Publications
Understanding Li creep in Li-metal pouch cells and the role of separator integrity
Mojtaba Eftekharnia, Robert Kerr, Maria Forsyth, Patrick Howlett
(2023), Vol. 559, pp. 1-9, Journal of Power Sources, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Nicolas Goujon, Tiago Mendes, Kristine Barlow, Robert Kerr, Luke O'Dell, John Chiefari, Patrick Howlett, Maria Forsyth
(2023), Vol. 140, pp. 1-8, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, London, Eng., C1
M Salah, T Pathirana, E de Eulate, C Hall, R Kerr, M Fabretto
(2022), Vol. 46, pp. 1-13, Journal of Energy Storage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Highly stable lithium anodes from recycled hemp textile
Zhiyu Wang, Peng Zhang, Shasha Chen, Ken Usman, Dylan Hegh, Robert Kerr, Hongjie Zhang, Si Qin, Chuyang Zhang, Dan Liu, Xungai Wang, Weiwei Lei, Joselito Razal
(2022), pp. 1946-1949, Chemical Communications, Cambridge, Eng., C1
M Hasanpoor, D Saurel, R Barreno, K Fraysse, M Echeverría, M Jáuregui, F Bonilla, G Greene, R Kerr, M Forsyth, P Howlett
(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 13196-13205, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Washington, D.C., C1
H Ueda, F Mizuno, R Kerr, M Forsyth, P Howlett
(2022), pp. 1-16, Batteries and Supercaps, London, Eng., C1
H Ueda, F Mizuno, R Kerr, M Forsyth, P Howlett
(2022), Vol. 5, Batteries and Supercaps, C1
Hiroyuki Ueda, Fuminori Mizuno, Robert Kerr, Maria Forsyth, Patrick Howlett
(2022), Vol. 5, pp. 0-0, Batteries & Supercaps, London, Eng, C1
K Araño, N Gautier, R Kerr, B Lestriez, J Le Bideau, P Howlett, D Guyomard, M Forsyth, N Dupré
(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 52715-52728, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Washington, D.C., C1
Solid-state rigid-rod polymer composite electrolytes with nanocrystalline lithium ion pathways
Y Wang, C Zanelotti, X Wang, R Kerr, L Jin, W Kan, T Dingemans, M Forsyth, L Madsen
(2021), Vol. 20, pp. 1255-1263, Nature Materials, England, C1
K Arano, S Begic, F Chen, D Rakov, D Mazouzi, N Gautier, R Kerr, B Lestriez, J Le Bideau, P Howlett, D Guyomard, M Forsyth, N Dupre
(2021), Vol. 13, pp. 28281-28294, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, C1
M Hasanpoor, M Eftekharnia, T Pathirana, U Pal, R Kerr, M Forsyth, P Howlett
(2021), Vol. 4, pp. 6310-6323, ACS Applied Energy Materials, C1
Doped and reactive silicon thin film anodes for lithium ion batteries: A review
M Salah, C Hall, P Murphy, C Francis, R Kerr, B Stoehr, S Rudd, M Fabretto
(2021), Vol. 506, pp. 1-16, Journal of Power Sources, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
T Pathirana, D Rakov, F Chen, M Forsyth, R Kerr, P Howlett
(2021), Vol. 4, pp. 6399-6407, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Washington, D.C., C1
T Pathirana, R Kerr, M Forsyth, P Howlett
(2021), Vol. 5, pp. 4141-4152, Sustainable Energy and Fuels, Cambridge, Eng., C1
M Salah, T Pathirana, E Alvarez De Eulate, C Hall, B Stoehr, S Rudd, R Kerr, M Fabretto
(2021), Vol. 4, pp. 12243-12256, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Washington, D.C., C1
V Ghanooni Ahmadabadi, K Shirvanimoghaddam, R Kerr, N Showkath, M Naebe
(2020), Vol. 330, Electrochimica Acta, C1
X Wang, R Kerr, F Chen, N Goujon, J Pringle, D Mecerreyes, M Forsyth, P Howlett
(2020), Vol. 32, Advanced Materials, Germany, C1
N Goujon, R Kerr, C Gervillié, Y Oza, L O'Dell, P Howlett, M Forsyth
(2020), Vol. 5, pp. 2931-2938, ACS Omega, United States, C1
Structuring PEDOT Hollow Nanosphere Electrodes for High Specific Energy Li-Metal
J Rehmen, T Pathirana, L Garcia-Quintana, R Kerr, P Howlett, K Zuber, C Pozo-Gonzalo, D Evans
(2020), Vol. 3, pp. 3820-3828, ACS Applied Nano Materials, C1
Ruhamah Yunis, Jennifer Pringle, Xiaoen Wang, Gaetan Girard, Robert Kerr, Haijin Zhu, Patrick Howlett, Douglas MacFarlane, Maria Forsyth
(2020), Vol. 8, pp. 14721-14735, Journal of materials chemistry A, Cambridge, Eng., C1
Mohammed Salah, Colin Hall, Eva Alvarez de Eulate, Peter Murphy, Candice Francis, Robert Kerr, Thushan Pathirana, Manrico Fabretto
(2020), Vol. 12, pp. 39195-39204, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Washington, D.C., C1
U Pal, F Chen, D Gyabang, T Pathirana, B Roy, R Kerr, D MacFarlane, M Armand, P Howlett, M Forsyth
(2020), Vol. 8, pp. 18826-18839, Journal of materials chemistry A, Cambridge, Eng., C1
K Arao, D Mazouzi, R Kerr, B Lestriez, J Le Bideau, P Howlett, N Dupré, M Forsyth, D Guyomard
(2020), Vol. 167, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, C1
T Pathirana, R Kerr, M Forsyth, P Howlett
(2020), Vol. 167, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, C1
Pure silicon thin-film anodes for lithium-ion batteries: a review
M Salah, P Murphy, C Hall, C Francis, R Kerr, M Fabretto
(2019), Vol. 414, pp. 48-67, Journal of power sources, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
M Eftekharnia, M Hasanpoor, M Forsyth, R Kerr, P Howlett
(2019), Vol. 2, pp. 6655-6663, ACS Applied Energy Materials, C1
N Singh, T Arthur, M Jones, O Tutusaus, K Takechi, T Matsunaga, R Kerr, P Howlett, M Forsyth, F Mizuno
(2019), Vol. 2, pp. 8912-8918, ACS Applied Energy Materials, C1
Enabling High Lithium Conductivity in Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block Copolymer Electrolytes
Nicolas Goujon, Huynh Tan-Vu, Kristine Barlow, Robert Kerr, Keti Vezzu, Vito Di Noto, Luke O'Dell, John Chiefari, Patrick Howlett, Maria Forsyth
(2019), Vol. 2, pp. 132-138, Batteries & Supercaps, London, Eng., C1
F Chen, R Kerr, M Forsyth
(2018), Vol. 148, Journal of Chemical Physics, United States, C1
Y Ge, C Pozo-Gonzalo, Y Zhao, X Jia, R Kerr, C Wang, P Howlett, G Wallace
(2018), Vol. 54, pp. 5338-5341, Chemical Communications, England, C1
R Kerr, N Singh, T Arthur, T Pathirana, F Mizuno, K Takechi, M Forsyth, P Howlett
(2018), Vol. 2, pp. 2276-2283, Sustainable Energy and Fuels, C1
R Kerr, D Mazouzi, M Eftekharnia, B Lestriez, N Dupré, M Forsyth, D Guyomard, P Howlett
(2017), Vol. 2, pp. 1804-1809, ACS Energy Letters, C1
C Pozo-Gonzalo, L Johnson, E Jónsson, C Holc, R Kerr, D MacFarlane, P Bruce, P Howlett, M Forsyth
(2017), Vol. 121, pp. 23307-23316, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, C1-1
R Kerr, C Pozo-Gonzalo, M Forsyth, B Winther-Jensen
(2015), Vol. 154, pp. 142-148, Electrochimica acta, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Tuning the morphology of electroactive polythiophene nano-structures
B Kolodziejczyk, O Winther-Jensen, R Kerr, P Firbas, B Winther-Jensen
(2015), Vol. 86, pp. 60-66, Reactive and Functional Polymers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Lifetime and degradation of high temperature PEM membrane electrode assemblies
R Kerr, H Garcia, M Rastedt, P Wagner, S Alfaro, M Romero, C Terkelsen, T Steenberg, H Hjuler
(2015), Vol. 40, pp. 16860-16866, International journal of hydrogen energy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Alcohol vapour detection at the three phase interface using enzyme-conducting polymer composites
O Winther-Jensen, R Kerr, B Winther-Jensen
(2014), Vol. 52, pp. 143-146, Biosensors and bioelectronics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
T Holst, A Vassiliev, R Kerr, Q Li, T Steenberg, C Terkelsen, H Hjuler
(2014), Vol. 270, pp. 208-212, Journal of Power Sources, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
M Gustafson, K Matsumoto, J Janikowski, R Kerr, D Macfarlane, B Winther-Jensen
(2014), Vol. 4, pp. 57754-57758, RSC Advances, Cambridge, Eng., C1-1
Performance of the high temperature PEM membrane electrode assembly
R Kerr, H García, M Romero, C Terkelsen, H Hjuler, T Steenberg
(2014), Vol. 64, pp. 973-982, ECS Transactions, Pennington, N.J., C1-1
Influence of the polymerization method on the oxygen reduction reaction pathway on PEDOT
R Kerr, C Pozo-Gonzalo, M Forsyth, B Winther-Jensen
(2013), Vol. 2, ECS electrochemistry letters, Pennington, N.J., C1
PdNi hollow nanoparticles for improved electrocatalytic oxygen reduction in alkaline environments
M Wang, W Zhang, J Wang, D Wexler, S Poynton, R Slade, H Liu, B Winther-Jensen, R Kerr, D Shi, J Chen
(2013), Vol. 5, pp. 12708-12715, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Washington, D.C., C1-1
Designed electrodeposition of nanoparticles inside conducting polymers
V Armel, O Winther-Jensen, R Kerr, D MacFarlane, B Winther-Jensen
(2012), Vol. 22, pp. 19767-19773, Journal of materials chemistry, Cambridge, Eng., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
ARC Research Hub for Microrecycling of battery and consumer wastes
Prof Veena Sahajwalla, Prof Damien Giurco, Prof Sankar Bhattacharya, Prof Anthony O'Mullane, A/Prof Antonio Tricoli, Dr Nicholas Florin, Prof Pascal Perez, Dr Farshid Pahlevani, Dr Rakesh Joshi, Mr Alvin Piadasa, Mr Ian Tooze, Dr Tillmann Boehme, Dr Naomi Boxall, Dr Neeraj Sharma, Dr Samane Maroufi, A/Prof Hongxia Wang, Dr Heriberto Bustamante, Prof Themis Prodromakis, Dr Arunima Malik, Mr Robert Thomson, Mr Spyro Kalos, Geoffrey Bell, Prof Steve Evans, Dr Shiju Raveendran, Mr Alejandro Lorenc, A/Prof Robert Kerr, Mr Warren Overton, AsPr Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo
ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
- 2022: $50,000
- 2021: $50,000
Industry and Other Funding
Sicona Proposal: Mixing, Electrode Coating, Cell Assembly and Testing of Sicona Anode Material.
A/Prof Robert Kerr, Mr Mojtaba Eftekharnia, Dr Timothy Khoo
Sicona Battery Technologies Pty Ltd
- 2023: $113,833
Recovery of critical and high-tech minerals from legacy mine materials: Part 2 Value metals and REE in recovery.
A/Prof Will Gates, Dr Alastair MacLeod, Mrs Kimmanthudawage Isuri Nayantha Perera, Mr Henrique Xavier Santos Bastos, AsPr Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo, Dr Anthony Somers, A/Prof Robert Kerr
EcoTech Minerals Pty Ltd
- 2023: $78,000
Sovereign Advanced Battery (SABRE)
Prof Patrick Howlett, Dr Danah Al-Masri, Dr Urbi Pal, Dr Fangfang Chen, Dr Hamid Ilbeygi, Mr Will Yang, Dr Timothy Khoo, A/Prof Robert Kerr, Prof Maria Forsyth
Calix Limited
- 2024: $1,191,028
- 2023: $3,803,910
Other Funding Sources
The CRC-P for Advanced Hybrid Batteries
Prof Patrick Howlett, Prof Maria Forsyth, A/Prof Robert Kerr, Prof Svetha Venkatesh, Prof Sunil Gupta, A/Prof Santu Rana
Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Projects Program, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.
- 2024: $10,000
- 2023: $522,192
- 2022: $189,722
- 2021: $295,583
- 2020: $170,546
Future Electrolyte Systems
Prof Maria Forsyth, Prof Patrick Howlett, A/Prof Robert Kerr, A/Prof Luke O'Dell, Dr Fangfang Chen, Dr Xiaoen Wang
Future Battery Industries CRC
- 2024: $138,781
- 2023: $451,114
- 2022: $363,707
- 2021: $79,372
- 2020: $83,000
Beneficiation and Chemical Processing of Lithium Minerals.
A/Prof Robert Kerr, AsPr Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo
Future Battery Industries CRC
- 2024: $41,906
- 2023: $72,597
Supervisions
Karmjeet Kaur Buttar
Thesis entitled: Organic Ionic Plastic Crystal/Carbon Composites for Solid-State Battery Electrodes and supercapacitors
Master of Philosophy (Electromaterials), Institute for Frontier Materials