Dr Wong Weng Pin

Dr Wong Weng Pin

  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
  • Sunway Centre for Electrochemical Energy and Sustainable Technology
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
SDGs Focus

Biography

Dr Wong Weng Pin (AMIChemE) holds a Master鈥檚 Degree in Chemical Engineering from Xiamen University Malaysia, and a PhD in Sustainability Science and Technology at 糖心原创. His research focuses on chemical and materials engineering, with core interests in the synthesis and application of thermoelectric materials, carbon nanomaterials, phase change materials, and MXene-based materials, as well as energy-related technologies such as upcycling of waste materials into energy storage materials and optimization of solar thermal utilization systems. He is holding one granted Malaysian patent as a co-inventor of upcycling plastic waste into electrode materials and one pending patent for a thermoelectric composite material, making positive contributions to the innovative development of sustainable energy and materials fields.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD in Sustainability Science and Technology, 糖心原创, Malaysia (2025)
  • Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering (Mixed Mode), Xiamen University Malaysia, Malaysia (2022)
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Chemical Engineering, Taylor's University, Malaysia (2019)

Research Interests

  • Thermoelectric
  • Energy Storage

Teaching Areas

  • Materials Science
  • Chemical Engineering

Notable Publications

  1. 2025 - Abdah, M. A. A. M., Azlan, F. N. M., Wong, W. P., Mustafa, M. N., Numan, A., Walvekar, R., & Khalid, M. (2025). Enhancing sustainable lithium-ion battery anode using activated carbon-derived polypropylene plastic waste/MXene hybrid composite. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 119472.
  2. 2025 - Wong, W. P., Elsa, G., Mustafa, M. N., Walvekar, R., Numan, A., Khalid, M., & Lau, P. L. (2025). Bismuth telluride-based thermoelectric generators: Advances in synthesis, performance enhancement, and device applications. Journal of Power Sources, 653, 237722.
  3. 2025 - Wong, W. P., George, E., Mustafa, M. N., Gerard, O., Seng, T. Y., Walvekar, R., Numan, A. & Khalid, M. (2025). Tailoring Microstructure and Transport Properties of Bismuth Sulfide via Microwave-Assisted Synthesis for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 113450.
  4. 2024 - Abdah, M. A. A. M., Azlan, F. N. M., Wong, W. P., Mustafa, M. N., Walvekar, R., & Khalid, M. (2024). Microwave-assisted upcycling of plastic waste to high-performance carbon anode for lithium-ion batteries. Chemosphere, 349, 140973. 
  5. 2024 - Yang, Z. L., Walvekar, R., Wong, W. P., Sharma, R. K., Dharaskar, S., & Khalid, M. (2024). Advances in phase change materials, heat transfer enhancement techniques, and their applications in thermal energy storage: a comprehensive review. Journal of Energy Storage, 87, 111329.
  6. 2023 - Wong, W. P., Walvekar, R., Vaka, M., & Khalid, M. (2023). Hybrid MWCNT/TiO2 nanoparticles based high-temperature quinary nitrate salt mixture for thermal energy storage applications. Journal of Energy Storage, 73, 108792.
  7. 2023 - Wong, W. P., Kagalkar, A., Patel, R., Patel, P., Dharaskar, S., Walvekar, R., Khalid, M. & Gedam, V. V. (2023). Nano-enhanced phase change materials for thermal energy storage: A comprehensive review of recent advancements, applications, and future challenges. Journal of Energy Storage, 74, 109265.
  8. 2023 - Wong, W. P., Walvekar, R., Vaka, M., Khalid, M., & Mujawar, M. N. (2023). A Review on CSP and CPVT Technologies: Energy, Economic Analysis and Recycling towards Circular Economy. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology.
  9. 2023 - Jagadish, P., Khalid, M., Wong, W. P., Phei Li, L., Chelvanathan, P., Walvekar, R., Mubarak, N. M. & Chan, A. (2023). Impacts of Annealing Temperature and Time on the Thermoelectric Performance of Recycled Carbon Fiber (RCF)/n-Bi2Te3 Heterostructure Thermoelectric Composites. ECS Journal of Solid-State Science and Technology.
  10. 2023 - Wong, W. P., Walvekar, R., Vaka, M., & Khalid, M. (2023). Optimization and Techno-economic Assessment of Parabolic Trough Collector System in Malaysia, China, and the United States. International Journal of Ambient Energy, (just-accepted), 1-118.

Achievements & Accolades

  1. Synthesis and Characterisations of Graphene/Bismuth Sulphide/Recycled Carbon Fibre Nanocmoposite as a Thermoelectric Energy Harvester for Internet of Things Applications (FRGS project)
  2. A Method of Upcycling Plastic Waste to Produce Composite Electrode (GAMRG Research Cluster Project)

Professional Associations

  1. Board of Engineers Malaysia
  2. IChemE Associate Member