Prof. Dr Chong Kok Keong
Funding in UTAR
  • research and development on cost effective solar power plant using indigenous technology of non-imaging focusing heliostat and concentrator photovoltaic, AAIBE, August 2007 - July 2009.
  • development of integrated concentrating photovoltaic stirling engine system using triple junction solar cells and indigenous non imaging focusing technology, MOSTI SCIENCE FUND, March 2008 - February 2010.
  • research and development on wirebonding technique for contacting triple-junction ingap/ingaas/ge solar cell in dense array concentrator photovoltaic module, UTARRF, February 2010 - January 2011.
  • performance study of single-stage solar furnace system using non-imaging focusing heliostat for approaching sun-surface temperature, UTARRF, February 2011 - January 2012.
  • feasibilty study of constructing world largest single-stage solar furnace system using non-imaging focusing heliostat for approaching sun-surface temperature, MOHE FRGS, June 2010 - May 2012.
  • research on novel non-imaging optics to improve the efficiency of concentrator photovoltaic system, MOHE FRGS, July 2011 - June 2013.
  • development of energy efficiency studies in utar, UTARRF, July 2013 - June 2014.
  • research and development on secondary optics in dense array concentrator photovoltaic system, MOSTI SCIENCE FUND, October 2012 - September 2014.
  • research and development of a mobile sun-tracking algorithm for electrical mobile platforms, UTARRF, February 2014 - January 2015.
  • pre-commercialized project on grid connected dense arrray concentrator photovoltaic system, AAIBE, January 2012 - December 2015.
  • research and development an offshore hybrid solar-wave power generation system in malaysia using concentrated photovoltaic system and wave energy converter, UTARRF, February 2015 - January 2016.
  • high acceptance angle optical fiber based solar day-lighting system using two-stage reflective non-imaging dish concentrator, UTARRF, April 2015 - March 2016.
  • a novel non-destructive auto shut-off system using low power position sensor and wireless reactiveable device for the application in anti-theft solar photovoltaic module without embedded power source, UTARRF, April 2015 - March 2016.
  • top-up fund to aaibe project on dense-array concentrator photovoltaic system for infrastructure in kampar campus., UTARRF, January 2017 - December 2017.
  • performance improvement of solar photovoltaic system in tropics via temperature reduction measures, UTARRF, July 2017 - January 2018.
  • design and development of ultra-high concentrator photovoltaic system using small-scale two-stage nonimaging solar concentrator, UTARRF, June 2017 - May 2018.
  • tailoring band gap of organic photovoltaic device to obtain the best power conversion efficiency based on local solar spectrum in asean region, MOHE FRGS, August 2016 - July 2018.
  • tailor-made tropical solar irradiance analytical model for the performance optimization, estimation and assessment of a photovoltaic power plant, UTARRF, December 2018 - December 2019.
  • large scale solar photovoltaic power plant optimization for tropical region, INTEGRATED LOGISTICS BERHAD, May 2018 - April 2020.
  • a comprehensive directional-temporal-spatial solar irradiance distribution model for solar energy conversion system performance assessment in tropics, MOHE FRGS, January 2019 - December 2020.
  • solar irradiation analysis using satellite-derived database in the tropics, MALAYSIAN PHOTOVOLTAIC INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, July 2019 - July 2021.
  • artificial intelligent integrated into sun-tracking system of heliostats to enhance the accuracy, reliability and long-term performance in solar energy harnessing, UTARRF, December 2020 - December 2021.
  • uninterrupted far-field communication bio-electronic skin with cardiac monitoring function, UTARRF, June 2019 - May 2022.
  • investigation of bifacial gain, performance and quality issues of bifacial photovoltaic modules that operate in a tropical site, UTARRF, July 2022 - June 2023.
  • comprehensive modelling and optimization of tin oxide based hybrid perovskite-organic photovoltaic device doped with yb, er upconversion nanoparticles for indoor operating conditions, MOHE FRGS, September 2021 - September 2023.
  • bonding interaction and defect passivation mechanism of polymer additives in enhancing the thermal stability of perovskite film for metal oxide sol perovskite solar cells, MOHE FRGS, September 2022 - August 2024.
  • a new correlation model for a network of multiple sky imagers to increase the detection speed of cloud motions, MOHE FRGS, September 2022 - August 2025.
  • determination of iron reduction mechanism of silicate mineral by bacteria using surface, structural and chemical characterisation with linkage to transcriptome analysis, MOHE FRGS, September 2022 - August 2025.
  • patent filing for non imaging dish concentrator for the application of concentrator photovoltaic system, AAIBE, January 2013 - December 2025.
Funding not in UTAR
  • grid connection and hybrid wind, pv and ocean energy using flexible ac transmission system (facts), SATU, June 2014 - May 2016.
  • tailoring band-gap of organic photovoltaic device to optimize power conversion efficiency based on local spectral irradiance in china, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, January 2024 - December 2024.