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Ja Hun Kwak is affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering.

Their work encompasses several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Ja Hun Kwak's main research topics cover:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis

Their publication record includes papers published in recognized venues such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Catalysis Today, Angewandte Chemie, Nature Communications, and Chemical Engineering Journal.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Ja Hun Kwak include:

  • High-performance and stable photoelectrochemical water splitting cell with organic-photoactive-layer-based photoanode, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A General Strategy to Atomically Dispersed Precious Metal Catalysts for Unravelling Their Catalytic Trends for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Direct propylene epoxidation with oxygen using a photo-electro-heterogeneous catalytic system, 2021, Nature Catalysis
  • CH4 Oxidation Activity in Pd and Pt-Pd Bimetallic Catalysts: Correlation with Surface PdOx Quantified from the DRIFTS Study, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Morphology and size of Pt on Al2O3: The role of specific metal-support interactions between Pt and Al2O3, 2020, Journal of Catalysis

Frequent collaborators in Ja Hun Kwak's research include Konstantin Khivantsev, Yongseon Kim, Dong Gun Oh, Haneul Kim, and Eun Jeong Jang. These partnerships have contributed to a number of joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Coordinatively Unsaturated Al3+ Centers as Binding Sites for Active Catalyst Phases of Platinum on γ-Al2O3

    Ja Hun Kwak;Jiangzhi Hu;Donghei Mei;Cheol-Woo Yi

  • Excellent activity and selectivity of Cu-SSZ-13 in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3

    Ja Hun Kwak;Russell G. Tonkyn;Do Heui Kim;János Szanyi

  • Enhanced activity and stability of Pt catalysts on functionalized graphene sheets for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

    Rong Kou;Yuyan Shao;Donghai Wang;Mark H. Engelhard

  • Studying cellulose fiber structure by SEM, XRD, NMR and acid hydrolysis

    Haibo Zhao;Ja Hun Kwak;Z. Conrad Zhang;Heather M. Brown

  • Low-temperature carbon monoxide oxidation catalysed by regenerable atomically dispersed palladium on alumina

    Eric J Peterson;Andrew T DeLaRiva;Sen Lin;Ryan S Johnson

  • Effects of hydrothermal aging on NH3-SCR reaction over Cu/zeolites

    Ja Hun Kwak;Diana N. Tran;Sarah D. Burton;Janos Szanyi

  • Structure–activity relationships in NH3-SCR over Cu-SSZ-13 as probed by reaction kinetics and EPR studies

    Feng Gao;Eric D. Walter;Eric M. Karp;Jinyong Luo

  • Mechanism of CO2 Hydrogenation on Pd/Al2O3 Catalysts: Kinetics and Transient DRIFTS-MS Studies

    Xiang Wang;Hui Shi;Ja Hun Kwak;Ja Hun Kwak;János Szanyi

  • CO2 Reduction on Supported Ru/Al2O3 Catalysts: Cluster Size Dependence of Product Selectivity

    Ja Hun Kwak;Libor Kovarik;János Szanyi

  • Simple Synthesis of Functionalized Superparamagnetic Magnetite/Silica Core/Shell Nanoparticles and their Application as Magnetically Separable High‐Performance Biocatalysts

    Jinwoo Lee;Youjin Lee;Jong Kyu Youn;Hyon Bin Na

  • Two different cationic positions in Cu-SSZ-13?

    Ja Hun Kwak;Haiyang Zhu;Jong H. Lee;Charles H. F. Peden

  • ION EXCHANGE AND THERMAL STABILITY OF MCM-41

    Ji Man Kim;Ja Hun Kwak;Shinae Jun;Ryong Ryoo

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis on Atomically Dispersed Supported Metals: CO2 Reduction on Multifunctional Pd Catalysts

    Ja Hun Kwak;Libor Kovarik;János Szanyi

  • Current Understanding of Cu-Exchanged Chabazite Molecular Sieves for Use as Commercial Diesel Engine DeNOx Catalysts

    Feng Gao;Ja Hun Kwak;Janos Szanyi;Charles H. F. Peden

  • Effects of Crystallinity on Dilute Acid Hydrolysis of Cellulose by Cellulose Ball-Milling Study

    Haibo Zhao;Ja Hun Kwak;Yong Wang;James A. Franz

  • The Effect of Copper Loading on the Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Ammonia Over Cu-SSZ-13

    Ja Hun Kwak;Diana N. Tran;Janos Szanyi;Charles Hf Peden

  • Penta-coordinated Al3+ ions as preferential nucleation sites for BaO on γ-Al2O3: an ultra-high magnetic field 27Al MAS NMR study

    Ja Hun Kwak;Jian Zhi Hu;Do Heui Kim;Janos Szanyi

  • In situ DRIFTS-MS studies on the oxidation of adsorbed NH3 by NOx over a Cu-SSZ-13 zeolite

    Haiyang Zhu;Ja Hun Kwak;Charles H.F. Peden;János Szanyi

  • Simple Fabrication of a Highly Sensitive and Fast Glucose Biosensor Using Enzymes Immobilized in Mesocellular Carbon Foam

    D. Lee;J. Lee;J. Kim;H. B. Na

  • Preparation of biocatalytic nanofibres with high activity and stability via enzyme aggregate coating on polymer nanofibres

    Byoung Chan Kim;Sujith Nair;Jungbae Kim;Ja Hun Kwak

  • Simple Synthesis of Hierarchically Ordered Mesocellular Mesoporous Silica Materials Hosting Crosslinked Enzyme Aggregates

    Jinwoo Lee;Jungbae Kim;Jaeyun Kim;Hong Fei Jia

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles H. F. Peden
Charles H. F. Peden Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
János Szanyi
János Szanyi Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yong Wang
Yong Wang Washington State University
Jian Zhi Hu
Jian Zhi Hu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Libor Kovarik
Libor Kovarik Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jungbae Kim
Jungbae Kim Korea University
Jinwoo Lee
Jinwoo Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Donghai Mei
Donghai Mei Tianjin Polytechnic University
Jonathan C. Hanson
Jonathan C. Hanson Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jay W. Grate
Jay W. Grate Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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