Dr Tan Ai Ling

Education:
PhD Chemistry, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2004 -2007
M.Sc. with Distinction in Advanced Organic Chemistry, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, 1998-1999
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, 1995-1998

Career:
Lecturer, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 1999-2012
Senior Lecturer/Senior Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 2012 to present.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Inorganic Chemistry:
Synthesis and characterization of metal Schiff bases for metal organic framework
Preparation of synthetic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC)
Preparation and studies of metal oxide nanomaterials for biological applications

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Effects of ionic radii of co-dopants (Mg, Ca, Al ad La) in TiO2 on performance of dye-sensitized solar cells;
A. Rafieh, P. Ekanayake, AL Tan, CM Lim; Solar Energy 141, 249-255 (2017)

Chemically modified carbon paste electrode for the detection of lead, cadmium and zinc ions
Kisan Koirala, Jose Hernandez Santos, AL Tan, MA Ali, AH Mirza; Sensor Review (accepted for publication) (2016)

DSSCs with ZnO@TiO2 core-shell photoanodes showing improved Voc: Modification of energy gradients and potential barriers with Cd and Mg ion dopants
RT Ako, DSU Peiris, P Ekanayake, AL Tan, Z Zheng, Vihila Chellappan; Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cellls 157, 18-27 (2016)

(2Z)-3-Hydroxy-1-(pyrindin-2-yl)-3-(pyridine-3-yl)prop-2-en-1-one: crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis
SL Lee, AL Tan, DJ Young, MM Jotani, ERT Tiekink; Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications 72, 849-853 (2016)

4-[(1-Benzyl-1H-1, 2, 3-triazol-4-yl)methoxy]benzene-1,2-dicarbonitrile: crystal structure, Hirshfield surface analysis and energy-minimization calculations
N Shamsuddin, AL Tan, DY Young, MM Jotani, A Otera-de-la-Roza, Edward R.T. Tiekink; Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications E72, 563-
569 (2016)

TOP PUBLICATIONS

DSSCs with ZnO@TiO2 core-shell photoanodes showing improved Voc: Modification of energy gradients and potential barriers with Cd and Mg ion dopants
RT Ako, DSU Peiris, P Ekanayake, AL Tan, Z Zheng, Vihila Chellappa; Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cellls 157, 18-27 (2016)

La modified TiO2 photoanode and its effect on DSSC performance: A comparative study of doping and surface treatment on deep and surface charge trapping
RT Ako, P Ekanayake, AL Tan, DJ Young; Materials Chemistry and Physics 172, 105-112 (2016)

Enhanced efficiency of dye-sensitised solar cells based on Mg and La co-doped TiO2 photoanodes
AR Tanyi, AI Rafieh, P Ekanayake, AL Tan, DJ Young, Z Zheng, V Chellappan, GS Subramanian, RLN Chandrakanthi; Electrochemica Acta, 178, 240-248 (2015)

Evaluation efficiency of dye-sensitised solar cells based on Mg and La codoped TiO2 photoanodes
RT Ako, P.Ekanayake, DJ Young, J Hobley, V Chellappan, AL Tan, S Gorelik, GS Subramanian, CM Lim; Applied Surface Science 351, 950-961 (2015)

Synthesis, structural characterization and electrochemical studies of nickel (II), copper (II) and cobalt (III) complexes of some ONS donor ligands derived from
thiosemicarbazide and S-alkyl/aryl dithiocarbazates; MA Ali, AL Tan, AH Mirza, JH Santos, AHBH Abdullah; Transition Metal Chemistry 37 (7), 651-659 (2012)

GRANT DETAILS

Electrochemical Studies on Sciff Base Ligands and their Transition Metal Complexes (PI) 2010-2012 UBD
Green Technology: Organometallic Emitters from Natural Products (Co-PI) 2011-2012 UBD
New Luminescence Materials (PI) 2013-2014 UBD

RESEARCH OUTPUTS (PATENTS, SOFTWARE, PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS)

A Method to Enhance the efficiency of Dye Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cell
P. Ekanayake, A. Tanyi, A. Rafieh, AL Tan, CM Lim (US Patent allowed)