- Professor Kim Young-hoon's Research Team (Department of Chemical Engineering), Awarded Excellent Paper Presentation Award -

- Awarded at the 2023 Spring Academic Conference of the Korean Industrial Chemistry Society for Excellent Paper Presentation -

- Improving the Production Rate of Hydrogen Peroxide Using Solar-Induced Photothermal Effect -

The graduate student, Shin Hyukjin, from our university (supervised by Professor Kim Young-hoon from the Department of Chemical Engineering) received the Outstanding Paper Presentation Award at the "2023 Korean Industrial Chemistry Society Spring Conference," which took place from May 10th to 12th.

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(From left) Department of Chemical Engineering: Jung So-hee, Dr. Hong Jae-hwan, Shin Hyukjin (award recipient), Ryu Hyun-jeong, Lee Min-gyu

During this academic conference, Shin Hyukjin presented on "Improvement of H2O2 Production Rate using Visible Light Photocatalyst (ZnIn2S4) Loaded with Thermally Responsive Particles" and was selected for excellent research results in the field of environmental energy. Hydrogen peroxide is widely used as an oxidizing agent in industrial disinfectants, bleaching agents, water treatment, and medical applications. Recognizing the excellence in defining a new methodology to enhance the activity of conventional visible light photocatalysts by inducing thermal effects to improve production rate, Shin Hyukjin was awarded this prize.

Shin Hyukjin stated, "It was a great opportunity to study the principles and applications of photocatalysts utilizing solar energy, and I am proud to introduce it to many people." He further expressed, "I hope that research on producing high-value substances such as hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide will continue steadily in the field of photocatalysts, and I would like to pursue research in this field as my career."

To date, Shin Hyukjin has published three first-author papers on research related to thermally responsive particles for thermal sensing patch (Colloids Surf. A), potential exposure of nanoparticles in the laboratory (Clean Technol.), and accelerated weathering of tire particles (Environ. Pollut.).

Meanwhile, the Korean Industrial Chemistry Society, which organized this academic conference, is celebrating its 33rd anniversary. It publishes the representative English journal JIEC (IF 6.760, Q1) and has established itself as a leading society in the field of chemical engineering, industrial chemistry, and advanced chemistry. The society's membership consists of professionals and experts from the chemical engineering field and related industries.