Oh, Hyunchul

Associate Professor

HERO(Hydrogen Energy Research Prof. Oh) Lab.

Lab: AMRB (103) 401-A
Office: AMRB (103) 404
E-mail: hcoh@unist.ac.kr
Phone: +82-52-217-2692

Oh, Hyunchul

Associate Professor

HERO(Hydrogen Energy Research Prof. Oh) Lab.

E-mail: hcoh@unist.ac.kr
Lab: AMRB (103) 401-A
Office: AMRB (103) 404
Phone: +82-52-217-2692
Research Areas
Hydrogen storage, Isotope separation
Research Summary

Prof. Oh Lab at UNIST researches molecular physisorption in nanoporous materials in cryogenic conditions. We exploit such phenomena to solve industrial challenges, such as efficient energy carrier (e.g., hydrogen, methane, etc.) storage and greenhouse gas (e.g., CO2) capture, cost-effective light gas isotope (e.g., H2/D2/T2, 16O/18O, 3He/4He, etc.) separation by quantum sieving, novel H2 boil-off mitigation technology for liquid hydrogen storage and transportation. In particular, efficient hydrogen storage technology will become crucial for the hydrogen economy to achieve carbon neutrality in the future. However, there are still many technical difficulties to be solved, and the main research direction of our team is to solve them. In addition, isotope separation technology using nanoporous materials is spotlighted as a new technology that may replace the expensive cryogenic distillation method. And we are the leading group in these related fields. Moreover, the industrial demand (e.g., semiconductor and display fields) for deuterium is rapidly increasing. Tritium separation and removal technology are also heavily required in nuclear fission and fusion reactors. Therefore, these isotopes separation technology will receive a lot of attention in the near future.

Education

Ph.D., Advanced Materials (IMPRS), Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (2014)

Career

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, UNIST (2022.03~)
Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongsang National University (2015.09~2022.02)
Associate Research Fellow, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP) (2014.09~2015.08)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) (2014.5~2014.8)

Selected Publications
Exploiting the Specific Isotope-Selective Adsorption of MOF for Hydrogen Isotope Separation
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 8232.
Elucidation of diffusivity of hydrogen isotope in flexible MOFs by Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering
Advanced Materials, 2021, 2007412, 33, 2007412.
Specific Isotope-Responsive Breathing Transition in Flexible Metal-Organic Frameworks
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 13278.
Exploiting Dynamic Opening of Apertures in Partially Fluorinated MOF for Enhancing H2 Desorption Temperature and Isotope Separation
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 19850.
High capacity methane storage in alkane linked flexible porous aromatic network polymers
Nature Energy, 2019, 4, 604.
Research Highlights
Hyunchul Oh, Nikolay Tumanov, Voraksmy Ban, Xiao Li, Bo Richter, Matthew R. Hudson, Craig M. Brown, Gail N. Iles, Dirk Wallacher, Scott W. Jorgensen, Luke Daemen, Rafael Balderas-Xicohténcatl, Yongqiang Cheng, Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta, Michael Heere, Sergio Posada-Pérez, Geoffroy Hautier, Michael Hirscher*, Torben R. Jensen*, and Yaroslav Filinchuk*
Nature Chemistry (2024)