Dr Qiyuan Li
Dr. Qiyuan Li is a Lecturer in the Particle and Catalysis Research Group. He has received a Ph.D. degree from the school of mechanical engineering, UNSW in 2016. He worked in the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology from 2016 to 2019 and joined PartCat in 2019. His research focused on developing solar powered catalytic module/system for water treatment, hydrogen production, CO2 capture and utilization.
He has successfully supervised/co-supervised 3 PhD students and 20+ underg...
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- Research Activities
- Teaching and Supervision
UNSW 2024 Research Infrastructure Scheme (2024), “Harnessing and utilizing renewable energy at a demonstration scale for research, teaching and outreach”, Amal, R, Scott, J, ...., Li, Q, et al. (AU $183,000)
NSW Department of Planning and Environment (2023), “NSW Evaporative Cooling Roadmap”, Taylor, R, Omar, A, Li, Q, Leslie, GL. (AU$ 95,179)
NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) / Circular Solar Trials Grants Program. (2022-2025) “Highly efficient and flexible recycling technology for end-of-life silicon photovoltaic panels towards NSW circular economy: from reactors design to system optimisation”, Shen, Y, Green, M, Amal, R, Leslie, GL, Hao, X, Bao, J, Sun, K, Liu, Z, Chang, N, Deng, R, Li, Q, Zhuo, Y. (AU$ 1,000,000)
Finalist of Academic Sharp Brain, 2017, Melbourne
Winner of UNSW Innovation Awards 2014 - UNSW Student Innovator of the Year Award
Winner of UNSW Innovation Awards 2014 - Early Stage Innovation Awards
Winner of The New Employee Award, Foxconn Technology Group 2007
Solar reforming of waste organics for clean hydrogen Production.
Development of a solar-driven system for producing CO by Reverse Water–Gas Shift (RWGS).
A sustainable carbon dioxide capture and utilization approach: Waste heat-powered CO2 capture and in situ hydrogenation to green fuels.
My Research Supervision
Mr. Takuto Komatsu, Taste of Research project, Producing renewable hydrogen from sunlight and wastewater (unsw.edu.au);
Mrs. Sumaya Sarmin (PhD candidate), Transforming sugar containing wastewater to renewable hydrogen;
Mr. Che Jiang (PhD candidate), Development of a solar-driven calcination system to convert bauxite ore into alumina.
My Teaching
CEIC2007 Chemical Engineering Lab A (Demonstrator)
MMAN1130 Design and Manufacturing (Guest Lecturer)
GSOE9111 Energy Storage (Guest Lecturer)
ENGG3600 Vertically Integrated Projects (supervisor of ‘Sun to H2O’ project)
MECH9720 Solar Thermal Energy Design (Tutor)