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

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).DOI: 10.1002/adfm.78821

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).DOI: 10.1002/anie.1466065

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

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

Min Seo Kim enters the lab's integrated M.S./Ph.D. program.

Byung-Hyun Kim is promoted to full professor.

Dr. Jaekyum Kim receives a Ph.D. and moves to Korea University as a postdoctoral researcher.

A study on N-doped carbon supports derived from upcycled waste polystyrene for durable PtCo PEM fuel-cell catalysts has been published in Chemical Engineering Journal · IF 12.5, Q1, top 4.0% (JCR 2025) (Min Seo Kim).DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2026.180588

A study on LiFePO₄ nanoparticles stabilized by redox-active ligands for high-capacity, long-life Li-ion battery cathodes has been published in Nano-Micro Letters · IF 38.5, Q1, top 0.8% (JCR 2025) (Bogeun Park).DOI: 10.1007/s40820-026-02313-6

A study on reduced TiO₂ as a reservoir of Brønsted–Lewis acid pairs for non-optical H₂O₂ homolysis has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A · IF 9.2, Q1, top 17.3% (JCR 2025) (Gyuchan Kim).DOI: 10.1039/D6TA01339B

Bogeun Park wins the Best Poster Award at GCIM 2026 in Jeju.

Capstone team ALCHEMist (an open-data AI model for hydrogen adsorption energies) wins the bronze prize at the 2026 Engineering Capstone Design Fair.

A study on W single-atom engineering that breaks the water-dissociation/hydrogen-adsorption trade-off has been published in Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy · IF 19.7, Q1, top 1.7% (JCR 2025) (Gyuchan Kim).DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2026.127056

A study on the active-learning-driven multi-objective design of high-entropy alloy catalysts for saline water electrolysis has been published in Chemical Engineering Journal · IF 12.5, Q1, top 4.0% (JCR 2025) (Kwangsoo Kim).DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2026.176134

A study on how molybdenum ions bind colloidal silica to polyvinyl acetal (PVAc) brushes in post-CMP cleaning, from experiments and multiscale simulations, has been published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. · IF 7.8, Q1, top 22.4% (JCR 2025)DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6c05073

A study on Ni–Co₂P heterojunctions boosting hydrogen evolution in alkaline water electrolysis has been published in Energy & Environmental Materials · IF 13.8, Q1, top 10.2% (JCR 2025) (Jaekyum Kim).DOI: 10.1002/eem2.70385

Chae-Eun Lim wins the Student Poster Award at the 2026 Spring Conference of the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials for a DFT study of vacancy-mediated anion engineering of MnMoO₄.

A study on spatially extended interfacial optimization through holey-defect architectures for hydrogen evolution has been published in Small · IF 11.8, Q1, top 8.1% (JCR 2025) (Jaekyum Kim).DOI: 10.1002/smll.202600032

A study on the vacancy-mediated dual-step phosphorization–sulfurization of MnMoO₄ for acidic hydrogen evolution has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A · IF 9.2, Q1, top 17.3% (JCR 2025) (Chae-Eun Lim).DOI: 10.1039/D6TA01695B

Bogeun Park begins the integrated M.S./Ph.D. program.

Dongwan Kim and Yongeun Kim join the lab as undergraduate researchers.

A study on an electric-field-driven bilayer interphase from oxygenated nanodiamond–carbon nanoparticles for dendrite-free lithium metal batteries has been published in Advanced Energy Materials · IF 25.5, Q1, top 2.4% (JCR 2025) (Dong-Kyung Kim).DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202505964

Huncheol Seo receives an M.S. degree.

A study on 3D channeled porous carbon hosts with Co-nanoparticle-induced zincophilicity for stable zinc anodes has been published in Chemical Engineering Journal · IF 12.5, Q1, top 4.0% (JCR 2025) (Chaehyeon Moon).DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2026.172613

Hyunjoo Hwang and Gyeongrok Kim join the lab as undergraduate researchers.

A study on how alkaline-earth metals tune the electron density of Al³⁺ for high-purity linear α-olefin (1-octene) production has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A and featured on its back cover · IF 9.2, Q1, top 17.3% (JCR 2025) (Jaekyum Kim).DOI: 10.1039/D5TA06534H

A study on the bottom-up synthesis of 2D AlN nanosheets with high hydrolytic resistance and thermal conductivity has been published in Small · IF 12.1, Q1, top 7.2% (JCR 2024) (Gyuchan Kim).DOI: 10.1002/smll.202507445

JaeBeom Hwang joins the lab as an M.S. student.

A study on durable, efficient solar CO₂-to-CO conversion with single-atom Ag on Zn₃(PO₄)₂ has been published in Advanced Energy Materials · IF 26.0, Q1, top 2.5% (JCR 2024) (Kwangsoo Kim).DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202502953

Selected for the KISTI supercomputing program: LDH electrocatalysts for saline-water electrolysis.

A study on upcycling spent LiCoO₂ into an OER electrocatalyst through a structural phase transformation has been published in Advanced Sustainable Systems · IF 6.1, Q2, top 27.0% (JCR 2024) (Gyuchan Kim).DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202500733

Dong-Kyung Kim is awarded a 2025 Master's Research Grant from the Ministry of Education and NRF.

Dr. Kwangsoo Kim receives a Ph.D. and moves to Korea University as a postdoctoral researcher.

A study on heterointerface-driven electronic modulation in MoO₂@N/Mo-ReS₂ for alkaline HER, OER and overall water splitting has been published in Small · IF 12.1, Q1, top 7.2% (JCR 2024) (Gyuchan Kim).DOI: 10.1002/smll.202505906

A study on flame-induced Fe/Sn dual doping of WO₃ photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water oxidation has been published in Energy Materials · IF 11.2, Q1, top 10.2% (JCR 2024) (Jaekyum Kim).DOI: 10.20517/energymater.2025.59

Joined the NRF Basic Research Laboratory on photo/electrochemical chemoselective biomass conversion.

A study on facet-controlled MoP single crystals for efficient hydrogen-peroxide synthesis has been published in Advanced Materials · IF 26.8, Q1, top 2.1% (JCR 2024) (Bogeun Park).DOI: 10.1002/adma.202500250

A study on the highly selective photoelectrochemical conversion of glycerol to lactic acid on CuWO₄ with a low-valence bimetallic overlayer has been published in ACS Energy Letters · IF 18.9, Q1, top 4.1% (JCR 2024) (Jaekyum Kim).DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c00551

Selected for the KISTI supercomputing program: high-entropy alloy catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen production and use.

Huncheol Seo wins the Student Poster Award at the 2025 Spring Conference of the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials for a computational study of copper phthalocyanine catalysts for Li–CO₂ batteries.

Jaekyum Kim wins the Student Oral Presentation Award at the 2025 Spring Conference of the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials for computational design of stable perovskite OER electrocatalysts.

Joined the NRF project on next-generation ion-solvating membranes for pressurized alkaline water electrolysis.

Chaehyeon Moon, Dong-Kyung Kim, Minhyeok Choi and Chae-Eun Lim (M.S.), and Jin Yi Lee (undergraduate researcher) join the lab.

A study on Na₂V₆O₁₆·2H₂O cathodes that keep their capacity over 10,000 cycles in aqueous Zn-ion batteries has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A · IF 9.5, Q1, top 13.6% (JCR 2024) (Huncheol Seo).DOI: 10.1039/D4TA08338E

Joined the KITECH project on core technologies for the RIAM learning-factory platform.

A study on synergistic dual Rh single atoms in carbon nanofibers for high-performance alkaline water electrolyzers has been published in Advanced Science · IF 14.1, Q1, top 7.0% (JCR 2024) (Gyuchan Kim).DOI: 10.1002/advs.202413176

A study on activating Mn single-atom sites for oxygen reduction by spin-state regulation has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society · IF 14.5, Q1, top 7.6% (JCR 2023) (Gyuchan Kim).DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c13137

Bogeun Park (M.S.) and Jae Woo Seo (undergraduate researcher) join the lab.

Selected for the KISTI supercomputing program: OER-selective electrocatalysts for direct seawater electrolysis.

Min Seo Kim and Heerin Kim join the lab as undergraduate researchers.

Joined the MOTIE/KEIT project on 600 mm low-warpage backside protection films as a participating institution.

Joined the NRF project building the materials research-data ecosystem platform.

Joined the NRF Pioneer project on charge-control materials for a saline Wastewater–Energy–Recycling Nexus.

A study on water-splitting electrodes that run stably at 3 A cm⁻², built by molecular-linker assembly of NiMo and NiFe catalysts, has been published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · IF 20.3, Q1, top 0.6% (JCR 2023) (Gyuchan Kim).DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123563

Gyuchan Kim (Ph.D.) and Huncheol Seo (M.S.) join the lab.

A study on coordination-engineered Cu single atoms on N,O co-doped carbon for high-performance zinc metal anodes has been published in Advanced Energy Materials · IF 24.4, Q1, top 2.6% (JCR 2023) (Jaekyum Kim).DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202303803

Selected for the KISTI supercomputing program: design of pathway-selective catalysts for electrochemical glycerol oxidation.

A study on a surfactant- and solvent-free solid-state synthesis of tetrahedral Pd nanocatalysts has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A · IF 10.8, Q1, top 9.1% (JCR 2023) (Kwangsoo Kim).DOI: 10.1039/d3ta06056j

Byung-Hyun Kim joins Hanyang University ERICA and opens the ALCHEM Lab.