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RESEARCH FIELDS

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Fundamental of electrochemistry and electrochemical analysis

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  • Understanding the movements of electrons and oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions

  • Potentiostatic/galvanostatic analysis, chronoamperometry, linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT), Zeta potential analysis

Corrosion / Electrodeposition

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  • Electrochemical surface treatment (anodization, passivation and etching)

  • Metal corrosion

  • Electrodeposition/electroless deposition of metals

Electrochemical energy conversion & storage system and electrode materials for batteries

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  • Electrochemical energy conversion & storage system and electrode materials for battery

  • Redox flow battery

  • Photoelectrochemical cell

  • Regenerative solar cell

  • Primary and rechargeable Li-ion batteries

  • Aqueous and non-aqueous Na-ion batteries

  • Cathode materials (Na3V2(PO4)3, NaTi2(PO4)3, Cu3[Fe(CN)6]2 and NaNiFe(CN)6)

  • Anode materials (Sn-based, Sb-based, Bi-based materials, polymer and carbonaceous)

Electropolymerization of conducting polymer

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  • Anodic/cathodic polymerization of polymer (polypyrrole)

Electrochemical synthesis of nanostructured materials

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  • Metals (crystalline or amorphous)

  • Metal oxides/oxyhydoxide/hydroxide (crystalline or amorphous)

  • Metal-polymer composite

Desalination and electrochemical water treatment

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  • Desalination battery

  • Electrodialysis

  • Ion removal and recovery

  • Capacitive Deionization

Electrocatalysts for converion of biomass-derived compounds

  • Electrochemical oxidation/reduction of biomass-derived furans (furfural and 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furan-2-carbaldehyde)

  • Development of heterogeneous electrocatalysts

Materials characterization

  • Electron microscopy (SEM and TEM)

  • X-ray diffraction (Power XRD and thin-film XRD)

  • Spectroscopy (Raman, FT-IR, XPS and ICP-AES/ICP-OES)

  • High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

  • Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) / differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

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