ANSTO's research capabilities, led by the OPAL nuclear research reactor and associated instruments provide access to users investigating areas as diverse as materials, life sciences, climate change and mining/engineering.
Energy Materials Collaborators
The Energy Materials project aims to engage the wider research community in addition to our internal research. Our current collaborators include:
Solid oxide fuel cell materials
Hydrogen Production
| Subject | Collaboraor | More Information |
| Hydrogen Production | The Laboratory for Sustainable Technology, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney | Hydrogen production (biomass and waste) Find our more |
Hydrogen Storage
| Subject | Collaborator | More Information |
| Hydrogen Storage | The Kepert Molecular Framework Group, The School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney | Find out more |
| The National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research, Maryland, USA | Porous and carbonaceous materials Find out more | |
| The Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin Neutron Scattering Center | Find out more | |
| The Nanoscale Science and Technology Centre, School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University | Hydride and carbonaceous materials | |
| The Centre for Materials Research, Department of Imaging and Applied Physics, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia. | Hydride and porous materials | |
| The Batten Group, School of Chemistry, Monash University. | Porous framework materials Find out more | |
| CSIRO | Molecular and HealthTechnologies | |
| Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Science, People's Republic of China | Hydrogen storage materials (hydride materials) | |
| Delft University of Technology, Netherlands |
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Materials and Ionic Conductors
| Subject | Collaborators | More Information |
| Solid Oxide fuel | Institute of Applied Beam Science, Ibaraki University, Japan | |
School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, | Ionic conductors Find out more | |
Dept. of Ceramics and Glass Engineering, University of Aveiro Portugal | Mixed conducting materials for oxygen separation | |
Plasma Research Laboratory, Research School of Physical Sciences & Engineering | Fuel cell membranes | |
| The Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin Neutron Scattering Center | Find out more |
Battery Materials
| Subject | Collaborators | More Information |
| Battery Materials | School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronics, Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Faculty of Engineering, University of Wollongong. | Lithium battery materials |
Materials Science Research Center, National Atomic Energy of Indonesia. | Superionic conducting glasses | |
| Japan Atomic Energy Agency | Superionic conducting glasses | |
| Institute of Science, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia | Lithium battery materials | |
| Delft University of Technology, Netherlands | ||
Institut Laue-Langevin |
Solar Cell Materials
| Subject | More Information | |
| Solar | Delft University of Technology, Netherlands | |
Institut Laue-Langevin |