Black titanium dioxide-graphene nanoleaves drive solid-gas selective carbon dioxide to solar fuels

该项目旨在从大气中去除二氧化碳，作为生产碳中性太阳能燃料的反应的一部分。人们目前仍然过度依赖化石燃料来生产能源，这导致温室气体增加及其有害的气候影响。该项目将开发新型无线可持续纳米反应器，该反应器可以扩展到在周围环境中工作的系统，以实现高产生产。预期的结果是合成由2D功能纳米叶组成的纳米花，将其制造成灵活的大面积二氧化碳-太阳能燃料系统。该项目还将扩展异质结，表面化学和2D材料纳米制造方面的知识。该技术将仅依赖于天然太阳能，大气和地球丰富的生态友好资源，并旨在促进澳大利亚成为主要的区域太阳能燃料生产和出口国。

This project aims to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as part of a reaction to produce a carbon-neutral solar fuel. People are currently still over reliant on fossil fuels for energy production, which leads to increased greenhouse gases and their detrimental climate effect. This project will develop novel wireless sustainable nano-reactors, which can be scaled to a system working in an ambient environment for high-yield production. The expected outcomes are to synthesise nano-flowers composed of 2D functional nano-leaves, which will be fabricated into a flexible large-area carbon dioxide-to-solar fuel system. This project will also expand knowledge in heterojunctions, surface chemistry and nano-manufacturing of 2D materials. The technology to be developed will only rely on natural solar, atmospheric, and earth-abundant eco-friendly resources, and intends to promote Australia as a key regional solar fuels production and export nation.