Taeghwan Hyeon
Seoul National University
Designing Inorganic Nanomaterials for Energy and Soft-Electronics Applications
We present a synthesis of highly durable and active fuel cell electrocatalysts based on ordered M-Pt alloy nanoparticles for oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 15478; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142,
14190;
Energy Environ. Sci. revised). We report highly active and stable Co-N4(O) moiety incorporated in nitrogen-doped graphene (Co1-NG(O)) for electrochemical H2O2 production (Nature Mater. 2020, 19,
436;
Nature Catal. accepted). We synthesized various multimetallic heterostructured oxide nanomaterials and investigated their structure-property relationship in energy devices and catalysis (Nature 2020, 359, 577; Adv. Mater. 2022, 34,
2107868;
Nano Lett. 2022, 22, 3636). We report highly active single atom Cu/TiO2 photocatalysts for hydrogen generation and CO2 photoreduction (Nature Mater. 2019,
18, 620; Energy Environ. Sci. 2022, 15, 601).
We fabricated epicardial mesh made of electrically conductive and elastic Ag/Au nanowire-rubber composite to treat heart failure (Science Transl. Med. 2016, 8, 344ra86; Nature Nanotech. 2018,
13, 1048). We fabricated highly conductive and elastic nanomembrane for skin electronics (Science 2021, 373, 1022).7 We reported a novel device design and fabrication method using metal-based etch-stop
layers and a laser-assisted patterning for 3D foldable quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) (Nature Electronics 2021, 4, 671). Shape-tunable multiplexed phototransistor array was fabricated using an
intrinsically stretchable and color-sensitive semiconducting nanocomposite consists of size-tuned quantum dots, blended in a semiconducting polymer within an elastomeric matrix (Nature Nanotech. 2022, 17, 849).
Taeghwan Hyeon is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University and IBS Director of Center for Nanoparticle Research. Since 1997, Hyeon has focused on the synthesis and applications of uniform-sized nanoparticles and related nanostructured materials. Hyeon was awarded 2020 Citation Laureate in Chemistry and as a “Top 100 Chemists” in 2011. Every year since 2014 Hyeon has been considered a “Highly Cited Researcher” in both chemistry and materials science areas. He is a Fellow of Materials Research Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Hyeon has received several awards, including the POSCO-T. J. Park Award (2008), Samsung Hoam Prize (2012), Korea Best Scientist Award from Korean President (2016), IUVSTA Prize for Technology (International Vacuum Congress, 2016), and the Grand Prize of National Academy of Engineering of Korea (2022). Between 2010 and 2020, Hyeon served as an associate editor of the Journal of American Chemistry Society. He is an editorial board member of ACS Central Science, Advanced Materials, Nano Today and Small.