REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Luo, H.; Huang, J.; Li, C.; An, A.K.; Kim, Y.* Single-Crystalline Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks as Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries. Isr. J. Chem. (2026)
Invited to a special collection, "Reticular Chemistry and New Materials," dedicated to honoring Professor Omar Yaghi's receipt of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and his 60th birthday
Tian, Y.†; Cheng, X.†; Cheng, L.†; Chang, Y.; Wu, J.; Gu, M.; Bang, K.T.; Wang, R.; Tao, R.; Wang, Y.; So, S.; Wang, Y.*; Kim, Y.* Single-Crystalline Borate Covalent Organic Frameworks for Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries. Adv. Sci. (2026)
Wang, R.†; Zhang, Z,†.; Cheng, X.†; Dang, Z.; Tian, Y.; Yuan, Y.; Wang, Y.*; Kim, Y.* Bimetallic and Bipolar Covalent Organic Framework Cathodes for Polysulfide Catalysis and Trapping for Li–S Batteries. Small e10658 (2025)
Yin, Z.; Wu, J.; Tian, Y.; Yuan, Y.; Gu, M.; Wang, Y.; Kim, Y.* High-Performance Quasi-Solid-State Calcium-Ion Batteries from Redox-Active Covalent Organic Framework Electrolytes. Adv. Sci. e12328 (2025)
Yin, Z.; Kim, Y.* Sustainable Polymers for Battery Applications. Prog. Polym. Sci. 171, 102038 (2025)
Invited to “Rising Stars 2025” Special Issue
Gu, M.; Wu, J.; Li, C.; Zhang, Z.; Li, R.; Tian, Y.; Bang, K.T.; Wang, R.; Suleman, S.; Yuan, Y.; Huang, J.; Shin, D.M.; Xu, Z.L.; Wang, Y.; Kim, Y.* Mechanically Assisted Li+-Conduction in Crown Ether-Covalent Organic Framework Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries. Adv. Mater. 2511473 (2025)
Wang, R.†; Wang, Y.†; Zhang, Z.; Wu, Y.; Dang, Z.; Cheng, X.; Chen, X.; Feng, W.; Lam, L.Y.F.; Hu, X.; Wang, Y.; Shang, J.*; Kim, Y.* NO2 Adsorption at Humid, Low-Concentration Environments Using Undulated and Metalated Covalent Organic Frameworks. Adv. Func. Mater. e17370 (2025)
Tian, Y.; Hui, X.; Wang, K.; Yuan, Y.; Chen, H.; Bang, K.T.; Tao, R.; Wang, R.; Shin, D.M.; Lan, Y.; Xu, Z.L.; Kim, Y.* Freestanding Phosphonium Covalent Organic Frameworks with Efficient Hydroxide Conduction for Zinc–Air Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. e202419257 (2024)
Hot paper selected by the journal
Huang, J.†; Li, C.†; Jiang, D.; Gao, J.; Cheng, L.; Li, G.; Luo, H.; Xu, Z-L.; Shin, D-M.; Wang, Y.; Lu, Y.; Kim, Y.* Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries: State‐of‐the‐Art and Perspectives. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2411171 (2024)
Highly Cited Paper
Kim, Y.*; Li, C.; Huang, J.; Yuan, Y.; Tian, Y.; Zhang, W.* Ionic Covalent Organic Framework Solid-State Electrolytes. Adv. Mater. 2407761 (2024)
Huang, J.; Cheng, L.; Zhang, Z.; Li, C.; Bang, K.T.; Liem, A.+; Luo, H.; Hu, C.; Lee, Y.M.; Lu, Y.; Wang, Y.*; Kim, Y.* High-Performance All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by Ionic Covalent Organic Framework Composites. Adv. Energy Mater. 2400762 (2024)
Yuan, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Bang, K.T.; Tian, Y.; Dang, Z.; Gu, M.; Wang, R.; Tao, R.; Lu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Kim, Y.* Imidazolate Covalent Organic Frameworks with Ether Chains as Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. e202402202 (2024)
Li, C.; Wang, D.D.; Poon Ho, G.S.H.; Zhang, Z.; Huang, J.; Bang, K.T.; Lau, C.Y.; Leu, S.Y.; Wang, Y.; Kim, Y.* Anthraquinone-Based Silicate Covalent Organic Frameworks as Solid Electrolyte Interphase for High-Performance Lithium-Metal Batteries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 45, 24603 (2023)
Chen, H.; Bang, K.T.; Tian, Y.; Hu, C.; Tao, R.; Yuan Y.; Wang, R.; Shin, D-M.; Shao, M.; Lee, Y.M.; Kim, Y.* Poly(Ethylene Piperidinium)s for Anion Exchange Membranes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. e202307690 (2023)
Yuan, Y.†; Bang, K.†; Wang, R.; Kim, Y.* Macrocycle-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks. Adv. Mater. 2210952 (2023)
Top Viewed Article in 2023 by Wiley
Liang, X.†; Tian, Y.†; Yuan, Y.; Kim, Y.* Ionic Covalent Organic Frameworks for Energy Devices Adv. Mater. 2105647 (2021)
Top Downloaded Article in 2021 by Wiley.
Kim, Y.; Wang, Y.†; France-Lanord, A.†; Wang, Y.; Wu, Y-C.M.; Lin, S.; Li, Y.; Grossman, J.C.*; Swager, T.M.* Ionic Highways from Covalent Assembly in Highly Conducting and Stable Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 18152 (2019).
Kim, Y.; Lin, Z.; Jeon, I.; Voorhis, T.V.; Swager, T.M.* Polyaniline Nanofiber Electrodes for Reversible Capture and Release of Mercury(II) from Water. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 14413 (2018).
Kim, Y.†; Yeom, B.†; Arteaga, O.; Yoo, S.J.; Lee, S.G.; Kim, J.G.; Kotov, N.A.* Reconfigurable Chiroptical Nanocomposites with Chirality Transfer from the Macro- to the Nanoscale. Nature Materials 15, 461 (2016).
Kim, Y.; Zhu, J.; Yeom, B.; Prima, M.D.; Su, X.; Kim, J.G.; Yoo, S.J.; Uher, C.; Kotov, N.A.* Stretchable Nanoparticle Conductors with Self-Organized Conductive Pathways. Nature 500, 59 (2013).
Kim, Y.; Koh, K.; Roll, M.F.; Laine, R.M.; Matzger, A.J.* Porous Networks Assembled with Octa Phenyl Silsesquioxanes as Building Blocks. Macromolecules 43, 6995 (2010). (Undergraduate publication)