Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170100200

Funded Activity Summary

Anion-templated functional architectures. This project aims to introduce a method for preparing large, complex materials from relatively simple precursors. Negatively-charged species, anions, will be used to assemble positively-charged organic molecules into three-dimensional structures, including cages and porous framework materials. This will increase fundamental understanding of how anions behave and their use in self-assembly processes. The structures made using this approach are expected to remove dangerous environmental pollutants from water and store the industrially-relevant gases, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. This offers potential applications in clean energy technology (e.g. hydrogen storage for fuel cells) and environmental remediation (carbon dioxide storage, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon removal).

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Physical Organic Chemistry | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Inorganic Chemistry not elsewhere classified | Nanochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Rehabilitation of Degraded Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Hydrogen Storage |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Hydrogen Storage | Inorganic Chemistry not elsewhere classified | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Nanochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry | Physical Organic Chemistry | Rehabilitation of Degraded Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments

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