Creating Energy Independence
PUBLICATIONS
2024
(63) Yuyeol Choi, Xinkai Wu, Ji-Woong Lee*, Kyungsu Na*, "Catalytic dehydrogenation for hydrogen production controlled by metal-supported heterogeneous catalysts", Catalysis Science & Technology 14, 5784(2024) ★
(62) Dababrata Paul, Souvick Biswas , Hyeonji Yeom, Kyungsu Na*, Michelle L. Pantoya*, Ralf I. Kaiser*, "Unraveling the Nanosheet Zeolite-Catalyzed Combustion of Aluminum Nanoparticles-Doped exo-Tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene (JP-10) Energetic Fuel", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16, 53938(2024) ★
(61) Marco Milia, Yuyeol Choi, Rodrigo Lima, Kyungsu Na*, Ji-Woong Lee*, "Enabling direct seawater electrolysis by redox-inactive amphiphilic amines via chloride sequestration", Chemical Engineering Journal 496, 153763(2024) ★
(60) Hyogeun Yang, Seungdon Kwon, Yuyeol Choi, Hanbit Jang, Woosung Leem, Jun Hyeok Heo, Changgi Kim, Taekyong Song, Kyungsu Na*, "Unveiling the sequential CO2/CH4 activation process on Co3O4 nanoparticles encapsulated by mesoporous silica shell", Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy 357, 124304(2024). ★
(59) Yongseok Kim, Yuhwan Kim, Hyeonji Yeom, Kyungsu Na*, "Consequence of controlled hydrogen spillover on FeK/CuAl2O4 in Co2 hydrogenation", Chemical Engineering Journal 493, 152614(2024). ★
2023
(58) Seungdon Kwon, Youngmin Kim, Tae-Wan Kim, Ho-Jeong Chae*, Kyungsu Na*, "Chloromethane-to-olefin using metal oxide-impregnated small-pore SSZ-13 zeolites with controlled acidity, reactant affinity, and reaction pathway", Chemical Engineering Journal 474, 145851(2023). ★
(57) Purna Chandra Rao†, Yongseok Kim, Hyeonsu Kim, Younghu Son, Yuyeol Choi, Kyungsu Na*, Minyoung Yoon*, "Methylbenzyl Naphthalene: Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier for Facile Hydrogen Storage and Release", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 11(34), 12656(2023). ★
- †Equally contributed to this work
(56) Seungdon Kwon, Hyogeun Yang, Youngjae Yu, Yuyeol Choi, Nagyeong Kim, Gye Hong Kim, Kyoung Chul Ko, Kyungsu Na*, "A sustainable carbon-consuming cycle based on sequential activation of CO2 and CH4 using metal oxides", Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 339, 123120(2023). ★
(55) Youngmin Kim, Myung Soo Goh, Jip Kim, Tae-Wan Kim, Kwang-Eun Jeong, Kyoung-Su Ha, Kyungsu Na, Kyoung Chul Ko*, Ho-Jeong Chae*, "Defective graphitic carbon as a high chlorine conversion catalyst for methyl chloride production from methane", Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 122, 58(2023). ★
(54) Yongseok Kim, Kyoung-Jin Kim, Yohan Song, Yeol-Lim Lee, Hyun-Seog Roh*, Kyungsu Na*, "Highly CO-selective Ni–MgO–CexZr1–xO2 catalyst for efficient low-temperature reverse water–gas shift reaction", Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 118, 341 (2023). ★
2022
(53) Kyungsu Na,"Designed Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials as the Heterogeneous Catalysts", Nanomaterials 12(24), 4374 (2022). ★
(52) Yuyeol Choi, Sunghyun Park, Seungdon Kwon, Kyung Chul Ko*, Kyungsu Na*, "Controlled electropositive catalytic sites on zeolites for achieving high CH3Cl selectivity via electrophilic CH4 chlorination using Cl2", Journal of Materials Chemistry A 10(46), 24475 (2022). ★
- Selected as Hot Paper & Front Cover
(51) Yongseok Kim, Yohan Song, Yuhwan Kim, Kyungsu Na*, "Multifunctional long-lived catalysts for direct hydrogenative conversion of CO2 to liquid hydrocarbons with upscaling C5+ productivity", Journal of Materials Chemistry A 10(41), 21862 (2022). ★
- Selected as Hot Paper & Front Cover
(50) Seulgi Lim, Yohan Song, Kwanyong Jeong, Ji Hoon Park*, Kyungsu Na*, "Enhanced Dehydrogenative H2 Release from N-Containing Amphicyclic LOHC Boosted by Pd-Supported Nanosheet MFI Zeolites Having Strong Acidity and Large Mesoporosity", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 10(11), 3584 (2022). ★
2021
(49) Bhupendra Kumar Singh, Yongseok Kim, Seungdon Kwon, Kyungsu Na*, "Synthesis of Mesoporous Zeolites and Their Opportunities in Heterogeneous Catalysis", Catalysts 11(12), 1541 (2021). ★
(48) Nagyeong Kim, Seulgi Lim, Seungdon Kwon, Yuyeol Choi, Ji-Woong Lee, Kyungsu Na*, "Controlled Metal–Support Interactions in Au/CeO2–Mg(OH)2 Catalysts Activating the Direct Oxidative Esterification of Methacrolein with Methanol to Methyl Methacrylate", Nanomaterials 11(11), 3146 (2021). ★
(47) Sahan D. Perera, Stephen J. Brotton, Haylie Shinsato, Ralf I. Kaiser*, Yuyeol Choi, Kyungsu Na*, "Catalytic Effects of Zeolite Socony Mobil-5 (ZSM-5) on the Oxidation of Acoustically Levitated exo-Tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene (JP-10) Droplets", Journal of Physical Chemistry A 125, 4896 (2021). ★
(46) Seulgi Lim, Seungdon Kwon, Nagyeong Kim and Kyungsu Na*, "A Multifunctional Au/CeO2-Mg(OH)2 Catalyst for One-Pot Aerobic Oxidative Esterification of Aldehydes with Alcohols to Alkyl Esters", Nanomaterials 11, 1536 (2021). ★
(45) Kyungsu Na, "Synthesis and Application of Zeolite Catalysts", Catalysts 11, 685 (2021). ★
(44) Yongseok Kim, Yohan Song, Chang Hyun Ko*, Kyoung Chul Ko*, Kyungsu Na**, "Solid‐State Pseudomorphic Synthesis of Hollow Silica Nanospheres Using Cyclic Diammonium Molecules", Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society 42, 463 (2021). ★
(43) Yongseok Kim, Yohan Song, Yuyeol Choi, Kwanyong Jeong, Ji Hoon Park*, Kyoung Chul Ko*, Kyungsu Na*, "Catalytic Consequences of Supported Pd Catalysts on Dehydrogenative H2 Evolution from 2-[(n-Methylcyclohexyl)methyl]piperidine as the Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9, 809 (2021). ★
2020
(42) Seungdon Kwon, Sunghyun Park, Yuyeol Choi, Kyoung Chul Ko, Ho-Jeong Chae, Kyungsu Na*, "CH4 Chlorination with Cl2 using zeolites having different surface polarities: Catalysis descriptors explaining the electrophilic pathway", Journal of CO2 Utilization 42, 101318 (2020). ★
(41) Wen Li, Chong Yang Chuah, Seungdon Kwon, Kunli Goh, Rong Wang, Kyungsu Na**, Tae-Hyun Bae*, "Nanosizing Zeolite 5A Fillers in Mixed-Matrix Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes to Improve Gas Separation Performance", Chemical Engineering Journal Advances 2, 100016 (2020). ★
(40) Bhupendra Kumar Singh, Sunwoo Lee**, Kyungsu Na*, "An overview on metal-related catalysts: metal oxides, nanoporous metals and supported metal nanoparticles on metal organic frameworks and zeolites", Rare Metals 39, 751 (2020). ★
(39) Seungdon Kwon, Ho-Jeong Chae, Kyungsu Na*, "Control of methane chlorination with molecular chlorine gas using zeolite catalysts: Effects of Si/Al ratio and framework type", Catalysis Today, 23 (2020) ★
(38) Seungdon Kwon, Yuyeol Choi, Bhupendra Kumar Singh, Kyungsu Na*, "Selective and rapid capture of Sr2+ with LTA zeolites: Effect of crystal sizes and mesoporosity", Applied Surface Science, 506 (2020). ★
(37) Yongseok Kim, Seungdon Kwon, Yohan Song, Kyungsu Na*, "Catalytic CO2 hydrogenation using mesoporous bimetallic spinel oxides as active heterogeneous base catalysts with long lifetime", Journal of CO2 Utilization 36, 145 (2020). ★
2019
(36) Bhupendra Kumar Singh, Yongseok Kim, Seungdon Kwon, Kyungsu Na*, "Selective Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol to 2-Isopropoxy-Propan-1-Ol over Noble Metal Ion-Exchanged Mordenite Zeolite", Catalysts 9, 885 (2019). ★
2018
(35) Suyeon Yu, Seungdon Kwon, Kyungsu Na*, "Synthesis of LTA zeolites with controlled crystal sizes by variation of synthetic parameters: Effect of Na+ concentration, aging time, and hydrothermal conditions", Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 98, 411 (2021). ★
(34) Daeho Kim, Kyungsu Na*, "Organic-Inorganic Multifunctional Hybrid Catalyst Giving Catalytic Synergies in Cooperative Coupling between CO2 and Propylene Oxide to Propylene Carbonate", Journal of CO2 Utilization 27, 129 (2018). ★
(33) Young Min Byun, Ji Min Lee, Ji Yeon Ryu, Min Jeong Go, Kyung Su Na*, Youngjo Kim** Junseong Lee*, "Titanium complexes containing tridentate [ONO] type Schiff base ligands
for the cycloaddition reaction of CO2 to propylene oxide", Polyhedron 141, 191 (2018). ★
(32) Hyeonho Joo, Daeho Kim, Kwang Soo Lim, Yong Nam Choi, Kyungsu Na*, "Selective methane chlorination to methyl chloride by zeolite Y-based catalysts", Solid State Sciences 77, 74 (2018). ★
(31) Chong Yang Chuah, Suyeon Yu, Kyungsu Na, Tae-Hyun Bae, "Enhanced SF6 recovery by hierarchically structured MFI zeolite", Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 62, 64 (2018). ★
2017
(30) Dasom Jung, Sunwoo Lee*, Kyungsu Na**, "RuO2 supported NaY zeolite catalysts: Effect of preparation methods on catalytic performance during aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol", Solid State Sciences 72, 150 (2017). ★
(29) Hyeonho Joo, Sung June Cho and Kyungsu Na*, “Control of CO2 absorption capacity and kinetics by MgO-based dry sorbents promoted with carbonate and nitrate salts”, Journal of CO2 Utilization 19, 194 (2017). ★
(28) Jaerim Park, Dasom Jung, Han-Sung Kim, Kyungsu Na* and Sunwoo Lee*, "Zeolite-based copper catalyst for decarboxylative coupling of alkynyl carboxylic acids with aryl iodides", Catalysis Communication 99, 83 (2017). ★
(27) Zachariah J. Berkson, Robert J. Messinger, Kyungsu Na, Yongbeom Seo, Ryong Ryoo, and Bradley F. Chmelka*, “Non-Topotactic Transformation of Silicate Nanolayers into Mesostructured MFI Zeolite Frameworks During Crystallization”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56, 5164 (2017). ★
2016
(26) Kyungsu Na, Junwoong Yoon and Gabor A. Somorjai*, “Control of model catalytic conversion reaction over Pt nanoparticle supported mesoporous BEA zeolite catalysts”, Catalysis Today 265, 225 (2016). ★
(25) Francis Mariaraj Irudayanathan, Gabriel Charles Edwin Raja, Han-Sung Kim, Kyungsu Na* and Sunwoo Lee*, “Copper-catalyzed Decarboxylative Hydroboration: Synthesis of Vinyl Boronic Esters”, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society 37, 463 (2016). ★
2015
(24) Nathan Musselwhite,† Kyungsu Na,† Kairat Sabyrov, Selim Alayoglu and Gabor A. Somorjai*, “Mesoporous Aluminosilicate Catalysts for the Selective Isomerization of n-Hexane: The Role of Surface Acidity and Platinum Metal”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137, 10231 (2015). ★
- †Equally contributed to this work
(23) Kyung Min Choi,† Kyungsu Na,† Gabor A. Somorjai* and Omar M. Yaghi*, “Chemical Environment Control and Enhanced Catalytic Performance of Platinum Nanoparticles Embedded in Nanocrystalline Metal-Organic Framework”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137, 7810 (2015). ★
- †Equally contributed to this work
(22) Kyungsu Na and Gabor A. Somorjai*, “Hierarchically Nanoporous Zeolites and Their Heterogeneous Catalysis: Current Status and Future Perspectives”, Catalysis Letters 145, 193 (2015). ★
(21) Robert J. Messinger, Kyungsu Na, Yongbeom Seo, Ryong Ryoo and Bradley F. Chmelka*, “Co-development of crystalline and mesoscopic order in mesostructured zeolite nanosheets”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54, 927 (2015). ★
2014
(20) Kyungsu Na, Selim Alayoglu, Rong Ye and Gabor A. Somorjai*, “Effect of Acidic Properties of Mesoporous Zeolites Supporting Pt Nanoparticles on Control of Activity and Product Selectivity for Hydrogenative Methylcyclopentane Conversion”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, 17207 (2014). ★
(19) Nathan Musselwhite, Kyungsu Na, Selim Alayoglu and Gabor A. Somorjai*, “The Pathway to Total Isomer Selectivity: n-Hexane Conversion (Reforming) on Platinum Nanoparticles Supported on Aluminum Modified Mesoporous Silica (MCF-17)”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, 16661 (2014). ★
(18) Jeong-Chul Kim, Seungyeop Lee, Kanghee Cho, Kyungsu Na, Changq Lee and Ryong Ryoo*, “Mesoporous MFI Zeolite Nanosponge Supporting Cobalt Nanoparticles as a Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst with High Yield of Branched Hydrocarbons in the Gasoline Range”, ACS Catalysis 4, 3919 (2014). ★
(17) Kyungsu Na,† Kyung Min Choi,† Omar M. Yaghi and Gabor A. Somorjai, “Metal Nanocrystals Embedded in Single Nanocrystals of MOFs Give Unusual Selectivity as Heterogeneous Catalysts”, Nano Letters 14, 5979 (2014). ★
- †Equally contributed to this work
(16) Juncong Jiang, Felipe Gándara, Yue-Biao Zhang, Kyungsu Na, Omar M. Yaghi* and Walter G. Klemperer*, “Superacidity in Sulfated Metal-Organic Framework-808”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, 12844 (2014). ★
(15) Kyungsu Na, Nathan Musselwhite, Xiaojun Cai, Selim Alayoglu and Gabor A. Somorjai*, “Promotional Effects of Mesoporous Zeolites with Pt Nanoparticle Catalysts during Reforming of Methylcyclopentane”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A 118, 8446 (2014). ★
(14) Kwangjin An, Selim Alayoglu, Nathan Musselwhite, Kyungsu Na and Gabor A. Somorjai*, “Designed Catalysts of Pt Nanoparticles Supported on Macroporous Oxides for Selective Isomerization of n-Hexane”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, 6830 (2014). ★
(13) Kyungsu Na,† Qiao Zhang,† and Gabor A. Somorjai*, “Colloidal Metal Nanocatalysts: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Applications”, Journal of Cluster Science 25, 83 (2014). ★
- †Equally contributed to this work
2013
(12) Kyungsu Na, Minkee Choi, and Ryong Ryoo*, “Recent advances in the synthesis of hierarchically nanoporous zeolites”, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 166, 3 (2013). ★
2012
(11) Kanghee Cho, Kyungsu Na, Jaeheon Kim, Osamu Terasaki, and Ryong Ryoo*, “Zeolite Synthesis Using Hierarchical Structure-Directing Surfactant: Retaining Porous Structure of Initial Synthesis Gel and Precursors”, Chemistry of Materials 24, 2733 (2012). ★
2011
(10) Woojin Park, Doae Yu, Kyungsu Na, Kim E. Jelfs, Ben Slater, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, and Ryong Ryoo*, “Hierarchically Structure-Directing Effect of Multi-Ammonium Surfactants for the Generation of MFI Zeolite Nanosheets”, Chemistry of Materials 23, 5131 (2011). ★
(9) Kyungsu Na, Changbum Jo, Jeongnam Kim, Kanghee Cho, Jinhwan Jung, Yongbeom Seo, Robert J. Messinger, Bradley F. Chmelka, and Ryong Ryoo*, “Directing Zeolite Structures into Hierarchically Nanoporous Architectures”, Science 333, 328 (2011). ★
- Highlighted: K. Möller, T. Bein, Science 333, 297 (2011); N. Withers, Nature Chemistry 3, 654 (2011).
- Selected as “Breakthrough of the Year, 2011” Science 334, 1634 (2011).
(8) Kyungsu Na, Changbum Jo, Jaeheon Kim, Wha-Seung Ahn, and Ryong Ryoo*, “MFI Titanosilicate Nanosheets with Single-Unit-Cell Thickness as an Oxidation Catalyst Using Peroxides”, ACS Catalysis 1, 901 (2011). ★
(7) Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Minkee Choi, Kyungsu Na, Jeongnam Kim, Woojin Park, Ryong Ryoo and Osamu Terasaki*, “Structural Characterization of Nanosheet-type MFI Zeolite”, Journal of the Crystallographic Society of Japan 53, 135 (2011). ★
(6) Kyungsu Na, Woojin Park, Yongbeom Seo, and Ryong Ryoo*, “Disordered Assembly of MFI Zeolite Nanosheets with a Large Volume of Intersheet Mesopores”, Chemistry of Materials 23, 1273 (2011). ★
2010
(5) Kyungsu Na, Minkee Choi, Woojin Park, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Osamu Terasaki and Ryong Ryoo*, “Pillared MFI Zeolite Nanosheets of a Single-Unit-Cell Thickness”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 132, 4169 (2010). ★
- Selected as a front cover article
2009
(4) Minkee Choi,† Kyungsu Na,† Jeongnam Kim, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Osamu Terasaki and Ryong Ryoo*, “Stable single-unit-cell nanosheets of zeolite MFI as active and long-lived catalysts”, Nature 461, 246 (2009). ★
- †Equally contributed to this work
- Highlighted: A. Corma, Nature 461, 182 (2009); Nature Asia Materials 10-27-2009; Chemistry World (RSC) 09-10-2009; M. Jacoby, Chemical & Engineering News (ACS) 87, 5 (2009).
(3) Kyungsu Na, Minkee Choi, and Ryong Ryoo*, “Cyclic diquaternary ammoniums for nanocrystalline BEA, MTW and MFI zeolites with intercrystalline mesoporosity”, Journal of Materials Chemistry 19, 6713 (2009). ★
(2) Minkee Choi, Kyungsu Na, and Ryong Ryoo*, “The synthesis of a hierarchically porous BEA zeolite via pseudomorphic crystallization”, Chemical Communications 20, 2845 (2009). ★
- Selected as a hot paper
(1) Minkee Choi, Dong-Hwan Lee, Kyungsu Na, Byung-Woo Yu, and Ryong Ryoo*, “High catalytic activity of palladium(II)-exchanged mesoporous sodalite and NaA Zeolite for bulky aryl coupling reactions: reusability under aerobic conditions”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 121, 3727 (2009). ★