April Our paper, entitled "Electrochemically functionalized MWCNT|ABTS nanocomposite: A versatile platform for dye recovery and upcycling for detection and valorization of nitroaromatics," has been accepted in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (see paper). Eunice won the Best Presentation Award for her presentation at the 2026 International Conference on Resilience and Intelligence for Sustainable Energy.
March Our paper, entitled "Robust nickel-cobalt oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts for the sustainable and efficient electrochemical valorization of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural at near-neutral pH," has been accepted in Materials Today Sustainability (see paper). Chia-Yu has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Chulalongkorn University.
January Tzu-Hsuan's paper, entitled "High-Rate and Selective Conversion of Low-Concentration Carbon Dioxide to Carbon Monoxide Using a Carbon Nanotube-Supported Molecular Electrocatalyst," has been accepted in Small (see paper).
December Chia-Hui's paper, entitled "Efficient electrosynthesis of Nylon monomeric precursors from the electrocatalytic adiponitrile reduction over the defect-rich NiOx/Ni modified electrode," has been accepted in Applied Surface Science Advances (see paper).
November Our 2025 NCKU Innovation Dreams Come True Project, entitled "Make Nylon Great Again," has been awarded Golden Plume Award of NCKU Phoenix Innovation Platform, Pitch Presentation Excellence Award (2nd place), and Audience Favorite Award (3rd place) on NCKU Innovation Demo Day. (related video link1 and link2). Tzu-Hsuan won the Outstanding Research Award for his presentation at the OKCAT-2025 conference.
October Our patents (ROC: I904720 & I901387, and US 12435432 B2) have been approved.
July Perspective, entitled "Photoelectrochemical valorisation of organic waste for the cogeneration of solar fuels and value-added chemicals," has been accepted by Chemical Science (see paper).
May Eunice's paper, entitled "Integrated Capture and Electroreduction of Low-Concentration CO2 to CO Using Geopolymer|Graphene-Cobalt Phthalocyanine Composite," has been accepted by Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research (see paper). Our paper, entitled "Iodide-mediated electroreduction of carbon dioxide for efficient and selective electrosynthesis of multicarbon products over copper iodide microcrystals," has been accepted by Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (see paper).
December Shih-Ching won the Lam Research Science and Technology Thesis Award (see news). Shih-Ching won the Research Scholarship of 2024 CTCI Foundation Science and Technology Scholarship (see news). Shih-Ching's paper, entitled "P-Doped NiFe Alloy-Based Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalyst for Efficient and Stable Seawater Splitting and Organic Electrosynthesis at Neutral pH" has been accepted by Small (see the paper).
November Our work, entitled "Functionalized carbon materials and its applications for urine UACR sensing and biocatalysis," has been awarded Merit Award by WAH LEE INDUSTRIAL CORP. in WAH LEE Materials Competition (see the news).
September Our paper, entitled "Bismuth-based electrocatalytic scheme enabling efficient and selective electrosynthesis of 4-aminophenol in acidic media," has been accepted by ChemComm (see the paper).
June Shih-Ching passes her PhD thesis defense. Our patent, entitled "Modified electrode, manufacturing method thereof and use thereof," has been awarded "Distinguished Invention Award" by the Association of Chemical Sensors in Taiwan. Our book chapter, entitled "Photo(electro)chemical Systems for Upcycling of Carbon-Containing Waste," has been published (see chapter).
May Chia-Yu received "Outstanding Engineering Professor" awarded by the Chinese Institute of Engineer-Kaoshiung Chapter (see the news). Our paper, entitled "Efficient and selective electrosynthesis of adiponitrile from electrohydrodimerization of acrylonitrile over the bismuth nanosheets modified electrode," has been accepted by Green Chemistry (see the paper).
April Dr. Ftiri Nur Indah Sari received "ISE Travel Award" by the International Society of Electrochemistry (see the news).
March Zi-Xuan Wan won the Best Presentation Award for his oral presentation, entitled "Stable and Selective C2 product generation from the electrochemical CO2 reduction over copper iodide chemically-modified gas-diffusion electrode," in 2024 International Conference on Hierarchical Green Energy Materials (see the news).
January Chia-Yu has been admitted as a fellow member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Our Concept article, entitled "Aqueous Electrocatalytic Reduction as a Low-Carbon and Green Route for Chemical Synthesis and Environmental Remediation," has been accepted by ChemElectroChem (see the paper).
December The R.O.C patent, entitled "鉍基修飾電極及其製備方法與用途 (I829235)," has been granted.
September Miss Eunice Estrella De Guzman joined our group to perform her MECO-TECO Joint Research Project. Papontee's paper, entitled "Efficient and selective electrosynthesis of 4-aminophenol at circumneutral pH from the electrocatalytic reduction of nitrophenol over the nickel-iron phosphide modified electrode," has been accepted by Materials Today Sustainability (see the paper). The US patent, entitled "Modified electrode, manufacturing method thereof and use thereof (US11828754B2)," has been granted.
July We welcome new members (Master program): Miss Yun-Chu Kao, Miss Yi-Cih Luo, Mr. Ming-Chieh Hsieh, Mr. Meng-Hsun Wu, Mr. Wei-Che Tsai, and Mr. Yu-Chen Huang,
May Dr. Elavarasan Munirathinam left the lab and Dr. Fitri Nur Indah Sari joined us as a postdoc. Yun-Ju's work, entitled "Selective electrosynthesis of platform chemicals from the electrocatalytic reforming of biomass-derived hexanediol," has been accepted by Faraday Discussions (see the paper). The R.O.C. patent, entitled "經修飾之電極及其製備方法與用途 (I805301)," has been granted.
February Vacancies of part-time and full-time research assistants for electrochemical CO2 reduction and gas sensing are available (send email for the details). Chia-Yu was nominated as a member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.
January The collaborative WUN Global Research Group – SDGs in Asia 2023 Research Project, entitled “Sustainable aquaculture in Southeast Asia via nutrient recovery and bioenergy production,” has been approved.
December Chia-Yu has been promoted to Professor starting on August 1, 2022.
November Tzu-Hsuan's work, entitled "Facile electrosynthesis of polyaniline|gold nanoparticle core-shell nanofiber for efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction," has been accepted by Electrochim. Acta. (see the paper).
October Shih-Ching's work, entitled "Facile electrochemical preparation of NiFeP submicron-spheres as an efficient electrocatalyst for the electrochemical hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol at neutral pH," has been accepted by J. Environ Chem Eng. (see the paper).
September Our work, entitled "Environmentally-benign and low-carbon electrosynthetic method for the production of monomers of Nylon 6,6," won 2022 FutureTech Awards (see the news). The first two ourreach videos were released (see the link1 and link2 )
July A postdoc research position was granted by MOST. We welcome new members (i) Master students: Mr. Guo-Zhi Lin, Miss Ting-Yi Chung, Mr. Cheng-Yi Su, Mr. Ming-Chi Tsai, and Mr. Yen-Peng Cheng, (ii) PhD student: Mr. Zi-Xuan Wang, and (iii) Postdoc researcher: Dr. Elavarasan Munirathinam.
June MOST projects, entitled "Development of high-performance photo-electrocatalytic platform for upcycling carbon waste into valued chemicals" and "Fabrication of Wearable 3-D structurally Hybrid Sensors with Artificial intelligence" (Collaborated project) have been approved.
May Shih-Ching passed her PhD qualification oral defense.
April Collaboration Project, entitled "Characterization of physicochemical properties of the electrodes materials and performance of NCA based ternary lithium batteries" was approved by E-ONE MOLI ENERGY Corp.
January Shu-Yu' work, entitled "Electrochemically-functionalized CNT/ABTS nanozyme enabling sensitive and selective voltammetric detection of microalbuminuria," has been accepted for publication in Analytica Chimica Acta (see paper).
October We welcome Mr. Papontee Sae Ong, who will stay in our lab for his Dual Master's Degree (NCKU, Taiwan & KMITL, Tailand). Our collaborative work with Prof. Yi-Hsuan Lai (MSE, NCKU), entitled "Facile preparation of functionalized and oxygen-deficient V2O5 nanosheets electrode as a versatile platform for biomimetic- and photoelectro-catalysis," has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Journal (see paper).
September Shih-Ching won the Outstanding Award in the NCKU Grand Review and Competition for PhD Student Research (see the news). We welcome new Master members, Mr. Tien-Yu Kuo, Miss Yun-Ju Liao, Mr. Chia-Ying Li, Miss Wei-Hsin Lu, and Mr. Tzu-Hao Kuan. Collaborative work with Prof. Shuenn-Yuh Lee, entitled "Wireless Bio-signal Acquisition System and Platform for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease," won 2021 Future Tech Awards (see the news). Chia-Yu won the Silver Award in Young Scholar Thesis Competition, College of Engineering, NCKU
June Chia-Yu is guest-editing a special issue, entitled "Surface Modification for Enhanced Photoelectrocatalytic Activity," which is now open for submission (see details). MOST project, entitled "Development of a highly efficient and environmentally-benign electrosynthetic technique for the synthesis of nylon monomers: development of electrocatalyst, mechanistic study, and fabrication of flow-type electrocatalytic system," has been approved
May MOST project, entitled "Development of amperometric microfluidic sensing chip for the detection of cardiovascular biomarkers in urine," has been approved. Our paper, entitled "Electrosynthesized Ni-P nanospheres with high activity and selectivity towards photoelectrochemical plastics reforming," has been accepted in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (see paper).
April Collaboration Project, entitled "On the composition of NCA cathode with Li1+x+yAlxTi2-xSiyP3-yO12 -conducting solid electrolyte towards high performance of NCA based lithium-ion battery" was approved by E-ONE MOLI ENERGY Corp.
February Two positions for short-term undergraduate research assistants are available.
September Our paper, entitled "Colorimetric and amperometric detection of urine creatinine based on the ABTS radical cation modified electrode," was awarded "Distinguished Paper Award" by Association of Chemical Sensors in Taiwan
July Mr. Zheng-Xun You, Miss Chia-Hui Yen, Mr. Zi-Xuan Wang join our lab. Shih-Ching and Ting-Rong won the Silver award for their oral presentations, entitled " Nanoporous nickel-iron oxyhydroxide: Electrosynthesis, activation, and applications towards photoelectrochemical water oxidation" and "Synthesis and electrocatalytic application of free-standing exfoliated V2O5 nanosheets decorated with noble metals", respectively, in the 38th Taiwan Symposium of Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
June The MOST project, entitled "Development of amperometric microfluidic sensing chip for the detection of cardiovascular biomarkers in urine ," has been approved. The collaborative paper, entitled "Urine N‐terminal pro b‐type natriuretic peptide is predictive of heart failure‐related emergency department visits", has been accepted in ECS Heart Failure (see paper).
May Our paper, entitled "Simultaneous enhancement in charge separation and interfacial charge transfer of BiVO4 photoanode for photoelectrochemical water oxidation," has been accepted in Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (see paper).
April Shing-Ching won the Lam Research Science and Technology Thesis Award (see news). Our paper, entitled "Sustainable and selective formic acid production from photoelectrochemical methanol reforming at near-neutral pH using nanoporous nickel-iron oxyhydroxide-borate as the electrocatalyst," has been accepted in Chemical Engineering Journal (see paper).
March Our paper, entitled "Colorimetric and amperometric detection of urine creatinine based on the ABTS radical cation modified electrode," has been accepted in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical (see paper).
February Miss Shing-Ching Huang stays in our lab for her PhD. Miss Thahirah Arief joins our group.
October Our paper, entitled "Facile room-temperature growth of nanostructured CuBi2O4 for selective electrochemical reforming and photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution reactions," has been accepted in Sustainable Energy Fuels (see paper). Our paper, entitled "Electrosynthesis, activation, and applications of nickel-iron oxyhydroxide in (photo-) electrochemical water splitting at near neutral condition ," has been accepted in Electrochim. Acta (see paper). Collaborative paper, entitled "Sandwich-Nanostructured n-Cu2O/AuAg/p-Cu2O Photocathode with Highly Positive Onset Potential for Improved Water Reduction," has been accpeted in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (see paper).
October Our paper entitled, "Iron phosphate modified calcium iron oxide as an efficient and robust catalyst in electrocatalyzing oxygen evolution from seawater," has been accepted in Faraday Discussions (see paper).
September Mr. Ming-Chun Tsai, Mr. Yu-Cheng Huang, and Mr. Shun-Min Jhang join our lab for their Master program. Mr. Guillaume Navallon from Graduate School of Chemistry, Biology an Physics of Bordeaux, France, joins our lab for one-year mini project on water splitting. Shing-Ching moved to National Insititue for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, for 2-month internship via Pilot Overseas Internship Program sponsored by Ministry of Education.
August Chia-Yu has been promoted to Associate Professor (starting on February 2018.
July Van's paper, entitled "CoOx nanoparticles modified CuBi2O4 submicron-sized square columns as a sensitive and selective sensing material for amperometric detection of glucose", has been accepted in Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers.
June Yvonne receives Joussot-Dubien Fellowship (10000 Euro) and will carry out one-year research at ENSCBP, France starting this September. MOST project, entitled "Development of amperometric microfluidic sensing chip for the detection of cardiovascular biomarkers in urine," has been approved.
March Chia-Ting received the Lam Research Science and Technology Thesis Award (see news).
