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D-Index
79
Citations
25817
World Ranking
3563
National Ranking
49

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Yeoung-Sang Yun is affiliated with Jeonbuk National University in South Korea and specializes primarily in environmental science and engineering. Their research encompasses a significant body of work focused on water science and technology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and analytical chemistry.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, extraction and separation processes, recycling and waste management techniques, analytical chemistry methods development, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, and ionic liquids properties and applications.

Yeoung-Sang Yun frequently publishes articles in several key academic venues, including:

  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemosphere

Frequent coauthors of Yeoung-Sang Yun include Myung-Hee Song, Jong-Won Choi, Chul-Woong Cho, Che-Ryong Lim, and Duy Tho Tran, indicating collaborative efforts across multiple publications.

Representative recent papers in their research portfolio are:

  • "Review of the toxic effects of ionic liquids," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Sequential recovery of gold and copper from bioleached wastewater using ion exchange resins," 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "A critical review on the properties and energy storage applications of graphene oxide/layered double hydroxides and graphene oxide/MXenes," 2023, Journal of Power Sources
  • "Simple, green organic acid-based hydrometallurgy for waste-to-energy storage devices: Recovery of NiMnCoC2O4 as an electrode material for pseudocapacitor from spent LiNiMnCoO2 batteries," 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Organic acid-based linear free energy relationship models for green leaching of strategic metals from spent lithium-ion batteries and improvement of leaching performance," 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Yeoung-Sang Yun's research exhibits a blend of environmental science and engineering approaches aimed at addressing pollution, resource recovery, and sustainable material usage. Topics such as the toxic effects of ionic liquids and green hydrometallurgy for recycling reflect a focus on both environmental impact assessment and innovative material recovery techniques.

Best Publications

  • Bacterial biosorbents and biosorption

    K. Vijayaraghavan;Yeoung-Sang Yun

  • Environmental fate and toxicity of ionic liquids: a review.

    Thi Phuong Thi Phuong Thuy Pham;Chul-Woong Cho;Yeoung-Sang Yun

  • Cinnamon zeylanicum bark extract and powder mediated green synthesis of nano-crystalline silver particles and its bactericidal activity.

    Muthuswamy Sathishkumar;Krishnamurthy Sneha;Sung Wook Won;Chul-Woong Cho

  • Biogenic Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles by Plant Extracts

    Mohd Sayeed Akhtar;Mohd Sayeed Akhtar;Jitendra Panwar;Jitendra Panwar;Yeoung-Sang Yun

  • The Past, Present, and Future Trends of Biosorption

    Donghee Park;Yeoung-Sang Yun;Jong Moon Park

  • Spinel ferrite magnetic adsorbents: Alternative future materials for water purification?

    D. Harikishore Kumar Reddy;Yeoung-Sang Yun

  • Mechanism of hexavalent chromium removal by dead fungal biomass of Aspergillus niger.

    Donghee Park;Yeoung-Sang Yun;Ji Hye Jo;Jong Moon Park

  • Studies on hexavalent chromium biosorption by chemically-treated biomass of Ecklonia sp.

    Donghee Park;Yeoung-Sang Yun;Jong Moon Park

  • Biosorption of trivalent chromium on the brown seaweed biomass.

    Yeoung-Sang Yun;Donghee Park;Jong Moon Park;Bohumil Volesky

  • Immobilization of silver nanoparticles synthesized using Curcuma longa tuber powder and extract on cotton cloth for bactericidal activity.

    Muthuswamy Sathishkumar;Krishnamurthy Sneha;Yeoung-Sang Yun

  • Carbon Dioxide Fixation by Algal Cultivation Using Wastewater Nutrients

    Yeoung-Sang Yun;Sun Bok Lee;Jong Moon Park;Choong-Il Lee

  • Reduction of hexavalent chromium with the brown seaweed Ecklonia biomass.

    Donghee Park;Yeoung-Sang Yun;Jong Moon Park

  • Reliable evidences that the removal mechanism of hexavalent chromium by natural biomaterials is adsorption-coupled reduction.

    Donghee Park;Seong-Rin Lim;Yeoung-Sang Yun;Jong Moon Park

  • Review of the toxic effects of ionic liquids

    Chul-Woong Cho;Thi Phuong Thuy Pham;Yufeng Zhao;Stefan Stolte

  • Biosorbents for recovery of precious metals

    Sung Wook Won;Pratap Kotte;Wei Wei;Areum Lim

  • XAS and XPS studies on chromium-binding groups of biomaterial during Cr(VI) biosorption.

    Donghee Park;Yeoung-Sang Yun;Jong Moon Park

  • Development of a new Cr(VI)-biosorbent from agricultural biowaste.

    Donghee Park;Seong-Rin Lim;Yeoung-Sang Yun;Jong Moon Park

  • Use of dead fungal biomass for the detoxification of hexavalent chromium: screening and kinetics

    Donghee Park;Yeoung-Sang Yun;Jong Moon Park

  • Biosorption of C.I. Reactive Black 5 from aqueous solution using acid-treated biomass of brown seaweed Laminaria sp.

    K. Vijayaraghavan;Yeoung-Sang Yun

  • Effective adsorption of Pd(II), Pt(IV) and Au(III) by Zr(IV)-based metal–organic frameworks from strongly acidic solutions

    Shuo Lin;D. Harikishore Kumar Reddy;John Kwame Bediako;Myung-Hee Song

  • Utilization of fermentation waste (Corynebacterium glutamicum) for biosorption of Reactive Black 5 from aqueous solution.

    K. Vijayaraghavan;Yeoung-Sang Yun

  • Phyto-crystallization of palladium through reduction process using Cinnamom zeylanicum bark extract

    M. Sathishkumar;K. Sneha;In Seob Kwak;Juan Mao

Frequent Co-Authors

Jong Moon Park
Jong Moon Park Pohang University of Science and Technology
Kuppusamy Vijayaraghavan
Kuppusamy Vijayaraghavan National University of Singapore
Stefan Stolte
Stefan Stolte TU Dresden
Ji-Won Yang
Ji-Won Yang Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Dae Sung Lee
Dae Sung Lee Kyungpook National University
Bohumil Volesky
Bohumil Volesky McGill University
Che Ok Jeon
Che Ok Jeon Chung-Ang University
Hak Yong Kim
Hak Yong Kim Jeonbuk National University
Heqing Tang
Heqing Tang South Central University for Nationalities
Ingo Krossing
Ingo Krossing University of Freiburg

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