Novel Fuel-Cell Structures based on Electroactive Polymers. The Discovery Project will tackle some of the challenging issues regarding the conversion of our society into a post-petroleum era through: Development and understanding of a new class of organic catalysts for efficient low temperature fuel-cells; Developing cheap and effective, ultra-thin, ion-conducting membranes for fuel-cells based on new plasma-polymers; and Integrating the components into fuel-cells suitable for stationary, portab ....Novel Fuel-Cell Structures based on Electroactive Polymers. The Discovery Project will tackle some of the challenging issues regarding the conversion of our society into a post-petroleum era through: Development and understanding of a new class of organic catalysts for efficient low temperature fuel-cells; Developing cheap and effective, ultra-thin, ion-conducting membranes for fuel-cells based on new plasma-polymers; and Integrating the components into fuel-cells suitable for stationary, portable and automotive applications. These outcomes will contribute to national research priorities: Frontier Technologies for building and transforming Australian Industries, and An Environmentally Sustainable Australia.
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Electro-Catalytic Conjugated Polymers. The Future Fellowship will tackle some of the challenging issues regarding the conversion of our society into a post-petroleum era through: Development and understanding of a new class of catalysts for efficient conversion and storage of energy. Developing cheap and effective electrodes structures for next generation transport and storage technologies i.e. fuel-cells for cars and flexible solar-cells for electricity production. Collaborating at an internati ....Electro-Catalytic Conjugated Polymers. The Future Fellowship will tackle some of the challenging issues regarding the conversion of our society into a post-petroleum era through: Development and understanding of a new class of catalysts for efficient conversion and storage of energy. Developing cheap and effective electrodes structures for next generation transport and storage technologies i.e. fuel-cells for cars and flexible solar-cells for electricity production. Collaborating at an international level with leading groups in the sustainable energy field. These outcome will contribute to National Research Priorities 2; Frontier Technologies for building and transforming Australian Industries and 1; An Environmentally Sustainable AustraliaRead moreRead less