CHONG Woon Gie
Assistant Professor Dr.
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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 interest mainly lies in the design, fabricate and characterization of advanced energy materials and devices, such as rechargeable and flexible batteries. In particular, she developed a novel strategy to prepare fibrous electrodes for a strain-compliant, cable-shaped Li-sulfur batteries with a high energy density. Her current research interest primarily focuses on the design and synthesis of nanomaterials for renewable electrochemical energy for tropical climates.
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.
Journal(s)
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)
- 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