Materials World Network Synthesis and Processing Optoelectronic Materials in Supercritical and Condensed Phase Carbon Dioxide. The Australian partner will have leveraged access to the skill base and facilities of the Cornell Center for Materials Research, and the NSF MRSEC that leads the world in frontier technologies in advanced materials. The partnership will deliver to Australia progress in national priority goals "Frontier Technologies" and new manufacturing technologies in environmentally ....Materials World Network Synthesis and Processing Optoelectronic Materials in Supercritical and Condensed Phase Carbon Dioxide. The Australian partner will have leveraged access to the skill base and facilities of the Cornell Center for Materials Research, and the NSF MRSEC that leads the world in frontier technologies in advanced materials. The partnership will deliver to Australia progress in national priority goals "Frontier Technologies" and new manufacturing technologies in environmentally friendly media that will enhance the national research priority "An Environmentally Sustainable Australia". New transferable skills will be acquired by the participants in the project. Technology transfer could result in the formation of spinoff companies to exploite the intellectual property arising in the project.Read moreRead less
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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Photo-enhanced water oxidation using novel structures and conjugated polymers. This project will lead to a more sustainable environment in Australia as it will help reduce greenhouse gas emission from energy consumption. The proposed solar water splitting cell will facilitate an efficient, low-cost and renewable production of hydrogen. Hydrogen is considered to be the ultimate fuel since only water is produced as a product of combustion. Already hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicles are being pro ....Photo-enhanced water oxidation using novel structures and conjugated polymers. This project will lead to a more sustainable environment in Australia as it will help reduce greenhouse gas emission from energy consumption. The proposed solar water splitting cell will facilitate an efficient, low-cost and renewable production of hydrogen. Hydrogen is considered to be the ultimate fuel since only water is produced as a product of combustion. Already hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicles are being produced by a number of the major car manufacturers. The solar water splitting technology based on sustainable materials and the novel cell configuration to be developed in this project will provide the needed stability and efficiency of the cell as well as reduce the manufacturing cost. Read moreRead less