Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL170100154

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FL170100154

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Solar-driven sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. This project aims to address the efficient and sustainable production of fuels and chemicals using abundant sources like water, carbon dioxide and sunlight by an integrated reaction system. Through understanding molecular design principles and material engineering, this project expects to develop a range of novel electrocatalysts featuring high activity, efficiency, selectivity and stability for carbon dioxide reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions. These new catalysts will facilitate a hybrid reaction cell as artificial leaf mimics by associating photocatalysis and electrocatalysis processes. The expected outcome of this project is of great importance for solar fuel generation and carbon dioxide utilisation, which are the key energy and environmental challenges facing Australia and the world today. This will provide benefits such as an innovative system of solar energy transformation that will lead to the production of fuels and key chemicals in an efficient, selective and sustainable form, ultimately bringing environmental benefits through much smaller greenhouse gas emissions.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2018

End Date: 12-2023

Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships

Funding Amount: $2,683,730.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nanomaterials | Composite and Hybrid Materials | Functional Materials | Materials Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Renewable Energy not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering |

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