Publications

Key Publications

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2025

G Fang, X Ruan, D Meng, M Xu, C Ding, C Huang, Y Qiu, S Zhao, K Ba, T Xie, Y Zhou, H Zhang, W Zhang, S Jin, J Leng, SK Ravi, X Cui
BiVO4/Bi4V2O10 isometallic heterojunction coupled with FeOOH/NiOOH cocatalysts for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2025): 688, 766-774

S Guo, S Zhang, H Li, S Liu, JJ Koh, M Zhou, Z Sun, Y Liu, H Qu, Z Yu, Y Zhang, L Yang, W Chen, C He, C Lee, D Mao, SK Ravi, Y Lai, SC Tan*
Precisely manipulating polymer chain interactions for multifunctional hydrogels

Matter (2025): 8 (4)

D Meng, X Ruan, M Xu, D Jiao, G Fang, Y Qiu, Y Zhang, H Zhang, SK Ravi, X Cui*
An S-scheme artificial photosynthetic system with H-TiO2/g-C3N4 heterojunction coupled with MXene boosts solar H2 evolution

Journal of Materials Science & Technology (2025): 211, 22-29.

D Jiao, C Ding, M Xu, X Ruan, SK Ravi, X Cui*
Modulating Yeager Adsorption Configuration of O2 through Cd Doping in Zn3In2S6 for Photosynthesis of H2O2

Advanced Functional Materials (2025): 35 (10), 2416753

X Ruan, D Meng, M Xu, G Fang, C Ding, J Leng, X Wang, K Ba, H Zhang, W Zhang, T Xie, Z Jiang, J Dai, X Cui, SK Ravi*
Semi-Organic Artificial Photosynthetic System with Engineered Phenoxazinone Derivatives for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production with Broadened Near-Infrared Light Harvesting

Advanced Science (2025): 2501037

B Xu, M Ganesan, RK Devi, X Ruan, W Chen, CC Lin, H-T Chang, E Lizundia, AK An, SK Ravi*
Hierarchically Promoted Light Harvesting and Management in Photothermal Solar Steam Generation

Advanced Materials, (2025): 2406666.

S Li, J Yang, X Ruan, X Cui, SK Ravi*
Plasmonic Nanomaterials in Photothermal Catalysis and Artificial Photosynthesis: Hot Electron Dynamics, Design Challenges, and Future Prospects

Advanced Functional Materials (2025): 2503186.

Y Zhou, S Guo, Y Zhou, L Zhao, T Wang, X Yan, F Liu, SK Ravi, P Sun, SC Tan*, G Lu
Ionic Composite Nanofiber Membrane‐Based Ultra‐Sensitive and Anti‐Interference Flexible Pressure Sensors for Intelligent Sign Language Recognition

Advanced Functional Materials (2025): 2425586.

C Ge, S Guo, W Li, X Zhang, B Chen, X Feng, S Yang, D Xu, Z Yu, SK Ravi, W Xu, J Fang, SC Tan
Active Thermal Field Integration for Marangoni-Driven Salt Rejection and Water Collection

Advanced Functional Materials (2025): 2421067.

J Sun, MU Farid, W Xi, G Lu, MW Boey, SK Ravi, PHL Sit, AK An
Hydrogel‐Based Photothermal‐Catalytic Membrane for Efficient Cogeneration of Freshwater and Hydrogen in Membrane Distillation System

Advanced Functional Materials (2025): 2416768.

F Cheng, D Song, H Li, SK Ravi, SC Tan
Recent progress in biomedical scaffold fabricated via electrospinning: design, fabrication and tissue engineering application

Advanced Functional Materials (2025): 35 (1), 2406950

2024

C Ding, X Ruan, M Xu, D Meng, G Fang, D Jiao, W Zhang, J Leng, Z Jiang, K Ba, T Xie, S Jin, W Zheng, SK Ravi, X Cui Step-Scheme SnO₂/Zn₃In₂S₆ Catalysts for Solar Production of Hydrogen Peroxide from Seawater

Small (2024): 20 (50), 2406959

W. Chen, Y. Liu, B. Xu, B. Cheng, M. Ganesan, Y. Tan, M. Luo, B. Chen, X. Zhao, C. Lin, T. Qin, F. Luo, Y. Fang, S. Wang, X. Liang, W. Fu, B. Tan, R. Ye, D. Y. C. Leung, SK Ravi*
Enhancing Atmospheric Water Harvesting of MIL-101 (Cr) MOF Sorbent with Rapid Desorption Enabled by Ni-Ni₃S₂ Photothermal Bridge

Advanced Functional Materials (2024): 34 (52), 2410999

M Xi, X Zhang, H Liu, B Xu, Y Zheng, Y Du, L Yang, SK Ravi
Cobalt-Ion Superhygroscopic Hydrogels Serve as Chip Heat Sinks Achieving a 5 °C Temperature Reduction via Evaporative Cooling

Small Methods (2024): 8 (12), 2301753

S Hu, S He, T Hu, B Wang, SK Ravi
ZIF-8@MoS2 photothermal-photocatalytic hybrid sensor for outdoor water detection with rapid sunlight-driven regeneration

Chemical Engineering Journal (2024): 500, 157193

C Yang, J Zhang, G Yu, M Zhu, SK Ravi* Oxygen Vacancy Sites Enable Efficient Photocatalytic Oxidation of Nitric Oxide: The Role of W/Mo Valence Transition in Bi₂W(Mo)O₆-x

Advanced Energy Materials (2024): 2403713.

X Ruan, S Zhao, M Xu, D Jiao, J Leng, G Fang, D Meng, Z Jiang, S Jin, X Cui, SK Ravi

Iso-elemental ZnIn2S4/Zn3In2S6 Heterojunction with Low Contact Energy Barrier Boosts Artificial Photosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

Advanced Energy Materials (2024): 2401744

S Xu, X Ruan , M Ganesan, J Wu, SK Ravi, X Cui*
Transition Metal‐Based Catalysts for Urea Oxidation Reaction (UOR): Catalyst Design Strategies, Applications, and Future Perspectives

Advanced Functional Materials (2024): 2313309

W Chen, Y Liu, B Xu, M Ganesan, B Tan, Y Tan, F Luo, X Liang, S Wang, X Gao, Z Zhang, R Ye, DYC Leung, SK Ravi, Y Fang*,
A Functionally Asymmetric Janus Hygro‐Photothermal Hybrid for Atmospheric Water Harvesting in Arid Regions

Small (2024): 20 (20), 2306521

M Xu, X Ruan, D Meng, G Fang, D Jiao, S Zhao, Z Liu, Z Jiang, K Ba, T Xie, W Zhang, J Leng, S Jin, SK Ravi, X Cui*
Modulation of Sulfur Vacancies in ZnIn2S4/MXene Schottky Heterojunction Photocatalyst Promotes Hydrogen Evolution,

Advanced Functional Materials (2024): 2402330

SK Ravi, G Chen, AKY Jen, CS Lee, J Lu, HL Yip, H Zhang*

Three Decades of Materials Research Excellence at CityU: A Special Issue Dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of City University of Hong Kong

Advanced Materials (2024): e2403285

H Cheng, RK Devi, K‐Y Huang, M Ganesan, SK Ravi, CC Lin*

Highly Biocompatible Antibacterial Hydrogel for Wearable Sensing of Macro and Microscale Human Body Motions

Small (2024): 2401201

F Luo, X Liang, W Chen, SK Ravi, S Wang, X Gao, Z Zhang, Y Fang*
Symbiotic Defect-reinforced Bimetallic MOF-derived Fiber Components for Solar-assisted Atmospheric Water Collection

Water Research (2024): 121872.

X Ruan†, S Li†, C Huang, W Zheng, X Cui, SK Ravi*
Catalyzing Artificial Photosynthesis with TiO2 Heterostructures and Hybrids – Emerging Trends in a Classical yet Contemporary Photocatalyst
† Contributed Equally

Advanced Materials, (2023): 2305285

X Ruan, D Meng, C Huang, M Xu, X Wen, K Ba, DJ Singh, H Zhang, L Zhang, T Xie, W Zhang, W Zheng, SK Ravi, X Cui*
Enhancing Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Synergistic Benefits of MXene Cocatalysis and Homo‐Interface Engineering

Small Methods, (2023): 2300627

D Meng, M Xu, S Li, M Ganesan, X Ruan, SK Ravi, X Cui*
Functional MXenes: Progress and Perspectives on Synthetic Strategies and Structure–Property Interplay for Next‐Generation Technologies

Small, (2023): 2304483

RK Devi†, M Ganesan†, TW Chen, SM Chen, AM Abbasi, MA Ali, MS Elshikh, J Yu, HY Chung, B Xu, SK Ravi*
MXene-interdigitated Holey-graphene oxide nanocomposite for simultaneous detection of antibiotic and anticancer drugs with ultra-high sensitivity
† Contributed Equally

Chemical Engineering Journal, 474 (2023): 145693

K Yang, ZJ Lu, TY Zhu, JX Wang, FQ Yang, SZ Abbas, J Zhou, Z Yang, JL Mi, SK Ravi, YC Yong *
Tailoring the whole-cell sensing spectrum with cyborgian redox machinery

Analytica Chimica Acta, 1252 (2023): 341046

M Ganesan†, RK Devi†, SM Chen, SK Ravi
Sustainable synthesis of hierarchical dysprosium vanadate 3D-micro flowers for electrochemical evaluation of organophosphate pesticide in food samples
† Contributed Equally

Chemical Engineering Journal, 466 (2023): 143111

SK Ravi*
A Message from the new Editor-in-Chief

Energy Technology, 2023, 11 (1), 2201402

X Ruan, C Huang, H Cheng, Z Zhang, Y Cui, Z Li, T Xie, K Ba, H Zhang, L Zhang, X Zhao, J Leng, S Jin, W Zhang, W Zheng, SK Ravi, Z Jiang, X Cui*, J Yu
A Twin S‐Scheme Artificial Photosynthetic System with Self‐Assembled Heterojunctions yields Superior Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Rate

Advanced Materials (2023): 2209141.

L Suresh, JV Vaghasiya, UP Kannan, Y Zhang, SK Ravi, N Paul, MR Jones, SC Tan
1200% enhancement of solar energy conversion by engineering three dimensional arrays of flexible biophotoelectrochemical cells in a fixed footprint encompassed by Johnson solid shaped optical well

Nano Energy 79 (2021): 105424.

SK Ravi, N Paul, L Suresh, AT Salim, T Wu, Z Wu, MR Jones, SC Tan.
Bio-photocapacitive tactile sensors as a touch-to-audio braille reader and solar capacitor

Materials Horizons 7 (3), 866-876 (2020)

SK Ravi, VK Singh, L Suresh, C Ku, V Sanjairaj, DK Nandakumar, Y Chen, W Sun, PHL Sit, SC Tan.

Hydro‐Assisted Self‐Regenerating Brominated N‐Alkylated Thiophene Diketopyrrolopyrrole Dye Nanofibers—A Sustainable Synthesis Route for Renewable Air Filter Materials

Small 16 (14), 1906319 (2020)

SK Ravi, Y Zhang, Y Wang, DK Nandakumar, W Sun, MR Jones, SC Tan.
Optical Shading Induces an In‐Plane Potential Gradient in a Semiartificial Photosynthetic System Bringing Photoelectric Synergy

Advanced Energy Materials 9 (35), 1901449 (2019)

SK Ravi, P Rawding, AM Elshahawy, K Huang, W Sun, F Zhao, J Wang, MR Jones, and SC Tan. Photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodobacter sphaeroides exhibits prolonged charge storage

Nature Communications 10 (1), 1-10 (2019)

SK Ravi, W Sun, DK Nandakumar, Y Zhang, SC Tan
Optical manipulation of work function contrasts on metal thin films

Science Advances 4 (3), eaao6050 (2018)

SK Ravi, T Wu, VS Udayagiri, XM Vu, Y Wang, MR Jones, SC Tan.
Photosynthetic bioelectronic sensors for touch perception, UV‐detection, and nanopower generation: toward self‐powered E‐skins

Advanced Materials 30 (39), 1802290 (2018)

SK Ravi, DJK Swainsbury, VK Singh, YK Ngeow, MR Jones, SC Tan.
A mechanoresponsive phase‐changing electrolyte enables fabrication of high‐output solid‐state photobioelectrochemical devices from pigment‐protein multilayers

Advanced Materials 30 (5), 1704073 (2018)

SK Ravi, VS Udayagiri, L Suresh, SC Tan.
Emerging role of the band‐structure approach in biohybrid photovoltaics: a path beyond bioelectrochemistry

Advanced Functional Materials 28 (24), 1705305 (2018)

VK Singh†, SK Ravi†, JW Ho, JKC Wong, MR Jones, SC Tan.
Biohybrid photoprotein‐semiconductor cells with deep‐lying redox shuttles achieve a 0.7 V photovoltage Advanced Functional Materials 28 (24), 1703689 (2018) †Equal Contribution

Advanced Functional Materials 28 (24), 1705305 (2018)

SK Ravi, Z Yu, DJK Swainsbury, J Ouyang, MR Jones, SC Tan.
Enhanced output from biohybrid photoelectrochemical transparent tandem cells integrating photosynthetic proteins genetically modified for expanded solar energy harvesting

Advanced Energy Materials 7 (7), 1601821 (2017)

VK Singh†, SK Ravi†, W Sun, SC Tan.
Transparent nanofibrous mesh self‐assembled from molecular LEGOs for high efficiency air filtration with new functionalities

Small 13 (6), 1601924 (2017) †Equal Contribution.

SK Ravi, SC Tan.
Progress and perspectives in exploiting photosynthetic biomolecules for solar energy harnessing

Energy & Environmental Science 8 (9), 2551-2573 (2015)

Publications

D Jiao, C Ding, M Xu, X Ruan*, SK Ravi*, X Cui* Modulating Yeager Adsorption Configuration of O2 through Cd Doping in Zn3In2S6 for Photosynthesis of H2O2

F Cheng, D Song, H Li*, SK Ravi, SC Tan* Recent progress in biomedical scaffold fabricated via electrospinning: design, fabrication and tissue engineering application

X Ruan, S Zhao, M Xu, D Jiao, J Leng, G Fang, D Meng, Z Jiang, S Jin, X Cui*, SK Ravi*

W Chen, Y Liu, B Xu, M Ganesan, B Tan, Y Tan, F Luo, X Liang, S Wang, X Gao, Z Zhang, R Ye, DYC Leung*, SK Ravi*, Y Fang*, A Functionally Asymmetric Janus Hygro‐Photothermal Hybrid for Atmospheric Water Harvesting in Arid Regions

M Xu, X Ruan*, D Meng, G Fang, D Jiao, S Zhao, Z Liu, Z Jiang, K Ba, T Xie, W Zhang, J Leng, S Jin, SK Ravi*, X Cui* Modulation of Sulfur Vacancies in ZnIn2S4/MXene Schottky Heterojunction Photocatalyst Promotes Hydrogen Evolution,

SK Ravi*, G Chen*, AKY Jen*, CS Lee*, J Lu*, HL Yip*, H Zhang*

F Luo, X Liang, W Chen, SK Ravi, S Wang, X Gao, Z Zhang, Y Fang* Symbiotic Defect-reinforced Bimetallic MOF-derived Fiber Components for Solar-assisted Atmospheric Water Collection

X Ruan, C Huang, H Cheng, Z Zhang, Y Cui, Z Li, T Xie, K Ba, H Zhang, L Zhang, X Zhao, J Leng, S Jin, W Zhang, W Zheng, SK Ravi*, Z Jiang*, X Cui*, J Yu A Twin S‐Scheme Artificial Photosynthetic System with Self‐Assembled Heterojunctions yields Superior Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Rate

L Suresh, JV Vaghasiya, UP Kannan, Y Zhang, SK Ravi, N Paul, MR Jones, SC Tan 1200% enhancement of solar energy conversion by engineering three dimensional arrays of flexible biophotoelectrochemical cells in a fixed footprint encompassed by Johnson solid shaped optical well

SK Ravi, VK Singh, L Suresh, C Ku, V Sanjairaj, DK Nandakumar, Y Chen, W Sun, PHL Sit, SC Tan.

SK Ravi, Y Zhang, Y Wang, DK Nandakumar, W Sun, MR Jones, SC Tan. Optical Shading Induces an In‐Plane Potential Gradient in a Semiartificial Photosynthetic System Bringing Photoelectric Synergy