XMUM Team Publishes in Solar RRL on Solar Steam Generation
Congratulations to Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Haw Choon Yian from the Department of New Energy Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering for publishing their recent research article entitled “Augmenting Light-to-Heat Conversion Through 3D Scalable Palm Fiber for Energy Efficient Photothermal Solar Steam Generation” in Wiley Solar RRL, an SCI Q1 journal with the latest impact factor of 7.9.
Lim Kok-Loong and Liow Jo-Ey, the first and second author of this article, are both pursuing their master’s degree of New Energy Science and Engineering at XMUM.
This is collaborative research of two Centers of Excellence at XMUM - Center of Excellence for NaNo Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT) and Kelip-kelip! Center of Excellence for Light Enabling Technologies - and with external collaborators, namely Prof. Dr. Khiew Poi Sim from University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Dr. Nur Aimi Jani from Universiti Teknologi MARA, and Dr. Chiu Wee Siong from the Low Dimensional Materials Research Center, University Malaya.
The setup of 3D structures into cone and cylindrical cup shapes to leverage inherent features like hollow cavity, circular base, and curved surface to adeptly trap light and convert solar energy into heat through photothermal effect.