Locally structured polar-photofunctional materials for energy conversion

Photofunctional materials, converting light into electrical and mechanical energies, are building bricks for energy, environment, communication, computing, etc., applications in high-tech fields but their performances for energy conversion are limited by inherent structural features. This project expects to find a solution and explore new methodological routes that will enable the materials to overcome their current limitations, and therefore introduce exciting new functions with excellent performances beyond the current materials. This will revolutionise advanced manufacturing and support emerging technology development. New methodologies in materials processing and characterisation arising from the project will create new in intellectual properties, which can be transferred into the industry and/or used to advance materials research. The outcomes of this project, including new discoveries in science and technology, will create new opportunities for Australias a