Jiheon Kim GroupAutonomous Materials & Devices Laboratory

Publications

Total 33

† Equal contribution  ·  * Corresponding author

2026

  1. 33

    Agentifying the scientific method

    Jiheon Kim & Edward H. Sargent*

    Matter 9, 103045 (2026).

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  2. 32

    Gold‐Stabilized Copper Enables Anodic Hydrogen Evolution for Ultralow‐Voltage CO‐to‐Ethylene Electrolysis

    Sungjin Park†, Hengzhou Liu†, Heejong Shin†, Hafiz Ghulam Abbas†, Loann Bonnenfant, Ke Xie, Hyeon Seok Lee, Fatemeh Arabyarmohammadi, Jianan Erick Huang, Panos Papangelakis, Peiying Wang, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Jiheon Kim, Roham Dorakhan, David Sinton, Xiaopeng Liu, Wenzhen Li, Byoung‐hoon Lee* & Edward H. Sargent*

    Adv. Mater. 38, e74459 (2026).

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  3. 31

    Insights into Native Single-Atom Electrocatalyst Site Structures

    Michael J. Zachman*, Hasnain Hafiz, Colum M. O’Leary, Chaewon Lim, Dong Young Chung, Sirui Li, Subin Park, Jiheon Kim, David A. Cullen, Edward F. Holby & Vojislav R. Stamenkovic*

    ACS Nano 20, 17490–17500 (2026).

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  4. 30

    Stable acidic oxygen-evolving catalyst discovery through mixed accelerations

    Yang Bai†, Kangming Li†, Ning Han†, Jiheon Kim, Runze Zhang, Suhas Mahesh, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Brandon R. Sutherland, Kelvin Chow, Yongxiang Liang, Sjoerd Hoogland, Jianan Erick Huang, David Sinton, Edward H. Sargent* & Jason Hattrick-Simpers*

    Nat. Catal. 9, 28–36 (2026).

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2025

  1. 29

    Accelerated discovery of CO2-to-C3-hydrocarbon electrocatalysts with human-in-the-loop

    Jiheon Kim†, Suhas Mahesh†, Hyeon Seok Lee, Roham Dorakhan, Yang Bai, Muhammad Imran, Kangming Li, Yutong Liu, Dongha Kim, Sungjin Park, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Hyun Sik Moon, Xiaodong Li, Fatemeh Arabyarmohammadi, Jehad Abed, Brook Wander, Chengqian Wu, Shijie Liu, Yurou Celine Xiao, Rui Kai Miao, Sjoerd Hoogland, Jason Hattrick-Simpers*, Edward H. Sargent* & David Sinton*

    Joule 9, 102213 (2025).

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  2. 28

    Passive direct air capture via evaporative carbonate crystallization

    Dongha Kim†, Shijie Liu†, Tevin Devasagayam, Rui Kai Miao, Jiheon Kim, Hyeon Seok Lee, Yuxuan Gao, Kevin Golovin, Todd Scheidt & David Sinton*

    Nat. Chem. Eng. 2, 736–746 (2025).

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  3. 27

    CO electrolysers with 51% energy efficiency towards C2+ using porous separators

    Rui Kai Miao†, Mengyang Fan†, Ning Wang†, Yong Zhao, Feng Li, Min Liu, Fatemeh Arabyarmohammadi, Yongxiang Liang, Weiyan Ni, Ke Xie, Yuanjun Chen, Puhua Sun, Jianan Erick Huang, Jinhong Wu, Jiheon Kim, Colin P. O’Brien, Yurou Celine Xiao, Zunmin Guo, Panagiotis Papangelakis, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Yi Xu, Cao-Thang Dinh, Edward H. Sargent* & David Sinton*

    Nat. Energy 10, 1197–1204 (2025).

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  4. 26

    Controlled Structural Activation of Iridium Single Atom Catalyst for High-Performance Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis

    Wonjae Ko†, Jaehyuk Shim†, Hyunsoo Ahn†, Hee Jung Kwon, Kangjae Lee, Yoon Jung, Wytse Hooch Antink, Chan Woo Lee, Sungeun Heo, Seongbeom Lee, Junghwan Jang, Jiheon Kim, Hyeon Seok Lee, Sung-Pyo Cho, Byoung-Hoon Lee, Minho Kim*, Yung-Eun Sung* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 2369–2379 (2025).

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2024

  1. 25

    Open Catalyst Experiments 2024 (OCx24): Bridging Experiments and Computational Models

    Jehad Abed†, Jiheon Kim†, Muhammed Shuaibi†, Brook Wander†, Boris Duijf, Suhas Mahesh, Hyeonseok Lee, Vahe Gharakhanyan, Sjoerd Hoogland, Erdem Irtem, Janice Lan, Niels Schouten, Anagha Usha Vijayakumar, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, John R. Kitchin, Zachary W. Ulissi, Aaike van Vugt, Edward H. Sargent*, David Sinton* & C. Lawrence Zitnick* (†: Alphabetical order)

    Preprint at arXiv (2024).

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  2. 24

    AMPERE: automated modular platform for expedited and reproducible electrochemical testing

    Jehad Abed†, Yang Bai†, Daniel Persaud, Jiheon Kim, Julia Witt, Jason Hattrick-Simpers* & Edward H. Sargent*

    Digit. Discov. 3, 2265–2274 (2024).

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  3. 23

    Active learning guides discovery of a champion four-metal perovskite oxide for oxygen evolution electrocatalysis

    Junseok Moon, Wiktor Beker, Marta Siek, Jiheon Kim, Hyeon Seok Lee, Taeghwan Hyeon* & Bartosz A. Grzybowski*

    Nat. Mater. 23, 108–115 (2024).

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  4. 22

    Acid-Stable Cu Cluster Precatalysts Enable High Energy and Carbon Efficiency in CO2 Electroreduction

    Dongha Kim†, Sungjin Park†, Junwoo Lee†, Yiqing Chen†, Feng Li, Jiheon Kim, Yang Bai, Jianan Erick Huang, Shijie Liu, Eui Dae Jung, Byoung-Hoon Lee, Panagiotis Papangelakis, Weiyan Ni, Tartela Alkayyali, Rui Kai Miao, Peihao Li, Yongxiang Liang, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Roham Dorakhan, Debora Motta Meira, Yanna Chen, David Sinton*, Mingjiang Zhong* & Edward H. Sargent*

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 27701–27712 (2024).

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  5. 21

    Reactive capture of CO2 via amino acid

    Yurou Celine Xiao†, Siyu Sonia Sun†, Yong Zhao, Rui Kai Miao, Mengyang Fan, Geonhui Lee, Yuanjun Chen, Christine M. Gabardo, Yan Yu, Chenyue Qiu, Zunmin Guo, Xinyue Wang, Panagiotis Papangelakis, Jianan Erick Huang, Feng Li, Colin P. O’Brien, Jiheon Kim, Kai Han, Paul J. Corbett, Jane Y. Howe, Edward H. Sargent* & David Sinton*

    Nat. Commun. 15, 7849 (2024).

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  6. 20

    Cation Exchange in Colloidal Transition Metal Nitride Nanocrystals

    Lei Yang, Liping Zhang, Ye Li, Byoung-Hoon Lee, Jiheon Kim, Hyeon Seok Lee, Jinsol Bok, Yanbo Ma, Wansheng Zhou, Du Yuan, An-Liang Wang, Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Hemin Zhang, Taeghwan Hyeon* & Junze Chen*

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 12556–12564 (2024).

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  7. 19

    Direct air capture of CO2 via cyclic viologen electrocatalysis

    Shijie Liu†, Jinqiang Zhang†, Feng Li†, Jonathan P. Edwards†, Yurou Celine Xiao, Dongha Kim, Panagiotis Papangelakis, Jiheon Kim, David Elder, Phil De Luna, Mengyang Fan, Geonhui Lee, Rui Kai Miao, Tanushree Ghosh, Yu Yan, Yuanjun Chen, Yong Zhao, Zunmin Guo, Cong Tian, Peihao Li, Yi Xu, Edward H. Sargent* & David Sinton*

    Energy Environ. Sci. 17, 1266–1278 (2024).

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2023

  1. 18

    Orthogonal Dual Photocatalysis of Single Atoms on Carbon Nitrides for One-Pot Relay Organic Transformation

    Sumin Kim†, Jinsol Bok†, Byoung-Hoon Lee†, Hyunwoo Choi, Youngran Seo, Jiheon Kim, Junhee Kim, Wonjae Ko, Kug-Seung Lee, Sung-Pyo Cho, Taeghwan Hyeon* & Dongwon Yoo*

    ACS Nano 17, 21470–21479 (2023).

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  2. 17

    High carbon efficiency in CO-to-alcohol electroreduction using a CO reservoir

    Sungjin Park†, Ivan Grigioni†, Tartela Alkayyali†, Byoung-Hoon Lee, Jiheon Kim, Erfan Shirzadi, Roham Dorakhan, Geonhui Lee, Jehad Abed, Filippo Bossola, Eui Dae Jung, Yongxiang Liang, Mi Gyoung Lee, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Dongha Kim, David Sinton* & Edward H. Sargent*

    Joule 7, 2335–2348 (2023).

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  3. 16

    Electrochemically generated electrophilic peroxo species accelerates alkaline oxygen evolution reaction

    Hyeon Seok Lee†, Heejong Shin†, Subin Park, Jiheon Kim, Euiyeon Jung, Wonchan Hwang, Byoung-Hoon Lee, Ji Mun Yoo, Wytse Hooch Antink, Kangjae Lee, Seongbeom Lee, Geumbi Na, Kangmin Suh, Young Seong Kim, Kug-Seung Lee, Sung Jong Yoo, Yung-Eun Sung* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    Joule 7, 1902–1919 (2023).

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  4. 15

    Geometric Tuning of Single‐Atom FeN4 Sites via Edge‐Generation Enhances Multi‐Enzymatic Properties

    Kang Kim†, Jaewoo Lee†, Ok Kyu Park†, Jongseung Kim, Jiheon Kim, Donghyun Lee, Vinod K. Paidi, Euiyeon Jung, Hyeon Seok Lee, Bowon Lee, Chan Woo Lee, Wonjae Ko, Kangjae Lee, Yoon Jung, Changha Lee, Nohyun Lee*, Seoin Back*, Seung Hong Choi* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    Adv. Mater. 35, 2207666 (2023).

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2022

  1. 14

    Design of a Metal/Oxide/Carbon Interface for Highly Active and Selective Electrocatalysis

    Hyunjoong Kim†, Ji Mun Yoo†, Dong Young Chung*, Yongseon Kim, Moonjung Jung, Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Jiheon Kim, Sagang Koo, Heejong Shin, Geumbi Na, Bongjin Simon Mun, Ja Hun Kwak, Yung-Eun Sung* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    ACS Nano 16, 16529–16538 (2022).

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  2. 13

    Oxygen-Plasma-Treated Fe–N–C Catalysts with Dual Binding Sites for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Euiyeon Jung†, Seong-Jun Kim†, Jiheon Kim†, Sojung Koo, Jaewoo Lee, Shin-Yeong Kim, Vinod K. Paidi, Wonjae Ko, Junseok Moon, Kug-Seung Lee, Sung-Pyo Cho, Duho Kim*, Seung-Ho Yu*, Yung-Eun Sung* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    ACS Energy Lett. 7, 2646–2653 (2022).

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  3. 12

    Facet-Defined Strain-Free Spinel Oxide for Oxygen Reduction

    Jinwoung Jo†, Ji Mun Yoo†, Dong Hyeon Mok, Ho Yeon Jang, Jiheon Kim, Wonjae Ko, Kyungbeen Yeom, Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Seoin Back*, Yung-Eun Sung* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    Nano Lett. 22, 3636–3644 (2022).

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  4. 11

    Atomic Structure Modification of Fe‒N‒C Catalysts via Morphology Engineering of Graphene for Enhanced Conversion Kinetics of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Jiheon Kim†, Seong‐Jun Kim†, Euiyeon Jung†, Dong Hyeon Mok, Vinod K. Paidi, Jaewoo Lee, Hyeon Seok Lee, Yunseo Jeoun, Wonjae Ko, Heejong Shin, Byoung‐Hoon Lee, Shin‐Yeong Kim, Hyunjoong Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Sung‐Pyo Cho, Kug‐Seung Lee, Seoin Back*, Seung‐Ho Yu*, Yung‐Eun Sung* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    Adv. Funct. Mater. 32, 2110857 (2022).

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  5. 10

    Controlling Multiple Active Sites on Pd−CeO2 for Sequential C−C Cross‐coupling and Alcohol Oxidation in One Reaction System

    Wonjae Ko†, Ju Hee Kim†, Guk Hee Yim†, Seong Chan Lee, Sumin Kim, Minjoon Kwak, Hyunwoo Choi, Jongchan Kim, Wytse Hooch Antink, Jiheon Kim, Chan Woo Lee, Jinsol Bok, Yoon Jung, Eunwon Lee, Kug‐Seung Lee, Sung‐Pyo Cho, Do Heui Kim, Young Gyu Kim, Byoung‐Hoon Lee, Taeghwan Hyeon* & Dongwon Yoo*

    ChemCatChem 14, e202101760 (2022).

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  6. 9

    Structural Insights into Multi‐Metal Spinel Oxide Nanoparticles for Boosting Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis

    Jiheon Kim†, Wonjae Ko†, Ji Mun Yoo†, Vinod K. Paidi†, Ho Yeon Jang, Michael Shepit, Jongmin Lee, Hogeun Chang, Hyeon Seok Lee, Jinwoung Jo, Byung Hyo Kim, Sung‐Pyo Cho, Johan van Lierop, Dokyoon Kim, Kug‐Seung Lee*, Seoin Back*, Yung‐Eun Sung* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    Adv. Mater. 34, 2107868 (2022).

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2021

  1. 8

    Systematic Approach to Designing a Highly Efficient Core–Shell Electrocatalyst for N2O Reduction

    Kyeounghak Kim†, Jinuk Byun†, Hyunjoong Kim†, Kug-Seung Lee, Hyeon Seok Lee, Jiheon Kim, Taeghwan Hyeon*, Jae Jeong Kim* & Jeong Woo Han*

    ACS Catal. 11, 15089–15097 (2021).

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  2. 7

    Single-atom M–N–C catalysts for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis

    Jiheon Kim†, Ji Mun Yoo†, Hyeon Seok Lee†, Yung-Eun Sung* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    Trends Chem. 3, 779–794 (2021).

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  3. 6

    Designing Atomically Dispersed Au on Tensile-Strained Pd for Efficient CO2 Electroreduction to Formate

    Jinsol Bok†, Si Young Lee†, Byoung-Hoon Lee†, Cheonghee Kim†, Dang Le Tri Nguyen, Ji Won Kim, Euiyeon Jung, Chan Woo Lee, Yoon Jung, Hyeon Seok Lee, Jiheon Kim, Kangjae Lee, Wonjae Ko, Young Seong Kim, Sung-Pyo Cho, Jong Suk Yoo*, Taeghwan Hyeon* & Yun Jeong Hwang*

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 5386–5395 (2021).

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2020

  1. 5

    Direct Synthesis of Intermetallic Platinum–Alloy Nanoparticles Highly Loaded on Carbon Supports for Efficient Electrocatalysis

    Tae Yong Yoo†, Ji Mun Yoo†, Arun Kumar Sinha†, Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Euiyeon Jung, Hyeon Seok Lee, Byoung-Hoon Lee, Jiheon Kim, Wytse Hooch Antink, Yong Min Kim, Jongmin Lee, Eungjun Lee, Dong Wook Lee, Sung-Pyo Cho, Sung Jong Yoo, Yung-Eun Sung* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 14190–14200 (2020).

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  2. 4

    Operando Identification of the Chemical and Structural Origin of Li-Ion Battery Aging at Near-Ambient Temperature

    Min-Seob Kim†, Byoung-Hoon Lee†, Jae-Hyuk Park†, Hyeon Seok Lee, Wytse Hooch Antink, Euiyeon Jung, Jiheon Kim, Tae Yong Yoo, Chan Woo Lee, Chi-Yeong Ahn, Seok Mun Kang, Jinsol Bok, Wonjae Ko, Xiao Wang, Sung-Pyo Cho, Seung-Ho Yu*, Taeghwan Hyeon* & Yung-Eun Sung*

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 13406–13414 (2020).

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  3. 3

    Atomic-level tuning of Co–N–C catalyst for high-performance electrochemical H2O2 production

    Euiyeon Jung†, Heejong Shin†, Byoung-Hoon Lee†, Vladimir Efremov, Suhyeong Lee, Hyeon Seok Lee, Jiheon Kim, Wytse Hooch Antink, Subin Park, Kug-Seung Lee, Sung-Pyo Cho, Jong Suk Yoo*, Yung-Eun Sung* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    Nat. Mater. 19, 436–442 (2020).

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2019

  1. 2

    Synthesis of nanostructured P2-Na2/3MnO2 for high performance sodium-ion batteries

    Euiyeon Jung†, Yuwon Park†, Kunsu Park†, Mi-Sook Kwon, Mihyun Park, Arun Kumar Sinha, Byoung-Hoon Lee, Jiheon Kim, Hyeon Seok Lee, Sue In Chae, Sung-Pyo Cho, Kyu Tae Lee* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    Chem. Commun. 55, 4757–4760 (2019).

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    Design Principle of Fe–N–C Electrocatalysts: How to Optimize Multimodal Porous Structures?

    Soo Hong Lee†, Jiheon Kim†, Dong Young Chung†, Ji Mun Yoo, Hyeon Seok Lee, Min Jeong Kim, Bongjin Simon Mun, Soon Gu Kwon*, Yung-Eun Sung* & Taeghwan Hyeon*

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 2035–2045 (2019).

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