Seongjae Ko

Assistant Professor Seongjae KO

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Education & Career

2010.03
B.E. in Department of Chemical System Engineering
(Japan-Korea Joint Government Scholarship)
Yokohama National University, Japan
2012.03
M.E. in Department of Chemical System Engineering (Sakai Lab) The University of Tokyo, Japan
2012－2015
Material Development Group, Battery Business Division, Research Engineer SAMSUNG SDI, South Korea
2015－2017
Project Academic Support Specialist Yamada・Okubo Lab, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
2017－2020
DC1 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2020
Ph.D. in Department of Chemical System Engineering (Yamada・Okubo Lab) The University of Tokyo, Japan
2020－2021
Senior Researcher Yamada・Okubo Lab, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
2021.04－2021.06
Project Assistant Professor Yamada・Okubo Lab, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
2021.06－
Assistant Professor Yamada・Kitada Lab, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Achievement

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6163-7687
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Selected Papers

  • 　1. “Rapid safety screening realized by accelerating rate calorimetry with lab-scale small batteries”
    Seongjae Ko, Hiromi Otsuka, Shin Kimura, Yuta Takagi, Shoji Yamaguchi, Takuya Masuda*, Atsuo Yamada*
    Nature Energy (2025)
  • 　2. “Multifunctional Cyclic Phosphoramidate Solvent for Safe Lithium-Ion Batteries”
    Seongjae Ko, Ayaka Matsuoka, Wenting Chen, Taiga Iwata, Hiromi Otsuka, Shoji Yamaguchi, Takuya Masuda, Qifeng Zheng, Rui Shang*, Eiichi Nakamura, Atsuo Yamada*
    ACS Energy Letters, 9, 7, 3628–3635 (2024)
  • 　3. “Liquid Madelung energy accounts for the huge potential shift in electrochemical systems”
    Norio Takenaka, Seongjae Ko, Atsushi Kitada, Atsuo Yamada*
    Nature Communications, 15, 1319 (2024)
  • 　4. “Electrolyte design for lithium-ion batteries with a cobalt-free cathode and silicon oxide anode”
    Seongjae Ko, Xiao Han, Tatau Shimada, Norio Takenaka, Yuki Yamada, Atsuo Yamada*
    Nature Sustainability, 6, 1705–1714 (2023)
  • 　5. “Electrode potential influences the reversibility of lithium-metal anodes”
    Seongjae Ko, Tomohiro Obukata, Tatau Shimada, Norio Takenaka, Masanobu Nakayama, Atsuo Yamada*, Yuki Yamada*
    Nature Energy, 7, 1217–1224 (2022)
  • 　6. “An overlooked issue for high-voltage Li-ion Batteries: Suppressing the intercalation of anions into conductive carbon”
    Seongjae Ko, Yuki Yamada, Atsuo Yamada*
    Joule, 5, 4, 998-1009 (2021)
  • 　7. “A cyclic phosphate-based battery electrolyte for high voltage and safe operation”
    Qifeng Zheng, Yuki Yamada, Rui Shang, Seongjae Ko, Yun-Yang Lee, Kijae Kim, Eiichi Nakamura*, Atsuo Yamada*
    Nature Energy, 5, 291–298 (2020)
  • 　8. “A 62 m K-ion aqueous electrolyte”
    Seongjae Ko, Yuki Yamada, Atsuo Yamada*
    Electrochemistry Communications, 116, 106764 (2020)
  • 　9. “Lithium-salt monohydrate melt: a stable electrolyte for aqueous lithium-ion batteries”
    Seongjae Ko, Yuki Yamada, Kasumi Miyazaki, Tatau Shimada, Eriko Watanabe, Yoshitaka Tateyama, Takeshi Kamiya, Tsunetoshi Honda, Jun Akikusa, Atsuo Yamada*
    Electrochemistry Communications, 104, 106488 (2019)
  • 　10. “Hydrate-melt electrolytes for high-energy-density aqueous batteries”
    Yuki Yamada, Kenji Usui, Keitaro Sodeyama, Seongjae Ko, Yoshitaka Tateyama, Atsuo Yamada*
    Nature Energy, 1, 16129 (2016)

Reviews & Comments

  • 　1. “Practical issues toward high-voltage aqueous rechargeable batteries”
    Seongjae Ko, Shin-ichi Nishimura, Norio Takenaka, Atsushi Kitada, Atsuo Yamada*
    Chemical Society Reviews, Invited Review (2025)
  • 　2. “Hidden potential of lithium oxide”
    Seongjae Ko, Atsuo Yamada*
    Nature Energy, News & Views 9, 510-511 (2024)
  • 　3. “Designing positive electrodes with high energy density for lithium-ion batteries”
    Masashi Okubo, Seongjae Ko, Debasmita Dwibedia, Atsuo Yamada*
    Journal of Material Chemistry A, 9, 7407-7421 (2021)
  • 　4. “Advances and issues in developing salt-concentrated battery electrolytes”
    Yuki Yamada, Jianhui Wang, Seongjae Ko, Eriko Watanabe, Atsuo Yamada*
    Nature Energy, Invited Review, 4, 269–280 (2019)