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Xiamen University - CHONG Woon Gie

CHONG Woon Gie

Assistant Professor Dr.

Head of Programme, Bachelor of Engineering in New Energy Science and Engineering with Honours
Office: A4-416
Tel: +603-87055191
Email: woongie.chong@xmu.edu.my
Research Interests: Advanced Energy Materials and Devices; Computational and Experimental Electrochemistry; Interfacial Chemistry; Novel Electrochemical Energy Storage; Nanocarbon Design for Batteries

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SDGs Focus
4 Quality Education 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

About Me

Dr. Chong is currently an Assistant Professor at School of Energy and Chemical Engineering (SECE), Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM). She was the Recipient of the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship awarded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council in 2014. Furthermore, with an Overseas Research Award supported by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), she spent 6 months in Zhejiang University in 2016 as visiting scholar. In addition to publishing her work in peer-reviewed journal articles, she also supervises postgraduate and undergraduate student research projects; serves as a reviewer for Elsevier and Royal Society of Chemistry publishing groups. 

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 2018
  • Master of Science in Advanced Material, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2014
  • Bachelor of Science (Hons) Physics, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2011

  • Guest Editor for MDPI Materials: Special issue “Microenvironment Studies of Battery Electrode Materials” March - November 2023

Research Interest

Dr. Chong’s research focuses on interface and materials engineering for advanced rechargeable battery systems. Research areas include aqueous zinc-ion batteries, dual-ion batteries, lithium-ion batteries, and flexible energy storage devices, with emphasis on regulating metal deposition behavior, ion transport, and interfacial stability. Current work involves zincophilic interface design, functional interlayers, electrolyte and interphase engineering, and sustainable nanomaterial synthesis for high-performance and safe energy storage.

 

Research Project(s)

  • Structural engineering of electrodes for flexible energy storage devices
  • Development of novel electrolyte systems for stable SEI
  • Sustainable battery systems consisting of green and resource-saving raw materials 
     

Current Courses Taught

  • BSC106 – General Physics 1
  • EGE312 – Technology of Electrochemical Power Sources
  • BSC108- General Physics Laboratory
  • G0311-Physics in Movies
  • EGE404 / 405- Final Year Project
  • EGE501 – Research Methodology

Local Grant(s)

  • Stretchable aqueous Li-ion sulfur batteries for wearable applications, 2019-2021, Xiamen University Malaysia Research Fund
  • Taming interfacial instability between graphite and electrolyte in high voltage dual-ion battery for stationary storage electricity: A strongly solvating hexamethylphosporamide electrolyte solution, 2020-2023, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme.
  • Fabrication of stable dendrite-free composite Zinc anode enabled by CuZn5 rich alloy network-modulated zinc deposition interface, 2024-2026, Xiamen University Malaysia Research Fund.

International Grant(s)

  • Preparation of coconut shell–derived graphitic carbon materials, structural regulation, and investigation of anion intercalation electrochemical reaction mechanisms, 2025-2026, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University

 

Journal(s)

  • Johnson Yang, Jia Yan Kam, Bagas Galih Subiarto, Woon Gie Chong*, Sin Tee Tan, Chuan Yi Foo, Nay Ming Huang*, Electroless plated Cu-coated cotton interlayer: A macroscopic 3D zincophilic interface for enhanced anode stability in aqueouszinc-ion batteries, Journal of Energy Storage, 141, 2026, 119382.

  • Jia Yan Kam, Johnson Yang, Yichen Fu, Woon Gie Chong*, Tetsuya Tsuda, Nay Ming Huang, Green synthesis of CuZn₅-rich alloy for highly reversible and dendrite-free zinc electrodeposition. Journal of Energy Storage, Volume 132, Part B, 2025, 117833.

  • Jia Min Goh, Woon Gie Chong*, Jia Yan Kam, Zie Zin Khoo, Muhammad Zhafran Zakaria, Vannajan Sanghiran Lee, Nay Ming Huang. Hexamethylphosphoramide as a flame-retardant additive in electrolytes for graphite dual-ion batteries: Coupling electrode/electrolyte interfacial evolution with electrochemical propertiesMaterials Science and Engineering: B, 319,118380. (2025)

  • Zie Zin Khoo, Nay Ming Huang, Binghui Chen, Woon Gie Chong*, High ionic conducting lithium fluoride rich solid electrolyte interphase induced by polysulfide for carbon-based dual ion batteries, Materials Today Communications, 2024,108502.

  • Jian-qiu Huang, Woon Gie Chong, Biao Zhang, Tackling the challenges of aqueous Zn-ion batteries via functional separator design, Journal of Power Sources, 2024, 234036.

  • Zen Ian Ng, Yien Leng Leong, Hong Ngee Lim, Woon Gie Chong, Nay Ming Huang, Optimizing Graphene Anode Performance in Lithium-Ion Batteries: Investigating the Effects of Diverse Thermal Conditions, Energy Technology, 2024, 2400512.7

  • Yuchu Sun, Woon Gie Chong* (2023). Structural Engineering of Electrodes for Flexible Energy Storage Devices. Mater. Horiz., 10, 2373, doi:10.1039/d3mh00045a

  •  Woon Gie Chong, Zen Ian Ng, Shek Li Yap, Chuan Yi Foo, Heng Jiang, Hang Guo, Hong Ngee Lim, Nay Ming Huang (2022). Facile fabrication of freestanding graphene nanoplatelets composite electrodes for multi battery storage. Materials Today Communications 31, 103782, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103782

  • Jianqiu Huang, Woon Gie Chong, Biao Zhang, Xinyue Ma, Advances in multi-functional flexible interlayers for Li-S batteries and metal-based batteries (2021). Materials Today Communications, 102566, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102566

  • Muhammad Ihsan-Ul-Haq, He Huang, Junxiong Wu, Jiang Cui, Shanshan Yao, Woon Gie Chong, Baoling Huang, Jang-Kyo Kim (2020). Thin solid electrolyte interface on chemically bonded Sb2Te3/CNT composite anodes for high performance sodium ion full cells. Nano Energy, 71, 104613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104613

  • Woon Gie Chong,   Fei Xiao,  Shanshan Yao,   Jiang Cui,   Zoya Sadighi,  Junxiong Wu,  Muhammad Ihsan-Ul-Haq,  Minhua Shao and Jang-Kyo Kim (2019) Nitrogen-doped graphene fiber webs for multi-battery energy storage. Nanoscale,11, 6334-6342. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR10025J

  • Jiang Cui, Shanshan Yao, Ziheng Lu, Jian-qiu Huang, Woon Gie Chong, Franceso Ciucci, and Jang-Kyo Kim (2018) Revealing pseudocapacitive mechanisms of metal dichalcogenide SnS2/graphene-CNT aerogels for high-energy Na hybrid capacitors, Adv. Energy Mater., 8 ,1702488. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201702488

  • Woon Gie Chong, Youhua Xiao, Jian-Qiu Huang, Shanshan Yao, Jiang Cui, Lei Qin, Chao Gao and Jang-Kyo Kim (2018) Highly conductive porous graphene/sulfur composite ribbon electrodes for flexible lithium sulfur batteries, Nanoscale, 10, 21131-21141. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR06666C

  • Woon Gie Chong, Jian-Qiu Huang, Zheng-Long Xu, Xianying Qin, Xiangyu Wang and Jang- Kyo Kim (2017) Lithium–sulfur battery cable made from ultralight, flexible graphene/carbon nanotube/sulfur composite fibers, Adv. Funct. Mater., 27 ,1604815. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201604815

Conference Proceeding(s)

  • Woon Gie Chong, Zurina Osman, Lisani Othman, Khairul Bahiyah Md Isa (2013) Ionic Conductivity and Dielectric Properties of Plasticized Polyacrylonitrile Based Solid Polymer Electrolyte Films, Advanced Materials Research, 626, 211-214. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.626.211

  • Woon Gie Chong, Khairul Bahiyah Md Isa, Lisani Othman, Nurul Husna Zainol, Siti Mariam Samin, Zurina Osman (2014). Electrochemical Stability of High Conducting PAN-based Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Polymer Cells. Advanced Materials Research, 1024, 335-338 https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1024.335

Current Supervision (Postgraduate only)

  • Kam Jia Yan

    Development of Phase-Engineered CuZn Composite Anodes via Electrodeposition Redox Replacement (EDRR) for Long-Life Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries

    2023-2026

    Xiamen University Malaysia

     

  • Johnson Yang

    Modulating The Interfacial Characteristics of Zinc Anode with Zincophilic Copper Interlayer for High-performance Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries

    2023-2026

    Xiamen University Malaysia

     

  • Khoo Zie Zin 
    Lithium Polysulfide as an Effective Fluoride Rich SEI-Forming Electrolyte Additive for Carbon Based Dual-ion Batteries
    2020 - present
    Xiamen University Malaysia


  • Muhammad Zhafran bin Zakaria
    Computational insight into the electrochemical stability of hexamethylphosphoramide as electrolyte additive for graphite dual-ion battery
    2021 - present
    University of Malaya

  • “600 LIGHT YEAR” the 15th National University Student Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction, Tianjin University, 2022

Patent

  • Jang-Kyo Kim, Zhenglong Xu, Jianqiu Huang, Woon Gie Chong, Xianying Qin, Xiangyu Wang. Tunable and Scalable Synthesis of Hierarchical Porous Nanocarbon/Sulfur Composite Cathodes, World Intellectual Property Organization, 11 January 2018, WO2018/006557 A1