- 환경공학동 219호
- 054) 279-2289
- kwcho1982@postech.ac.kr
- 환경공학동 219호
- 054) 279-2289
- kwcho1982@postech.ac.kr
하폐수 변환 가속화 연구실은 환경전기화학 기반으로 하수를 정제하여 재이용수, 에너지, 자원으로 변환하는 기술을 추구합니다. 수전해, 연료전지, 축전지/배터리, 태양전지에 활용되는 전기화학의 기본 원리를 응용하여 에너지 변환 기능을 유지하면서 환경정화(수처리)와 자원회수의 추가 기능을 위한 촉매 및 공정을 개발하고 있습니다.
- 2015
- Ph.D., 캘리포니아공과대학교
- 2006
- M.S., 서울대학교 (건설·도시·지구환경공학부)
- 2004
- B.S., 서울대학교 (건설·도시·지구환경공학부)
- 2017. 03 ~ 현재
- 포항공과대학교 교수
- 2019. 03 ~ 현재
- 연세대학교 겸임교수
- 2006. 09 ~ 2017. 02
- 한국과학기술연구원 (선임)연구원
- 2016. 03 ~ 2017. 02
- 고려대학교 겸임교수
- 2015. 09 ~ 2017. 02
- 과학기술연합대학원대학교 교수
한국 차세대 과학기술한림원 (2025) 차세대 회원 선정
두산연강재단 (2025) 두산연강 환경학술상 우수상 수상
포항공과대학교 (2023) 차세대 리더연구자 선정
국제 전기화학회 (2015) ISE Prize for Environmental Electrochemistry 수상
Hyeonjeong Kim, Sukhwa Hong, Seok Kim, Jaesang Lee, and Kangwoo Cho (2025) Revisiting Current Efficiency for Electrochemical Reactive Chlorine Generation and Mediated Wastewater Treatment, Chemical Engineering Journal, 520, 165906.
Seungmok Han, Jun Soo Ha, Jae Seung Lee, Hyukjoo Lee, Chang Hyun Lee, Kangwoo Cho, Chang Won Yoon (2025) Direct electrolysis of liquid anhydrous ammonia for continuous production of high-purity, pressurized hydrogen at ambient temperature, EES Catalysis, 3, 694-700.
Sukhwa Hong, Jiseon Kim, Soonho Kwon, Kahyun Ham, Haowei Long, William A. Goddard III, Kangwoo Cho, Paul J. A. Kenis (2025) Synergistic Coupling of Ni-Oxalate Prism and Layered FeOOH for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 125393.
Mingizem Gashaw Seid, Aseom Son, Wondesen Ejerssa, Seung Yong Lee, Seongpil Jeong, Dong Ki Lee, Kangwoo Cho, and Seok Won Hong (2025) Enhanced peroxydisulfate activation with crystalline iron-based ternary chalcogenides Fe2GeS4 for organic micropollutants degradation, ACS ES&T Engineering, 5(1), 191.
Sukhwa Hong, Jiseon Kim, Jaebum Park, Sunmi Im, Michael R. Hoffmann, and Kangwoo Cho (2025) Scalable Ir-doped NiFe2O4/TiO2 Heterojunction Anode for Decentralized Saline Wastewater Treatment and H2 Production, Nano-Micro Letters. 17(1), 51.
Mingizem Gashaw Seid, Sung Ho Chae, Changha Lee, Kangwoo Cho, and Seok Won Hong (2024) Nitrosamine formation driven by electrochemical chlorination of urine-containing wastewater: Effects of operational conditions, Water Research, 122190.
Seok Kim, Jinseo Lee, Nahyeon Jeong, Yong-Yoon Ahn, Hyeonjeong Kim, Kangwoo Cho (2024) Electrochemical UV/Ozone Process with Ni-Sb-SnO2/SiOx Anode for Degradation of Micropollutants in Wastewater, Chemical Engineering Journal, 491, 152018.
Evandi Rahman, Jieun Shin, Sukhwa Hong, Sunmi Im, Jiseon Kim, Chong Min Chung, Seok Won Hong, Michael R. Hoffmann, and Kangwoo Cho (2024) Controlling the Selectivity of Chlorine Evolution Reaction by IrTaOx/TiO2 Heterojunction Anodes: Mechanism and Real Wastewater Treatment, ACS Catalysis, 14, 8427-8436.
Woonghee Lee, Seokhyun Choung, Seok Kim, Jeong Woo Han and Kangwoo Cho (2024) Atomically Dispersed Ru-doped Ti4O7 Electrocatalysts for Chlorine Evolution Reaction with a Universal Activity, Small, 2401248.
Jiseon Kim, Min-Cheol Kim, Sang Soo Han, and Kangwoo Cho (2024) Accessible Ni-Fe-Oxalate Framework for Electrochemical Urea Oxidation with Radically Enhanced Kinetics, Advanced Functional Materials, 2315625.
Pragadeesh Subramani, Milan Basil, Praveen Rosario, Dijin Ramachandran Jalaja, Vaishali Choudhary, Jayakumar Renganathan, Ligy Philip, Kangwoo Cho, Claire Welling, Sonia Grego, and Clèment Cid (2024) Water recycling public toilets based on onsite electrochemical wastewater treatment, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 10, 157-167.
Evandi Rahman, Jiho Lee, Seung Ji Lim, Aseom Son, Jiyun Han, Kangwoo Cho, and Seok Won Hong (2023) Cr-doped FeC2O4 micro-rods formed directly on AISI 420 stainless steel to enhance electrochemical NO3– reduction to N2 at circum-neutral pH, ACS Applied Materials & Interface, 15, 39, 45799-45811.
Sungho Bae, Sung-il Jeon, Woonghee Lee, Yerin Kim, and Kangwoo Cho (2023) Four-step constant voltage operation of hybrid capacitive deionization with composite electrodes for bifunctional deionization and lithium recovery, Desalination, 565, 116883.
Sihyeon Jo, Hyejin Kim, Kyoung Eun Lee, Sukhwa Hong, Kangwoo Cho, Sanghoon Kim, Gun-hee Moon, and Jonghun Lim (2023) Unraveling Janus-like Behavior of Copper Phosphide for Selective Production of Reactive Oxygen Species: Singlet Oxygen versus Hydroxyl Radical, Chemical Engineering Journal. 470, 144389.
Minjeong Kim, Jaemin Choi, Woonghee Lee, Hangil Lee, Kangwoo Cho, and Jaesang Lee (2023) Performance of Magnéli phase Ti4O7 and Ti3+ self-doped TiO2 as oxygen vacancy-rich titanium oxide anodes: Comparison in terms of treatment efficiency, anodic degradative pathways, and long-term stability, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy. 337, 122993.
Junhyung Park, Eun Ju Hwang, Sukhwa Hong, and Kangwoo Cho (2023) Electrochemical Chlorine Evolution by Bi-Ti Oxide with a Heterojunction on Ir-Ta Oxide: Insights from the Effects of Layer Configurations, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127 (20) 9640-9649.
Evandi Rahman, Sukhwa Hong, Jaesang Lee, Seok Won Hong, and Kangwoo Cho (2023) Ni–Fe Oxides/TiO2 Heterojunction Anodes for Reactive Chlorine Generation and Mediated Water Treatment, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15 (14), 17867-17878.
Mingizem Gashaw Seid, Aseom Son, Kangwoo Cho, Jeehye Byun, Seok Won Hong (2023) Doped and immobilized titanium dioxide photocatalysts as a potential source of nitrosamine formation, Water Research. 230, 119573.
Sukhwa Hong, Kahyun Ham, Jeemin Hwang, Sinwoo Kang, Min Ho Seo, Young-Woo Choi, Byungchan Han, Jaeyoung Lee, and Kangwoo Cho (2023) Active Motif Change of Ni-Fe Spinel Oxide by Ir Doping for Highly Durable and Facile Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Advanced Functional Materials. 33(1) 2209543 (Inside Back Cover)
Woonghee Lee, Seok Kim, and Kangwoo Cho (2023) Quantitative Evaluations on Ozone Evolution Electrocatalysts by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy for Oxidative Water Treatment, Environmental Science & Technology. 57, 47, 18529-18537.
Seok Kim, Seokhyun Choung, Woonghee Lee, Sungho Bae, Jeong Woo Han and Kangwoo Cho (2022) Tuning Electrochemical Water Oxidation towards Ozone Evolution by Heterojunction Anode Architectures, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10, 17132-17141. (Inside Front Cover)
Sungho Bae, Yerin Kim, Seok Kim, Chong Min Chung, and Kangwoo Cho (2022) Enhanced Sulfate Ion Adsorption Selectivity in Capacitive Deionization with Ball-Milled Activated Carbon, Desalination, 540, 116014.
Aseom Son, Jiho Lee, Mingizem Gashaw Seid, Evandi Rahman, Kangwoo Cho, Jaesang Lee, and Seok Won Hong (2022) Ti3+ self-doped TiO2 nanotube arrays revisited as Janus photoelectrodes for persulfate activation and water treatment, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 315, 121543.
Eun-Tae Yun, Woonghee Lee, John D. Fortner, Kangwoo Cho, Seungkwan Hong, Jaesang Lee (2022) Dual role of N-doped graphene film as cathode material for anodic organic oxidation and persulfate production and as planar carbocatalyst for non-electrochemical persulfate activation, Environmental Science: Nano, 9, 1662-1674.
Ericson Escobedo, Jin-Ah Oh, Kangwoo Cho, Yoon-Seok Chang (2022) Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide, Persulfate, and Free Chlorine by Steel Anode for Treatment of Municipal and Livestock Wastewater: Unravelling the role of oxidants speciation, Water Research, 216, 118305.
Mingizem Gashaw Seid, Jeehye Byun, Wooyul Kim, Kangwoo Cho, and Seok Won Hong (2022) Changes in levels of N-nitrosamine formed from amine-containing compounds during chloramination via photocatalytic pretreatment with immobilized TiO2: Effect of source water and pH, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 424, 127398.
Ericson Escobedo, Kangwoo Cho, and Yoon-Seok Chang (2022) Electrochemical activation of hydrogen peroxide, persulfate, and free chlorine using sacrificial iron anodes for decentralized wastewater treatment, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 423, 127068.
Jiseon Kim, Chong Min Chung, Kangwoo Cho, and Tai Hak Chung (2021) Revisiting Gas to Solids Ratio for Activated Sludge Clarification by Electrolytic Hydrogen Bubbles: Theoretical and Experimental Evaluations, Catalysts, 11, 1413.
Min Seok Koo, Seungmok Han, Kangwoo Cho, and Wonyong Choi (2021) Quantitative Photoelectrochemical Conversion of Ammonium to Dinitrogen Using Bromide-Mediated Redox Cycle, ACS Environmental Science & Technology Engineering, 1, pp. 1287-1297.
Mingizem Gashaw Seid, Changha Lee, Kangwoo Cho, Seok Won Hong (2021) Degradation of ranitidine and changes in N-nitrosodimethylamine formation potential by advanced oxidation processes: Role of oxidant speciation and water matrix, Water Research, 203, 117495.
Woonghee Lee, Teayoung Lee, Seok Kim, Sungho Bae, Jeyong Yoon, and Kangwoo Cho (2021) Descriptive Role of Pt/PtOx Ratio on the Selective Chlorine Evolution Reaction under Polarity Reversal as Studied by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 29, pp. 34093-34101.
Seok Kim, Jin Soo Kang, Seoni Kim, Seongmin Kang, Yung-Eun Sung, Kangwoo Cho, and Jeyong Yoon (2021) Electrochemical Regeneration of Free Chlorine Treated Nickel Oxide Catalysts for Oxidation of Aqueous Pollutants, Catalysis Today, 375, pp. 514-521.
Bowen Yang, Haisu Kang, Young-Jin Ko, Heesoo Woo, Geondu Gim, Jaemin Choi, Jaesung Kim, Kangwoo Cho, Eun-Ju Kim, Seung-Geol Lee, Hongshin Lee, Jaesang Lee (2021) Persulfate activation by nanodiamond-derived carbon onions: Effect of phase transformation of the inner diamond core on reaction kinetics and mechanisms, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 293, 120205.
Teayoung Lee, Woonghee Lee, Seongsoo Kim, Changha Lee, Kangwoo Cho, Choonsoo Kim, and Jeyong Yoon (2021) High chlorine evolution performance of electrochemically reduced TiO2 nanotube array coated with thin RuO2 layer by the self-synthetic method, RSC Advances, 11, 12107-12116.
Yu-Gyeong Kang, Sukhwa Hong, Hakwon Yoon, In-Gyu Song, Kangwoo Cho, and Yoon-Seok Chang (2021) Mechanically Combined Persulfate on Zerovalent Iron: Mechanistic Insights into Reduction and Oxidation Processes, Chemical Engineering Journal, 414, 128772.
Ji Young Hwang, Gun-hee Moon, Bupmo Kim, Takashi Tachikawa, Tetsuro Majima, Seungwoo Hong, Kangwoo Cho, Wooyul Kim, Wonyong Choi (2021) Crystal phase-dependent generation of mobile OH radicals on TiO2: Revisiting the photocatalytic oxidation mechanism of anatase and rutile, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 286, 119905.
Aseom Son, Jiho Lee, Changha Lee, Kangwoo Cho, Jaesang Lee, and Seok Won Hong (2021) Persulfate enhanced photoelectrochemical oxidation of organic pollutants using self-doped TiO2 nanotube arrays: Effect of operating parameters and water matrix, Water Research, 191, 116803.
Kahyun Ham, Sukhwa Hong, Sinwoo Kang, Kangwoo Cho, and Jaeyoung Lee (2021) Extensive Active-Site Formation in Trirutile CoSb2O6 by Oxygen Vacancy for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Anion Exchange Membrane Water Splitting, ACS Energy Letters, 6, pp. 364-370.
Mingizem Gashaw Seid, Jaeshik Chung, Jaewan Choe, Kangwoo Cho, Seok Won Hong (2021) Role of ranitidine in N-nitrosodimethylamine formation during chloramination of competing micropollutants, Science of the Total Environment, 756, 144156.
Ericson Escobedo, Jihun Kim, Dasom Oh, Kangwoo Cho, and Yoon-Seok Chang (2021) Electrocatalytic dehalogenation of aqueous pollutants by dealloyed nanoporous Pd/Ti cathode, Catalysis Today, 361, pp. 63-68.
Kangwoo Cho, Byung Min An, Soohyun So, Ana Chae, and Kyung Guen Song (2020) Simultaneous control of algal micropollutants based on ball-milled powdered activated carbon in combination with permanganate oxidation and coagulation, Water Research, 185, 116263.
Mingizem Gashaw Seid, Kangwoo Cho, and Seok Won Hong (2020) UV/sulfite chemistry to reduce N-nitrosodimethylamine formation in chlor(am)inated water, Water Research, 185, 116243.
Yongxun Jin, Jiho Lee, Gimun Gwak, Chong Min Chung, Jae Woo Choi, Kangwoo Cho, and Seok Won Hong (2020) Sequential combination of nanofiltration and ettringite precipitation for managing sulfate-rich brines, Environmental Research, 187, 109693.
Sukhwa Hong, Tai-kyu Lee, Michael R. Hoffmann, and Kangwoo Cho (2020) Enhanced chlorine evolution from dimensionally stable anode by heterojunction with Ti and Bi based mixed metal oxide layers prepared from nanoparticle slurry, Journal of Catalysis, 389, pp. 1-8.