Hydrogen Energy Research (Prof. Oh) [HERO Lab]

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Prof. Oh Lab at UNIST researches molecular physisorption in nanoporous materials in cryogenic conditions. We exploit such phenomena to solve industrial challenges, such as efficient energy carrier (e.g., hydrogen, methane, etc.) storage and greenhouse gas (e.g., CO2) capture, cost-effective light gas isotope (e.g., H2/D2/T2, 16O/18O, 3He/4He, etc.) separation by quantum sieving, novel H2 boil-off mitigation technology for liquid hydrogen storage and transportation. In particular, efficient hydrogen storage technology will become crucial for the hydrogen economy to achieve carbon neutrality in the future. However, there are still many technical difficulties to be solved, and the main research direction of our team is to solve them. In addition, isotope separation technology using nanoporous materials is spotlighted as a new technology that may replace the expensive cryogenic distillation method. And we are the leading group in these related fields. Moreover, the industrial demand (e.g., semiconductor and display fields) for deuterium is rapidly increasing. Tritium separation and removal technology are also heavily required in nuclear fission and fusion reactors. Therefore, these isotopes separation technology will receive a lot of attention in the near future.

Major research field

Hydrogen production, storage & transportation, Light gas isotope separation, CO2 Capture, Characterization

Desired field of research

Heat pump, Magneto caloric effect, Advanced Characterization for nanoporous materials.

Research Keywords and Topics

1) Nanoporous Materials for Isotope separation
2) LH2 Boil-off reduction for Cryo-Tank
3) H2&CH4 Storage at RT through physisorption
4) Exploiting bio-waste for separation & storage of greenhouse gas
5) Magnetocaloric effect of MOFs for LH2 production

Research Publications

1) Journal of the American Chemical Society, Exploiting the Specific Isotope-Selective Adsorption of MOF for Hydrogen Isotope Separation, Raeesh Muhammad‡, Seohyeon Jee‡, Minji Jung, Jaewoo Park, SungGu Kang*, Kyungmin Choi*, Hyunchul Oh*, (2021) 143, 8232.

2) Advanced Materials, Elucidation of diffusivity of hydrogen isotope in flexible MOFs by Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering, Minji Jung, Jaewoo Park, Raeesh Muhammad, Grzimek Veronika, Jin Yeong Kim, Margarita Russina, Hoi Ri Moon, and Jitae T. Park*, Hyunchul Oh*, (2021) 33, 2007412.

3) Journal of the American Chemical Society, Specific Isotope-Responsive Breathing Transition in Flexible Metal-Organic Frameworks, Jin Yeong Kim‡, Jaewoo Park‡, Junsu Ha, Minji Jung, Dirk Wallacher, Alexandra Franz, Rafael Balderas-Xicohténcatl, Michael Hirscher, Sung Gu Kang, Jitae Park, In Hwan Oh*, Hoi Ri Moon*, and Hyunchul Oh*, (2020) 142, 13278.

Patents

1) MOFs for isotope separation, isotope separation system, isotope separation method and manufacturing method, 1020952740000, J. Kim, H. Oh, H. Moon, 2020

2) Isotope Separation method through flexible MOFs, 1020535180000, J. Kim, H. Moon, H. Oh, 2019

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  • EC01. 화학공정
  • EC0102. 분리/정제기술

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  • 나노소재
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