PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Synthesis and characterization of advanced, low dimensional, heterostructure and multifunctional  nanomaterials for enery storage and energy conversion application to produce green energy as the alternatives for fossil fuels.
• Development of advanced electrocatalysts for water spliting reactions ( Hydrogen evolution reaction HER, Oxygen evolution reaction OER, Oxygen reduction reaction, CO₂ reduction reaction, N₂ reduction reaction, NH₃ oxidation reaction.
• Development of advanced electrode materials for supercapacitors and alkaline ion batteries and beyond.

PROJECTS

• Thi Anh Le, Quoc Viet Bui, Ngoc Quang Tran, Yunhee Cho, Yeseul Hong, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Hyoyoung Lee, “Synergistic Effects of Nitrogen Doping on MXene for Enhancement of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction,” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7, 19, 16879-16888, 2019.
• Thi Anh Le, Ngoc Quang Tran, Yeseul Hong, Meeree Kim and Hyoyoung Lee, “Porosity-Engineering MXene as Supporting Material for Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst toward Overall Water Splitting,” ChemSusChem, 13, 945-955, 2020.
• Yeoheung Yoon *, Thi Anh Le *, Anand P. Tiwari, Ikjoon Kim, Michel W. Barsoum and Hyoyoung Lee, “Low temperature solution synthesis of reduced two dimensional Ti3C2 MXenes with paramagnetic behavior,” Nanoscale, 10, 22429, 2018.
• Thi Anh Le, Ngoc Quang Tran, Yeseul Hong, Hyoyoung Lee, “Intertwined Titanium Carbide MXene within a 3 D Tangled Polypyrrole Nanowires Matrix for Enhanced Supercapacitor Performances,” (Selected as Hot paper) Chem. Eur. J., 25, 1037 – 1043, 2019.
• Jianmin Yu *, Thi Anh Le *, Ngoc Quang Tran, and Hyoyoung Lee, “Earth-Abundant Transition Metal–Based Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting in Alkaline Media,” Chem. Eur. J., 26, 6423-6436, 2020.
• Yunhee Cho *, Thi Anh Le *, Hyoyoung Lee, “Understanding Surface Modulation to Improve the Photo/Electrocatalysts for Water Oxidation/Reduction,” Molecules, 25, 8, 1965, 2020.
• Thi Anh Le, Franz Egert, Martina Gerle, Indro Shubir Biswas, Fatemeh Razmjooei, Syed Asif Ansar, “Iron Incorporated Raney Nickel as a Highly Efficient, Ultrastable and Industrial Applicable Electrocatalyst toward Alkaline Water Electrolysis,” Joule. (under review)
• Ngoc Quang Tran, Thi Anh Le, Hyoyoung Lee, “An ultralight and flexible sodium titanate nanowire aerogel with superior sodium storage,” J. Mater. Chem. A, 6, 17495, 2018.
• Ngoc Quang Tran, Thi Anh Le, Hyunwoo Kim, Yeseul Hong, Yunhee Cho, G. Hwan Park, Hyunjung Kim, Meeree Kim, Jinju Lee; Won-Sub Yoon, Hyoyoung Lee, “Low Iridium Content Confined Inside Co3O4 Hollow Sphere for Superior Acidic Water Oxidation,” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7, 19, 16640-16650, 2019.
• Yunhee Cho, Thi Anh Le, Hyunjung Kim, Yeseul Hong, Heemin Hwang, Sohyeon Seo, Hyoyoung Lee, “Controlled anisotropic growth of high-aspect-ratio two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenide via conformational occupation of the ligands,” Nanoscale, 13 (2), 1291-1302, 2021.
• Hee Min Hwang, Simgeon Oh, Jae-Hyun Shim, Young-Min Kim, Ansoon Kim, Doyoung Kim, Joosung Kim, Sora Bak, Yunhee Cho, Quoc Viet Bui, Thi Anh Le, Hyoyoung Lee, “Phaseselective Disorder Anatase/order Rutile Interface System for Visible-driven Metal-free CO2 Reduction,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11, 39, 35693-35701, 2019.
• Chau Thi Kim Nguyen, Ngoc Quang Tran, Sohyeon Seo, Simgeon Oh, Jianmin Yu, Meeree Kim, Thi Anh Le, Jinsun Lee Hyoyoung Lee, “Highly efficient nanostructured metaldecorated hybrid semiconductors for solar conversion of CO2 with almost complete CO selectivity,” Materials Today, 11, 005, 2020.
• Hyunjung Kim, Xinghui Liu, Meeree Kim, Yunhee Cho, JinJu Lee, Thi Anh Le, Ngoc Quang Tran, Jadhav Amol, Hyoyoung Lee, “Layer-Dependent Band Structure of Ternary Metal Chalcogeni-des: Thickness-Controlled Hexagonal FeIn2S4,” Chemistry of Materials, 33 (1), 164-176, 2020.
• Chau Thi Kim Nguyen, Ngoc Quang Tran, Thi Anh Le, Hyoyoung Lee, “Covalently Bonded Ir (IV) on Conducted Blue TiO2 for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acid Media,” Catalysts, 11 (10), 1176, 2021.
• Yeseul Hong, Sohyeon Seo*, Kim My Tran, Hyun Ko, Thi Anh Le, Chanwoo Jung, Ji-Hee Kim, Hyun Seung Jung, Jong Wook Bae, and Hyoyoung Lee*. Molecular-Linked Z-Scheme Heterojunction of Ti3+-Doped TiO2 and WO3 Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Removal of Acetaldehyde. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 6, 13, 11381–11391, 2023.
• MOF-Templated Synthesis of Three-Dimensional B-Doped NiCoP Hollow Nanorod Arrays for Highly Efficient and Stable Natural Seawater Splitting. Chi Nghia Nguyen, Thuy Tien Nguyen Tran, Thuy-Kieu Truong, Thi Anh Le, Thong Nguyen-Minh Le, Linh Ho Thuy Nguyen, Chi Cuong Nguyen, and Ngoc Quang Tran. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2023, 6, 20, 10713–10722.