Journal Publications
Journal Publications
Unleashing the solar-driven overall water splitting potential for green ZnIn2S4
Wei-Kean Chong, Boon-Junn Ng, Xin Ying Kong, Jingxiang Low, Hing Wah Lee, Lling-Lling Tan, Siang-Piao Chai
Chem Catalysis (2025) DOI: 10.1016/j.checat.2024.101227
FEATURED IN COVER ART
Novel materials and techniques for photocatalytic water splitting developed by Professor Kazunari Domen
Yaqiang Wu, Jianuo Li, Wei-Kean Chong, Zhenhua Pan, Qian Wang
Chinese Journal of Catalysis (2025) DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(24)60152-X
Top 1% Highly Cited Paper; FEATURED IN AAAS EurekAlert!
Boosted scavenger-free overall nitrogen photofixation with molybdenum incorporated bismuth-rich oxychlorides
Steven Hao Wan Kok, Wei-Kean Chong, Justin Khor, Rui Liu, Lian See Tan, Jingxiang Low, Yun Hau Ng, Xin Ying Kong, Wee Jun Ong, Siang-Piao Chai, Lling-Lling Tan
Small (2025) DOI: 10.1002/smll.202501119
A compendium of all-in-one solar-driven water splitting using ZnIn2S4-based photocatalysts: guiding the path from the past to the limitless future
Wei-Kean Chong, Boon-Junn Ng, Lling-Lling Tan, Siang-Piao Chai
Chemical Society Reviews (2024) DOI: 10.1039/D3CS01040F
Breaking boundaries of soft photocatalysis: Overcoming limitations of carbon nitride as single-light absorber for overall water splitting
Boon-Junn Ng, Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri, Wei-Kean Chong, Siang-Piao Chai
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2024) DOI: 10.1039/D4TA03163F
Computational design of 2D phosphorus nanostructures for renewable energy applications: A review
Chen‐Chen Er, Cheng‐May Fung, Wei‐Kean Chong, Yong Jieh Lee, Lling‐Lling Tan, Yee Sin Ang, Nikhil V. Medhekar, Siang‐Piao Chai
Advanced Electronic Materials (2024) DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202300869
Bimetallic B-site halide perovskites for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction
Jiale Lee, Enquan Zhu, Steven Hao Wan Kok, Wei-Kan Chong, Jingxiang Low, Akshat Tanksale, Siang-Piao Chai, Lling-Lling Tan
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2024) DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c01348
Self-activated superhydrophilic green ZnIn2S4 realizing solar-driven overall water splitting: Close-to-unity stability for a full daytime
Wei-Kean Chong, Boon-Junn Ng, Yong Jieh Lee, Lling-Lling Tan, Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri, Jingxiang Low, Abdul Rahman Mohamed, Siang-Piao Chai
Nature Communications (2023) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43331-x
Top 1% Highly Cited Paper
Non-metal doping induced dual p-n charge properties in a single ZnIn2S4 crystal structure provoking charge transfer behaviors and boosting photocatalytic hydrogen generation
Wei-Kean Chong, Boon-Junn Ng, Xin Ying Kong, Lling-Lling Tan, Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri, Siang-Piao Chai
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental & Energy (2023) DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122372
Top 1% Highly Cited Paper
Mixed halide formation in lead-free antimony-based halide perovskite for boosted CO2 photoreduction: Beyond band gap tuning
Jiale Lee, Wei-Kean Chong, Steven Hao Wan Kok, Boon-Junn Ng, Xin Ying Kong, Siang-Piao Chai, Lling-Lling Tan
Advanced Functional Materials (2023) DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202303430
Heteroatom P filling activates intrinsic S atomic sites of few-layered ZnIn2S4 via modulation of H adsorption kinetics for sacrificial agent-free photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from pure water and seawater
Boon-Junn Ng, Wei-Kean Chong, Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri, Xin Ying Kong, Jingxiang Low, Hing Wah Lee, Lling-Lling Tan, Wei Sea Chang, Siang-Piao Chai
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2023) DOI: 10.1039/D2TA08789H
Complementary conjugated piezo-phototronic polarized blue TiO2-KNN for piezophotocatalytic degradation of tetracycline enhanced under gentle oscillatory hydrodynamic disturbances
Yong Jieh Lee, Wei-Kean Chong, Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri, Boon-Junn Ng, Lling-Lling Tan, Ta Yeong Wu, Siang-Piao Chai
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental & Energy (2023) DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122836
Bismuth-rich Bi12O17Cl2 nanorods engineered with oxygen vacancy defects for enhanced photocatalytic nitrogen fixation
Steven Hao Wan Kok, Jiale Lee, Wei-Kean Chong, Boon-Junn Ng, Xin Ying Kong, Wee-Jun Ong, Siang-Piao Chai, Lling-Lling Tan
Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2023) DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.170015
Unravelling the charge dynamics of a molecular photosensitizer of ZnPc on polymeric g-C3N4 for superior photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from seawater splitting
Michell K. T. Chee, Boon-Junn Ng, Wei-Kean Chong, Lling-Lling Tan, Wei Sea Chang, Siang-Piao Chai
ACS Applied Energy Materials (2023) DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.3c01014
Engineering nanoscale homo–heterojunction for robust Z-scheme CO2 conversion through synchronous amalgamation of oxygen-defective ultrathin BiVO4 and red/black phosphorus
Cheng-May Fung, Boon-Junn Ng, Chen-Chen Er, Wei-Kean Chong, Jingxiang Low, Xuecheng Guo, Xin Ying Kong, Hing Wah Lee, Lling-Lling Tan, Abdul Rahman Mohamed, Siang-Piao Chai
Small Structures (2023) DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202300083
Recent advances in nanoscale engineering of ternary metal sulfide-based heterostructures for photocatalytic water splitting applications
Wei-Kean Chong, Boon-Junn Ng, Lling-Lling Tan, Siang-Piao Chai
Energy & Fuels (2022) DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c00291
Top 3% in Energy & Fuels
Insights from density functional theory calculations on heteroatom P-doped ZnIn2S4 bilayer nanosheets with atomic-level charge steering for photocatalytic water splitting
Wei-Kean Chong, Boon-Junn Ng, Chen-Chen Er, Lling-Lling Tan, Siang-Piao Chai
Scientific Reports (2022) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05740-8
Editor's Choice, Top 100 in Materials Science
Sensitization of bismuth tungstate with magnesium phthalocyanine for photoinduced charge redistribution and electron localization: CO2 photoreduction from the vis to NIR region
Yee Wen Teh, Wei-Kean Chong, Chen-Chen Er, Xin Ying Kong, Boon-Junn Ng, Siek Ting Yong, Siang-Piao Chai
Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2022) DOI: 10.1039/D2TC03859E
Book Chapters
Layered materials in photocatalysis: Environmental purification and energy conversion
Chapter 13 – Face-to-face 2D heterojunction between layered photocatalysts
Wei-Kean Chong, Xin Ying Kong, Siang-Piao Chai, Teck Peng Loh
John Wiley & Sons (2025) DOI:10.1002/9783527843985.ch13
Conferences
Water to fuel: An unassisted photocatalytic system for solar-driven overall water splitting
5th International Symposium on Energy and Environmental Photocatalytic Materials, EEPM5 (2025)
INVITED SPEECH
Single-component particulate photocatalyst for solar-driven overall water splitting
International Conference on Energy, Materials, and Photonics, EMP24 (2024)
OUTSTANDING ORAL PRESENTATION
Realization of efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting for green hydrogen production
SOE-SOIT Joint Graduate Research Symposium, Monash University Malaysia (2023)
BEST ORAL PRESENTATION
Shedding light into the performance enhancement “black box” of modified photocatalyst system via the first-principle Density Functional Theory calculations
Monash Chemical Engineering Cross-Campus Research Seminar, Monash University (2023)
ORAL PRESENTATION