研究领域

Chemical Engineering

Recognizing the importance of renewable & alternative energy sources for sustainable development, My research is focused on the (1) Physical and photoelectrochemical understanding of nanostructured photoactive semiconductors, targeting on utilising sunlight energy more efficiently. (2) Design of functional photoactive materials with excellent charge separation/transport properties, and (3) Applications in photo(electro)chemical water splitting, hydrogen generation and photo-(re)charging to convert and store sunlight as electrical or chemical fuel.

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Shahirah MNN; Abdullah S; Gimbun J; Ng YH; Cheng CK, 2016, 'A study on the kinetics of syngas production from glycerol over alumina-supported samarium-nickel catalyst', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 41, no. 25, pp. 10568 - 10577, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.04.193 Iwase A; Yoshino S; Takayama T; Ng YH; Amal R; Kudo A, 2016, 'Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction under Visible Light Irradiation Using Z-Scheme Systems Consisting of Metal Sulfides, CoOx-Loaded BiVO4, and a Reduced Graphene Oxide Electron Mediator.', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 138, no. 32, pp. 10260 - 10264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b05304 Tan HL; Tahini HA; Wen X; Wong RJ; Tan X; Iwase A; Kudo A; Amal R; Smith SC; Ng YH, 2016, 'Interfacing BiVO4 with Reduced Graphene Oxide for Enhanced Photoactivity: A Tale of Facet Dependence of Electron Shuttling', Small, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201601536 Lu X; Tan TH; Ng YH; Amal R, 2016, 'Highly Selective and Stable Reduction of CO2to CO by a Graphitic Carbon Nitride/Carbon Nanotube Composite Electrocatalyst', Chemistry: A European Journal, vol. 22, no. 34, pp. 11991 - 11996, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201601674 Kurnia F; Ng YH; Tang Y; Amal R; Valanoor N; Hart JN, 2016, 'ZnS thin films for visible-light active photoelectrodes: Effect of film morphology and crystal structure', Crystal Growth and Design, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 2461 - 2465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01590 Lou SN; Scott J; Iwase A; Amal R; Ng YH, 2016, 'Photoelectrochemical water oxidation using a Bi2MoO6/MoO3 heterojunction photoanode synthesised by hydrothermal treatment of an anodised MoO3 thin film', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 4, no. 18, pp. 6964 - 6971, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ta00700g Tahini HA; Tan X; Lou SN; Scott J; Amal R; Ng YH; Smith SC, 2016, 'Mobile Polaronic States in α-MoO3: An ab Initio Investigation of the Role of Oxygen Vacancies and Alkali Ions', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 8, no. 17, pp. 10911 - 10917, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b00287 Ong WJ; Tan LL; Ng YH; Yong ST; Chai SP, 2016, 'Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4)-Based Photocatalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis and Environmental Remediation: Are We a Step Closer To Achieving Sustainability?', Chemical Reviews, vol. 116, no. 12, pp. 7159 - 7329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00075 Tan HL; Wen X; Amal R; Ng YH, 2016, 'BiVO4 {010} and {110} Relative Exposure Extent: Governing Factor of Surface Charge Population and Photocatalytic Activity', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 1400 - 1405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00428 Jung M; Hart JN; Boensch D; Scott J; Ng YH; Amal R, 2016, 'Hydrogen evolution via glycerol photoreforming over Cu-Pt nanoalloys on TiO2', Applied Catalysis A: General, vol. 518, pp. 221 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.10.040 Kurnia F; Ng YH; Amal R; Valanoor N; Hart JN, 2016, 'Defect engineering of ZnS thin films for photoelectrochemical water-splitting under visible light', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 153, pp. 179 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.04.021 Jing L; Shim K; Toe CY; Fang T; Zhao C; Amal R; Sun KN; Kim JH; Ng YH, 2016, 'Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile-Ionic Liquid Nanofibers for Superior PM2.5 Capture Capacity', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 8, no. 11, pp. 7030 - 7036, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b12313 Tan TH; Scott J; Ng YH; Taylor RA; Aguey-Zinsou KF; Amal R, 2016, 'Understanding Plasmon and Band Gap Photoexcitation Effects on the Thermal-Catalytic Oxidation of Ethanol by TiO2-Supported Gold', ACS Catalysis, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1870 - 1879, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b02785 Wang P; Song F; Amal R; Ng YH; Hu X, 2016, 'Efficient Water Splitting Catalyzed by Cobalt Phosphide-Based Nanoneedle Arrays Supported on Carbon Cloth', ChemSusChem: chemistry and sustainability, energy and materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201501599 Jung M; Hart JN; Scott J; Ng YH; Jiang Y; Amal R, 2016, 'Exploring Cu oxidation state on TiO2 and its transformation during photocatalytic hydrogen evolution', Applied Catalysis A: General, vol. 521, pp. 190 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.11.013 Wong RJ; Liu S; Ng YH; Amal R, 2016, 'Fabrication of high aspect ratio and open-ended TiO2 nanotube photocatalytic arrays through electrochemical anodization', AIChE Journal, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 415 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.15117 Foo CY; Lim HN; Pandikumar A; Huang NM; Ng YH, 2016, 'Utilization of reduced graphene oxide/cadmium sulfide-modified carbon cloth for visible-light-prompt photoelectrochemical sensor for copper (II) ions.', Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 304, pp. 400 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.11.004 Wang P; Wu H; Tang Y; Amal R; Ng YH, 2015, 'Electrodeposited Cu2O as Photoelectrodes with Controllable Conductivity Type for Solar Energy Conversion', The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces, vol. 119, no. 47, pp. 26275 - 26282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07276 Tang YM; wang P; Yun JH; Amal R; Ng YH, 2015, 'Frequency-regulated pulsed electrodeposition of CuInS2 on ZnO nanorod arrays as visible light photoanodes (Inside front cover, 2015/08)', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 3, no. 31, pp. 15772 - 15772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5TA90165K Tang Y; Traveerungroj P; Tan HL; Wang P; Amal R; Ng YH, 2015, 'Scaffolding an ultrathin CdS layer on a ZnO nanorod array using pulsed electrodeposition for improved photocharge transport under visible light illumination', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 3, no. 38, pp. 19582 - 19587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ta05195a