• Group leader

• Email: duong.daovan@phenikaa-uni.edu.vn

• Tel.: 0978346461

• Research interests: 

o   Energy conversion: Next-generation solar cells; Solar to steam; Solar-driven oil spills recovery; CO2 reduction; Photocatalysis;

o Energy Storage: Lithium-ion batteries; Lithium metal batteries; Solid-state electrolyte; Supercapacitor.

Professional Experiences 

2025-present: Vice-Reactor                   Phenikaa School of Engineering, Phenikaa University, Vietnam

2018-present: Dean of Faculty of BCEE                                               Phenikaa University, Vietnam

2016- 2018: Research Professor                                                  Chungnam National University, Korea

2015-2020: Korea Research Fellowship                                       Chungnam National University, Korea

2015-2017: Postdoc, declined                                                                University of Hyogo, Japan

2014-2015: NRF Postdoc Fellowship                                           Chungnam National University, Korea

2013-2014: Invited Scientist                                        Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

2013-2014: Postdoc                                                                       Chungnam National University, Korea

Honors & Awards

2015-2020 Advanced International Grant for research and development of highly efficient next-generation solar cells. The National Research Foundation, Ministry of Science, Republic of Korea fund grant.

2014-2015 Research Fellowship Grant for developing a strategy for synthesis of graphene-based hybrid materials and their applications in next-generation solar cells. The National Research Foundation, Ministry of Science, Republic of Korea fund grant.

2019 Top 1% of Peer Reviewers in Cross-Field (2018-2019) on Publons global reviewer database

2019-2024 Ranked one of the world’s top 2 % scientists, as stated by Stanford University & Elsevier

2022~present: Associate Editor of Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

2022~present: Associate Editor of VNU Journal of Science: Natural Sciences and Technology

2025~present: Editor Board of Desalination

2022~present: Editor Board of Energy Materials

2022~present: Review Editor of Frontiers in Photonics

2018~present: Associate Editor of Peer Review Journal of Solar & Photo Energy Systems (PRSP)

2017 Outstanding KRF Fellow of National Research Foundation

Professional service reviewer of journals: over 60 (Nature Communications, Nature Water, Nano Letters, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Applied Energy, Joule, ACS Nano, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advances Science, Small, Chemical Engineering Journal, ChemSusChem, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Nanoscale, Journal of Catalysis, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Power Sources, Carbon, Nanotechnology, Scientific Report, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Solar Energy, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, etc.)