Mahider Asmare Tekalgne

Research interest Synthesis of 2D materials such as graphene, Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs), and Transition Metal Carbides (TMCs) and their application as catalysts

1. M. A. Tekalgne, H. H. Do, T. V. Nguyen, Q. V. Le, H. Ahn*, S. Y. Kim*, “Highly Dispersed CoS2 nanoparticle on Phosphorus- Doped Ti3C2Tx (MXene) as an effective electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction in acidic and alkaline media”, Under preparation. 

2. M. A. Tekalgne+, H. H. Do+, T. V. Nguyen, Q. V. Le, H. Ahn*, S. Y. Kim*, “Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction using Heteroatom-Doped MXene Nanosheet”, International Journal of Energy Research, vol. 2023.

3. T. V. Nguyen+, M. A. Tekalgne+, T. V. Nguyen, Q. V. Le, H. Ahn*, S. Y. Kim*, “Electrocatalysts based on MoS2 and WS2 for hydrogen evolution reaction: An overview”, Battery Energy, 2023.

4. H. H. Do+, M. A. Tekalgne+, V. A. Tran, Q. V. Le, J. H. Cho, S. H. Ahn*, S. Y. Kim*, “MOF-derived Co/Co3O4/C hollow structural composite as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction”, Fuel 329, 125468 (2022).

5. T. V. Nguyen+, M. A. Tekalgne+, T. P. Nguyen, W. Wang, S. H. Hong, J. H. Cho, Q. V. Le, H. W. Jang, S. H. Ahn*, S. Y. Kim*, “Control of the morphologies of molybdenum disulfide for hydrogen evolution reaction”, International Journal of Energy Research 46 (12), 11479-11491 (2022).

6. T. V. Nguyen, H. H. Do, M. A. Tekalgne, Q. V. Le, T. P. Nguyen, S. H. Hong, J. H. Cho, D. V. Dao, S. H. Ahn,*, S. Y. Kim*, “WS2–WC–WO3 nano-hollow spheres as an efficient and durable catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction”, Nano convergence 8 (1), 1-12 (2021).

7. K. Mallikarjuna+, M. A. Tekalgne+, A. Hasani, S. H. Hong, S. H. Ahn, S. Y. Kim, H. Kim*, “C‐doped SnO2 nanostructure/MoS2/p‐Si electrodes for visible light‐driven photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction”, International Journal of Energy Research 45 (12), 18201-18211 (2021).

8. H. H. Do, Q. V. Le, T. V. Nguyen, K. A. Huynh, M. A. Tekalgne, V. A. Tran, T. H. Lee, J. H. Cho, M. Shokouhimehr, S. H. Ahn*, H W. Jang*, S. Y. Kim*, “Synthesis of MoSx/Ni‐metal‐organic framework‐74 composites as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reactions”, International Journal of Energy Research 45 (6), 9638-9647 (2021).

9. H. D. Pham+, M. A. Tekalgne+, H. H. Do, V-H. Nguyen, D-V. N Vo, C. K. Cheng, M. Shokouhimehr, C. C. Nguyen, P. Singh, P. Raizada, S. Y. Kim*, Q. V. Le*, “Emerging photocatalysts for air purification”, Materials Letters 288, 129355 (2021).

10. D. L. T. Nguyen+, M. A. Tekalgne+, T. H. C. Nguyen, M. T. N. Dinh, S. S. Sana, A. N. Grace, M Shokouhimehr, D-V. N Vo, C. K. Cheng, C. C. Nguyen*, S. Y. Kim*, Q. V. Le*, “Recent development of high-performance photocatalysts for N2 fixation: A review”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 9 (1), 104997 (2021).

11. H. H. Do, Q V. Le, M. A. Tekalgne, A. V. Tran, T. H. Lee, S. H. Hong, S. M. Han, S. H. Ahn, Y. J. Kim, H. W. Jang*, S. Y. Kim*, “Metal–organic framework-derived MoSx composites as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 852, 156952 (2021).

12. A. Hasani, H. H. Do, M. A. Tekalgne, S. H. Hong, H. W. Jang*, S. Y. Kim*, “Recent progress of two-dimensional materials and metal–organic framework-based taste sensors”, Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society 57 (4), 353-367 (2020).

13. M. A. Tekalgne+, K. V. Nguyen+, A. Hasani, H. H. Do, D. L. T. Nguyen, T. P. Nguyen, H. W. Jang, H. S. Le*, Q. V. Le*, and S. Y. Kim*, “Hierarchical molybdenum disulfide on carbon nanotube–reduced graphene oxide composite paper as efficient catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 823, 153897 (2020).

14. M. A. Tekalgne, H. H. Do, A. Hasani, and S. Y. Kim*, “Two-dimensional materials and metal-organic frameworks for the CO2 reduction reaction”, Materials Today Advances 5, 100038 (2020).

15. M. A. Tekalgne+, A. Hasani+, D. Heo, Q. V. Le, T. P. Nguyen, T. H. Lee, S. H. Ahn, H. W. Jang*, and S. Y. Kim*, “ SnO2@WS2/p-Si Heterostructure Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124 (1), 647-652 (2019)

16. W. Guo+, Q. V. Le+, H. H. Do, A. Hasani, M. A. Tekalgne, S.-R. Bae, T. H. Lee, H. W. Jang*, S. H. Ahn*, and S. Y. Kim* “Ni3Se4@MoSe2 composites for hydrogen evolution reaction”, Applied Sciences 9 (23), 5035 (2019).

17. A. Hasani+, Q. V. Le+, M. A. Tekalgne, M.-J. Choi, T. H. Lee, H. Kim, H. W. Jang*, and S. Y. Kim*, “Fabrication of a WS2/p-Si heterostructure photocathode using direct hybrid thermolysis”, ACS applied materials & interfaces 11 (33), 29910-29916 (2019).

18. A. Hasani+, Q. V. Le+, M. A. Tekalgne, M.-J. Choi, T. H. Lee, H. W. Jang*, and S. Y. Kim*, “Direct synthesis of two-dimensional MoS2 on p-type Si and application in solar hydrogen production”, NPG Asia Materials 11 (1), 1-9 (2019). 

19. M. A. Tekalgne+, A. Hasani+, Q. V. Le, T. P. Nguyen, K. S. Choi, T. H. Lee, H. W. Jang, Z. Luo*, and S. Y. Kim*, “CdSe quantum dot doped WS2 nanoflowers for enhanced solar hydrogen production”, Physica Status Solidi A: Applications and Materials Science, vol. 216, p.1800853 (2019). 

20. M. A. Tekalgne+, A. Hasani+, Q. V. Le, and S. Y. Kim*, “Transition metal dichalcogenide based composites for hydrogen production”, Functional Composites and Structures, vol. 1, p.012001 (2019). 

21. A. Hasani+, M. A. Tekalgne+, Q. V. Le, H. W. Jang*, and S. Y. Kim*, “Two dimensional materials as catalysts for solar fuels: Hydrogen evolution reaction and CO2 reduction”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 7, p.430-454 (2019).

22. A. Hasani+, Q. V. Le+, M. A. Tekalgne, W. Guo, S. H. Hong, K. S. Choi, T. H. Lee, H. W. Jang*, and. S Y. Kim*, “Tungsten trioxide doped with CdSe quantum dots for smart windows”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 10, p.43785-43791 (2018). 

23. A. Hasani+, T. P. Nguyen+, M. A. Takalgne, Q. V. Le, K. S. Choi, T. H. Lee, T. J. Park*, H. W. Jang*, and S. Y. Kim*, “The role of metal dopants in WS2 nanoflower in enhancing the hydrogen evolution reaction”, Applied Catalysis A, vol. 567, p.73-79 (2018).

Oral Presentation: 

• Mahider Tekalgne, Sang Hyun Ahn* Soo Young Kim*, “Boron and sulfur Doping on MXene for Enhancement of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction”, ENGE 2022, Jeju, Korea.
• Mahider Tekalgne, Soo Young Kim*, “ Hierarchical molybdenum disulfide on CNT-rGO composite as efficient catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction”, RPGR 2021, Jeju, Korea.
• Mahider Tekalgne, Sang Hyun Ahn* Soo Young Kim*, “ C-doped SnO2 nanostructure on MoS2/p-Si heterostructure for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production”, ICAE 2021, Yonsei University, Korea.
• Mahider Tekalgne, Soo Young Kim*, “ Vertically grown MoSx on CNT-rGO composite as efficient catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction”, ENGE 2020, Jeju, Korea.
• Mahider Tekalgne, Soo Young Kim*, “ WS2 Based Catalyst for Solar Driven Hydrogen Production”, ICAE 2019, Jeju, Korea.
• Mahider Tekalgne, Soo Young Kim*, “ CdSe QDs doped on WS2 Nano Flower for
  Enhancing Hydrogen Evolution Reaction”, KCS 2019, Korea.

Poster Presentation: 

• Mahider Tekalgne, Soo Young Kim*, “ CdSe quantum dot doped WS2 nanoflower for enhancing solar hydrogen production”, Nano Korea 2018, KINTEX(Ilsan), Korea.

• 2019-2021: Chung-Ang Young Scientist full scholarship

• 2017-2019: Chung-Ang Young Scientist full scholarship

• Soo Young Kim, Ph. D.

Professor

School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science 

Korea University (KU)

145 Anam-ro Seongbuk-gu

Seoul, Republic of Korea

+82-2-3290-3273 / E-mail: sooyoungkim@korea.ac.kr

• Sang Hyun Ahn / Ph.D.

Associate Professor

School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science 

Chung-Ang University (CAU)

221 Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu

Seoul, Republic of Korea

+82-2-820-5287 / E-mail: shahn@cau.ac.kr

• Whasik Min (PhD)

Professor

Seoul, Republic of Korea

+82-10-5403-7191 / E-mail: minwhasik@gmail.com