Yeoh Keat Hoe

Keat-Hoe Yeoh

Yeoh Keat Hoe

  • Associate Professor

Biography

Yeoh Keat Hoe is currently an Associate Professor at the Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, Sunway University. He obtained his B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2005. Subsequently, he completed his M.Eng. in Microelectronics from Multimedia University in 2010 and was awarded a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Malaya in 2014. From 2015 to 2023, he held the position of Assistant Professor in the Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. Prior to entering academia, he amassed over 5 years of experience as an engineer in the energy, electronics and semiconductor industries. Presently, his research focuses on atomistic modelling of surface properties for energy storage and conversion, as well as Monte Carlo modelling of charge transport in semiconductors. He is a registered professional engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and holds corporate membership (MIEM)  with the Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM).

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • Ph.D. Physics, University of Malaya;
  • M.Eng. Microelectronics, Multimedia University
  • B.Eng. Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Research Interests

  • Atomistic simulation of novel materials properties in energy storage and conversion devices
  • Phenomenological studies of charge transport in semiconductors

Notable Publications

Papers:

  1. K. H. Yeoh, Y. H. R Chang, K. -H. Chew, J. Jiang, T. L. Yoon, D. S. Ong and B. T. Ong. Computational screening of single-atom catalyst supported by monolayer Nb2S2C for oxygen reduction reaction. Langmuir, 40 (2024) 3569.
  2. K. H Yeoh, K. -H. Chew, Y.H.R. Chang , T.L. Yoon and D. S. Ong. Effect of vacancy defects on electromechanical properties of monolayer NiTe2 from first principles. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.  48 (2022) 29952.
  3. K.H Yeoh, K. -H. Chew, T. L. Yoon, Y.H.R. Chang and D. S. Ong. First-principles study of two-dimensional NbSe2H/g-ZnO van der Waals heterostructures as a water splitting photocatalyst. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 23 (2021) 24222.
  4. K.H. Yeoh, K.-H. Chew, T.L. Yoon, Rusi, Y.H.R. Chang and  D.S Ong. Metal to semiconductor transition of two-dimensional NbSe2 through hydrogen adsorption: A first-principles study. J. Appl. Phys. 128 (2020) 105301.
  5. K.H. Yeoh, K.-H. Chew, Y. Z. Chu, T.L. Yoon, Rusi and D.S. Ong. First-principles study of  monolayer Be2C as an anode material for Lithium-ion batteries. J. Appl. Phys.126 (2019) 125302.
     

Professional Associations

  • Professional Engineer, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)
  • Corporate member (MIEM), The Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM)