Seon Yong Lee

Dr. Seon Yong Lee

Korea University

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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 August 2019 in Chemical Engineering Journal
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KJKyung-Won Jung
Kyung-Won Jung
SLSeon Yong Lee
Seon Yong Lee
Jae-Woo ChoiJae-Woo Choi
Jae-Woo Choi
YLYoung Jae Lee
Young Jae Lee

1 November 2019 in Composites Part B: Engineering
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SLSeon Yong Lee
Seon Yong Lee
Jae-Woo ChoiJae-Woo Choi
Jae-Woo Choi
KSKyung Guen Song
Kyung Guen Song
KCKeunsu Choi
Keunsu Choi
YLYoung Jae Lee
Young Jae Lee
KJKyung-Won Jung
Kyung-Won Jung



1 October 2019 in Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
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KJKyung-Won Jung
Kyung-Won Jung
SLSeon Yong Lee
Seon Yong Lee
YLYoung Jae Lee
Young Jae Lee
Jae-Woo ChoiJae-Woo Choi
Jae-Woo Choi
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an important emerging contaminant with endocrine-disrupting potential that has frequently been detected in aquatic environments. In this study, two types of hierarchically structured manganese dioxide/biochar nanocomposites (MnO2/BCs) were prepared for the first time via facile hydrothermal synthesis. The hydrothermal reaction was maintained at 100 °C for 6 h or 12 h, after which an ultrasound-assisted heterogeneous Fenton-like process was used to catalyze the removal of BPA under neutral pH condition. The characterization results indicated that MnO2 nanoparticles were successfully formed on the nanocomposite surfaces and had flower-like (δ-MnO2, 6 h) and urchin-like (α-MnO2, 12 h) morphology. This enabled a significant improvement in the catalytic activity of BPA removal by the reversible redox reaction. A series of experiments confirmed that the crystalline properties of the nanocomposites affected their catalytic activity. In particular, the α-MnO2/BCs exhibited catalytic activity in the ultrasound-assisted heterogeneous Fenton-like process and completely removed BPA within 20 min under the following conditions: [BPA]0 = 100 μM; [H2O2]0 = 10 mM; [catalyst]0 = 0.5 g/L; ultrasound = 20 kHz (130 W) at 40% amplitude; pH = 7.0 ± 0.1; and temperature = 25 ± 1 °C. This efficiency may have been due to the synergistic effect of ultrasound and α-MnO2/BCs, which simultaneously induce the effective generation of reactive free radicals and increase the mass transfer rate at the solid-liquid interface. Overall, these results demonstrated that hierarchical urchin-like α-MnO2/BCs have significant potential as an efficient and low-cost catalyst in ultrasound-assisted heterogeneous Fenton-like systems.