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교수Jungki Ryu

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Jungki Ryu

Biography

학력

• 2011: Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
• 2007: M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST
• 2006: B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University

주요 경력

• 2023-Present: Director, Center for Renewable Carbon, UNIST
• 2022~Present: Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Carbon Neutrality, UNIST
• 2023~Present: Professor, UNIST
• 2019-2023: Associate Professor, UNIST
• 2014-2019: Assistant Professor, UNIST
• 2011~2014: Postdoctoral researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• 2011: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST

수상/학회/외부활동

• Member of Electrochemical Society
• Member of American Chemical Society
• Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)
• Member of the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Member of the Korean Electrochemical Society
• Community Board Member of Nanoscale Horizons (since 2023)
• Nanoscale Emerging Investigator (2022)

Research

생체모방 기능성 신소재 연구실

Bioinspired Functional Materials Lab.

본 연구실에서는 (1) 생체모방 등의 방식으로 다양한 전기화학 반응을 위한 촉매 설계, (2) 인광광합성 시스템, (3) 전기화학적 에너지 변환 시스템, (4) 전기화학적 바이오매스 전환 및 활용 기술을 연구하고 있습니다.
Our group focuses on the development of functional materials for energy and environments. Especially, we are interested in the design of (1) electrocatalysts for water electrolysis and CO2 conversion; (2) solar-to-chemical energy conversion (artificial photosynthesis) devices; (3) innovative electrochemical energy conversion systems; and (4) electrochemical biomass utilization technologies.

Our group focuses on the development of functional materials for energy and environments. Especially, we are interested in the design of (1) electrocatalysts for water electrolysis and CO2 conversion; (2) solar-to-chemical energy conversion (artificial photosynthesis) devices; (3) innovative electrochemical energy conversion systems; and (4) electrochemical biomass utilization technologies.

생체모방 기능성 신소재 연구실

연구분야

인공광합성, 태양연료, 수전해, 전기화학적 이산화탄소 전환, 바이오매스 활용, 폐기물 e-리파이너리

Artificial Photosynthesis, Solar Fuel, Water Electrolysis, Electrochemical CO2 Conversion, Biomass Utilization, Waste e-Refinery

연구 희망분야

폐플라스틱 분해 및 자원화, 바이오매스 연료전지 / Decomposition and Valorization of Plastic Waste, Biomass Fuel Cells

Decomposition and Valorization of Plastic Waste, Biomass Fuel Cells

연구주제

• 전기화학 촉매 설계 및 합성 (Design and Synthesis of Electrocatalysts)
- 수전해, CO2 변환, 바이오매스 분해 설계 (Catalysts for Water Electrolysis, CO2 conversion, Biomass Degradation and Valorization)
- Polyoxometalate기반의 생체모방 전기화학 촉매 설계 (Polyoxometalate-based Electrocatalysts Inspired by Nature)

• 혁신적 전기화학 시스템 개발 (Development of Innovative Electrochemical Systems)
- 전극의 젖음성 제어를 통한 전기화학 반응 효율 향상 (Enhancing Efficiencies of Electrochemical Reactions by Controlling Wettability of Electrodes)
- 바이오매스를 이용한 저전압 수전해 시스템 및 연료전지 개발 (Developing Low-voltage Water Electrolysis Systems and Fuel Cells Using Biomass)

• 태양광-화학 에너지 변환 (인공광합성) 소자 설계 및 구현 (Design of Solar-to-Chemical Energy Conversion Devices)
- 태양연료 생산을 위한 유무기 복합 광전극 및 광촉매 입자 설계 (Design of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Photoelectrodes and Photocatalysts for Solar Fuel Production)

• 폐기물 e-리파이너리 (Waste e-Refinery)
- 폐기물의 전기화학적 분해를 통한 고부가가치 분해산물 생성 (Production of Value-added Chemicals via Electrochemical Decomposition of Waste)

• Design and Synthesis of Electrocatalysts
- Catalysts for Water Electrolysis, CO2 conversion, Biomass Degradation and Valorization
- Polyoxometalate-based Electrocatalysts Inspired by Nature

• Development of Innovative Electrochemical Systems
- Enhancing Efficiencies of Electrochemical Reactions by Controlling Wettability of Electrodes
- Developing Low-voltage Water Electrolysis Systems and Fuel Cells Using Biomass

• Design of Solar-to-Chemical Energy Conversion (Artificial Photosynthesis) Devices
- Design of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Photoelectrodes and Photocatalysts for Solar Fuel Production

• Waste e-Refinery
- Production of Value-added Chemicals via Electrochemical Decomposition of Waste

국가연구개발사업 기술 분류체계

국가과학기술표준분류

EF. 에너지/자원 > EF06. 신재생에너지

Outputs

논문

• Advanced Materials / Solar Biomass Reforming and Hydrogen Production with Earth-Abundant Si-Based Photocatalysts / Choi et al. / 2023-07
• NATURE COMMUNICATIONS / Bias-Free Solar Hydrogen Production at 19.8 mA cm-2 Using Perovskite Photocathode and Lignocellulosic Biomass / Choi et al. / 2022-10
• ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS / Superaerophobic Polyethyleneimine Hydrogels for Improving Electrochemical Hydrogen Production by Promoting Bubble Detachment / Bae et al. / 2022-08
• SCIENCE ADVANCES / Superaerophobic hydrogels for enhanced electrochemical and photoelectrochemical hydrogen production / Jeon et al. / 2020-04
• ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS / Modulating Charge Separation Efficiency of Water Oxidation Photoanodes with Polyelectrolyte-Assembled Interfacial Dipole Layers / Bae et al., / 2020-03
• ACS CATALYSIS / Phosphomolybdic Acid as a Catalyst for Oxidative Valorization of Biomass and Its Application as an Alternative Electron Source / Oh et al. / 2020-02

특허

• Electrode for Gas Generation, Method for Preparing the Same and Device for Gas Generation Having the Same. Korea Patent Registered (10-2223466)