RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
NANOTECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY LABORATORY WITH
PROFESSOR YI CUI
Graduate Student Researcher
January 2020 - Present
•Revealing features of the solid-electrolyte interphase components for Li metal anode [PDF, PDF]
•Developing inorganic suspension electrolytes for lithium metal batteries [PDF & SI]
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CENTER FOR ENERGY STORAGE RESEARCH
Research Scientist
​(In Lieu of Military Service)
July 2016 - July 2019
• Designed artificial solid-electrolyte interphases for lithium-sulfur batteries [PDF]
• Developed Langmuir-Blodgett artificial solid-electrolyte interphase for metallic lithium anodes [PDF]
•Optimized electrolyte formulations to derive robust solid-electrolyte interphases for battery electrodes [PDF]
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Developed Molybdenum disulfide protected LiAl intermetallic anode for lithium-metal ion batteries [PDF]
Graduate Student Researcher
August 2014 - June 2016
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Developed Langmuir-Blodgett Scooping (layer-by-layer, large-scale, nanoparticulate, binder-free, and multicomponent) techniques for applications in batteries [PDF]
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Developed separator modification strategies with diverse coating configurational and material designs for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries [PDF]
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Developed an interfacial engineering for battery electrodes [PDF]
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Developed chemical functionalization routes to modify battery materials [PDF]
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
APPLIED MATERIALS & SURFACE SCIENCE LABORATORY WITH
PROFESSOR ROYA MABOUDIAN
Undergraduate Student Researcher
May 2011 - May 2014
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Developed a thin film transfer technique for flexible micro-supercapacitor electrodes [PDF]
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Fabricated bicontinuous 3D graphene networks with controllable geometry for the micro-supercapacitor electrodes [PDF]
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Developed a pyrolysis technique for photoresist-derived porous carbon electrode material for on-chip micro-supercapacitors [PDF]
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Fabricated silicon carbide nanowires for high-voltage materials for the micro-supercapacitor electrode [PDF]
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Fabricated electrochemically activated porous carbon film for high energy density pseudocapacitive micro-supercapacitor electrodes [PDF]
RIVIAN AUTOMAKER COMPANY
CELL E-CHEM DESIGN ENGINEER
Internship
June 2022 - August 2022
• Developed battery electrode evaluation and material screening protocols
• Electrochemical analyses on the battery electrodes and electrolytes
KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ADVANCED MEDICAL DEVICE RESEARCH DIVISION
Internship
December 2012 - January 2013
• Fabricated electrocardiography (ECG) device with a patented piezoresistive pressure sensor
• Optimized polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) thicknesses for the pressure sensor via simulation using Abaqus
• Calibrated the pressure sensor based on the surrounding and contact temperatures via Lab View
JOURNAL REVIEWER
Science Advances
Advanced Materials
Advanced Energy Materials
Advanced Materials Interfaces
ACS Nano
Materials Today Energy
Small
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Science Bulletin
Journal of The Electrochemical Society
Carbon
MATERIAL SYNTHESIS & METHOD
Suspension electrolytes
Porous carbon film
Carbonaceous and ceramic thin films via wet or dry process
Langmuir-Blodgett films
Nanowires
Flexible films
Graphenes
Graphene nanoparticles
Functionalized graphenes
Functionalized metal-oxides
Doped nano-carbon
Mxenes
Langmuir-Blodgett Scooping
Low pressure and atmospheric pressure chemical & physical vapor deposition
Spin coating
Air-spray coating
Sulfonation & amino functionalization via wet method
Pyrolysis
Spray pyrolysis
Double thin film transfer
Nanostructured electroplating
LANGUAGE
English
Korean
CHARACTERIZATION
Cell electrode resistivity
Li & F nuclear magnetic resonance
Potentiostatic Li solvation energy measurement
Density functional theory computation
Molecular dynamic simulation
Potentiostat for various electrochemical measurements
AC Impedance spectroscopy
Cyclic voltammetry
Modified Aurbach's Coulombic efficiency
SEM & TEM
FIB with ion beam milling
Four-point probe station
e-beam evaporator
Raman spectroscopy
Ultraviolet lithography
Atomic force microscopy
Contact angle goniometer
Brunauer-Emmett- Teller porosimeter
Dielectric spectroscopy
Thermogravimetric analysis
Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy
X-Ray Diffractometer
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
Langmuir-Blodgett trough
SOFTWARE
HIOKI RM2610
Maccor
Arbin
Land
Matlab
Adobe Illustrator
Igor pro
Mendeley
Cinema 4D
Autodesk Fusion 360
Simplify 3D
Abaqus 6.7-1
LabView
Polymath
Multisim
Advanced Excel
Adobe Photoshop
