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Kung, Chung-Wei 龔仲偉 (Professor)

Kung, Chung-Wei 龔仲偉 (Professor)
Kung, Chung-Wei 龔仲偉 (Professor)

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Office icon  Office: Room 93A15

Phone icon  Tel: +886-6-2757575 ext. 62629

Email icon  Email: cwkung@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Expertise icon  Expertise: Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) Materials, Electrochemical Sensors, Electrocatalysis, Electrochemical Energy Storage

Links icon  Links: NCKU Research Personal Profile (Open new window), Lab Website (Open new window)

*Overview of Quick Links:

1. Education    2. Experience    3. Service    4. Honors and awards    5. Teaching    6. Patents     7. Publications

Education icon 1. Education

  • Ph. D., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2015)
  • B. S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2011)

Experience icon 2. Experience

  • Advisory Board Member, Chemical Society Reviews (2024-)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2021-)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2018-2021)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, IL, U.S.A. (2016-2018) 
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, IL, U.S.A. (2013-2014)  

Service icon 3. Service

  • Reviewer for SCI Journals: 

    Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Materials Todays, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Chemical Engineering Journal, Crystals, Catalysts, Sensors, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Molecules, Royal Society Open Science

    (Source: https://publons.com/author/1310576/chung-wei-kung)

Honors icon 4. Honors and awards

  1. “Research excellent professor (成大工學院研究優良教師)” of college of engineering, NCKU (2024)
  2. "Teaching Excellence Awards" of the Department of Chemical Engineering, NCKU (2024)
  3. Stanford "World's Top 2% Scientists" (single-year impact: 2024)
  4. “Yushan Young Fellow (玉山青年學者)” supported by Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan (2023-2028); 31 award recipients in all academic fields in Taiwan in 2023
  5. "Outstanding Young Researcher Award (優秀青年研究獎)" of the Electrochemical Society of Taiwan (台灣電化學學會) (2023)
  6. "Teaching Excellence Award" of NCKU (2023)
  7. Stanford "World's Top 2% Scientists" (single-year impact: 2023)
  8. “Ta-You Wu Memorial Award (吳大猷先生紀念獎)" awarded by National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, on behalf of the Chemical Engineering discipline (2022); 44 award recipients  in all academic fields in Taiwan in 2022
  9. “Lee Chang Yung Research Outstanding Young Professor Award (李長榮學術研究傑出青年教授獎)" of 2022, awarded by Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
  10. "Young Investigator Award" of Taipei International Conference on Catalysis (TICC-2022), Taipei, Taiwan (2022)
  11. "Outstanding Reviewer" for Chemical Communications (2022)
  12. "Teaching Excellence Awards" of the Department of Chemical Engineering, NCKU (2022)
  13. Stanford "World's Top 2% Scientists" (single-year impact: 2022)
  14. "First prize in the group of Chemical, Materials, and Resources Engineering (化材學群第一名)" in the young PI research paper competition hosted by College of Engineering in NCKU (成大工學院青年學者論文競賽, 2021)
  15. "Teaching Excellence Awards" of the Department of Chemical Engineering, NCKU (2021)
  16. Stanford "World's Top 2% Scientists" (single-year impact: 2021)
  17. "World's Top 2% Scientists" based on 2020 single-year impact, ranking 4th in our Department and 24th in NCKU
  18. "Honorable Mention Award (佳作獎)" in the Innovative Research Findings Competition for Young Scholars (台綜大年輕學者創新研發成果選拔) of 2020, awarded by Taiwan Comprehensive University System (TCUS)
  19. "Teaching Excellence Awards" of the Department of Chemical Engineering, NCKU (2020)
  20. 109年度台綜大年輕學者創新研發成果選拔 - 佳作獎
  21. 109學年度化工系教學優良教師
  22. Top reviewers in Cross-Field of 2019, awarded by Publons and Web of Science Group
  23. Top reviewers in Chemistry of 2019, awarded by Publons and Web of Science Group
  24. “Yushan Young Fellow (玉山青年學者)” supported by Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan (2018-2023); 25 award recipients in all academic fields in Taiwan in 2018
  25. 108學年度化工系教學優良教師
  26. 國立成功大學108學年度工安環保日實驗室競賽獲「化學品30種以上實驗室組」第一名
  27. 107學年度化工系教學優良教師
  28. AIP Poster Award” of 2015 International Conference on Nanospace Materials, Taipei, Taiwan, June 23-25, 2015
  29. Member of The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society (2015) 中華民國斐陶斐榮譽學會104年榮譽會員
  30. 財團法人中技社103年度科技研究獎獎學金
  31. “Young Scientist Award” of E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting, Lille, France, May 26-30, 2014, in recognition of an outstanding paper contributed to the Symposium L “Chromogenic Materials and Devices”
  32. "Student Award" of E-MRS 2012 Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, September 17-21, 2012, supported by the Symposium H “Organized Nanostructures and Nano-objects: Fabrication, characterization and applications”

Teaching icon 5. Teaching

  • (First Semester) Process Design
  • (First Semester) Electrochemistry – Principles And Green Energy Applications
  • (First Semester) Green Hydrogen And Ammonia-synthesis And Applications
  • (Second Semester) Unit Operations (I)

Patents icon 6. Patents

Publications icon 7. Publications

A. Referred Papers

Selective Journal Publications

(110 published SCI papers with an h-index of 50; find the full publication list at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=USl_ZuIAAAAJ&hl)

(* Corresponding authors)

  1. Y. S. Tsai, S. C. Yang, T. H. Yang, C. H. Wu, T. C. Lin, and C. W. Kung*, “Sulfonate-functionalized metal–organic framework as a porous “proton reservoir” for boosting electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 16 (2024) 62185-62194.
  2. M. D. Tsai, K. C. Wu, and C. W. Kung*, “Zirconium-based metal−organic frameworks and their roles in electrocatalysis," Chem. Commun., 60 (2024) 8360-8374.
  3. S. Daliran*, A. R. Oveisi*, C. W. Kung*, U. Sen, A. Dhakshinamoorthy, C. H. Chuang, M. Khajeh, M. Erkartal, and J. T. Hupp*, “Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications," Chem. Soc. Rev., 53 (2024) 6244-6294.
  4. Y. L. Chen, D. Kurniawan, M. D. Tsai, J. W. Chang, Y. N. Chang, S. C. Yang, W. H. Chiang, and C. W. Kung*, “Two-dimensional metal–organic framework for post-synthetic immobilization of graphene quantum dots for photoluminescent sensing," Commun. Chem., 7 (2024) 108.
  5. C. H. Shen, Y. N. Chang, Y. L. Chen, and C. W. Kung*, “Sulfonate-grafted metal–organic framework - A porous alternative to Nafion for electrochemical sensors,” ACS Mater. Lett., 5 (2023) 1938-1943.
  6. Y. C. Wang, J. H. Yen, C. W. Huang, T. E. Chang, Y. L. Chen, Y. H. Chen, C. Y. Lin, and C. W. Kung*, “Metal–organic framework-derived electrocatalysts competent for the conversion of acrylonitrile to adiponitrile”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 14 (2022) 35534-35544. (Highlighted as Journal Cover)
  7. S. Pal, Y. Z. Su, Y. W. Chen, C. H. Yu, C. W. Kung*, and S. S. Yu*, “3D printing of metal–organic framework-based ionogels: Wearable sensors with colorimetric and mechanical responses,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 14 (2022) 28247-28257. (Highlighted as Journal Cover)
  8. C. H. Shen, C. H. Chuang, Y. J. Gu, W. H. Ho, Y. D. Song, Y. C. Chen, Y. C. Wang, and C. W. Kung*, “Cerium-based metal–organic framework nanocrystals interconnected by carbon nanotubes for boosting electrochemical capacitor performance,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13 (2021) 16418-16426. (Selected as ACS Editors' Choice)
  9. R. Muruganantham, Y. J. Gu, Y. D. Song, C. W. Kung*, and W. R. Liu*, “Ce-MOF derived ceria: Insights into the Na-ion storage mechanism as a high-rate performance anode material,” Appl. Mater. Today, 22 (2021) 100935. (Highlighted by Materials Today: https://www.materialstoday.com/energy/news/metal-organic-framework-boosts-sodium-ion-storage-/)
  10. Y. D. Song, W. H. Ho, Y. C. Chen, J. H. Li, Y. S. Wang, Y. J. Gu, C. H. Chuang, and C. W. Kung*, “Selective formation of polyaniline confined in the nanopores of a metal–organic framework for supercapacitors,” Chem. Eur. J., 27 (2021) 3560-3567.
  11. 11. W. H. Ho, T. Y. Chen, K. Otake, Y. C. Chen, Y. S. Wang, J. H. Li, H. Y. Chen*, and C. W. Kung*, “Polyoxometalate adsorbed in a metal–organic framework for electrocatalytic dopamine oxidation,” Chem. Commun., 56 (2020) 11763-11766. (Highlighted as Outside Front Cover)
  12. 12. C. H. Chuang, J. H. Li, Y. C. Chen, Y. S. Wang, and C. W. Kung*, “Redox hopping and electrochemical behavior of metal–organic framework thin films fabricated by various approaches,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 124 (2020) 20854-20863. (Highlighted as Journal Cover)
  13. 13. C. H. Chuang, and C. W. Kung*, “Metal−organic frameworks toward electrochemical sensors: Challenges and opportunities,” Electroanalysis, 32 (2020) 1885-1895.
  14. 14. C. W. Kung, S. Goswami, I. Hod, T. C. Wang, J. Duan, O. K. Farha, and J. T. Hupp*, “Charge transport in zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks,” Acc. Chem. Res., 53 (2020) 1187–1195.
  15. 15. Y. C. Chen, W. H. Chiang*, D. Kurniawan, P. C. Yeh, K. Otake, and C. W. Kung*, “Impregnation of graphene quantum dots into a metal–organic framework to render increased electrical conductivity and activity for electrochemical sensing,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 11 (2019) 35319–35326. (Highlighted as Journal Cover)

B. Conference papers

C. Other publications

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