Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190101862

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP190101862

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Composite oxides as next-generation photocatalysts for solar energy capture. This project aims to prepare new photocatalysts that capture and convert solar energy to stored energy by directly splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen, a perfectly clean and renewable fuel. The project will use a "bottom-up" nanoscale approach, in which compounds with different chemical and electronic properties, but with compatible crystal structures in at least one dimension, are assembled in a single synthetic step to form a well-ordered composite. By making composites of compounds the band gaps - crucial to capturing light - and surfaces -crucial to evolving hydrogen and oxygen gas- of which complement each other, the project can deliver higher performing materials at a lower cost than can be achieved by conventional top-down modification. The project will deliver new and improved photocatalysts that will hasten progress towards commercially viable systems, helping to establish a new technology and putting pressure on competing technologies such as photovoltaics and wind to drive the renewables sector forward.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2019

End Date: 31-12-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $670,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Physical Chemistry of Materials | Inorganic Chemistry | Solid State Chemistry | Inorganic Green Chemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Hydrogen Production from Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy not elsewhere classified | Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity Generation |

Other Keywords

Hydrogen Production from Renewable Energy | Inorganic Chemistry | Inorganic Green Chemistry | Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity Generation | Physical Chemistry of Materials | Renewable Energy not elsewhere classified | Solid State Chemistry

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