Carbon nanomaterials have many potential applications due to their extraordinary electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties. These properties rely on their unique nanoscale structures.

Advanced carbon research lab led by Prof. Yuan Chen at the University of Sydney focuses on developing scalable processes to synthesize carbon nanomaterials with well-defined atomic structures, assemble nanoscale carbon nanomaterials into functional macroscale structures, and use these novel materials for sustainable energy and environmental applications.
Latest news
2022-08-10 Dr. Chang Liu received the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad.
2022-08-09 Yanxi Yu and Dr. Ziwen Yuan’s work “Thermally assisted efficient electrochemical lithium extraction from simulated seawater” has been accepted by Water Research.
2022-07-22 Our team has received a research grant from the Net-Zero Initiative of the Faculty of Engineering and Hazer Group.
2022-07-19 Dr. Shengli Zhai and Yuan Chen’s article “Graphene-based fiber supercapacitors” has been accepted by Accounts of Materials Research.
2022-07-15 Prof Zijian Zheng from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University visited our lab and gave a research talk.
2022-07-05 Yuan Chen attended RACI 2022 National Congress, chaired, and gave a research talk in the Carbon Horizons session.
And more…
In the media
- Flexible zinc-air battery can stand the cold, ChemistryViews
- Bifunctional oxygen catalysts for rechargeable Zn-air batteries, The University of Sydney, Australian Associated Pressand Xinhua (in Chinese)
- New hot paper in materials science looks at a new method for energy storage, Clarivate
- Graphene materials in antimicrobial nanomedicine, cailiaoniu.com
- Bandage coating kills bacteria using graphene and hydrogen Peroxide, C&EN
- Materials science: Purity rolled up in a tube, Nature




