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  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Malaysia Leader Award
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Overview

Wee-Jun Ong is affiliated with Xiamen University Malaysia in Malaysia. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Energy and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis, and Process Chemistry and Technology.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Their frequently published venues highlight a focus on materials and energy sciences, including:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Small
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Solar RRL
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wee-Jun Ong are:

  • Sue-Faye Ng
  • Joel Jie Foo
  • Jian Yiing Loh
  • Abdul Rahman Mohamed
  • Feng Ming Yap

Among their recent papers are the following notable publications:

  • "Z-Scheme Photocatalytic Systems for Carbon Dioxide Reduction: Where Are We Now?", 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cathode Design: Tailoring Metal-Based Nanostructures for Robust Polysulfide Adsorption and Catalytic Conversion", 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "All-solid-state direct Z-scheme NiTiO3/Cd0.5Zn0.5S heterostructures for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution with visible light", 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "MXenes: An Emerging Platform for Wearable Electronics and Looking Beyond", 2021, Matter
  • "Defect engineering of BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I) based photocatalysts for energy and environmental applications: Current progress and future perspectives", 2022, Coordination Chemistry Reviews

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

  • Surface and Heterointerface Engineering of 2D MXenes and Their Nanocomposites: Insights into Electro- and Photocatalysis

    Jiahe Peng;Xingzhu Chen;Wee-Jun Ong;Xiujian Zhao

  • Photocatalytic fixation of nitrogen to ammonia: state-of-the-art advancements and future prospects

    Xingzhu Chen;Neng Li;Neng Li;Zhouzhou Kong;Wee-Jun Ong

  • Z-Scheme Photocatalytic Systems for Carbon Dioxide Reduction: Where Are We Now?

    Wenhao Zhang;Abdul Rahman Mohamed;Wee-Jun Ong

  • 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

  • g-C3N4界面改性:掺杂金属硫化物构建新型异质结光催化剂的能源转换展望

    Yijie Ren;Deqian Zeng;Wee-Jun Ong

  • 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

  • Understanding of Electrochemical Mechanisms for CO2 Capture and Conversion into Hydrocarbon Fuels in Transition-Metal Carbides (MXenes)

    Neng Li;Neng Li;Xingzhu Chen;Wee Jun Ong;Douglas R. Macfarlane

  • 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

  • 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

  • Lithium–Sulfur Battery Cathode Design: Tailoring Metal-Based Nanostructures for Robust Polysulfide Adsorption and Catalytic Conversion

    Sue-Faye Ng;Michelle Yu Ling Lau;Wee-Jun Ong

  • Heteroatom doped graphene in photocatalysis: A review

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

  • Toward noble-metal-free visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen evolution: Monodisperse sub–15 nm Ni2P nanoparticles anchored on porous g-C3N4 nanosheets to engineer 0D-2D heterojunction interfaces

    Deqian Zeng;Deqian Zeng;Wanjie Xu;Wee-Jun Ong;Juan Xu

  • 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

  • The rising star of 2D black phosphorus beyond graphene: synthesis, properties and electronic applications

    Pengfei Chen;Neng Li;Neng Li;Xingzhu Chen;Wee-Jun Ong;Wee-Jun Ong

  • Defect engineering of BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I) based photocatalysts for energy and environmental applications: Current progress and future perspectives

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  • Ni12P5 nanoparticles embedded into porous g-C3N4 nanosheets as a noble-metal-free hetero-structure photocatalyst for efficient H2 production under visible light

    Deqian Zeng;Deqian Zeng;Wee-Jun Ong;Hongfei Zheng;Mingda Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Siang-Piao Chai
Siang-Piao Chai Monash University
Neng Li
Neng Li Wuhan University of Technology
Abdul Rahman Mohamed
Abdul Rahman Mohamed Universiti Sains Malaysia
Xiujian Zhao
Xiujian Zhao Wuhan University of Technology
Dong-Liang Peng
Dong-Liang Peng Xiamen University
Quan Xu
Quan Xu China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Ming-Yong Han
Ming-Yong Han Tianjin University
Yun Hau Ng
Yun Hau Ng City University of Hong Kong
Jianmin Ma
Jianmin Ma Hunan University
Xiaoguang Duan
Xiaoguang Duan University of Adelaide

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