Dae-hyun Nam

Professor Dae-hyun Nam is dedicated to advancing electrocatalysts for sustainable energy conversion and storage. By leveraging expertise in materials science, engineering, and chemistry, he aims to address pressing energy and environmental challenges, paving the way for a sustainable future.

His research focuses on electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), carbon upgrading, and biomass conversion. By leveraging expertise in materials science, engineering, and chemistry, Prof. Nam aims to address pressing energy and environmental challenges, paving the way for a sustainable future.

Education

Ph.D. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Supervisor: Prof. Young-Chang Joo) - (2011-2017)

B.S. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea - (2007-2011)

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor (Feb.2020-)
Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Republic of Korea

Postdoctoral Researcher (Sep.2017- Jan.2020)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (Supervisor: Prof. Edward H. Sargent)

Postdoctoral Researcher (Mar.2017-Aug.2017)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM), Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Supervisor: Prof. Young-Chang Joo)

Honours and Awards

2023

15th Miwon Young Scientist Award , The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.

2021

POSCO Science Fellowship (2022~2023)
POSCO TJ Park Foundation

2017

23rd Human-Tech Paper Award, Silver Prize
Material Science & Process
Samsung Electronics, Republic of Korea

Selected publications

Kim, J., Lee, T., Jung, H.D. et al. Vitamin C-induced CO2 capture enables high-rate ethylene production in CO2 electroreduction. Nat Commun 15, 192 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44586-0

Kim, JY., Ahn, H.S., Kim, I. et al. Selective hydrocarbon or oxygenate production in CO2 electroreduction over metallurgical alloy catalysts. Nat. Synth (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00449-6

M. Luo, A. Ozden, Z. Wang, F. Li, J. Erick Huang, S.-F. Hung, Y. Wang, J. Li, D.-H. Nam, Y. C. Li, Y. Xu, R. Lu, S. Zhang, Y. Lum, Y. Ren, L. Fan, F. Wang, H. Li, D. Appadoo, C.-T. Dinh, Y. Liu, B. Chen, J. Wicks, H. Chen, D. Sinton, E. H. Sargent, Coordination Polymer Electrocatalysts Enable Efficient CO-to-Acetate Conversion. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2209567. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202209567

Xu, A., Hung, SF., Cao, A. et al. Copper/alkaline earth metal oxide interfaces for electrochemical CO2-to-alcohol conversion by selective hydrogenation. Nat Catal 5, 1081–1088 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-022-00880-6

D.-H. Nam, O. Shekhah, A. Ozden, C. McCallum, F. Li, X. Wang, Y. Lum, T. Lee, J. Li, J. Wicks, A. Johnston, D. Sinton, M. Eddaoudi, E. H. Sargent, High-Rate and Selective CO2 Electrolysis to Ethylene via Metal–Organic-Framework-Augmented CO2 Availability. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2207088. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202207088