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*