Our mission is to drive innovations via active academic collaborations across complementary disciplines and industry partnerships for the development of renewable energy, energy storage, clean water, sustainability, the hydrogen economy and the circular economy. We conduct fundamental research within the context of complex real-world energy and environmental challenges and pursue pathways to the effective technological translation.
The core aims of the SMaRT centre are to develop novel research for sustainable materials and manufacturing processes, build industry partnerships to activate research for real world impact, and disseminate green materials and manufacturing technologies that benefit industries and local communities, and enhance sustainable economic growth.
This group specialises in experimental design and optimisation of a broad range of novel functional oxides at different length scales including bulk ceramics, thin films, superlattices and low-dimensional nanostructures for nanoelectronic, photonic and energy-related applications.
Our group is working to develop new semiconducting materials, particularly solid solutions and doped materials, for use in renewable energy applications such as photocatalysis and solar cells.
The nanoionic materials group is focusing on design, synthesis and printing of metal oxides and suflides-based nanoionic materials for wearable electronics, as well as energy storage and conversion materials.