Full-time Faculty

Youn Jeong Jang
Hanyang University Chemical Engineering Youn Jeong Jang Professor
Major

Catalyst Design for Energy and Environment (에너지 환경 촉매 설계)

Photo-Electrochemical Catalysis (광-전기화학 촉매반응)

Artificial Photosynthesis (인공광합성)

Multi-stimuli In-situ/Operando Analysis (실시간/오페란도 특성 평가)

Subject

Industrial Physical Chemistry (Undergraduate)

Electrochemistry (Undergraduate)

Environmental Engineering (Undergraduate)

Photoelectrochemical Energy conversion technology (Graduate)

Advanced Electrochemical Catalyst Design (Graduate)

Advanced Technologies for Plastic Waste Disposal (Graduate)

Education

2017 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

2011 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Career

2025-Present Associate Professor, Hanyang University

2020-2024 Assistant Professor, Hanyang University

2018-2020 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2017-2018 Postdoctoral Researcher, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

Research

Lee, S. et al. Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Using Semiconductor (CdSe)13 Clusters. Nano Letters (2025).

Choe, S., Kim, Y.J., You, J., Kim, K., Jang, Y.J. Role of Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetate as an Additive in Electrolyte on Intermediate Stabilization in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. ChemSusChem, e202402471 (2025).

Kim, J.H. et al. Enhancing ammonia production rates from electrochemical nitrogen reduction by engineering three-phase boundary with phosphorus-activated Cu catalysts. J. Energy Chem. 84, 394-401 (2023).

Kim, H.E. et al. Photoelectrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia on Ordered Silicon Nanowire Array Photocathodes. Angew. Chem. 134, e202204117 (2022).

Jang, Y.J. et al. A comparative study of Bi, Sb, and BiSb for electrochemical nitrogen reduction leading to a new catalyst design strategy. J. Mater. Chem. A 9, 20453-20465 (2021).

Jang, Y.J., Choi, K.-S. Enabling electrochemical N2 reduction to NH3 in the low overpotential region using non-noble metal Bi electrodes via surface composition modification. J. Mater. Chem. A 8, 13842–13851 (2020).

Jang, Y.J., Lindberg, Ann E., Lumley, Margaret A., Choi, K.-S. Photoelectrochemical Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia on Cupric and Cuprous Oxide Photocathodes. ACS Energy Lett. 5, 1834−1839 (2020).

Lab
Renewable Energy Conversion System

The Jang's group (Renewable Energy Conversion System Lab.) develops photo-electrochemical devices for critical issues in energy and environmental field. Currently, the group is interested in three major research topics: 1) Nanostructured materials for energy/environmental applications, 2) sustainable fuels/value added chemicals production via electrochemical or photoelectrochemical approach, and

3) in-situ/operando structural characterization for proposing catalytic mechanisms. Our ultimate goal is to develop overall energy conversion cycle including fuel production, storage, transportation, and utilization.