Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170102267

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170102267

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Efficient ionic liquid-based reduction of nitrogen to ammonia. This project aims to develop a hybrid ionic liquid-nanostructured electrode platform to electrochemically convert nitrogen gas to ammonia. Ammonia production, mostly for fertilisers, consumes more than 1% of the global energy supply and contributes 1.6 % of global carbon dioxide emissions. A process that could convert nitrogen to ammonia using renewable energy would be an important alternative approach. This project will develop a platform for electrochemical conversion of nitrogen gas to ammonia and optimise it for use with surplus renewable energy supplies. The project is expected to contribute to mitigation of greenhouse emissions and create a technology for distributed production of ammonia and ammonium fertilisers.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2017

End Date: 27-02-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $373,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Electrochemistry | Physical Chemistry of Materials | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Synthesis of Materials

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Energy Storage (excl. Hydrogen) |

Other Keywords

Electrochemistry | Energy Storage (excl. Hydrogen) | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Physical Chemistry of Materials | Synthesis of Materials

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