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15th Annual International Electromaterials Science Symposium 3 – 5 February 2021
University of Wollongong Deakin University Monash University University of Tasmania Australian National University University of Melbourne Swinburne University of Technology La Trobe University Dublin City University Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen Hanyang University University of Warwick Yokohama National University
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Symposium Program
15th Annual Electromaterials Symposium Program
DRAFT Program
Wednesday 3rd – Friday 5th February 2021
All Times Listed are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)
Day 1: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Session 1 - Chair: Prof Jenny Pringle
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1:30pm Professor Gordon Wallace, ACES Director: Opening Remarks
1.40pm Professor Liming Dai, University of New South Wales, Australia (15 min talk + 5 min
Q&A)
Carbon-Based Catalysts for Metal-Free Electrocatalysis
2.00pm Professor John Madden, University of British Colombia, Canada (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Soft Sensors: Robot skin and Piezoionics
2:20pm Professor Zaiping Guo, University of Wollongong, Australia (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Development of Aqeous Zinc-Ion Batteries with Long Cycle Stability
2:40pm Professor Debbie Silvester-Dean, Curtin University, Australia (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Poly(ionic liquids) as Electrochemical Sensor Materials
3.00pm Dr Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo, Deakin University, Australia (10 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Electrolyte/Electrode Interface in Sodium-O2 Batteries
3:15pm Professor Simon Moulton, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia (10 min talk + 5
min Q&A)
Ultra-Low Fouling Electrodes
3:30pm Break
Session 2 - Chair: A/Prof Jeremy Crook
3:50pm Professor Linda Hancock, Deakin University, Australia (10 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Markets, Materials and Ethics: Lithium and Solar
4:05pm Dr Eva Tomaskovic-Crook, University of Wollongong, Australia (10 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Building Electric Tissues Using Advanced Wireless Electrostimulation
4:20pm Professor Matthias Driess, Technical University of Berlin (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
How to Boost Electrocatalysts for Chemical Energy Storage by a Soft Molecular Precursor
Approach
4:40pm Professor David Mecerreyes, POLYMAT (Basque Center for Macromolecular Design &
Engineering), Spain (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Design of Polymeric Corrosion Inhibitors based on Ionic Coumarate Groups
5:00pm Day 1 Finish
Day 2: Thursday 4th February 2021
9:00am to Virtual Theme Meetings (Arranged and Hosted by Theme Leaders – INTERNAL TO
11:00am ACES ONLY)
Special Session 1 – Chair: Prof Gordon Wallace
Panel Session – Positioning Research for Translation with Paul Barrett (IP Group), Dr
11:00am –
Charlie Day (Jupiter Ionics Pty Ltd), Prof Maria Skyllas-Kazacos (University of New
12:00pm
South Wales) and Dr Pia Winberg (Venus Shell Systems)
Session 3 – Chair: Dr Eva Tomaskovic-Crook
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2:00pm Associate Professor Carmel Majidi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (15 min talk + 5 min
Q&A)
Soft-Matter Engineering for Robotics and Wearables
2:20pm Prof Seon Jeong Kim, Hanyang University, South Korea (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Self-Powered Carbon Nanotube Yarn Article Muscle
2:40pm Emma James, University of Wollongong, Australia (10 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Direct Piezoelectricity for Neural and Cardiac Tissue Bioengineering
2:55pm Prof Michael Higgins, University of Wollongong, Australia (10 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Understanding Cell-Material Interactions, One Molecule at a Time
3:10pm Prof Jenny Pringle, Deakin University, Australia (10 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Development of New Solid and Liquid Electrolytes by Tailoring the Cation, Anion and Molecular
Structure
3:25pm Break
Session 4 - Chair: Dr Chong Yong Lee
3:40pm Dr Vini Gautam, University of Melbourne, Australia (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Semiconducting Nanowires for Neural Tissue Engineering
4:00pm Professor Robert Forster, Dublin City University, Ireland (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
3D Electrodes for Electrochemiluminescence and Electrocatalysis
4:20pm Professor Peter Strasser, Technical University of Berlin, Germany (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Electrolytic Hydrogen Production from Purified and Saline Water: From Electrocatalytic
Fundamentals to Electrolyzer Cell Designs
4:40pm Professor George Malliaras, University of Cambridge, UK (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A) –
Electronics on the Brain
5:00pm Day 2 Finish
Day 3: Friday 5th February 2021
ACES Showcase
9:30am –
ACES Symposium Poster Session, sponsored by ProDigitek
11:00am
Special Session 2 – Chair: Prof Jenny Pringle
11:00am – Panel Session – Careers in Research with Prof Debbie Silvester (Curtin University),
12:00pm Prof Susan Dodds (La Trobe University) and Prof John Madden (University of British
Columbia)
Session 1 – Chair: Prof David Officer
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2:00pm
Welcome and Introduction
Professor Gordon Wallace, ACES Director
Electromaterials - Theme Leader: Professor David Officer
• Dr Pawel Wagner – University of Wollongong (7 min): Working with MOF Interfaces
• Dr Faezeh Makhlooghi Azad – Deakin University (7 min): Thermal and Transport
2:10pm Properties of a Novel Zwitterion-Based Electrolytes
• Dmitrii Rakov – Deakin University (7 min): Molecular Level Electrode/Electrolyte
Interface Engineering with High-Salt Contained Ionic Liquids for the Optimization of
Metal Anode Battery Performance
Electrofluidics and Diagnostics - Theme Leader: Professor Brett Paull
• Dr Arushi Manchanda – University of Tasmania (7 min): Direct Analysis of Swabbed
Samples Using Thread-Based Analytical Systems
2:35pm • Liang Chen – University of Tasmania (7 min): Thread-Based Isotachophoresis Clean-
Up and Trapping of Alkaloids using Nanoparticle Modified Thread followed by DESI-MS
Analysis
• Liang Wu – University of Wollongong (7 min): A Nylon Fibre-Based Isotachophoresis
Microfluidic Approach for Isolation and Concentration of Nucleic Acids
Soft Robotics - Theme Leader: Professor Gursel Alici
• Hao Zhou - University of Wollongong (7 min): A 3D-Printed Soft Robotic Prosthetic
Hand with Embedded Soft Sensors to Improve Pattern Recognition Based Myoelectric
Control
3:00pm • Gerardo Gurrola Montoya - University of Wollongong (7 min): Adaptive Neural
Interface to Control Prosthetic Devices: Design, Fabrication and Performance Evaluation
(Update)
• Hong Quan Le - University of Wollongong (7 min): Improving Usability, Intuitiveness
of Controlling Prosthetic Hand via Non-Invasive Approach
3:25pm Break
Session 2 – Chair: Prof Maria Forsyth
Synthetic Energy Systems - Theme Leader: Professor Doug Macfarlane
• Dr Irina Simonova – Monash University (7 min): Li-Mediated Ammonia
Electrosynthesis in a Two-Electrode System at Ambient Temperate: A Cell Design
3:35pm • Linbo Li – Monash University (7 min): Decoupled Hydrophobic Framework for Long-
Acting Conversion of CO2 to ethylene
• Ghulam Murtaza Panhwar – Deakin University (7 min): Development of New Redox
Electrolytes for Thermal Energy Harvesting Device
Synthetic Bio Systems - Theme Leader: Professor Mark Cook
• Dr Saimon Silva – Swinburne University (7 min): Does Reduction of Liquid Crystal
Graphene Improve its Electrochemical Properties?
4:00pm • Dr Zhi Chen – University of Wollongong (7 min): Building Biomimetic Human Cornea
using Electro-Compacted Collagen
• Chunyan Qin – University of Wollongong (7 min): Bipolar Electroactive Conducting
Polymers for Wireless Cell Stimulation
Ethics Policy Public Engagement - Theme Leader: Professor Susan Dodds
• Dr Mary Walker – La Trobe University (7 min): Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based
4:25pm Systems for Personalising Epilepsy Treatment: Research Ethics Challenges and New
Insights for Personalised Medicine Ethics
• Linda Wollersheim – Deakin University (7 min): Marginalised by Big Grid Energy? The
Impact of Policy Barriers on Mid-Scale Renewables Projects
4:45pm ACES Symposium Poster Competition Awards, sponsored by ProDigitek
Closing Remarks
4:50pm Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte, NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer and Natural Resources
Commissioner
5:00pm Day 3 Finish
5:15pm IAC Virtual Meeting (By Invitation Only)
Invited Speakers Biographies & Abstracts
Liming Dai
Liming Dai joined University of New South Wales (UNSW) in early 2020 as an
Australian Laureate Fellow, Scientia Professor, and SHARP Professor. He is also
Director of the Australian Carbon Materials Centre (A-CMC). Before joining
UNSW, he spent 10 years with CSIRO (1992-2002) and was an associate
professor of polymer at the University of Akron (2002-2004), the Wright
Brothers Institute Endowed Chair Professor of Nanomaterials at the University
of Dayton (2004-2009), and the Kent Hale Smith Professor in the Department of
Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University
(2009-2019). He has published more than 500 referred papers with citations
88,888 and an h-index of 148 (Google Scholar). He is a ‘Highly Cited Researchers’
(Materials, Chemistry) and most recently receiving the 2019 IUMRS-Somiya
Award from the International Union of Materials Research Societies, and the 2019 Australian Laureate
Fellowship. He serves as an Associate Editor of Nano Energy, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry,
Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors, Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological
Engineering, Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, and Fellow of the International Association of
Advanced Materials.
Carbon-Based Catalysts for Metal-Free Electrocatalysis
Liming Dai
School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Email: l.dai@unsw.edu.au
Among the numerous electrocatalytic reactions, the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution
reaction (OER), and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are critical for clean and renewable energy
technologies. While these reactions show great promise toward solving global energy and environmental
challenges, they normally require noble-metal-based catalysts (e.g., Pt, Pd, RuO2, IrO2). The high cost of
precious metal-based catalysts and their limited reserve have precluded these renewable energy technologies
from large-scale applications. Therefore, it is highly desirable to develop alternative catalysts with superior
electrocatalytic performance, compared to noble-metal-based catalysts, and are also readily available and cost
effective with additional potential attributes beyond those of current-generation metal catalysts.
In 2009, we demonstrated that nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNTs) could be used as heteroatom-
doped metal-free carbon electrocatalysts to replace Pt for the ORR in fuel cells. The improved catalytic
performance was attributed to the doping-induced charge transfer from carbon atoms adjacent to the
nitrogen atoms to change the chemisorption mode of O2 and to readily attract electrons from the anode for
facilitating the ORR. More recent studies have further demonstrated that certain heteroatom/defect-doped
carbon nanomaterials could act as multifunctional metal-free electrocatalysts for ORR/OER in metal-air
batteries for energy storage, ORR/OER/HER for self-powered water-splitting to generate hydrogen fuel and
oxygen gas from water, and even CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to directly convert CO2 into fuel, leading to
a large variety of low-cost, highly-efficient and multifunctional electrocatalysts for clean and renewable
energy technologies.
In this talk, I will summarize some of our work on the carbon-based catalysts for metal-free
electrocatalysis in various energy-related reactions, along with an overview on the recent advances and
perspectives in this exciting field.Zaiping Guo
Prof. Zaiping Guo received a PhD in Materials Engineering from the University
of Wollongong in December 2003. She was an APD Fellow at University of
Wollongong, where she continued as a group leader from 2007. She is a
Distinguished Professor in the school of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic,
and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong. Her research focuses on
the design and application of nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion,
including rechargeable batteries, hydrogen storage, and fuel cells. She
published more than 450 papers in peer-reviewed Journals, more than 200
papers were published in journals with IF > 10, and these publications have been
cited >27,270 times with an h-index of 89. Her research achievements have been recognised through
numerous awards, including an ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship in 2010, an ARC Future Professorial
Fellowship in 2015, and the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher Award in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Development of aqueous zinc-ion batteries with long cycle stability
Junnan Hao, Xiaohui Zeng, Jianfeng Mao, Zaiping Guo*
Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, School
of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic, and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Information
Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
Email: zguo@uow.edu.au
Owing to the high capacity of the metallic Zn anode and intrinsically safe aqueous electrolyte, aqueous zinc
ion batteries are very attractive energy storage technology alternatives beyond lithium-ion batteries,
providing a cost benefit, high safety, and competitive energy density. There has been a new wave of research
interest across the family of Zn batteries, however, zinc ion batteries still suffer from limited cycle life and
low capacity, and the fundamental understanding of the Zn electrode and its performance improvement still
remain inconclusive. In this talk, I will present some of our recent progress in the development of advanced
aqueous zinc ion batteries via the introduction of electrolyte additives, employing high concentration
electrolytes, and building artificial solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layers.John Madden
John’s work on conducting polymers, carbon nanotubes, hydrogels, and soft
elastomers, including applications in artificial muscle, energy storage, solar energy
harvesting and soft robotics, matches the interests of the ACES team with whom
he has worked for many years. His team’s recent excursion into Bionics is seeking
methods of mending the spinal cord after injury, inspired by the Bionics theme at
Wollongong. John is the director of the Advanced Materials and Process
Engineering Laboratory at the University of British Columbia, a multidisciplinary
materials research centre. He is Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering,
and Associate Member of the School of Biomedical Engineering. Before joining UBC,
John obtained his PhD from the BioInstrumentation Laboratory at MIT and was a
Research Scientist there.
Soft Sensors: Robot skin and PiezoIonics
John D.W. Madden
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Advanced Materials & Process Engineering laboratory,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 Canada
Email: jmadden@ece.ubc.ca
The drive to make robots dexterous has created a need for tactile feedback – including skin that coats ‘fingers’
and perhaps other parts of the robot’s ‘body’. I present work from my team that uses soft, molded, capacitive
sensors to detect proximity, normal force and shear. These pattern the dielectric to improve sensitivity to
force. Transparent and stretchable versions that employ ionically conductive gels in place of metals, carbon
or indium tin oxide, are also demonstrated. Ionic liquid electrolytes can also act as conductors, be
transparent, and they don’t evaporate. Their conductivity is a strong function of temperature – but the
capacitive response is not. The ionic conductors turn out to be sensitive to pressure in their own right – when
pressed they generate a ‘piezoionic’ voltage, producing currents and potentials that are similar to those of
action potentials. In fact, they can even stimulate nerves directly. This opens the possibility of making very
soft and unpowered sensor arrays that can interact directly with the nervous system – with some
amplification needed if distances are significant, as in our own nervous system.Dr Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo
Dr. Pozo-Gonzalo works as Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Frontier
Materials, Deakin University in Melbourne (Australia). She attained her Degree
and honours in the University of Zaragoza (Spain). After graduating, she
received her PhD degree in Chemistry from the University of Manchester
(United Kingdom) working with Prof. Peter J. Skabara on the electrochemical
synthesis of Conducting Polymers. From 2004, she joined the Centre for
Electrochemical Technologies in San Sebastian, (Spain) as the Head of
Electrooptical unit where she stayed for 7 years, managing a total of 23
projects. After moving to Australia, she has been working with Prof. Alan Bond at Monash University and in
2012 she joined Deakin University where she has been working in reversible metal air battery with advanced
electrolytes, ionic liquids funded by ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES).
Currently, she leads research on the use of ionic liquid electrolytes for energy storage devices, especially for
metal oxygen technologies. In the last years, she has been focusing on circular economy in energy materials
and she is presently working on the recovery of critical raw materials from spent batteries using sustainable
methods. At Deakin University, she is also a theme champion for energy materials as part of the University’s
Circular Economy mission pillar. She is a board member of the Journal Sustainable Chemistry and guest editor
of a special issue: “Circular Economy in Energy Storage Materials”.
During her research career, she has authored and co-authored more than 80 peer-review international
publications, two book chapter and holds 3 patents.
Electrolyte/Electrode Interface in Sodium-O2 Batteries
Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo, Laura Garcia-Quintana, The An Ha, Patrick C. Howlett
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, 3200, Institute
for Frontier Materials (Australia)
e-mail address: cpg@deakin.edu.au
The increasing energy demand requires new and sustainable energy storage technologies to meet future
needs. Metal-O2 batteries are especially attractive due to their superior specific energy related to the use of
a light metallic anode, and the use of oxygen as active materials in the cathode, which is not stored within
the battery. Among those chemistries, sodium-oxygen present high specific energy (e.g. 1605 or 1108 Wh
kg1, depending on the final discharge product) but also low production cost and the abundance of sodium.
Unfortunately, there are still some major drawbacks in Na-air batteries such as electrolyte stability, side
reaction products or dendrites growth on the sodium metal.
Ionic liquids are an interesting alternative to common electrolytes, being capable of stabilize the oxygen
electrogenerated species, and increase the overall safety in the battery due to their superior electrochemical
and thermal stability. Our research has been focused on understanding the impact of the electrolyte
chemistry and composition, and the subsequent effect on the discharge products composition and
morphology covering ionic liquids and hybrid (glyme: ionic liquids) electrolytes.Debbie S. Silvester
Assoc. Prof. Debbie Silvester is an electrochemist and ARC Future Fellow in the School
of Molecular and Life Sciences at Curtin University, Perth. She completed her DPhil
(PhD) at the University of Oxford, UK, then spent a short time as an intern for
Schumberger Cambridge Research, before arriving at Curtin University as a Curtin
Research Fellow. In 2012, she was awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Research
Award (DECRA) and in 2017, an ARC Future Fellowship.
She is a recipient of various awards including the 2019 Rennie Memorial Medal from the Royal Australian
Chemical Institute (RACI), a 2019 WA Young Tall Poppy award, the 2017 Peter W. Alexander Medal from the
Analytical & Environmental Division of the RACI, the 2013 AM Bond medal from the Electrochemistry Division
of the RACI, 2013 finalist for the Woodside Early Career Researcher of the Year (WA Science Awards).
Currently, she is the secretary for the Electrochemistry Division of the RACI, the Australia/New Zealand
representative for the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), and is a member of the editorial board
for Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Chemistry.
Poly(ionic liquids) as Electrochemical Sensor Materials
Debbie S. Silvester,1 Simon Doblinger,1 Catherine E. Hay,1 Liliana Tomé,2 David Mecerreyes2
1
School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. 2Institute for Polymer
Materials (POLYMAT), University of the Basque Country, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
Email: d.silvester-dean@curtin.edu.au
Poly(ionic liquid)s (PILs) are polyelectrolytes that combine the promising characteristics of ionic liquids –
intrinsic conductivity, chemical and thermal stability, wide electrochemical windows, tunability of the
structure – and the physical stability of polymers. They have been employed for various applications, and are
quite widely used as membranes for efficient gas sorption and separation and in flexible electronics. PILs
have also been employed in electrochemical sensors, but their use in amperometric gas sensors has not yet
been discussed.
In this presentation, I will describe the applicability of PIL/ionic liquid (IL) mixtures as robust materials for
amperometric gas sensing using oxygen and sulfur dioxide as analytes. Different mixing ratios of the PIL with
the IL were investigated to find the right balance that gives adequate robustness, conductivity and sensitivity.
The voltametric behaviour of oxygen and sulfur dioxide at different concentrations show linear calibration
graphs and excellent limits of detection, despite the more viscous (gel-type) electrolytes having increased
viscosities. The potential windows are also explored, revealing that these PIL/IL mixtures are suitable for the
sensing of different redox active species over a wide potential range. Overall, these materials show much
promise for use as electrolytes in highly robust amperometric gas sensing devices.Professor Simon E. Moulton
Prof Moulton obtained his PhD from the University of Wollongong (UoW) in
2002. He then worked (Dec 2002 – Dec 2014) in numerous research positions
within the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) and the ARC Centre of
Excellence for Electromaterials. In December 2014 he was recruited by
Swinburne University of Technology (SUT) Melbourne to a strategic appointment
of Professor of Biomedical Electromaterials Science. He also holds an Honorary
Professor position within the Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM)
and IPRI at UoW. He is Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for
Electromaterials Science (ACES) and ACES Node Leader at SUT where he
manages research activities undertaken within the Synthetic Biosystems and
Electrofluidics and Diagnostics programs. He is the Bioengineering Program Leader of SUT’s Iverson Health
Innovation Research Institute. He has published over 130 manuscripts, has a h-index of 47 with approx. 6200
citations and has been awarded over $30 million in research funding.
Ultra-low fouling electrodes
Saimon M. Silva, George W. Greene, Pauline E. Desroches, Clayton S. Manasa, Jessair Dennaoui, Mathew J.
Russo, Mingyu Han, Anita F. Quigley, Robert M. I. Kapsa and Simon E. Moulton
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Vic, Australia
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Vic, Australia
Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery (ACMD), St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Vic, Australia
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Email: smoulton@swin.edu.au
The ability to prevent or minimize the accumulation of unwanted
biological materials (fouling) on electrode surfaces is important in
maintaining their long-term function. To address this issue there
has been a focus on materials, both biological and synthetic, that
have the potential to prevent device fouling. In this presentation,
I will highlight some of our group’s work where we have
developed an efficient anti-fouling surface that employs the
glycoprotein, lubricin (LUB), and which generates low impedance
layers compatible with electrochemical applications. We have
also evaluated the ability of LUB to attached to a wide range of
surfaces as well as its ability to form anti-fouling layers whilst maintaining stable electrochemical
performance of electrodes in simulated body fluids. The size selective anti-fouling properties (Figure 1) of
LUB will be discussed in the context of implantable electrodes as well as sensors.
Figure 1. Schematic illustrating the size-selective transport properties of the LUB, telechelic brush coating.
The size-selective transport properties are derived from the very low chain density of the LUB “mucin
domain” loops (>95% water) and the low surface coverage of the adhered end domain regions on the
surface (Prof. Linda Hancock
Professor Linda Hancock is a Chief Investigator of ACES in the Ethics, Policy
and Public Engagement (EPPE) team at the Australian Research Council
Centre of Excellence for Electromaterial Science (ACES). She was
appointed Professor in Public Policy at the Alfred Deakin Institute for
Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University. Current roles include
IPCC report reviews and Director on a wind farm about to embark on 5MW
of solar.
• International Reviewer: First and Second Order Drafts (FOD) of the
Working Group II (WGII) Contribution to the IPCC Sixth
Assessment Report (AR6) on Climate Change Adaptation[2019-2021]
• Reviewer of the First and Second Order Draft (FOD) of the Working Group III (WGIII) Contribution to
the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).[2020-2021]
• Director, Board of Hepburn Wind now Hepburn Energy (current)
Markets, Minerals and Ethics: Lithium and Solar
Prof. Linda Hancock
ACES EPPE Deakin University
Email: linda.hancock@deakin.edu.au
For decades Australia has been a “quarry” oriented to extractive industry raw materials exports and not a
nation pursuing strategic resource nationalism and vertically integrated energy product/device
manufacturing export industries. Why is this so and what does the shifting momentum internationally
towards renewable energy mean for RE in Australia and RE researchers? How can research be more closely
coupled to future minrals resource strengths? What are the risks and the unknowns? How can circular
economy be a driver rather than a post hoc accounting, public relations offset?
Researchers want to back winners. How can we understand how minerals/RE product markets work, so as
to position research and innovation for commercial success, and to make a difference to sustainability of
the planet?
The paper has three main sections.
1. The social construction of markets in minerals. Can such markets be ethical? Why does fossil fuel
resource nationalism prevail in Australia, even when other major economies internationally,
finance and insurance and major investor funds are moving out of fossil fuels in support of
renewables?
2. What accounts for the volatility in lithium markets globally and in Australia?
3. How are solar PV markets structured?
How can research be more closely coupled to future resource strengths? What ethical/governance rules
would be facilitative? What are the risks and the known unknowns? How can circular economy be a driver
rather than a post hoc accounting, public relations offset?.
Eva Tomaskovic-Crook
Dr Eva Tomaskovic-Crook is a Research Fellow within the Synthetic Biosystems
theme of ACES at the University of Wollongong. Eva’s research brings together
front-line technologies human stem cells with cell instructive bio- and electro-
materials for next generation tissue building. Her approach includes novel 3D-
printing, stem-cell derived organoidogenesis, and conventional and wireless
electrostimulation, particularly for neural tissue engineering and application –
including drug/toxicity testing, medical device development, disease diagnostics,
tissue replacement therapy, and regenerative medicine.
Eva’s work within ACES is enabling her to apply and further develop her experience
and interests in human cell biology, neurobiology, biomaterials, and electro-/pharmaceuticals research.
Recent highlights include the development of a novel method for generating human brain organoids and an
innovative platform for creating human neural tissues by 3D electrical stimulation of stem cells.
Building Electric Tissues Using Advanced Wireless Electrostimulation
Eva Tomaskovic-Crook, Sam JC Rathbone, Emma C James, Sky Jay, Jeremy M Crook
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM Facility,
University of Wollongong, 2500 Wollongong, Australia
Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, 2500 Wollongong, Australia
Email: evatc@uow.edu.au
Endogenous electric fields are important in the physiology and development of human tissues such as
embryonic and fetal development, and tissue regeneration for wound healing. Accordingly, electrical
stimulation (ES) is increasingly being applied to influence cell behaviour and function for a biomimetic
approach to in vitro cell culture and tissue engineering. Wireless ultrasound-mediated direct piezoelectric-
stimulation (USPZ), whereby ultrasound energy is converted to electrical charge, is an emergent neural
interface technology for neural stimulation with promising clinical application. Building on our initial studies
of USPZ of human neural stem cells, we have developed a proprietary electrically conductive biogel
comprising piezoelectric nanoparticles to wirelessly and electrically stimulate tissues to augment human
tissue building for advanced modelling and replacement therapy. The technology may be applied for both
research and translational interventions, including modelling neurological and non-neurological tissue
development and (dys)function, drug augmentation, electroceuticals and regenerative medicine.Matthias Driess
Matthias Driess is a full professor of metalorganics and
inorganic materials at the Department of Chemistry of
Technische Universität Berlin in Germany since 2005. He
obtained his PhD degree and completed his habilitation at
the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He serves as a
deputy of the Cluster of Excellence UniSysCat and is a
Director of the UniSysCat-BASF SE joint lab BasCat, and of
the Chemical Invention Factory (CIF) for Start-ups in Green
Chemistry. He is a member of the German National
Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), the Berlin-Brandenburg
Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the European Academy of Sciences.
For details see: https://www.metallorganik.tu-berlin.de/menue/home/parameter/en/
How to Boost Electrocatalysts for Chemical Energy Storage by a Soft Molecular Precursor
Approach
Matthias Driess, Prashanth W. Menezes, Shenglai Yao
Technical University of Berlin, Department of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Secr. C2,
Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin (Germany)
Email: matthias.driess@tu-berlin.de
Using suitable molecular precursors for functional inorganic nanomaterial synthesis allows for reliable
control over composition and uniform particle size distribution, which can help to reach desired chemical
and physical properties. In my talk I would like to outline advantages and challenges of the molecular
precursor approach in light of selected recent developments of molecule-to-nanostructured materials
synthesis for renewable energy applications, relevant for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen
evolution reaction (HER) and overall water-splitting. Electrochemical water-splitting into hydrogen (H2) and
oxygen (O2) is widely regarded as a promising approach to producing environmentally-friendly fuels for
energy supply. In the recent years, inexpensive, earth-abundant and environmentally benign main-group-
and transition-metal-containing materials such as chalcogenides, pnictides and other functional materials in
conjunction with semiconducting co-catalysts that can independently catalyze OER and HER have been
established. Still a main hurdle towards technological use on a large scale is to provide reliable catalyst
systems for HER, OER and overall water-splitting which are not ‘only’ efficient but also robust and long-term
stable in a variable pH range under harsh reaction conditions, at least for several months without losing
activity.Prof. David Mecerreyes
PhD in polymer chemistry by the University of Liege (Belgium) in 1998. Then he
carried out a post-doctoral stay at IBM Almaden Research Center and Stanford
University in California. Back to Spain he worked for 10 years in CIDETEC. In 2011
he became Ikerbasque Research Professor at POLYMAT (www.polymat.eu),
University of the Basque Country. Since then he coordinates the Innovative
Polymers Group and acts as scientific vice-director of POLYMAT. His research
interests include the synthesis of innovative polymers for energy and
bioelectronics. In particular his team is dedicated to polymer chemistry of innovative redox polymers,
poly(ionic liquid)s, iongels and conducting polymers. He is co-author of more than 320 scientific articles. Co-
founder of the start-up company POLYKEY.
http://www.polymat.eu/en/groups/innovative-polymers-group
https://polykey.eu
Design of Polymeric Corrosion Inhibitors based on Ionic Coumarate Groups
Esther Udabe, Anthony Somers, Maria Forsyth, and David Mecerreyes
POLYMAT University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastian 20018, Spain;
IKERBASQUE Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
Email: david.mecerreues@ehu.es
Efficient, environmentally friendly organic corrosion inhibitors are being sought in order to mitigate the
economic loss caused by mild-steel corrosion. In this presentation we will discuss several synthetic strategies
for developing monomeric ionic coumarate corrosion inhibitors and their integration into polymer coatings.
First, we investigated how the chemical structure of the coumarate monomeric inhibitors affected its
performance as molecular corrosion inhibitor. The corrosion inhibition performance on a mild steel AS1020
surface of the three coumarate compounds when added to a chloride contaminated aqueous solution was
investigated by potentiodynamic polarization,
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and surface
analyses. Secondly, we investigated the introduction of the
monomers including coumarate groups into acrylic-UV
polymer coatings with excellent anti-corrosion properties.
This presentation herein will show that, the design of
polymeric corrosion inhibitors which combine the barrier
properties of the polymer coating and the anticorrosion
effect of the organic inhibitor is a powerful strategy against
corrosion.
References
1. E. Udabe, M. Forsyth, A. Sommers, D. Mecerreyes “Metal-free coumarate based ionic liquids and
poly(ionic liquid)s as corrosion inhibitors” Mater. Adv. 2020, 1, 584-589
2. E. Udabe, M. Forsyth, A. Sommers, D. Mecerreyes “Cation Effect in the corrosion Inhibition
Properties of coumarate ionic liquids and acrylic UV-Coatings” Polymers 2020, 12, 2611
3. E. Udabe, M. Forsyth, A. Sommers, D.Mecerreyes “Design of Polymeric Corrosion Inhibitors based
on Ionic Coumarate Groups” submitted 2021.Carmel Majidi
Carmel Majidi is the Clarence H. Adamson Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University,
where he leads the Soft Machines Lab. His lab is dedicated to the discovery of novel material architectures
that allow machines and electronics to be soft, elastically deformable, and biomechanically compatible.
Currently, his research is focused on fluid-filled elastomers that exhibit unique combinations of mechanical,
electrical, and thermal properties and can function as “artificial” skin, nervous tissue, and muscle for soft
robotics and wearables. Carmel has received grants from industry and federal agencies along with early
career awards from DARPA, ONR, AFOSR, and NASA to explore challenges in soft-matter engineering and
robotics. Prior to arriving at CMU, Prof. Majidi had postdoctoral appointments at Harvard and Princeton
Universities and received his PhD in Electrical Engineering at UC Berkeley.
Soft-Matter Engineering for Robotics & Wearables
Carmel Majidi
Carnegie Mellon University
Progress in soft lithography and soft materials integration have led to extraordinary new classes of soft-
matter sensors, circuits, and transducers. These material technologies are composed almost entirely out of
soft matter – elastomers, gels, and conductive fluids like eutectic gallium-indium (EGaIn) – and represent the
building blocks for machines and electronics that are soft, flexible, and stretchable. Because of their intrinsic
compliance and elasticity, such devices can be incorporated into soft, biologically-inspired robots or be worn
on the body and operate continuously without impairing natural body motion. In this talk, I will review recent
contributions from my research group in creating soft multifunctional materials for wearable electronics and
soft robotics using these emerging practices in “soft-matter engineering.” In particular, I will focus on
elastomer composites and microfluidic EGaIn architectures for highly stretchable digital electronics,
wearable energy harvesting, and electrically-responsive actuation. When possible, I will relate the design
and operation of these soft-matter technologies to underlying principles of soft matter physics and practices
in controls and machine. In addition to presenting my own research in the field, I will also briefly review
broader efforts and emerging challenges in utilizing soft electronic materials for applications in wearable
electronics and soft robotics.Prof. Seon Jeong Kim
Prof Seon Jeong Kim is HYU Distinguished Professor at Hanyang University
and Director of National Creative Research Initiative Center for Self-Powered
Actuation in Korea. His research has focused on artificial muscle as a
biomimetic system; the fabrication of materials that can be driven by power
sources and the investigation into artificial muscle system that can control the
contraction and relaxation of artificial muscle, and on self-powered system like
sensors, energy harvesters, and storages. He has published more 200 peer-
reviewed papers in the area of biomedical engineering and nanotechnology.
Homepage: hattp://nbt.hanyang.ac.kr
Self-Powered Carbon Nanotube Yarn Artificial Muscle
Seon Jeong Kim
HYU Distinguished Professor, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
Director, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Self-Powered Actuation in Korea
E-mail: sjk@hanyang.ac.kr
Artificial muscle is materials or devices that can be driven by an external stimulus as a reversible movement.
Carbon nanotube artificial muscles using contraction, relaxation, bending, or rotation and powered by
electricity, light, or heat are well known. Here, carbon nanotube yarn energy harvesters which
electrochemically convert tensile or torsional mechanical energy directly into electrical energy. Unlike other
harvesters, torsional rotation results in both tensile and torsional energy harvesting and no bias voltage is
required, even when electrochemically operating in sea water. Since homochiral and heterochiral coiled
harvester yarns provide oppositely directed potential changes when stretched, both electrodes contribute
to output power in a solid-state, dual-electrode yarn. The harvesters are scalable in output energy per cycle
to the micron diameters needed for harvesting energy in textiles, and arrays of individual small diameter
harvesters would provide effectively unlimited upwards scalability in output power. Use of the tensile energy
harvesters as self-powered sensors and as artificial-muscle-powered converters of temperature fluctuations
to electrical energy are demonstrated. Future applications of the harvesters might result from their high
gravimetric power densities, the giant stroke, the broad frequency range, their operation in other electrolytes
without need for an external bias potential, and their scalability from micron-scale-diameter harvesters.Emma C. James
Emma is a second year PhD student at the University of Wollongong.
Emma obtained a Bachelor of Medical and Health Science (Honours I)
(Dean’s Scholar) also at the University of Wollongong with her honours
project focusing on electrical stimulation for neural tissue engineering
and remodelling. For her PhD project she is extending this research by
investigating the effects of electrical stimulation for cardiac tissue
engineering.
Direct Piezoelectricity for Neural and Cardiac Tissue Bioengineering
Emma C. James, Eva Tomaskovic-Crook, Jeremy M. Crook
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM Facility,
University of Wollongong, 2500 Wollongong, Australia
ecj810@uowmail.edu.au
Directed differentiation methods allow acquisition of high-purity neural and cardiac tissue derived from
human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) which has demonstrated enormous potential for patient-
specific, regenerative medicine strategies. However, the immature characteristics of hiPSC-derived tissue
remains a significant issue for the field. Electrical stimulation has the potential to augment the induction and
function of hiPSC-derived tissue, in particular when combined with 3D cell culture systems. Our proprietary
ultrasound-mediated direct piezoelectric (USPZ) stimulation combines high spatial resolution with wireless
technology, offering a novel approach to in vitro and in vivo cell stimulation. The technology has a wide range
of applications in addition to neural and cardiac tissue engineering including wireless stimulation for restoring
damaged tissue and augmented pharmacotherapeutics. We have shown that 3D USPZ provides a workable
platform for augmenting 3D neuronal and cardiac induction, as well as proof of concept for other tissue
engineering and modelling purposes. The translational applications of physiologically relevant 3D neural and
cardiac tissue include disease modelling, drug discovery and cell therapy for regenerative medicine.Michael Higgins
Prof. Michael Higgins is based in the Australian Institute for Innovative
Materials, University of Wollongong, Australia, and currently a
Professorial Fellow and Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow
and previously awarded an ARC Australia Research Fellowship. He is a
chief investigator on both the ARC Centre of Excellence for
Electromaterials and ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub. He
has ~ 130 publications and 4556 citations, with h-index of 37, and his
work features in journals such as Materials Today, Biomaterials,
Advanced Functional Materials, JACS, PRL, Small, Chemistry of Materials,
ACS Nano, Nanoletters and Nature Communications. His research focuses on development of surfaces,
materials and coatings for biomedical, environmental and industrial applications, with an underlying theme
of understanding how biological systems interact with artificial materials. The research contributes to our
understanding of interactions and forces in biology, particularly the molecular mechanisms by which living
cells recognize and adhere to surfaces. Current applications include biomaterials, blood contact surfaces,
antifouling and antimicrobials and are critically dependent on understanding and controlling interactions at
the biological-material interface such as protein adsorption and cell adhesion. Thus, the research has
developed extensive protocol and techniques based on bio-atomic force microscopy and various other
scanning probe microscopies to directly measure single molecule and cell interactions with chemically
modified surfaces and materials under development.
Understanding Cell – Material Interactions, One Molecule at a Time.
Michael J. Higgins
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES), Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM
Facility, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Email: mhiggins@uow.edu.au
The force sensing complexes of living cells, comprising integrins, focal adhesions and interconnected
intracellular proteins, are inherently structured at the nanoscale (e.g. single integrins) through to microscale
(e.g. focal adhesions) and single cell level. In particular, the nanoscale sensing capabilities of cells are
essential for controlling the response of cells to materials. Complex surfaces and materials, including
polymers and biomaterials, show heterogeneous properties on the nanoscale yet the effects of their
interactions with cell surface molecules distributed on an equivalent length scale are not well understood.
For example, the bulk chemistry or modulus of a material substrate may not adequately describe the
contributions from the nanoscale, e.g. single chain properties, which may have significant effects on the cell-
material interactions. Here, we will present approaches based on Single Cell Force Spectroscopy (see Figure)
that is used to directly probe single
molecule dynamics, interactions and
forces of single living cells at material
surfaces. We highlight experimental
studies on directly measuring the cell
adhesion forces on various materials,
including chemically modified silica
nanoparticles, conducting polymers,
piezoelectric polymers and hydrogels.Prof Jenny Pringle
Prof Jenny Pringle works in the Institute for Frontier Materials at Deakin
University, Melbourne. She is a chief investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence
for Electromaterials Science and in the Industrial Transformation Training Centre
“StorEnergy”. She received her degree and PhD at The University of Edinburgh in
Scotland before moving to Monash University in Melbourne, Australia in 2002.
From 2008-2012 she held an ARC QEII Fellowship, investigating the use of ionic
electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells. Prof Pringle moved to Deakin University
in 2013. There she leads research into the development of new ionic liquids and
organic ionic plastic crystals for applications including thermal energy harvesting,
gas separation membranes, lithium and sodium batteries.
Development of new solid and liquid electrolytes by tailoring the cation, anion and molecular
structure
Jenny Pringle, Faezeh Makhlooghiazad, Ruhamah Yunis, Danah Al-Masri, Tony Hollenkamp and
Maria Forsyth
Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia.
Email: jenny.pringle@deakin.edu.au
It is now well known that the nature of the cations and anions used to make ionic liquid (IL) electrolytes can
have a significant impact on their chemical and physical properties. The same is true for organic ionic plastic
crystals (OIPCs); these salts are structurally analogous to ILs and but they are solid at room temperature and
display dynamics that can allow their use as solid state electrolytes. However, the structure-property
relationships are arguably even less well understood in OIPCs.
Furthermore, a new and to-date unexplored family of materials can be created by tethering the cation and
anion together to form zwitterions. Zwitterionic materials can exhibit unique characteristics and are tuneable
by variation to the covalently bound cationic and anionic moieties. Despite the breadth of properties and
potential uses of zwitterions reported to-date, for electrolyte applications they have thus-far primarily been
used as additives. However, zwitterions offer intriguing promise as electrolyte matrix materials that are non-
volatile, and charged but non-migrating.
This presentation will give an overview of our recent work making new families of non-volatile electrolytes
based on ILs, OIPCs and zwitterions. Progress towards understanding the impact of ionic and molecular
structure on the electrolyte properties and performance in applications such as lithium metal batteries will
be discussed.Dr Vini Gautam
Dr. Vini Gautam is a lecturer and ARC DECRA fellow in the
department of Biomedical Engineering within the Melbourne
School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne. Dr Gautam
completed her PhD in Materials Science in 2014 from Jawaharlal
Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in India where she
developed bionic vision devices based on optoelectronic materials.
She then moved to Canberra at the Australian National University
and since has been focused on developing nano-scaffolds to
engineer the growth of neuronal cells.
Semiconducting nanowires for neural tissue engineering
Vini Gautam
University of Melbourne
vini.gautam@unimelb.edu.au
In this talk I will demonstrate the use of semiconducting nanowires as topographical cues to guide the
formation of functional neural networks. Engineering neuronal circuits on artificial substrates using external
parameters provides insights into designing regenerative implants to interface with the nervous system. Here
I will present vertically aligned semiconductor nanowires for guiding growth of neural networks in neuronal
cell cultures from rodent brains. Our results show that nanowires act as nanoscale topographical cues for
neuronal growth, resulting in a directional growth of the processes and highly interconnected neuronal
network. Our studies confirm that the alignment of cellular processes along nanowire patterns produces a
highly interconnected neural network and correlates with a synchronized activity between cells. I will also
present some of the recent insights into the mechanisms behind these observations.Robert Forster
Robert Forster holds a Personal Chair (Full Professor, Physical Chemistry) within
the School of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University and recently
completed a term as Director of the National Centre for Sensor Research. In
2020 he was elected to the Royal Irish Academy which is considered the highest
academic honour in Ireland. He has served as DCU Dean of Research and
Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science and Health with responsibility for
research. He was co-author of the successful proposals to establish the
National Centre for Sensor Research, the NanoBiophotonics and Imaging
Centre, the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, the NanoBioAnalytical Research
Facility and the Future Neuro Centre that collectively received more than €60m
in funding. He is the author/co-author of more than 250 manuscripts and reviews (H-Index 48, >8,600
citations) and has been a Visiting Scientist to the California Institute of Technology and the University of
California at Berkeley. He received the President’s Research Award. Forster’s research focuses on the
creation of novel materials that have useful electronic or photonic properties because they are highly ordered
on the molecular length scale. These materials, that include surface active transition metal complexes,
metallopolymers and nanocavity arrays and metal nanoparticle composites. These materials are rationally
designed for applications in molecule-based electronics, display devices and have produced sensors with
attomolar limits of detection.
3D Electrodes for Electrochemiluminescence and Electrocatalysis
Samantha Douman, Stephen Beirne, Ellie Stepaniuk, Miren Ruiz De Eguilaz, Gordon G. Wallace, Zhilian Yue,
Emmanuel I. Iwuoha, Loanda Cumba and Robert J. Forster
National Centre for Sensor Research, Chemistry Department, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
Email: Robert.Forster@dcu.ie
3D electrodes can significantly enhance the performance of a wide range of electrochemical processes from
highly sensitive electrochemical and electrochemiluminescent detection of disease biomarkers to
sustainability challenges such as carbon dioxide reduction. Their advantages over planar electrodes include
enhanced mass transport and high surface areas within a small volume. Moreover, in bipolar
electrochemistry they open up the possibility of tuning the local electric field strength so as to control the
type and rates of electrochemiluminescent reactions.
In this contribution, we discuss the properties of a 3D titanium array for
electrochemiluminescence, ECL, generation from ruthenium tris-bpy
type systems through both co-reactant and annihilation mechanisms.
Significantly, the presence on an oxide layer inhibits water reduction
allowing ECL generation in aqueous solutions without the need for a co-
reactant through annihilation of electrogenerated [Ru(bpy)3]1+ and
[Ru(bpy)3]3+. Moreover, we show that in bipolar or “wireless”
electrochemiluminescence, the electric field distribution can be influenced by tailoring the geometry and
surface functionalisation of the 3D electrodes. By decorating the porous electrodes with metal nanoparticles,
plasmonic enhancement of both the ECL and Raman responses can be achieved. Finally, the application of
these novel structures for the electrochemical incineration of water pollutants and the detection of disease
biomarkers is discussed.Professor Peter Strasser
Peter Strasser is the chaired professor of “Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis”
in the Chemical Engineering Division of the Department of Chemistry at the
Technical University Berlin. He was Assistant Professor at the Department of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston, after he
served as Senior Member of staff at Symyx Technologies, Inc. He earned his PhD
in Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry from the ‘Fritz-Haber-Institute’ of the
Max-Planck-Society in Berlin under the direction of Gerhard Ertl. He studied
chemistry at Stanford University, USA, the University of Tuebingen, Germany, and
the University of Pisa, Italy. Professor Strasser was awarded the ISE Brian Conway
Prize in Physical Electrochemistry, the IAHE Sir William Grove award, the Otto-
Roelen medal in Catalysis by the German Catalysis Society, the Ertl Prize, as well
as the Otto-Hahn Research Medal by the Max-Planck Society.
Electrolytic Hydrogen Production from Purified and Saline Water: From Electrocatalytic Fundamentals to
Electrolyzer Cell Designs
Peter Strasser
Technical University Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division
Email: pstrasser@tu-berlin.de
Electrocatalysts are critical components of any type of water electrolyzer technology used for the generation
of hydrogen from renewable electricity. Successful design and development of viable water electrolyzer
electrodes requires fundamental insight into the relation between the atomic-scale chemical structure of the
electrified catalytic interface and its catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability. Durable and efficient
electrolyzer devices, on the other hand, also require insight in and control of the key transport processes and
transport limitations of charge and mass.
In this presentation, I will share recent advances in our understanding and application of water electrolyzer
anode electrocatalysts designed to catalyze the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), with a focus on catalyst
systems for alkaline environments combined with purified and saline water feeds. The discussion will include
the preparation, ex-situ and in-situ spectroscopic characterization, mechanistic aspects, as well as the
catalytic activity of such OER catalyst systems both in academic screening cells as well as single cell
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