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Dongil Lee is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea. Their research primarily lies within the field of Materials Science, with a strong emphasis on Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Their work also encompasses Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, along with contributions to Statistics and Probability and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Lee's main research topics include:

  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Among recent notable publications authored under their supervision or collaboration are:

  • Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters as Model Catalysts for Identifying Active Sites for Electroreduction of CO2, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Transplanting Gold Active Sites into Non-Precious-Metal Nanoclusters for Efficient CO2-to-CO Electroreduction, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Insights into the Metal-Exchange Synthesis of MAg24(SR)18 (M = Ni, Pd, Pt) Nanoclusters, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Superatom-in-Superatom [RhH@Ag24(SPhMe2)18]2− Nanocluster, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Promoting CO2-to-CO Electroreduction via the Active-Site Engineering of Atomically Precise Silver Nanoclusters, 2022, ACS Energy Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lee include:

  • Sang Myeong Han
  • Hanseok Yi
  • Suhwan Song
  • Eunji Sim
  • Woojun Choi

Important publication venues where Lee's work has been consistently published include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Nanoscale

Best Publications

  • Electrochemistry and optical absorbance and luminescence of molecule-like Au38 nanoparticles

    Dongil Lee;Robert L. Donkers;Gangli Wang;and Amanda S. Harper

  • Ultrabright Luminescence from Gold Nanoclusters: Rigidifying the Au(I)-Thiolate Shell.

    Kyunglim Pyo;Viraj Dhanushka Thanthirige;Kyuju Kwak;Prabhu Pandurangan

  • Electrochemistry of Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters.

    Kyuju Kwak;Dongil Lee

  • Quantum-sized gold clusters as efficient two-photon absorbers.

    Guda Ramakrishna;Oleg Varnavski;Junhyung Kim;Dongil Lee

  • Lattice-Hydride Mechanism in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction by Structurally Precise Copper-Hydride Nanoclusters.

    Qing Tang;Yongjin Lee;Dai Ying Li;Woojun Choi

  • A molecule-like PtAu 24 (SC 6 H 13 ) 18 nanocluster as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen production

    Kyuju Kwak;Woojun Choi;Qing Tang;Minseok Kim

  • Synthesis and Isolation of the Molecule-like Cluster Au38(PhCH2CH2S)24

    Robert L. Donkers;Dongil Lee;Royce W. Murray

  • Critical size for the observation of quantum confinement in optically excited gold clusters.

    Oleg Varnavski;Guda Ramakrishna;Junhyung Kim;Dongil Lee

  • Unique Ultrafast Visible Luminescence in Monolayer-Protected Au25 Clusters

    Mary Sajini Devadas;Junhyung Kim;Ekkehard Sinn;Dongil Lee

  • Size-Controlled Electron Transfer and Photocatalytic Activity of ZnO–Au Nanoparticle Composites

    Jaeil Lee;Hyeong Seop Shim;Myeongsoon Lee;Jae Kyu Song

  • Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters as Model Catalysts for Identifying Active Sites for Electroreduction of CO2

    Hoeun Seong;Vladimir Efremov;Gibeom Park;Hyunwoo Kim

  • Interconversion between Superatomic 6-Electron and 8-Electron Configurations of M@Au24(SR)18 Clusters (M = Pd, Pt)

    Kyuju Kwak;Qing Tang;Minseok Kim;De En Jiang

  • Well-defined Au/ZnO nanoparticle composites exhibiting enhanced photocatalytic activities.

    Nayane Udawatte;Myeongsoon Lee;Junhyung Kim;Dongil Lee

  • Hexanethiolate monolayer protected 38 gold atom cluster.

    Victoria L. Jimenez;Dimitra G. Georganopoulou;Ryan J. White;Amanda S. Harper

  • Over a 15.9% Solar-to-CO Conversion from Dilute CO2 Streams Catalyzed by Gold Nanoclusters Exhibiting a High CO2 Binding Affinity

    Beomil Kim;Hoeun Seong;Jun Tae Song;Kyuju Kwak

  • Ionic Liquid of a Gold Nanocluster: A Versatile Matrix for Electrochemical Biosensors

    Kyuju Kwak;S. Senthil Kumar;Kyunglim Pyo;Dongil Lee

  • Directional electron transfer in chromophore-labeled quantum-sized Au 25 clusters: Au25 as an electron donor

    Mary Sajini Devadas;Kyuju Kwak;Jung Woo Park;Ji Hwan Choi

  • Energy Gap Law for Exciton Dynamics in Gold Cluster Molecules.

    Kyuju Kwak;Viraj Dhanushka Thanthirige;Kyunglim Pyo;Dongil Lee

  • Voltammetry and electron-transfer dynamics in a molecular melt of a 1.2 nm metal quantum dot.

    Dongil Lee;Robert L. Donkers;Joseph M. DeSimone;Royce W. Murray

  • Electrochemical sensing using quantum-sized gold nanoparticles.

    S. Senthil Kumar;Kyuju Kwak;Dongil Lee

  • Direct Observation of a Carbon Filament in Water-Resistant Organic Memory.

    Byung-Hyun Lee;Hagyoul Bae;Hyejeong Seong;Dong-Il Lee

  • Effects of Metal-Doping on Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyzed by MAu 24 and M 2 Au 36 Nanoclusters (M = Pt, Pd).

    Woojun Choi;Guoxiang Hu;Kyuju Kwak;Minseok Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Royce W. Murray
Royce W. Murray University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
De-en Jiang
De-en Jiang Vanderbilt University
Qing Tang
Qing Tang Chongqing University
Theodore Goodson
Theodore Goodson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joseph M. DeSimone
Joseph M. DeSimone Stanford University
Jonathan L. Sessler
Jonathan L. Sessler The University of Texas at Austin
Won-Yong Lee
Won-Yong Lee Yonsei University
Gary P. Wiederrecht
Gary P. Wiederrecht Argonne National Laboratory
Dongho Kim
Dongho Kim Yonsei University
Amala Dass
Amala Dass University of Mississippi

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