Academic Qualification
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales
Teaching Area
Nanocatalysis
Renewable Energy
Research Area
Photoactive Semiconductor
Nanocatalysis for Energy and Environment
(Photo)electrochemical Biosensor
Professional Services
Early Career Editorial Member, Nano-Micro Letters, since 2025
Early Career Editorial Member, Journal of Energy Chemistry, since 2024
Early Career Editorial Member, Nano Materials Science, since 2023-2025
Early Career Editorial Member, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022-2025
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. Songying Qu, Donghui Li, Hao Wu*, Yun Hau Ng, Promoting selective water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide in BiVO4 photoanode: interplay of preferential crystal facet and adsorbed bicarbonate, ACS Energy Letters 2025, 10, 4535-4542.
2. Hao Wu*, Songying Qu, Yun Hau Ng, Bismuth vanadate capable of driving one-step-excitation photocatalytic overall water splitting, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147, 10829-10833.
3. Hao Wu*, Rui Liu, Donghui Li, Yun Hau Ng, Porphyrin-based metal-organic frameworks for photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction: Current understanding and challenges, Nano Materials Science 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.12.003.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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
9. 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.
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 Society Membership
Member, Australian Materials Research Society (AMRS)
Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
