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洪崧富 Sung-Fu Hung
Associate Professor
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Office | R431, SCBII
Email | sungfuhung@nycu.edu.tw
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Education
2014-2018 National Taiwan University Ph.D in Chemistry
2008-2010 National Tsing-Hua University Master of Science in Material Science and Engineering
2004-2008 National Tsing-Hua University Bachelor of Science in Material Science and Engineering (Major) and Chemistry
Experiences
Associate Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (2025/8 – present)
Joint Associate Professor, Kaohsiung Medical University (2025/8 – present)
Assistant Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (2021/2 – 2025/7)
Assistant Professor, National Chiao Tung University (2020/8 – 2021/1)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Toronto (2019/5 – 2020/5)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Taiwan University (2018/9 – 2019/5)
Research Associate, Nanyang Technological University (2014/2 – 2014/9)
Research Assistant, National Taiwan University (2013/9 – 2014/2)
Research Assistant, Academia Sinica (2010/9 – 2012/8)
Honors
- World’s Top 2% Scientists, 2021-2025.
- Highly Cited Researcher of Chemistry (Clarivate), 2024 (Chemistry), 2023 (Cross-Field).
- Asia-Pacific Sustainability Action Awards (APSAA), Copper Award, 2025.
- Taiwan Sustainability Action Awards (TSAA), Copper Award, 2025.
- Yushan Young Scholar II, 2025.
- NSTC 2030 International Outstanding Young Scholar, 2025.
- ChemNanoMat Early Career Researchers, 2024.
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators, 2023.
- Green Chemistry Application and Innovation Award, 2023.
- NSTC 2030 Emerging Young Fellow, 2021.
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK, 2021.
- Yushan Young Scholar, 2020.
- IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists, 2019. (5 winners per year international, the first winner in Taiwan)
- Lam Research Award, 2018.
- The Best Thesis Award in Song-Pei Wu Applied Chemistry, Chemical Society Located in Taipei, 2018.
- Yen Thesis Award, PhD, National Taiwan University, 2018.
- Award of ScinoPharm Taiwan, 2018.
- Dean’s Award, College of Science, National Taiwan University, 2018.
- CTCI Scholarship Award for Excellence in Research, 2017.
Publication
Selected Publication
(*Corresponding Author; †These authors equally contribute to this work)
- Hu, C.; Wang, Y.; Peng, K.-S.; Wang, X.; Shen, Y.-J.; Yang, K.; Hu, F.; Hung, S.-F.;* Wu, Y.; Ramakrishna, S.; Peng, S.* Lewis Acid Adsorption Promotes CO2 Enrichment for Efficient Formic Acid Electrosynthesis on Reconstructed Bi2O2CO3 in Acidic Media. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202512476.
- Yang, Q.; Wang, X.; Yang, Y.; Mi, Z.; Shen, Y.-J.; Peng, K.-S.; Zhang, M.; Ghosh, T.; Yang, R.; Hang, L.; Aabdin, Z.; Leow, W. R.; Hung, S.-F.;* Wang, Z.;* Lum, Y.* Electrochemical Assembly of a Defective Cu Catalyst for High Current CO2 Electrolysis to Methane in a Zero-Gap Electrolyzer. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202515396.
- Lu, Y.-H.;† Shen, Y.-J.;† Tsai, H.-J.; Lee, Y.-H.; Huang, Y.-Y.; Lin, Z.-Y.; Huang, W.-Y.; Lee, T.-J.; Chen G.-L.; Hiraoka, N.; Ishii, H.; Liu, H.-J.; Hsu, S.-H.; Chang, C.-C.; Xu, A.;* Hung, S.-F.* Model Thiophene-Decorated Nickel Porphyrins for Tandem CO2 Reduction. Nature Synth. 2025, accepted.
- Wu, Q.; Ji, S.; Chen, J.; Tan, X.-Q.; Ong, W.-J.; Du, R.; Wang, P.; Wang, H.; Qiu, Y. Q.; Yan, K. Y.; Zhao, Y. Z.; Zhao, W-W.; Peng, K.-S.; Chen, Y.-Y.; Hung, S.-F.;* Zhou, L.; Wang, X.; Qiu, G.;* Chen, G.* Realizing the practical application of CO2 electroreduction for urban wastewater denitrification. Nature Water 2025, accepted.
- Peng, K.-S.; Shen, Y.-J.; Chang, Y.-C.; Liu, Y.-C.; Chou, C.-H.; Chang, Y.-C.; Li, M.-H.; Lu, Y.-R.; Hsu, S.-H.; Hung, S.-F.* Effect of Electrolyte Cations on the Selectivity of Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction in a Flow Cell System. J. Chin. Chem. Soc. 2025, accepted.
- Wang, Q.;† Hung, S.-F.;† Huang, X.; Tao, H. B.;* Yang, H. B.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, J.; Liu, Y.; Chen, J.; Xu, Y.; Su, C.;* Chen, J. G.;* Liu, B.* Breaking the Linear-scaling Limit in Multi-electron-transfer Catalysis through Intermediate Spillover. Nature Catal. 2025, 8, 378-388.
- Shen, Y.-J.; Hsu, Y.-H.; Chang, Y.-C.; Ma, J.-J.; Peng, K.-S.; Lu, Y.-R.; Hsu, S.-H.; Hung, S.-F.* Microenvironment Matters: Copper-Carbon Composites Enable Highly Efficient Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction to C2 Products. ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2025, 17, 9378-9390.
- Hsiao, Y.-C.; Wu, C.-Y.; Lee, C.-H.; Huang, W.-Y.; Thang, H. V.; Chi, C.-C.; Zeng, W.-J.; Gao, J.-Q.; Lin, C.-Y.; Lin, J.-T.; Gardner, A. M.; Jang, H.; Juang, R.-H.; Liu, Y.-H.; Mekhemer, I. M. A.; Lu, M.-Y.; Lu, Y.-R.; Chou, H.-H.; Kuo, C.-H.; Zhou, S.; Hsu, L.-C.;* Chen, H.-Y. T.; Cowan, A. J.;* Hung, S.-F.;* Yeh, J.-W.;* Yang, T.-H.* A Library of Seed@High-Entropy-Alloy Core–shell Nanocrystals With Controlled Facets for Catalysis. Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, 2411464.
- Liu, F.; Deng, J. Su, B.; Peng, K.-S.; Liu, K.;* Lin, X.; Hung, S.-F.,* Chen, X.; Lu, X. F.; Fang, Y.; Zhang, G.; Wang, S.* Poly(triazine imide) Crystals for Efficient CO2 Photoreduction: Surface Pyridine Nitrogen Dominates the Performance. ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 1018-1026.
- Zhang, J.; Li, F.; Liu, W.; Wang, Q.; Li, X.; Hung, S.-F.;* Yang, H.;* Liu, B.* Modulating Spin of Atomic Manganese Center for High-Performance Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202412245.
- Xu, Z.;† Lu, R.;† Lin, Z.-Y.;† Wu, W.; Tsai, H.-J.; Lu, Q.; Li, Y. C.; Hung, S.-F.;* Song, C.; Yu, J. C.; Wang, Z.;* Wang, Y.* Electroreduction of CO2 to Methane with Triazole Molecular Catalysts. Nature Energy 2024, 9, 1397-1406.
- Ma, J.-J.;† Chueh, Y.-T.;† Chen, Y.-Y.; Hsu, Y.-H.; Liu, Y.-C.; Peng, K.-S.; Hu, C.-W.; Lu, Y.-R.; Shao, Y.-C.; Hsu, S.-H.; Hung, S.-F.* Robust Iron-Doped Nickel Phosphides in Membrane-Electrode Assembly for Industrial Water Electrolysis. Electrochim. Acta 2024, 500, 144744.
- Zeng, W.-J.;† Ma, J.-J.;† Huang, W.-Y.; Lee, T.-J.; Lin, Z.-Y.; Peng, K.-S.; Hiraoka, N.; Liao, Y.-F.; Lu, Y.-R.; Hu, C.-W.;* Hsu, S.-H.;* Hung, S.-F.* Leveraging Bifunctional Phosphide-based Catalysts in a Membrane-Electrode-Assembly to Achieve Industrial Hydrogen Production. Mater. Today Sustain. 2024, 27, 100820.
- Lin, Z.-Y.; Chang, Y.-C.; Chen, Y.-Y.; Hsu, Y.-H.; Peng, K.-S.; Hung, S.-F.* Operando Studies for CO2/CO Reduction in Flow-Based Devices. ChemNanoMat 2024, 10, e202400070. (Special collection: Early Career Researcher 2023)
- Jia, J.-F.; Hao, T. T.; Chen, P.-H.; Wu, F.-Y.; Hung, S.-F.;* Suen, N.-T.* Direct Electrosynthesis of Metal Nanoparticle on Ti3C2Tx-Mxene during Hydrogen Evolution. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 19230-19237.
- Zhang, Q.;† Tsai, H.-J.;† Li, F.; Ding, J.; He, Q.; Wei, Z.; Liu, Y.; Lin, Z.-Y.; Yang, X.; Chen, Z.; Yang, X.; Tang, Q.;* Yang, H. B.;* Hung, S.-F.;* and Zhai, Y.* Boosting the Proton-coupled Electron Transfer via Fe-P Atomic Pair for Enhanced Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202311550.
- He, Q.; Ding, J.; Tsai, H.-J.; Liu, Y.; Wei, M.; Zhang, Q.; Wei, Z.; Chen, Z.; Huang, J.; Hung, S.-F.;* Yang, H.; Zhai, Y.* Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Regulating Electronic Configuration of Single Sb Atoms via Carbon Vacancies in Carbon Nitrides. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2023, 651, 18-26.
- Ji, S.-J.; Cao, L.-W.; Zhang, P.; Wang, G.-B.; Lu, Y.-R.; Suen, N.-T.;* Hung, S.-F.;* Chen, H. M.* Dealloying Induced Zeolite-like Metal Framework of AB2 Laves Phase Intermetallic Electrocatalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 17892-17901.
- Wu, Q.;† Du, R.;† Wang, P.; Waterhouse, G. I.N.;* Li, J.; Qiu, Y.; Yan, K.; Zhao, Y.; Zhao, W.-W.; Tsai, H.-J.; Chen, M.-C.; Hung, S.-F.;* Wang, X.;* Chen, G.* Nanograin boundary-abundant Cu2O-Cu Nanocubes with High C2+ Selectivity and Good Stability during Electrochemical CO2 Reduction at a Current Density of 500 mA/cm2. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 12884-12894.
- Hu, F.; Yu, D.; Zeng, W.-J.; Lin, Z.-Y.; Han, S.; Sun, Y.; Wang, H.; Ren, J.; Hung, S.-F.;* Li, L.;* Peng, S.* Active Site Tailoring of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution. Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, 13, 2301224.
- Ren, X.; Zhao, J.; Li, X.;* Shao, J.; Pan, B.; Salamé, A.; Boutin, E.; Groizard, T.; Wang, S.; Ding, J.; Zhang, X.; Huang, W.-Y.; Zeng, W.-J.; Liu, C.; Li, Y.; Hung, S.-F.;* Huang, Y.; Robert, M.;* Liu, B.* In-Situ Spectroscopic Probe of the Intrinsic Structure Feature of Single-Atom Center in Electrochemical CO/CO2 Reduction to Methanol with a Phthalocyanine Cobalt Complex. Nature Commun. 2023, 14, 3401. (Featured in the Editors’ highlight)
- Wu, F.-Y.; Tsai, H.-J.; Lee, T.-J.; Lin, Z.-Y.; Peng, K.-S.; Chen, P.-H.; Hiraoka, N.; Liao, Y.-F.; Hu, C.-W.; Hsu, S.-H.; Lu, Y.-R.;* Hung, S.-F.* Copper-Barium-Decorated-Carbon-Nanotube Composite for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to C2 Products. J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, 11, 13217-13222. (Themed collection: Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators)
- Wei, Z.; Ding, J.; Duan, X.; Chen, G.-L.; Wu, F.-Y.; Zhang, L.; Yang, X.; Zhang, Q.; He, Q.; Chen, Z.; Huang, J.; Hung, S.-F.;* Yang, X.;* Zhai, Y.* Enhancing Selective Electrochemical CO2 Reduction by In Situ Constructing Tensile Strained Cu Catalysts. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 4711-4718.
- Zhang, J.;† Wang, Q.;† Qiu, C.; Gan, L.-Y.; Ding; J., Li, F.; Wang, T.; Liu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Tao, H.; Hung, S.-F.;* Yang, H.;* Liu, B.* Boosting Activity of Fe-N4 Sites in Single-Fe-Atom Catalysts via Sulfur in the Second Coordination Sphere for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2023, 4, 101330.
- Wang, N.;† Ou, P.;† Hung, S.-F.;† Huang, J. E.; Ozden, A.; Grigioni, I.; Chen, C.; Abed, J.; Yan, Y.; Bertens, K.; Peng, T.; Wang, Z.; Ip, A. H.; Sinton, D.; Liu, Y.; Liang, H.;* Sargent, E. H.* Strong-proton-adsorption Co-based Electrocatalysts for Active and Stable Neutral Seawater Splitting. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2210057.
- Xu, A.;† Hung, S.-F.;† Cao, A.;† Wang, Z.;† Karmodak, N.; Huang, J. E.; Yan, Y.; Rasouli, A. S.; Ozden, A.; Wu, F.-Y.; Lin, Z.-Y.; Tsai, H.-J.; Lee, T.-J.; Li, F.; Luo, M.; Wang, Y.; Wang, X.; Abed, J.; Wang, Z.; Nam, D.-H.; Li, C. Y.; Ip, A. H.; Sinton, D.; Dong, C.;* Sargent, E. H.* Copper/alkaline Earth Metal Oxide Interfaces for Electrochemical CO2-to-alcohol Conversion by Selective Hydrogenation. Nature Catal. 2022, 5, 1081-1088.
- Lu, Y.-H.;† Tsai, H.-J.;† Huang, W.-Y.; Lee, T.-J.; Lin, Z.-Y.; Hsu, S.-H.;* Hung, S.-F.* A Nitrogen-doped Graphene-supported Nickel-single-atom Catalyst in the Flow Cell Meets the Industrial Criteria of Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction to Carbon Monoxide. Front. Catal. 2022, 2, 915971.
- Lu, Y.-R.;† Chen, H.-C.;† Liu, K.; Liu, M.; Chan, T.-S.; Hung, S.-F.* Turn the Trash into Treasure: Egg-White-Derived Single-Atom Electrocatalysts Boost Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2022, 10, 6736-6742. (Cover)
- Hung, S.-F.;* Wu, F.-Y.; Lu, Y.-H.; Lee, T.-J.; Tsai, H.-J.; Chen, P.-H.; Lin, Z.-Y.; Chen, G.-L.; Huang, W.-Y.; Zeng, W.-J. Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Studies of Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction in a Modified Flow Cell. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2022, 12, 2739-2743. (Themed collection: In situ and operando spectroscopy in catalysis, Back cover)
- Hung, S.-F.;† Xu, A.;† Wang, X.;† Li, F.;† Hsu, S.-H.; Li, Y.; Wick, J.; Cervantes, E. G.; Rasouli, A. S.; Li, C. Y.; Luo, M.; Nam, D.-H.; Wang, N.; Peng, T.; Yan, Y.; Lee, G.; Sargent, E. H.* A Metal-Supported Single-Atom Catalytic Site Enables Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation. Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 819.
- Wang, N.;† Xu, A.;† Ou, P.;† Hung, S.-F.;† Ozden, A.; Lu, Y.-R.; Abed, J.; Wang, Z.; Yan, Y.; Sun, M.; Xia, Y.; Han, M.; Han, J.; Yao, K.; Wu, F.-Y.; Chen, P. H.; Vomiero, A.; Seifitokaldani, A.; Sun, X.; Sinton, D.; Liu, Y.;* Sargent, E. H.;* Liang, H.* Boride-Derived Oxygen-Evolution Catalysts. Nature Commun. 2021, 12, 6089.
- Chen, Z.; Niu, H.; Ding, J.; Liu, H.; Zuo, W.; Han L.; Guo, Y.;* Hung, S.-F.;* Zhai, Y.* Unraveling the Origin of Sulfur-doped Fe-N-C Single Atom Catalyst for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Activity: Effect of Fe-spin State Tuning. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 25404-25410.
- Hung, S.-F.* Electrochemical Flow Systems Enable Renewable Energy Industrial Chain of CO2 Reduction. Pure Appl. Chem. 2020, 92, 1937-1951. (Diamond Jubilee Issue to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Pure and Applied Chemistry)
