Powering our clean future
We work with key industry and government partners towards a clean energy future, while tackling critical issues related to sources of renewable energy, energy storage and conservation.
Agronomics and energy sector partners support Griffith biogas and biohydrogen research
In collaboration with industry partners including sugar mills, wastewater treatment plants and farmers, Griffith researchers are working to help create sustainable energy solutions for industry and consumers.
Alongside industry partner MADE Energy, the research team is currently working on cost-effective and commercially competitive biohydrogen production technology. The centralised farm bio-hub will produce renewable hydrogen and ammonia from agricultural residue/biomass, combined with multipurpose energy crops.
The University is also a partner in the RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre, which aims to drive the development of clean energy solutions that are stable and economically viable.
Lead researcher: Associate Professor Prasad Kaparaju
Research institute: School of Engineering and Built Environment
Griffith leads global group developing and commercialising energy efficient diodes
A $1.3 million research collaboration led by Griffith University and Queensland Semiconductor Technology Pty Ltd, supported by Semefab Scotland and the Innovative Manufacturing CRC (IMCRC), is investigating the manufacture and performance of silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes, a key element in many power conversion systems.
SiC Schottky diodes are small semiconductor devices highly sought-after for applications including solar inverters, motor drives and electric vehicle chargers due to their incredible thermal conductivity.
With the funding support of IMCRC, the researchers have been able to trial production and accelerate the commercialisation of the new SiC technology, which is set to improve the overall cost of semiconductor devices used in energy-efficient technologies.
Lead researcher: Professor Sima Dimitrijev
Research institute: Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre
From humble hair to high-tech water sensor
Griffith University researchers have used human hair waste to develop sustainable organic hi-tech devices for water quality testing of contaminants.
Developing sensors to monitor the amount of chlorine used in treatment and the by-product concentrations in real-time is of critical importance to public health.
Professor Qin Li and a team of researchers from the School of Engineering and Built Environment and Queensland University of Technology synthesised carbon dots from human hair waste which can detect trace amounts of chloroform in water, a major by-product of water disinfection.
Carbon dots are small carbon nanoparticles with varying functional groups on the surface and the ability to fluoresce when exposed to a range of chemical and biochemical contaminants.
Lead researcher: Professor Qin Li
Research institute: Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre
Cheaper and better solar cells on the horizon
Griffith University scientists are bringing a new generation of cheaper, more sustainable and efficient solar cells a step closer.
Researchers at Griffith University’s Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy have collaborated with the University of Queensland and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in modifying a nanomaterial to create solar cells as efficient as silicon-based cells, but without the latter’s high cost and complex manufacturing.
The research tackles a pressing need for environmentally friendly energy sources that provide efficient and reliable energy production, while also contributing to the global push to develop sustainable, low-cost replacements for current silicon-based technology.
Lead researcher: Associate Professor Yun Wang
Research institute: Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy
Griffith researchers a step closer to eco-friendly hydrogen fuel production
Griffith University researchers are aiming to unlock a catalytic process that will enhance the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen and bring Australia a step closer to creating clean efficient hydrogen fuel.
Professor Huijun Zhao and Dr Yuhai Dou from the Centre for Clean Environment and Energy are the first to fully unleash the power of nanobelts made from cobalt and selenium as an electrocatalyst for the oxidation or breakdown of water.
With hydrogen an essential part of the Australian Government’s future energy strategy, their work brings Australian capability to meet the challenge of eco-friendly and efficient hydrogen production a step closer to reality.
Lead researchers: Professor Huijun Zhao and Dr Yuhai Dou
Research institute: Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy
Griffith forms global energy research group comprising sector stakeholders, experts
Griffith Business School has established a new research and policy hub to help create sustainable energy solutions.
The Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research (CAEEPR) is a collaboration with industry partners from the energy sector including Stanwell, CS Energy, Iberdrola, CleanCo, King & Wood Malleson and the Queensland Treasury Corporation.
CAEEPR is home to the country’s leading energy industry experts, including Professor Simshauser, Associate Professor Tim Nelson, Associate Professor Joel Gilmore and Dr Phillip Wild.
Griffith University’s world-class research will contribute to policy advice and thought leadership, helping guide Australia’s transition to clean power generation and transmission.
Research institute: The Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research
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