Cheuk Wai Tai

He currently teaches Solid State Chemistry (KZ7003) (15 ECTS) and is the course responsible of Introduction to Analytical Electron Microscopy (KZ8009) (7.5 ECTS). Before 2011 he taught and was the course repsonsible of Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy (KZ8010) (7.5 ECTS).

Current research interests:

1. Electron Microscopy & Spectroscopy
2. Pair Distribution Function (ePDF) & Diffuse Scattering
3. Functional & Energy Materials
4. EM sample preparation technique

Research projects:

“Quantitative structural characterisation using 3D electron-based pair distribution function”
Swedish Research Council - Vetenskapsrådet (VR)

“A Multidimensional Toolkit for Modern Electron Microscopy”
Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research - Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning (SSF)

“Mitigating the lifetime-limiting side-reactions of Ni-rich Li-ion cathodes for automotive application”
Swedish Energy Agency - Energimyndigheten (Co-applicant; Project leader: Assoc. Prof. Reza Younesi, Uppsala University)

Previous:

“3D Electron Microscopy for Nanostructure Research (3DEM-NATUR)”
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Co-applicant; Main applicant: Prof. Xiaodong Zou)

 

Some selected publications:

Hollow polymer dots: nature-mimicking architecture for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction
J. Mater. Chem. A 7 4797-4803 (2019)
A. Liu, C.-W. Tai, K. Hola & H. Tian

Direct observation of active catalyst surface phases and the effect of dynamic self-optimization in NiFe-layered double hydroxides for alkaline water splitting
Energy Environ. Sci. 12 572-581 (2019)
Z. Qiu, C.-W. Tai, G. A. Niklasson & T Edvinsson

Rechargeability of aqueous sulfate Zn/MnO2 batteries enhanced by accessible Mn2+ ions
Energy Storage Mater. 15 351-360 (2018)
M. Chamoun, W. R. Brant, C.-W. Tai, G. Karlsson, D. Noréus

Investigation of local structural phase transitions in 95Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-5BaTiO3 piezoceramics by means of in-situ transmission electron microscopy
J. Appl. Phys. 123 244105 (2018)
A. Neagu & C.-W. Tai

Electrochemical reactions of AgFeO2 as negative electrode in Li- and Na-ion batteries
J. Power Sources 401 386-396 (2018)
P. Berastegui, C.-W. Tai & M. Valvo

The influence of potassium content on structural disorder in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-solid solutions near morphotropic phase boundary
Scr. Mater. 152 49-54 (2018)
A. Neagu & C.-W. Tai

Local disorder in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-piezoceramic determined by 3D electron diffuse scattering
Sci. Rep. 7 12519 (2017)
A. Neagu & C.-W. Tai

SUePDF: a program to obtain qu­antitative pair distribution functions from electron diffraction data
J. Appl. Crystallogr. 50 304-312 (2017)
D. T. Tran, G. Svensson & C.-W. Tai

Interfacial strain and defects in asymmetric Fe-Mn oxides hybrid nanoparticles
Nanoscale 8 14171-14177 (2016)
A. Mayence, M.Wéry, D. T. Tran, E. Wetterskog, P. Svedlindh, C.-W. Tai & L. Bergström

Atomic structure and oxygen deficiency of the ultrathin aluminium oxide barrier in Al/AlOx/Al Josephson junctions
Sci. Rep. 6 29679 (2016)
L. Zeng, D. T. Tran, C.-W. Tai, G. Svensson & E. Olsson

Iron Doping in Spinel NiMn2O4: Stabilization of the Mesoporous Cubic Phase and Kinetics Activation toward Highly Reversible Li+ Storage
Chem. Mater. 27 7698-7709 (2015)
Y. Ma, C. W. Tai, R. Younesi, T. Gustafsson, J. Y. Lee, K. Edstrom

Mild Deoxygenation of Aromatic Ketones and Aldehydes over Pd/C Using Polymethylhydrosiloxane as the Reducing Agent
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54 5122-5126 (2015)
A. Volkov, K. P. J. Gustafson, C. W. Tai, O. Verho, J. E. Bäckvall & H. Adolfsson

Combined Heterogeneous Metal/Chiral Amine: Multiple Relay Catalysis for Versatile Eco‐Friendly Synthesis
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53 3447-3451 (2014)
L. Deiana, Y. Jiang, C. Palo‐Nieto, S. Afewerki, C. A. Incerti‐Pradillos, O. Verho, C.-W. Tai, E. V. Johnston & A. Córdova

Formation of nitrogen-doped graphene nanoscrolls by adsorption of magnetic γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles
Nat. Commun. 4 2319 (2013)
T. Sharifi, E. Gracia-Espino, H. R. Barzegar, X. Jia, F. Nitze, G. Hu, P. Nordblad, C. W. Tai & T. Wågberg

Anomalous Magnetic Properties of Nanoparticles Arising from Defect Structures: Topotaxial Oxidation of Fe1–xO|Fe3−δO4 Core|Shell Nanocubes to Single-Phase Particles
ACS Nano 7 7132-7144 (2013)
E. Wetterskog, C. W. Tai, J. Grins, L. Bergström & G. Salazar-Alvarez

Co‐immobilization of an Enzyme and a Metal into the Compartments of Mesoporous Silica for Cooperative Tandem Catalysis: An Artificial Metalloenzyme
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52 14256-14260 (2013)
K. Engström, E. V. Johnston, O. Verho, K. P. J. Gustafson, M. Shakeri, C. W. Tai & J. E. Bäckvall

Before 2009:

Anisotropic magnetotransport at the SrTiO3/LaAlO3 interface
Phys. Rev. B 80 140403 (2009)
M Ben Shalom, C. W. Tai, Y. Lereah, M. Sachs, E. Levy, D. Rakhmilevitch, A. Palevski & Y. Dagan

Ferroelectric Domain Morphology Evolution and Octahedral Tilting in Lead‐Free (Bi1/2Na1/2)TiO3–(Bi1/2K1/2)TiO3–(Bi1/2Li1/2)TiO3–BaTiO3 Ceramics at Different Temperatures
J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 91 3335–3341 (2008)
C. W. Tai, S. H. Choy, H. L. W. Chan

Relationship between dielectric properties and structural long-range order in (x)Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3:(1−x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 relaxor ceramics
Acta Mater. 54  5631–5640 (2006)
C. W. Tai, & K. Z. Baba-Kishi

Characterization of the Structural, Optical, and Dielectric Properties of Oxynitride Perovskites AMO2N (A = Ba, Sr, Ca; M = Ta, Nb)
Chem. Mater. 16 1267-1276 (2015)
Y. I. Kim, P. M. Woodward, K. Z. Baba-Kishi & C. W. Tai

Influence of short-range and long-range order on the evolution of the morphotropic phase boundary in Pb(Zr1−xTix)O3
Phys. Rev. B 70 184123 (2004)
A. M. Glazer, P. A. Thomas, K. Z. Baba-Kishi, G. K. H. Pang & C. W. Tai

Minority game with arbitrary cutoffs
Physica A 269  493–502 (1999)
N. F. Johnson, P. M. Hui, D. Zheng & C.-W. Tai