Sustainable Materials for Next Generation Energy Devices

Kuan Yew Cheong is a Professor in the School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). He specializes in semiconductor materials, electronic packaging, nanomaterials, and surface engineering, recognized as a top 2% researcher in applied physics/materials (2023). He has contributed to research on bio-organic-based memory to address e-waste.Dr. Lung-Chien Chen received a B.S. degree in the electrical engineering from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan and his Ph. D degree in the electrical engineering from the National Tsing Hwa University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. In 2002, he joined National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., as a faculty member with the Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering. He has authored or co-authored more than 130 SCI technical papers, 20 International conference, and 160 conference papers. He is the holder of more than 21 patents in his fields of expertise. His current research interests include MOCVD, LPE and solution CVD epitaxial growth technique, fabrication and analysis of III-V group compound semiconductor/oxide semiconductor devices, fabrication and characterization of nano-materials, light-emitting diode (LED), sensor, solar cells, perovskite quantum dots and perovskite optoelectronic devices.

• Part 1: Electrochemical systems and energy storage1. Electrochemical energy storage devices2. Nanoarchitectured conducting polymers: Rational design and relative activity for next-generation supercapacitors 3. Current progress in the development of Fe-air batteries and their prospects for next-generation batteries4. Functional material developments of fuel cells and the key factors for real commercialization of next-generation energy devices Part 2: Energy conversion and harvesting5. Graphene and its derivatives, synthesis route, andmechanism for photovoltaic solar cell applications6. Solution-processed quantum dot-sensitizedsolar cell based on “green” materials7. Colloidal quantum dots based solar cells8. Future perspectives of perovskite solar cells: Metaloxide-based inorganic hole-transportingmaterials 9. Recent advancement in sustainable energy harvestingusing piezoelectric materialsPart 3: Advanced sustainable energy, materials, anddevice concepts10. An approach to designing smart future electronicsusing nature-driven biopiezoelectric/triboelectricnanogenerators 11. Polysaccharide-based polymer electrolytes forfuture renewable energy sources 12. Biomass-derived functional carbon nanomaterials forthe development of futuristic energy devices 13. First-principles materials design for graphene-basedsensor applications 14. Recycled silicon waste as a sustainable energymaterial