TAEKEUN KIM

Center of Electrochemical Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina

301 Main Street, Columbia SC 29209

Phone: 803-553-0703

EDUCATION

  1. University of South Carolina, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia, South Carolina, US 2010-Present

Ph.D candidate in Chemical Engineering

  1. Seoul National University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Seoul, Republic of Korea 2000-2005

Degree: B.S. in Chemical Engineering

EXPERIENCE

  1. Ph.D Candidate and Research Assistant, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC, US 2010-Present
  • Developed Catalytically Active and Highly Stable Catalyst Supports for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells by USC Novel Methodology to Synthesize Carbon Composite Catalyst Support (CCCS)
  • Studied Transition Metal Doped Platinum Cathode Catalyst for PEM Fuel Cells to Improve Activity and Stability
  1. Research Engineer,Samsung SDI, Yongin, Korea 2005-2010
  • Studied Electrode Materials of High Power Lithium Ion Secondary Batteries for Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) Applications 2007-2010

-Improved rate performance and life cycle of Li4Ti5O12 with carbon nano-tubes (CNTs) coating for HEV applications

-Optimized synthesis conditions of specialized LiFePO4 for high power lithium ion battery such as reaction temperature, duration time and carbon additives

  • Developed Fuel Processors for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs)

2006-2007

-Established the 200We scale steam reforming reactor and reaction conditions for natural gas, butane and propane fuels

-Optimized reaction conditions on the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction and the preferential oxidation (PROX) reaction for reducing the carbon monoxide concentration under 10 ppm in hydrogen-rich gas stream

-Measured kinetic parameters, catalytic durability and reactor performance

  • Designed Highly Durable Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEAs) for PEMFCs and Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs) 2005-2006

-Improved non-humidificated operation performances of MEAs by optimizing gas diffusion layer (GDL) characteristics of microporous layer (MPL) and hydrophobicity of cathode backing layer for PEMFC applications

-Studied water balance of air-breathing DMFC MEAs as a function of electro-osmotic drag, methanol crossover and methanol utilization efficiency

SKILLS

  1. Analytical Instruments: Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES), Gas chromatography (GC),Brunauer–Emmett–Teller(BET), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Raman Spectroscopy, Porosimetry, Thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometry,etc.
  2. Computing Skills: Labview, Origin
  3. Others: Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

HONORS

  1. Scholarship, Seoul National University, Seoul, Koreafall 2004
  2. Scholarship, Seoul National University, Seoul, Koreafall 2003
  3. Scholarship, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea spring 2003

PUBLICATIONS

  1. T. Kim, T. Xie, W.S. Jung, F. Gadala-Maria, P. Ganesan, B.N. Popov, “Development of Catalytically Active and Highly Stable Catalyst Supports for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells,” J. Power Sources, 273, (2015) 761-774.
  2. T. Xie, W.S. Jung, T. Kim, P. Ganesan, B.N. Popov, “Development of Highly Active and Durable Hybrid Cathode Catalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 161 (2014) F1489-F1501.
  3. Taekeun Kim, Won Suk Jung, Tianyuan Xie, Akos Kriston, Prabhu Ganesan, David Gamliel, Brian Murphy, and Branko N. Popov, “Development of Hybrid Cathode Catalyst for PEM Fuel Cells”, ECS Trans., 50 (2013) 1875-1885.
  4. Branko N. Popov, Tianyuan Xie, Taekeun Kim, Won Suk Jung, Joseph C. Rotchford, Akos Kriston, and Prabhu Ganesan, “Development of Ultra-Low Loading Pt Alloy Cathode Catalyst for PEM Fuel Cells”, ECS Trans., 58 (2013) 761-778.
  5. Tianyuan Xie, Won Suk Jung, Taekeun Kim, Kriston Akos, Prabhu Ganesan, Branko N Popov, “Development of Highly Active Pt2Ni/CCC Catalyst for PEM Fuel Cell”, ECS Trans., 50 (2013) 1615-1626.
  6. Branko N Popov, Tianyuan Xie, Taekeun Kim, Won Suk Jung, Akos Kriston, Brian Murphy, David Gamliel, Prabhu Ganesan, “Development of Ultra-Low Pt Alloy Cathode Catalyst for PEM Fuel Cells”, ECS Trans., 50 (2013) 773-785.
  7. Akos Kriston, Tianyuan Xie, Taekeun Kim, Won Suk Jung, David Gamliel, Brian Murphy, Prabhu Genesan, and Branko N. Popov. “Analyzing the Effect of Ultra-Low Pt Loading on Mass and Specific Activity of PEM Fuel Cells”, ECS Trans., 50 (2013) 1427-1438.

PRESENTATIONS

  1. Taekeun Kim, Won Suk Jung, Prabhu Ganesan, Tianyuan Xie, and Branko N. Popov, “Development of Ultra-Low Loading Pt/AGC Catalyst for PEM Fuel Cells”, 224th ECS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 27 – November 01, 2013, Oral presentation.
  2. Taekeun Kim, Won Suk Jung, Tianyuan Xie, Akos Kriston, Prabhu Ganesan, and Branko N. Popov, “Development of Hybrid Cathode Catalyst for PEM Fuel Cells”, 222nd ECS Meeting, Honolulu, HI, October 7 – October 12, 2012, Oral presentation.

PATENTS

  1. Tae-keun Kim, Jun-Sik Kim, Jin-Kyu Hong, Sae-Weon Roh, Man-Seok Han, Sung-Soo Kim, Eui-hwan Song, “Negative active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing same, and rechargeable lithium battery including same”, US patent US20110165465 A1.
  2. Tae-keun Kim, Sae-Weon Roh, Sang-Woog Ryu, “Polymer composition for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing same, and rechargeable lithium battery including same”, US patent US20110117442 A1, US8492035 B2.
  3. Jun-Sik Kim, Tae-keun Kim, Jin-Kyu Hong, Sung-Soo Kim, “Positive electrode for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including same”, US patent US20120064398 A1, European patent EP2429020 A1, Chinese patent CN102403493 A.
  4. Jun-Sik Kim, Tae-keun Kim, Sae-Weon Roh, Sung-Soo Kim, “Rechargeable battery”, US patent US20110223448 A1.
  5. Jun-Sik Kim, Tae-keun Kim, Sae-Weon Roh, Sung-Soo Kim, “Rechargeable battery”, US patent US20110097622 A1, US8709639 B2.
  6. Jun-Sik Kim, Tae-keun Kim, Kyeu-Yoon Sheem, Eui-hwan Song, Jeong-soon Shin, Sung-Soo Kim, “Negative active material having a core coated with a low crystalline carbon layer for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including same”, US patent US20110189544 A1, US8334072 B2.
  7. Sae-Weon Roh, Tae-keun Kim, Nam-Soon Choi, Man-Seok Han, Jin-Kyu Hong, Sung-Soo Kim, Jun-Sik Kim, Jae-Min Yang, “Rechargeable battery”, US patent US20110014516 A1.
  8. Sae-Weon Roh, Tae-keun Kim, Nam-Soon Choi, Jin-Kyu Hong, Jun-Sik Kim, Man-Seok Han, Sung-Soo Kim, “Rechargeable battery”, US patent US20100310928 A1, US8492026 B2.
  9. Sae-Weon Roh, Sung-Soo Kim, Tae-keun Kim, Jin-Kyu Hong, Jun-Sik Kim, Man-Seok Han, Nam-Soon Choi, Chong-hoon Lee, “Electrode assembly including separators having crossing pores and rechargeable battery”, US patent US20110052952 A1, US8568929 B2, European patent EP2302717 A1, Chinese patent CN102005600 A.
  10. Jun-Sik Kim, Man-Seok Han, Tae-keun Kim, Sung-Soo Kim, Sae-Weon Roh, “Battery module”, United States patent US20110052965 A1, US patent US8399120 B2.
  11. Sae-Weon Roh, Sung-Soo Kim, Tae-keun Kim, Jin-Kyu Hong, Nam-Soon Choi, Jun-Sik Kim, Man-Seok Han, Chong-hoon Lee, “Secondary battery and method of fabricating of the secondary battery”, US patent US20110217588 A1, European patent EP2367228A1,European patent EP2367228B1, Chinese patent CN102195044A.
  12. Sae-Weon Roh, Man-Seok Han, Tae-keun Kim, Sung-Soo Kim, Jin-Kyu Hong, “Electrode for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing same, and rechargeable lithium battery including same”, US patent US20120052379 A1.
  13. Nam-Soon Choi, Man-Seok Han, Tae-keun Kim, Jin-Kyu Hong, Sung-Soo Kim, “Binder and positive active material composition for rechargeable lithium battery, and rechargeable lithium battery including same”, US patent US20110143198 A1.
  14. Chong-hoon Lee, Jun-Sik Kim, Tae-keun Kim, Sae-Weon Roh, Sung-Soo Kim, “Rechargeable battery”, US patent US20140038032 A1.
  15. Sae-Weon Roh, Sung-Soo Kim, Man-Seok Han, Tae-keun Kim, Jun-Sik Kim, “Electrode assembly, rechargeable battery including the same, and method of manufacturing an electrode thereof”, US patent US20110287303 A1, US8703342 B2.
  16. Man-Seok Han, Eui-hwan Song, Sumihito Ishida, Satoshi Narukawa, Jin-Kyu Hong, Jun-Sik Kim, Kyeu-Yoon Sheem, Tae-keun Kim, Mee-young Lee, “Rechargeable battery, bipolar electrode, and method of manufacturing rechargeable battery”, US patent US20110091770 A1.
  17. Jun-Sik Kim, Eui-hwan Song, Kyeu-Yoon Sheem, Yong-Chul Park, Jin-Kyu Hong, Man-Seok Han, Tae-keun Kim, “Negative active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing the same, and rechargeable lithium battery including the same”, US patent US20100178560 A1, US8273480 B2.
  18. Man-Seok Han, Eui-hwan Song, Sumihito Ishida, Satoshi Narukawa, Jin-Kyu Hong, Jun-Sik Kim, Kyeu-Yoon Sheem, Tae-keun Kim, Mee-young Lee, “Battery module”, US patent US20110008670 A1, US8372536 B2.
  19. Man-Seok Han, Eui-hwan Song, Jin-Kyu Hong, Jun-Sik Kim, Yong-Chul Park, Kyeu-Yoon Sheem, Nam-Soon Choi, Tae-keun Kim, Atsuo Omaru, Satoshi Narukawa, “Rechargeable battery and electrode assembly”, US patent US20100143774 A1.
  20. Jin-Goo Ahn, Sung-Chul Lee, In-Hyuk Son, Woo-Cheol Shin, In-seob Song, Ju-Yong Kim, Yong-Kul Lee, Tae-keun Kim, “Auto ignition type autothermal reformer and fuel cell system having the same”, US patent US20100196776 A1, US8439992 B2.
  21. Sung-Chul Lee, Ju-Yong Kim, Woo-Cheol Shin, Yong-Kul Lee, Sang-Jun Kong, In-Hyuk Son, Jin-Goo Ahn, Tae-keun Kim, “Fuel cell system and reformer”, US patent US20090169932 A1, US7985506 B2, European patent EP2078559 A2, EP2078559 A3, Chinese patent CN101471449 A.
  22. Sung-Chul Lee, Ju-Yong Kim, Woo-Cheol Shin, Yong-Kul Lee, Sang-Jun Kong, In-Hyuk Son, Jin-Goo Ahn, Tae-keun Kim, “Evaporator for fuel cell system”, US patentUS20090107662 A1, European patent EP2056389 A2, EP2056389 A3, Chinese patent CN101425593 A, CN101425593 B, Japanese patent JP2008-024287.
  23. Sung-chul Lee, Ju-yong Kim, Woo-cheol Shin, Yong-kul Lee, Sang-jun Kong, Man-seok Han, In-hyuk Son, Jin-goo Ahn, Tae-keun Kim, “Fuel Cell System”, US patent US20090110978.
  24. Sung-Chul Lee, Ju-Yong Kim, Woo-Cheol Shin, Yong-Kul Lee, Sang-Jun Kong, Man-Seok Han, In-Hyuk Son, Jin-Goo Ahn, Tae-keun Kim, “Fuel cell system”, US patent US20090110978 A1.
  25. Sung-Chul Lee, Ju-Yong Kim, Woo-Cheol Shin, Yong-Kul Lee, Sang-Jun Kong, In-Hyuk Son, Jin-Goo Ahn, Tae-keun Kim, “Fuel reforming device and fuel cell system”, US patent US20090110979 A1, European patent EP2055670 A2, EP2055670 A3, Chinese patentCN101425595 A, CN101425595 B.
  26. Jun-Young Park, Seung-Shik Shin, Mee-young Lee, Tae-keun Kim, “Membrane electrode assembly with multilayered cathode electrode for using in fuel cell system”, US patentUS20080311463 A1.
  27. Seung-Shik Shin, Ho-Jin Kweon, Mee-Young Lee, Tae-Keun Kim, “Small Portable Fuel Cell and Membrane Electrode Assembly Used Therein”, US patent US20080199758 A1.
  28. Seung Shik Shin, Ho Jin Kweon, Tae Keun Kim, “Fuel cell system having no fuel pump”, US patentUS20070092774 A1, US7588854 B2.
  29. Sung-Chul Lee, Ju-Yong Kim, Woo-Cheol Shin, Yong-Kul Lee, Sang-Jun Kong, In-Hyuk Son, Jin-Goo Ahn, Tae-keun Kim, “Fuel Cell System and Reformer for Thereof”, Japanese patent JP2008-113005.
  30. Sung-Chul Lee, Ju-Yong Kim, Woo-Cheol Shin, Yong-Kul Lee, Sang-Jun Kong, In-Hyuk Son, Jin-Goo Ahn, Tae-keun Kim, “Apparatus for Reforming Fuel and Fuel Cell System Therewith”, KR patent KR2007-0109500.
  31. In-Hyuk Son, Ju-Yong Kim, Woo-Cheol Shin, Yong-Kul Lee, Tae-keun Kim, “Reformer for Fuel Cell, Catalyst for Reformer of Fuel Cell and Fuel Cell System”, KR patent KR2007-0108340.
  32. Seung Shik Shin, Ho Jin Kweon, Tae Keun Kim, “Method of Activating Stack for Direct Oxidation Fuel Cell”, KR patent KR2006-0116967.
  33. Seung Shik Shin, Ho Jin Kweon, Tae Keun Kim, “Passive Type Fuel Cell System”, KR patent KR2006-0032497.
  34. Seung Shik Shin, Tae Keun Kim, Mee-young Lee, Ho Jin Kweon, “Activation Method for Fuel Cell System”, KR patent KR2006-0030710.
  35. Seung Shik Shin, Ho Jin Kweon, Tae Keun Kim, Cang Bong Lee, “Stack for Direct Oxidation Fuel Cell and Direct Oxidation Fuel Cell System”, KR patent KR2005-0100745.

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