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Hyun-Wook Lee is affiliated with the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research work primarily focuses on engineering, with a specialization in electrical and electronic engineering, automotive engineering, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their main topics of research encompass advancements in battery materials, advanced battery materials and technologies, advanced battery technologies research, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, thermal expansion and ionic conductivity, and electrocatalysts for energy conversion.

Frequent venues where their research has been published include Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, ACS Energy Letters, Energy storage materials, and Advanced Energy Materials.

  • Mechanical rolling formation of interpenetrated lithium metal/lithium tin alloy foil for ultrahigh-rate battery anode, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Linking void and interphase evolution to electrochemistry in solid-state batteries using operando X-ray tomography, 2021, Nature Materials
  • Stress evolution during cycling of alloy-anode solid-state batteries, 2021, Joule
  • Stable electrode-electrolyte interfaces constructed by fluorine- and nitrogen-donating ionic additives for high-performance lithium metal batteries, 2021, Energy storage materials
  • Boosting the interfacial superionic conduction of halide solid electrolytes for all-solid-state batteries, 2023, Nature Communications

Hyun-Wook Lee has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including Min-Ho Kim, Tae-Ung Wi, Chanhee Lee, Dong-Hwa Seo, and Ahreum Choi. These collaborations span multiple projects and publications.

Best Publications

  • A pomegranate-inspired nanoscale design for large-volume-change lithium battery anodes

    Nian Liu;Zhenda Lu;Jie Zhao;Matthew T. McDowell

  • Selective deposition and stable encapsulation of lithium through heterogeneous seeded growth

    Kai Yan;Zhenda Lu;Hyun-Wook Lee;Feng Xiong

  • Interconnected hollow carbon nanospheres for stable lithium metal anodes

    Guangyuan Zheng;Seok Woo Lee;Zheng Liang;Hyun-Wook Lee

  • Layered reduced graphene oxide with nanoscale interlayer gaps as a stable host for lithium metal anodes.

    Dingchang Lin;Yayuan Liu;Zheng Liang;Hyun-Wook Lee

  • A phosphorene–graphene hybrid material as a high-capacity anode for sodium-ion batteries

    Jie Sun;Hyun-Wook Lee;Mauro Pasta;Hongtao Yuan

  • Bifunctional non-noble metal oxide/chalcogenide nanoparticle electrocatalysts through lithium-induced conversion for overall water-splitting

    Yi Cui;Haotian Wang

  • Transparent air filter for high-efficiency PM2.5 capture

    Chong Liu;Po Chun Hsu;Hyun Wook Lee;Meng Ye

  • Ionic Conductivity Enhancement of Polymer Electrolytes with Ceramic Nanowire Fillers

    Wei Liu;Nian Liu;Jie Sun;Po-Chun Hsu

  • Formation of Stable Phosphorus–Carbon Bond for Enhanced Performance in Black Phosphorus Nanoparticle–Graphite Composite Battery Anodes

    Jie Sun;Guangyuan Zheng;Hyun-Wook Lee;Nian Liu

  • Growth of conformal graphene cages on micrometre-sized silicon particles as stable battery anodes

    Yuzhang Li;Kai Yan;Hyun-Wook Lee;Zhenda Lu

  • Rapid water disinfection using vertically aligned MoS2 nanofilms and visible light

    Chong Liu;Desheng Kong;Po Chun Hsu;Hongtao Yuan

  • Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals as Stable Interfacial Layer for Improvement of Lithium Metal Anode

    Kai Yan;Hyun-Wook Lee;Teng Gao;Guangyuan Zheng

  • Scalable synthesis of silicon-nanolayer-embedded graphite for high-energy lithium-ion batteries

    Minseong Ko;Sujong Chae;Jiyoung Ma;Namhyung Kim

  • Spinel LiMn2O4 nanorods as lithium ion battery cathodes

    Do Kyung Kim;P. Muralidharan;Hyun Wook Lee;Riccardo Ruffo

  • Manganese hexacyanomanganate open framework as a high-capacity positive electrode material for sodium-ion batteries.

    Hyun-Wook Lee;Richard Y. Wang;Mauro Pasta;Seok Woo Lee

  • Ultrathin spinel LiMn2O4 nanowires as high power cathode materials for Li-ion batteries.

    Hyun-Wook Lee;Pandurangan Muralidharan;Riccardo Ruffo;Claudio M. Mari

  • Nonfilling Carbon Coating of Porous Silicon Micrometer-Sized Particles for High-Performance Lithium Battery Anodes

    Zhenda Lu;Nian Liu;Hyun-Wook Lee;Jie Zhao

  • An electrochemical system for efficiently harvesting low-grade heat energy

    Seok Woo Lee;Yuan Yang;Hyun Wook Lee;Hadi Ghasemi

  • Solid-State Lithium–Sulfur Batteries Operated at 37 °C with Composites of Nanostructured Li7La3Zr2O12/Carbon Foam and Polymer

    Xinyong Tao;Xinyong Tao;Yayuan Liu;Wei Liu;Guangmin Zhou

  • High-capacity battery cathode prelithiation to offset initial lithium loss

    Yongming Sun;Hyun-Wook Lee;Zhi Wei Seh;Nian Liu

  • Dry-air-stable lithium silicide–lithium oxide core–shell nanoparticles as high-capacity prelithiation reagents

    Jie Zhao;Zhenda Lu;Nian Liu;Hyun-Wook Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Do Kyung Kim
Do Kyung Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Nian Liu
Nian Liu Georgia Institute of Technology
Seok Woo Lee
Seok Woo Lee University of Connecticut
Riccardo Ruffo
Riccardo Ruffo University of Milano-Bicocca
Guangyuan Zheng
Guangyuan Zheng National University of Singapore
Haotian Wang
Haotian Wang Rice University
Zhenda Lu
Zhenda Lu Nanjing University
Kai Yan
Kai Yan Stanford University
Sang Hoon Joo
Sang Hoon Joo Seoul National University

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