First principles for development of novel hybrid electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems

Funding: 2010: $215,127
2011: $130,000

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Projects)

Start year: 2007

Summary: Electrochemical energy is regarded as an alternative green energy/power source. The breakthrough technologies to be developed will allow us to realise the great goal of widespread usage of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, inducing dramatic improvements to our environment. It will also help us to reduce our dependence on the current oil driven economy, and increase national energy security and energy independence. The project will establish indigenous expertise and scientific know how on electrochemical energy storage and conversion technology. The competitive results from this research will provide an incentive to the Australian automobile and energy industries.

Publications:

Su, D, Ford, M & Wang, G 2012, 'Mesoporous NiO crystals with dominantly exposed {110} reactive facets for ultrafast lithium storage', Scientific Reports, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 924.
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Wang, G, Liu, H, Horvat, J, Wang, B, Qiao, S, Park, J & Ahn, H 2010, 'Highly Ordered Mesoporous Cobalt Oxide Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterisation, Magnetic Properties, and Applications for Electrochemical Energy Devices', CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, vol. 16, no. 36, pp. 11020-11027.
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Wang, G, Liu, H, Liu, J, Qiao, S, Lu, GM, Munroe, P & Ahn, H 2010, 'Mesoporous LiFePO4/C Nanocomposite Cathode Materials for High Power Lithium Ion Batteries with Superior Performance', ADVANCED MATERIALS, vol. 22, no. 44, pp. 4944-+.
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Liu, H, Wang, G, Park, J, Wang, J, Liu, H & Zhang, C 2009, 'Electrochemical performance of alpha-Fe2O3 nanorods as anode material for lithium-ion cells', ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 1733-1736.
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Wang, B, Konstantinov, K, Wexler, D, Liu, H & Wang, G 2009, 'Synthesis of nanosized vanadium pentoxide/carbon composites by spray pyrolysis for electrochemical capacitor application', ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 1420-1425.
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Wang, G, Shen, X & Yao, J 2009, 'One-dimensional nanostructures as electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries with improved electrochemical performance', Journal of Power Sources, vol. 189, no. 1, pp. 543-546.
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Wang, G, Shen, X, Horvat, J, Wang, B, Liu, H, Wexler, D & Yao, J 2009, 'Hydrothermal Synthesis and Optical, Magnetic, and Supercapacitance Properties of Nanoporous Cobalt Oxide Nanorods', JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, vol. 113, no. 11, pp. 4357-4361.
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Wang, G, Gou, X, Horvat, J & Park, J 2008, 'Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Iron Oxide Semiconductor Nanowires for Gas Sensing Application', The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 112, no. 39, pp. 15220-15225.
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Wang, G, Yang, J, Park, J, Gou, X, Wang, B, Liu, H & Yao, J 2008, 'Facile synthesis and characterization of graphene nanosheets', JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, vol. 112, no. 22, pp. 8192-8195.
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Keywords: Electrochemical energy storage and conversion; lithium ion battery; hybrid power system; electrode materials; super capacitor; hybrid electric vehicle.

FOR Codes: Energy Transmission and Distribution (excl. Hydrogen), Energy Conservation and Efficiency not elsewhere classified, Energy Storage (excl. Hydrogen), Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified, Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering, Electrochemistry, Electrochemistry , Energy generation, conversion and storage (excl. chemical and electrical), Materials engineering not elsewhere classified , Energy storage (excl. hydrogen and batteries), Energy efficiency not elsewhere classified