Seong-Yong Jeong | Research

Seong-Yong Jeong, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Division of Advanced Materials Engineering,

Kongju National University

E-mail: syjeong@kongju.ac.kr

Phone: +82-41-521-9374

Fax: +82-41-568-5776

Office: #205

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Education & Career

· 2023.09.-Present

· 2023.03.-2023.08.

· 2022.03.-2023.02.

· 2021.03.-2023.02.

· 2015.03.-2021.02.

· 2009.03.-2015.02.

Assistant Professor

Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kongju National University

Postdoctoral Fellow

Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (PI: Prof. Xudong Fan)

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego (PI: Prof. Joseph Wang)

Research Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University

Ph.D. in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University

(PI: late Prof. Jong-Heun Lee)

B.S. in Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Jeonbuk National University

Award

· 2021.07.

· 2021.03.

· 2021.02.

· 2020.08.

· 2018.11.

· 2018.01.

· 2017.05.

· 2014.07.

· 2014.05.

Yangsong Researcher Award; Korean Ceramic Society

Sejong Science Fellowship Grant; National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

Postdoctoral Fellowship; Brain Korea 21 PLUS (BK21 PLUS)

KU Achievement Award; Korea University

Best Paper Award; BK21 Plus Program in Korea University

Best Paper Award; Korea University

Best Paper Presentation Award; Korea Sensors Society

Best Paper Award; BK21 Plus Program in Korea University

Paper Presentation Award; Materials Research Society of Korea

Bronze Prize; Energy Competition in Gyeongsangbuk-do

Academic Excellence Award; Jeonbuk National University

Professional Activities

Conference Secretary for The 16th Asian Conference on Chemical Sensors (ACCS 2026)

Special Issue Editor for Sensors (Topic: Advanced Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Gas Sensors)

Advisor to the Steering Committee of the Cheonan Carbon Neutrality Center

Editorial Board Member for Discover Sensors (Springer Nature)

· 2025.08.-2026.11.

· 2025.08.-2026.02.

· 2024.10.-Present

· 2024.08.-Present

Research area

Functional nanostructures for energy/environment applications

Oxide Semiconductor Gas Sensors
μ-Gas Chromatography

Wearable/Portable Sensor Devices

Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Advanced Energy Materials

Selected Publications

S.-Y. Jeong,* Y. K. Moon, J. Wang, & J.-H. Lee, "Exclusive detection of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons using bilayer oxide chemiresistors with catalytic overlayers", Nat. Commun., 14, 233 (2023).

K. B. Kim, M. S. Sohn, I.-S. Hwang, D. J. Yoo, S.-Y. Jeong,* Y. C. Kang,* & Y. K. Moon,* "Mitigating Alcohol Inhibition of Oxide Chemiresistors: Bilayer Sensors with HZSM-5 Zeolite Overlayers", Nat. Commun., 16, 5121 (2025).

S.-Y. Jeong, J.-S. Kim, & J.-H. Lee,* "Rational design of semiconductor-based chemiresistors and their libraries for next-generation artificial olfaction", Adv. Mater., 32, 2002075 (2020).

S.-Y. Jeong, Y. K. Moon, J. K. Kim, S.-W. Park, Y. K. Jo, Y. C. Kang, & J.-H. Lee,* "A General Solution to Mitigate Water Poisoning of Oxide Chemiresistors: Bilayer Sensors with Tb4O7 Overlayer", Adv. Funct. Mater., 31, 2007895 (2021). [Front Cover-Featured]

S.-Y. Jeong, Y. K. Moon, J. K. Kim, S.-W. Park, K. B. Kim, Y. C. Kang, & J.-H. Lee,* "A New Strategy for Detecting Plant Hormone Ethylene Using Oxide Semiconductor Chemiresistors: Exceptional Gas Selectivity and Response Tailored by Nanoscale Cr2O3 Catalytic Overlayer", Adv. Sci., 7, 1903093 (2020). [Front Cover-Featured]

S.-Y. Jeong,* & J. Jang,* "CeO2-filter-based monolithic bilayer gas sensors for selective, sensitive, and fast methanol detection", Chem. Eng. J., 507, 160614 (2025).

S. H, Kim, Y. K. Moon, J.-H. Lee, Y. C. Kang, & S.-Y. Jeong,* "Hierarchically porous PdO-functionalized SnO2 nano-architectures for exclusively selective, sensitive, and fast detection of exhaled hydrogen", J. Mater. Chem. A, 11, 1159-1169 (2023). [Inside Back Cover-Featured]

S.-Y. Jeong, J.-W. Yoon, T.-H. Kim, H.-M. Jeong, C.-S. Lee, Y. C. Kang, & J.-H. Lee,* "Ultra-Selective Detection of Sub-ppm-level Benzene Using Pd-SnO2 Yolk-Shell Micro-Reactors with a Catalytic Co3O4 Overlayer for Monitoring Air Quality", J. Mater. Chem. A, 5, 1446-1454 (2017). [Front Cover-Featured]

J. B. Lim, H. J. Kim, J. H. Na, J. K. Kim, S.-Y. Jeong,* S.K. Park,* "Hierarchical Nitrogen-Doped Multichannel Carbon Nanofibers for Efficient Potassium– Selenium Batteries", Rare Mat., Published online (2025).

Y. B. Kim, S.-Y. Jeong, J. S. Cho, D.-H. Lim, Y. C. Kang, G. D. Park* "Synthesis of yolk-shell structured microspheres consisting of heterogeneous nickel cobalt selenide@nickel cobalt selenite core shell nanospheres and their application of anode materials for sodium-ion batteries", Appl. Surf. Sci., 658, 162094 (2025).

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Y. K. Moon, K. B. Kim, S.-Y. Jeong,* & J.-H. Lee,* "Designing oxide chemiresistors for detecting volatile aromatic compounds: recent progresses and future perspectives", Chem. Commun., 58, 5439-5454 (2022).

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