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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

2026-11-12 We hosted a research visit by Prof. Ching-Yuan Su from National Central University, Taiwan.
2026-11-01-04 Yuan Chen, Chengli Rong, Fangzhou Liu, and Grace Huang attended the International CO₂ Alliance Conference in Gold Coast, Australia.
2026-10-31 Dr. Chengli Rong’s work “Lattice nitrogen couples Cu^δ⁺ stabilization with pathway control for CO₂-to-methanol electroreduction” has been accepted by Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
2026-10-01 Mr. Yumeng Li joined our team as a new PhD student.
2026-09-26 Mr. Di Zhu’s work “Rate-dependent capacity evolution and time-controlled degradation of MnO₂ cathodes in aqueous zinc-ion batteries” has been accepted by ChemSusChem.
2026-09-09 We hosted several international colleagues (Prof. Chi-Chang Hu, Prof. Wei-Ren Liu, Prof. Shochiku Kure, Prof. Xuning Li, Dr. Ben Huang, and Dr. Adil Riaz) to visit our lab, followed by research presentations and discussions.
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