Seongjae Ko

Assistant Professor Seongjae KO

atsushi kitada

 

 

 

Education & Career

2010.03
B.E. in Department of Chemical System Engineering
(Japan-Korea Joint Government Scholarship)
Yokohama National University, Japan
2012.03
M.E. in Department of Chemical System Engineering (Sakai Lab) The University of Tokyo, Japan
2012-2015
Material Development Group, Battery Business Division, Research Engineer SAMSUNG SDI, South Korea
2015-2017
Project Academic Support Specialist Yamada・Okubo Lab, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
2017-2020
DC1 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2020
Ph.D. in Department of Chemical System Engineering (Yamada・Okubo Lab) The University of Tokyo, Japan
2020-2021
Senior Researcher Yamada・Okubo Lab, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
2021.04-2021.06
Project Assistant Professor Yamada・Okubo Lab, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
2021.06-
Assistant Professor Yamada・Kitada Lab, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Achievement

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6163-7687
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Selected Papers

  •  1. “Liquid Madelung energy accounts for the huge potential shift in electrochemical systems”, Nature Communications, 15, 1319 (2024)
    Norio Takenaka, Seongjae Ko, Atsushi Kitada, Atsuo Yamada*
  •  2. “Electrolyte design for lithium-ion batteries with a cobalt-free cathode and silicon oxide anode”, Nature Sustainability, 6, 1705–1714 (2023)
    Seongjae Ko, Xiao Han, Tatau Shimada, Norio Takenaka, Yuki Yamada, Atsuo Yamada*
  •  3. “Electrode potential influences the reversibility of lithium-metal anodes”, Nature Energy, 7, 1217–1224 (2022)
    Seongjae Ko, Tomohiro Obukata, Tatau Shimada, Norio Takenaka, Masanobu Nakayama, Atsuo Yamada*, Yuki Yamada*
  •  4. “An overlooked issue for high-voltage Li-ion Batteries: Suppressing the intercalation of anions into conductive carbon”, Joule, 5, 4, 998-1009 (2021)
    Seongjae Ko, Yuki Yamada, Atsuo Yamada*
  •  5. “A 62 m K-ion aqueous electrolyte”, Electrochemistry Communications, 116, 106764 (2020)
    Seongjae Ko, Yuki Yamada, Atsuo Yamada*
  •  6. “A cyclic phosphate-based battery electrolyte for high voltage and safe operation”, Nature Energy, 5, 291–298 (2020)
    Qifeng Zheng, Yuki Yamada, Rui Shang, Seongjae Ko, Yun-Yang Lee, Kijae Kim, Eiichi Nakamura, Atsuo Yamada*
  •  7. “Formation of solid electrolyte interphase in hydrate-melt electrolyte”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11 (49), 45554-45560 (2019)
    Seongjae Ko, Yuki Yamada, Atsuo Yamada*
  •  8. “Advances and issues in developing salt-concentrated battery electrolytes”, Nature Energy, 4, 269-280 (2019)
    Yuki Yamada, Jianhui Wang, Seongjae Ko, Atsuo Yamada*
  •  9. “Lithium-salt monohydrate melt: a stable electrolyte for aqueous lithium-ion batteries”, Electrochemistry Communications, 104, 106488 (2019)
    Seongjae Ko, Yuki Yamada, Kasumi Miyazaki, Tatau Shimada, Eriko Watanabe, Yoshitaka Tateyama, Takeshi Kamiya, Tsunetoshi Honda, Jun Akikusa, Atsuo Yamada*
  •  10. “Hydrate-melt electrolytes for high-energy-density aqueous batteries”, Nature Energy, 1, 16129 (2016)
    Yuki Yamada, Kenji Usui, Keitaro Sodeyama, Seongjae Ko, Yoshitaka Tateyama, Atsuo Yamada*