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Haram Lee

Seoul National University · Engineering

About the Lab

Professor Haram Lee's research lab specializes in the development and application of advanced functional nanomaterials for renewable energy and environmental safety. Key research directions include the design of perovskite solar cells with enhanced stability and efficiency through down-conversion layers and surface engineering, the synthesis of epitaxial oxide semiconductors for optoelectronic devices, and the investigation of the biosafety and toxicity mechanisms of metal oxide nanoparticles. The lab also focuses on innovative solutions to improve solar energy conversion by utilizing UV-light harvesting materials such as ZnGa₂O₄ and Eu-doped spinels.

perovskite solar cellsdown-conversion layersnanomaterials biosafetyepitaxial oxidesUV harvesting

Research Overview

Papers
70
Total Citations
424
Papers (5y)
42
Primary Field
Engineering

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
42total
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Citations per year (5y)
169total
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Selected Papers

15
1
Article|43 citations·2016
Fabrication of FGF-2 immobilized electrospun gelatin nanofibers for tissue engineering
Haram Lee, Sooseok Lim, Mallinath S. Birajdar, Soo‐Hong Lee, Hansoo Park
SJR Q1International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
BiomaterialsMaterials Science
2
Article|16 citations·2021
Dopant-Dependent Toxicity of CeO2 Nanoparticles Is Associated with Dynamic Changes in H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 and Transcriptional Activation of NRF2 Gene in HaCaT Human Keratinocytes
Jang Hyun Choi, Haram Lee, Haram Lee, Hansol Lee, Hangil Lee, Hansol Lee, Hansol Lee
SJR Q1International Journal of Molecular SciencesOA

Despite advances in the preparation of metal oxide (MO) nanoparticles (NPs) as catalysts for various applications, concerns about the biosafety of these particles remain. In this study, we prepared transition metal-doped cerium oxide (TM@CeO2; TM = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, or Ni) nanoparticles and investigated the mechanism underlying dopant-dependent toxicity in HaCaT human keratinocytes. We show that doping with Cr or Co but not Fe, Mn, or Ni increased the toxicity of CeO2 NPs in dose- and time-depende

Materials ChemistryMaterials Science
3
Article|6 citations·2019
Fabrication and characterization of perovskite solar cells with ZnGa 2 O 4 mixed TiO 2 photoelectrode
Haram Lee, Chung Wung Bark, Hyung Wook Choi
SJR Q3Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Abstract Perovskite solar cells are easily decomposed by ultraviolet rays. In order to limit the function of TiO 2 as a photocatalyst, ZnGa 2 O 4 nanoparticles were mixed into a mesoporous TiO 2 layer. The bandgap of the mixed layer increased by 0.1 eV and the efficiency of perovskite solar cell increased by 0.5%. However, it acts as a resistive element and lowers the current. Since ZnGa 2 O 4 emits absorbed ultraviolet rays in blue, a thin film is additionally formed on the glass substrate to c

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
4
Article|4 citations·2020
Heteroepitaxial growth of Sn-incorporated Ga 2 O 3 thin films on sapphire(0001) substrates using radio-frequency powder-sputtering
Haram Lee, Hyon Chol Kang
SJR Q3Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Abstract We achieved the heteroepitaxial growth of Sn-incorporated Ga 2 O 3 (Ga 2 O 3 :Sn) thin films on sapphire (0001) substrates using radio-frequency powder-sputtering. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction at out-of-plane and in-plane Bragg peaks revealed that the Ga 2 O 3 :Sn thin films were composed of corundum α and monoclinic β phases, both being epitaxial to the sapphire (0001) substrates. Epitaxial relationship can be summarized as β –Ga 2 O 3 [−201]// α –Ga 2 O 3 [0001]//sapphire[0001] in th

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMaterials Science
5
Article|3 citations·2020
Characteristics of ZnGa 2 O 4 coated solar cells and their functions as UV-C sensors
Haram Lee, Ji Yong Hwang, Hyung Wook Choi
SJR Q3Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Abstract The ZnGa 2 O 4 down-converting layer was deposited on the incident side of perovskite solar cell. The down-converting layer was coated by sol-gel spinning. Perovskite solar cells with ZnGa 2 O 4 films operate without loss of efficiency and produce additional current when irradiated with 254 nm light. It was confirmed that nano devices with both a function as a UV-C sensor and a function as a solar cell can be implemented.

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
6
Article|2 citations·2019
Improved characteristics of a perovskite solar cell by the annealing process and UV irradiation on the TiO 2 layer
Haram Lee, Sang Joon Park, Chung Wung Bark, Hyung Wook Choi
SJR Q3Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Abstract In this study, we focused on the changes on the perovskite layer by annealing. A two-step annealing process, which changes the temperature and time in the annealing process of the perovskite film, is important to obtain a more efficient solar cell. The perovskite synthesis proceeds rapidly, but a significant amount of lead iodide residue remains. Additional annealing is needed to reduce the lead iodide residue that causes degradation in efficiency. A solar cell with an average efficienc

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
7
Article|2 citations·2020
Preschoolers' Behavioral Inhibition and Anxiety: Mediating Effects of Maternal Overprotective Parenting and Autonomy Support
Haram Lee, Nana Shin
Korean Journal of Childcare and EducationOA
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
8
Article|2 citations·2020
Characteristics of Perovskite Solar Cells According to Thickness of Doped ZnGa2O4 Down-Converting Thin Film
Haram Lee, Hyung Wook Choi
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

A ZnGa 2 O 4 :Eu 3+ layer was deposited on the incident surface of a perovskite solar cell (PSC) to convert ultraviolet rays into current within the solar cell. The ZnGa 2 O 4 :Eu 3+ layer was deposited using the sol–gel method, and the thickness of the film was controlled using the number of spin coatings. When the coating was applied six times, a layer with almost no oscillation due to reflection was fabricated. It was confirmed that the efficiency of the PSC was not adversely affected by the

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
9
Article|1 citations·2021
Just noticeable difference of sound pressure level of speech in open-plan office
Haram Lee, Beta Bayu Santika, Hyun In Jo, Jin Yong Jeon
NOISE-CON proceedings

In this study, the general sound environment characteristics of open-plan office (OPO) were investigated, and just noticeable difference (JND) of sound pressure level of speech at a distance of 4 m (Lp,A,S,4m) suggested in ISO 3382-3 was suggested. First, in order to understand the sound environment characteristics of OPO, one minute sound sources recorded in 8 offices were collected and physical and psychological acoustic characteristics were analyzed. A total of 30 office workers were subject

Social PsychologyPsychology
10
Article|1 citations·2021
The Critique of Reason and Biopolitics in William Blake’s The Four Zoas
Haram Lee
Texas Studies in Literature & Language

This article examines William Blake’s critique of instrumental reason in The Four Zoas to rethink the politics of his later poetry. Rather than signaling his quietism, Blake’s poem registers his insights into emerging political strategies that produce governable bodies by encouraging rational self-mastery and the pursuit of self-interest. I argue that Blake represents proto-biopolitical thinking as such in criticizing Malthus’s political economy and radical political discourse of the 1790s.

Literature and Literary TheoryArts and Humanities
11
Article|0 citations·2021
Nationalism and Irony: William Wordsworth’s Political Sonnets of 1807
Haram Lee
SJR Q1English Studies

This article examines William Wordsworth’s political sonnets in his 1807 volume of poetry to reconsider their political implications in post-revolutionary Britain. While critics have viewed these sonnets as evidence of the poet’s embrace of patriotism and conversion to conservative ideology, I argue that his sonnets are far too ironical and (self-)critical to be characterized as jingoistic. In these poems, Wordsworth does not so much endorse patriotism as he critically reflects on its conceptual

AnthropologySocial Sciences
12
Article|0 citations·2021
The Empiricist Origin of Biopolitics: Freedom and Potentiality in John Locke
Haram Lee
SJR Q1Philosophia
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
13
Article|0 citations·2025
User Perception Changes Following AI Agent Service Reorganization: A Time-Series Impact Analysis Based on Sentiment and Topic
Haram Lee, Namil Kim
The Journal of Internet Electronic Commerce Resarch

With the rapid expansion of AI agent services, this study examines how service changes in SK Telecom's “Adot Phone” affect user perception. To investigate this, we analyzed Google Play Store review data using a combination of NLP techniques, including KoBERT-based sentiment analysis, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic modeling, and Interrupted Time Series Analysis to assess the impact of the service change. The results show that the service modification led to a notable drop in positive sen

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
14
Article|0 citations·2024
Psychophysiological evaluation of life-cycle disorder restoration using VR soundscape
Haram Lee, Hyowon Yoon, Jin Yong Jeon, Dong‐Hyun Ahn
NOISE-CON proceedings

The emotional restorativeness of soundscapes, akin to the healing effects of natural green spaces, can induce recovery from life-cycle emotional and cognitive-related disorders. A digital therapy program that supplements medication was developed through soundscape experiences in a multi-user VR environment and evaluated psychophysiologically. Initially, the program provided natural environment-based role-playing for the treatment of children with ADHD and utilized soundscape audio-visual content

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisEnvironmental Science
15
Article|0 citations·2022
Anthropocene Time in Max Frisch’s Man in the Holocene
Haram Lee
Journal of English Studies in Korea

This article offers a critical examination of Max Frisch’s Man in the Holocene (1979) as an Anthropocene novel. I argue that Frisch’s novel represents the Anthropocene by engaging with its conceptual problematics concerning temporality and agency. Recent ecocritics have viewed the novel as challenging anthropocentric thinking by foregrounding geological time, the enormous scale of which relativizes and marginalizes the place of humanity in the world. In my view, however, Frisch confronts not onl

Literature and Literary TheoryArts and Humanities

Research Areas

Speech and HearingElectrical and Electronic EngineeringLiterature and Literary TheorySocial PsychologySociology and Political ScienceElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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