Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE190100803

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE190100803

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Single-enzyme membrane biofuel cells for wastewater and flue gas treatment. This project aims to mitigate energy and environmental problems by fusing the fields of membrane separation, biocatalysis and electrochemistry. The novel single-enzyme biofuel cells can generate electrical power from processes like wastewater micropollutant degradation and flue gas carbon dioxide conversion. However, the bottleneck is the lifetime of enzymes and the lack of efficient reactor design. This project expects to overcome these challenges by developing metal-organic framework-based bioelectrode materials, and integrating them with separation membranes and single-enzyme fuel cells for energy generation. This project is expected to transform the current biocatalytic process for wastewater treatment and gas separation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-04-2019

End Date: 03-04-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $418,956.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Chemical Engineering | Wastewater Treatment Processes | Carbon Capture Engineering (excl. Sequestration) | Membrane and Separation Technologies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Carbon Capture Engineering (excl. Sequestration) | Chemical Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Membrane and Separation Technologies | Wastewater Treatment Processes

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