Senior Lecturer in School of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney, 2023–Present
ARC DECRA (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award) 2021–2024
Lecturer in School of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney, 2018–2023
Postdoctoral researcher in Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, 2015–2018
Mentor: Prof. J. Fraser Stoddart (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2016)
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, 2015
Supervisor: Prof. Jang Wook Choi
Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 2010.
Dong Jun (DJ) Kim was born in Seoul and grew up in Daejeon, South Korea. In 2010, he received BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Yonsei University. After graduation, DJ moved to KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), where he carried out Ph.D. studies in Materials Science and Engineering, under the guidance of Professor Jang Wook Choi. After finishing the Ph.D. in August 2015, DJ joined Stoddart group at Northwestern University as a postdoctoral researcher, working on the development of new organic active materials for rechargeable batteries. In October 2018, DJ started his independent career as a lecturer in School of Chemistry at UNSW. His research involves the design and synthesis of supramolecular compounds and their applications in energy storage materials.
Amarathunga S; Villamanca D; Batisse N; Liu C; Kim DJ; Page AJ; Dubois M; Chen S, 2026, 'Gas-phase fluorination of boron nitride nanotubes', Applied Surface Science, 717, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.164744
Journal articles | 2025
Cho Y; Song JH; Wang JE; Kim DK; Kim DJ, 2025, 'Sn-doped mixed-halide Li6PS5Cl0.5Br0.5 argyrodite with enhanced chemical stability for all-solid-state batteries', Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 9, pp. 2404 - 2416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5qm00394f
Journal articles | 2025
Dai X; Gangadharappa C; Chen S; Cherif SE; Gericke C; Yadav B; Pezzato C; Kim DJ, 2025, 'Non-Equilibrium Proton Gradients for Photoenergy Conversion', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 8, pp. 9983 - 9991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.5c00995
Journal articles | 2025
Hogan J; Liu C; Zhang H; Salisu A; Villamanca D; Zheng J; Martin JW; Page AJ; Ho-Baillie AWY; Kim DJ; Chen S, 2025, 'Large-Area Transfer of Nanometer-Thin C60 Films', ACS Nano, 19, pp. 546 - 556, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c10878
Journal articles | 2025
Hong TH; Kim DJ; Ko SM; Lee JT, 2025, 'Solvent-Free Dry-Process for Developing High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries', Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 42, pp. 1475 - 1490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11814-025-00408-1
Journal articles | 2025
Jung HY; Jung HW; Koo MH; Hong TH; Kim DJ; Lee JS; Lee YH; Jang H; Kim JH; Kim S; Heo EJ; Lee S; Youn UJ; Lee JT, 2025, 'An architecting binder derived from Antarctic red algae to accelerate sulfur redox kinetics in Li–S batteries', Materials Today, 83, pp. 231 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2025.01.006
Journal articles | 2025
Kim DJ; Hong TH; Lee JS; Jung HW; Lee YH; Jung HY; Jang H; Lee JT, 2025, 'Solvent-Free Dry-Process Enabling High-Areal Loading Selenium-Doped SPAN Cathodes Toward Practical Lithium–Sulfur Batteries', Small, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202503037
Journal articles | 2025
Kim DJ; Jung HW; Hong TH; Ko SM; Lee JS; Lee JT, 2025, 'Harnessing iodine doping to unlock high-loading SPAN dry-electrode for practical Li–S batteries', Energy Storage Materials, 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2025.104682
Journal articles | 2025
Koh D; Kim DJ; Kim T; Kang M; Viet DD; Hong H; Jeong JR; Park J; Park BG, 2025, 'Multilevel Nanoarray Spin–Orbit Torque Device for Process-in-Memory Applications', Nano Letters, 25, pp. 14784 - 14792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02634
Lee CK; Violi JP; Donald WA; Stoddart JF; Kim DJ, 2025, 'Controlled assembly of rotaxane translational isomers using dual molecular pumps', Nature Communications, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61364-2
Journal articles | 2025
Lee JS; Hong TH; Kim DJ; Jung HW; Jung HY; Moon S; You J; Lee JT, 2025, 'Unveiling the role of ring-structured organosulfur additives in solid-state electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium metal batteries', Chemical Engineering Journal, 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.160988
Journal articles | 2025
Min W; Hong TH; Hwang J; Lee YH; Kee J; Kim DJ; Lee JT; Kim D, 2025, 'Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Domain to Enable Less Hysteretic Fast-Charging', Advanced Functional Materials, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202415619
Journal articles | 2025
Seale JSW; Sharma S; Lee CK; Han H; Jaynes T; Roth EW; Shafie S; Qiu Y; Malaisrie L; Bardot MI; Zhang L; Xing Y; Kim DJ; Stupp SI; Astumian RD; Scott EA; Dichtel WR; Stoddart JF, 2025, 'Active Transport of Macrocycles into Micelles Using Molecular Pumps', Angewandte Chemie, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202512899
Journal articles | 2025
Seale JSW; Sharma S; Lee CK; Han H; Jaynes T; Roth EW; Shafie S; Qiu Y; Malaisrie L; Bardot MI; Zhang L; Xing YK; Kim DJ; Stupp SI; Astumian RD; Scott EA; Dichtel WR; Stoddart JF, 2025, 'Active Transport of Macrocycles into Micelles Using Molecular Pumps', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202512899
Dai X; Berton C; Kim DJ; Pezzato C, 2024, 'Wiring proton gradients for energy conversion', Chemical Science, 15, pp. 19745 - 19751, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4sc04833d
Journal articles | 2024
Feng Y; Zhao X; Appleton DA; Han H; Young RM; Liu W; Lee CK; Li W; Liu BT; Wu Y; Tang C; Chen AXY; Stern CL; Kim DJ; Wasielewski MR; Qiu Y; Stoddart JF, 2024, 'Chalcogenoviologen Enhanced Host–Guest Recognition', Ccs Chemistry, 6, pp. 2679 - 2691, http://dx.doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.024.202404812
Journal articles | 2024
Han J; Dai X; Hettiarachchi S; The ZL; Park S; Chen S; Veettil BP; Huang S; Kim DJ; Kim J, 2024, 'High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cell via Chirality-Engineered Graphene Quantum Dot Interface Passivation', Solar Rrl, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400367
Journal articles | 2024
Han J; Dai X; Hettiarachchi S; The ZL; Park S; Chen S; Veettil BP; Huang S; Kim DJ; Kim J, 2024, 'High‐Performance Perovskite Solar Cell via Chirality‐Engineered Graphene Quantum Dot Interface Passivation', Solar RRL, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202470191
Journal articles | 2024
Lee CK; Feng Y; Tajik M; Violi JP; Donald WA; Stoddart JF; Kim DJ, 2024, 'Concise and Efficient Synthesis of Sequentially Isomeric Hetero[3]rotaxanes', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, pp. 27109 - 27116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c09406
Journal articles | 2024
Lee CK; Gangadharappa C; Fahrenbach AC; Kim DJ, 2024, 'Harnessing Radicals: Advances in Self-Assembly and Molecular Machinery', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202408271
Journal articles | 2024
Lee MH; Kim MS; Lee YJ; Kim B; Kim JH; Lee C; Lee J; Kim DJ; Ko H; Ganji MD; Lee K; Kim W; Lee JY, 2024, 'Suppressing Hole Accumulation Through Sub-Nanometer Dipole Interfaces in Hybrid Perovskite/Organic Solar Cells for Boosting Near-Infrared Photon Harvesting', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202411015
Journal articles | 2024
Villamanca D; Colin M; Ching K; Rawal A; Wu Y; Jun Kim D; Dubois M; Chen S, 2024, 'Preparation and properties of graphene oxyfluoride films', Applied Surface Science, 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.158822
Journal articles | 2023
Ponraj R; Dai X; Kim DG; Kim DK; Kim DJ, 2023, 'Enhancing the Cycle Life of Lithium-Anode-Free Batteries through Polydopamine-Coated Substrates', Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202300051
Journal articles | 2022
Chen X; Fan W; Dai X; Yun JS; Huang Y; Wang X; Zhang Z; Kim DJ, 2022, 'Spatially confined atomic dispersion of metals in thermally reduced graphene oxide films', Carbon, 188, pp. 367 - 375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2021.11.069
Journal articles | 2022
Colin M; Chen X; Dubois M; Rawal A; Kim DJ, 2022, 'F-diamane-like nanosheets from expanded fluorinated graphite', Applied Surface Science, 583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.152534
Journal articles | 2022
Dai X; Song JH; Wang JE; Chen X; Kim DK; Kim DJ, 2022, 'Graphene fluoride as a conductive agent for Li-argyrodite electrolyte containing all-solid-state batteries', Materials Today Chemistry, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.100967
Journal articles | 2022
Jung SW; Wang JE; Kim DG; Ma HJ; Kim DK; Kim DJ, 2022, 'Rare-Earth Element Substitution of Na1+ xZr2SixP3-xO12(x = 2) Solid Electrolyte: Implications for All-Solid-State Na Ion Batteries', ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5, pp. 13894 - 13902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c01928
Journal articles | 2022
Ponraj R; Yun JH; Wang JE; Chen X; Kim DJ; Kim DK, 2022, 'Regulating lithium metal interface using seed-coating layer for high-power batteries', Chemical Engineering Journal, 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.134380
Journal articles | 2022
Wang JE; Gilbert A; Harper JB; Kim DJ, 2022, 'Understanding the Failure Mechanism of Rechargeable Aluminum Batteries: Metal Anode Perspective Through X-Ray Tomography', Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202100164
Journal articles | 2021
Feng Y; Ovalle M; Seale JSW; Lee CK; Kim DJ; Astumian RD; Stoddart JF, 2021, 'Molecular Pumps and Motors', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, pp. 5569 - 5591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c13388
Journal articles | 2021
Heo E; Wang JE; Yun JH; Kim JH; Kim DJ; Kim DK, 2021, 'Improving Room Temperature Ionic Conductivity of Na3- xKxZr2Si2PO12Solid-Electrolytes: Effects of Potassium Substitution', Inorganic Chemistry, 60, pp. 11147 - 11153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01118
Journal articles | 2021
Muralidharan P; Yun JH; Ponraj R; Wang JE; Kim DJ; Kim DK, 2021, 'Melamine-assisted synthesis of vanadium nitride quantum dots: Application for full-cell lithium-ion batteries', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161522
Journal articles | 2021
Wang JE; Kim H; Jung YH; Kim DK; Kim DJ, 2021, 'Designing High Energy Sodium-Ion Battery Cathodes by Utilizing P2/O3 Biphasic Structure and Lithium Honeycomb Ordering', Small, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202100146
Journal articles | 2021
Yun JH; Kim JH; Ragupathy P; Kim DJ; Kim DK, 2021, 'Functional and structural insight into lignocellulosic fibers for high-areal-capacity lithium-sulfur batteries', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9, pp. 18260 - 18271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ta04376e
Journal articles | 2020
Moorthy B; Ponraj R; Yun JH; Wang JE; Kim DJ; Kim DK, 2020, 'Ice-templated free-standing reduced graphene oxide for dendrite-free lithium metal batteries', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3, pp. 11053 - 11060, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c01946
Journal articles | 2020
Nam KW; Kim H; Beldjoudi Y; Kwon TW; Kim DJ; Stoddart JF, 2020, 'Redox-Active Phenanthrenequinone Triangles in Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc Batteries', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, pp. 2541 - 2548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b12436
Journal articles | 2019
Kim DJ; Yoo D-J; Otley MT; Prokofjevs A; Pezzato C; Owczarek M; Lee SJ; Choi JW; Stoddart JF, 2019, 'Rechargeable Aluminum Organic Batteries', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2019-02, pp. 467 - 467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2019-02/6/467
Journal articles | 2019
Kim DJ; Yoo DJ; Otley MT; Prokofjevs A; Pezzato C; Owczarek M; Lee SJ; Choi JW; Stoddart JF, 2019, 'Rechargeable aluminium organic batteries', Nature Energy, 4, pp. 51 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0291-0
Journal articles | 2018
Pezzato C; Nguyen MT; Kim DJ; Anamimoghadam O; Mosca L; Stoddart JF, 2018, 'Controlling Dual Molecular Pumps Electrochemically', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57, pp. 9325 - 9329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201803848
Ahad SA; Kumar PR; Kim JH; Ragupathy P; Kim DK; Kim DJ, 2017, 'Catecholamine-Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide: A Scalable Carbon Host for Stable Cycling in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries', Electrochimica Acta, 246, pp. 451 - 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.06.042
Journal articles | 2017
Kim DJ; Hermann KR; Prokofjevs A; Otley MT; Pezzato C; Owczarek M; Stoddart JF, 2017, 'Redox-Active Macrocycles for Organic Rechargeable Batteries', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, pp. 6635 - 6643, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b01209
Kim DJ; Hermann K; Prokofjevs A; Pezzato C; Otley MT; Stoddart JF, 2016, 'Rigid Pyromellitic Diimide Triangles for Organic Rechargeable Batteries', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2016-03, pp. 389 - 389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2016-03/2/389
Journal articles | 2016
Nalluri SKM; Liu Z; Wu Y; Hermann KR; Samanta A; Kim DJ; Krzyaniak MD; Wasielewski MR; Stoddart JF, 2016, 'Chiral redox-Active isosceles triangles', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138, pp. 5968 - 5977, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b02086
Journal articles | 2015
Byun J; Patel HA; Kim DJ; Jung CH; Park JY; Choi JW; Yavuz CT, 2015, 'Nanoporous networks as caging supports for uniform, surfactant-free Co3O4 nanocrystals and their applications in energy storage and conversion', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3, pp. 15489 - 15497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ta02825f
Journal articles | 2014
Kim DJ; Jung YH; Bharathi KK; Je SH; Kim DK; Coskun A; Choi JW, 2014, 'An aqueous sodium ion hybrid battery incorporating an organic compound and a prussian blue derivative', Advanced Energy Materials, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201400133
Journal articles | 2014
Kim DJ; Woo MA; Jung YL; Bharathi KK; Park HG; Kim DK; Choi JW, 2014, 'DNA metallization for high performance Li-ion battery anodes', Nano Energy, 8, pp. 17 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.05.007
Journal articles | 2013
Kim DJ; Ponraj R; Kannan AG; Lee HW; Fathi R; Ruffo R; Mari CM; Kim DK, 2013, 'Diffusion behavior of sodium ions in Na0.44MnO2 in aqueous and non-aqueous electrolytes', Journal of Power Sources, 244, pp. 758 - 763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.02.090
Journal articles | 2013
Ruffo R; Fathi R; Kim DJ; Jung YH; Mari CM; Kim DK, 2013, 'Impedance analysis of Na0.44MnO2 positive electrode for reversible sodium batteries in organic electrolyte', Electrochimica Acta, 108, pp. 575 - 582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.009
Journal articles | 2012
Kim DJ; Je SH; Sampath S; Choi JW; Coskun A, 2012, 'Effect of N-substitution in naphthalenediimides on the electrochemical performance of organic rechargeable batteries', Rsc Advances, 2, pp. 7968 - 7970, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2ra21239k
Journal articles | 2012
Kim H; Kim DJ; Seo D-H; Yeom MS; Kang K; Jung Y, 2012, 'Ab Initio Study of the Sodium Intercalation and Intermediate Phases in Na0.44MnO2 for Sodium-Ion Battery', Chemistry of Materials, 24, pp. 1205 - 1211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm300065y
Journal articles | 2009
Kim HN; Kim DJ; Kang ES; Kim DK, 2009, 'Mechanical properties of 2-D silica-silica continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composite fabricated by sol-gel infiltration', Korean Journal of Materials Research, 19, pp. 391 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.3740/MRSK.2009.19.7.391
Preprints | 2025
Seale JSW; Sharma S; Lee CK; Han H; Jaynes T; Roth EW; Shafie S; Qiu Y; Malaisrie L; Bardot MI; Zhang L; Xing Y-K; Kim DJ; Stupp SI; Astumian RD; Scott EA; Dichtel WR; Stoddart JF, 2025, Active Transport of Macrocycles into Micelles Using Molecular Pumps, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-qgdbt
Preprints | 2024
Hogan J; Liu C; Zhang H; Salisu A; Villamanca D; Zheng J; Martin J; Page A; Ho-Baillie A; Kim DJ; Chen S, 2024, Large-area transfer of nanometre-thin C60 films, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-rjhgx
