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Siang-Piao Chai

Siang-Piao Chai

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
69
Citations
24835
World Ranking
4540
National Ranking
150

Chemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
24452
World Ranking
6401
National Ranking
152

Siang-Piao Chai publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Siang-Piao Chai sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 228 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Siang-Piao Chai D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Siang-Piao Chai sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Z-Scheme Photocatalytic Systems for Solar Water Splitting.

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

  • 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

  • Mechanisms of graphene growth by chemical vapour deposition on transition metals

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Heteroatom doped graphene in photocatalysis: A review

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdul Rahman Mohamed
Abdul Rahman Mohamed Universiti Sains Malaysia
Wee-Jun Ong
Wee-Jun Ong Xiamen University Malaysia
Ta Yeong Wu
Ta Yeong Wu Monash University
Uda Hashim
Uda Hashim Universiti Malaysia Perlis
Keat Teong Lee
Keat Teong Lee Universiti Sains Malaysia
Ahmad Zuhairi Abdullah
Ahmad Zuhairi Abdullah Universiti Sains Malaysia
Eng Seng Chan
Eng Seng Chan Monash University Malaysia
Yun Hau Ng
Yun Hau Ng City University of Hong Kong
Chin Wei Lai
Chin Wei Lai University of Malaya
Xiaoming Wen
Xiaoming Wen RMIT University

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