Discovery and optimisation of materials for energy applications.
Bringing together researchers working in materials science and engineering, this program explores materials for energy generation, storage, transport, and consumption such as hydrogen electrolysis, batteries, solar energy conversion and lighting.
Capabilities
- Materials and device optimisation in solar photovoltaic technologies
- Energy materials design aided by theory and computation
- Developing next-generation catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction
- Novel materials and processes for gas separation and capture
Impact
- Development of >30% solar cell efficiencies and 30c/Wp capital costs at scale, as part of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics
- Collaboration with JinkoSolar on advanced passivated contact solar cell architectures
- Use of nanomaterials to improve the performance of solar windows with ClearVue PV
- Improvement of performance and reduce cost of anode materials in batteries for the Future Battery Industries CRC in conjunction with industry partners including Syrah Resources