
PhD (Queensland University of Technology), Master of Applied Sceince (Queensland University of Technology)
Projects
- Advanced manufacturing of high-purity alumina for batteries, sapphire glass and LEDs
- Green synthesis of organometal perovskite solar cells
Additional information
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- "Water Purification Using Nano-structured Titania"Awarded Smart State Fellowship (2008-2010)
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- LP0776793, APDI, 2007 -2010"Novel Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Water Purification - Science and Application"
- Vezzoli M, Farrell T, Baker A, Psaltis S, Martens W, Bell J, (2013) Optimal catalyst thickness in titanium dioxide fixed film reactors: Mathematical modelling and experimental validation, Chemical Engineering Journal, 234, pp. 57-65.
- Vezzoli M, Martens W, Bell J, (2011) Investigation of phenol degradation: True reaction kinetics on fixed film titanium dioxide photocatalyst, Applied Catalysis A: General, 404 (1 - 2), pp. 155-163.
- Ahmed S, Rasul M, Martens W, Brown R, Hashib M, (2011) Advances in heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of phenols and dyes in wastewater: A review, Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 215 (1-4), pp. 3-29.
- Li S, Wang Y, Lai C, Qiu J, Ling M, Martens W, Zhao H, Zhang E, (2014) Directional synthesis of tin oxide@graphene nanocomposites via a one-step up-scalable wet-mechanochemical route for lithium ion batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2 (26), pp. 10211-10217.
- Spratt H, Avdeev M, Pfrunder M, McMurtrie J, Rintoul L, Martens W, (2014) Location of hydrogen atoms in hydronium jarosite, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 41 (7), pp. 505-517.
- Gu X, Wang Y, Lai C, Qiu J, Li S, Hou Y, Martens W, Mahmood N, Zhang E, (2015) Microporous bamboo biochar for lithium-sulfur batteries, Nano Research, 8 (1), pp. 129-139.
- Li S, Wang Y, Qiu J, Ling M, Wang H, Martens W, Zhang E, (2014) SnO2 decorated graphene nanocomposite anode materials prepared via an up-scalable wet-mechanochemical process for sodium ion batteries, RSC Advances, 4 (91), pp. 50148-50152.
- Perenlei G, Talbot P, Martens W, (2014) Sol-gel synthesis and characterization of cubic bismuth zinc niobium oxide nanopowders, Journal of Nanomaterials, 2014, pp. 1-6.
- Ostatek-Boczynski Z, Purcell D, Keeffe E, Martens W, O'Shea M, (2013) Rapid determination of carbon, nitrogen, silicon, phosphorus, and potassium in sugar mill by-products, mill mud, and ash using near infrared spectroscopy, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 44 (7), pp. 1156-1166.
- Yang J, Liu H, Martens W, Frost R, (2010) Synthesis and characterization of cobalt hydroxide, cobalt oxyhydroxide, and cobalt oxide nanodiscs, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114 (1), pp. 111-119.
- Title
- Improving Mill Efficiency Through Rapid Analysis Methodologies
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 2014/051-EK001
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Title
- Driving Chemical Reactions by Visible and Ultraviolet Light on Supported Noble Metal Nanoparticles
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP110104990
- Start year
- 2011
- Keywords
- Photocatalysis Noble Metal Nanoparticles Surface Plasmon Resonance Light Absorption Synthesis of Fine Chemicals
- Title
- Novel Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Water Purification - Science and Application
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0776793
- Start year
- 2008
- Keywords
- Titania; Photocatalysis; Water Reuse; Water Treatment; Surface Chemistry; Fluid Dynamics
- Optimization of the hydrochloric acid leaching process for the extraction of alumina from kaolin clay
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Sara Couperthwaite, Associate Professor Michael Cholette - Visible light photocatalysts for water purification
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Emeritus Professor Ray Frost, Professor Godwin Ayoko - Supercapacitors Using Layered Double Hydroxides
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Professor Peter Talbot, Professor Anthony O'Mullane - Manufacturing of High Purity Alumina by Selective Aluminium Extraction from Various Materials
PhD, Mentoring Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Rachel Pepper, Professor Sara Couperthwaite - Adding value to natural zeolite for wastewater treatment applications
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Graeme Millar
- Structural Effects of Ammonium and Hydronium in Jarosite Minerals (2015)
- Intrinsic Kinetics of Titania Photocatalysis: Simplified Models for their Investigation (2012)
- Synthesis and Characterisation of Titanium Sol-Gels in Varied Gravity Environments (2012)
- Nanostructured Metal Oxides as Adsorbents and Photocatalysts (2011)
- Synthesis and Characterisation of Metal Oxyhydroxide and Oxide Nanomaterials (2011)
- Synthesis of One-Dimensional Nanocomposites Based on Alumina Nanofibres and their Catalytic Applications (2011)
- Synthesis and Characterisation of Metal (Fe, Ga, Y) Doped Alumina and Gallium Oxide Nanostructures (2008)