Photo & Electrochemical Energy Material Laboratory

· Address

  Chonnam National University, Department of chemistry, 66 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186 S. Korea.

  Off.: +82-62-530-2497

  Fax: +82-62-530-2499

  E-MAIL: skang@jnu.ac.kr

 

· Education

  2002 Chonnam National University, Department of Chemistry Education, B.S

  2004 Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, M. S.

  2008 Seoul National University, Interdisciplinary Program in Nano Science and Technology, Ph. D

   

· Work Experiences

  2007-2007,    University of Minnesota in USA, visiting scholar

  2008-2008,   Research center for Energy Conversion and Storage in Seoul National University,

                      Postdoctroral researcher

  2008-2010,    National Renewable Energy Laboratory in USA, Postdoctroral researcher

  2010-2011,      Universtiy of Texas at Austin in USA, Postdoctroral researcher

  2011-2015,      Chonnam National University, Assistant professor

  2015-2018,     Chonnam National University, Associate professor

  2018-present, Chonnam National University, professor

  

· Reserach Area 

  Chemical synthesis of metal and metal oxide materials

  Electrodeposition of semiconducting/solar materials

  Electrochemical analysis at the interface between the electrode and electrolyte

  Development of various dimensional structures for photoelectrochemical (PEC) device

  Growth of thin film using sputtering and application of DSSC and electrochromic device 

  Formation of TiO2 nanotube using anodization process

  Sensitized p-type solar cell based on inverse opal CuxO and NiO electrode

  Heterojunction solar cell

  Synthesis of new metal oxides using SECM for photoelectrochemical water splitting

  Synthesis of quantum dot and application of quantum dot solar cell

  Synthesis and evaluation of metal catalysis for fuel cell

 

​· Representative Publications

  1. Soon Hyung Kang*, Kai Zhu*, Nathan R. Neale, and Arthur J. Frank*,

   “Improved Hole Transport in a NiO Nanoparticle Photocathode Sensitized with CdS”,

     Chem. Comm. 2011,47, 10419. (Impact Factor: 5.78)

  2. Yung-Eun Sung*, Soon Hyung Kang*, Jae-Yup Kim,

   “Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy through Nanotechnology”

     Volume 9, to be published by Springer-Verlag London Limited., 2011.

  3. Soon Hyung Kang, Ju-Wan Lim, Jae-Yup Kim, Hyun Sik Kim, Young-Hoon Chung and Yung-Eun Sung*,

   “Columnar structured TiO2 film to the application for the photovoltaic and electrochromic device”,

     Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 2777. (Impact Factor: 6.4)

  4. Soon Hyung Kang, Sang-Hyun Choi, Moon-Sung Kang, Jae-Yup Kim, Hyun-Sik Kim, Taeghwan Hyeon, and Yung-Eun Sung*,

   "Nanorod-based dye sensitized solar cell with improved charge collection efficiency",

     Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 54. (Impact Factor: 10.88)

  5. Soon Hyung Kang, Jae-Yup Kim, Yukyeong Kim, Hyun-Sik Kim, Yung-Eun Sung*,

   “Surface Modification of Stretched TiO2 Nanotubes for Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”,

     J. Phys. Chem. C 2007,111(26), 9614. (Impact Factor: 4.5)

​· Professor Activities

  The Electrochemical Society, Materials Research Society, The Korean Electrochemical Society

  The Korean Chemical Society, The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry