Kuei-Hsien Chen
Distinguished Research Fellow
| Email: | chenkh[at]pub.iams.sinica.edu.tw |
| Office: | R228 |
| Tel: | +886-2-2366-8232 |
| Lab: | NB03 & NTU-CCMS: 1002,1014, 1016 |
| Lab Tel: | +886-2-33665231 |
| Advanced Materials Laboratory (AML) | |
Research Interest
- Nanomaterials and nanotechnology
- New energy technologies
- Catalysis and energy conversion
Research Overview
Dr. Kuei-Hsien Chen’s research focuses on the synthesis of compound semiconductors and their composites for energy applications such as thermoelectric conversion, photo- and electro-catalytic CO2 reduction. Current research targets include: (1) CO2 reduction utilizing low-cost chalcogenides such as 2D SnS2 photocatalysis. Doping of SnS2 to enhance visible light absorption and selection of high-value products is desirable; (2) Electrochemical CO2 reduction utilizing designed catalysts such as single-atom catalysts (SAC) and alloys of Cu, Sn, and Sb to produce CO or HCOOH as syngas for industry; (3) Developing low-cost and high efficiency thermoelectric materials through electronic and photonic band structure engineering. Recent progress in Na and Ag co-doped SnS renders highly desirable near room temperature thermoelectric devices.
Education
- B. S., 1981, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
- M. S., 1985, Harvard University, USA
- Ph. D., 1989, Harvard University, USA
Professional History
- Scientific Researcher, General Electric R&D, Schenectady, New York , USA (1990 ~ 1992)
- Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (1993 ~ 2000)
- Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2000 ~ 2015)
- Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2015 ~ present)
- Director (2016 ~2023), Institute of Atomic & Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
- Adjunct Research Fellow, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2002 ~ present)
Awards & Honors
- Young Scholar Research Award, Academia Sinica (2000)
- Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (2005)
- Outstanding Scholar Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (2008)
- Hou Chin-Tui Distinguished Honorary Award in Materials Science (2013)
Selected Publications
1. “Catalytic growth and characterization of gallium nitride nanowires,” C.C. Chen et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 2791-2798 (2001).
2. “Heterostructures of ZnO-Zn coaxial nanocables and ZnO nanotubes,” J.J. et al.,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 1312-1314 (2002).
3. “Ultrafine platinum nanoparticles uniformly dispersed on arrayed CNx nanotubes
with high electrochemical activity,” C.L. Sun et al., Chem. of Mater. 17, 3749-3753
(2005).
4. “Photosensitive gold-nanoparticle-embedded dielectric nanowires,” M.S. Hu et
al., Nature Materials 5, 102-106 (2006).
5. “Anomalous blueshift in emission spectra of ZnO nanorods with sizes beyond
quantum confinement regime,” C.W. Chen et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 88,
241905-(1-3) (2006).
6. “High performance of low electrocatalysts loading on CNT directly grown on
carbon cloth for DMFC,” C.H. Wang et al., J. Power Sources 171, 55-62
(2007).
7. “Improved broadband, and quasi-omnidirectional anti-reflection properties with
biomimetic silicon nanostructures,” Y.F. Huang et al., Nature Nanotechnology 2,
770-774 (2007).
8. “Flexible supercapacitor based on polyaniline nanowires/carbon cloth with both
high gravimetric and area-normalized capacitance,” Y.Y. Horng et al., J. Power
Sources 195, 4418-4422 (2010).
9. “Anti-reflecting and photonic nanostructures,” S. Chattopadhyay et al., an
invited review article in A.G. Cullis and S.S. Lau, Eds., Materials Science and
Engineering Report, Elsevier 69, 1-35 (2010).
10. “Multi-wall carbon nanotubes coated with polyaniline,” E.N. Konyushenko et al.,
Polymer 47, 5715-5723 (2006).
11. “Top laminated graphene electrode in a semitransparent polymer solar cell by
simultaneous thermal annealing/releasing method,” Y.Y. Lee et al., ACS Nano 5,
6564 (2011).
12. “Tunable photoluminescence from graphene oxide,” C.T. Chien et al., Angew. Chem. Int.
Ed. 51, 6662-6666 (2012).
13. “Graphene oxide as a promising photocatalyst for CO2 to methanol conversion,” H.C. Hsu et
al., Nanoscale 5, 262-268 (2013).