REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS (*corresponding author)

2024

76. J. Kim, Y. Yun, H. Park, J. Alberts, G. Doo, S. Lee, J. Seo, C. Lee, M. Kim, H. Cho, S. Kim, J. Lee, Y. Choi, J. Kim, “Hydrogen-bonded QSEBS/ZrO2 mixed matrix anion exchange membranes for water electrolyzer,” Fuel 376, 132684 (2024).

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75. J. Park, S. Kang, S. Kim, H. Kim, H. Cho, J. H. Lee, "Enhancing the economic viability and reliability of renewables based electricity supply through Power-to-Gas-to-Power with green hydrogen," Energy Convers. and Mang. 310, 118485 (2024).

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74. M. Sepe, G. Jung, G. Doo, C. Lee, H. Cho, N. Tippayawong, and S. Shipalee, "Multiscale Modeling of Oxygen Evolution Through Generated Bilayer Porous Transport Layers for PEMWE Performance Improvement," J. Electrochem. Soc. 171 054501 (2024).

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73. S. Jung, Y. Kim, B. Lee, H. Jung, J. Kwon, J. Lee, K. Kim, Y. Kim, K. Kim, H. Cho, J. Park, J. Han Y. Kim, "Reverse-Current Tolerance for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity of Lead-Decorated Nickel Catalysts in Zero-Gap Alkaline Water Electrolysis Systems," Adv. Func. Mater. 34, 2316150 (2024).

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72. S. Lee, C. Lee, M. Kim, G. Doo, M. Seo, H. Park, Y. Lee, Y. Yun, I. Kim, and H. Cho*, “Organic catalysis promotor for advanced water electrolysis,” Adv. Func. Mater. 34, 2312206 (2024).

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71. G. Jang, S. Kim, J. Choi, J. Park, S. An, J. Baek, Y. Li, T. Liu, E. Kim, J. Lee, H. Wang, M. Kim, H. Cho, X. Zheng, J. Yoo, K. Seo, and J. Park*, “Bulk‐Heterojunction Electrocatalysts in Confined Geometry Boosting Stable, Acid/Alkaline‐Universal Water Electrolysis,” Adv. Energy Mater. 14, 2303924 (2024).

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70. J. Park, S. Kang, S. Kim, H. Cho, S. Heo, and J. Lee*, “Techno-economic analysis of solar powered green hydrogen system based on multi-objective optimization of economics and productivity,” Energy Convers. Manag. 299, 117823 (2024).

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69. T. Doan, T. Nguyen, Y. Jung, C. Lee, M. Kim, S. Lee, H. Cho*, and T. Kim*, “Study on the effect of IrO2/TiO2 catalyst composition coated on porous transport layer on the performance and durability of polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis,” Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 55, 839 (2024).

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68. S. Lee, Y. Park, H. Lim, S. Son, Y. Cho, J. Park, H. Cho*, A. Jang*, and Y. Rhee*, “Bimetallic metal organic framework-derived Co9S8-MoS2 nanohybrids as an efficient dual functional electrocatalyst towards the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions,” J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 130, 317 (2024).

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2023

67. A. Tamboli, Y Jung, J.　Kim, B. Kim, W. Kim, M. Kim, C. Lee, K. Kim, C. Lim, K. Kim, H. Cho* and C. Kim*, “Boosting oxygen evolution reaction activity with Mo incorporated NiFe-LDH electrocatalyst for efficient water electrolysis,” Chemosphere 344, 140314 (2023).

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66. J. Yoo, Y. Park, J. Choi, J. Roh, K. Shin, H. Cho, E. Cho, C. Lee*, and H. Lee*, “Electrochemical Dealloying of Ni-Rich Pt–Ni Nanoparticle Network for Robust Oxygen-Reduction Electrocatalysts,” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 11, 42 (2023).

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65. M. Mehdi, B. An, H. Kim, S. Lee, C. Lee, M. Seo, M. Noh, W. Cho, C. Kim, C. Choi, B. Kim, M. Kim, and H. Cho*, “Rational Design of a Stable Fe-rich Ni-Fe Layered Double Hydroxide for the Industrially Relevant Dynamic Operation of Alkaline Water Electrolyzers,” Adv. Energy Mater. 13, 2204403(2023).

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64. C Lee, K. Shin, Y. Park, Y. Yun, M. Kim, W. Cho, C. Kim, H. Lee, S. Lee, G. Henkelman, and H. Cho*, “Catalyst-support interaction in Zr2ON2-supported IrOx electrocatalysts to break the trade-off realationship between the activity and stability in the acidic oxygen evolution reaction,” Adv. Funct. Mater. 33, 2301557 (2023).

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63. Y. Yun, K. Kim, C. Lee, B. An, J. Kwon, S. Lee, J. Lee, M. Kim, S. Kim, J. Park, B. Kim and H. Cho* “Electrochemical partial reduction of Ni(OH)2 to Ni(OH)2/Ni via coupled oxidation of an interfacing NiAl intermetallic compound for robust hydrogen evolution,” J. Energy Chem. 82, 560 (2023).

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62. J. Park, K. Ryu, C. Kim, W. Cho, M. Kim, J. Lee, H. Cho*, and J. Lee*, “Green hydrogen to tackle the power curtailment: Meteorological data-based capacity factor and techno-economic analysis” Appl. Energ. 340, 121016(2023).

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61. H. Lee, J. Gu, B. Lee, H. Cho*, and H. Lim*, “Prognotics and health management of alkaline water electrolyzer: Techno-economic analysis considering replacement moment,” Energy and AI 13, 100251(2023).

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60. D. Jeon, S. Kim, M. Kim, C. Lee, and H. Cho*, “Oxygen bubble transport in a porous transport layer of polymer electrolyte water electrolyzer,” J. Power Sources 553, 232322 (2023).

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59. J. Choi, H. Kim, S. Jeon, J. Seo, Y. Park, H. Park, A. Lee., C. Lee, M. Kim, H. Cho*, and J. Lee*, “Thin film composite membranes as a new category of alkaline water electrolysis membranes,” Small 19, 2300825 (2023).

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58. H. Jung, Y. Kim, J. Lim, M. Seo, I. Kim, M. Kim, C. Lee, Y. Lee, C. Yoo, H. Cho*, and Y. Cho*, “ZIF-67 metal-organic frameworks synthesized onto CNT supports for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline water electrolysis,” Electrochim. Acta, 439, 141593(2023).

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57. D. Jang, H. Cho, S. Lee, M. Park, S. Kim H. Park, and S. Kang*, “Investigation of the operation characteristics and optimization of an alkaline water electrolysis system at high temperature and a high current density,” J. Clean. Prod. 424, 138862(2023).

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56. D. Jang, H. Shin, H. Shin, H. Cho, and S. Kang*, “Techno-economic evaluation of green hydrogen production with low-temperature water electrolysis technologies directly coupled with renewable power sources,” Energy Convers. Manag., 286, 117083(2023).

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55. S. Lee, H. Oh, M. Kim, H. Cho, and Y. Lee*, “Insights into enhanced activity and durability of hierarchical Fe-doped Ni(OH)2/Ni catalysts for alkaline oxygen evolution reaction: In situ XANES studies,” Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 324, 122269(2023).

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54. N. Taho, K. Kim, J. Ryu B. An, A. Nayak, J. Jang, K. Na, W. Cho, G. Ali, J. Chae, M. Akbar, K. Chung, H. Cho, J. Park, B. Kim, and H. Han*, “Colossal dielectric perovskites of calcium copper titanate (CaCu3Ti4O12) with low iridum dopants enables ultrahigh mass activity for the acidic oxygen evolution reaction,” Adv. Sci., 10.1002/advs.202207695 (2023). : Cover

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53. W. An, H. Lee, S. Choi, S. Choi, H. Cho, M. Choi, and J. Park*, “Hierarchically porous Ni foam-supported Co and Sn doped Ni3S2 nanosheets for oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts,” J. Mater. Chem. A, 11, 5734(2023).

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52. M. F. Ali, H. Cho, J. Albers, Y. Choi, M. Kim, J. Lee, C. Lee, S. Lee, and W. Cho*, “A study on the effect of TiO2 nanoparticle size on the performance of composite separators in alkaline water electrolysis,” J. Mem. Sci., 10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121671 (2023).

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51. J. Islam, S. Kim*, M. Rahman, P. Thien, M. Kim, H. Cho, C. Lee, J. Lee, S. Lee, “The effect of iridium content in boron carbide-supported iridium catalyst on the activity and stability of proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer,” Mater. Today Energy 32, 101237 (2023).

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50. D. To, S. Park, M. Kim, H. Cho and N. V. Myung* “Hydrogen evolution reaction activities of electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni-Mo thin films in alkaline baths,” Int. J. Hydrog., 48(23), 8409(2023).

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2022

49. H. Lee, B. Choe, B. Lee, J. Gu, H. Cho*, W. Won*, and H. Lim*, “Outlook of industrial-scale green H2 production via a hybrid system of alkaline water electrolysis and energy storage system based on seasonal solar radiation,” J. Clean. Prod. 377, 134210(2022).

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48. T. Doan, H. Lee, M. Kim, W. Cho, H. Cho*, and T. Kim*, "Influence of IrO2/TiO2 coated titanium porous transport layer on the performance of PEM　water electrolysis," J. Power Sources 533, 231370 (2022).

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47. Y. Park K. Shin, C. Lee, S. Lee, Y. Lee, C. Kim, H. Cho*, G. Henkelman*, and H. Lee*, “Iterative redox activation promotes interfacial synergy in an Ag/CuxO catalyst for oxygen reduction,” Chem. Eng. J. 15, 2858 (2021).

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46. K. Lee, J. Lim M. Lee, K. Ryu H. Lee, J. Kim, H. Ju, H. Cho, B. Kim, M. Hatzell, J. Kang, and S. Lee,“Structure-controlled graphene electrocatalysts for high-performance H2O2 production,” Energy Envrion. Sci. 15, 2858 (2021). : Cover

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45. Y. Kim, S. Jung, K. Kim, H. Kim, J. kwon, J. Lee, H. Cho, and Y. Kim*, “A cathodic protection system against a reverse-current after shut-down in zero-gap alkaline water electrolysis,” JACS Au, 2, 2491(2022). : Cover

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44. D. To, S. Park, M. Kim, H. Cho and N. V. Myung* “Effect of solution pH, precursor ratio, agitation and temperature on Ni-Mo and Ni-Mo-O electrodeposits from ammonium citrate baths,” Front. Chem., 10, 1010325(2022).

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43. D. To, S. Park, M. Kim, H. Cho and N. V. Myung* “Effects of NH4+/citrate Complexing Agent Ratio on Ni-Mo and Ni-Mo-O Electrodeposits from Ammonium Citrate Baths,” Front. Chem., 10, 942423(2022).

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42. D. Kim, H. Lee, S. Choi, S. Choi, W. An, H. Cho, M. Choi and J. Park*, “Synthesis of hierarchically porous Ni foam-supported heazlewoodite Ni3S2 nanorod electrocatalysts for highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction,” J. Alloys and Compd. 914, 165305 (2022).

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41. M. Kim, J. Park, M. Wang, Q. Want, M. Kim, J. Kim, H. Cho, C. Kim, Z. Feng, B. Kim, and S. Lee*, “Role of surface steps in activation of surface oxygen sites on Ir nanocrystals for oxygen evolution reaction in acidic media,” Appl. Catal. B-Environ. 302, 120834 (2022).

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40. J. Lee, J. Lee, C. Lee, H. Cho, M. Kim, S. Kim, J. Joo, W. Cho*, and C. Kim, “Celluose nanocrystals-blended zirconia/polysulfone composite separator for alkaline electrolyzer at low electrolyte contents,” Chem. Eng. J. 428, 131149(2022).

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2021

39. I. Kim, H. Cho*, M. Kim, H. Oh, S. Lee, Y. Lee, W. Cho, S. Kim, J. Joo, and C. Kim*, “Sacrificial Species Approach to Designing Robust Transition Metal Phosphide Cathodes for Alkaline Water Electrolysis in Discontinuous Operation,” J. Mater. Chem. A, 9, 16713 (2021). : Cover paper.

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38. B. Lee, H. Cho*, H. Kim, D. Lim, W. Cho, C. Kim, and H. Lim*, “Integrative techno-economic and environmental assessment for green H2 production by alkaline water electrolysis based on experimental data,”J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 9, 106349(2021). (*Equally contributed)

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37. J. Lopata, S. Kang, H. Cho*, C-H. Kim, J. W. Weidner, and S. Shimpalee, “Investigating influence of geometry and operating conditions on local current, concentration, and crossover in alkaline water electrolysis using computational fluid dynamics,” Electrochim. Acta 390, 138802 (2021).

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36. D. T. Linh, S. H. Shah, S. Kim, C. Kim, H. Cho*, and T. Kim*, “A review of the porous transport layer in polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis,” Int. J. Energy Research, 1-14 (2021).

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35. W. Han, I. Kim, M. Kim, W. Cho, S. Kim, J. Joo, Y. Lee, Y. Cho, H. Cho*, and C. Kim*, “Directly Sputtered Nickel Electrodes for Alkaline Water Electrolysis,” Electrochim. Acta 386, 138458 (2021).

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34. M. Kim, J. Park, H. Ju, J. Kim, H. Cho, C. Kim, B. Kim*, and S. Lee* “Understanding synergistic metal-oxide interactions of in situ exsolved metal nanoparticles on pyrochlore oxide support for enhanced electrocatalytic water splitting,” Energy Envrion. Sci. 14, 3053 (2021).

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33. S. Lee, I. Kim, H. Cho, C. Kim, and Y. Lee*, “Resolving structure-dependent degradation of electrodeposited Ni(OH)2 catalysts in alkaline oxygen evolution reaction(OER): In situ XANES studies,” Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 284, 119729 (2021).

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32. D. Jang, H. Cho, and S. Kang*, “Numerical modeling and analysis of the effect of pressure on the performance of an alkaline water electrolysis system,” Appl. Energ., 287, 116554 (2021).

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31. S. Choi, J. Lee, H. Park, S. Lee, D. Kim, W. An, J. Kim, J. Kim, H. Cho, and J. Park* “Multiple perovskite layered lanthanum nickelate Ruddlesden-Popper systems as highly active bifunctional oxygen catalysts,” Chem. Eng. J. 409, 128226 (2021).

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30. J. Islam, P. Thien, M. Kim, H. Cho, W. Cho, C. Kim, C. Lee, J. Lee, and S. Kim*, “Enhancing the activity and durability of iridium electrocatalyst supported on boron carbide by tuning the chemical state of iridium for oxygen evolution reaction,” J. Power Sources, 512, 230506(2021).

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29. D. Lim, B. Lee, H. Lee, M. Byun, H. Cho, W. Cho, C. Kim, B. Brigljevic, and H. Lim*, “Impact of voltage degradation in water electrolyzers on sustainability of synthetic natural gas production: Energy, economic, and environmental analysis,” Energy Convers. Manag. 245, 114516 (2021).

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28. S. Choi, Y. Park, J. Choi, C. Lee, H. Cho, C. Kim, J. Koo, and H. Lee*, “Structural effectiveness of AgCl-decorated Ag Nanowires enhancing oxygen reduction,” ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 9, 22, 7519(2021).

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27. J. Lopata, Z. Kang, J. Young, G. Bender, J. W. Weidner, H. Cho, and S. Shimpalee*, “Resolving anodic current and temperature distributions in a polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis cell using a pseudo-two-phase computational fluid dynamics model,” J. Electrochem. Soc. 168, 054518 (2021).

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26. C. Kim, H. Cho, C. Kim, W. Cho, and H. Kim*, “A feasibility study of photovoltaic-electrolysis-PEM hybrid system integrated into the electric grid system over the Korean peninsula,” Front. Chem. 9, 732582(2021).

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2020

25. J. Lee, S. Kim, H. Cho, M. Kim, W. Cho*, J. Joo, and C. Kim “Cerium oxide–polysulfone composite separator for an advanced alkaline electrolyser,” Polymers, 12, 2821 (2020).

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24. I. Jahowa, H. Cho, M. Kim, W. Cho, C. Kim, and S. Kim* “Preparation of boron carbide supported iridium nanoclusters by NaBH4 reduction method for improvement in oxygen evolution reaction activity of iridium catalyst,” Electrochem. Comm., 121, 106877 (2020).

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23. H. Lee, M. Mehdi, S. Kim, H. Cho, M. Kim, W. Cho*, Y. Rhee, and C. Kim, “Advanced Zirfon-type porous separator for a high-rate alkaline electrolyser operating in a dynamic mode,” J. Mem. Sci., 616, 118541 (2020).

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22. X. Zeng, M. Jang, S. Choi, H. Cho, C. Kim, N. V. Myung*, and Y. Yin*, “Single-crystalline CoFe nanoparticles encapsulated in N-doped carbon nanotubes as a bifunctional catalyst for water splitting,” Mater. Chem. Front., 4, 2307(2020).

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21. M. Jo, H. Cho, and Y. Na*, “Comparative analysis of circular and square end plates for a highly pressurized proton exchange membrane water electrolysis stack,” Applied Sciences, 10, 6315(2020).

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20. B. Lee, H. Lee, D. Lim, B. Brigliević, W. Cho, H. Cho, C. Kim, and H. Lim*, “Renewable methanol synthesis from renewable H2 and CO2: How can power-to-liquid technology be economically feasible?,” Appl. Energ., 279, 115827(2020).

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19. S. Choi, I. So, S. Lee, J. Yoo, Y. Seo, H. Cho, and J. Park*, “3D architecture double perovskite NdBa0.5Sr0.5Co1.5Fe0.5O5+δ embedded hollow net Co3O4 bifunctional electrocatalysts coupled with N-doped CNT and reduced graphene oxide for oxygen electrode reactions,” J. Alloys and Compd., 823, 153782(2020).

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18. X. Zeng, S. Choi, Y. Bai, M. Jang, R. Yu, H. Cho, C. Kim, N. Myung*, and Y. Yin*, “Plasmon-Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Catalyzed by Fe2N‑Embedded TiOxNy Nanoshells,” ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 3, 1, 146(2020).

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17. W. Cho*, J. Lee, G. Nam, C. Kim, H. Cho, and J. Joo, “Redox reactivity of titania doped YSZ promoted iron-based oxygen carrier over multiple redox cycles for chemical looping reforming of methane and hydrogen production ,” Int. J. Energy Research 44, 4919(2020).

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16. H. Lee, D. Dung, J. Kim, J. Park, S. Kim, H. Cho, W. Cho*, and C. Kim, “The synthesis of a Zirfon-type porous separator with reduced gas crossover for alkaline electrolyzer,” Int. J. Energy Research, 44, 1875(2020).

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2019

15. S. Lee, H. Cho*, W. Cho, S. Kim, Y. Cho, and C. Kim*, “Operational durability of three-dimensional Ni-Fe layered double hydroxide electrocatalyst for water oxidation,” Electrochim. Acta, 315, 94(2019). (*Equally contributed)

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14. B. Lee, H. Lee, H. Cho, W. Cho, C. Kim, and H. Lim*, “Quantification of economic uncertainty for synthetic natural gas production in a H2O permeable membrane reactor as simultaneous power-to-gas and CO2 utilization technologies,” Energy 182, 1, 1058(2019).

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13. B. Lee, H. Lee, H. Cho, W. Cho, C. Kim, and H. Lim*, “Projected economic outlook and scenario analysis for H2 production by alkaline water electrolysis on the basis of a unit electricity price, a learning rate, and an automation level,” Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 3, 1799 (2019).

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12. J. Lee, G. Nam, C. Kim, H. Cho, W. Cho*, and J. Joo, “Degradation analysis of mixed ionic-electronic conductor-supported iron-oxide oxygen carriers for chemical-looping conversion of methane,” Appl. Energy, 239, 644 (2019).

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2018

11. H. Cho*, W. Cho, J. W. Van Zee, and C. Kim*, “A scaling method for correlating ex situ and in situ measurements in PEM Fuel Cells and Electrolyzer,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 165 F883 (2018).

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10. W. Cho*, D. Lee, C. Kim, H. Cho, and S. Kim, “Feasibility study of the use of by-product iron oxide and industrial off-gas for application to chemical looping hydrogen production,” Appl. Energy, 216, 466 (2018).

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2017

9. H. Jang, H. Cho, D. Uhrig, and M. Nieh, “Insight into the interactions between pyrene and polystyrene for efficient quenching nitroaromatic explosives,” J. Mater. Chem. C, 5 12466(2017).

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8. T. V. Kotbagi, K. H. Shaughnessy, C. LeDoux, H. Cho, S. Tay-Agbozo, J. W. Van Zee, and M. G. Bakker*, “Copolymerization of transition metal salen complexes and conversion into metal nanoparticles supported on hierarchically porous carbon monoliths: a one spot synthesis,” J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. 84, 258 (2017).

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2016

7. H. Cho*, J. W. Van Zee, S. Shimpalee, B. T. Mehrabadi, J. W. Weidner, B. Garcia-Diaz, M. Martinez-Rodriguez, L. Olson, and J. Gray, “Dimensionless analysis for predicting nickel alloys corrosion in molten salt systems for concentrating solar power systems,” Corrosion, 72 742 (2016).

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2015

6. H. Cho*, M. Das, Md. Opu, M. Ohashi, and J. W. Van Zee, “The contamination behavior of system derived organic model compounds on PEMFC: functional groups and mechanisms,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 162 F1056 (2015).

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5. H. Cho*, M. Das, H. Wang, H. Dinh, and J. W. Van Zee, “The contamination mechanism and behavior of amide bond containing organic contaminant on PEMFC,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 162 F427 (2015).

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4. R. Jung, H. Cho, S. Park, and J. W. Van Zee, “An experimental approach to investigate the transport of ammonia as a fuel contaminant in proton exchange membrane fuel cells,” J. Power Sources, 275 14 (2015).

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2014

3. H. Cho* and J. W. Van Zee*, “An isothermal model for predicting performance loss in PEMFCs from balance of plant leachate,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 161 F1375 (2014).

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2. H. Cho*, M. Ohashi, and J. W. Van Zee*, “Understanding of the absorption behavior of vanadium into Nafion®,” J. Power Sources, 267 547 (2014).

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2008

1. Y. Kim, H. Cho, M. Song, L. Ghil, J. Kang, and H. Rhee*, “Characterization of Nafion/Zirconium sulphophenyl phosphate nanocomposite membrane for direct methanol fuel cell,” J. Nanosci. Nanotechno., 8 4640 (2008).

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