Van Truc Ngo

Research Interests

Electrochemistry Functional Materials Industrial Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Materials Materials Engineering Metals and Alloy Materials Nanomaterials Optical Properties of Materials Physical Chemistry of Materials Synthesis of Materials

Mr Van Truc Ngo

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Chemical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

I graduated from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam in the field of Materials Science and Technology in 2008. Then, I moved to Thuyloi University, Hanoi, Vietnam as a lecturer since 2009. In 2016, I joined the Dusan Losic's research group at School of Chemical Engineering, the University of Adelaide (UoA) for Master of Philosophy (MPhil) program. During this period of study, I was doing research with synthesis and characterization of graphene and its derivatives such as graphene oxide, graphene quantum dots, and their advanced composites with metallic-organic framework (MOF) materials for energy storage (i.e., supercapacitors) and sensing (i.e., volatile organic compounds (VOC) sensors) applications with several publications on Carbon, Electrochimica Acta, and Scientific Reports. In the beginning of 2022, I joined the Abel Santos's research group at School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials (CEAM), UoA for Doctor of Philosophy program. I am doing research on nanofabrication of nanoporous anodic alumina (NAA) photonic crystals (PCs) for advanced photocatalysis.

My research interests are design and development of advanced materials for energy conversion (photocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis), energy storage, green energy and environment remediation.

  • Solar energy conversion: Photocatalysis and photo electrocatalysis (i.e., water splitting, carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction, NH3 oxidation).
  • Energy storage. (i.e., supercapacitors)
  • Environment remediation (i.e., degradation of pollutants, organics)

 

 

Date Position Institution name
2009 - ongoing Tertiary lecturer Thuyloi University
2008 - 2009 Key technical staff Hosiden electronic company (Korea)

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Vietnamese Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2022 University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy
2016 - 2019 University of Adelaide Australia Master of Philosophy (Master by Research)
2003 - 2008 Hanoi University of Science and Technology Vietnam Engineer Degree (Honours)

Year Citation
2025 Ngo, V. T., Gulati, K., Law, C. S., Tran, N. Q. H., Lin, J., Stachura, D. L., . . . Santos, A. (2025). Titania Nanopores as Photoelectrocatalysts for Coupling Hydrogen Production with Plastic Reformation. Advanced Science, 12(39), e09287-1-e09287-13.
DOI Europe PMC1
2024 Ngo, V. T., Lim, S. Y., Law, C. S., Wang, J., Hamza, M. A., Abell, A. D., . . . Santos, A. (2024). Semiconductor Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals as a Model Photoelectrocatalytic Platform for Solar Light‐Driven Reactions. Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research, 5(11), 2400125-1-2400125-15.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2023 Wang, J., Law, C. S., Gunenthiran, S., Lim, S. Y., Vu, K. N., Ngo, V. T., . . . Santos, A. (2023). Understanding the Intrinsic Rectification Properties of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina by Selective Chemical Etching. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15(39), 45981-45996.
DOI Scopus4 WoS5 Europe PMC1
2022 Ishaq, S., Moussa, M., Kanwal, F., Ayub, R., Van, T. N., Azhar, U., & Losic, D. (2022). One step strategy for reduced graphene oxide/cobalt-iron oxide/polypyrrole nanocomposite preparation for high performance supercapacitor electrodes. Electrochimica Acta, 427, 1-9.
DOI Scopus46 WoS43
2020 Ngo, T., Moussa, M., Tung, T. T., Coghlan, C., & Losic, D. (2020). Hybridization of MOFs and graphene: a new strategy for the synthesis of porous 3D carbon composites for high performing supercapacitors. Electrochimica Acta, 329, 1-12.
DOI Scopus81 WoS78
2020 Tung, T. T., Tran, M. T., Feller, J. F., Castro, M., Van Ngo, T., Hassan, K., . . . Losic, D. (2020). Graphene and metal organic frameworks (MOFs) hybridization for tunable chemoresistive sensors for detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) biomarkers. Carbon, 159, 333-344.
DOI Scopus144 WoS132
2019 Ishaq, S., Moussa, M., Kanwal, F., Ehsan, M., Saleem, M., Ngo, T., & Losic, D. (2019). Facile synthesis of ternary graphene nanocomposites with doped metal oxide and conductive polymers as electrode materials for high performance supercapacitors. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 5974-1-5974-11.
DOI Scopus123 WoS116 Europe PMC18

Year Citation
2023 Ngo, V. T., Cheryl, S. L., Huayang, Z., Andrew, A., & Abel, S. (2023). Structural engineering of semiconductor nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals for enhancing solar light -driven photo(electro)catalytic reactions. In Chemical Engineering - Leading the Transition into a Sustainable Future. Hilton hotel, 147 Quay Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
2021 Ngo, V. T. (2021). Investigation of formation of one-dimensional microstructure of metal-organic framework (HKUST-1). In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Thuyloi University. Hanoi, Vietnam.
2020 Ngo, V. T. (2020). Hybridization of graphene and metal-organic framework (HKUST-1): A high performing supercapacitor electrodes. In Proceedings of The Annual Conference of Thuyloi University. Hanoi, Vietnam.
7/2023-12/2023 Adelaide Graduate Research School- Travel Grant: 1500 AUD.
1/2020 (starting in 1/2022) Fully-funded scholarship of The University of Adelaide Scholarship for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program.
7/2016-7/2018 Fully-funded joint-scholarship between The University of Adelaide and Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training for Master of Philosophy (MPhil).
6/2012-12/2012 Visiting sponsored scholarship of Lecturer Exchange Program at Arkansas University, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
2004-2005-2006 Hanoi University of Science and Technology's Encouragement scholarships for excellent students in the academic years.
2004-2005-2006 Steel Companies and Groups Scholarships for excellent students in the academic years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

My teaching activities involve a number of courses for undergraduate students including Advanced Education Training studying in English and Vietnamese:

  • Materials science and Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering Practice
  • Thermal Science
  • Thermodynamics
  • Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Heat Treatment and Surface Technology for metallic alloys
  • Mechanical Workshop Practice.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date Role Membership Country
2022 - ongoing Member Institute of Photonic and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) Australia

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