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  1. Sodium storage property and mechanism of NaCr1/4Fe1/4Ni1/4Ti1/4O2 cathode at various cut-off voltages

    Article • Energy Storage Materials, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  2. Anionic redox reaction in layered NaCr2/3Ti1/3S2 through electron holes formation and dimerization of S–S

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  3. Improving the Electrochemical Performance and Structural Stability of the LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 Cathode Material at High-Voltage Charging through Ti Substitution

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, June 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak, Xunlu Li

  4. Activating Layered Double Hydroxide with Multivacancies by Memory Effect for Energy-Efficient Hydrogen Production at Neutral pH

    Article • ACS Energy Letters, May 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  5. Reversible Conversion Reactions and Small First Cycle Irreversible Capacity Loss in Metal Sulfide‐Based Electrodes Enabled by Solid Electrolytes

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  6. Synthesis and Characterization of a Molecularly Designed High‐Performance Organodisulfide as Cathode Material for Lithium Batteries

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  7. Anomalous metal segregation in lithium-rich material provides design rules for stable cathode in lithium-ion battery

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  8. High‐Voltage Charging‐Induced Strain, Heterogeneity, and Micro‐Cracks in Secondary Particles of a Nickel‐Rich Layered Cathode Material

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  9. Atomically Dispersed Molybdenum Catalysts for Efficient Ambient Nitrogen Fixation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  10. Optimizing PtFe intermetallics for oxygen reduction reaction: from DFT screening to in situ XAFS characterization

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  11. Rational Design of Hierarchically Open‐Porous Spherical Hybrid Architectures for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  12. Confinement of Ultrasmall Cobalt Oxide Clusters within Silicalite-1 Crystals for Efficient Conversion of Fructose into Methyl Lactate

    Article • ACS Catalysis, December 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  13. Atomically dispersed Mo catalysts for high‐efficiency ambient N2 fixation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  14. Native Vacancy Enhanced Oxygen Redox Reversibility and Structural Robustness

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  15. Evolution of redox couples in Li- and Mn-rich cathode materials and mitigation of voltage fade by reducing oxygen release

    Article • Nature Energy, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  16. In situ/operando synchrotron-based X-ray techniques for lithium-ion battery research

    Article • NPG Asia Materials, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  17. Introducing Fe2+ into Nickel-Iron Layered Double Hydroxide: Local Structure Modulated Water Oxidation Activity

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  18. High energy-density and reversibility of iron fluoride cathode enabled via an intercalation-extrusion reaction

    Article • Nature Communications, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  19. Advanced Characterization Techniques for Sodium-Ion Battery Studies

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  20. Self-assembled Li 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 /reduced graphene oxide multilayer composite prepared by sequential adsorption

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  21. Na-Ion Intercalation and Charge Storage Mechanism in 2D Vanadium Carbide

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  22. Utilizing Co2+ /Co3+ Redox Couple in P2-Layered Na0.66 Co0.22 Mn0.44 Ti0.34 O2 Cathode for Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Article • Advanced Science, July 2017, Wiley

    Enyuan Hu, Dr Seongmin Bak

  23. Electronic structural studies on the improved thermal stability of Li(Ni0.8Co0.15Al0.05)O2 by ZrO2 coating for lithium ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  24. Suppressing the chromium disproportionation reaction in O3-type layered cathode materials for high capacity sodium-ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  25. Explore the Effects of Microstructural Defects on Voltage Fade of Li- and Mn-Rich Cathodes

    Article • Nano Letters, September 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  26. Quantification of Honeycomb Number-Type Stacking Faults: Application to Na3Ni2BiO6Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, September 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  27. High-Rate Charging Induced Intermediate Phases and Structural Changes of Layer-Structured Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  28. Strategies to curb structural changes of lithium/transition metal oxide cathode materials & the changes’ effects on thermal & cycling stability

    Article • Chinese Physics B, January 2016, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  29. Scalable fabrication of micron-scale graphene nanomeshes for high-performance supercapacitor applications

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  30. Utilizing Environmental Friendly Iron as a Substitution Element in Spinel Structured Cathode Materials for Safer High Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  31. Investigating the Reversibility of Structural Modifications of LixNiyMnzCo1–y–zO2Cathode Materials during Initial Charge/Discharge, at Multiple Length Scales

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, September 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  32. Using Real-Time Electron Microscopy To Explore the Effects of Transition-Metal Composition on the Local Thermal Stability in Charged LixNiyMnzCo1–y–zO2Cathode Materials

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, June 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  33. Inside Cover: High-Surface-Area Nitrogen-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide for Electric Double-Layer Capacitors (ChemSusChem 11/2015)

    Article • ChemSusChem, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  34. Probing the Mechanism of High Capacitance in 2D Titanium Carbide Using In Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, May 2015, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  35. High-Surface-Area Nitrogen-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide for Electric Double-Layer Capacitors

    Article • ChemSusChem, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  36. Unveiling Surface Redox Charge Storage of Interacting Two-Dimensional Heteronanosheets in Hierarchical Architectures

    Article • Nano Letters, April 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  37. Direct Observation of the Redistribution of Sulfur and Polysufides in Li-S Batteries During the First Cycle by In Situ X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  38. Thermal stability in the blended lithium manganese oxide – Lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide cathode materials: An in situ time-resolved X-Ray diffraction and mass spectroscopy study

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  39. Correction to Investigating the Local Degradation and Thermal Stability of Charged Ni-Based Cathode Materials through Real Time Electron Microscopy

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  40. O3-type layered transition metal oxide Na(NiCoFeTi)1/4O2 as a high rate and long cycle life cathode material for sodium ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  41. Structural Changes and Thermal Stability of Charged LiNixMnyCozO2 Cathode Materials Studied by Combined In Situ Time-Resolved XRD and Mass Spectroscopy

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, December 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  42. One-step preparation of reduced graphene oxide/carbon nanotube hybrid thin film by electrostatic spray deposition for supercapacitor applications

    Article • Metals and Materials International, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  43. Investigating Local Degradation and Thermal Stability of Charged Nickel-Based Cathode Materials through Real-Time Electron Microscopy

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, August 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  44. Improved high-voltage performance of FePO4-coated LiCoO2 by microwave-assisted hydrothermal method

    Article • Electrochemistry Communications, June 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  45. SYNTHESIS OF HYDROUS RUTHENIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES IN SUB- AND SUPERCRITICAL WATER AND THEIR CAPACITIVE PROPERTIES

    Article • Chemical Engineering Communications, May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  46. Oxygen-Release-Related Thermal Stability and Decomposition Pathways of LixNi0.5Mn1.5O4Cathode Materials

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, January 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  47. Structural Changes in Reduced Graphene Oxide upon MnO2 Deposition by the Redox Reaction between Carbon and Permanganate Ions

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, January 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  48. Soft templated mesoporous manganese oxide/carbon nanotube composites via interfacial surfactant assembly

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  49. Understanding the Rate Capability of High-Energy-Density Li-Rich Layered Li1.2 Ni0.15 Co0.1 Mn0.55 O2 Cathode Materials

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  50. Reduced Graphene Oxide

    Article • September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  51. Cathode Materials: Combining In Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction and Absorption Techniques with Transmission Electron Microscopy to Study the Origin of Thermal Instability in Overcharged Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, February 2013, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  52. Correlating Structural Changes and Gas Evolution during the Thermal Decomposition of Charged LixNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2Cathode Materials

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, February 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  53. Phase transition behavior of NaCrO2 during sodium extraction studied by synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction and absorption spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  54. Combining In Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction and Absorption Techniques with Transmission Electron Microscopy to Study the Origin of Thermal Instability in Overcharged Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, June 2012, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  55. Spinel LiMn2O4/reduced graphene oxide hybrid for high rate lithium ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  56. Mesoporous nickel/carbon nanotube hybrid material prepared by electroless deposition

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  57. Solid-state microwave irradiation synthesis of high quality graphenenanosheets under hydrogen containing atmosphere

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  58. Li4Ti5O12/reduced graphite oxide nano-hybrid material for high rate lithium-ion batteries

    Article • Electrochemistry Communications, December 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  59. Nano-sized lithium manganese oxide dispersed on carbon nanotubes for energy storage applications

    Article • Electrochemistry Communications, August 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak