Professor Cheng Yan, Professor Hongxia Wang and Professor Zhanying Zhang
A project aiming to harness agricultural biomass to synthesise high-performance carbon materials for low-cost sodium ion battery applications has received a $476,190 ARC Linkage grant.
Chief investigator Professor Zhanying Zhang from the School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering and the Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy said the project’s aim was to harness agricultural biomass to synthesise high-performance carbon materials for low-cost sodium ion battery applications.
“It will generate new knowledge and low-cost, innovative approaches for the synthesis of carbon materials from agricultural biomass,” Professor Zhang said.
“This project will advance multi-product biorefinery and manufacturing technologies and enhance capacity for research collaborations.
“This will accelerate the development of a new, low-carbon manufacturing industry for producing sustainable carbon materials from agricultural biomass in regional Australia and contribute to Australia’s goal of achieving net-zero emissions.”
The multidisciplinary research team comprises chief investigators Professor Zhanying Zhang, Professor Hongxia Wang, from QUT’s School of Chemistry and Physics and Professor Cheng Yan from QUT’s School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering; chief investigator Associate Professor Yu Lin Zhong from Griffith University and partner investigator Peter Smart from Upala Pty Ltd.
Article originally published in QUT news.