박상원 연구실은 전자구조와 에너지띠에 대한 이해를 바탕으로 결함 기반 촉매, 혼합 음이온 및 기능성 신소재를 설계하며, 특히 암모니아 합성용 전이금속 촉매, 음이온 클러스터 결함 유래 활성전자 분석, 페로브스카이트·나노와이어 기반 에너지 및 광전자 소재 개발 등 재료과학 중심의 융합 연구를 수행하고 있다.
Improving the Conductivity and Stability of Silver Nanowires Through Spontaneous Ligand Exchange for Joule Heating
Junhyeok Kwon, Jung Soh, HyeonOh Shin, Sungjun Lim, So Yeon Yoon, Wang‐Hyo Kim, Deok‐Ho Roh, Moosung Choi, Sang‐Won Park, EunAe Cho, Tae‐Hyuk Kwon, Ji Hoon Seo
IF 16.9
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Silver nanowires (AgNWs) are promising materials for optoelectronic devices, owing to their high transparency and conductivity. However, their performance is limited by polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as an insulating capping agent that is essential for the synthesis of AgNWs but increases their intrinsic resistance. Herein, we introduce a facile spin-coating ligand exchange strategy that considers the physicochemical properties of ligands, including PVP solubility, viscosity, volatility, and hydrogen-bonding ability, to achieve a stable adsorption and efficient exchange. Among the tested ligands, ethylene glycol (EG) ligand effectively reduces the intrinsic resistance and enhances the optoelectronic properties of AgNWs by spontaneously replacing PVP and forming a stable EG⋯PVP hydrogen-bonded complex, as confirmed by multiple analysis methods. The ligand exchanged AgNWs electrode (AgNWs-EG) improves both in-plane and out-of-plane carrier transport properties as well as stability. Leveraging these properties, AgNWs-EG exhibits a 35% increase in Joule heating performance compared to the pristine AgNWs electrode and remarkable stability at elevated temperatures around 120 °C. Moreover, the performance of AgNWs-EG can be further enhanced through their combination with MXene.
Multiple reaction pathway on alkaline earth imide supported catalysts for efficient ammonia synthesis
Zichuang Li, Yangfan Lu, Jiang Li, Miao Xu, Yanpeng Qi, Sang‐Won Park, Masaaki Kitano, Hideo Hosono, Jie‐Sheng Chen, Tian‐Nan Ye
IF 15.7
Nature Communications
The tunability of reaction pathways is required for exploring efficient and low cost catalysts for ammonia synthesis. There is an obstacle by the limitations arising from scaling relation for this purpose. Here, we demonstrate that the alkali earth imides (AeNH) combined with transition metal (TM = Fe, Co and Ni) catalysts can overcome this difficulty by utilizing functionalities arising from concerted role of active defects on the support surface and loaded transition metals. These catalysts enable ammonia production through multiple reaction pathways. The reaction rate of Co/SrNH is as high as 1686.7 mmol·g<sub>Co</sub><sup>-1</sup>·h<sup>-1</sup> and the TOFs reaches above 500 h<sup>-1</sup> at 400 °C and 0.9 MPa, outperforming other reported Co-based catalysts as well as the benchmark Cs-Ru/MgO catalyst and industrial wüstite-based Fe catalyst under the same reaction conditions. Experimental and theoretical results show that the synergistic effect of nitrogen affinity of 3d TMs and in-situ formed NH<sup>2-</sup> vacancy of alkali earth imides regulate the reaction pathways of the ammonia production, resulting in distinct catalytic performance different from 3d TMs. It was thus demonstrated that the appropriate combination of metal and support is essential for controlling the reaction pathway and realizing highly active and low cost catalysts for ammonia synthesis.
Synthesis of stable iodoplumbate and perovskite for efficient annealing‐free device and long‐term storage
Jihyun Kim, Jihyun Kim, Sang‐Won Park, Younghyun Lee, Hideo Hosono, Byungwoo Park, Jinhyun Kim, Jinhyun Kim
IF 21.3
SusMat
Abstract As a next‐generation photovoltaic device, perovskite solar cells are rapidly emerging. Nevertheless, both solution and device stability pose challenges for commercialization due to chemical degradation caused by internal and external factors. Especially, the decomposition of iodoplumbate in a perovskite solution hinders the long‐term use of perovskite solutions. Moreover, the synthesis of stable perovskites at low temperature is important for stable devices and wide applications (flexible devices and high reproducibility). Herein, the critical composition of perovskite is found to obtain high stabilities of both iodoplumbate and perovskite crystals by utilizing CsPbBr 3 and FAPbI 3 , exhibiting high device performance and long‐term solution storage. The novel composition of CsPbBr 3 ‐alloyed FAPbI 3 not only crystallizes under annealing‐free conditions but also demonstrates excellent iodoplumbate stability for 100 days (∼3000 h) without any degradation. Furthermore, high device stabilities are achieved over 2000 and 3000 h under extreme conditions of A.M. 1.5 and 85°C/85% relative humidity, respectively. Overall, the device exhibited a high power conversion efficiency of 23.4%, and furthermore, CsPbBr 3 ‐alloyed FAPbI 3 was devoted to widen the applications in both flexible and carbon‐electrode devices, thereby addressing both scientific depths and potential commercial materials.