- Claude Bernard -

“The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel”

PUBLICATIONS

Journals

In Preparation (†These authors equally contributed to this work.)

[1] Ji Hyun Lee,† Kyung Ah Lee,† ... Yung-Eun Sung,* and Ki Ro Yoon* "Establishment of a Thin-Film Membrane for PEM Fuel Cells Through the Stretching of Electruspun PTFE Reinforcements" (To be submitted)

[2] Yonggyun Lee, Eunseo Kim, Byeonghwa Goh, Joonmyung Choi, Tae Gwang Yun,* and Ki Ro Yoon* "Synergistic Surface Engineering of Zn Anodes through Microwave Nanostructuring and Polydopamine Coating for Long-Life Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries" (In preparation)

[3] Changho Lee,† Seo Won Song,† Jaehyung Wee,† Kwang Won Kim, Suyeon Bae, Caroline Sunyong Lee, Seoyoon Shin, Hyungsub Yoon, Byungil Hwang, Yongho Han, Doojin Lee, Ji-Won Jung, Chanhoon Kim, Ki Ro Yoon* "Scalable Multi-frequency Ultrasonic Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Utilization of Carbon Additives in Lithium-Ion Batteries" (In preparation)

[4] Dongyeon Kim, Ki Ro Yoon* et al., "Nanofiber Based Chemical/Physical Filter Platform Using Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Decorated on Fe-doped TiO2 Nanorod Composites" (In preparation)

[5] J. S. Nam, S. H. Jung, D. Y. Youn, K. R. Yoon, M. Kim, H. M. Lee, I. D. Kim* and J. W. Jung* "Dendritic Aluminum Coated Polyimide Nanofibers for Ultralight, Carbon-Free Current Collector in Ambient-Air Operational Li-Air Batteries" (In preparation)

[6] Su-Ho Cho, Ki Ro Yoon, Ji-Won Jung, Doo-Young Youn, Jun Young Cheong, and Il-Doo Kim* "Atomically Decorated Fe sties in Porous and Hollow Carbon Nanofibers for Zn-Air Batteries" (In preparation)

[7] Ji-Won Jung,* Ki Ro Yoon, Il-Doo Kim, Sang Ouk Kim, Junwoon Lim* "Unzipping Effects of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Increasing Discharge Capacity in Nanoaqueous Li-O2 Batteries" (In preparation)

[8] Jong Min Kim et al., “Highly Robust and Mass Transfer-Enhanced Carbon Support: Polymeric Brush Modified Carbon Support for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells” (In preparation)

[9] Sunhee Jo et al., “Hydrogenated and nano-perforated graphene sheet and its molecular sieving effect for proton exchange membrane fuel cell applications” (In preparation)

Published (†These authors equally contributed to this work.)

[2025]

[58] Hyungsub Yoon, Heebo Ha, Mintaek Hong, Seonghun Lee, Mathis Mortensen Brette, Ji-Won Jung, Ki Ro Yoon, Ergang Wang, Han Seul Kim, Byungil Hwang*, and Tae Gwang Yun* "Wearable PEDOT:PSS/DVS-coated Yarn-type Transpiration-driven Electrokinetic Power Generator with High Power Efficiency and Water Stability" (Submitted)

[57] Ji Hyun Lee, Yoonjin Kim, Hye Sun Hwang, Gyudong Lee, Song Jun Doh, Seon-Jin Choi,* and Ki Ro Yoon* "Breakthrough Approach for Prolonged Air Filtration via Stretching of Electrospun PTFE Nanofibers" (Submitted)

[56] Rohit Gahlot, Shubham Ketan Sharma, Yogita M. Shirke, Ki Ro Yoon, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Mamta Awasthi* "A comprehensive review of recycling methods of end-of-life display screens for metal recovery" (Submitted)

[55] Kwang Won Kim,† Kyung Ah Lee,† Ji Hyun Lee, Seung Hwan Kim, Jeong F. Kim, Tae Hoon Kim, Sungjun Kim, Yung-Eun Sung,* and Ki Ro Yoon* "Robust Nanofiber-Reinforced Membrane for Stable Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis" (Submitted)

[54] Kwang Won Kim, Ji Hyun Lee, Seoyoon Shin, Ji-Won Jung, Tae Gwang Yun, Byungil Hwang, Seon-Jin Choi, and Ki Ro Yoon* "Thermally Stable Al2O3/PTFE Composite Separator for High-Safety Lithium-Ion Batteries" (Submitted)

[53] Ji Hyun Lee,† Dongyeon Kim,† Yong Gyun Lee, Youngoh Kim, Kihyun Shin, Ho Jun Lee, Heseong An, Jun Young Cheong, Seon-Jin Choi, Hyun You Kim, Joonmyung Choi, Jong Suk Lee, Ki Ro Yoon*, and Tae Gwang Yun* "Autonomous electrical energy harvesting system driven by artificial hydrologic cycle" (Submitted)

[52] Ilgyu Kim, Jae Hong Choi, Hangeol Jang, Na-Yeong Kim, Jeong-Ho Park, Ho-Jin Lee, Se-Hwa Cheon, Eun-Suok Oh, Ki Ro Yoon, Jinsoo Kim, Jung-Keun Yoo, Yu-Jin Han, Pilgun Oh, and Ji-Won Jung* "Troubleshooting Carbon Nanotubes Bundling Using Electrostatic Energy-Driven Dispersion for LiFePO4 Bimodal Thick Electrode in Lithium-Ion Batteries" ACS Nano (In Revision)

[51] Yogita M. Shirke,† Dae Hwan Kang,† Gyudong Lee, Yoonjin Kim, Ji Hyun Lee, Yeonsang Kim, Byungil Hwang,* Song Jun Doh,* and Ki Ro Yoon* "Impact of Stretching Conditions on Microstructure and Filtration Efficiency of ePTFE Membranes" Chemical Engineering Journal Advances (In Revision)

[50] Seon Lee, Seongjae Oh, Chae-Lin Park, Yong-Chul Song, Hyun Kim, Keon Jung Kim, Kwang Won Kim, Seo Won Song, Joonmyung Choi, Ki Ro Yoon, Yongbok Lee,* Shi Hyeong Kim* “Synergistic Electrochemical Properties of Conductive Additives with 1D-2D Carbon Networks" Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Accepted)

[49] Yogita M. Shirke, Dae Hwang Kang, Kwang Won Kim, Byungil Hwang, Song Jun Doh,* and Ki Ro Yoon* "Fabrication of biaxially aligned nanofibers by insulating block assisted electrospinning approach and their applications" Macromolecular Rapid Communications (Accepted)

[2024]

[48] Yong Gyun Lee, Tae Gwang Yun, and Ki Ro Yoon*, "Improvement of Mechanical Properties of Superabsorbent Polymers by Addition of Cellulose for Flexible Batteries" Korean Battery Society (한국전지학회지), 4, 1, 97-100 (2024)

[47] Chang Ho Lee, Chang-Kyu Hwang, Jungwon An, Ji-Soo Jang, Bonjae Koo, Jong Min Kim, Kihyun Shin, Caroline Sunyong Lee,* and Ki Ro Yoon* "Performance Enhancement of Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery through Synergistic Ex-solution of Multi-component Pt/CoWO4-x Catalysts" Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 358, 124371 (2024)

[46] Kwang Won Kim, Hongdeok Kim, Joonmyung Choi, Seon-Jin Choi,* and Ki Ro Yoon* "Internally Connected Porous PVA/PAA Membrane with Cross-Aligned Nanofiber Network for Facile and Long-Lasting Ion Transport in Zinc-air Batteries" Energy Storage Materials, 71, 103594 (2024)

[45] Chang-Kyu Hwang,† Sooyeon Kim,† Ki Ro Yoon,† Thao Thi Le, Chinh V. Hoang, Jae Won Choi, Wenjun Zhang, Sae Yane Paek, Chung Hyeon Lee, Ji Hyun Lee, Keun Hwa Chae, Sohee Jeong, Seong Yong Lee, Byeong-Kwon Ju,* Sang Hoon Kim,*, Sang Soo Han,* and Jong Min Kim* "Arc plasma-deposited Co single-atom catalysts supported on an aligned carbon nanofiber for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis and an electro-Fenton process" Carbon Energy, 6(11), e582 (2024)

[44] Dongyeon Kim,† Tae Gwang Yun,† Ji Hyun Lee,† Ki Ro Yoon*, and Kyunghoon Kim* "Rational design of Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks and Aligned Carbon Nanofibers for Enhancing the Performance of Flexible Supercapacitors" Nanoscale Advances, 6, 1900 (2024)

[2023]

[43] Ji Hyun Lee, Kwang Won Kim, Seon-Jin Choi, and Ki Ro Yoon* "A Study on the Industrial Application of PTFE Fibrous Nonwoven Fabricated by Electrospinning Technique as Dust Filtration Media" Textile Science and Engineering (한국섬유공학회지, KCI), 60, 281-291 (2023)

[42] Seo Won Song, Hongdeok Kim, Seoyoon Shin, Seongjin Jang, Jong-Hyuk Bae, Changhyun Pang*, Joonmyung Choi*, and Ki Ro Yoon* "Hierarchically porous hydrogel electrolyte prepared from interpenetrating polymer networks for flexible Zn-Air batteries" Energy Storage Materials, 60, 102802 (2023)

[41] Ji Hyun Lee, Hyun Ju Oh, Young Ki Park, Yoonjin Kim, Gyudong Lee, Song Jun Doh, Woosung Lee, Seon-Jin Choi,* and Ki Ro Yoon* "Multi-Scale Nanofiber Membrane Functionalized with Metal-Organic Frameworks for Efficient Filtration of Both PM2.5 and CH3CHO with Colorimetric NH3 Detection" Chemical Engineering Journal, 464, 142725 (2023)

[40] Jae-Hyung Wee,† Seoyoon Shin,† Doo-Won Kim, Changho Lee, Yoong Ahm Kim, Moo Whan Shin,* Ki Ro Yoon*, and Sang Young Yeo* "Boron-doped Activated Carbon Supports for Cobalt-Catalyzed Oxygen Evolution in Alkaline Electrolyte" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 15, 18771-18780 (2023)

[2022]

[39] Seongjae Oh, Keon Jung Kim, Byeonghwa Goh, Chae-Lin Park, Gyu Dong Lee, Seoyoon Shin, Seungju Lim, Eun Sung Kim, Ki Ro Yoon, Changsoon Choi, Hyun Kim, Dongseok Suh, Joonmyung Choi,* Shi Hyeong Kim* "Chemo-mechanical energy harvesters with enhanced intrinsic electrochemical capacitance in carbon nanotube yarns" Advanced Science, 2203767 (2022)

[38] Chang-Kyu Hwang,† Kyung Ah Lee,† Ji Young Lee, Young Oh Kim, Hyun Chul Ahn, Wontae Hwang, Byeong Kwon Ju, Jin Young Kim, Sang Young Yeo, Joon Myung Choi, Yung-Eun Sung,* Il-Doo Kim* and Ki Ro Yoon* "Perpendicularly Stacked PTFE Framework as a Reinforcement for Highly Durable Composite Membrane in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells" Nano Energy, 101, 107581 (2022)

[37] Chul Min Youn,† Seoyoon Shin,† Kihyun Shin,† Chanhoon Kim, Sang Young Yeo, Moo Hwan Shin,* Graeme Henkelman,* and Ki Ro Yoon* "Template-Assisted Synthesis of Single-Atom Catalysts Supported on Highly Crystalline Vanadium Pentoxide for Stable Oxygen Evolution" Chem Catalysis, 2, 1-20 (2022)

[36] Tae Gwang Yun,† Jaehyeong Bae,† Hyeon Gyun Nam,† Dongyeon Kim, Ki Ro Yoon, Seung Min Han,* and Il-Doo Kim,* "Ion-Permselective Conducting Polymer-Based Electrokinetic Generators with Maximized Utility of Green Water" Nano Energy, 94, 106946 (2022)

[35] Seung Ho Yook,† Ho Young Kim,† Seok Jun Kim,† Seungjoo Choi, Taehyun Kwon, Handong Cho, Jun Myung Kim, Ki Ro Yoon, Sunhee Jo, So Young Lee, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Hae Jung Son, Keun Hwa Chae, Jeongho Kim, Kwan Young Lee, and Jin Young Kim*, "Boosting Antioxidation Efficiency of Nonstoichiometric CeOx Nanoparticles via Surface Passivation Toward Robust Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells" Chemical Engineering Journal, 432(15) 134419 (2022)

[34] Donghun Kim, Yoonjin Kim, Dokun Kim, Dongwan Son, Song Jun Doh, Myungwoong Kim,* Hoik Lee* and Ki Ro Yoon* "Rational Process Design for Facile Fabrication of Dual Functional Hybrid Membrane of MOF and Electrospun Nanofiber towards High Removal Efficiency of PM2.5 and Toxic Gases" Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2100648 (2021)

[2021]

[33] Ga-Yoon Kim,† Ki Ro Yoon,† Kihyun Shin, Ji-Won Jung, Graeme Henkelman, and Won-Hee Ryu* "Black Tungsten Oxide Nanofiber as a Robust Support for Metal Catalysts: High Catalyst Loading for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction" Small, 17(47), 2103755 (2021) Front Cover Featured

[32] Sunhee Jo, Ki Ro Yoon, Youngjoon Lim, Taehyun Kwon, Yun Sik Kang, Hyuntae Sohn, Sun Hee Choi, Hae Jung Son, Sung Hyun Kwon, Seung Geol Lee, Seung Soon Jang, So Young Lee, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, and Jin Young Kim*, “Single-Step Fabrication of Polymeric Composite Membrane via Centrifugal Colloidal Casting for Fuel Cell Applications” Small Methods, 5(8), 2100285 (2021)

[31] Ki Ro Yoon,† Chang Kyu Hwang,† Seung-hoon Kim,† Ji-Won Jung, Ji Eon Chae, Ahyoun Lim, Su-Ho Cho, Jitendra Pal Singh, Jong Min Kim, Kihyun Shin, Byung Moo Moon, Hyun S. Park, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Keun Hwa Chae, Hyung Chul Ham, Il-Doo Kim,* and Jin Young Kim*, “Hierarchically Assembled Cobalt Oxynitride Nanorods and N-doped Carbon Nanofibers for Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis with Exceptional Regenerative Efficiency” ACS Nano, 15, 7, 11218-11230 (2021)

[30] Ki Ro Yoon, Jong Min Kim, Kyung Ah Lee, Shedrack G. Akpe, Yeo Jin Lee, Jitendra Pal Singh, Keun Hwa Chae, Hyung Chul Ham* and Jin Young Kim*, “Activity-stability benefits of Pt/C fuel cell electrocatalysts prepared via remoted CeO2 interfacial doping" Journal of Power Sources, 496, 1, 229798 (2021)

[29] Chanhoon Kim,† Hee-Jin Cho,† Ki Ro Yoon, Jun Young Cheong, Su-Ho Cho, Ji-Won Jung, Seok Won Song, and Il-Doo Kim*, "Synergistic Interactions of Different Electroactive Components for Superior Lithium Storage Performance" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 1, 587-596 (2021)

[2020]

[28] Dong-Ha Kim, Jun-Hwe Cha, Jee Young Lim, Jaehyung Bae, Woosung Lee, Ki Ro Yoon, Chanhoon Kim, Ji-Soo Jang, Won-Tae Hwang, and Il-Doo Kim* “Colorimetric Dye-Loaded Nanofiber Yarn: Eye-Readable and Weavable Gas Sensing Platform” ACS Nano, 14, 12, 16907-16918 (2020)

[27] Jin-Hyuk Kang,† Jiyoung Lee,† Ji-Won Jung,† Jiwon Park, Taegyu Jang, Hyun-Soo Kim, Jong-Seok Nam, Haeseong Lim, Ki Ro Yoon, Won-Hee Ryu, Il-Doo Kim,* and Hye Ryung Byon*, "Lithium-Air Batteries: Air-Breathing Challenges and Perspective" ACS Nano, 14, 14549-14578 (2020)

[26] Joonwon Lim,† Ji-Won Jung,† Na-Young Kim,† Gil Yong Lee, Ho Jin Lee, Yeunhee Lee, Dong Sung Choi, Ki Ro Yoon, Yong-Hyun Kim,* Il-Doo Kim,* and Sang Ouk Kim*, “N2-Dopant of Graphene with Electrochemically Switchable Bifunctional ORR/OER Catalysis for Zn-air Battery” Energy Storage Materials, 32, 517-524 (2020)

[25] Ayeong Byeon, Jinwon Cho, Jong Min Kim, Keun Hwa Chae, Hee-Young Park, Seok Won Hong, Hyung Chul Ham, Seung Woo Lee, Ki Ro Yoon,* and Jin Young Kim*, "High-yield electrochemical hydrogen peroxide production from enhanced two-electron oxygen reduction pathway by mesoporous nitrogen-doped carbon and manganese hybrid electrocatalysts" Nanoscale Horizons, 5, 832-838 (2020) Front Cover Featured

[24] Doo-Young Youn, Chanhoon Kim, Jun Young Cheong, Su-Ho Cho, Ki Ro Yoon, Ji-Won Jung, Nam-Hoon Kim, and Il-Doo Kim*, "Stable and High-Capacity Si Electrodes with Free-Standing Architecture for Lithium-Ion Batteries" ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3, 208-217 (2020)

[2019]

[23] Jong Min Kim,† Yeo Jin Lee,† Seung-hoon Kim, Keun-Hwa Chae, Ki Ro Yoon, Kyung Ah Lee, Ayeong Byeon, Yun Sik Kang, Hee-Young Park, Min Kyung Cho, Hyung Chul Ham, and Jin Young Kim*, “High Performance Corrosion-resistant Fluorine-Doped Tin Oxide as an Alternative to Carbon Support in Electrodes for PEM Fuel Cells” Nano Energy, 65, 104008 (2019)

[22] Seung Ho Yook, Ki Ro Yoon, Jihun Choi, Ju Sung Lee, Jong Min Kim, Seung Woo Lee, Kwan-Young Lee, and Jin Young Kim*, "Effect of Dispersion Solvent on Properties of Fluorinated Polymer Reinforced Composite Membrane for Fuel Cell by Solution Coating Method" Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (한국화학공학회지, KCI), 57(3), 1-7 (2019)

[21] Na-Won Lee, Ki Ro Yoon, Jae-yun Lee, Yoonsu Park, Seong-Ji Pyo, Ga-Yoon Kim, Don-Hyung Ha, and Won-Hee Ryu*, “Highly Conductive, Off-Stoichiometric Zirconium Oxide Nanofibers with Controllable Crystalline Structure and Bandgaps and Improved Electrochemical Activities” ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2, 5, 3513-3522 (2019) Front Cover Featured

[20] Kyung Ah Lee,† Ki Ro Yoon,† Sung Hyun Kwon, Kyung Jin Lee, Sunhee Jo, Ju Sung Lee, Kwan Young Lee, Seung Woo Lee, Seung Geol Lee,* and Jin Young Kim*, “Post-assembly Modification of Polymeric Composite Membrane using Spin Drying for Fuel Cell Applications” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7, 7380-7388 (2019) Back Cover Featured

[19] Ki Ro Yoon ,† Kyung Ah Lee,† Sunhee Jo, Seung Ho Yook, Il-Doo Kim, and Jin Young Kim*, “Mussel-Inspired Polydopamine Treated-Reinforced Composite Membranes with Self-Supported CeOx Radical Scavengers for Highly Stable PEM Fuel Cells” Advanced Functional Materials , 29, 1806929 (2019)

[2018]

[18] Jun Young Cheong, Chanhoon Kim, Ji-Won Jung, Tae-Gwang Yun, Doo Young Youn, Su-Ho Cho, Ki Ro Yoon, Hye-Yeon Jang, Seok Won Song, and Il-Doo Kim* “Incorporation of amorphous TiO2 into one-dimensional SnO2 nanostructures as superior anodes for lithium-ion batteries” Journal of Power Sources, 400, 485-492 (2018)

[17] Su-Ho Cho,† Ki Ro Yoon,† Ji-Won Jung, Chanhoon Kim, Jun Young Cheong, Doo-Young Youn and Il-Doo Kim*, “Synergistic Coupling of Metallic Cobalt Nitride Nanofibers and IrOx Nanoparticle Catalysts for Stable Oxygen Evolution” Chemistry of Materials, 30, 5941-5950 (2018) Front Cover Featured

[16] Ji-Won Jung, Dong-Won Choi, Chan Kyu Lee, Ki Ro Yoon, Sunmoon Yu, Jun Young Cheong, Chanhoon Kim, Su-Ho Cho, Jin-Seong Park, Yong Joon Park and Il-Doo Kim* “Rational Design of Protective In2O3 Layer-Coated Carbon Nanopaper Membrane: Toward Stable Cathode for Long-Cycle Li-O2 Batteries” Nano Energy, 46, 193-202 (2018)

[15] Ki Ro Yoon, Jinho Choi, Su-Ho Cho, Ji-Won Jung, Chanhoon Kim, Jun Young Cheong, Il-Doo Kim*, “Facile Preparation of Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: One-Dimensional Meso/Macroporous Cobalt and Nitrogen Co-doped Carbon Nanofibers” Journal of Power Sources, 380, 174-184 (2018)

[14] Ji-Won Jung,† Ji-Soo Jang,† Tae Gwang Yun, Ki Ro Yoon, and Il-Doo Kim* "Three-Dimensional Nanofibrous Air Electrode Assembled With Carbon Nanotubes Bridged Hollow Fe2O3 Nanoparticles for High Performance Lithium-Oxygen Batteries" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10, 6531-6540 (2018)

[13] Ki Ro Yoon, Kihyun Shin, Jiwon Park, Su-Ho Cho, Chanhoon Kim, Ji-Won Jung, Jun Young Cheong, Hye Ryung Byun, Hyuk Mo Lee and Il-Doo Kim*, “Brush-Like Cobalt Nitride Nanorods Anchored N-doped Carbon Nanofiber Membrane: Current Collector-Catalyst Integrated Cathode for Long Cycle Li-O2 Batteries” ACS Nano, 12, 128-139 (2018) Front Cover Featured

[12] Jun Young Cheong, Chanhoon Kim, Ji-Won Jung, Ki Ro Yoon, and Il-Doo Kim* “Porous SnO2-CuO nanotubes for highly reversible lithium storage” Journal of Power Sources, 373, 11-19 (2018)

[2017]