Novel Nanostructured Polymeric Membranes for Energy Storage Applications. The project will bring the following significant benefit to the Australian community and economy:1. Energy and Environmental benefit: will provide the nation with renewable energy storage solution, with zero emission and urban pollution2. Global Standing: will position Australia as global leader in sustainable energy storage technology through ZBB's novel battery system development.3. Intellectual property: will deliver th ....Novel Nanostructured Polymeric Membranes for Energy Storage Applications. The project will bring the following significant benefit to the Australian community and economy:1. Energy and Environmental benefit: will provide the nation with renewable energy storage solution, with zero emission and urban pollution2. Global Standing: will position Australia as global leader in sustainable energy storage technology through ZBB's novel battery system development.3. Intellectual property: will deliver the nation a strong intellectual property (IP) position in the frontier technology4. Training: will train junior researcher and a high quality graduate in an emerging and multidisciplinary area of research with commercial turnover of more than $1000 million in AustraliaRead moreRead less
New High Temperature Proton Conducting Polymer Electrolyte For Sustainable Energy Conversion Applications. This project will bring the following significant benefit to the Australian community and economy:i)Energy and Environmental benefit: will provide the nation with an ultimate solution to zero emission vehicles and urban pollution; ii)Global Standing: will position Australia to become a global leader in sustainable energy conversion technology through the efficient fuel cell systems developm ....New High Temperature Proton Conducting Polymer Electrolyte For Sustainable Energy Conversion Applications. This project will bring the following significant benefit to the Australian community and economy:i)Energy and Environmental benefit: will provide the nation with an ultimate solution to zero emission vehicles and urban pollution; ii)Global Standing: will position Australia to become a global leader in sustainable energy conversion technology through the efficient fuel cell systems development;iii)Intellectual Property (IP): will deliver the nation a strong intellectual property (IP) position in the frontier technology, and; iv)Training: will train 2 high quality graduates in an emerging and multidisciplinary area of research with commercial turnover of more than $1000 million in Australia.Read moreRead less
Lowering the barriers to a hydrogen technology: What slows proton conductors? When hydrogen burns the only product is water, therefore making it the most attractive form of clean energy. Central to the technological use of hydrogen is the need for a material through which only this element can pass, both so that the energy can be extracted and for purification. At present high temperatures are needed to allow hydrogen to pass through solids that exhibit this sieving property. Through state of th ....Lowering the barriers to a hydrogen technology: What slows proton conductors? When hydrogen burns the only product is water, therefore making it the most attractive form of clean energy. Central to the technological use of hydrogen is the need for a material through which only this element can pass, both so that the energy can be extracted and for purification. At present high temperatures are needed to allow hydrogen to pass through solids that exhibit this sieving property. Through state of the art computational methods the movement through these materials can be observed so that the regions that slow the hydrogen down can be identified. From this understanding it will be possible to design more efficient ways of producing energy that can provide clean air for cities and reliable power for remote communities.Read moreRead less
Design of novel nanoporous semiconductor materials for clean environment and energy. This project will develop a low cost nanoporous semiconductor device for the capture and conversion of CO2 into fuels by using water and sunlight. This novel approach will deliver a low cost technology that offers clean energy and will help to mitigate global warming.
Harnessing electroactivity in nanoporous materials. The development of electroactive nanoporous solids is a highly sought after goal in the field of advanced materials as their properties underpin the next generation of technologically and industrially useful devices. Using a combined experimental, theoretical and computational approach for redox-active metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), this project expects to provide new insights into fundamental electron transfer mechanisms in three-dimensional ....Harnessing electroactivity in nanoporous materials. The development of electroactive nanoporous solids is a highly sought after goal in the field of advanced materials as their properties underpin the next generation of technologically and industrially useful devices. Using a combined experimental, theoretical and computational approach for redox-active metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), this project expects to provide new insights into fundamental electron transfer mechanisms in three-dimensional coordination space, of relevance to understanding biological photosynthetic systems and porous semiconductors. An expected benefit will be the development of devices for applications in energy storage and conversion, including electrochromic devices, electrocatalysts, and battery materials.Read moreRead less
A Radical Approach to Multifunctional Coordination Solids. The development of multifunctional coordination solids represents one of the foremost challenges in the field of advanced materials as their properties underpin the next generation of technologically useful devices. Using a highly targeted theoretical and experimental approach for crystal engineering, this project aims to generate coordination solids that integrate radicals as molecular components for charge transfer. At a fundamental le ....A Radical Approach to Multifunctional Coordination Solids. The development of multifunctional coordination solids represents one of the foremost challenges in the field of advanced materials as their properties underpin the next generation of technologically useful devices. Using a highly targeted theoretical and experimental approach for crystal engineering, this project aims to generate coordination solids that integrate radicals as molecular components for charge transfer. At a fundamental level these materials will offer unprecedented insights into charge delocalisation and radical-induced switching phenomena in three-dimensional coordination space. It is expected that the outcomes of the project will spur the development of devices for applications ranging from solid state sensing to energy conversion and storage.Read moreRead less
Built-in electric field, light co-driven materials for energy and sensing . This project aims to resolve critical, bottleneck issues in the development of photocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry - key technologies towards the realisation of a sustainable carbon-neutral society. This project expects to use an innovative strain-engineering approach establishing a built-in electric field within materials for highly efficient separation and transport of photoexcited carriers. Expected outcomes of t ....Built-in electric field, light co-driven materials for energy and sensing . This project aims to resolve critical, bottleneck issues in the development of photocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry - key technologies towards the realisation of a sustainable carbon-neutral society. This project expects to use an innovative strain-engineering approach establishing a built-in electric field within materials for highly efficient separation and transport of photoexcited carriers. Expected outcomes of this project are to create new, ground-breaking materials and/or nanosystems that overcome intrinsic weakness of conventional semiconductors and significantly improve their photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical performance, for the benefit of the utilisation of solar and light energy in energy, environment and health. Read moreRead less
Advanced functional properties in metal-organic frameworks. The design and construction of advanced nanomaterials is a key step in the push towards more efficient energy systems and smarter technologies. Through the strategic assembly of new classes of molecular nanomaterials this project will lead to important fundamental advances in nanoscience and will underpin a range of new high-level technologies.
Conducting nanoporous materials: toward molecular devices. This project addresses one of the foremost challenges in the field of advanced functional materials, namely the design and synthesis of nanoporous materials that conduct electrons. The outcomes on both a fundamental and applied level will pave the way toward molecular electronics devices for solid-state sensing to solar energy harvesting.
Functional molecular nanomaterials. The design and construction of advanced nanomaterials is a key step in the push towards more efficient energy systems and smarter technologies. Through the strategic assembly of new classes of molecular nanomaterials, this project will lead to important fundamental advances in nanoscience and will underpin a range of new high-level technologies.