Climate change and global warming, once considered issues for a distant future, have moved firmly into the present. It is time for us to solve this issue.
• +6 years of experience in mechanism studies about solar-to-electricity using AFM
• +3 years of experience in optimizing a prototype reactor for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction
• Total 24 SCI papers and 14 first-author papers at Nano Energy, JACS, Nano letters, ACS Nano, CM..etc
• Strong background in the characterization of physical/chemical properties of samples using various microscopies, including atomic force microscopy (AFM), Raman/photoluminescence spectroscopy, SEM, TEM, mass spectrometer, and NMR.
• Ability for two computational simulations (Lumericals for +6 years and COMSOL for +3 years)
• +6 years of experience in software programming with LabView
Abstract of First-author papers
Mechanism study of solar-to-electricity using AFM
Hot electron can transfer from metal to semiconductor by enhancing optoelectrical properties (ex. photocurrent) of a semiconductor nanowire device

Lee et al., Nano Energy, 2019, 63, 103841
Lee et al., Nano letters, 2018, 18, 109
Lee et al., Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 20939
Lee et al., Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 17328
Electrochemical CO2 reduction work
Development and optimization of a prototype reactor to produce more hydrocarbon products

Lee at al., Nanoscale 2023, 15, 9423-9431
Lee at al., ACS Applied Energy Materials 2022, 5, 9309-9314
Mechanism study of surface-enhanced Raman scattering and photoluminescence

Lee et al., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023, 1, 18
Mechanism study of Magnetic-optical interaction

Lee & Oh et al., Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 2843
Mechanism study of contact electrification

Yun & Lee et al., Journal of American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 14687
Strong background in characterizing interface physical properties

COMSOL Simulation

Lee et al., ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 1572
LabView programming for large-area patterning using 2D pen array

Lee et al., New Physics: Sae Mulli 2015, 65, 615-620
Optical simulation

Lee et al., Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 17328
Thermoelectric work

Lee et al., ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 1572
Skills
Atomic force microscopy
Surface potential
Magnetic force microscopy
LabView
Photolithography
E-beam Lithography
Thermal evaporator
COMSOL
Lumerical
Micro-Raman spectroscopy
SEM, TEM, EDS
Source-measure unit
UV-vis spectroscopy
Mass-spectrometer
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Voltammetry & potentiometry
Contact
Geochemistry and Interface Science group at ORNL
Email: lees3@ornl.gov
Mobile: +1) 919-308-5757
