Jinwoo Lee
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology · Engineering
About the Lab
Professor Jinwoo Lee's research lab specializes in the design and synthesis of advanced carbon-based nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion applications. The lab focuses on developing porous carbons, mesoporous materials, and functionalized carbon structures with tailored porosity and electronic properties to enhance performance in supercapacitors, lithium-sulfur batteries, and fuel cells. A key research direction involves engineering single-atom catalysts—particularly Fe/N/C and S-doped carbon systems—for efficient oxygen reduction reactions, aiming to replace precious metal catalysts. The lab also explores hybrid energy storage devices by integrating high-power anode materials like phase-controlled Nb₂O₅@carbon core-shell nanocrystals to balance power and energy density.
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15Abstract In this review, the progress made in the last ten years concerning the synthesis of porous carbon materials is summarized. Porous carbon materials with various pore sizes and pore structures have been synthesized using several different routes. Microporous activated carbons have been synthesized through the activation process. Ordered microporous carbon materials have been synthesized using zeolites as templates. Mesoporous carbons with a disordered pore structure have been synthesized
A correct alignment is an essential requirement in homology modeling. Yet in order to bridge the structural gap between template and target, which may not only involve loop rearrangements, but also shifts of secondary structure elements and repacking of core residues, high-resolution refinement methods with full atomic details are needed. Here, we describe four approaches that address this "last mile of the protein folding problem" and have performed well during CASP8, yielding physically realis
A mesoporous carbon with regular three-dimensionally interconnected 2 nm pore arrays using AlMCM-48 as a template has been synthesised; the mesoporous carbon exhibited excellent performance as an electrochemical double layer capacitor.
Replacement of Pt-based oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts with non-precious metal catalysts (NPMCs) such as Fe/N/C is one of the most important issues in the commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Despite numerous studies on Fe/N/C catalysts, a fundamental study on the development of a versatile strategy is still required for tuning the kinetic activity of a single Fe-N 4 site. Herein, we report a new and intuitive design strategy for tuning and enhancing the
Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) are cost-effective and high-energy-density batteries. However, the insulating nature of active materials, the shuttle effect, and slow redox kinetics lead to severe capacity decay and low rate capabilities. Numerous multimodal approaches have been attempted to tackle these issues and have pushed the cycle stability and energy density to higher levels. Recently, accelerating the redox kinetics using catalytic materials has been considered as a means to realize high
Abstract Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted growing attention because they maximize the number of active sites, with unpredictable catalytic activity. Despite numerous studies on SACs, there is little research on the support, which is essential to understanding SAC. Herein, we systematically investigated the influence of the support on the performance of the SAC by comparing with single‐atom Pt supported on carbon (Pt SA/C) and Pt nanoparticles supported on WO 3− x (Pt NP/WO 3− x ). The
Hybrid supercapacitors (battery-supercapacitor hybrid devices, HSCs) deliver high energy within seconds (excellent rate capability) with stable cyclability. One of the key limitations in developing high-performance HSCs is imbalance in power capability between the sluggish Faradaic lithium-intercalation anode and rapid non-Faradaic capacitive cathode. To solve this problem, we synthesize Nb2O5@carbon core-shell nanocyrstals (Nb2O5@C NCs) as high-power anode materials with controlled crystalline
Abstract Fe 3 O 4 nanocrystals confined in mesocellular carbon foam (MSU‐F‐C) are synthesized by a “ host–guest ” approach and tested as an anode material for lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs). Briefly, an iron oxide precursor, Fe(NO 3 ) 3 ·9H 2 O, is impregnated in MSU‐F‐C having uniform cellular pores ∼30 nm in diameter, followed by heat‐treatment at 400 °C for 4 h under Ar. Magnetite Fe 3 O 4 nanocrystals with sizes between 13–27 nm are then successfully fabricated inside the pores of the MSU‐F‐C
Recently, hybrid supercapacitors (HSCs), which combine the use of battery and supercapacitor, have been extensively studied in order to satisfy increasing demands for large energy density and high power capability in energy-storage devices. For this purpose, the requirement for anode materials that provide enhanced charge storage sites (high capacity) and accommodate fast charge transport (high rate capability) has increased. Herein, therefore, a preparation of nanocomposite as anode material is
Sodium‐ion hybrid supercapacitors (Na‐HSCs) have potential for mid‐ to large‐scale energy storage applications because of their high energy/power densities, long cycle life, and the low cost of sodium. However, one of the obstacles to developing Na‐HSCs is the imbalance of kinetics from different charge storage mechanisms between the sluggish faradaic anode and the rapid non‐faradaic capacitive cathode. Thus, to develop high‐power Na‐HSC anode materials, this paper presents the facile synthesis
In this review, we summarize recent reports on the synthesis of various nanoporous carbon materials. Many nanoporous carbon materials having variable pore sizes and pore structures have been synthesized using appropriate nanostructured silica materials as templates. Nanoporous carbons with high pore volumes and uniform pore sizes have been produced using silica sol and silica gel as templates. Mesoporous carbons with several different pore structures have been synthesized using mesoporous silica
Mesoporous carbon materials are desirable electrode materials and are also useful for the separation of bulky organics. In this article, the templated synthesis of a new high surface area mesoporous carbon using hexagonal mesoporous silica (HMS) aluminosilicate is reported. Preliminary results on the electrochemical double-layer capacitance performance of the material are presented that indicate that it is superior to the commercially available carbon MSC-25. In addition, the pore structure of H
Uniformly sized silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles (magnetite@silica) are synthesized in a simple one-pot process using reverse micelles as nanoreactors. The core diameter of the magnetic nanoparticles is easily controlled by adjusting the w value ([polar solvent]/[surfactant]) in the reverse-micelle solution, and the thickness of the silica shell is easily controlled by varying the amount of tetraethyl orthosilicate added after the synthesis of the magnetite cores. Several grams of monodisper
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVCommunicationNEXTFabrication of Novel Mesocellular Carbon Foams with Uniform Ultralarge MesoporesJinwoo Lee, Kwonnam Sohn, and Taeghwan HyeonView Author Information School of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Chemical Processes Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea Cite this: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 21, 5146–5147Publication Date (Web):May 4, 2001Publication History Received5 January 2001Revised13 April 2001Published online4 May 2001Published in
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