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Carbon materials, including carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphite, carbon black, hard/soft carbon, porous carbon, activated carbon, and carbon fibers, have numerous applications due to their exceptional electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties. These properties rely on their unique nanoscale structures.

The Advanced Carbon Research lab, led by Prof. Yuan Chen at the University of Sydney, focuses on developing scalable, novel processes to synthesize carbon materials with controllable structures and low greenhouse gas emissions, assemble carbon materials and other materials into functional macroscale composites, and use these novel materials for sustainable energy and environmental applications.

Latest news

2026-04-17 A collaboration with Prof Fuming Chen, “Electrolyte-replacement-free continuous electrocatalytic desalination coupled with CO₂ reduction at record throughput and low cost”, has been accepted by Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
2024-04-16 Yuan Chen’s expert analysis of the Corio oil refinery fire has been featured in over 71 media clips across major news outlets, including ABC, BBC, Bloomberg, Australian Financial Review, Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, and German media.
2026-04-07-10 Yuan Chen attended the 13th International Forum on Graphane in Shenzhen and gave a keynote talk.
2026-03-27 Mr. Yuchen Zhang’s article “When does methane pyrolysis become competitive? A life-cycle and total cost assessment of hydrogen pathways” has been accepted by International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
2026-03-18 Mr. Manoj Aravind Sanker joined our team as a new PhD student.
2026-03-10 Mr. Haibin Yang joined our team as a new PhD student.
And more…