Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170100928

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE170100928

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Room-temperature sodium-sulphur batteries. This project aims to develop silicon-based cathode materials for high-performance RT-sodium/sulphur batteries. These are expected to improve the sulphur electroactivity with sodium and supress the shuttle effect, achieving high energy density and cycling stability. This project will accelerate the sluggish electrochemical reactions between sulphur and sodium by embedding sulphur in hollow mesoporous carbon nanospheres, and modify the surface of the mesoporous carbon nanospheres’ host. A superior RT-sodium/sulphur battery with high energy density, a long cycling life, and stationary storage has potential to shift fossil fuels towards renewable energy system to power the economy in the long run.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 25-04-2017

End Date: 23-10-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified | Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering | Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified | Materials Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Energy Storage (excl. Hydrogen) | Environmentally Sustainable Energy Activities not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified | Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering | Energy Storage (excl. Hydrogen) | Environmentally Sustainable Energy Activities not elsewhere classified | Materials Engineering | Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified

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