Professional Experiences

• Assistant Professor | Department of Materials System Engineering, Pukyong National University (PKNU) (2023.09 - present)

• Staff Scientist | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington, U.S. (2020.10 - 2023.09)
  Energy & Environment Directorate (Started as a Post. Doc. Associate and was promoted)
  (Advisor: Dr. Xiaolin Li - Google scholar)

• Senior Research Engineer | Hyundai Motor Company, Namyang Research Center  (2019.02 - 2020.06)
  Battery Cell Development Team

Education

• Ph.D. Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea (2019.02)
  Dissertation: "Materials and Chemistry of Si Alloy Composite Anodes for Lithium-ion Batteries"
  (Advisor: Prof. Jaephil Cho - Google scholar)

• B.S. Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea (2014.02)
  Major : Energy Engineering (1st) / Materials Science Engieering (2nd), Graduation with great distinction

Selected Papers

• N. Kim et al. "Issues impeding the commercialization of laboratory innovations for energy-dense Si-containing lithium-ion batteries" Nature Energy 8, 921 (2023) (IF=67.44)
  Selected as Highly cited Hot paper (Top 0.1%) in Engineering field. 

• N. Kim et al. "Carbide-mediated catalytic hydrogenolysis: defects in graphene on carbonaceous lithium host for liquid and all-solid-state lithium metal batteries" Energy & Environmental Science 16, 2505 (2023) (IF=39.71)

• J. Sung† , N. Kim†  et al. "Subnano-sized silicon anode via crystal growth inhibition mechanism and its application in a prototype battery pack" Nature Energy 6, 1164 (2021), Selected as Front Cover  (IF=67.44)
  Highlighted in Nature Energy as news & views (Nature Energy 6, 1092, 2021)
  Selected as Highly cited paper (Top 1%) in Engineering field. 

• Y. Son† , N. Kim†  et al. "Calendering-compatible microporous architecture for silicon-graphite composite toward high-energy lithium-ion batteries" Advanced Materials 2003286 (2020) (IF=32.09)

• N. Kim et al. "Fast-charging high-energy lithium-ion batteries via implantation of amorphous silicon nanolayer in edge-plane activated graphite anodes" Nature Communications 8, 812 (2017) (IF=17.69)
  Selected as Highly cited paper (Top 1%) in Materials Science field. 

•  S. Chae†, N. Kim† et al. "One-to-One Comparison of Graphite-blended Negative Electrodes Using Silicon Nanolayer-embedded Graphite versus Commercial Benchmarking Materials for High-energy Lithium-ion Batteries" Advanced Energy Materials 7, 1700071 (2017), Selected as Front Cover (IF= 29.69)

Honors & Awards

• Award for Young Scholar (2024), KIChE Branch

• Excellence Graduate Student Award, UNIST 

• Outstanding Research Lab Scholarship, UNIST

• Graduate Student Research Scholarship, Hyundai Motor Company

Lecture

• Electrochemistry (재료의 전기화학적 성질)

• Energy Materials Engineering and Lab. (에너지 소재 공학 및 실험)

• Ceramics (세라믹스 공학)

• Transport Phenomenon (이동 현상)

• Materials for Energy Conversion & Storage (에너지 변환 및 저장 소재공학)