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Overview

Jun-Ho Yum is a researcher affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, focusing primarily on materials science and engineering. Their work spans several subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, renewable energy and sustainability, and electronic, optical and magnetic materials.

The main topics of Jun-Ho Yum's research encompass perovskite materials and applications, conducting polymers and their uses, quantum dots synthesis and properties, advanced photocatalysis techniques, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, and copper-based nanomaterials and applications.

They have contributed to a variety of scientific papers published in established journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Bifunctional hole-shuttle molecule for improved interfacial energy level alignment and defect passivation in perovskite solar cells (2023, Nature Energy)
  • Crown Ether Modulation Enables over 23% Efficient Formamidinium-Based Perovskite Solar Cells (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Passivation Mechanism Exploiting Surface Dipoles Affords High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • A semiconducting polymer bulk heterojunction photoanode for solar water oxidation (2021, Nature Catalysis)
  • Establishing Stability in Organic Semiconductor Photocathodes for Solar Hydrogen Production (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

The frequent collaborators in their research include Kevin Sivula, Michaël Grätzel, Han-Hee Cho, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, and Yongpeng Liu.

Jun-Ho Yum's work appears prominently in journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Energy Letters, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Advanced Energy Materials, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Their research contributions bridge fundamental materials chemistry and applied engineering aspects related to renewable energy technologies, particularly those involving innovative approaches to solar cells and photocatalytic processes.

Best Publications

  • Lead Iodide Perovskite Sensitized All-Solid-State Submicron Thin Film Mesoscopic Solar Cell with Efficiency Exceeding 9%

    Hui-Seon Kim;Chang-Ryul Lee;Jeong-Hyeok Im;Ki Beom Lee

  • Organometallic Halide Perovskites: Sharp Optical Absorption Edge and Its Relation to Photovoltaic Performance

    Stefaan De Wolf;Jakub Holovsky;Soo-Jin Moon;Philipp Löper

  • Molecular engineering of organic sensitizers for solar cell applications.

    Kim S;Lee Jk;Kang So;Ko J

  • Molecular Engineering of Organic Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications

    Daniel P Hagberg;Jun-Ho Yum;Hyojoong Lee;Filippo De Angelis

  • A cobalt complex redox shuttle for dye-sensitized solar cells with high open-circuit potentials

    Jun-Ho Yum;Etienne Baranoff;Florian Kessler;Thomas Moehl

  • Molecular cosensitization for efficient panchromatic dye-sensitized solar cells

    Juan-José Cid;Jun-Ho Yum;Song-Rim Jang;Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin

  • Efficient Far Red Sensitization of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films by an Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dye

    Jun-Ho Yum;Pablo Walter;Simon Huber;Daniel Rentsch

  • Complex Refractive Index Spectra of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Thin Films Determined by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Spectrophotometry

    Philipp Löper;Michael Stuckelberger;Bjoern Niesen;Jérémie Werner

  • Increased light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells with energy relay dyes

    Brian E. Hardin;Brian E. Hardin;Eric T. Hoke;Paul B. Armstrong;Jun-Ho Yum

  • Highly efficient water splitting by a dual-absorber tandem cell

    Jeremie Brillet;Jun-Ho Yum;Maurin Cornuz;Takashi Hisatomi

  • Optically transparent cathode for dye-sensitized solar cells based on graphene nanoplatelets.

    Ladislav Kavan;Ladislav Kavan;Jun Ho Yum;Michael Grätzel

  • Anthocyanins and betalains as light-harvesting pigments for dye-sensitized solar cells

    Giuseppe Calogero;Jun-Ho Yum;Alessandro Sinopoli;Gaetano Di Marco

  • New Paradigm in Molecular Engineering of Sensitizers for Solar Cell Applications

    Takeru Bessho;Eiji Yoneda;Jun-Ho Yum;Matteo Guglielmi

  • Panchromatic engineering for dye-sensitized solar cells

    Jun-Ho Yum;Etienne Baranoff;Sophie Wenger;Md. K. Nazeeruddin

  • Efficient sensitization of nanocrystalline TiO2 films by a near-IR-absorbing unsymmetrical zinc phthalocyanine.

    Paidi Yella Reddy;Lingamallu Giribabu;Christopher Lyness;Henry J. Snaith

  • Sb2S3-Based Mesoscopic Solar Cell using an Organic Hole Conductor

    Soo-Jin Moon;Yafit Itzhaik;Jun-Ho Yum;Shaik M. Zakeeruddin

  • CdSe Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells Exceeding Efficiency 1% at Full-Sun Intensity

    Hyo Joong Lee;Jun-Ho Yum;Henry C. Leventis;Shaik M. Zakeeruddin

  • Organic-inorganic halide perovskite/crystalline silicon four-terminal tandem solar cells

    Philipp Löper;Soo-Jin Moon;Sílvia Martín de Nicolas;Bjoern Niesen

  • Recent developments in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells.

    Jun Ho Yum;Peter Chen;Michael Grätzel;Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin

  • Graphene nanoplatelets outperforming platinum as the electrocatalyst in co-bipyridine-mediated dye-sensitized solar cells.

    Ladislav Kavan;Jun-Ho Yum;Michael Grätzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Tomás Torres
Tomás Torres Autonomous University of Madrid
Yung-Eun Sung
Yung-Eun Sung Seoul National University
Kevin Sivula
Kevin Sivula École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Shaik M. Zakeeruddin
Shaik M. Zakeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Seok-Soon Kim
Seok-Soon Kim Kunsan National University
Ladislav Kavan
Ladislav Kavan Czech Academy of Sciences
Etienne Baranoff
Etienne Baranoff University of Birmingham
Filippo De Angelis
Filippo De Angelis University of Perugia

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