Solar-driven sustainable production of fuels and chemicals

该项目旨在解决利用水、二氧化碳和阳光等丰富资源通过综合反应系统高效和可持续地生产燃料和化学品的问题。通过了解分子设计原理和材料工程，该项目有望开发出一系列具有高活性、高效率、高选择性和稳定性的新型电催化剂，用于二氧化碳还原和析氢反应。通过结合光催化和电催化过程，这些新催化剂将促进混合反应单元作为人造叶子的模拟物。该项目的预期结果对太阳能燃料发电和二氧化碳利用具有重要意义，这是澳大利亚和世界今天面临的关键能源和环境挑战。这将带来好处，如太阳能转换的创新系统，将导致以高效、选择性和可持续的形式生产燃料和关键化学品，最终通过更少的温室气体排放带来环境效益。

This project aims to address the efficient and sustainable production of fuels and chemicals using abundant sources like water, carbon dioxide and sunlight by an integrated reaction system. Through understanding molecular design principles and material engineering, this project expects to develop a range of novel electrocatalysts featuring high activity, efficiency, selectivity and stability for carbon dioxide reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions. These new catalysts will facilitate a hybrid reaction cell as artificial leaf mimics by associating photocatalysis and electrocatalysis processes. The expected outcome of this project is of great importance for solar fuel generation and carbon dioxide utilisation, which are the key energy and environmental challenges facing Australia and the world today. This will provide benefits such as an innovative system of solar energy transformation that will lead to the production of fuels and key chemicals in an efficient, selective and sustainable form, ultimately bringing environmental benefits through much smaller greenhouse gas emissions.