The Centre for Clean Environment and Energy brings together a team of researchers having extensive expertise in environmental chemistry, pollution chemistry, geochemistry, analytical chemistry, biological chemistry, environmental microbiology, photochemistry, photocatalysis, membrane science, nanomaterials, nanotechnology and biotechnology.
Research Themes
There are two main foci for the research undertaken within this group; Clean Environment and Renewable Clean Energy.
Clean Environment
- Developing new generation field-based water quality information collection technologies/instruments for real-time/in situ water quality monitoring applications (heavy metals, nutrients, organic pollutants and toxicity).
- Water quality assessment for surface water (e.g., rivers, lakes and oceans), ground water, drinking water, wastewater and alternative waters (e.g., desalinated water and purified recycled water)
- Event detection and early warning systems for wastewater source control and purified recycled water (NeWater) quality management and utilisation
- Environmental pollutant identification, speciation, distribution, transfer and impact for aquatic, sediment and soil
- Semiconductor photocatalysts and photocatalysis water treatment technology for organic pollutants removal
- Novel multi-functional inorganic membrane systems for separation, disinfection and decomposition of biohazards (e.g., bacteria and viruses).
Renewable Clean Energy
- Developing high performance nanostructured materials for solar energy conversion applications
- High efficiency dye-sensitised solar cells
- Hydrogen production via photocatalytic water spitting
- Solar fuel (e.g., hydrocarbons) production via direct photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide;
- Energy storage materials for hydrogen and rechargeable batteries.
Research Team
The current members of CCEE includes 1 Professor, 2 A/Professors, 1 Senior Lecturers, 1 Future Fellow, 1 Lecturer and 9 Research Fellows in addition to 1 Senior Visiting Fellow, 5 Visiting Fellows, 3 Research Assistants and over 25 RHD students.