Young‐Jin Ko

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Young‐Jin Ko is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Young‐Jin Ko has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Young‐Jin Ko's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (24 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (16 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (15 papers). Young‐Jin Ko is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (24 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (16 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (15 papers). Young‐Jin Ko collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Japan and United States. Young‐Jin Ko's co-authors include Hyung‐Suk Oh, Woong Hee Lee, Byoung Koun Min, Keun Hwa Chae, Man Ho Han, Hansung Kim, Yun Jeong Hwang, D.H. Bae, S. Shin and Chang Hyuck Choi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Young‐Jin Ko

51 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Electrode reconstruction strategy for oxygen evolution reaction: maintaining Fe-CoOOH phase with intermediate-spin state during electrolysis

2022 384 citations Woong Hee Lee, Man Ho Han et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Young‐Jin Ko South Korea	22	1.5k	1.0k	582	283	230	53	2.0k
Raghuram Chetty India	20	865 0.6×	753 0.7×	482 0.8×	168 0.6×	80 0.3×	68	1.4k
Zixun Yu Australia	20	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	550 0.9×	115 0.4×	122 0.5×	43	1.7k
Sunghyun Uhm South Korea	26	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	742 1.3×	314 1.1×	129 0.6×	69	1.9k
Dewei Rao China	24	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	819 1.4×	210 0.7×	77 0.3×	38	2.0k
Riming Hu China	26	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 2.1×	332 1.2×	176 0.8×	92	2.5k
Asad Ali China	22	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	619 1.1×	99 0.3×	164 0.7×	66	1.9k
Cunying Xu China	22	599 0.4×	737 0.7×	492 0.8×	484 1.7×	450 2.0×	77	1.7k
Chang-Feng Yan China	25	1.1k 0.7×	973 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	561 2.0×	351 1.5×	103	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Young‐Jin Ko

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ko, Young‐Jin, Hyo Sang Jeon, Edward Kim, et al.. (2025). Tailored Reconstruction of Polycrystalline CuO Nanorods Promotes C─C Coupling in CO ₂ Electroreduction. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(5). 1 indexed citations

Ko, Young‐Jin, et al.. (2024). Extremum Seeking-Based Braking Friction Force Maximization Algorithm Using Fuzzy Logic Without Slip Ratio for ABSs. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 9(8). 5272–5283. 2 indexed citations

Ko, Young‐Jin, Chulwan Lim, Min Gyu Kim, et al.. (2024). Extrinsic hydrophobicity-controlled silver nanoparticles as efficient and stable catalysts for CO2 electrolysis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3356–3356. 34 indexed citations

Ko, Young‐Jin, Cheoulwoo Oh, Hyun‐Chul Kim, et al.. (2024). Exploring Oxygen Vacancy Effect in 1D Structural SnIP for CO ₂ Electro‐Reduction to Formate. Small. 20(49). e2404343–e2404343. 3 indexed citations

Ko, Young‐Jin, Hyun‐Chul Kim, Woong Hee Lee, et al.. (2023). Electrochemically robust oxide-supported dendritic Pt and Ir nanoparticles for highly effective polymer electrolyte membrane-unitized regenerative fuel cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(11). 5864–5872. 7 indexed citations

Oh, Cheoulwoo, Man Ho Han, Young‐Jin Ko, et al.. (2023). Activity Restoration of Pt–Ni Octahedron via Phase Recovery for Anion Exchange Membrane‐Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(2). 5 indexed citations

Lee, Woong Hee, Man Ho Han, Young‐Jin Ko, et al.. (2022). Electrode reconstruction strategy for oxygen evolution reaction: maintaining Fe-CoOOH phase with intermediate-spin state during electrolysis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 605–605. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

Ko, Young‐Jin, Woong Hee Lee, Min Gyu Kim, et al.. (2022). Exploring dopant effects in stannic oxide nanoparticles for CO2 electro-reduction to formate. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2205–2205. 131 indexed citations

Ko, Young‐Jin, et al.. (2022). Fabrication of thermally stable mid-infrared optical filters using tantalum microdisc array. Applied Physics Letters. 121(16). 2 indexed citations

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Lee, Woong Hee, Young‐Jin Ko, Jung Hwan Kim, et al.. (2021). High crystallinity design of Ir-based catalysts drives catalytic reversibility for water electrolysis and fuel cells. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4271–4271. 158 indexed citations

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Yang, Bowen, Jae-Sung Kim, Young‐Jin Ko, et al.. (2021). Peroxide activation by microbially synthesized sulfidated iron: Comparison against abiotic iron-based materials in terms of treatment efficiency and oxidative degradation pathway. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 303. 120884–120884. 17 indexed citations

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Ko, Young‐Jin, Keunsu Choi, Woong Hee Lee, et al.. (2020). A catalyst design for selective electrochemical reactions: direct production of hydrogen peroxide in advanced electrochemical oxidation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(19). 9859–9870. 30 indexed citations

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Hong, Junsung, et al.. (2019). In-situ generation of graphene network in silicon carbide fibers: Role of iodine and carbon monoxide. Carbon. 158. 110–120. 8 indexed citations

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Ko, Young‐Jin, Keunsu Choi, Soonjae Lee, et al.. (2018). Strong chromate-adsorbent based on pyrrolic nitrogen structure: An experimental and theoretical study on the adsorption mechanism. Water Research. 145. 287–296. 52 indexed citations

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Kim, Sunwoo, et al.. (2018). A Study on the Control Algorithm of VCU for Micro-mobility. Transactions of Korean Society of Automotive Engineers. 26(1). 32–41. 3 indexed citations

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Ko, Young‐Jin, Inho Kim, Doo Seok Jeong, et al.. (2016). Inherently-Forced Tensile Strain in Nanodiamond-Derived Onion-like Carbon: Consequences in Defect-Induced Electrochemical Activation. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 23913–23913. 8 indexed citations

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Ko, Young‐Jin. (2014). Study on the Application of the Electric Drive System of Fuel Pump for Diesel Engine of Commercial Vehicle using HILS. Transactions of Korean Society of Automotive Engineers. 22(2). 166–174.

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Ko, Young‐Jin, et al.. (2009). Application of High Level Vacuum Die Casting for the Automotive Parts. SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing. 2(1). 128–133. 2 indexed citations

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Lim, Katie Heeyum, et al.. (2009). Effect of operating conditions on carbon corrosion in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 193(2). 575–579. 120 indexed citations

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Ko, Young‐Jin, Hyung‐Suk Oh, & Hansung Kim. (2009). Effect of heat-treatment temperature on carbon corrosion in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 195(9). 2623–2627. 34 indexed citations

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