Academic Qualification
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales
Teaching Area
Nanocatalysis
Renewable Energy
Inorganic Materials
Research Area
Photoactive Semiconductor
Nanocatalysis for Energy and Environment
Photoelectrochemical Biosensor
Professional Services
Early Career Editorial Member, Nano Materials Science, since 2023
Early Career Editorial Member, Chemical Engineering Journal, since 2022
Working Experience
Oct. 2022 ~ present, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology
Mar.2019 ~ Oct. 2022, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong
Academic Publication (selected)
1. Wenting Chen, Jiahui Li, Jiaxin Guo, Liang Li, Hao Wu*, Diagnosis and therapy of Alzheimer's disease: Light-driven heterogeneous redox processes, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 2024, 332, 103253.
2. Hao Wu*, Lei Zhang, Aijun Du, Junwang Tang, Yun Hau Ng, Front-illuminated solar water splitting of BiVO4 photoanode via mediating small polaron hopping, ACS Energy Letters 2023, 8, 2177-2184.
3. Hao Wu, Lei Zhang, Aijun Du, Rowshanak Irani, Roel van de Krol, Fatwa. F. Abdi, Yun Hau Ng, Low-bias photoelectrochemical water splitting via mediating trap states and small polaron hopping, Nature Communications 2022, 13, 6231.
4. Hao Wu, Songying Qu, Zhirun Xie, Yun Hau Ng, Surface modulation inducing bismuth-rich surface composition in BiVO4 for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting, ACS Applied Energy Materials 2022, 5, 8419-8427.
5. Hao Wu, Rowshanak Irani, Kunfeng Zhang, Lin Jing, Hongxing Dai, Hoi Ying Chung, Fatwa F. Abdi, Yun Hau Ng, Unveiling carrier dynamics in periodic porous 3D BiVO4 photocatalyst for enhanced solar water splitting, ACS Energy Letters 2021, 6, 3400-3407.
6. Hao Wu, Xin Ying Kong, Xiaoming Wen, Siang-Piao Chai, Emma C. Lovell, Junwang Tang, Yun Hau Ng, Metal-organic framework decorated cuprous oxide nanowires for long-lived charges applied in selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction to CH4, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60 (15), 8455-8459.
7. Hao Wu, Hui Ling Tan, Cui Ying Toe, Jason Scott, Lianzhou Wang, Rose Amal, Yun Hau Ng, Photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical systems: similarities and differences, Advanced Materials 2020, 32 (18) 1904717
8. Hao Wu, Zhaoke Zheng, Peng Wang, Judy Hart, Rose Amal, Yun Hau Ng, A pulse electrodeposited amorphous tunnel layer stabilizes Cu2O for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting under visible-light irradiation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2020, 8 (11), 5638-5646.
Research Grants
2024.01 -- 2026.12 Development of Cu-based Composite Photocatalysts by Unveiling the Underlying Polaron Mechanism (NSFC)
2023.10 -- 2026.10 Development of Nanostructured Perovskite Oxide Ceramic Semiconductors for Green Hydrogen Production (FDCT)
2023.06 -- 2026.06 Development of Nanostructured Perovskite Oxides by Unveiling the Underlying Photocorrosion Mechanism (FDCT)
Professional Certification and Awards
Outstanding Communist Party Member of Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone (2024)
Certificates of University Staff Development of Learning and Teaching (2020)
Professional Society Membership
Member, Australian Materials Research Society (AMRS)
Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
