Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0211286

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0211286

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Supramolecular assembly in photovoltaic electrode design: Studies of ordered porphyrin/acceptor complexes on polythiophene electrodes. This research outlines an improved way to develop dye-sensitised photovoltaic solar cells for the conversion of sunlight into electricity, by increasing the molecular order of the cell components using host, guest interrelationships. As such, it addresses a problem of international concern 'How to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stop global warming?' since solar cells do not produce carbon dioxide. To achieve our goals we draw on the skills of a team of experts from Australia (synthetic organic chemists), New Zealand (polymer and surface chemists) and Italy (photochemist and photophysicist). Such research is very appropriate for regional Australia, especially Central Queensland.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2002

End Date: 30-06-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $280,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Supramolecular Chemistry | Organic Chemistry | Chemical Spectroscopy | Organic Chemical Synthesis |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Solar-photoelectric | Chemical sciences

Other Keywords

Chemical Spectroscopy | Chemical sciences | Organic Chemical Synthesis | Organic Chemistry | Solar-photoelectric | Supramolecular Chemistry

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