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  1. Inverted carbon-shell iridium-core mesoporous structured electrocatalyst for HER

    Article • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, October 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  2. Ester-Guided Dynamic Li+ Solvation Enables Plating-Less, Fast-Charging Li-Ion Batteries

    Article • ACS Nano, April 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  3. Investigating the effect of heterogeneities across the electrode|multiphase polymer electrolyte interfaces in high-potential lithium batteries

    Article • Nature Nanotechnology, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  4. Understanding improved cycling and thermal stability of compositionally graded Ni-rich layered LiNi0.6Mn0.2Co0.2O2 cathode materials

    Article • Nano Energy, July 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  5. Revealing Dynamic Evolution of the Anode‐Electrolyte Interphase in All‐Solid‐State Batteries with Excellent Cyclability

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, May 2024, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  6. Amorphous-crystalline transition-driven synthesis of Co single-atom catalysts on MoO3 for enhanced hydrogen evolution in acidic and alkaline media

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, May 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  7. Atomic insights into the oxidative degradation mechanisms of sulfide solid electrolytes

    Article • Cell Reports Physical Science, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  8. Fast charge induced phase evolution and element contribution of nickel-rich layered cathode for lithium-ion batteries

    Article • Nano Energy, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  9. Monometallic and bimetallic metal–organic frameworks derived CoP embedded in porous carbon: Monodisperse CoP nanoparticles for highly reversible potassium ion storage

    Article • Applied Surface Science, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  10. Degradation of Lithium Iron Phosphate Sulfide Solid-State Batteries by Conductive Interfaces

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, September 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  11. Fundamental mechanistic insights into the catalytic reactions of Li─S redox by Co single-atom electrocatalysts via operando methods

    Article • Science Advances, August 2023, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  12. Simulated sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy database of lithium thiophosphate solid electrolytes

    Article • Scientific Data, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  13. Evidence of Zintl Intermediate Phase and Its Impacts on Li and Na Storage Performance of Pb-Based Alloying Anodes

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, May 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  14. Boosting the interfacial superionic conduction of halide solid electrolytes for all-solid-state batteries

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  15. Understanding Electrochemical Reaction Mechanisms of Sulfur in All‐Solid‐State Batteries through Operando and Theoretical Studies **

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2023, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  16. Resolution-enhanced X-ray fluorescence microscopy via deep residual networks

    Article • npj Computational Materials, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  17. Identification and Catalysis of the Potential-Limiting Step in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  18. High Current‐Density‐Charging Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by Double‐Layer Protected Lithium Metal Anode

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  19. Dual Passivation of Cathode and Anode through Electrode–Electrolyte Interface Engineering Enables Long-Lifespan Li Metal–SPAN Batteries

    Article • ACS Energy Letters, August 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  20. Self-standing Co2.4Sn0.6O4 nano rods as high performance anode materials for sodium-ion battery and investigation on its reaction mechanism

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  21. Carbon-free high-performance cathode for solid-state Li-O 2 battery

    Article • Science Advances, April 2022, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  22. Hybrid MoS2+x Nanosheet/Nanocarbon Heterostructures for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, March 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  23. Investigation of Ca Insertion into α-MoO3 Nanoparticles for High Capacity Ca-Ion Cathodes

    Article • Nano Letters, March 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  24. Isoxazole-Based Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Protection and Lithium-Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile (SPAN) Battery Operating at Low Temperature

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, March 2022, The Electrochemical Society

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  25. Surface Redox Pseudocapacitance of Partially Oxidized Titanium Carbide MXene in Water-in-Salt Electrolyte

    Article • ACS Energy Letters, November 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  26. Reversible dual anionic-redox chemistry in NaCrSSe with fast charging capability

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  27. Understanding the Roles of the Electrode/Electrolyte Interface for Enabling Stable Li∥Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile Batteries

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, July 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  28. Hierarchical nickel valence gradient stabilizes high-nickel content layered cathode materials

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  29. Identification of LiH and nanocrystalline LiF in the solid–electrolyte interphase of lithium metal anodes

    Article • Nature Nanotechnology, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  30. In Situ ATR‐FTIR Study of the Cathode–Electrolyte Interphase: Electrolyte Solution Structure, Transition Metal Redox, and Surface Layer Evolution

    Article • Batteries & Supercaps, January 2021, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  31. Biomimetic composite architecture achieves ultrahigh rate capability and cycling life of sodium ion battery cathodes

    Article • Applied Physics Reviews, December 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Ho Seok Park, Dr Seongmin Bak

  32. Understanding the Mechanism of High Capacitance in Nickel Hexaaminobenzene-Based Conductive Metal–Organic Frameworks in Aqueous Electrolytes

    Article • ACS Nano, November 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  33. Structural Stabilization of P2‐type Sodium Iron Manganese Oxides by Electrochemically Inactive Mg Substitution: Insights of Redox Behavior and Voltage Decay

    Article • ChemSusChem, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  34. Reversible Dual Anionic-Redox Chemistry in NaCrSSe with Fast Charging Capability

    Article • July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  35. Revealing Reaction Pathways of Collective Substituted Iron Fluoride Electrode for Lithium Ion Batteries

    Article • ACS Nano, July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  36. Synchrotron Operando Depth Profiling Studies of State-of-Charge Gradients in Thick Li(Ni0.8Mn0.1Co0.1)O2 Cathode Films

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  37. Sodium storage property and mechanism of NaCr1/4Fe1/4Ni1/4Ti1/4O2 cathode at various cut-off voltages

    Article • Energy Storage Materials, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  38. Reaction heterogeneity in practical high-energy lithium–sulfur pouch cells

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  39. Anionic redox reaction in layered NaCr2/3Ti1/3S2 through electron holes formation and dimerization of S–S

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  40. Improving the Electrochemical Performance and Structural Stability of the LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 Cathode Material at High-Voltage Charging through Ti Substitution

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, June 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak, Xunlu Li

  41. Activating Layered Double Hydroxide with Multivacancies by Memory Effect for Energy-Efficient Hydrogen Production at Neutral pH

    Article • ACS Energy Letters, May 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  42. Reversible Conversion Reactions and Small First Cycle Irreversible Capacity Loss in Metal Sulfide‐Based Electrodes Enabled by Solid Electrolytes

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  43. Synthesis and Characterization of a Molecularly Designed High‐Performance Organodisulfide as Cathode Material for Lithium Batteries

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak, Dr. Jian Wang

  44. Anomalous metal segregation in lithium-rich material provides design rules for stable cathode in lithium-ion battery

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  45. High‐Voltage Charging‐Induced Strain, Heterogeneity, and Micro‐Cracks in Secondary Particles of a Nickel‐Rich Layered Cathode Material

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  46. Atomically Dispersed Molybdenum Catalysts for Efficient Ambient Nitrogen Fixation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  47. Optimizing PtFe intermetallics for oxygen reduction reaction: from DFT screening to in situ XAFS characterization

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  48. Rational Design of Hierarchically Open‐Porous Spherical Hybrid Architectures for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  49. Confinement of Ultrasmall Cobalt Oxide Clusters within Silicalite-1 Crystals for Efficient Conversion of Fructose into Methyl Lactate

    Article • ACS Catalysis, December 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  50. Atomically dispersed Mo catalysts for high‐efficiency ambient N2 fixation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  51. Native Vacancy Enhanced Oxygen Redox Reversibility and Structural Robustness

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  52. Evolution of redox couples in Li- and Mn-rich cathode materials and mitigation of voltage fade by reducing oxygen release

    Article • Nature Energy, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  53. In situ/operando synchrotron-based X-ray techniques for lithium-ion battery research

    Article • NPG Asia Materials, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  54. Introducing Fe2+ into Nickel-Iron Layered Double Hydroxide: Local Structure Modulated Water Oxidation Activity

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  55. High energy-density and reversibility of iron fluoride cathode enabled via an intercalation-extrusion reaction

    Article • Nature Communications, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  56. Advanced Characterization Techniques for Sodium-Ion Battery Studies

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  57. Self-assembled Li 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 /reduced graphene oxide multilayer composite prepared by sequential adsorption

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  58. Na-Ion Intercalation and Charge Storage Mechanism in 2D Vanadium Carbide

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  59. Utilizing Co2+ /Co3+ Redox Couple in P2-Layered Na0.66 Co0.22 Mn0.44 Ti0.34 O2 Cathode for Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Article • Advanced Science, July 2017, Wiley

    Enyuan Hu, Dr Seongmin Bak

  60. Electronic structural studies on the improved thermal stability of Li(Ni0.8Co0.15Al0.05)O2 by ZrO2 coating for lithium ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  61. Suppressing the chromium disproportionation reaction in O3-type layered cathode materials for high capacity sodium-ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  62. Explore the Effects of Microstructural Defects on Voltage Fade of Li- and Mn-Rich Cathodes

    Article • Nano Letters, September 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  63. Quantification of Honeycomb Number-Type Stacking Faults: Application to Na3Ni2BiO6Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, September 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  64. High-Rate Charging Induced Intermediate Phases and Structural Changes of Layer-Structured Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  65. Strategies to curb structural changes of lithium/transition metal oxide cathode materials & the changes’ effects on thermal & cycling stability

    Article • Chinese Physics B, January 2016, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  66. Scalable fabrication of micron-scale graphene nanomeshes for high-performance supercapacitor applications

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Seongmin Bak, Dr. Jian Wang

  67. Utilizing Environmental Friendly Iron as a Substitution Element in Spinel Structured Cathode Materials for Safer High Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  68. Investigating the Reversibility of Structural Modifications of LixNiyMnzCo1–y–zO2Cathode Materials during Initial Charge/Discharge, at Multiple Length Scales

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, September 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  69. Using Real-Time Electron Microscopy To Explore the Effects of Transition-Metal Composition on the Local Thermal Stability in Charged LixNiyMnzCo1–y–zO2Cathode Materials

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, June 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  70. Inside Cover: High-Surface-Area Nitrogen-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide for Electric Double-Layer Capacitors (ChemSusChem 11/2015)

    Article • ChemSusChem, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  71. Probing the Mechanism of High Capacitance in 2D Titanium Carbide Using In Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, May 2015, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  72. High-Surface-Area Nitrogen-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide for Electric Double-Layer Capacitors

    Article • ChemSusChem, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  73. Unveiling Surface Redox Charge Storage of Interacting Two-Dimensional Heteronanosheets in Hierarchical Architectures

    Article • Nano Letters, April 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  74. Direct Observation of the Redistribution of Sulfur and Polysufides in Li-S Batteries During the First Cycle by In Situ X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  75. Thermal stability in the blended lithium manganese oxide – Lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide cathode materials: An in situ time-resolved X-Ray diffraction and mass spectroscopy study

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  76. Correction to Investigating the Local Degradation and Thermal Stability of Charged Ni-Based Cathode Materials through Real Time Electron Microscopy

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  77. O3-type layered transition metal oxide Na(NiCoFeTi)1/4O2 as a high rate and long cycle life cathode material for sodium ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  78. Structural Changes and Thermal Stability of Charged LiNixMnyCozO2 Cathode Materials Studied by Combined In Situ Time-Resolved XRD and Mass Spectroscopy

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, December 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  79. One-step preparation of reduced graphene oxide/carbon nanotube hybrid thin film by electrostatic spray deposition for supercapacitor applications

    Article • Metals and Materials International, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  80. Investigating Local Degradation and Thermal Stability of Charged Nickel-Based Cathode Materials through Real-Time Electron Microscopy

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, August 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  81. Improved high-voltage performance of FePO4-coated LiCoO2 by microwave-assisted hydrothermal method

    Article • Electrochemistry Communications, June 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  82. SYNTHESIS OF HYDROUS RUTHENIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES IN SUB- AND SUPERCRITICAL WATER AND THEIR CAPACITIVE PROPERTIES

    Article • Chemical Engineering Communications, May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  83. Oxygen-Release-Related Thermal Stability and Decomposition Pathways of LixNi0.5Mn1.5O4Cathode Materials

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, January 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  84. Structural Changes in Reduced Graphene Oxide upon MnO2 Deposition by the Redox Reaction between Carbon and Permanganate Ions

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, January 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  85. Soft templated mesoporous manganese oxide/carbon nanotube composites via interfacial surfactant assembly

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  86. Understanding the Rate Capability of High-Energy-Density Li-Rich Layered Li1.2 Ni0.15 Co0.1 Mn0.55 O2 Cathode Materials

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  87. Reduced Graphene Oxide

    Article • September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  88. Cathode Materials: Combining In Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction and Absorption Techniques with Transmission Electron Microscopy to Study the Origin of Thermal Instability in Overcharged Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, February 2013, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  89. Correlating Structural Changes and Gas Evolution during the Thermal Decomposition of Charged LixNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2Cathode Materials

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, February 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  90. Phase transition behavior of NaCrO2 during sodium extraction studied by synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction and absorption spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  91. Combining In Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction and Absorption Techniques with Transmission Electron Microscopy to Study the Origin of Thermal Instability in Overcharged Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, June 2012, Wiley

    Dr Seongmin Bak

  92. Spinel LiMn2O4/reduced graphene oxide hybrid for high rate lithium ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  93. Mesoporous nickel/carbon nanotube hybrid material prepared by electroless deposition

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  94. Solid-state microwave irradiation synthesis of high quality graphenenanosheets under hydrogen containing atmosphere

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  95. Li4Ti5O12/reduced graphite oxide nano-hybrid material for high rate lithium-ion batteries

    Article • Electrochemistry Communications, December 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak

  96. Nano-sized lithium manganese oxide dispersed on carbon nanotubes for energy storage applications

    Article • Electrochemistry Communications, August 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Kwang Bum Kim, Dr Seongmin Bak