Faculty

Metal Oxide DEsign Lab. (MODEL) is interested in metal (hyd)oxide syntheses and applications. Our research goal is to create unprecedentedly useful metal (hyd)oxide structures for which we investigate in depth growth of metal (hyd)oxides that is at the heart of emerging technology.

– Curriculum Vitae

• 2021-Present: Associate Professor, UNIST
• 2017-2021: Assistant Professor, UNIST
• 2014-2017: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
• 2012-2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemistry, POSTECH 

 

– Academic Credential

• 2012: Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, POSTECH
• 2008: M.S. Chemical Engineering, POSTECH
• 2006: B.S. Chemical Engineering, POSTECH

 

– Research Keywords and Topics

metal oxides, metal hydroxides, crystal growth, composition control, morphology control, catalysts

 

– Publications (selected)

• “Selective, stable, bias-free, and efficient solar hydrogen peroxide production on inorganic layered materials” 

Jaejung Song, et al., Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2110412

• “High-performance and stable photoelectrochemical water splitting cell with organic-photoactive-layer-based photoanode” 

Je Min Yu, et al., Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 5509

• “Use of mesoscopic host matrix to induce ferrimagnetism in antiferromagnetic spinel oxide” 

Chaewoon Park, et al., Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1706220

 

– Awards/Honors/Memberships

• 2012: Chang Kun Soo Best Thesis Award, POSTECH

2006: Graduated from POSTECH Summa Cum Laude with the highest major GPA in the history (to 2006) of Department of Chemical Engineering