2026 Siang-Piao Chai: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	69	4542	4396	150	149	228	24835
Chemistry	68	6402	5814	152	148	226	24452

Overview

Siang-Piao Chai is affiliated with Monash University in Australia, focusing primarily on research in Materials Science and Energy. Their work spans several important subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of advanced materials and catalytic processes, emphasizing:

Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Covalent Organic Framework Applications
CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Siang-Piao Chai has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

Z-Scheme Photocatalytic Systems for Solar Water Splitting, 2020, Advanced Science
Metal-Organic Framework Decorated Cuprous Oxide Nanowires for Long-lived Charges Applied in Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CH4, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Non-metal doping induced dual p-n charge properties in a single ZnIn2S4 crystal structure provoking charge transfer behaviors and boosting photocatalytic hydrogen generation, 2023, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Self-activated superhydrophilic green ZnIn2S4 realizing solar-driven overall water splitting: close-to-unity stability for a full daytime, 2023, Nature Communications
Heterojunction photocatalysts for artificial nitrogen fixation: fundamentals, latest advances and future perspectives, 2021, Nanoscale

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Chai include:

Lling-Lling Tan
Boon-Junn Ng
Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri
Xin Ying Kong
Chen-Chen Er

Chai has contributed to various scientific venues, with multiple publications in:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Chemical Engineering Journal
Advanced Functional Materials
Nanoscale

Best Publications

Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4)-Based Photocatalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis and Environmental Remediation: Are We a Step Closer To Achieving Sustainability?

Wee Jun Ong;Lling Lling Tan;Yun Hau Ng;Siek Ting Yong

6858
Citations
Surface charge modification via protonation of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) for electrostatic self-assembly construction of 2D/2D reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/g-C3N4 nanostructures toward enhanced photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methane

Wee Jun Ong;Lling-Lling Tan;Siang-Piao Chai;Siek Ting Yong

1102
Citations
Unravelling charge carrier dynamics in protonated g-C3N4 interfaced with carbon nanodots as co-catalysts toward enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction: A combined experimental and first-principles DFT study

Wee Jun Ong;Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri;Yoong Chuen Tan;Lling Lling Tan

573
Citations
Graphene oxide as a structure-directing agent for the two-dimensional interface engineering of sandwich-like graphene–g-C3N4 hybrid nanostructures with enhanced visible-light photoreduction of CO2 to methane

Wee Jun Ong;Lling-Lling Tan;Siang-Piao Chai;Siek Ting Yong

561
Citations
Highly reactive {001} facets of TiO2-based composites: synthesis, formation mechanism and characterization

Wee Jun Ong;Lling-Lling Tan;Siang-Piao Chai;Siek Ting Yong

518
Citations
Heterojunction engineering of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) via Pt loading with improved daylight-induced photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methane

Wee Jun Ong;Lling-Lling Tan;Siang-Piao Chai;Siek Ting Yong

477
Citations
Z-Scheme Photocatalytic Systems for Solar Water Splitting.

Boon-Junn Ng;Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri;Xin Ying Kong;Yee Wen Teh

470
Citations
Reduced graphene oxide-TiO2 nanocomposite as a promising visible-light-active photocatalyst for the conversion of carbon dioxide

Lling-Lling Tan;Wee Jun Ong;Siang-Piao Chai;Abdul Rahman Mohamed

464
Citations
Mechanisms of graphene growth by chemical vapour deposition on transition metals

Choon-Ming Seah;Siang-Piao Chai;Abdul Rahman Mohamed

425
Citations
Synthesis and characterization of graphene and carbon nanotubes: A review on the past and recent developments

Wei Wen Liu;Siang-Piao Chai;Abdul Rahman Mohamed;Uda Hashim

420
Citations
Heterostructured AgX/g-C3N4 (X = Cl and Br) nanocomposites via a sonication-assisted deposition-precipitation approach: Emerging role of halide ions in the synergistic photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide

Wee Jun Ong;Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri;Lling Lling Tan;Siang Piao Chai

390
Citations
Review of the synthesis, transfer, characterization and growth mechanisms of single and multilayer graphene

H. Cheun Lee;Wei-Wen Liu;Siang-Piao Chai;Abdul Rahman Mohamed

374
Citations
Heteroatom doped graphene in photocatalysis: A review

Lutfi Kurnianditia Putri;Wee-Jun Ong;Wei Sea Chang;Siang-Piao Chai

367
Citations
Facet-Dependent Photocatalytic Properties of TiO2-Based Composites for Energy Conversion and Environmental Remediation

Wee Jun Ong;Lling-Lling Tan;Siang-Piao Chai;Siek Ting Yong

351
Citations
Self-assembly of nitrogen-doped TiO2 with exposed {001} facets on a graphene scaffold as photo-active hybrid nanostructures for reduction of carbon dioxide to methane

Wee Jun Ong;Lling-Lling Tan;Siang-Piao Chai;Siek Ting Yong

331
Citations
Synthesis and applications of graphene-based TiO(2) photocatalysts.

Lling-Lling Tan;Siang-Piao Chai;Abdul Rahman Mohamed

325
Citations
Review of methanol reforming-Cu-based catalysts, surface reaction mechanisms, and reaction schemes

Siek Ting Yong;Chien Wei Ooi;Siang-Piao Chai;X S Wu

323
Citations
Effective steering of charge flow through synergistic inducing oxygen vacancy defects and p-n heterojunctions in 2D/2D surface-engineered Bi2WO6/BiOI cascade: Towards superior photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity

Xin Ying Kong;Wai Qin Lee;Abdul Rahman Mohamed;Siang Piao Chai

302
Citations
Oxygen vacancy induced Bi2WO6 for the realization of photocatalytic CO2 reduction over the full solar spectrum: from the UV to the NIR region.

Xin Ying Kong;Yen Yee Choo;Siang Piao Chai;Ai Kah Soh

275
Citations
Noble metal modified reduced graphene oxide/TiO2 ternary nanostructures for efficient visible-light-driven photoreduction of carbon dioxide into methane

Lling-Lling Tan;Wee Jun Ong;Siang-Piao Chai;Abdul Rahman Mohamed

241
Citations