:Nam-Gyu Park

He is from Masan, South Gyeongsang Province (now Changwon). As a teenager, he wanted to be an artist or architect, but he couldn't due to opposition from his music teacher.{{cite news|title='죽을 때까지 연구해 보시죠!' 과학자에게 무한 기회 준 대학|url=https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2024110514510002094|newspaper=Hankook Ilbo|language=ko|date=5 November 2024|access-date=10 March 2025}} Upon entering the Department of Chemistry Education at Seoul National University in 1981, he joined the 9th Infantry Division (also known as the White Horse Division) and served for two years and seven months. He returned to Seoul National University after being discharged from the military in 1984, majored in inorganic chemistry, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1988.

Since January 1988, he worked as a researcher at SKC (formerly known as Sunkyung Chemical)'s Cheonan plant, which was then well-known as a videotape, compact disc and floppy disk manufacturer, but he resigned in February 1990.{{cite news|title=노벨상 유력 연구의 비결...박남규 교수 “모두가 외면해도 가능성 믿었다”|url=https://www.dongascience.com/news.php?idx=19898|newspaper=Donga Science|language=ko|date=25 September 2017|access-date=10 March 2025}}{{cite web|title=Nam-Gyu Park, Ph.D.|url=https://www.cmu.edu/nanotechnology-forum/Forum_4/CV/NGPark.pdf|website=Carnegie Mellon University|access-date=10 March 2025}} He then attended the Department of Chemistry at Seoul National University and became a student of Professor Choy Jin-ho. At first, he wanted to study superconductors, but changed his direction to perovskite research at the suggestion of the professor. In February 1992, he earned his master's degree in inorganic chemistry from Seoul National University graduate school, and in February 1995, he earned his doctorate in inorganic chemistry through a paper titled "Synthesis and physico-chemical properties of 2-dimensional inorganic solids and their intercalation compounds".{{cite web|title=SNU Open Repository and Archive: Synthesis and physico-chemical properties of 2-dimensional inorganic solids and their intercalation compounds|url=https://s-space.snu.ac.kr/handle/10371/56605|website=S-Space|access-date=10 March 2025}}

From March 1996 to May 1997, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut de Chimie de la Matiere Condensee de Bordeaux – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (ICMCB-CNRS) in Pessac, France, and conducted research to improve efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells. From June 1997 to December 1999, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, the United States. After returning to South Korea in January 2000, he worked as a senior researcher at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), and moved to the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in December 2005 as the head of the solar cell research center and the head of the energy materials research center.{{cite news|title=국산 '유리창 발전기' 상품화된다|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0002179210|newspaper=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|date=17 July 2008|access-date=10 March 2025}} However, dye-sensitized solar cells have some disadvantages in that they are economical but have limited energy conversion efficiency. Meanwhile, at a solar cell-related conference held in Switzerland in 2007, Tsutomu Miyasaka, a professor at Toin University of Yokohama, Japan, presented a presentation on perovskite solar cells.{{cite news|title=20년간 변함없는 연구…3세대 태양전지 상용화 눈앞|url=http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/science/science_general/871741.html|newspaper=The Hankyoreh|language=ko|date=26 November 2018|access-date=10 March 2025}}{{cite news|title=태양전지 분야 세계적 석학 박남규 교수, 대한민국 최고과학기술인 선정|url=https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/society/science-news/2024/07/07/20240707500015|newspaper=Seoul Shinmun|language=ko|date=7 July 2024|access-date=10 March 2025}} In a paper published in 2009, Tsutomu Miyasaka first presented a dye-sensitized solar cell model with perovskite structural materials, but it was implemented in a liquid state, making it less stable and only 3.8% efficient, so it received little attention.{{cite web|title=특집 - 에너지 기술 - 페로브스카이트 태양전지 - 이진욱, 박남규|url=https://www.kvs.or.kr/file/story/2014_12_03.pdf|website=The Korean Vacuum Society|language=ko|date=December 2014|access-date=31 March 2025}}{{cite news|title=韓 주도하는 페로브스카이트 차세대 태양전지로 `우뚝`|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/special-edition/7488433|newspaper=Maeil Business Newspaper|language=ko|date=2 September 2016|access-date=31 March 2025}}

When he was appointed as a professor at Sungkyunkwan University in July 2009, he conducted research on perovskites, and paid attention to the fact that the perovskite structural compounds have superconductivity along with properties of nonconductors, semiconductors, and conductors and thus have properties that absorb light well.{{cite news|title=박남규 성균관대 교수팀, 페로브스카이트 태양전지 고효율 원인 규명|url=https://www.ajunews.com/view/20130807000228|newspaper=Aju Business Daily|language=ko|date=7 August 2013|access-date=10 March 2025}}{{cite news|title=올해 대한민국 최고과학기술인상에 박남규 성균관대 교수|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20240705107200017|newspaper=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|date=5 July 2024|access-date=10 March 2025}} In August 2012, he developed the world's first solar cell made of solid perovskite with Professor Michael Grätzel at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.{{cite news|title=“노벨상 받기 위한 연구를 해라” 젊은 연구자들 만난 석학의 조언|url=https://biz.chosun.com/science-chosun/science/2023/06/08/AZNOL2M3JZBETCFJMQTEI4EO2A/|newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo|language=ko|date=8 June 2023|access-date=10 March 2025}}{{cite news|title=태양전지 석학 박남규 교수 "노벨상 목표로 연구하라"|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20230608159300017|newspaper=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|date=8 June 2023|access-date=10 March 2025}} The solid perovskite solar cell he developed recorded the highest efficiency at the time of 9.7%, and the efficiency remained constant even when exposed to the outside for more than 500 hours.{{cite news|title=반도체 염료로 박막 태양전지 효율 2배 올려|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20120825042900017|newspaper=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|date=25 August 2012|access-date=10 March 2025}} Published in the journal Scientific Reports, a sister paper of Nature,{{cite journal|title=Lead Iodide Perovskite Sensitized All-Solid-State Submicron Thin Film Mesoscopic Solar Cell with Efficiency Exceeding 9%|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/srep00591|journal=Scientific Reports|language=en|date=21 August 2012|access-date=10 March 2025}} it was considered the first paper on a stable and efficient solid perovskite solar cell.{{cite news|title=[노벨 로드] 박남규 성균관대 교수 “태양전지 너머 세상에 없는 물질을 찾아서”|url=https://biz.chosun.com/science-chosun/science/2023/07/03/YEMHVSXTKJDNDABJTIOXEM7LF4/|newspaper=조선일보|language=ko|date=3 July 2023|access-date=10 March 2025}} Since then, it has been evaluated as providing an opportunity to conduct research on perovskite solar cells around the world.{{cite news|title="아, 한국도!" 박남규 교수 노벨상 유력 후보 선정...페로브스카트 태양전지 연구|url=https://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/09/20/2017092002632.html|newspaper=조선일보|language=ko|date=20 September 2017|access-date=10 March 2025}}{{cite news|title=“1839년 발견된 독특한 결정구조에 주목… 태양전지 게임체인저 개발”[M 인터뷰]|url=https://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=2025012401032305019001|newspaper=문화일보|language=ko|date=24 January 2025|access-date=10 March 2025}} His perovskite solar cell research achievements gained international recognition by winning the British Rank Prizes for Optoelectronics in 2022,{{cite news|title=성균관대 박남규 교수, 페르브스카이트 태양전지 개척으로 2022년 랭크상 수상|url=http://www.kyosu.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=77410|newspaper=교수신문|language=ko|date=29 September 2021|access-date=10 March 2025}} the Italian ENI award for Energy Frontiers in 2024,{{cite news|title=성균관대 박남규 교수 2024 Eni Award 수상|url=https://www.veritas-a.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=523694|newspaper=Veritas Alpha|language=ko|date=15 October 2024|access-date=10 March 2025}} and the German Humboldt Research Award in 2025.{{cite news|title=성균관대 박남규 교수, 독일 '훔볼트 연구상' 수상|url=https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20250509_0003169667|newspaper=뉴시스|language=ko|date=9 May 2025|access-date=9 May 2025}}{{cite web|title=Prof. Dr. Nam-Gyu Park|publisher=Alexander von Humboldt Foundation|url=https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/explore-the-humboldt-network/singleview/1244268/prof-dr-nam-gyu-park|access-date=15 May 2025}} In 2023, he was the only South Korean scientists and technicians to be invited to the Nobel Symposium hosted by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to present solid perovskite solar cells.{{cite news|title='페로브스카이트 아버지' 박남규 교수, 28회 한국공학한림원 대상 수상|url=https://www.etnews.com/20240125000267|newspaper=Electronic Times|language=ko|date=25 January 2024|access-date=10 March 2025}}

• Aug. 2008 – KIST Award of Month (KIST)
• Oct. 2008 – Scientist Award of the Month (Korean Government)
• Oct. 2008 – Kyunhang Electricity and Energy Award (Korean Government)
• 2009 – Best KIST Award (KIST)
• 2010 – DuPont Science and Technology Award (DuPont Korea)
• 2013 – 100 National Outstanding Awards (Korean Government)
• 2014 – MRS Outstanding Research Award (MRS)
• 2014 – WCPEC-6 Paper Award (Kyoto, Japan)
• 2015 – Hamakawa Award of PVSEC (Busan, Korea)
• 2016 – Dukmyung KAST Engineering Award (KAST)
• 2017 – Clarivate Citation Laureates (Clarivate Analytics)
• 2018 – ACS-KCS Excellence Award (American Chemical Society)
• 2018 – Lee Hsun Lecture Award (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
• 2018 – Ho-Am Prize in Engineering (Ho-Am Foundation)
• 2018 – Prime Minister Award (No. 6912)
• 2018 – Minister of Science Award (No. 25595)
• 2018 – Scientist of the Year Award
• 2019 – Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist{{cite web |url=https://www.asianscientist.com/as100/ |title=The Asian Scientist 100 |author= |date= |website= |publisher= Asian Scientist |access-date= 13 March 2025 |quote= |language= }}
• 2020 – 1st Jin-Ho Choy Academic Award (Korean Chemical Society)
• 2021 – NANO
• 2022 – Rank Prizes for Optoelectronics
• 2023 – Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Materials Science - 2023{{Cite web |title=Web of Science |url=https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1431321 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.webofscience.com}}
• 2024 – Top Scientist and Technologist Award of Korea
• 2024 – ENI award for Energy Frontiers
• 2025 – Humboldt Research Award

• Perovskite Solar Cell{{Cite web |title=Patents Assigned to Sungkyunkwan University - Justia Patents Search |url=https://patents.justia.com/assignee/sungkyunkwan-university?page=7 |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=patents.justia.com}}

• “Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics” Ed. N.-G. Park, M. Gratzel and T. Miyasaka, Springer (2016), ISBN 978-3-319-35114-8{{Cite journal |date=2016 |editor-last=Park |editor-first=Nam-Gyu |editor2-last=Grätzel |editor2-first=Michael |editor3-last=Miyasaka |editor3-first=Tsutomu |title=Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-35114-8 |journal=SpringerLink |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-35114-8|isbn=978-3-319-35112-4 |url-access=subscription }}
• “High Efficiency Mesoscopic Organometal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells” in “Unconventional Thin Film Photovoltaics”, Ed. Enrico Da Como, Filippo De Angelis, Henry Snaith, Alison Walker, Royal Society of Chemistry (2016), ISBN 978-1-78262-293-2
• “Sensitized Mesoscopic Solar Cells” McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology (2015), ISBN 978-0-07-183576-3 {{Cite web |title=Next-Generation Photo-Electronics Laboratory |url=http://ngpl.skku.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=ngpl.skku.edu |language=ko}}
• “Perovskite Solar Cell” in "Advanced concepts in photovoltaics", Ed. A.J. Nozik, Royal Society of Chemistry (2014), ISBN 978-1-84973-591-9 {{Cite book |title=Advanced Concepts in Photovoltaics |date=2014-07-21 |publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry |isbn=978-1-84973-591-9 |editor-last=Nozik |editor-first=Arthur |edition=1st |location=Cambridge |language=English |editor-last2=Conibeer |editor-first2=Gavin |editor-last3=Beard |editor-first3=Matthew C.}}
• "Advanced technologies of perovskite-based thin film solar cells" in “Recent development of perovskite thin film solar cells", Ed. T. Miyasaka and H. Segawa, CMC Publishing Co., Japan (2014), ISBN 978-4- 907837-25-9 C3058.
• “Perovskite-based solid state hybrid solar cells" in "Trends in Advanced Sensitized and Organic Solar Cells”, Ed. T. Miyasaka, CMC Publishing Co, Japan (2012), ISBN 978-4-7813-0620-9 C3054{{Cite book |last=力 |first=宮坂 |url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I024048447-00 |title=Trends in advanced sensitized and organic solar cells : handbook of R&D information in Japan |date=2012 |publisher=CMC Publishing |location=Tokyo |language=en}}
• “Metal oxide nanostructures and their photovoltaic applications” in "Metal Oxide Nanostructures and Their Applications", Ed. Ahmad Umar, American Science Publisher, USA (2009), ISBN 1-58883-170-1{{Cite web |title=Metal Oxide Nanostructures and Their Applications |url=http://www.aspbs.com/mona.htm |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.aspbs.com}}
• “Research trend of dye-sensitized solar cell in Korea” in "Recent Advances in Research and Development for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells II", Ed. H. Arakawa, CMC Publishing Co, Japan (2007), ISBN 978-4- 88231-665-7 C3054{{Cite journal |last1=Mehmood |first1=Umer |last2=Rahman |first2=Saleem-ur |last3=Harrabi |first3=Khalil |last4=Hussein |first4=Ibnelwaleed A. |last5=Reddy |first5=B. V. S. |date=2014-04-17 |title=Recent Advances in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells |journal=Advances in Materials Science and Engineering |language=en |volume=2014 |pages=e974782 |doi=10.1155/2014/974782 |issn=1687-8434 |doi-access=free }}

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