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’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Xiamen University Malaysia, and a PhD in Sustainability Science and Technology at ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø. 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, ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø, 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 - 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  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., & 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.

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