Green Electrochemical Energy Laboratory
Prof. Sunghyun Kim
Welcome to Green Electrochemical Energy Laboratory.
Coping with climate change caused by the excessive emission of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion, we are pursuing alternative green energy sources. We have been studying generation of electricity and hydrogen using microbes and photosynthetic units. The ability of microbes to decompose organic substances has been successfully converted into electricity and hydrogen. Another way of producing electricity is utilizing thylakoid as a unit for photoenergy conversion. This is a new type of artificial photosynthesis. We hope our reserch can contribute to the sustainable development of alternative energy. For the details, see belows.
Main Researches
1. Microbial Fuel Cells
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are devices that convert organic substances to electricity using microbes as biocatalysts. An MFCs is promising technology for the future in that energy can be produced in an environmentally friendly way.
2. Microbial Electroylsis Cells
Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) are devices that convert organic substances to hydrogen using microbes as biocatalysts with external voltage. As hydrogen becomes a main energy source, an MEC is also one of the future energy sources.
3. Artificial Photosynthesis
Photosystems I and II in a thylakoid membrane are most effective systems having high quantum yield. By modifying the electrode with isolated thylakoids, light can be effectively converted into electricity using water as a fuel.
Lab activities
Journal Club Meeting
2024.10.07 AM 10:00
The Role of Exopolysaccharides in Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer
Speaker of This Week - ShinWoo Choi
Notice - Recruitment
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문의
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