Energy and Environmental Materials Lab. (EEML)
Youn Research Group

2022

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58. J. Y. Kim, and  D. H. Youn* 

      Electrochemical Reduction of Gaseous CO2 at Low-Intermediate Temperatures using a Solid Acid Membrane Cell

      Catalysts 12 (2022) 1504 [Link]

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57. L. An, J. Chen, J. W. Heo, J. W. Kim, H. M. Jeong, D. H. Youn*, and Y. S. Kim*

      Preparation of pH-Responsive Lignin via a Thiol-yne Reaction and Its Application in Hydrogel

      Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology 42 (2022) 445 [Link]

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56. N. Y. Oh, S. Y. Park, J. Y. Hwang, H. M. Jeong, Y. S. Kim, and D. H. Youn*

      Molybdenum Carbide Anchored on N, S Co-Doped Carbon Composite Derived from Lignosulfonate as a High Performance Electrocatalyst 

      for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

      Nanomaterials 12 (2022) 3047 [Link]

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55. Y. K. Kim, W. T. Jun, D. H. Youn*, and J. S. Lee*

      Metal Substrates Activate NiFe(oxy)hydroxide Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media

      Journal of Alloys and Compounds 901 (2022) 163689 [Link]

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54. P.V.R.K. Ramacharyulu, Y. H. Lee, K. Kawashima, D. H. Youn, J.-H Kim, B. R. Wygant, C. B. Mullins, and C. W. Kim

     Phase Transition Induced Photocathodic p-CuFeO2 Nanocolumnar Film by Reactive Ballistic Deposition

     New Journal of Chemistry 46 (2022) 1238-1245 [Link]

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2021

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53. S. H. Park, S. H. Kang, and D. H. Youn*

      Direct One-Step Growth of Bimetallic Ni2Mo3N on Ni Foam as an Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalyst

      Materials 14 (2021) 4768 [Link]

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52. N. Y. Oh, G. H. Lee, H. M. Jeong, Y. S. Kim, and D. H. Youn*

      Kraft Lignin Derived Molybdenum Carbide/Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Composite for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

      Journal of The Electrochemical Society 168 (2021) 084511 [Link]

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51. S. Y. Kim, R. Sivasankaran, M. Arunachalam, G. H. Lee, D. H. Youn*, and S. H. Kang*

      Mo2C Cocatalysts Supported Si Nanowire Photoanode for Solar Water Oxidation

      Journal of The Electrochemical Society 168 (2021) 066519 [Link]

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50. G. S. Chae, D. H. Youn*, and J. S. Lee*

      Nanostructured Iron Sulfide/N, S Dual-doped Carbon Nanotube-Graphene Composites as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction

      Reaction

      Materials 14 (2021) 2146 [Link]

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49. L. An, Y. H. Yu, J. Chen, J. H. Bae, D. H. Youn, H. M. Jeong, and Y. S. Kim

      Synthesis and Characterization of Tailor-made Zwitterionic Lignin for Resistance to Protein Adsorption

     Industrial Crops and Products 167 (2021) 113514 [Link]

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48. K. Kawashima, R. A. Márquez-Montes, H. Li, K. Shin, C. L. Cao, K. M. Vo, Y. J. Son, B. R. Wygant, A. Chunangad, D. H. Youn,

     G. Henkelman, V. H. Ramos-Sánchez, and C. B. Mullins

     Electrochemical Behavior of a Ni3N OER Precatalyst in Fe-Purified Alkaline Media: The Impact of Self-Oxidation and Fe Incorporation

     Materials Advances 2 (2021) 2299-2309 [Link]

    

47. S. H. Park, and D. H. Youn*

     Recent Advances in Bimetallic Transition Metal Nitrides for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

     Ceramist 24 (2021) 54-66 [Link] (Invited Review) [Korean Journal]

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46. S. H. Park, T. H. Jo, M. H. Lee, K. Kawashima, C. B. Mullins*, H.-K. Lim*, and D. H. Youn*

      Highly Active and Stable Nickel-Molybdenum Nitride (Ni2Mo3N) Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution

      Journal of Materials Chemistry A 9 (2021) 4945-4951 [Link] 

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45. H. M. Jo, Y. Kim, and D. H. Youn*

      One-pot Synthesis of Molybdenum Carbide/N-doped Carbon Nanotube Composite Using Nitrilotriacetic Acid for Efficient

      Hydrogen Evolution

      Journal of Alloys and Compounds 855 (2021) 157420 [Link]

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2020

   

44. J.-H. Kim, J. Y. Kim, Y. Choi, D. H. Youn* 

     Facile CuFeO2 Microcrystal Synthesis for Lithium Ion Battery Anodes via Microwave Heating

      Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 31 (2020) 9408-9414 [Link]

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43. M. H. Lee, D. H. Youn*, and J. S. Lee* 

      Nanostructured Molybdenum Phosphide/N-doped Carbon Nanotube-Graphene Composites as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen

      Evolution Reaction

      Applied Catalysis A 594 (2020) 117451 [Link]

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42. J. P. Pender, G. Jha, D. H. Youn, J. M. Ziegler, I. Andoni, E. J. Choi, A. Heller, B. S. Dunn, P. S. Weiss, R. M. Penner, and C. B. Mullins

      Electrode Degradation in Lithium-Ion Batteries

      ACS Nano 14 (2020) 1243-1295 [Link] (Invited Review)

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41. J. Y. Kim, M. H. Lee, J.-H. Kim, C. W. Kim, and D. H. Youn* 

      Facile Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Ta3N5 for Photocatalytic Dye Degradation Under Visible Light Irradiation

      Chemical Physics Letters 738 (2020) 136900 [Link]

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2019

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40. S. H. Park, and D. H. Youn*   

      Development of Electrocatalysts Based on Molybdenum Nitrides for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution

      Journal of Advanced Mineral Aggregate Composites 24 (2019) 19-24 [Korean Journal]

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39. J. Lin, J.-M. Lim, D. H. Youn, Y. Liu, Y. Cai, K. Kawashima, J.-H. Kim, D.-L. Peng, H. Guo, G. Henkelman, A. Heller, and C. B. Mullins  

      Cu4SnS4-Rich Nanomaterials for Thin-Film Lithium Batteries with Enhanced Conversion Reaction

      ACS Nano 13 (2019) 10671-10681 [Link]

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38. G. H. Lee, M. H. Lee, Y. Kim, H.-K. Lim, and D. H. Youn* 

      Facile Synthesis of Nanostructured Molybdenum Carbide/N-doped CNT-RGO Composite via a Modified Urea Glass Route for Efficient 

      Hydrogen Evolution

      Journal of Alloys and Compounds 805 (2019) 113-119 [Link]

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37. Y. B. Park, J. H. Kim, Y. J. Jang, M. H. Lee, B. J. Lee, D. H. Youn*, and J. S. Lee* 

      Exfoliated NiFe Cocatalyst for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation with Hematite Photoanode 

      ChemCatChem 11 (2019) 443-448 [Link]

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2018

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36. D. H. Youn, Y. H. Choi, J.-H. Kim, S. Han, A. Heller, and C. B. Mullins 

      Microwave-assisted Simple Synthesis of Delafossite CuFeO2 as an Anode Material for Sodium Ion Batteries

      ChemElectroChem 5 (2018) 2419-2423 [Link]

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35. J.-H. Kim, and D. H. Youn*  

      Nanostructured Sponge-like Au for Selective Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide 

      Chemical Physics Letters 704 (2018) 27-30 [Link]

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34. J.-H. Kim, K. Shin, K. Kawashima, D. H. Youn, J. Lin, T. E. Hong, Y. Liu, B. R. Wygant. J. H. Wang, G. Henkelman and C. B. Mullins

      Enhanced Activity Promoted by CeOx on a CoOx Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction 

      ACS Catalysis 6 (2018) 4257-4265 [Link]

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33. D. H. Youn, H. Park, K. E. Loeffler, J.-H. Kim, A. Heller, and C. B. Mullins 

      Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of Tin-Antimony Alloy/N-doped Carbon Nanocomposite as Sodium Ion Battery Anode

      ChemElectroChem 5 (2018) 391-396 [Link]

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32. J.-H. Kim, D. H. Youn, K. Kawashima, J. Lin, H. Lim, and C. B. Mullins

      An Active Nanoporous Ni(Fe) OER Electrocatalyst via Selective Dissolution of Cd in Alkaline Media

      Applied Catalysis B 225 (2018) 1-7 [Link]

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31. J. Lin, J.-M. Lim, D. H. Youn, K. Kawashima, J.-H. Kim, Y. Liu H. Guo, G. Henkelman, A. Heller, and C. B. Mullins 

      Self-assembled Cu-Sn-S Nanotubes with High (De)lithiation Performance 

      ACS Nano 11 (2017) 10347-10356 [Link]

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Before KNU

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30. H. Park, K. Y. Kim, D. H. Youn, Y. H. Choi, W. Y. Kim, and J. S. Lee, “Auto-reduction Behavior of Cobalt on Graphitic Carbon Nitride       

      Coated Alumina Supports for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis”, ChemCatChem 9 (2017) 4908-4104 [Link]

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29. H. Park, J. H. Lee, E. H. Kim, K. Y. Kim, Y. H. Choi, D. H. Youn, and J. S. Lee, “Highly Active and Stable Palladium Catalyst on g-C3N4

      Support for Direct Formic Acid Synthesis under Neutral Condition”, Chemical Communications 52 (2016) 14302-14305 [Link]

 

28. D. H. Youn, N. Patterson, H. Park, A. Heller, and C. B. Mullins, “Facile Synthesis of Ge/N-Doped Carbon Spheres with Varying Nitrogen

      Content for Lithium Ion Battery Anodes”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8 (2016) 27788-27794 [Link]

 

27. D. H. Youn, S. Stauffer, P. Xiao, H. Park, Y. Nam, A. Dolocan, G. Henkelman, A. Heller, and C. B. Mullins, “Simple Synthesis of

      Nanocrystalline Tin Sulfide/N-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Composites as Lithium Ion Battery Anode”, ACS Nano 10 (2016) 10778-

      10788 [Link] 

 

26. J. Y. Kim, D. H. Youn, K. Kang, and J. S. Lee, “Highly Conformal Deposition of Ultrathin FeOOH Layer over Hematite Nanostructure for

      Efficient Solar Water Splitting”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55 (2016) 10854-10858 [Link]

 

25. D. H. Youn, A. Heller, and C. B. Mullins, “Simple Synthesis of Nanostructured Sn/Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Composite Using Nitrilotriacetic

      Acid as Lithium Ion Battery Anode”, Chemistry of Materials 28 (2016) 1343-1347 [Link]

 

24. D. H. Youn, M. L. Meyerson, K. C. Klavetter, K. A. Friedman, S. S. Coffman, J.-W. Lee, A. Heller, and C. B. Mullins, “Mixing Super P-Li

      with N-Doped Mesoporous Templated Carbon Improves the High Rate Performance of a Potential Lithium Ion Battery Anode”, Journal of  

      the Electrochemical Society 163 (2016) A953-A957 [Link] 

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23. L. T. M. Nguyen, H. Park, M. Banu, J. Y. Kim, D. H. Youn, G. Magesh, W Y. Kim, and J. S. Lee, “Catalytic CO2 Hydrogenation to Formic

      Acid over Carbon Nanotube-Graphene Supported PdNi Alloy Catalysts”, RSC Advances 5 (2015) 105560-105566 [Link] 

 

22. J. Y. Kim, D. H. Youn, J. H. Kim, H. G. Kim, and J. S. Lee, “Nanostructure-Preserved Hematite Thin Film for Efficient Solar Water Splitting”,

      ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7 (2015) 14123-14129 [Link] 

 

21. Y. J. Jang, J.-W. Jang, S. H. Choi, J. Y. Kim, J. Kim, D. H. Youn, W. Y. Kim, S. Han, and J. S. Lee, “Tree Branch-Shaped Cupric Oxide for

      Highly Effective Photoelectrochemical Water Reduction”, Nanoscale 7 (2015) 7624-7631 [Link] (Back Cover)

 

20. S. Han, D. H. Youn, M. H. Lee, and J. S. Lee, “Tungsten Carbide and CNT-Graphene Supported Pd Electrocatalyst toward

      Electrooxidation of Hydrogen”, ChemCatChem 7 (2015) 1483-1489 [Link]

 

19. D. H. Youn, Y. B. Park, J. Y. Kim, G. Magesh, Y. J. Jang, and J. S. Lee, “One-Pot Synthesis of NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide/Reduced

      Graphene Oxide Composite as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation”, Journal of  

      Power Sources 294 (2015) 437-443 [Link] 

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18. D. H. Youn†, H. Park†, J. Y. Kim, W. Y. Kim, Y. H. Choi, Y. H. Lee, S. H. Choi, and J. S. Lee, “Selective Formation of Hagg Iron Carbide

     with g-C3N4 as a Sacrificial Support for Highly Activer Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis”, ChemCatChem 7 (2015) 3488-3494 [Link] (†equal

      contribution, Back Cover)

 

17. D. H. Youn, C. Jo, J. Y. Kim, J. Lee, and J. S. Lee, “Ultrafast Synthesis of MoS2 or WS2-Reduced Graphene Oxide Composites via Hybrid

      Microwave Annealing for Anode Materials of Lithium Ion Batteries”, Journal of Power Sources 295 (2015) 228-234 [Link]

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16. J. Y. Kim, J.-W. Jang, D. H. Youn, G. Magesh, and J. S. Lee, “A Stable and Efficient Hematite Photoanode in a Neutral Electrolyte for

      Solar Water Splitting: Towards Stability Engineering”, Advanced Energy Materials, 4 (2014) 1400476 [Link] (Inside Front Cover)

 

15. D. H. Youn, S. Han, J, Y. Kim, J. Y. Kim, H. Park, S. H. Choi, and J. S. Lee, “Highly Active and Stable Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts Based

      on Molybdenum Compounds on Carbon Nanotube-Graphene Hybrid Support”, ACS Nano 8 (2014) 5164-5173 [Link] (Excellent Paper

      Selected by Synchrotron Radiation Science & Technology)

 

14. D. H. Youn, J.-W. Jang, J. Y. Kim, J. S. Jang, S. H. Choi, and J. S. Lee, “Fabrication of Graphene-based Electrodes in Less Than a Minute

      Through Hybrid Microwave Annealing”, Scientific Reports, 4 (2014) 5492 [Link]

 

13. D. H. Youn†, M. Seol†, J. Y. Kim, J.-W. Jang, M. Choi, J. S. Lee, and K. Yong, “Mo-Compound/CNT-Graphene Composites as

      Catalytic Electrodes for Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells”, Advanced Energy Materials, 4 (2014) 1300775 [Link] (†equal

      contribution)

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12. J. Y. Kim, J.-W. Jang, D. H. Youn, E. S. Kim, S. H. Choi, T. Shin, and J. S. Lee, “Photocatalytic Selective Oxidation of Terminal

      Methyl Group of Dodecane with Molecular Oxygen over Atomically Dispersed Ti in Mesoporous SiO2 Matrix”, Green Chemistry, 15

      (2013) 3387-3395 [Link]

 

11. J. Y. Kim, G. Magesh, D. H. Youn, J.-W. Jang, J. Kubota, K. Domen, and J. S. Lee, “Single-Crystalline, Wormlike Hematite

      Photoanode for Efficient Solar Water Splitting”, Scientific Reports, 3 (2013) 2681 [Link]

 

10. J. N. Tiwari, K. Nath, S. Kumar, R. N. Tiwari, K. C. Kemp, N. H. Le, D. H. Youn, J. S. Lee, and K. S. Kim, “Stable Platinum

      Nanoclusters on Genomic DNA–Graphene Oxide with a High Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity”, Nature Communications, 4  

      (2013) 2221 [Link]

 

9. D. H. Youn, G. H. Bae, S. Han, J. Y. Kim, J.-W. Jang, H. Park, S. H. Choi, and J. S. Lee, “A Highly Efficient Transition Metal Nitride-

    based Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: TiN on a CNT-Graphene Hybrid Support”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A,

    1 (2013) 8007-8015 [Link]

 

8. H. S. Ahn, J.-W. Jang, M. Seol, J. M. Kim, D. Yun, C. Park, H. Kim, D. H. Youn, J. Y. Kim, G. Park, S. C. Park, J. M. Kim, D. I. Yu,

    K. Yong, M. H. Kim, and J. S. Lee, “Self-Assembled Foam-like Graphene Networks Formed Through Nucleate Boiling”, Scientific

    Reports, 3 (2013) 1396; DOI:10.1038/srep01396 [Link]

 

7. D. H. Youn, M. Seol, J. Y. Kim, J.-W. Jang, Y. Choi, G. Yong, and J. S. Lee, “TiN Nanoparticles on CNT-Graphene Hybrid Support

    as a Noble Metal-free Counter Electrode for Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells”, ChemSusChem, 6 (2013) 261-267 [Link]

 

6. G. H. Bae, D. H. Youn, S. Han, and J. S. Lee, “The Role of Nitrogen in a Carbon Support on the Increased Activity and Stability of a

    Pt Catalyst in Electrochemical Hydrogen Oxidation”, Carbon, 51 (2013) 274-281 [Link]

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5. J. Y. Kim, J.-W. Jang, D. H. Youn, J. Y. Kim, E. S. Kim, and J. S. Lee, “Graphene-Carbon Nanotube Composite as an Effective

    Conducting Scaffold to Enhance Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Activity of Hematite Film”, RSC Advances, 2 (2012) 9415-

    9422 [Link]

 

4. J.-W. Jang, S. Cho, G. Moon, K. Ihm, J. Y. Kim, D. H. Youn, S. O. Lee, Y. H. Lee, W. Choi, K.-H. Lee, and J. S. Lee, “Photocatalytic

    Synthesis of Pure and Water-Dispersible Graphene Monosheets”, Chemistry A European Journal, 18 (2012) 2762-2767 [Link]

 

3. Y. Choi, D. H. Youn, S. O. Lee, Y. Kim, and J. S. Lee, “Sulfonated Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Polymer Gels Synthesized in Nafion

    Ion Clusters as Nanoscale Reactors for a Filler of Hybrid Proton Exchange Membranes”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,

    37 (2012) 9766-9774 [Link]

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2. D. H. Youn, S. Han, G. H. Bae, and J. S. Lee, “Carbon-supported PtPb Intermetallic Compound for Electrooxidation of Methyl  

    Formate”, Electrochemistry Communications, 13 (2011) 806-809 [Link]

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1. D. H. Youn, G. H. Bae, D. J. Ham, and J. S. Lee, “Electrocatalysts for Electrooxidation of Methyl Formate”, Applied Catalysis A:    

    General, 393 (2011) 309-316 [Link]