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2D Materials and Devices Group

Jungho Kim

 

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy,
University of Cambridge,
27 Charles Babbage Road,
Cambridge, CB3 0FS

jk831@cam.ac.uk

 

 

 

Professional Experience:

  • Research Associate (March 2021 - Present): Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Uiversity of Cambridge
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (March 2020 - Feb 2021): Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

 

 

Education:

  • PhD (Sep 2012- Feb 2020): Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
        Thesis: "Phase Transformation and Optoelectronic Applications in van de Waals Layered Materials"
  • BS (March 2006 - Aug 2012): Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

 

 

Research Interests:

  • 2D materials based contact engineering and novel device applications

 

 

Publications:

  • J. H. Kim, H. S. Lee, G. H. Ahn, J. Lee, H. M. Oh, J. Choi, Y. H. Lee, “Dielectric Nanowire Hybrids for Plasmon-Enhanced Light-Matter Interaction in 2D Semiconductors”, ACS Nano, 14, 11985-11994 (2020)
  • H. Choi, B. H. Moon, J. H. Kim, S. J. Yun, G. H. Han, S. Lee, H. Z. Gul, Y. H. Lee, “Edge contact for carrier injection and transport in MoS2 field-effect transistors”, ACS Nano 13 (11), 13169-13175 (2019)
  • J. H. Kim, J. Lee, H. Kim, S. J. Yun, J. Kim, H. S. Lee, Y. H. Lee, “Optical logic operation via plasmon-exciton interconversion in 2D semiconductors”, Scientific Reports 9, 9164 (2019)
  • J. H. Kim, S. J. Yun, H. S. Lee, J. Zhao, H. Bouzid, and Y. H. Lee, “Plasma-Induced Phase Transition of SnS2 to SnS”, Scientific Reports 8, 10284 (2018)
  • H. Lee, S. Bak, S-J. An, J. H. Kim, E. Yun, M. Kim, S. Seo, M. S. Jeong, H. Lee, “Highly Efficient Thin-Film Transistor via Cross-Linking of 1T Edge Functional 2H Molybdenum Disulfides”, ACS Nano 11 (12), 12832-12839 (2017)
  • S. Kim, J. H. Kim, D. Kim, G. Hwang, J. Baik, H. Yang, S. Cho, “Post-patterning of an electronic homojunction in atomically thin monoclinic MoTe2”, 2D Materials 4 (2), 024004 (2017)
  • J. H. Lee, H. Z. Gul, H. Kim, B. Hee Moon, S. Adhikari, J. H. Kim, H. Choi, Y. H. Lee, S. C. Lim, “Photocurrent Switching of Monolayer MoS2 Using a Metal–Insulator Transition”, Nano Letters 17 (2), 673-678 (2017)
  • H. M. Oh, H. Jeong, G. H. Han, H. Kim, J. H. Kim, S. Y. Lee, S. Y. Jeong, S. Jeong, D. J. Park, K. K. Kim, Y. H. Lee, M. S. Jeong, “Modulating Electronic Properties of Monolayer MoS2 via Electron-Withdrawing Functional Groups of Graphene Oxide”, ACS Nano 10 (11), 10446-10453 (2016)
  • G. H. Han, D. H. Keum, J. Zhao, B. G. Shin, S. Song, J. J. Bae, J. Lee, J. H. Kim, H. Kim, B. H. Moon, Y. H. Lee, “Absorption dichroism of monolayer 1T′-MoTe2 in visible range”, 2D Materials 3 (3), 031010 (2016)
  • S. K. Kim, R. Bhatia, T-H. Kim, D. Seol, J. H. Kim, H. Kim, W. Seung, Y. Kim, Y. H. Lee, S-W. Kim, “Directional dependent piezoelectric effect in CVD grown monolayer MoS2 for flexible piezoelectric nanogenerators”, Nano Energy 22, 483-489 (2016)
  • S. Cho, S. Kim, J. H. Kim, J. Zhao, D. H. Keum, J. Baik, D-H. Choe, K. J. Chang, K. Suenaga, S. W. Kim, Y. H. Lee, H. Yang, “Phase patterning of ohmic homojunction contact in MoTe2”, Science 349 (6248), 625-628 (2015)
  • D. H. Keum, S. Cho, J. H. Kim, D.-H. Choe, H.-J. Sung, M. Kan, H. Kang, J.-Y. Hwang, S. W. Kim, H. Yang, K. J. Chang, Y. H. Lee, “Bandgap opening in few-layered monoclinic MoTe2”, Nature Physics 11 (6), 482 (2015)
  • D. Lee, G. D. Kwon, J. H. Kim, E. Moyen, Y. H. Lee, S. Baik, D. Pribat, “Significant enhancement of the electrical transport properties of graphene films by controlling the surface roughness of Cu foils before and during chemical vapor deposition”, Nanoscale 6 (21), 12943-12951 (2014)

 

Contact Information

   jk831@cam.ac.uk

 

Latest Happenings in the 2DMD Sphere

2D TMDs Conference 2025

After the success of the 2D TMDs Conference in Cambridge and Hong Kong, the conference is back in Cambridge next year! The conference will gather leading researchers from academia and industry to present cutting-edge research in the field of atomically thin TMDs and related materials for fields including electronics, photonics, and energy storage. Click https://www.2dtmds2025.com/  to find out more and register!

20th - 24th July 2025

New Paper Alert!

Check out our latest paper "Effect of Substrate on Sulfur Vacancy Defect-Mediated Photoluminescence in Two-Dimensional MoS2" in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C here.

18th April 2025

New Paper Alert!

Check out our latest paper "Mapping Polysulfides in Sodium–Sulfur Batteries" in ACS Nano here.

28th February 2025

Group dinner with Prof. Jieun and Prof. Sakaushi!

The Group enjoyed a lovely dinner at The Old Spring to wrap up the week!

21st February 2025

Seminar by Prof. Sakaushi!

A very interesting talk by Prof. Sakaushi from NIMS, Japan on "Expanding the limit of human’s capability with artificial intelligence for accelerated discovery of advanced electrochemical materials" to end the week!

21st February 2025

Congratulations Dr. Li!

Congratulations to our latest PhD graduate, Dr. Li! We wish you all the best in your next step in life and we will miss you dearly!

21st February 2025

Seminar by Prof. Jieun Yang

It was great to have Prof. Yang, a former post-doc in the group give a talk on "Synthesis of two-dimensional iron sulfides for energy applications"!

19th February 2025