Tuning catalyst reaction environments towards photoreforming of wastewater

R&D Focus Areas:
Photochemical and photocatalytic processes, Biomass and waste conversion

Lead Organisation:
Australian National University

Partners:
Not applicable

Status:
Active

Start date:
January 2024

Completion date:
December 2026

Key contacts:
Professor Zongyou Yin – zongyou.yin@anu.edu.au
Professor Sean Smith – sean.smith@anu.edu.au

Funding:
AUD$537,193 – Australian Research Council (ARC)

Project total cost:
AUD$1,094,787 including cash and in-kind

Project summary description (as published by the ARC):
This project aims to combine high-throughput computation and machine learning to screen photocatalysts more thoroughly for photoreforming of wastewater. The reaction environments effects on surface active units will be tailored for COx-emission-free selective organic synthesis with hydrogen production from organic-contained wastewater at ambient conditions.

The project expects to expand our knowledge on the fast, reliable screening strategies, and the relationship between electric field (or lattice strain) and reaction pathways. This project will develop a photoreforming system for selective co-production of organics and hydrogen from wastewater, benefiting sustainable technologies development for chemical synthesis and hydrogen economy.

Related publications and key links:
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP240100687

Higher degree studies supported:
One PhD student, one Masters student and one Postdoctoral researcher supported.

 

August 2024