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Professor
Seong-Ju Hwang
Education
  • 1997.10-2001.06

    Ph.D. in Physico-Chimie de la Matière Condensée I.C.M.C.B.-C.N.R.S. Université Bordeaux I, FRANCE

  • 1994.03-1998.08

    Ph.D. in Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University

  • 1992.03-1994.02

    M.S. in Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University

  • 1988.03-1992.02

    B.S. in Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University

Career
  • 2019-present

    Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University

  • 2022-present

    Department Head, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University

  • 2023-present

    Vice-president, Division of Materials Chemistry of the Korean Chemical Society

  • 2022-present

    Vice-president, Korean Society of Photoscience

  • 2022-Present

    Vice-president, Korean Chemical Society

  • 2017-2019

    Director, Center for Hybrid Interfacial Chemical Structure (SRC center designated by Korean Research Foundation)

  • 2005-2019

    Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor, Ewha Womans University

  • 2004-2005

    Adjunct Professor, Department of New Technology Fusion, Konkuk University

  • 2002-2005

    Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Konkuk University

  • 2001-2002

    Post-doc. Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, USA

Research Interests
1. 2D nanosheets, graphene, 1D nanowires, 0D nanoparticles, and nanohybrids.
2. Electrodes for Li/Na/Mg ion, Li-S, and Li-air batteries & supercapacitors
3. Electrocatalysts (oxygen evolution, oxygen reduction, hydrogen evolution, CO2 reduction, N2 reduction, etc).
4. Photocatalysts (oxygen evolution, hydrogen evolution, organic decomposition, CO2 reduction, N2 reduction, etc).
5. Mesoporous adsorbents for recovering greenhouse gases.
6. Nanobio materials.
7. High-Tc superconductors
8. Up-to-date spectroscopic analysis for nanomaterials
Selected Publications
1. High efficacy of substrate dimensionality control in optimizing the specific capacitance and phase stability of hybridized nanostructures, Nano Energy 113, 108566 (2023).
2. Cooperation between dual metal atoms and nanoclusters enhances activity and stability for oxygen reduction and evolution, ACS Nano 17, 8622 (2023).
3. High-performance Sb₂S₃ photoanode enabling iodide oxidation reaction for unbiased photoelectrochemical solar fuel production, Energy Environ. Sci. 15, 4725 (2022).
4. Atomically thin holey two-dimensional Ru₂P nanosheets for enhanced hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis, ACS Nano 16, 16452 (2022).
5. In situ defect engineering route to optimize the cationic redox activity of layered double hydroxide nanosheet via strong electronic coupling with holey substrate, Adv. Sci. 9, 2103368 (2022).
6. Multilayer conductive hybrid nanosheets as versatile hybridization matrices for optimizing the defect structure, structural ordering, and energy-functionality of nanostructured materials, Adv. Sci. 9, 2103368 (2022).
7. Atomically dispersed Co₂-N₆ and Fe-N₄ costructures boost oxygen reduction reaction in both alkaline and acidic media, Adv. Mater. 33, 2104718 (2021).
8. Synergetic advantages of atomically-coupled 2D inorganic and graphene nanosheets as versatile building blocks for diverse functional nanohybrids, Adv. Mater. 33, 2005922 (2021).
9. Lattice engineering to simultaneously control the defect/stacking structures of layered double hydroxide nanosheets to optimize their energy functionalities, ACS Nano 15, 8306 (2021).
10. Enhanced interfacial electron transfer between Thylakoids and RuO₂ nanosheets for photosynthetic energy harvesting, Sci. Adv. 7, eabf2543 (2021).



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