Novel Nano material Research group

Publication

Journals

  • Single-crystal growth
  • Wafer-scale single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride film via self-collimated grain formation
  • Joo Song Lee, Soo Ho Choi, Seok Joon Yun, Yong In Kim, Stephen Boandoh, Ji-Hoon Park, Bong Gyu Shin, Hayoung Ko, Seung Hee Lee, Young-Min Kim, Young Hee Lee, Ki Kang Kim, and Soo Min Kim. Science 362, 817-821 2018
  • We discover a method of synthesizing wafer-scale single-crystal (SC) hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) monolayer film. In contrary to traditional epitaxial growth, liquid gold substrate allows the self-collimation of circular hBN grains, eventually forming an SC hBN film on a wafer scale. SC hBN serves the growth template for SC-Graphene/hBN heterostructure and SC tungsten disulfide. This is the first…
  • 2D alloy
  • Tailoring Domain Morphology in Monolayer NbSe2 and WxNb1-xSe2 Heterostructure
  • ACS Nano 14, 8784-8792 2020
  • 2D material properties, including electronic and optical properties, can be adjusted through alloying. In this work, we dope NbSe2 with W to make a lateral heterostructure with semiconducting WSe2 on the inside and metallic NbSe2 on the outside. The each point of doping level is characterized by STEM (Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy) and well correlated with optical (Raman, Photoluminesc…
  • Catalyst
  • Substitutional VSn Nanodispersed in MoS2 Film for Pt-scalable Catalyst
  • Frederick Osei-Tutu Agyapong-Fordjour, Seok Joon Yun, Hyung-Jin Kim, Wooseon Choi, Soo Ho Choi, Laud Anim Adofo, Stephen Boandoh, Yong In Kim, Soo Min Kim, Young-Min Kim, Young Hee Lee, Young-Kyu Han, and Ki Kang Kim. arXiv:2010.10908 2020
  • This work demonstrate the basal plane activation of 2D MoS2 via substituted V atoms as VSn unit in 2H-MoS2 lattice. The VSn units acts as acive sites and also charge transfer pathways for efficient hydrogen evolution.
  • Device application
  • Synthesis of hexagonal boron nitride heterostructures for 2D van der Waals electronics
  • Ki Kang Kim, Hyun Seok Lee, and Young Hee Lee. Chem. Soc. Rev. 47, 6342-6369 2018
  • This work reviews the recent progress of the large-area synthesis of hBN and other related vdW heterostructures via CVD, and artificial construction of vdW heterostructures and 2D vdW electronics based on hBN, in terms of charge fluctuations, passivation, gate dielectrics, tunneling, Coulombic interactions, and contact resistantces. The challenges and future perspectives for practical applications…
9. Dispersion stability of single-walled carbon nanotubes using nafion in bisolvent
Author
Jin-Hyon Lee, Ungyu Paik, Jae-Young Choi, Ki Kang Kim, Seon-Mi Yoon, Jeonghee Lee, Byung-Ki Kim, Jong Min Kim, Min Ho Park, Cheol Woong Yang, Kay Hyeok An, and Young Hee Lee*
Journal
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume(Issue)
111
Page
2477-2483
Publication Date
2007.02.15.
We have investigated the effect of Nafion and its resulting interaction with single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWCNTs) on the solubility and dispersion properties of SWCNTs in bisolvent. Nafion was used as a polymeric
dispersant, providing both electrostatic and steric stabilization in the preparation of a stable and homogeneous
suspension of SWCNTs. A correlation was made between solubility and nanodispersion of SWCNTs. Optical
spectroscopy showed that the solubility and nanodispersion of SWCNTs increased with the addition of
1-propanol and were greatest at a volume mixture of water/1-propanol of 80/20. We propose a mechanism of
improved solubility and nanodispersion of SWCNTs, which is strongly correlated with the adsorption behavior
of Nafion on SWCNTs, the surface potential of SWCNTs, and the solubility of Nafion in a liquid medium;
amphiphilic Nafion enhances the dispersion of SWCNTs in the mixture of hydrophilic water and relatively
hydrophobic 1-propanol.