Prof. Hongjin Fan

Academic Background

Short Biography

Dr. Fan received PhD degree from National University of Singapore in 2003. During 2003-2006, he conducted postdoc research at Max-Planck-Institute of Microstructure Physics, Germany, where he pioneered the growth and lasing of vertical-aligned ordered array of epitaxial ZnO nanowires and was the first to employ the Kirkendall effect in synthesizing single-crystalline inorganic nanotubes. In the University of Cambridge during 2006-2008, he worked on fabrication and THz emission of ferroelectric microtubes. Since he joined NTU in 2008, he focuses on sustainable energy, primarily batteries and hydrogen generation. In the meantime, his group also developed new hybrid ferroelectric materials with giant shear strain and high figure-of-merit value for mechanical energy.

Dr. Fan widely collaborates. He has co-authored 350 journal papers with an H-index of 120 and FWCI of 6.38 (Scopus). He has been recognized as Highly Cited Researcher consecutively since 2016. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Materials Today Energy, and editorial/advisory board member of Energy and Environmental Sciences, National Science Review, Materials Today, eScience, Small, Advanced Science, Rare Metals.

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