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Roong Jien WONG
Research Fellow
Dr Roong Jien WONG completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2017 under the supervision of Prof Rose Amal at UNSW, Australia. He has a wide range of experience in heterogeneous catalysis research for renewable energy and environmental remediation, including photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis, thermal catalysis, and photothermal catalysis. He was previously a Research Fellow at UNSW (Aus), RMIT (Aus), and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Research Complex at Harwell (UK). While at CARES, he held a joint appointment as a Research Fellow at NTU and NEWRI, as well as a lecturer in Fluid Mechanics at NTU. He has since moved on to join A*STAR (ISCE2).
The main focus of his research is on electron catalysis to develop catalyst for CO2 conversion to renewable fuels and chemicals. He also has a strong interest in bioremediation to promote a circular economy.
Past Members
Past Members
Research Interest
- CO2 hydrogenation to C2+ hydrocarbon and higher alcohols
- Bioenergy carbon capture and utilisation, BECCS
- Green chemistry and circular economy
- Electron catalysis for catalyst design
Key Publications
Google Scholar Link
Li, Renhong, Zhiqi Liu, Quang Thang Trinh, Ziqiang Miao, Shuang Chen, Kaicheng Qian, Roong Jien Wong, et al. 2021. “Strong Metal–Support Interaction for 2D Materials: Application in Noble Metal/TiB 2 Heterointerfaces and Their Enhanced Catalytic Performance for Formic Acid Dehydrogenation.” Advanced Materials 33 (32): 2101536. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202101536.
Paul, Ratul, Subhash Chandra Shit, Arunima Singh, Roong Jien Wong, Duy Quang Dao, Boby Joseph, Wen Liu, Saswata Bhattacharya, and John Mondal. 2021. “Organogel-Assisted Porous Organic Polymer Embedding Cu NPs for Selectivity Control in the Semi Hydrogenation of Alkynes.” Nanoscale 14 (4): 1505–19. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NR07255B.
Bingqiao Xie, Roong Jien Wong, Tze Hao Tan, Michael Higham, Emma K. Gibson, Donato Decarolis, June Callison, Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou, Michael Bowker, C. Richard A. Catlow, Jason Scott & Rose Amal 2022. “Synergistic ultraviolet and visible light photo-activation enables intensified low-temperature methanol synthesis over copper/zinc oxide/alumina” Nature Communications 11, 1615 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15445-z