Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160104817

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160104817

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Well-designed Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Photocatalytic Water Splitting. The project seeks to provide new insights into the effects that structure and composition of catalyst materials have on photocatalytic properties, to tackle the bottlenecks inhibiting the commercialisation of water-splitting technology. The main objective of this project is to strategically design and synthesise highly efficient photo-harvesting mesostructural materials (multi-shelled hollow microspheres) and use them for efficient photocatalytic water splitting. Based on an understanding of photoharvesting materials and the current challenges that plague water-splitting reactions, the project plans to use state-of-the-art materials synthesis and theoretical calculations to develop next-generation photo-harvesting materials for water-splitting systems.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-04-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $320,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Composite and Hybrid Materials | Functional Materials | Compound Semiconductors | Materials Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Hydrogen Production from Renewable Energy | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy Activities (excl. Electricity Generation) |

Other Keywords

Composite and Hybrid Materials | Compound Semiconductors | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Functional Materials | Hydrogen Production from Renewable Energy | Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy Activities (excl. Electricity Generation) | Materials Engineering

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