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Academicians

Dr Huang Bolong

Associate Professor

Education and Academic Qualifications

•Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Research Overview

My research focuses on theoretical calculations of electronic structures on nanomaterials; Energy materials; Solid functional materials; Rare earth materials as well as their applications in multi-scale energy conversion and supply systems.

Academic and Professional Experiences

Academic Memberships

•Member of Hong Kong Physics Society (HKPS)

•Member of American Physics Society (APS)

•Member of American Chemistry Society (ACS)

Academic Service (Editor)

•2021-on Youth Editorial Board, Journal of Rare Earths (Chinese/English Edition)

•2021-on Youth Editorial Board, Rare Metals (Chinese/English Edition)

•2021-on Young Star Editor, Nano Research

Academic Services (Referee)

•2018-on Referee of Nano Energy

•2019-on Referee of Joule, Cell

•2019-on Referee of ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

•2019-on Referee of Nano-Micro Letter

•2020-on Referee of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed

•2020-on Referee of Nano Letter

•2020-on Referee of Nano Research

•2020-on Referee of J. Mater. Chem. A

•2020-on Referee of Energy Environ. Sci.

•2020-on Referee of iScience

•2020-on Referee of Adv. Energy Mater.

•2020-on Referee of ACS Catal.

•2020-on Referee of ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng.

•2020-on Referee of Small

•2020-on Referee of Adv. Funct. Mater.

•2020-on Referee of J. Am. Chem. Soc.

Research Interests

•Electronic Structures of Solid Functional Materials

•Energy Storage and Conversion Systems for Novel Catalysts

•Strain Modulations in Transitional Metal Materials

•Advanced Luminescence Materials

Prof. Wong Wai-yeung, Raymond

Dean(FS), Interim Dean(SFT), ADoRISE & Chair Professor of Chemical Technology

Professional Qualifications

•Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry

•Chartered Chemist

Research Overview

My research focuses on the design and synthesis of molecular functional materials and metallopolymers (1D and 2D) with photofunctional properties and energy functions. Currently, my team aims at developing sustainable energy sources and improving the technologies for energy conversions in order to meet the world’s future energy demand.

Academic and Professional Experiences

•Chairman, Hong Kong Chemical Society

•Associate Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry C (RSC)

•Associate Editor, Materials Advances (RSC)

•Editor, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (Elsevier)

•Editor, Topics in Current Chemistry (Springer)

•International Advisory Board Member, Dalton Transactions (RSC)

•International Advisory Board Member, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (RSC)

•International Advisory Board Member, Macromolecular Rapid Communications (Wiley-VCH)

•International Advisory Board Member, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (Wiley-VCH)

•International Advisory Board Member, Chemistry: An Asian Journal (Wiley-VCH)

•International Advisory Board Member, Advanced Optical Materials (Wiley-VCH) (2016-2020)

•International Advisory Board Member, The Chemical Record (Wiley-VCH)

•Advisory Board Member, EcoMat (Wiley)

•Advisory Board Member, Science China: Chemistry (Science China Press)

•Editorial Board Member, EnergyChem (Elsevier)

•Editorial Board Member, Acta Chimica Sinica (Chinese Chemical Society)

•Editorial Board Member, Dyes and Pigments (Elsevier) (2013-2020)

•Editorial Board Member, Comments on Inorganic Chemistry (Taylor & Francis)

•Editorial Board Member, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials (Springer)

•Editorial Board Member, Current Organic Chemistry (Bentham Science)

•Editorial Board Member, Polymer Bulletin (Springer)

•Editorial Board Member, Journal of Cluster Science (Springer)

Research Interests

•Inorganic and Organometallic Syntheses

•Materials Chemistry

•Organic Electronics

•Nanomaterials

•Energy Materials

•Chemo- and Biosensing

Prof. Meng NI

Associate Dean (BRE) & Professor

Biography

Prof. Meng Ni received his Bachelor (2000) and Master (2003) degrees in Aero-engine Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2007. Then Prof. NI stayed in HKU as a Post-doctoral researcher for 2 years, before joining the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as an Assistant Professor in July 2009. Prof. Ni was promoted to Associate Professor and then Full Professor and Associate Head (Research) in July 2016. He was appointed as Associate Dean of Faculty of Construction and Environment in July 2021. Prof. Ni conducted collaboration research at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany in 2017, as a Humboldt Fellow.

Prof. Meng Ni’s research interests include fuel cells, rechargeable metal-air batteries, electrochemical water-splitting and electrochemical systems for low grade waste heat utilization. Prof. Ni is serving as an active reviewer for over 80 academic journals including Science, Nature Communications, Joule, Advanced Materials etc. He served as Associate Editor for Science Bulletin in 2015-2017. Currently, he is a Senior Editor for Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (Elsevier) and e-Prime (Elsevier) and an Associate Editor for International Journal of Green Energy(Taylor & Francis) and International Journal of Energy Research (Wiley).

Education and Academic Qualifications

•Bachelor of Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnic University

•Master of Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnic University

•Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong

Professional Qualifications

•Humboldt Research Fellow

Prof. Wei Chen
Professor, School of Fashion and Textiles

Biography
Professor Chen is now a full professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001. From 2001 to 2006, he worked as a postdoc at the University of Science and Technology of China, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University respectively. From 2006 to 2018, he worked as a Professor of Materials Science at Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In August 2018, He joined The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is internationally recognized for his leading research work in nanotechnology-based smart materials, including muscle-like flexible actuators, skin-like touch sensors, electricity generators, and optoelectric functional fibers for wearable energy harvesting and storage. He has published more than 130 papers in high-impact international scientific journals including Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Angewandte Chemie, ACS Nano, Nano. Lett., JACS, Progress in Polymer Science, Materials Science & Engineering R, and etc.

Research interests
Nanotechnology-based smart materials for wearable applications, including novel nanostructured and bio-inspired functional materials, electroactive polymer, flexible devices including sensors, actuators, generators, supercapacitors, optoelectric functional fibers and so on.

Prof. Yung Ka-fu, Joseph

Assoc. Head(ABCT), DoUCEA & Professor

Education and Academic Qualifications

•Bachelor of Science, The University of Hong Kong

•Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong

Professional Qualifications

•Member of The Royal Society of Chemistry

Research Overview

We are interested in the chemistry of new inorganic nanomaterials for applying in renewable energy related catalysis

Academic and Professional Experiences

•Council Member of Hong Kong Society of Mass Spectroscopy (HKSMS) 2005 to present

•Member of The Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) 2003 to present

Research Interests

•Inorganic Materials

•Nanotechnology

•Electronichemistry

•Catalysis

•Renewable Energy

Dr Lo Tsz-woon, Benedict

Assistant Professor

Education and Academic Qualifications

•Master of Chemistry, University of Oxford

•Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of Oxford

Research Overview

With a keen interest in materials and catalysis, our previous research has focused on the fundamental aspects of zeolitic and MOF materials and their catalytic applications. We have developed a new structural methodology in using state-of-the-art synchrotron X-ray facility, which can provide some critical information to many unanswered questions in catalysis.

Research Interests

•Catalysis

•Functional Materials

•Synchrotron and Neutron Diffraction and Scattering

•Structure-reactivity Functions

•In situ and operando techniques

Post-doc fellows and RPg students

Ms. Mingzi Sun

Ms. Mingzi Sun was born in 1990 at Henan, China. She studied chemistry at Sun-Yat Sen University (B.S. 2012) and received her master's degree in material science from the University of Rochester (M.S. 2014). She started working as an R&D engineer in a carbon nanotube production company for two years. In 2021, she obtained her PhD under the supervision of Dr. Bolong Huang at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Now, she is working as a Post-doc Fellow in Hong Kong Polytechnic University and her research interest is in the investigation of novel energy conversions of nanomaterials through DFT calculation methods.

Ms. Qiuyang Lu

Ms. Qiuyang LU, born in 1991 in Jiangsu, China, studied biomedical engineering at Tianjin University (B.S. 2014) and received her master’s degree in the same subject from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (M.S. 2017) on quantitative ultrasound with Dr. Lei Sun. At present, she is a PhD Student under the supervision of Dr. Bolong Huang at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and her current research interest is on the images analysis about photochemical properties of materials and electrification dynamics by Matlab simulations.

Ms. LU Lu

Ms. LU Lu was majored in chemistry at Shanxi Normal University and awarded her bachelor’ degree (Double Degree in English) in 2011. After three years, she graduated from Southwest University and received her master’s degree in physical chemistry. Then, she started working as a primary school teacher teaching science for four years. At present, she is a PhD Student under the supervision of Dr. Bolong Huang at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and her research orientation is DFT calculations on rare earth functional nanomaterials.

Mr. Tong Wu

Mr. Tong Wu received his bachelor's degree from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2018. After a year of experience as a research assistant in Dr. Huang's group, he began his Ph.D. study in 2019. His current research interest is theoretical calculations on electrochemistry catalysts. He has published several articles as the first author in journals such as Angewandte Chemie, Nano Energy, Small, etc., and participated in a lot of works in Dr. Huang's group. Besides research, he has developed many skills and hobbies in his spare time, including programming, photography, filming, graphic design, and DIY.

Mr. Baian Chen

Mr. Baian CHEN was born in Sichuan province, China. He studied optoelectronic information science and engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and finished his bachelor’s degree in 2020. He joined Dr. Huang’s group as a joint Ph.D. student after graduation through the PolyU-SUSTech collaborative program and his current research interest is on the investigation of self-trapped excitons in halide perovskites through DFT calculations.

Mr. Justin Hon-Ho Wong

Mr. Justin Hon-Ho Wong finished his bachelor's degree in Chemical Technology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2020. His final year project worked under the supervision of Dr. Bolong Huang and mainly focused on the stress-strain modulation of noble metal electrocatalysts. After completing his undergraduate studies, Justin served as a part-time research assistant in Dr. Huang’s group for the advanced electrocatalysts research. In 2021, He joined Dr. Huang’s research group as an MPhil student and starts his postgraduate study. Currently, Justin is working on the design of advanced atomic catalysts for energy conversion with DFT calculation.

Mr. Cheuk Hei Chan

Cheuk Hei Chan obtained his bachelor’s degree, Analytical Science for Testing and Certification, from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2021 in chemical technology. He became an MPhil student under the supervision of Dr. Bolong Huang in 2021. His research focus has been the electronic structures of novel 2D materials. His hobby is making the Gundam and the scene model.

Research Centre for
Carbon-Strategic Catalysis

碳戰略催化研究中心

Framework of Research Centre

Academicians

Post-doc fellows and RPg students

Ms. Mingzi Sun

Ms. Qiuyang Lu

Ms. LU Lu

Mr. Tong Wu

Mr. Baian Chen

Mr. Justin Hon-Ho Wong

Mr. Cheuk Hei Chan

Research Centre for Carbon-Strategic Catalysis

碳戰略催化研究中心

Framework of Research Centre

Academicians

Post-doc fellows and RPg students

Ms. Mingzi Sun

Ms. Qiuyang Lu

Ms. LU Lu

Mr. Tong Wu

Mr. Baian Chen

Mr. Justin Hon-Ho Wong

Mr. Cheuk Hei Chan

Research Centre for
Carbon-Strategic Catalysis