min

  1. ERICA main gate
  2. West along the avenue
  3. Main entrance, Sci. & Tech. Bldg. 1
  4. 4th floor: rooms 403 · 435

By shuttle from Hanyang Univ. at Ansan Stn. (한대앞역, Line 4) · 2 min on foot

  1. Get off at “ERICA Convention Center”
  2. Past the Conference Hall
  3. East entrance, Sci. & Tech. Bldg. 1
  4. 4th floor: rooms 403 · 435

By car · 2 min on foot from the parking lot

  1. Main gate: through the barrier, then southWest gate: bear right at the first fork, then left just past the Multidisciplinary Lecture Hall (융합교육관)
  2. Park in Parking Lot 1
  3. Walk the shuttle route (gold ①–④)