RESEARCH INTERESTS

        Heterogeneous photocatalyst, photoelectrochemical water splitting, nanocarbon-based materials, electrochemical reactor design, green technology, renewable energy

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Bachelor Degree (with Honours) in the field of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Malaysia (Mar 2013)

• Ph. D Degree, School of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Malaysia (Aug 2017)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Teaching Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Malaysia (Jul 2013 – Oct 2016)

• Lecturer, Foundation, Study and Language Institute, University of Reading, Malaysia (Aug 2017 – Dec 2017)

• Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Malaysia (Mar 2018 - Present).

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATION

• Yi Wen Phuan, Wee Jun Ong, Meng Nan Chong (2017) Prospects of Electrochemically Synthesized Hematite Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: A review, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, 33: 54-82.

• Yi Wen Phuan, Harun Mohamed Ismail, Meng Nan Chong (2017) Design and CFD Modelling of the Anodic Chamber of a Continuous Photoelectrochemical Reactor for Water Treatment, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 111: 449-461.

• Yi Wen Phuan, Meng Nan Chong, Joey D. Ocon, Eng Seng Chan (2017) A Novel Ternary Nanostructured Carbonaceous-Metal-Semiconductor eRGO/NiO/α-Fe₂O₃ Heterojunction Photoanode with Enhanced Charge Transfer Properties for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 169: 236-244.

• Yi Wen Phuan, Meng Nan Chong, Tao Zhu, Joey D Ocon, Eng Seng Chan (2017) Employing Electrochemical Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Co-catalyst for Synergistically Improving the Photoelectrochemical Performance of Nanostructured Hematite Thin Films, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 71: 510-517.

• Yi Wen Phuan, Meng Nan Chong, Oodaye Satokhee, Andrew Brian De Souza, Tao Zhu, Eng Seng Chan (2017) Synthesis and Characterisation of Novel Ternary Hematite Nanocomposites Structure with Fullerene and 2D-Electrochemical Reduced Graphene Oxide for Superior Photoelectrochemical Performance, Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, 34(1).

• Yi Wen Phuan, Elyas Ibrahim, Meng Nan Chong, Tao Zhu, Byeong Kyu Lee, Joey D Ocon, Eng Seng Chan (2017) In Situ Ni-doping During Cathodic Electrodeposition of Hematite for Excellent Photoelectrochemical Performance of Nanostructured Nickel Oxide-Hematite p-n Junction Photoanode, Applied Surface Science, 392:  144-152.

• Yi Wen Phuan, Meng Nan Chong, Kumar Egamparan, Byeong Kyu Lee, Tao Zhu, Eng Seng Chan (2016) Understanding the Synergistic Between Optimum Dopant Loading and Charge Transfer Kinetics in Platinum-mediated Nanostructured Hematite Thin Films, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 66:  249-257.

• Yi Wen Phuan, Eileen Ai Lyn Lau, Harun Mohamed Ismail, Byeong Kyu Lee, Meng Nan Chong (2016) Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling of Photoelectrocatalytic Reactors for the Degradation of Formic Acid, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 835: 386-393.

• Tao Zhu, Meng Nan Chong, Yi Wen Phuan, Joey D Ocon, Eng Seng Chan (2016) Effects of Electrodeposition Synthesis Parameters on the Photoactivity of Nanostructured Tungsten Trioxide Thin Films: Optimisation study using response surface methodology, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 61: 196-204.

• Tao Zhu, Meng Nan Chong, Yi Wen Phuan, Eng Seng Chan (2015) Electrochemically Synthesized Tungsten Trioxide Nanostructures for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Influence of heat treatment on physicochemical properties, photocurrent densities and electron shuttling, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 484:  297-303.

• Yi Wen Phuan, Meng Nan Chong, Tao Zhu, Siek Ting Yong, Eng Seng Chan (2015) Effects of Annealing Temperature on the Physicochemical, Optical and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Nanostructured Hematite Thin Films Prepared via Electrodeposition Method, Materials Research Bulletin, 69: 71-77.