{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT250100852"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"FT250100852","attributes":{"code":"FT250100852","administering-organisation":"The University of Sydney","announcement-administering-organisation":"The University of Sydney","scheme-name":"ARC Future Fellowships","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2025,"years-funded":4,"project-start-date":"2026-06-30","anticipated-end-date":"2030-06-29","grant-summary":"Advanced Zinc Metal Batteries for Sustainable Energy Storage. Energy-dense and durable zinc metal batteries for sustainable energy storage. Zinc metal batteries epitomize a cheap, safe, and sustainable alternative solution to store renewable energy. This project aims to innovate and design conversion-type cathodes and efficient zinc anodes for high energy density and long lifespan zinc metal batteries. New element conversion chemistries and novel interfacial mechanisms will be elucidated and leveraged to enable the fabrication of such advanced batteries. This project will generate knowledge from the multidisciplinary research and pave the way to a new generation of affordable energy storage technology supporting Australia’s commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.","funding-current":996636.00,"funding-at-announcement":975544,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Zengxia","familyName":"Pei","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":null}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Zengxia","familyName":"Pei","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":null}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"The University of Sydney","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"NSW"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"The University of Sydney","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"NSW"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":false,"code":"400404","name":"Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":true,"code":"4016","name":"Materials Engineering","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"401605","name":"Functional Materials","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"170301","name":"Battery Storage","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"190305","name":"Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Electricity Generation","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"280110","name":"Expanding Knowledge In Engineering","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["England","New Zealand","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"This project aims to innovate and fabricate energy-dense and durable aqueous zinc metal batteries (AZMBs). It will address the energy density and stability issues - the Achilles heel to realising the full potentials of AZMBs. New element conversion chemistries and novel interfacial mechanisms will be elucidated and leveraged to enable the fabrication of such advanced batteries. The successful implementation of this project will pave the way to realising a new generation of affordable energy storage technology that directly supports Australia’s commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.  \n  The readily available zinc with scalable manufacturing technologies makes the developed AZMBs have an excellent commercialisation potential to build further industrial collaborations. This will reinforce the strategic advantage of Australia as the largest producer of zinc in the world and contribute the efforts in building a leading position for Australia in sustainable energy applications.\n  Beyond academia, the Chief Investigator will potentially patent commercially valuable IP with domestic industries. The breakthroughs from this project will be disseminated to the general public through multiple media outlets, from mainstream Australian media to specialist industry media, and international websites, to seek public awareness and potential industrial collaborators to maximise the research impacts.\n"}}}