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Personal profile
Academic Qualification:
BSc (CityU HK),MSc (HKU), PhD (CityU HK)
Professional Experience:
- Chemical Engineer, 2005-2006, Alstom Power Service (HK).
- Research Fellow, 2008-2012, City University of Hong Kong.
- Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher (Summer), 2012 & 2013, Université Paris.
- Lecturer, 2012-2015, The Hong Kong Institute of Education.
- Assist. Professor, 2015-present, The Education University of Hong Kong.
Research interests
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Photochemical energy conversion and Photocatalysis
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Photochemical and photophysical properties of transition metal compounds
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Anticancer Metallodrugs
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Metal-ligand multiple bonds
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Chemical degradation of persisting organic pollutants
Selected Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (2010 onward):
Chi-Fai Leung, Shek-Man Yiu, Jing Xiang and Tai-Chu Lau, Addition of [CH(CN)2]- and [TCNE]- to RuVIN bearing 8-Quinolinolato ligands, Chem. Comm., 2010, 46, 7575-7577.
Chi-Fai Leung, Yong-Zhen Chen, Han-Qing Yu, Shek-Man Yiu, Chi-Chiu Ko, Tai-Chu Lau, Electro- and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation in acetonitrile and aqueous solutions by a Cobalt Macrocyclic Schiff-base Complex, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2011, 36, 11640 – 11645.
Zongmin Hu, Chi-Fai Leung, Yat-Kwai Tsang, Hongxia Du, Haojun Liang, Yongfu Qiu and Tai-Chu Lau, Recyclable Polymer-supported Ruthenium Catalyst for the Oxidative Degradation of Bisphenol A in Water using Hydrogen Peroxide, New J. Chem. 2011, 35, 149 – 155.
Zongmin Hu, Hongxia Du, Chi-Fai Leung, Haojun Liang, Tai-Chu Lau, A Highly Active and Robust Solid-Supported Polypyridylruthenium(II) Catalyst for the Oxidation of Alcohols and Alkenes by Cerium(IV) and Periodate in Water, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2011, 50, 12288–12292.
Yongfu Qiu, Lei Wang, Chi-Fai Leung, Guijian Liu, Shihe Yang, Tai-Chu Lau, Preparation of Nitrogen doped K2Nb4O11 with High Photocatalytic Activity for Degradation of Organic Pollutants, Appl. Catal. A General, 2011, 402, 23 – 30.
Zongmin Hu, Hongxia Du,Wai-Lun Man, Chi-Fai Leung, Haojun Liang and Tai-Chu Lau, Catalytic Reactions of Chlorite with Polypyridylruthenium(II) complex: Disproportionation, Chlorine Dioxide formation and Alcohol Oxidation, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 1102–1104.
Chi-Fai Leung , Siu-Mui Ng , Chi-Chiu Ko , Wai-Lun Man , Jiashou Wu , Lingjing Chen and Tai-Chu Lau , A cobalt(II) quaterpyridine complex as a visible light-driven catalyst for both water oxidation and reduction, Energy and Environmental Science, 2012, 5, 7903-7907.
Jing Xiang, Larry Tso-Lun Lo, Chi-Fai Leung, Shek-Man Yiu, Chi-Chiu Ko, and Tai-Chu Lau, Synthesis, Structures, and Photophysical Properties of Ruthenium(II) Quinolinolato Complexes, Organometallics, 2012, 31, 7101–7108.
Ruwei Wang, Yufeng Zhu, Yongfu Qiu, Chi-Fai Leung, Jun He, Guijian Liu and Tai-Chu Lau (2013). Synthesis of nitrogen-doped KNbO3 nanocubes with high photocatalytic activity for water splitting and degradation of organic pollutants under visible light. Chemical Engineering Journal, 226, 123-130.
Quan Tang, Wen-Xiu Ni, Chi-Fai Leung, Wai-Lun Man, Kenneth King-Kwan Lau, Yimin Liang, Yun-Wah Lam, Wai-Yeung Wong, Shie-Ming Peng, Gui-Jian Liu and Tai-Chu Lau (2013). Synthesis and antitumor activity of a series of osmium(VI) nitrido complexes bearing quinolinolato ligands. Chemical Communications, 49, 9980-9982.
Lu-Lu Fu, Ya Luo, Jing Xiang and Chi-Fai Leung (2015). Construction of Three Coordination Compounds Formed by in-situ Ligand Reaction of 1-Cyanobenzoimidazole. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, 641(5), 842-847.
Lingjing Chen, Gui Chen, Chi-Fai Leung, Shek-Man Yiu, Chi-Chiu Ko, Elodie Anxolabéhère-Mallart, Marc Robert, and Tai-Chu Lau (2014). Dual Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Pathways in Photo- and Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with Nickel(II) Catalysts Bearing Tetradentate Macrocyclic Ligands. ACS Catal, 5(1), 356-364.
Conference Papers (2012 onward):
A Visible Light-Driven Cobalt Catalyst for both Water Oxidation and Reduction, 20th EuCheMS Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, St. Andrews (2013).
A Cobalt Catalyst for Light-driven Water Oxidation and Reduction, International Conference for Hydrogen Atom Transfer (iCHAT), Rome (2014).
Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Isocyano Ruthenium(II) Quinoline-8-thiolate Complexes with Visible-light and Near-Infrared Emission, 27th International Conference on Photochemistry (ICP), Jeju (2015).
Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Ruthenium(II) Isocyanide Complexes with Visible-light and Infrared Emission, 5th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC5), Hong Kong (2015).
Visible Light-driven Solar Fuels Generation with Cobalt(II) Tripodal Iminopyridine Complexes, 42nd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), Brest-France (2016).
Oral Presentation (2012 onward):
Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Isocyano Ruthenium(II) Quinoline-8-thiolate Complexes with Visible-light and Near-Infrared Emission, 27th International Conference on Photochemistry, Jeju (2015).
Teaching Interests
- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
- Environmental Studies
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Prizes
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Grand Award, Knowledge Transfer Awards Scheme (as Team member)
SO, W. M. W. (Recipient), LEUNG, Chi Fai 梁致輝 (Recipient), LI, Wai Chin 李偉展 (Recipient), FOK, L. (Recipient), DENG, W. (Recipient) & TSANG, Yiu Fai 曾耀輝 (Recipient), 13 Jan 2016
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Research Impact Prize - Dean's Research Fund 2018-19
LEUNG, Chi Fai 梁致輝 (Recipient), 07 May 2019
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Research Output Prize - Dean's Research Fund 2018 - 19
LEUNG, Chi Fai 梁致輝 (Recipient), 07 Apr 2019
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Research Output Prize - Dean's Research Fund 2019-20
LEUNG, Chi Fai 梁致輝 (Recipient), 10 Jun 2020
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Research Output Prize - Dean’s Research Fund 2017-18
LEUNG, Chi Fai 梁致輝 (Recipient), Apr 2018
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