- 3034 North Engineering Research Center
- Phone (205) 348-9140
Dr. H. Hohyun Sun
Assistant Professor
Contact
- 3034 North Engineering Research Center
- phone (205) 348-9140
Education
- B.S., Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University
- Ph.D., McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. H. Hohyun is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Alabama. He received his BS from Northwestern University in 2015 and his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020, with both degrees in chemical engineering. Afterwards, he joined the Army Research Laboratory as a Harry Diamond Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow where he studied energy materials. His research interest are at the intersection of chemical engineering and materials science with a focus on battery materials as a medium to establish a renewable energy landscape.
Affiliated Areas
Chemical and Biological Engineering, Alabama Mobility and Power Center, Poly-SM Research Center
Selected Publications
- Sun, H. H.*; Pollard, T.; Borodin, O.; Xu, K.; Allen, J. L. Degradation of High Nickel Li-ion Cathode Materials Induced by Exposure to Fully-Charged State and Its Mitigation. Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, 13, 2204360.
- Park, G.-T.; Sun, H. H.; Noh, T.-C.; Maglia, F.; Kim, S.-J.; Lamp, P.; Sun, Y.-K. Nanostructured Co-Free Layered Oxide Cathode that Affords Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles. Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12, 220719
- Sun, H. H.*; Kim, U. H.*; Park, J.-H.; Park, S.-W.; Seo, D.-H.; Heller, A.; Mullins, C. B.; Sun, Y.-K. Transition Metal-doped Ni-rich Layered Cathode Materials for Durable Li-ion Batteries. Nature Commun. 2021, 12, 6552.
- Sun, H. H.; Dolocan, A.; Weeks, J. A.; Heller, A.; Mullins, C. B. Stabilization of Highly Ni-rich Layered Oxide Cathode Through Flower-Petal Grain Array. ACS Nano 2020, 14, 17142 – 17150.
- Sun, H.-H.; Dolocan, A.; Weeks, J. A.; Rodriguez, R.; Heller, A.; Mullins, C.B. In-situ Formation of a Multicomponent Inorganic-rich SEI Layer Provides a Fast Charging and High Specific Energy Li-metal Battery. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2019, 7, 17782 – 17789.
Awards and Honors
- Best Presentation Award, 7th Annual Postdoc & Early Career Research Symposium (2023)
- Army Research Laboratory Harry Diamond Fellowship (2021)
- Marion Johnson South Texas Section Society of Plastics Engineers Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Chemical Engineering (2019)