Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150102515

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150102515

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Selective photocatalytic lignin biomass conversion. If the prospective ‘hydrogen economy’ is to use hydrogen as a fuel and energy carrier to replace fossil sources, vast amounts of renewable cheap hydrogen must be available. A likely candidate is catalytic water splitting by sunlight. The hydrogen can be made affordable, by coupling hydrogen production to a higher value-added stream. The aim of this project is to produce a stable, hybrid heterogenous catalyst system able to oxidise organic substrates derived from lignin biomass as an adjunct to visible light hydrogen generation from water. The significance will be to provide fuels and organic chemicals for industry from biomass, water and sunlight and catalytically remediate waste water with sunlight.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-07-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $555,300.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Catalysis and Mechanisms of Reactions | Transition Metal Chemistry | Inorganic Chemistry | Inorganic Green Chemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Solar-Photovoltaic Energy |

Other Keywords

Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Catalysis and Mechanisms of Reactions | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Inorganic Chemistry | Inorganic Green Chemistry | Solar-Photovoltaic Energy | Transition Metal Chemistry

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