Research Interests ISI statistics: Till date 446 ISI papers, Total citations ~ 19,359, Average citations per item ~ 43.42, and H-index = 71 (till 10/05/2022)
Li-Chyong Chen
Director, AI-MAT / Professor, Department of Physics
Phone: +886-2-3366-5249
Fax: +886-2-2365-5404
E-Mail: chenlc@ntu.edu.tw
Website: Advanced Material Laboratory
Nanomaterials, Thin Film Technologies, Energy, Optoelectronics, and Sensing
Education
Ph. D. in Applied Physics (1983-1989), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
B. S. in Physics (1977-1981), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Professional employment history
Professor: Department of Physics, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan (2023-present)
Jointly Appointed Research Fellow: CCMS, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan (2023-present)
Director: Center of Atomic Initiative for New Materials (AI-MAT), National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan (2018-present)
Jointly Appointed Professor: Department of Physics, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan (2021-2023)
Director: Center for Condensed Matter Sciences (CCMS), National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan (2012-2018)
Research Fellow: CCMS, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan (2000-2023)
Associate Research Fellow: CCMS, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan (1994-2000)
Technical Member-Materials Scientist: General Electric, Corporate Research and Development, Materials Research Center, Schenectady, NY, USA (1989-1994)
Graduate Student & Research Assistant: Applied Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (1983-1989)
Teaching Assistant: Physics Department, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan (1981-1983)
Honors and Awards
Academician, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) (2024)
Academician, Academia Sinica (2022)
Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Chair Professor _Nano Science & Technology (2020)
Academic Award, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (2018)
Elected Fellow, the Taiwan Vacuum Society (2018)
Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science (2017)
Academician of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (2015)
Acharya Vinova International Award in Materials Science and Technology, VBRI, India (2013)
Ho Chin-Tui Outstanding Scholar Award, Ho Chin-Tui Foundation, Taiwan (2012)
Distinguished Research Fellow, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (university-level, 2011-present)
Outstanding Scholar Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship, Taiwan (2010-2015)
Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (2010-2013)
Elected Fellow, the Materials Research Society, USA (2010)
Laureate of the Khwarizmi International Award, Iran (2009)
International Federation of Inventors' Association Lady Prize (2009)
Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (2008)
Outstanding Scholar Research Project, National Science Council, Taiwan (2008-2011)
Distinguished Research Fellow, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (college-level, 2007-2011)
Honorary Doctor, Linköping University, Sweden (2007)
Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (2007)
Elected Fellow, the Physical Society of ROC in Taiwan (2006)
Research Achievement Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2004)
Academia Sinica Young Scholar Research Award, Taiwan (2000)
Reinhold Rudenberg Memorial Prize, Harvard, USA (1989)
BM Pre-doctoral Fellowship, USA (1986-1988)
Research specialty and interests
General
Core competence
Recent topics
Most recent research topics are focused on the development of earth-abundant materials for photosynthesis and CO2 conversion, solar-hydrogen and solar-fuels, solar cells, fuel cells, supercapacitors and thermoelectric applications.
Professional Appointments and Services
1. Member of the Board of Trustees:
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan (2018-present)
2. Member of the Commission on Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter (C.10):
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) (2018-2020)
3. Member of the Board of Directors:
Materials Research Society (MRS), USA (2017-2019)
4. Series Editor, Member of the Series Board:
World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC) Series in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2015-present)
5. Advisory Editor:
Book Series on Energy and Sustainability, Cambridge University Press and the Materials Research Society (2013-present)
6. Editorial Advisory Board:
Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, Taylor and Francis (2004-present)
7. Editorial Board:
Advanced Mater. Lett., VBRI Press (2010-present); Intl. J. of Molecular Engineering, Inderscience Publishers (2007-present); Nanosci. Nanotech. Lett., American Scientific Publishers (2010-2012); Open Phys. Chem. Journal and Open Appl. Phys. Journal, Bentham Science Publishers (2007-2013)
8. Associate Editor:
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B-Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures (2004-2006)
9. Meeting Co-Chair:
TACT International Conference on Thin Films (Tainan, 2015; Taipei, 2013; Kenting 2011)
10. Meeting Co-Chair:
MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA (2009)
11. Meeting Chair:
AVS-International Conference on One-dimensional Nanomaterials, Taipei, Taiwan (2005)
12. Symposium Chair:
MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (2008); IMRC/China-MRS, Chongqing, China (2008); 214th ECS & Pacific Rim Meeting on Electrochemistry & Solid-State Science (PRiME), Honolulu, HI, USA (2008); 213th ECS, Phoenix, AZ, USA (2008); International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), San Diego, CA, USA (2004-2007)
13. International Advisory Committee:
European Conference on Diamond, Diamond-like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes, Nitrides and SiC (Riva Del Garda, Italy, 2013; Granada, Spain, 2012; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany 2011; Budapest, Hungary, 2010; Athens, Greece, 2009; Sitges, Spain, 2008; Berlin, Germany, 2007; Estoril, Portugal, 2006; Toulouse, France, 2005; Riva Del Garda, Italy, 2004)
14. International Advisory or Program Committee:
8th Forum on New Materials (CIMTEC), 2018; 6th Intl. Conf. on Novel Functional Carbon Nanomaterials, 2018, Perugia, Italy; International Conference on New Diamond and Nano Carbons (NDNC), 2018, Flagstaff, AZ, USA; Advanced Materials World Congress (AMWC), Stockholm, Sweden, 2015; 6th Forum on New Materials (CIMTEC), on Novel Functional Carbon Nanomaterials, Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, Italy, 2014; Intl. Conf. on Nanosystems and Applications, Coimbatore, India, 2012; Intl. Conf. on Nanomater. & Nanotech. (ICNANO), Delhi, India, 2011; SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA, 2011; NANOCarbon-IVESC, Nanjing, China, 2010; 6th Intl. Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors (IWN), Tampa, Florida, USA, 2010; IEEE Nano, Seoul, Korea, 2010; 2nd Intl. Conf. on Surface, Coatings and Nanostructured Mater. (NanoSMAT), Algarve, Portugal, 2007; Thin Films, Singapore, 2006; 11th Intl. Ceramics Congress and 4th Forum on New Materials (CIMTEC), on Diamond and Other New Carbon Materials, Sicily, Italy, 2006; 6th Intl. Symposium on Blue Laser and Light Emitting Diodes (ISBLLED), Montpellier, France, 2006
15. Guest Editor:
Diamond and Related Materials Vol. 18, Issues 2-3_Proceedings of the International Conference on New Diamond and Nano Carbons 2008, ed. I. N. Lin, K. H. Chen, L. Chang, L. C. Chen, and Y. H. Tzeng, Elsevier B. V. (2009)
16. Proceeding Editor:
Carbon Nanotubes and Related Low-Dimensional Materials, ed. L. C. Chen, D. B. Geohegan, J. Robertson, and Z. L. Wang, MRS Symp. Proc. Vol. 1081E, Warrendale, PA (2008)
17. Proceeding Editor:
State-of-the-Art Program on Compound Semiconductors 48: ZnO, InZnO and InGaO Related Mater. & Devices for Electronic and Photonic Applications, ed. M. E. Overberg, F. Ren, B. Gila, P. S. Nam, H. Ouyang, L. C. Chen, Y. Heo, J. Kim, J. LaRoche, P. Shen, and K. Shiojima, ECS, Pennington, NJ, Vol. 1, No.2. (2008)
18. Faculty Advisor :
MRS University Chapters-National Taiwan University (2015-present)
19. Chair:
Pacific Rim Subcommittee of MRS, USA (2010-2011)
20. Founding President:
Taiwan Chapter of AVS (2006-2008)
21. Councilor:
Taiwan Association of Coating Technology (2003-2007, 2010-2021)
22. Member of the Board of Supervisor:
Taiwan Electrochemical Society, Taiwan (2021-present)
23. Supervisor:
Society of Taiwan Women in Science and Technology (2011-2013)
24. Supervisor:
Taiwan Vacuum Society, Taiwan (2009-2012)
25. Vice President:
Physical Society of the Republic of China, Taiwan (2006-2007) & Councilor (2003-2009)
Publication
Representative papers published before 2018: [IF: 5-yr average, ▲: citations till 10/05/2022]
1. ‘Photosensitive Gold Nanoparticle-embedded Dielectric Nanowires’, M. S. Hu, H. L. Chen, C. H. Shen, et al., K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Nature Mater. 5, 102-106 (2006). [IF=49.937 (4/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 241] {highly cited}
2. ‘Improved Broadband and Quasi-omni-directional Anti-reflection Properties with Biomimetic Si Nanostructure’, Y. F. Huang, S. Chattopadhyay, Y. J. Jen, et al., K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Nature Nanotech. 2, 770-774 (2007). [IF=42.23 (6/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 848] {highly cited}
3. ‘Polymer Structure and Solvent Effects on the Selective Dispersion of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes’, J. Y. Hwang, A. Nish, J. Doig, et al., L. C. Chen and R. J. Nicholas, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 3543-3553 (2008). [IF=16.289 (16/179, CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 258] {highly cited}
4. ‘Anti-reflecting and Photonic Nanostructures’, S. Chattopadhyay, Y. F. Huang, Y. J. Jen, A. Ganguly, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, an invited review article in A. G. Cullis and S. S. Lau, Eds. Mater. Sci. Eng. R. Rep. 69, pp. 1-35 (2010). [IF=33.474 (7/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 473] {Cover} {highly cited}
5. ‘Flexible Supercapacitor Based on Polyaniline Nanowires/Carbon Cloth with both High Gravimetric and Area-normalized Capacitance’, Y. Y. Horng, Y. C. Lu, Y. K. Hsu, C. C. Chen, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, J. Power Sources 195, 4418-4422 (2010). [IF=9.306 (4/30, ELECTROCHEMISTRY), ▲: 273] {highly cited}
6. ‘Vitalizing Fuel Cells with Vitamins: Pyrolyzed Vitamin B12 as a Non-precious Catalyst for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells’, S. T. Chang, C. H. Wang, H. Y. Du, et al., L. C. Chen, M. C. Lin and K. H. Chen, Energy Environ. Sci. 5, 5305-5314 (2012). [IF=39.151 (1/279, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES), ▲: 102]
7. ‘Plasmonic Ag@Ag3(PO4)1−x Nanoparticle Photosensitized ZnO Nanorod-array Photoanodes for Water Oxidation’, Y. G. Lin, Y. K. Hsu, Y. C. Chen, et al., L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Energy Environ. Sci. 5, 8917-8922 (2012). [IF=39.151 (1/279, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES),▲: 96]
8. ‘Effect of Chemical Doping of Boron and Nitrogen on the Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes’, D. Jana, C. L. Sun, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Prog. Mater. Sci. 58, 565-635 (2013). [IF=46 (3/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY),▲: 230]
9. ‘Band Gap Engineering of Chemical Vapor Deposited Graphene by in-situ BN Doping’, C. K. Chang, S. Kataria, C. C. Kuo, et al., L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, ACS Nano 7, 1333-1341 (2013). [IF=18.022 (20/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY),▲: 226]
10. ‘Graphene Oxide as a Promising Photocatalyst for CO2 to Methanol Conversion’, H. C. Hsu, I. Shown, H. Y. Wei, et al., L. C. Chen, Y. C. Lin and K. H. Chen, Nanoscale 5, 262-268 (2013). [IF=7.891 (23/161, PHYSICS, APPLIED), ▲: 327] {highly cited}
11. ‘Highly Efficient Visible Light Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Hydrocarbon Fuels by Cu-NPs Decorated Graphene Oxide’, I. Shown, H. C. Hsu, Y. C. Chang, C. H. Lin, P. Roy, A. Ganguly, C. H. Wang, J. K. Chang, C. I. Wu, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Nano Lett. 14, 6097-6103 (2014). [IF=12.709 (13/161, PHYSICS, APPLIED), ▲: 241]
12. ‘Novel Iron Oxyhydroxide Lepidocrocite Nanosheet as Ultrahigh Power Density Anode Material for Asymmetric Supercapacitors’, Y. C. Chen, Y. G. Lin, Y. K. Hsu, et al., L. C. Chen, Small 10, 3803-3810 (2014). [IF=14.257 (11/161, PHYSICS, APPLIED), ▲: 123]
13. ‘Conducting Polymer-based Flexible Supercapacitors’, I. Shown, A. Ganguly, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Energy Sci. Eng. 3, 2-26 (2015). [IF=4.155 (74/119, ENERGY & FUELS), ▲: 337] {highly cited}
14. ‘Beaded−stream−like CoSe2 Nanoneedle Array for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis’, C. P. Lee, W. F. Chen, T. Billo, et al., K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, J. Mater. Chem. A 4, 4553-4561 (2016). [IF=13.375 (26/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 72]
15. ‘Multi-Porous Co3O4 Nanoflakes@Sponge-Like Few-Layer Graphene: Towards Highly Stable Asymmetric Supercapacitor’, M. Qorbani, T. C. Chou, Y. H. Lee, et al., L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen and A. Moshfegh, J. Mater. Chem. A 5, 12569-12577 (2017). [IF=13.375 (26/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 82]
Significant papers published after 2018: [IF: 5-yr average, ▲: citations till 10/05/2022]
1. ‘Ni-Nanocluster Modified Black TiO2 with Dual Active Sites for Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction’, T. Billo, F.-Y. Fu, P. Raghunath, et al., L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Small 14, 1702928 (2018). [IF=14.257 (11/161, PHYSICS, APPLIED), ▲: 97]
2. ‘Carbon-doped SnS2 Nanostructure as a High-efficiency Solar Fuel Catalyst under Visible Light’, I. Shown, S. Samireddi, Y.-C. Chang, et al., L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Nature Comm. 9, 169 (2018). [IF=17.763 (6/73, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES), ▲: 229] {highly cited}
3. ‘A Synergistic “Cascade” Effect in CuZnSnS Nanowalls for Highly Stable and Efficient Lithium-ion Storage’, J.-M. Chiu, T.-C. Chou, D. P. Wong, et al., L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, Nano Energy 44, 438 (2018). [IF=18.984 (18/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 17]
4. ‘Highly Efficient Nitrogen and Carbon Coordinated N-Co-C Electrocatalyst on Reduced Graphene Oxide Derived from Vitamin-B12 for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction’, P. Sabhapathy, C.-C. Liao, W.-F. Chen, et al., K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, J. Mater. Chem. A 7, 7179 (2019). [IF=13.375 (26/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 30
5. ‘Integration of (–Cu–S–)n Plane in Metal‒Organic Framework to Achieve High Conductivity’, A. Pathak, J.-W. Shen, M. Usman, et al., M. Hayashi, et al., K. H. Chen, T.-W. Tseng, L. C. Chen, K. L. Lu, Nature Comm. 10, article number 1721 (2019). [IF=17.763 (6/73, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES), ▲: 85]
6. ‘KSCN Induced Interfacial Dipole in Black TiO2 for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction’, F.-Y. Fu, I. Shown, C.-H. Li, et al., H. L. Wu, et al., L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, ACS Appl. Mater. & Inter. 11, 25186 (2019). [IF=10.382 (49/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 45]
7. ‘Interface Engineering of CdS/CZTSSe Heterojunctions for Enhancing the Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cell Efficiency’, W. C. Chen, C. Y. Chen, Y. R. Lin, et al., K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Mater. Today Energy 13, 256 (2019). [IF=8.855 (59/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 12]
8. ‘The Dual-defected SnS2 Monolayers: Promising 2D Photocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting’, B. Sainbileg, Y. R. Lai, L. C. Chen and M. Hayashi, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 26292 (2019). [IF=3.861 (9/36, PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL), ▲: 16]
9. ‘Controlling the Oxidation State of the Cu Electrode and Reaction Intermediates for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Ethylene’, T.-C. Chou, C.-C. Chang, H.-L. Yu, et al., L. C. Chen, et al., H. L. Wu, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 2857 (2020). [IF=16.289 (16/179, CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 151] {highly cited}
10. ‘A Mechanistic Study of Molecular CO2 Interaction and Adsorption on Carbon Implanted SnS2 Thin Film for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Activity’, T. Billo, I. Shown, A. K. Anbalagan, et al., K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Nano Energy 72, 104717 (2020). [IF=18.984 (18/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 32]
11. ‘Fast Growth of Large-grain and Continuous MoS2 Films Through a Self-Capping Vapor-Liquid-Solid Method’, M.-C. Chang, P.-H. Ho, M.-F. Tseng, et al., K. H. Chen, P. W. Chiu, L. C. Chen, Nature Comm. 11, article number 3682 (2020). [IF=17.763 (6/73, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES), ▲: 39]
12. ‘Probing the Active Site in Single-atom Oxygen Reduction Catalysts via Operando X-Ray and Electrochemical Spectroscopy’, H.-T. Lien, S.-T. Chang, P.-T. Chen, et al., K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Nature Comm. 11, article number 4233 (2020). [IF=17.763 (6/73, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES), ▲: 33]
13. ‘Integrated Nano-architectured Photocatalysts for Photochemical CO2 Reduction’, S. C. Shit, I. Shown, R. Paul, K. H. Chen, J. Mondal and L. C. Chen, Nanoscale 12, 23301 (2020). [IF=7.891 (23/161, PHYSICS, APPLIED), ▲: 32] {Inside Back Cover, Invited Review Article, Nanoscale Most Popular 2020 Articles}
14. ‘Superior Lithium-ion Storage Performance of Hierarchical Tin Disulfide and Carbon Nanotube- Carbon Cloth Composites’, Z. Syum, B. V. Gopal, A. Sabbah, et al., H. L. Wu, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, J. Power Sources 482, 228923 (2021). [IF=9.306 (4/30, ELECTROCHEMISTRY), ▲: 10]
15. ‘Electronic Structure Modulation of Isolated Co-N4 Electrocatalyst by Sulfur: Improved pH-universal Hydrogen Evolution Reaction’, P. Sabhapathy, I. Shown, A. Sabbah, et al., K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Nano Energy 80, 105544 (2021). [IF=18.984 (18/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 15]
16. ‘Surface Electron Accumulation and Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in MoSe2 Basal Planes’, Y.-S. Chang, C. Y. Chen, C. J. Ho, et al., L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, Y. W. Chu and R. S. Chen, Nano Energy 84, 105922 (2021). [IF=18.984 (18/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 16]
17. ‘Nanoscale Redox Mapping at the MoS2-liquid Interface’, H.-Y. Du, Y.-F. Huang, D. Wong, et al., K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Nature Comm. 12, article number 1321 (2021). [IF=17.763 (6/73, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES), ▲: 4]
18. ‘High-Efficiency Photocatalytic Degradation of Commercial Drugs for Pharmaceutical Wastewater Treatment Prospects: A Case of Ag/g-C3N4/ZnO Nanocomposite Materials’, N. Q. Thang, A. Sabbah, L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, C. M. Thi and P. V. Viet, Chemosphere 281, 130971 (2021). [IF=8.52 (33/279, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES), ▲: 16]
19. ‘Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide Anode Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries at Low Temperature’, Z. Syum, T. Billo, A. Sabbah, et al., H. L. Wu, L. C. Chen and K. H. Chen, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 9, 27, 8970 (2021). [IF=9.458 (13/142, ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL), ▲: 6]]
20. ‘Impact of Cation Substitution in (AgxCu1−x)2ZnSnSe4 Absorber-based Solar Cells towards above 10% Efficiency: Experimental and Theoretical Analyses’, S. Quadir, M. Qorbani, Y. R. Lai, et al., M. Hayashi, C. Y. Chen, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Solar RRL 5(10), 2100441 (2021). [IF=8.973 (61/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 3] {Featured in Hot Topic: Solar Cells} {Back Cover}
21. ‘Synergistic Dual Single-atom Catalyst Derived from Low-temperature Pyrolyzed Hetero-bimetallic Macrocycle-N4 Corrole-complex for Oxygen Reduction’, S. Samireddi, V. Aishwarya, I. Shown, et al., K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Small 17, 2103823 (2021) [IF=14.257 (11/161, PHYSICS, APPLIED), ▲: 1] {Inside Back Cover}
22. ‘Metal-free Four-in-one Modification of g-C3N4 for Superior Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction and H2 Evolution’, M. K. Hussien, A. Sabbah, M. Qorbani, et al., H. L. Wu, et al., L. C. Chen, K. H. Chen, Chem. Eng. J. 430, 132853 (2022). [IF=14.61 (4/142, ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL), ▲: 12]
23. ‘Boosting Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction in a ZnS/ZnIn2S4 Heterostructure through Strain-induced Direct Z-scheme and Mechanistic Study of Molecular CO2 Interaction’, A. Sabbah, I. Shown, F.-Y. Fu, et al., H. L. Wu, et al., K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Nano Energy 93, 106809 (2022). [IF=18.984 (18/345, MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY), ▲: 14]
24. ‘Bandgap Shrinkage and Charge Transfer in 2D Layered SnS2 Doped with V for Photocatalytic Efficiency Improvement’, A. R. Shelke, H. T. Wang, J. W. Chiou, et al., K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen, W. F. Pong, Small 18, 05076 (2022). [IF=14.257 (11/161, PHYSICS, APPLIED), ▲: 1]
25. ‘Co3V2O8 Hollow Spheres with Mesoporous Walls as High–capacitance Electrode for Hybrid Supercapacitor Device’, Z. Fahimi, O. Moradlou, A. Sabbah, K. H. Chen, L. C. Chen and M. Qorbani, Chem. Eng. J. 436, 135225 (2022). [IF=14.61 (4/142, ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL), ▲: 5]
26. ‘Atomistic Insights into Highly Active Reconstructed Edges of Monolayer 2H-WSe2 Photocatalyst’, M. Qorbani, A. Sabbah, Y.-R. Lai, et al., M. Hayashi, K. H. Chen and L. C. Chen, Nature Comm. 13, article number 1256 (2022). [IF=17.763 (6/73, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES), ▲: 6]
Research projects executed in recent years:
1. ‘Probing the Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Activity and Interface Carrier Transport of Direct Z-scheme Heterostructure Based on in-situ Spectroscopy’ (January 2022 – December 2024), Bilateral Add-on International Joint Program, MoST
2. ‘Two-dimensional Nanomaterials as Photocatalysts and their Interface Physics and Chemistry’ (August 2019 – July 2023), Science Vanguard Research Program, MoST
3. ‘Center of Atomic Initiative for New Materials’ (January 2018 – December 2022), the Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE)
4. ‘Hybrid of Carbon-based Nano-materials and Macrocyclic Supramolecules: from Molecular Design to Interface Physics and Chemistry for Energy Applications’ (August 2014 – July 2019), Academic Summit Program, MOST