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UNIST Seawater Battery Could Help End the Global Water Crisis

Professor Chajoong Kim and Professor Youngsik Kim developed a desalination/lighting device, using seawater battery technology.

UNIST Seawater Battery Could Help End the Global Water Crisis

A product design that combines sustainable eco-friendly energy research and innovative thinking has been developed. It targets vulnerable children in the third world. Such research collaboration within universities has opened the way to hel... Read More

May 19, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo People
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Enhancing Quantum Dot Solar Cell Efficiency to 11.53%

Their work has been selected to appear on the back cover of the February 2020 issue of Advanced Energy Materials.

Enhancing Quantum Dot Solar Cell Efficiency to 11.53%

A novel technology that can improve the efficiency of quantum dot solar cells to 11.53% has been unveiled. Published in the February 2020 issue of Advanced Energy Materials, it has been evaluated as a study that solved the challenges posed... Read More

May 14, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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New Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Production with Enhanced Faradaic Efficiency

Their findings have been published in Nature Communications on March 9, 2020.

New Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Production with Enhanced Faradaic Efficiency

Researchers throughout the world are working actively to accelerate the development of new catalysts that can greatly cut the cost of hydrogen production. A number of breakthrough catalysts have been reported, yet their expected performance... Read More

Mar 31, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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UNIST Introduces Tiny Micro Supercapacitor, Ideal for Wearable Devices

Their findings have been published in Science Advances on March 6, 2020.

UNIST Introduces Tiny Micro Supercapacitor, Ideal for Wearable Devices

A tiny microsupercapacitor (MSC) that is as small as the width of a person’s fingerprint and can be integrated directly with an electronic chip has been developed. This has attracted major attention as a novel technology to lead the e... Read More

Mar 18, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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Ultrasensitive Plasmon-Free Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Their findings have been published in Nano Letters on February 3, 2020.

Ultrasensitive Plasmon-Free Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

An innovative signal detection system that can detect infinitesimal molecules by amplifying molecular fingerprints has been developed. This has attracted much attention as a technology that can be used for the detection of pesticides and nu... Read More

Mar 04, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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New Catalyst Provides Boost to Next-generation EV Batteries

Their findings have been published in Nano Energy on February 3, 2020.

New Catalyst Provides Boost to Next-generation EV Batteries

Metal-Air Batteries (MABs), which use oxygen from ambient air as recourses to store and convert energy, have received considerable attention for their potential use in electric vehicles (EVs) owing to their large storage capacity, lightweig... Read More

Feb 25, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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New Study Presents Efficient, Solution‐processed, Hybrid Tandem Solar Cells

Their findings have been published in Advanced Energy Materials on January 13, 2020.

New Study Presents Efficient, Solution‐processed, Hybrid Tandem Solar Cells

Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cells have attracted considerable attention due to the advantages of being flexible and lightweight. Besides, they are much easier to manufacture, compared with that of commercial silicon solar cells in use... Read More

Feb 19, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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A Novel Biofuel System for Hydrogen Production from Biomasss

Their findings have been published in ACS Catalyst January 3, 2020.

A Novel Biofuel System for Hydrogen Production from Biomasss

A novel technology has been developed for hydrogen production from the process, which involves electron that is produced during the decomposition of biomass such as waste wood. The result produced after biomass decomposition is a high value... Read More

Jan 22, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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New Study Presents Improved 3D Nanoprinting Technique to Build Nanoskyscrapers

Their findings have been published in Nano Letters on December 2, 2019.

Simply adding “table salt” helps to build self-stacked nanoarchitectures.

New Study Presents Improved 3D Nanoprinting Technique to Build Nanoskyscrapers

Nanowalls, nanobridges, nano “jungle gyms”: it could seem the description of a Lilliputian village, but these are actual 3D-printed components with tremendous potential applications in nanoelectronics, smart materials and biomedical devices... Read More

Jan 10, 2020 By Dahee Carol Kim Research
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Successful Completion of 2019 U-Finder Day

The 2019 U-Finder Day Season 2 was held af 2F Auditorium of Main Admin. Bldg. of UNIST on December 13, 2019.

Successful Completion of 2019 U-Finder Day

Startup companies based off scientific research results carried out from universiti laboratories are challenging themselves to overcome the limitations of existing industries. Entrepreneurs equipped with cutting-edge technologies such as bi... Read More

Dec 17, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo News
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