Kwon, Tae Hyuk

Professor

Energy Recognition Lab.

Lab: NSB (108) 809
Office: NSB (108) 801-7
E-mail: kwon90@unist.ac.kr
Phone: +82-52-217-2947

Kwon, Tae Hyuk

Professor

Energy Recognition Lab.

E-mail: kwon90@unist.ac.kr
Lab: NSB (108) 809
Office: NSB (108) 801-7
Phone: +82-52-217-2947
Research Areas
Energy harvesting, Energy storage, Catalysts, Photodynamic therapy
Research Summary

In the 21st century, the world faces more serious problems on energy, environment, food, and disease than ever before. To come up with these fundamental issues, light could be one of the ideal solutions as it is one of nature’s mechanism carrying energy and information from one place to another by wavelength and frequency. Understanding how light is absorbed and transformed into more useful forms of energy would give insight into how photosensitizers can be designed to harness and control light more effectively. Along with that, we have researched on organic photosensitizers for the following applications: (i) energy harvesting (dye-sensitized solar cells, polymer solar cells, and perovskite solar cells) and (ii) storage (supercapacitors and batteries) systems for green environment, and (iii) bioapplications (organelle probe and photodynamic therapy) to overcome chronical diseases (cancer and Alzheimer’s). In addition, we develop (iv) ultrasonic spray chemistry for hetero/multi-atom doped carbon-based materials and conjugated microporous polymer materials, followed by their applications into energy storage and/or catalysts (CO2 reduction and N2 fixation). Thus, our research will contribute on sustainable goals adopted by UN, such as food (F), energy (E), environment (E), and disease (D), to achieve a better and more supportable future for all of us.

Education

Ph.D. Chemistry, SNU
B.S. Chemistry, University of Suwon

Career

Professor, Department of Chemistry, UNIST (2022~)
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, UNIST (2018~2022)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, UNIST (2012~2018)
Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia (2008~2012)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, SNU (2006~2008)

Selected Publications
Molecular Design Strategy for Realizing Vectorial Electron Transfer in Photoelectrodes Deok-Ho Roh,‡ Jun-Hyeok Park,‡ Hyun-Gyu Han,‡ Ye-Jin Kim,‡ Daiki Motoyoshi, Eunhye Hwang, Wang-Hyo Kim, Joseph I. Mapley, Keith C. Gordon, Shogo Mori*, Oh-Hoon Kwon*, and Tae-Hyuk Kwon*, Chem, 2022, 8, 1121
Analysing the mechanism of mitochondrial induced-induced cell death using a multifunctional iridium(III) photosensitiser Chaiheon Lee,‡ Jung Seung Nam,‡ Chae Gyu Lee, Mingyu Park, Chang-Mo Yoo, Hyun-Woo Rhee, Jeong Kon Seo and Tae-Hyuk Kwon*, , Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 26
Indoor-light-energy-harvesting dye-sensitized photo-rechargeable battery Byung-Man Kim,‡ Myeong-Hee Lee,‡ Vijayan Sobhana Dilimon, Jeong Soo Kim, Jung Seung Nam, Yoon-Gyo Cho, Hyun Kuk Noh, Deok-Ho Roh, Tae-Hyuk Kwon* and Hyun-Kon Song *, Energy Environ. Sci. 2020, 13, 1473-1480
Carbon–Heteroatom Bond Formation by an Ultrasonic Chemical Reaction for Energy Storage Systems Hyun-Tak Kim, HyeonOh Shin, In-Yup Jeon, Masood Yousaf, Jaeyoon Baik, Hae-Won Cheong, Noejung Park, Jong-Beom Baek,* and Tae-Hyuk Kwon*, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1702747
Endoplasmic Reticulum-Localized Iridium(III) Complexes as Efficient Photodynamic Therapy Agents via Protein Modifications Jung Seung Nam†, Myeong-Gyun Kang†, Juhye Kang†, Sun-Young Park†, Shin Jung C. Lee, Hyun-Tak Kim, Jeong Kon Seo, Oh-Hoon Kwon*, Mi Hee Lim*, Hyun-Woo Rhee*, and Tae-Hyuk Kwon*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 10968
Research Highlights