Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0770149

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0770149

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The mechanism of water splitting in photosynthesis. Sunlight reaching the earth is used by the vast body of plants and algae living in surface waters and on the land to drive photosynthesis. One of the most fundamental contributions that photosynthesis provides to the Biosphere is the gaseous oxygen produced by its water-splitting chemistry - ~300 gigatons of O2 are released into the atmosphere per year. However, the mechanism behind water-splitting is not precisely known. We will use a range of unique experimental approaches to determine the molecular mechanism of the photosynthetic water-splitting chemistry. The understanding of this reaction will provide the molecular blueprint for the development of efficient biocatalysts to generate H2 and O2 from water.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 31-08-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $290,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Other Physical Sciences | Chemistry Of Catalysis | Biophysics | Mechanisms Of Reactions

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Higher education | Biological sciences | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal) |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Biophysics | Chemistry Of Catalysis | Higher education | Mechanisms Of Reactions | Other Physical Sciences | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal)

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