Education                                                        

- M.S. & Ph. D., Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (2006.3-2011.2)

Advisor: Prof. Joon Taik Park

- B.S., Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University (1999.3-2006.2)

- Military Service (2000.10-2002.12)

Academic Career                                                           

- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea (2019.3-present)

- Assistant, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Mokpo National University, Republic of Korea (2014.3-2019.2)

- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Electrochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, U.S.A. (2012.2-2014.2)

Advisor: Prof. Allen J. Bard

- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Intelligent Nano-bio Materials, Ewha W. University (2011.2-2012.1)

Advisor: Prof. Joon Taik Park

Research Interests                                                         

1. Electrochemistry

- Photoelectrochemistry

- Electroanalytical Chemistry

- Electrochemical Energy Engineering (Electrocatalyst, Supercapacitor, Photocatalyst)

2. Materials chemistry

- Synthesis of non-native crystal structure

- Phase transition of metal oxide

- Characterization of metal and metal oxide nanomaterials

Selected Publications                                                     

1. Nam, K. M.; Shim, J. H.; Ki, H.; Choi, S.-I.; Lee, G.; Jang, J.; Jo, Y.; Jung, M.-H.; Song, H.; Park, J. T.* “Single-crystalline hollow face-centered-cubic cobalt nanoparticles from solid face-centered-cubic cobalt oxide nanoparticles.”Selected as Hot paper.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 9504-9508.

2. Nam, K. M.; Shim, J. H.; Han, D.-W.; Kwon, H. S.; Kang, Y.-M.; Li, Y.; Song, H.; Seo, W. S.*; Park, J. T.* “Syntheses and characterization of wurtzite CoO, rocksalt CoO, and spinel Co₃O₄ nanocrystals: their interconversion and tuning of phase and morphology.”

Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, 4446-4454.

3. Jo, M. R.⁺; Nam, K. M.⁺; Lee, Y. M.; Song, K. S.; Park, J. T.*; Kang, Y.-M.* “Phosphidation of Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ nanoparticles and their electrochemical and biocompatible superiority for lithium-ion batteries.” ( ⁺equal contribution)

Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 11474-11476.

4. Nam, K. M.; Choi, Y. C.; Kim, K. H.; Kim, Y.-I.; Jo, M. R.; Kang, Y.-M.*; Han, Y.-K.*; Park, J. T.* “[100] directed Cu-doped h-CoO nanorod: elucidation of growth mechanism and application to lithium-ion batteries.”

Nanoscale 2012,4, 473-477.

5. Nam, K. M.; Kim, Y.-I.; Jo, Y.; Lee, S. M.; Kim, B. G.; Choi, R.; Choi, S.-I.; Song, H.; Park, J. T.* “New crystal structure: synthesis and characterization of hexagonal wurtzite MnO.”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 8392-8395.

6. Nam, K. M.; Park, H. S.; Lee, H. C.; Meekins, B. H.; Bard, A. J.* “Compositional screening of the Pb-Bi-Mo-O system. Spontaneous formation of a composite of p-PbMoO₄ and n-Bi₂O_{3 ­}with improved photoelectrochemical efficiency and stability.”

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013,2707-2710.

7. Nam, K. M.*; Park, J. T. “Chemical approach to a new crystal structure: Phase control of manganese oxide on a carbon sphere template.”

Chem. Asian J. 2014, 9,3525-3532.

8. Nam, K. M.; Cheon, E. A. ; Shin, W. J.; Bard, A. J.* “Improved photoelectrochemical water oxidation by WO₃/CuWO₄ composite with manganese phosphate electrocatalyst.”

Langmuir 2015, 31,10897-10903.

9. Park, M.; Seo, J. H.; Song, H.*; Nam, K. M.* “Enhanced visible light activity of single-crystalline WO₃ microplates for photoelectrochemical water oxidation.”

J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 9292-9199.

10. Choi, W.; Park, G.; Bae, K.-L.; Choi, J. Y.; Nam, K. M.*; Song, H.* “Metal-semiconductor double shell hollow nanocubes for highly stable hydrogen generation photocatalysts.”

J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 13414-13418.

11. Oh, K. H.; Lee, J.; Park, M.; Song, H.; Chang, J.*; Nam, K. M.* “Preparation and electrochemical characterization of carbonaceous thin layer.”

Electroanalysis 2017, 29, 1062-1068.

12. Seo, J. H.; Park, G.; Oh, K. H.; Kang, S. H.; Lee, H. C.; Cho, S. K.*; Nam, K. M.* “Analysis of charge separation processes in WO₃-BiVO₄ composite for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation.”

J. Electroanal. Chem. 2017, 789, 17-23.

13. Nam, K. M.*; Seo, W. S.*; Song, H.*; Park, J. T.* “Non-native transition metal monoxide nanostructures: Unique physicochemical properties and phase transformations of CoO, MnO, and ZnO.”

NPG Asia Mater. 2017, 9, e364.

14. Jang, S.; Kang, S. W.; Chu, D. H.; Lee, H.-T.; Yang, J.-I.; Jung, H.; Jeong, H.-D.; Nam, K. M.*; Park, J. C.* “Robust iron-carbide nanoparticles supported on alumina for sustainable production of gasoline-range hydrocarbons.”

New J. Chem. 2017, 41, 2756-2763.

15. Leem, Y. J.; Cho, K.; Oh, K. H.; Han, S.-H.; Nam, K. M.*; Chang, J.* “Self-assembled Ni(cyclam)-BTC network on ITO for oxygen evolution catalyst in alkaline solution.”

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 3454-3457.

16. Park, G.⁺; Kim, Y.-I.⁺; Kim, Y. H.⁺; Park, M.; Jang, K. Y.; Song, H.*; Nam, K. M.* “Preparation and phase transition of FeOOH nanorods: Strain effects on catalytic water oxidation.” 

Nanoscale 2017,9, 4751-4758.

17. Jang, K. Y.; Park, G.; Oh, K. H.; Seo, J. H.; Nam, K. M.* “Spontaneous phase transition of hexagonal wurtzite CoO: Application to electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water splitting.”

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 4120-4123.

18. Cheon, S. Y.; Yoon, J.-S.; Oh, K. H.; Jang, K. Y.; Seo, J. H.; Park, J. Y.; Choi, S.-I.; Seo, W. S.*; Lee, G. *; Nam, K. M.* “Sonochemical synthesis of ZnO-ZnS core-shell nanorods for enhanced photoelectrochemical water oxidation.” Selected as Cover image.

J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 2017, 100, 3825-3834.

19. Choi, J. Y.; Jeong, D.; Lee, S. J.; Kang, D.-G.; Kim, S. K.*; Nam, K. M.*; Song, H.* “Engineering reaction kinetics by tailoring the metal tips of metal-semiconductor nanodumbbells.”

Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 5688-5694.

20. Bae, K.-L.; Kim, J.; Lim, C. K.; Nam, K. M.*; Song, H.*“Colloidal zinc oxide-copper(I) oxide nanocatalysts for selective aqueous photocatalytic carbon dioxide conversion into methane.”

Nature Commun. 2017, 8, 1156.

21. Choi, W.; Park, G.; Bae, K.-L.; Choi, J. Y.; Seo, W. S.*; Nam, K. M.*; Song, H.* “Metal-CdSe double shell hollow nanocubes via sequential nanoscale reactions and their photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.”

Top. Catal. 2018, 61, 965-976.

22. Park, G.; Park, J. Y.; Seo, J. H.; Oh, K. H.; Ma, A.; Nam, K. M.* “Ultrasonic-assisted preparation of a pinhole-free BiVO₄ photoanode for enhanced photoelectrochemical water oxidation.”

Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 57570-5573.

23. Park, M.; Seo, J. H.; Kim, J. H.; Park, G.; Park, J. Y.; Seo, W. S.*; Song, H.*; Nam, K. M.* “Effective formation of WO₃ nanoparticle/Bi₂S₃ nanowire composite for improved photoelectrochemical performance.”

J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 17676-17685.

24. Choi, J. Y.; Nam, K. M.*; Song, H.* “Composition effect of alloy semiconductors on Pt-tipped Zn_1-xCd_xSe nanorods for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen generation.”

J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 16316-16321.