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Sang-Wook Park

Postdoc

Sang-Wook Park

Computational Materials Design & Discovery Lab

Research field: Disordered Rocksalt and High Nickel cathode materials

[email protected] ↗

Background

2026 ~ : Postdoctoral associate, KAIST

2023 ~ 2026: Ph.D., Mater. Sci. Eng., KAIST

2020 ~ 2023: Master, Energy Chem. Eng., UNIST

2022: Visiting Scholar, Prof. Jinhyuk Lee's group, McGill University

2014 ~ 2020: B.S., Nano-energy Eng., Pusan Nat. Uni.

Research, publications & activities

Sang Wook Park

Education

KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Ph.D., candidate, Materials Science and Engineering  (2023 ~ current)

UNIST, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

M.S., Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering  (2020 ~ 2023)

Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea

B.S., Department of Nano-energy Engineering (2014 ~ 2020)

Research interests

Disordered Rocksalt (DRX) and High Nickel cathode materials 

Honors and Awards

A Gold medal for ICAE Best Poster Award in 6th International Conference on Advanced Electromaterials (ICAE 2021). 

Publications (8)

Advanced Energy Materials, 15(48), e03496 (2025)

High-Throughput Synthesis of Mn-Based Disordered Rock-Salt Li-Ion Cathodes with Improved Rate Capability via Rapid Joule-Heating

Sang-Wook Park†, Hojoon Kim†, Sangwook Han, Kyoung Sun Kim, You-Yeob Song, Hyun-Gi Lee, Wonyoung Jang, Dae-Hyung Lee, Seongjae Bae, Dongwoo Kim, Jungwoo Park, Inchul Park, Sang-Cheol Nam, Hyungsub Kim, Jinhyuk Lee, Kisuk Kang*, Dong-Hwa Seo*

System: Lithium-ion batteries

Impact Factor 25.5 · Top 2.4%
Best-ranked category
Energy & Fuels
JCR rank
5 / 191 journals · Top 2.4%
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Citation details & BibTeX
@article{pub1272025,
  title = {{High-Throughput Synthesis of Mn-Based Disordered Rock-Salt Li-Ion Cathodes with Improved Rate Capability via Rapid Joule-Heating}},
  author = {Park, Sang-Wook and Kim, Hojoon and Han, Sangwook and Kim, Kyoung Sun and Song, You-Yeob and Lee, Hyun-Gi and Jang, Wonyoung and Lee, Dae-Hyung and Bae, Seongjae and Kim, Dongwoo and Park, Jungwoo and Park, Inchul and Nam, Sang-Cheol and Kim, Hyungsub and Lee, Jinhyuk and Kang, Kisuk and Seo, Dong-Hwa},
  journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
  year = {2025},
  volume = {15},
  number = {48},
  eid = {e03496},
  doi = {10.1002/aenm.202503496},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202503496}
}
Advanced Energy Materials, 15(17), 2404404 (2025)

Attaining Full Li-ion Storage Capacity in Nearly Defect-free and Preferential Orientation Grown LiCoPO4 via ab initio Solvothermal Crystallization Control

Moohyun Woo†, Sang-Wook Park†, Jinhyuk Lee, Dong-Hwa Seo*, George P. Demopoulos*

Materials: Polyanion cathodes · System: Lithium-ion batteries

Impact Factor 25.5 · Top 2.4%
Best-ranked category
Energy & Fuels
JCR rank
5 / 191 journals · Top 2.4%
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Citation details & BibTeX
@article{pub1082025,
  title = {{Attaining Full Li-ion Storage Capacity in Nearly Defect-free and Preferential Orientation Grown LiCoPO4 via ab initio Solvothermal Crystallization Control}},
  author = {Woo, Moohyun and Park, Sang-Wook and Lee, Jinhyuk and Seo, Dong-Hwa and Demopoulos, George P.},
  journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
  year = {2025},
  volume = {15},
  number = {17},
  eid = {2404404},
  doi = {10.1002/aenm.202404404},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202404404}
}
EcoMat, 6(12), e12502 (2024)

Impact of Conducting Agents on Sulfide and Halide Electrolytes in Disordered Rocksalt Cathode-Based All-Solid-State Batteries

Youngkwang Jung†, You-Yeob Song†, Yoon-Seong Kim†, Yubin Chung, Dae-Hyung Lee, Sang-Wook Park, Hojoon Kim, Hong-Seok Min, Jesik Park, Juyeong Seong, Sung-Kyun Jung, Dong-Hwa Seo*

Materials: Halide solid electrolytes, Sulfide solid electrolytes

Impact Factor 11.3 · Top 10.1%
Best-ranked category
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
JCR rank
12 / 114 journals · Top 10.1%
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Citation details & BibTeX
@article{pub1072024,
  title = {{Impact of Conducting Agents on Sulfide and Halide Electrolytes in Disordered Rocksalt Cathode-Based All-Solid-State Batteries}},
  author = {Jung, Youngkwang and Song, You-Yeob and Kim, Yoon-Seong and Chung, Yubin and Lee, Dae-Hyung and Park, Sang-Wook and Kim, Hojoon and Min, Hong-Seok and Park, Jesik and Seong, Juyeong and Jung, Sung-Kyun and Seo, Dong-Hwa},
  journal = {EcoMat},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {6},
  number = {12},
  eid = {e12502},
  doi = {10.1002/eom2.12502},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/eom2.12502}
}
Energy & Environmental Science, 17, 6521(2024)

Horizontal lithium growth driven by surface dynamics on single crystal Cu(111) foil

Min-Ho Kim†, Dong Yeon Kim†, Yunqing Li, Juyoung Kim, Min Hyeok Kim, Jeongwoo Seo, Benjamin V. Cunning, Taewon Kim, Sang-Wook Park, Rodney S. Ruoff*, Dong-Hwa Seo*, Sunghwan Jin*, Hyun-Wook Lee*

System: Lithium-metal batteries

Impact Factor 30.5 · Top 0.8%
Best-ranked category
Engineering, Chemical
JCR rank
2 / 183 journals · Top 0.8%
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Citation details & BibTeX
@article{pub1022024,
  title = {{Horizontal lithium growth driven by surface dynamics on single crystal Cu(111) foil}},
  author = {Kim, Min-Ho and Kim, Dong Yeon and Li, Yunqing and Kim, Juyoung and Kim, Min Hyeok and Seo, Jeongwoo and Cunning, Benjamin V. and Kim, Taewon and Park, Sang-Wook and Ruoff, Rodney S. and Seo, Dong-Hwa and Jin, Sunghwan and Lee, Hyun-Wook},
  journal = {Energy & Environmental Science},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {17},
  number = {18},
  pages = {6521--6532},
  doi = {10.1039/d4ee01766h},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ee01766h}
}
Energy & Environmental Science, 17, 3753 (2024)

Nearly all-active-material cathodes free of nickel and cobalt for Li-ion batteries

Eunryeol Lee†, Dae-Hyung Lee†, Stéphanie Bessette, Sang-Wook Park, Nicolas Brodusch, Gregory Lazaris, Hojoon Kim, Rahul Malik, Raynald Gauvin, Dong-Hwa Seo*, Jinhyuk Lee*

System: Lithium-ion batteries

Impact Factor 30.5 · Top 0.8%
Best-ranked category
Engineering, Chemical
JCR rank
2 / 183 journals · Top 0.8%
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Citation details & BibTeX
@article{pub972024,
  title = {{Nearly all-active-material cathodes free of nickel and cobalt for Li-ion batteries}},
  author = {Lee, Eunryeol and Lee, Dae-Hyung and Bessette, Stéphanie and Park, Sang-Wook and Brodusch, Nicolas and Lazaris, Gregory and Kim, Hojoon and Malik, Rahul and Gauvin, Raynald and Seo, Dong-Hwa and Lee, Jinhyuk},
  journal = {Energy & Environmental Science},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {17},
  number = {11},
  pages = {3753--3764},
  doi = {10.1039/d4ee00551a},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ee00551a}
}
Advanced Energy Materials, 14, 2400402 (2024)

Redox Engineering of Fe-Rich Disordered Rock-Salt Li-ion Cathode Materials

Richie Fong, Nauman Mubarak, Sang-Wook Park, Gregory Lazaris, Yiwei Liu, Rahul Malik, Dong-Hwa Seo, Jinhyuk Lee*

System: Lithium-ion batteries

Impact Factor 25.5 · Top 2.4%
Best-ranked category
Energy & Fuels
JCR rank
5 / 191 journals · Top 2.4%
View in Journal Citation Reports ↗
Citation details & BibTeX
@article{pub962024,
  title = {{Redox Engineering of Fe-Rich Disordered Rock-Salt Li-ion Cathode Materials}},
  author = {Fong, Richie and Mubarak, Nauman and Park, Sang-Wook and Lazaris, Gregory and Liu, Yiwei and Malik, Rahul and Seo, Dong-Hwa and Lee, Jinhyuk},
  journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {14},
  number = {22},
  eid = {2400402},
  doi = {10.1002/aenm.202400402},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202400402}
}
Advanced Materials, 35(13), 2208423 (2023), featured on the front cover

Nanocomposite engineering of a high-capacity partially ordered cathode for Li-ion batteries

Eunryeol Lee, Tae-Ung Wi, Jaehyun Park, Sang-Wook Park, Min-Ho Kim, Dae-Hyung Lee, Byung-Chun Park, Chiho Jo, Rahul Malik, Jong Hoon Lee*, Tae Joo Shin, Seok Ju Kang, Hyun-Wook Lee*, Jinhyuk Lee, Dong-Hwa Seo*

System: Lithium-ion batteries

Impact Factor 29.1 · Top 1.8%
Best-ranked category
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
JCR rank
5 / 250 journals · Top 1.8%
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Citation details & BibTeX
@article{pub802023,
  title = {{Nanocomposite engineering of a high-capacity partially ordered cathode for Li-ion batteries}},
  author = {Lee, Eunryeol and Wi, Tae-Ung and Park, Jaehyun and Park, Sang-Wook and Kim, Min-Ho and Lee, Dae-Hyung and Park, Byung-Chun and Jo, Chiho and Malik, Rahul and Lee, Jong Hoon and Shin, Tae Joo and Kang, Seok Ju and Lee, Hyun-Wook and Lee, Jinhyuk and Seo, Dong-Hwa},
  journal = {Advanced Materials},
  year = {2023},
  volume = {35},
  number = {13},
  eid = {2208423},
  doi = {10.1002/adma.202208423},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202208423}
}
Nature Communications, 12, 6552 (2021)

Transition metal-doped Ni-rich layered cathode materials for durable Li-ion batteries

H. Hohyun Sun†, Un-Hyuck Kim†, Jeong-Hyeon Park, Sang-Wook Park, Dong-Hwa Seo, Adam Heller, C. Buddie Mullins*, Chong S. Yoon, Yang-Kook Sun*

Materials: Layered oxide cathodes · System: Lithium-ion batteries

Impact Factor 18.1 · Top 5.4%
Best-ranked category
Multidisciplinary Sciences
JCR rank
8 / 140 journals · Top 5.4%
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Citation details & BibTeX
@article{pub702021,
  title = {{Transition metal-doped Ni-rich layered cathode materials for durable Li-ion batteries}},
  author = {Sun, H. Hohyun and Kim, Un-Hyuck and Park, Jeong-Hyeon and Park, Sang-Wook and Seo, Dong-Hwa and Heller, Adam and Mullins, C. Buddie and Yoon, Chong S. and Sun, Yang-Kook},
  journal = {Nature Communications},
  year = {2021},
  volume = {12},
  number = {1},
  eid = {6552},
  doi = {10.1038/s41467-021-26815-6},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26815-6}
}

Patents (10)

Dong-Hwa Seo, Eunryeol Lee, Sang Wook Park, Chiho Jo, Byungcheon Park, "POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY WHICH INCLUDE THE SAME", US patent (18/857,584, 2024-10-17 filed), JP patent (2024-562344, 2024-10-22 filed), CN patent (202380035661.5, 2024-10-22 filed), EP patent (23792211.7, 2024-10-17 filed)

Dong-Hwa Seo, Hongseok Min, Sang Wook Park, Eunryeol Lee, Hojoon Kim, Jesik Park,  Sunwoo Noh, Jeonghyun Seo, Imsul Seo, Juyeong Seong, Chungbum Lim, "CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES HAVING A MULTIPHASE STRUCTURE AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF", US patent (18/411,860, 2024-01-12 filed)

Jesik Park, Hongseok Min, Sunwoo Noh, Jeonghyun Seo, Chungbum Lim, Juyeong Seong, Imsul Seo, Dong-hwa Seo, Eunryeol Lee, Sangwook Park, Hojoon Kim, "CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES HAVING A MULTIPHASE STRUCTURE AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF", CN patent (202410150179.2, 2024-02-02 filed)

Dong-Hwa Seo, Chang Dae Lee, Hyun Gi Lee, Young Kwang Jung, Sang Wook Park, Yubin Chung, Sang Bok Ma, Kyung Duck Park, Han Mo Yang, "Dry discharge method for disabling spent batteries", KR patent (10-2023-0190307, 2023-12-22 filed, 10-3002782, 2026-08-05 granted)

Jesik Park, Hongseok Min, Sunwoo Noh, Jeonghuyn Seo, Chungbum Lim, Juyeong Seong, Imsul Seo, Dong-hwa Seo, Eunryeol Lee, Sangwook Park, Hojoon Kim, "CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING MULTI-PHASE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF", KR patent (10-2023-0146476, 2023-10-30 filed)

Dong-Hwa Seo, Chang Dae Lee, Hyun Gi Lee, Young Kwang Jung, Sang Wook Park, Sang Bok Ma, Kyung Duck Park, Han Mo Yang, "Method for fully discharging used battery", KR patent (10-2023-0121632, 2023-09-13 filed, 10-3013452, 2026-08-28 granted)

Dong-Hwa Seo, Eunryeol Lee, Dae Hyung Lee, Sangwook Park, J. H. Lee, "CATHODE MATERIAL BASED ON DISORDERED ROCK SALT STRUCTURE AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME", KR patent (10-2023-0089961, 2023-07-11 filed, 10-2876512, 2025-10-21 granted)

Dong-Hwa Seo, Eunryeol Lee, Dae Hyung Lee, Sangwook Park, J. H. Lee, "MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR DISORDERED ROCKSALT-CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CATHODE MATERIAL USING THE SAME", KR patent (10-2023-0089965, 2023-07-11 filed, 10-2876516, 2025-10-21 granted)

Jesik Park, Hongseok Min, Sunwoo Noh, Jeonghuyn Seo, Chungbum Lim, Juyeong Seong, Imsul Seo, Dong-hwa Seo, Eunryeol Lee, Sangwook Park, "POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME", KR patent (10-2023-0083127, 2023-06-28 filed), US patent (18/527,866, 2023-12-04 filed)

Dong-Hwa Seo, Eunryeol Lee, Sang-Wook Park, C.-H. Jo, B.-C. Park, “Positive Electrode Active Material Positive Electrode and Lithium Secondary Battery Comprising the Same”, KR patent (10-2022-0050421, 2022-04-22 filed)

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