PPEL+

Printability for Printed Electronics Lab

Jeonbuk National University

Explore Our Research

Welcome to PPEL!

Our laboratory is creating the future through innovative printed electronics technology. We are a warm research community where passionate and creative researchers come together to conduct world-class research, collaborating and growing together.

🎓 Graduate Student Recruitment

PPEL is always recruiting passionate graduate students. We welcome applications from students interested in printed electronics, energy storage devices, and biosensor fields.

Contact: smlim@jbnu.ac.kr
PPEL Research Team

PPEL Research Team - Building the Future Together

How Our Research Changes the World

PPEL creates electronic devices using the innovative method of 'printing.' We research a future where circuits on paper, sensors on skin, and batteries on clothing can be mass-produced just like printing a newspaper.

AI Printed Electronics
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AI-Powered Printed Electronics

"Printing circuits on paper?"
AI autonomously optimizes ink formulation and printing conditions, producing electronic circuits like printing a document. What takes hundreds of experiments, AI simulates in minutes.
Machine Learning Screen Printing Inkjet

Selected Papers (IF ≥ 10)

Highly Efficient 3D‐Printed PVDF‐Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators Featuring Polymorphic Perovskite Nanofillers
Advanced Functional Materials, 2025 · IF: 19.0
Optimizing PMMA-based stretchable microneedle arrays by vat photopolymerization for efficient drug loading
Additive Manufacturing, 2024 · IF: 11.1
Selected Papers
Bioprinting & Biosensors
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Bioprinting & Biosensors

"Health check from a single drop of sweat?"
Patch-type sensors attached to skin monitor blood sugar, stress hormones, and dehydration in real-time. Creating a future where health is managed without blood draws.
Glucose Sensor Wearable Electrochemical

Selected Papers (IF ≥ 10)

Portable, Wireless Potentiostat Sensor for Ultra-Sensitive, Real-Time Detection of 5hmC in Genomic DNA Using Tree-Like Graphene
ACS Nano, 2025 · IF: 15.8
Portable and wireless DNA nanosensor for early detection of lung cancer using 1T-MoS₂/liposome-AuNP modified transducer
Int. J. Biological Macromolecules, 2025 · IF: 11.2 · JCR Q1
Selected Papers
Printed Memory Devices
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Printed Memory Devices

"A USB drive that bends like paper?"
Ultra-thin memory devices made through printing. Embed them in clothing or packaging to store product history, or use as disposable smart labels.
RRAM Flexible MXene

Selected Papers (IF ≥ 10)

Recent advancements in carbon-based materials for resistive switching applications
Carbon, 2024 · IF: 11.6
Selected Papers
Printed Energy Storage
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Printed Supercapacitors & Batteries

"Batteries printed like newspapers?"
Mass-produce thin, flexible energy storage devices like paper. Revolutionize power sources for IoT sensors and wearable devices at dramatically lower costs.
Supercapacitor Micro-battery 2D Materials

Selected Papers (IF ≥ 10)

Ultrahigh-energy-density supercapacitors based on all-pseudocapacitive binary metal sulfide–MXene composites
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024 · IF: 11.1
Printed flexible supercapacitors utilizing composites of MWCNT/MOF ultrathin nanosheets
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 · IF: 13.4
Selected Papers
Piezo & Triboelectric
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Piezo & Triboelectric Energy Harvesting

"Shoes that charge as you walk?"
Technology that generates electricity from everyday movements like walking, touch, and wind. The key to self-powered sensors that work forever without battery replacement.
Nanogenerator Self-powered IoT

Selected Papers (IF ≥ 10)

Structural transformation of graphitic carbon nitride from 2D to 1D architectures for enhanced piezoelectric performance
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025 · IF: 13.4
Self-Powered Gesture Recognition Using a Sustainable Cherry Blossom Triboelectric Nanogenerator
Nano Energy, 2025 · IF: 16.8
Highly Efficient 3D‐Printed PVDF‐Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators Featuring Polymorphic Perovskite Nanofillers
Advanced Functional Materials, 2025 · IF: 19.0
Selected Papers

Meet Our Professor

Professor Sooman Lim

Dr. Sooman Lim

Professor

Graduate School of Flexible and
Printable Electronics
Jeonbuk National University

📧 Contact Professor
🔬 Research Interests
Printed Electronics Flexible Devices Energy Storage Biomedical Sensors AI-Enhanced Manufacturing
📧 Contact Information

Email: smlim@jbnu.ac.kr
Office: Engineering Building 9, Room300
Phone: +82-63-270-4259

🏆 Academic Achievements

• 100+ publications in peer-reviewed journals
• 2,733+ citations with h-index of 30
• 6 patents granted in printed electronics field
• for NRF Mid-Career Researcher Program (2024)

2012
Ph.D. in Chemical & Image Science
Specialization in Printed Electronics and Materials
Western Michigan University, USA
2008
M.S. in Printing & Information Engineering
Focus on Advanced Printing Technologies
Pukyong National University, Korea
2006
B.S. in Printing & Information Engineering
Graduated with Honors
Pukyong National University, Korea
2016-
Professor
Graduate School of Flexible and Printable Electronics
Jeonbuk National University
2014-16
Principal Research Scientist
Advanced Materials Development
BASF Corporation
2012-14
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Minnesota, USA
🎯 Current Research Focus

Our research group focuses on developing next-generation printed electronics technologies with applications in flexible devices, energy storage, and biomedical sensors. We combine advanced materials science with innovative printing techniques to create sustainable and high-performance electronic devices.

🏆 Recent Achievements
  • 2025: Published in ACS Nano (IF: 15.8) on ultra-sensitive DNA detection
  • 2024: Selected for NRF Mid-Career Researcher Program
  • 2024: 6 patents granted in printed electronics field
  • 2023: Best Paper Award at International Conference on Printed Electronics

Lab Members

POSTDOCTORAL

Dr. Habibulla Imran

Dr. Habibulla Imran

Postdoctoral Researcher

PH.D. STUDENTS

Omkar Patil

Omkar Patil

Ph.D. Student

Qasim Raza

Qasim Raza

Ph.D. Student

Swarali Joshi

Swarali Joshi

Ph.D. Student

Aqila Che Ab Rahman

Aqila Che Ab Rahman

Ph.D. Student

Rafiq Muheeb

Rafiq Muheeb

Ph.D. Student

Omkar Pawar

Omkar Pawar

Ph.D. Student

Ali Shan

Ali Shan

Ph.D. Student

Research Publications

📚
2,733+
Total Citations
📄
100+
Publications
🎯
h-30
h-index
2026

Selected Papers

Energy #12

Self-Powered Gesture Recognition Using a Sustainable and Thermally Stable Cherry Blossom Triboelectric Nanogenerator

OA Patil, MY Chougale, S Lim

Nano Energy, 2026 (IF: 16.8)

🔗 DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.111687
2024 — 2025

Publications

Materials Science #4

Highly Efficient 3D‐Printed PVDF‐Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators Featuring Polymorphic Perovskite Nanofillers

NH Zain Karimy, H Li, HB Lee, DP Ojha, MM Ovhal, V Devaraj, S Lim, JW Kang

Advanced Functional Materials, 2025 (IF: 19.0)

Materials Science #2

Portable, Wireless Potentiostat Sensor for Ultra-Sensitive, Real-Time Detection of 5hmC in Genomic DNA Using Tree-Like Graphene

H Imran, S Lim, A Alam, J An, M Ko, S Lim

ACS Nano, 2025 (IF: 15.8)

Chemical Engineering #858

Structural transformation of graphitic carbon nitride from 2D to 1D architectures for enhanced piezoelectric performance

OY Pawar, H Li, OA Patil, J Xu, TD Dongale, B Lu, S Lim

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025 (IF: 13.4)

Biosensors #5

Portable and wireless DNA nanosensor for early detection of lung cancer using 1T-MoS₂/liposome-AuNP modified transducer

H Imran, M Ko, V Dharuman, J An, S Lim

Int. J. Biological Macromolecules, 2025 (IF: 11.2)

Materials Chemistry #983

Ultrahigh-energy-density supercapacitors based on all-pseudocapacitive binary metal sulfide–MXene composites

A Alam, KW Kim, H Jo, D Sahoo, SH Kim, JK Kim, S Lim

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024 (IF: 11.1)

Chemical Engineering #858

Printed flexible supercapacitors utilizing composites of MWCNT/MOF ultrathin nanosheets: Exploring 1D/2D structural adjustment

B Diao, C Cong, F Sun, H Li, H Zhang, X Wang, M Jin, S Lim, X Li, SH Kim

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 (IF: 13.4)

Materials Science #1090

Recent advancements in carbon-based materials for resistive switching applications

SL Patil, OY Pawar, TD Dongale, S Chang, S Lim, YM Song

Carbon, 2024 (IF: 11.6)

Engineering #774

Optimizing polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)-based stretchable microneedle arrays by vat photopolymerization for efficient drug loading

AC Ab Rahman, BJ Lee, S Lim

Additive Manufacturing, 2024 (IF: 11.1)

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Patents

KR 10-2024-0044354

압전 나노발전기용 압전 필름 및 그 제조 방법

Piezoelectric Film for Piezoelectric Nanogenerators and Manufacturing Method Thereof

KR 10-2024-0020580

정전도장용 스프레이 페인트, 그 제조 방법 및 피도물 코팅 방법

Spray Paint for Electrostatic Coating, Manufacturing Method and Coating Method Thereof

KR 10-2756747 🏆

3차원 다공성 압전 소자 및 압전 나노발전기

Three-Dimensional Porous Piezoelectric Device and Piezoelectric Nanogenerator

KR 10-2610162 🏆

압전물질 복합체, 이의 필름과 제조방법

Piezoelectric Material Composite, Film and Manufacturing Method Thereof

KR 10-2595641 🏆

압전 소자의 프린팅용 조성물 및 프린터

Printing Composition and Printer for Piezoelectric Devices

KR 10-2399776 🏆

한지 기반 그래핀 스트레인 센서의 제조방법

Manufacturing Method of Hanji-Based Graphene Strain Sensor

🏆 Granted patents are marked with blue borders

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

Collaborations with leading research institutions worldwide

🇺🇸

University of Minnesota

USA

🇨🇳

Tsinghua University

China

🇯🇵

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan

🇩🇪

Technical University of Munich

Germany

🇬🇧

Imperial College London

United Kingdom

🇸🇬

National University of Singapore

Singapore

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