Dr. Sung Bum Kang

@illinois.edu

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Braun Research Group Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois

33

Scopus Publications

1023

Scholar Citations

17

Scholar h-index

19

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Extensive effects in supercooling and thermal energy storage density of salt hydrates
    Y Lee, SB Kang, PV Braun, S Sinha
    Applied Energy 413, 127763 , 2026
    2026
  • Porous anode for a lithium ion battery cell, method of fabricating a porous anode, and method of assembling a lithium ion battery cell
    PV Braun, SB Kang, Y Zhang, H Kim, H Jeong, Y Arikawa, J KIM, Y Kim
    US Patent App. 18/924,673 , 2026
    2026
  • Room-Temperature NO 2 Sensing via Interfacial Charge Amplification in Nanocomposite BiOCl/PANI Heterojunction
    S Mehlawat, S Panda, N Dhariwal, P Singh, M Arif, SB Kang, A Sanger
    ACS Applied Nano Materials 9 (12), 5628-5639 , 2026
    2026
  • Interface Engineering in Sensor Devices
    N Dhariwal, SB Kang
    Advancement in Gas Sensors: Self-Powered Innovations for Real-World Impact … , 2025
    2025
  • Development of high-performance NH 3 gas sensor through novel MoSe 2 /PANI/Ti 3 C 2 T x composite for medical diagnosis and industrial applications
    P Yadav, N Dhariwal, Akanksha, A Sanger, SB Kang, V Kumar, ...
    npj 2D Materials and Applications 9 (1), 78 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 8
  • Highly sensitive and selective room temperature triethylamine gas sensor based on novel BiOCl/ZnO heterojunction
    N Dhariwal, P Yadav, S Panda, S Mehlawat, A Sanger, T Ueda, SB Kang, ...
    Chemical Engineering Journal, 167086 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Beyond Heat Harvesting: Thermoelectric Materials and Hybrid Devices for Smart Sensing and Sustainable Technologies
    N Dhariwal, P Yadav, Akanksha, S Bisht, R Chandra, OP Thakur, ...
    Advanced Energy Materials, 2502895 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 18
  • A review unveiling recent advances in the flexible-wearable futuristic thermoelectric device
    P Yadav, N Dhariwal, A Sanger, SB Kang, V Kumar
    Nano Energy 135, 110696 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 39
  • Engineering an Ultrafast Ambient NO 2 Gas Sensor Using Cotton-Modified LaFeO 3 /MXene Composites
    N Dhariwal, P Yadav, M Kumari, Akanksha, A Sanger, SB Kang, V Kumar, ...
    ACS sensors 9 (12), 6800-6814 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 28
  • Experimental and theoretical studies of sputter deposited pure SnO 2 thin films for high selective and humidity-tolerant H 2 gas sensor
    V Kumar, D Gautam, YK Gautam, A Kumar, R Adalati, A Sanger, SB Kang, ...
    Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 35 (30), 1957 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Hydrogel-Salt Hydrate Composite for Highly Stable Heat Energy Storage with Reduced Supercooling
    SB Kang, Y Lee, W Eom, W Fu, M Prabhudesai, D Hsieh, S Tawfick, ...
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , 2024
    2024
  • Identifying Molecular Scale Interactions of Nucleating Agents with Salt Hydrates for Thermal Energy Storage Applications
    M Prabhudesai, SB Kang, Y Lee, D Hsieh, J Taylor, P Braun, S Sinha
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , 2024
    2024
  • Impact of Cooling Rate and Thermal Mass on Supercooling in a Salt-Hydrogel Complex for Thermal Energy Storage
    Y Lee, D Hsieh, SB Kang, P Braun, S Sinha
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , 2024
    2024
  • Fabrication of a room-temperature NO 2 gas sensor with high performance at the ppb level using an rGO/BiOCl heterostructure
    N Dhariwal, P Yadav, A Sanger, SB Kang, MS Goyat, YK Mishra, V Kumar
    Materials Advances 5, 4187-4199 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 23
  • Ambient-Temperature-Independent Power Generation in Wearable Thermoelectric Generator with CNTs/MoS 2 Solar Absorber
    MH Jeong, SB Kang, KJ Choi
    ACS Applied Electronic Materials 6 (5), 2960-2968 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • Highly Stretchable Photovoltaic Module with Improved Mechanical Robustness through Elastomeric Interconnections
    B Salimzhanov, JE Kang, NA Raju, SB Kang, KJ Choi
    Solar RRL , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Highly Ordered Eutectic Mesostructures via Template-Directed Solidification Within Thermally Engineered Templates
    SB Kang, G Huang, G Singhal, D Xie, D Hsieh, Y Lee, AA Kulkarni, ...
    Advanced Materials, 2308720 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Experimental and theoretical investigation of palladium-doped zinc oxide nanorods for NO 2 gas sensor
    AK Ambedkar, D Gautam, M Singh, S Vikal, BP Singh, AK Malik, SB Kang, ...
    Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 34 (33), 2213 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Interface Engineering-Driven Room-Temperature Ultralow Gas Sensors with Elucidating Sensing Performance of Heterostructure Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Thin Films
    A Kumar, A Sanger, SB Kang, R Chandra
    ACS sensors 8 (10), 3824 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 23
  • Thermal Conductivity of a Novel Salt-Hydrogel Complex as a Phase Change Material for Building Thermal Management
    D Hsieh, Y Lee, M Prabhudesai, SB Kang, HC Chang, W Fu, J Taylor, ...
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , 2023
    2023

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Wearable solar thermoelectric generator driven by unprecedentedly high temperature difference
    YS Jung, DH Jeong, SB Kang, F Kim, MH Jeong, KS Lee, JS Son, JM Baik, ...
    Nano Energy 40, 663-672 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 168
  • Morphology-Controlled Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanofibers for Highly Sensitive NO2 Sensors with Full Recovery at Room Temperature
    A Sanger†, SB Kang†, MH Jeong, MJ Im, IY Choi, CU Kim, H Lee, ...
    Advanced Science 5 (9), 1800816 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 78
  • Dominance of Plasmonic Resonant Energy Transfer over Direct Electron Transfer in Substantially Enhanced Water Oxidation Activity of BiVO4 by Shape‐Controlled Au Nanoparticles
    MG Lee, CW Moon, H Park, W Sohn, SB Kang, S Lee, KJ Choi, HW Jang
    Small 13 (37), 1701644 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 78
  • Stretchable and colorless freestanding microwire arrays for transparent solar cells with flexibility
    SB Kang, JH Kim, MH Jeong, A Sanger, CU Kim, CM Kim, KJ Choi
    Light: Science & Applications 8 (1), 121 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 76
  • Increasing the thermoelectric power factor of solvent-treated PEDOT:PSS thin films on PDMS by stretching
    MH Jeong, A Sanger, SB Kang, YS Jung, I Oh, JW Yoo, GH Kim, KJ Choi
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 75
  • All-transparent NO2 gas sensor based on free-standing Al doped ZnO nanofibers
    A Sanger†, SB Kang†, MH Jeong, CU Kim, JM Baik, KJ Choi
    ACS Applied Electronic Materials , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 67
  • Two-terminal DSSC/silicon tandem solar cells exceeding 18% efficiency
    J Kwon, MJ Im, CU Kim, SH Won, SB Kang, SH Kang, IT Choi, HK Kim, ...
    Energy & Environmental Science 9 (12), 3657-3665 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 61
  • Heterogeneous Stacking of Reduced Graphene Oxide on ZnO Nanowires for NO2 Gas Sensors with Dramatically Improved Response and High Sensitivity
    SB Kang, A Sanger, MH Jeong, JM Baik, KJ Choi
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 133196 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 59
  • Enhanced piezoresponse of highly aligned electrospun poly (vinylidene fluoride) nanofibers
    SB Kang, SH Won, MJ Im, CU Kim, WI Park, JM Baik, KJ Choi
    Nanotechnology 28, 395402 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 49
  • Transfer of ultrathin molybdenum disulfide and transparent nanomesh electrode onto silicon for efficient heterojunction solar cells
    SB Kang†, KC Kwon†, KS Choi, R Lee, K Hong, JM Suh, MJ Im, A Sanger, ...
    Nano Energy 50, 649-658 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 42
  • A review unveiling recent advances in the flexible-wearable futuristic thermoelectric device
    P Yadav, N Dhariwal, A Sanger, SB Kang, V Kumar
    Nano Energy 135, 110696 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 39
  • Self-Assembled, Highly Crystalline Porous Ferroelectric Poly (Vinylidene Fluoride-co-Trifluoroethylene) interlayer for Si/Organic Hybrid Solar Cells
    SB Kang, MH Jeong, IY Choi, SD Sohn, SH Kim, HJ Shin, WI Park, ...
    Nano Energy 41, 243-250 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 29
  • Engineering an Ultrafast Ambient NO 2 Gas Sensor Using Cotton-Modified LaFeO 3 /MXene Composites
    N Dhariwal, P Yadav, M Kumari, Akanksha, A Sanger, SB Kang, V Kumar, ...
    ACS sensors 9 (12), 6800-6814 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 28
  • Fabrication of a room-temperature NO 2 gas sensor with high performance at the ppb level using an rGO/BiOCl heterostructure
    N Dhariwal, P Yadav, A Sanger, SB Kang, MS Goyat, YK Mishra, V Kumar
    Materials Advances 5, 4187-4199 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 23
  • Interface Engineering-Driven Room-Temperature Ultralow Gas Sensors with Elucidating Sensing Performance of Heterostructure Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Thin Films
    A Kumar, A Sanger, SB Kang, R Chandra
    ACS sensors 8 (10), 3824 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 23
  • Ambipolar Passivated Back Surface Field Layer for Silicon Photovoltaics
    SB Kang, WJ Park, MH Jeong, SH Kang, C Yang, KJ Choi
    Advanced Functional Materials, 2004943 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 19
  • Beyond Heat Harvesting: Thermoelectric Materials and Hybrid Devices for Smart Sensing and Sustainable Technologies
    N Dhariwal, P Yadav, Akanksha, S Bisht, R Chandra, OP Thakur, ...
    Advanced Energy Materials, 2502895 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 18
  • Colorful Transparent Silicon Photovoltaics with Unprecedented Flexibility
    SB Kang, B Salimzhanov, WJ Park, MH Jeong, JY Kim, KJ Choi
    Advanced Functional Materials, 2110435 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 15
  • 3D Multiscale Gradient Pores Impregnated with Ag Nanowires for Simultaneous Pressure and Bending Detection with Enhanced Linear Sensitivity
    VV Sharma, KN Kim, GH Han, EJ Gwak, JH Woo, SB Kang, KJ Choi, ...
    Advanced Materials Technologies, 1901041 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 12
  • 3D Hierarchical Indium Tin Oxide Nanotrees for Enhancement of Light Extraction in GaN‐Based Light‐Emitting Diodes
    MJ Park, CU Kim, SB Kang, SH Won, JS Kwak, CM Kim, KJ Choi
    Advanced Optical Materials 5 (2), 1600684 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 9