MEDL Multiscale Energy Device Laboratory

Professor

Prof. Sangmin Lee PhD

  • Professor
  • School of Mechanical Engineering
  • Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
  • Phone: +82-2-820-5071
  • E-mail: slee98@cau.ac.kr

Education

2005.03 – 2011.02 Ph. D, Postech, Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Prof. Woonbong Hwang)
Thesis: Design and Applications of Nanohoneycomb and Superhydrophobic nanostructures
1998.03 – 2005.02 B.S. Chung-Ang University, School of Mechanical Engineering

Work experience

2022.09 – present Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Korea
2018.03 – 2022.08 Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Korea
2014.03 – 2018.02 Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Korea
2013.12 – 2014.02 Post Doc., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Postech, Korea
2011.11 – 2013.12 Post Doc., School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
2011.03 – 2011.08 Post Doc., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Postech, Korea
2005.03 – 2011.02 Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Postech, Korea

Research interests

  • Mechanical energy harvesting
  • Triboelectric nanogenerator
  • Energy-loss harvesting
  • Water electrification
  • Electrical stimulation
  • Energy transfer medium
  • Surface modification
  • Kinematic design

Selected Publications

1)
Energy-loss Return Gate via Liquid Dielectric Polarization

Nature Communications , 9, 1437 (2018)

2)
Ultrahigh performance, serially stackable, breeze driven triboelectric generator via ambient air ionizing channel

Advanced Materials 35(24), 2300283 (2023)

3)
Synchronous generation of electrical and cellular energies via body-mediated energy transfer: inevitable electric field concentration

ACS Energy Letters 8(7), 2954-2961 (2023) (Supplementary Cover)

4)
Charge Accumulating Flutter based Triboelectric Nanogenerator via Discharge Gateway

Advanced Energy Materials 13(14), 2204239 (2023)

5)
Inhalation-driven vertical flutter triboelectric nanogenerator with amplified output as a gas-mask-integrated self-powered multifunctional system

Advanced Energy Materials 12(31), 2201001 (2022) (front cover)

6)
Body-Mediated Bioelectronics for Zero-Powered Ion Release and Electrical Stimulation

ACS Energy Letters 7(11), 3997-4004 (2022)

7)
Stress Dissipation Encoded Silk Fibroin Electrode for the Athlete-beneficial Silk Bioelectronics,

Advanced Science 2105420 (2022) (Inside Front Cover)

8)
Non-polar liquid lubricant submerged triboelectric nanogenerator for current amplification via direct electron flow

Advanced Energy Materials 11(25), 2100936 (2021) (Front Cover)

9)
Ion-enhanced field emission triboelectric nanogenerator

Advanced Energy Materials 9, 1901731 (2019) (Front Cover)

10)
Capacitor‐Integrated Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on Metal–Metal Contact for Current Amplification

Advanced Energy Materials 8, 1703024 (2018) (Frontispiece)

11)
Hand-driven gyroscopic hybrid nanogenerator for recharging portable devices

Advanced Science 5, 1801054 (2018) (Front Cover)

12)
Design and optimization of rotating triboelectric nanogenerator by water electrification and inertia

Nano Energy 27, 340-351 (2016) (Front Cover)

Academic Activities

- Editorial Board, Scientific Reports
- Editorial Board, Nanoenergy Advances

Awards & Honors

2022 한국전기전자재료학회, 우수발표상 수상
2021 한국전기전자재료학회, 최우수발표상 수상
2021 AISM, The Eight Asia Best Academic Award
2020 과학기술정보통신부장관, 2020 국가연구개발 우수성과 100선
2019 한국복합재료학회, 신진학술상 수상