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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP180100429
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Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Functional biomass carbons for low-cost sodium and potassium-ion batteries. The development of hard carbon anode materials for stationary rechargeable sodium and potassium ion batteries remains a major technological challenge. This project aims to utilise two very different biomass feedstock sources, sorghum and macadamia shell agricultural waste to manufacture low-cost, high-performance carbon anodes. Current carbon anode materials such as graphite or carbonised sucrose, pitch or phenolics suffer from poor performance, high cost and/or low carbon yield and device durability issues. This project will investigate combinations of biomass precursors, tailored graphene and carbon alloys in order to significantly enhance anode performance while minimising cost.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 10-2019
End Date: 12-2023
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $424,554.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Chemical Engineering Design | Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering | Crop and Pasture Production | Crop and Pasture Biomass and Bioproducts
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Management of Solid Waste from Plant Production | Energy Storage (excl. Hydrogen) | Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing not elsewhere classified |
