Many of renewable energy sources exist in varied forms such as waste heat, sunlight, and even wastewater. As a result of such variety of forms, a development of a wide range of energy converting technologies is essential. For example, Li-ion batteries can reversely transform electricity to chemical energy. Microbial fuel cell and thermoelectric module can convert organic matter and heat into electricity, respectively. The overall efficiency of these technologies is largely governed by reaction and transport of energy carriers such as electrons, ions, and phonons. Thus, detailed characterization holds the key to improvement of device performance. Employing analytical and physical chemistry strategies, our group explores electrochemical and solid-state material system applied in important renewable energy applications, namely, Li ion battery, microbial electrochemical device, and thermoelectrics

• Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 2013
• B.S. Chemistry, POSTECH, Korea, 2008

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2014-2017
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 2014
• Undergraduate Researcher, Chemistry, POSTECH, 2007-2008

1. "Non-fluorinated non-solvating cosolvent enabling superior performance of lithium metal negative electrode battery" Junyeob Moon, Dong Ok Kim, Lieven Bekaert, Munsoo Song, Jinkyu Chung, Danwon Lee, Annick Hubin, Jongwoo Lim., Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 4538.
2. "Suppressing High-Current-Induced Phase Separation in Ni-Rich Layered Oxides by Electrochemically Manipulating Dynamic Lithium Distribution" Hyejeong Hyun, Kyeongjae Jeong, Hyukhun Hong, Sungjae Seo, Bonho Koo, Danwon Lee, Subin Choi, Sugeun Jo, Keeyoung Jung, Hoon-Hwe Cho, Heung Nam Han ,Tae Joo Shin, Jongwoo Lim., Advanced Materials, 2021, 2105337.
3. "Pt/Fe2O3 with Pt–Fe pair sites as a catalyst for oxygen reduction with ultralow Pt loading" Ruijie Gao, Jian Wang, Zhen-Feng Huang, Rongrong Zhang, Wei Wang, Lun Pan, Junfeng Zhang, Weikang Zhu, Xiangwen Zhang, Chengxiang Shi, Jongwoo Lim, Ji-Jun Zou.,Nature Energy, 2021, 6, 614-623.
4. "Redirecting Dynamic Surface Restructuring of a Layered Transition Metal Oxide Catalyst for Superior Water Oxidation" Jian Wang, Se-Jun Kim, Jiapeng Liu, Yang Gao, Subin Choi, Jeongwoo Han, Hyeyoung Shin, Sugeun Jo, Juwon Kim, Francesco Ciucci, Hwiho Kim, Qingtian Li, Wanli Yang, Xia Long, Shihe Yang, Sung-Pyo Cho, Keun Hwa Chae, Min Gyu Kim, Hyungjun Kim, Jongwoo Lim., Nature Catalysis, 2021, 4, 212-222.
5. "Origin and Hysteresis of Li Compositional Spatio-Dynamics within Battery Primary Particles" J. Lim*, Y. Li*, D. H. Alsem, H. So, S. Lee, P. Bai, D.A. Cogswell, X. Liu, N. Jin, Y. Yu, N. Salmon, D. Shapiro, M. Z. Bazant, T. Tyliszczak, W. C. Chueh., Science, 2016, 353, 566-571.
6. “Non-precious-metal Catalysts for Alkaline Water Electrolysis: Operando Characterizations, Theoretical Calculations, and Recent Advances.” J. Wang and J. Lim et al., Chemical Society Reviews, 2020, 49, 9154 – 9196.