Dr. Peter Sherrell
Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellowship
Details
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College: School of Science
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Department: School of Science
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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peter.sherrell@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Peter C. Sherrell is a Senior Vice Chancellors Research Fellow in Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science within the STEM College.
Dr Peter C. Sherrell's research focusses on capturing and using ambient energy from the environment, to drive green and sustainable chemistries. In particular, Peter is working on developing new methods of harvesting motion and heat from chemical and electrochemical processes, to enable highly efficient catalysis. He is broadly interested in understanding materials structure-property-performance relationships, and unlocking the fundamental mechanisms behind emerging energy devices - and using these mechanistic understanding to engineer more efficient energy storage, conversion, and harvesting systems.
Before joining RMIT University, Peter was an Elizabeth & Vernon Puzey Fellow at the University of Melbourne (2019-2023); a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow at Imperial College London, UK (2015-2018), and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Linkoping University, Sweden (2013-2015).
Industry experience
Peter's research has been supported and engaged with various industries throughout my career, in reverse chronological order he has worked with;
2020 – 2024 Future Battery Industries CRC 'Super-Anode' Project
2019 – 2020 The Reserve Bank of Australia (ARC LP)
2015 – 2018 EVOQUA Water Technologies (EPSRC EP/M022250/1)
2015 – 2018 Hyflux (EPSRC EP/M022250/1)
2013 – 2015 LinkoCare (spin out company)
2011 – 2012 SMR Automotive (ARC LP)
Dr Peter C. Sherrell's research focusses on capturing and using ambient energy from the environment, to drive green and sustainable chemistries. In particular, Peter is working on developing new methods of harvesting motion and heat from chemical and electrochemical processes, to enable highly efficient catalysis. He is broadly interested in understanding materials structure-property-performance relationships, and unlocking the fundamental mechanisms behind emerging energy devices - and using these mechanistic understanding to engineer more efficient energy storage, conversion, and harvesting systems.
Before joining RMIT University, Peter was an Elizabeth & Vernon Puzey Fellow at the University of Melbourne (2019-2023); a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow at Imperial College London, UK (2015-2018), and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Linkoping University, Sweden (2013-2015).
Industry experience
Peter's research has been supported and engaged with various industries throughout my career, in reverse chronological order he has worked with;
2020 – 2024 Future Battery Industries CRC 'Super-Anode' Project
2019 – 2020 The Reserve Bank of Australia (ARC LP)
2015 – 2018 EVOQUA Water Technologies (EPSRC EP/M022250/1)
2015 – 2018 Hyflux (EPSRC EP/M022250/1)
2013 – 2015 LinkoCare (spin out company)
2011 – 2012 SMR Automotive (ARC LP)
Research fields
- 401807 Nanomaterials
- 401609 Polymers and plastics
- 340601 Catalysis and mechanisms of reactions
- 400404 Electrochemical energy storage and conversion
UN sustainable development goals
- 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
- 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
Academic positions
- Honorary Senior Fellow
- University of Melbourne
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2023 – Present
- Associate Investigator
- ARC Centre of Excellence of Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals
- , Australia
- 2021 – Present
Supervisor projects
- Creation of New Thermoelectric Porous Materials and Systems
- 19 Dec 2023
- Ambient Energy Harvesting towards Sustainable Chemistry
- 27 Nov 2023
- High frequency synthesis methods of nanomaterials for energy applications
- 3 Oct 2023
- Antibacterial Surfaces for Hospital Environments
- 20 Sep 2023
- Artificial photosynthesis: catalytic production of solar fuels and chemicals
- 14 Aug 2023
- Engineering the Interface: Antibacterial Combined Approach to Implant Surface Modification
- 14 Jul 2023
Teaching interests
My teaching focusses on materials characterisation, physical chemistry, surface chemistry, and electrochemistry.
For Research Supervision I focus on:
Materials Chemistry - 2D Materials & Semiconductors; Polymers; Ferroelectric Materials
Energy Conversion - Piezoelecticity; Contact Electrification; Flexoelectricity; Thermoelectricity
Electrochemistry - Electrocatalysis; Mechanocatalysis; Alkali Ion Batteries; Supercapacitors
For available projects, search "Sherrell" at https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/research-degrees/find-a-project
For recent outputs, please see the "Publications" tab at the top of the page
For Research Supervision I focus on:
Materials Chemistry - 2D Materials & Semiconductors; Polymers; Ferroelectric Materials
Energy Conversion - Piezoelecticity; Contact Electrification; Flexoelectricity; Thermoelectricity
Electrochemistry - Electrocatalysis; Mechanocatalysis; Alkali Ion Batteries; Supercapacitors
For available projects, search "Sherrell" at https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/research-degrees/find-a-project
For recent outputs, please see the "Publications" tab at the top of the page
Research interests
Materials Chemistry - 2D Materials & Semiconductors; Polymers; Ferroelectric Materials
Energy Conversion - Piezoelecticity; Contact Electrification; Flexoelectricity; Thermoelectricity
Electrochemistry - Electrocatalysis; Mechanocatalysis; Alkali Ion Batteries; Supercapacitors
For available projects, search "Sherrell" at https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/research-degrees/find-a-project
For recent outputs, please see the "Publications" tab at the top of the page
Energy Conversion - Piezoelecticity; Contact Electrification; Flexoelectricity; Thermoelectricity
Electrochemistry - Electrocatalysis; Mechanocatalysis; Alkali Ion Batteries; Supercapacitors
For available projects, search "Sherrell" at https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/research-degrees/find-a-project
For recent outputs, please see the "Publications" tab at the top of the page
