A/Prof. Scott Donne

Work Phone	(02) 4921 5477
Fax	(02) 4921 5472
Email	Scott.Donne@newcastle.edu.au
Office	C328, Chemistry

Funding

Summary

Number of grants	59
Total funding	$5,843,028

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2014 (1 grants)

Low-emission nitrogen fertilizers based on clay-modified activated charcoal$925,045

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia
Scheme
Carbon Farming Futures Filling the Research Gap Program
Total Amount	Role
$925,045	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2014	2016
GNo:G1300136

2013 (3 grants)

Advanced Stopped Flow - Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Apparatus for Measurement of Short-Lived Free Radicals in Engineering, Science and Medicine$180,000

Project Team
Professor Bogdan Dlugogorski, Professor Adam McCluskey, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Paul Dastoor, Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$180,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2013	2013
GNo:G1200569

Advanced Stopped Flow - Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Apparatus for Measurement of Short-Lived Free Radicals in Engineering, Science and Medicine$175,000

Project Team
Professor Bogdan Dlugogorski, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Paul Dastoor, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Professor Adam McCluskey
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$175,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2013	2013
GNo:G1200186

Evaluation of Primary Battery Recharger$2,500

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Planert ER Pty Ltd
Scheme
Consultancy
Total Amount	Role
$2,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2013	2013
GNo:G1300086

2012 (4 grants)

Development of a low-emission nitrogen fertiliser based on slow release of ammonium from clay-modified activated charcoal$300,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne, Dr Lukas Van Zwieten, Professor Paul Munroe
Funding Body
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia
Scheme
Carbon Farming Futures Filling the Research Gap Program
Total Amount	Role
$300,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2014
GNo:G1200216

High Voltage Cobalt-Based Redox Shuttles for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells$5,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
CSIRO - Energy Technology
Scheme
Honours Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$5,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2012
GNo:G1200778

Morphological Damage to Biochar$5,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
AnthroTerra Pty Ltd
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$5,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2013
GNo:G1200777

Slow Release of Ammonium from Clay-Modified Activated Charcoal$5,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Scheme
Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$5,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2013
GNo:G1200715

2011 (1 grants)

Quantification and mitigation of methane emissions from sludge lagoons$7,000

Project Team
Professor Geoffrey Evans, Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Water Quality Research Australia Limited
Scheme
Summer Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$7,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2011	2012
GNo:G1101141

2010 (5 grants)

Development and optimisation of the Direct Carbon Fuel Cell (DCFC)$608,720

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Trade and Investment NSW
Scheme
Coal Innovation NSW Fund
Total Amount	Role
$608,720	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2010	2015
GNo:G1000236

Lithium Project$87,162

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
FMC Lithium
Scheme
Research Project
Total Amount	Role
$87,162	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2010	2012
GNo:G1000507

Copper Corrosion in Earthing Grid Infrastructure$10,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Ausgrid
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$10,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2010	2011
GNo:G1000681

Steel Corrosion in Amine Electrolytes$10,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
ORICA Australia Pty Ltd
Scheme
ORICA Mining Chemicals Project
Total Amount	Role
$10,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2010	2010
GNo:G1000886

Surface and Physical Characterization of Coal$9,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
CSIRO - Energy Technology
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$9,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2010	2011
GNo:G1000680

2009 (8 grants)

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$650,000

Project Team
Professor Erich Kisi, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Doctor Vicki Keast, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Melchers, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Reza Moheimani, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Bruce King, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Minjie Lin, Professor Christopher Grof, Doctor Silvia Frisia, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Heber Sugo, Doctor Jennifer Forrester, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$650,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0189120

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$70,000

Project Team
Professor Erich Kisi, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Doctor Vicki Keast, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Melchers, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Reza Moheimani, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Bruce King, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Minjie Lin, Professor Christopher Grof, Doctor Silvia Frisia, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Heber Sugo, Doctor Jennifer Forrester, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$70,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0190441

Manganese Oxides for Supercapacitors$41,141

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne, Dr Anthony Hollenkamp
Funding Body
CSIRO - Energy Technology
Scheme
Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$41,141	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2011
GNo:G0190163

Next Generation Hybrid Supercapacitor Devices$20,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Scheme
International Science Linkages Programme - French Australian Science and Technology Programme (FAST)
Total Amount	Role
$20,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2010
GNo:G0189514

Redox Activity and Synthesis of Biochar$20,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
AnthroTerra Pty Ltd
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$20,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2010
GNo:G0190643

Rechargeability of the Alkaline Manganese Dioxide Cathode$14,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Pure Energy Solutions Inc
Scheme
Research Project
Total Amount	Role
$14,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2010
GNo:G0900105

Soil Remediation with Biochar$13,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
EnviroPacific Services
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$13,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2010
GNo:G0190218

Optimization of EMD for application in Li primary batteries for implantable medical devices$10,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
LITRONIK Batterietechnologie GmbH
Scheme
Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$10,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0190118

2008 (4 grants)

High caution vacancy fraction gamma manganese dioxide$105,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
The Gillette Company
Scheme
Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$105,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2008	2011
GNo:G0189543

Capacitance fade mechanisms in carbon-based supercapacitors$76,880

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne, Dr Phillip Aitchison, Dr Warren King
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Projects
Total Amount	Role
$76,880	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2008	2011
GNo:G0188444

Capacitance fade mechanisms in carbon-based supercapacitors$20,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne, Dr Phillip Aitchison, Dr Warren King
Funding Body
CAP-XX
Scheme
Linkage Projects Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$20,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2008	2011
GNo:G0189229

Coal washing process liquors - analysis method development$4,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
UCC Energy Pty Ltd
Scheme
Summer Vacation Scholarships
Total Amount	Role
$4,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2008	2008
GNo:G0189783

2007 (3 grants)

Scanning Electrochemical Microscope$40,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Equipment/Infrastructure Seed funding
Total Amount	Role
$40,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:G0188449

Hydrocarbon Adsorption onto Carbon$10,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
CAP-XX
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$10,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:G0187023

212th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Washington DC, USA, 7/10/2007 - 12/10/2007$1,700

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$1,700	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:G0188293

2006 (7 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Organic Electronics & OrganoBiosensors$549,282

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor Adam McCluskey, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Doctor John Holdsworth
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Priority Research Centre
Total Amount	Role
$549,282	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2013
GNo:G0186946

Advanced Surface and Porosity Characterisation Facility$158,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lawrance, Doctor Robert Burns, Professor Eric Kennedy, Professor Bogdan Dlugogorski, Associate Professor George Franks, Dr Peter Lye, Dr Trevor Brown, Dr Paul Thomas, Assoc. Prof Abhi Ray
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$158,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2006
GNo:G0185510

Investigation and characterisation of interactions between lithium batter cathode materials and room temperature ionic liquid electrolytes$133,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne, Dr Anthony Hollenkamp, Dr Adam Best
Funding Body
CSIRO - Energy Technology
Scheme
Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$133,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2010
GNo:G0186549

Titanium Electrochemistry in Minerals Processing$75,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Projects
Total Amount	Role
$75,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2008
GNo:G0185486

Prospecting for Advanced Battery Materials$30,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Delta EMD Australia Pty Ltd
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$30,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2008
GNo:G0186189

Titanium Electrochemistry in Minerals Processing$30,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
BHP/Billiton Research Labs
Scheme
Linkage Projects Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$30,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2008
GNo:G0186660

Electrocatalysts for the air electrode$20,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Pilot Grant
Total Amount	Role
$20,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2008
GNo:G0186704

2005 (5 grants)

Asymetric Metal Oxide/Carbon Supercapacitors$111,500

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
CSIRO - Energy Technology
Scheme
Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$111,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2008
GNo:G0185499

Chemical characteristics of Ferrous Sulfate Hepatahydrate$10,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
BHP/Billiton Research Labs
Scheme
Honours Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$10,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:G0184994

Titanium electrochemistry$10,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
BHP/Billiton Research Labs
Scheme
Honours Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$10,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:G0184995

Prospecting for Advanced Battery Materials$8,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$8,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:G0184657

208th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 16-21 October 2005$2,300

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,300	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:G0185725

2004 (12 grants)

Facility for Analysis of Thermal Decomposition of Solid Materials at High Pressures$314,127

Project Team
Professor Bogdan Dlugogorski, Professor Eric Kennedy, Professor Behdad Moghtaderi, Emeritus Professor Terry Wall, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Professor Adesoji A Adesina, Professor R Burford, Dr A Green, Conjoint Professor John Mackie, Assoc. Prof A Masri, Assoc. Prof R Creelman, Dr P Wormell, Professor I Thomas
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$314,127	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2004
GNo:G0183025

Nickel (III) Oxyhydroxide (NiOOH) as a positive electrode material in Primary Cells$85,668

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Projects
Total Amount	Role
$85,668	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2006
GNo:G0183621

Facility for Analysis of Thermal Decomposition of Solid Materials at High Pressures$80,000

Project Team
Professor Bogdan Dlugogorski, Professor Eric Kennedy, Professor Behdad Moghtaderi, Emeritus Professor Terry Wall, Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
University of Western Sydney
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$80,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2004
GNo:G0183844

Facility for analysis of thermal decomposition of solid materials at high pressure$45,000

Project Team
Professor Bogdan Dlugogorski, Professor Eric Kennedy, Professor Behdad Moghtaderi, Emeritus Professor Terry Wall, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Professor Adesoji A Adesina, Professor R Burford, Dr A Green, Conjoint Professor John Mackie, Assoc. Prof A Masri, Assoc. Prof R Creelman, Dr P Wormell, Professor I Thomas
Funding Body
University of New South Wales
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$45,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2004
GNo:G0183842

Synthesis and Characterisation of Novel Supercapacitor Materials Based on Manganese Oxides$27,726

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne, Mr Ben Jones
Funding Body
CSIRO - Energy Technology
Scheme
Coal and Energy Technology - Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$27,726	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2006
GNo:G0184317

Advanced Mineral Processing$19,866

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
BHP/Billiton Research Labs
Scheme
BHP Billiton Technology Project
Total Amount	Role
$19,866	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2004
GNo:G0185021

Facility for Analysis of Thermal Decomposition of Solid Materials at High Pressures$15,000

Project Team
Professor Bogdan Dlugogorski, Professor Eric Kennedy, Professor Behdad Moghtaderi, Emeritus Professor Terry Wall, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Professor Adesoji A Adesina, Professor R Burford, Dr A Green, Conjoint Professor John Mackie, Assoc. Prof A Masri, Assoc. Prof R Creelman, Dr P Wormell, Professor I Thomas
Funding Body
University of Sydney
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$15,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2004
GNo:G0183843

Facility for Analysis of Thermal Decomposition of Solid Materials at High Pressures$15,000

Project Team
Professor Bogdan Dlugogorski, Professor Eric Kennedy, Professor Behdad Moghtaderi, Emeritus Professor Terry Wall, Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
University of Technology, Victoria
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$15,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2004
GNo:G0183845

Nickel (III) Oxyhydroxide (NiOOH) as a Positive Electrode Material in Primary Cells.$15,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Delta EMD Australia Pty Ltd
Scheme
Linkage Projects Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$15,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2006
GNo:G0183824

Manganese oxides with unique morphologies for energy storage applications$5,300

Synthesis and Characterisation of Novel Supercapacitor Materials Based on Manganese Oxides$2,800

206th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 3-8 October 2004, USA$2,242

2003 (3 grants)

Designing Nano-Pore Architectures for High Power Battery Materials.$301,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne, Professor Simon Biggs
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Projects
Total Amount	Role
$301,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2003	2005
GNo:G0182170

Designing Nano-Pore Architectures for High Power Battery Materials.$216,319

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne, Professor Simon Biggs
Funding Body
Delta EMD Australia Pty Ltd
Scheme
Linkage Projects Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$216,319	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2003	2005
GNo:G0183055

Manganese oxides with unique morphologies for energy storage applications.$9,500

2002 (3 grants)

Designing nanopore architectures for high power battery materials.$86,250

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne, Professor Simon Biggs
Funding Body
Delta EMD Australia Pty Ltd
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$86,250	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2002
GNo:G0181871

Development of High Power EMD.$30,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Scott Donne
Funding Body
Delta EMD Australia Pty Ltd
Scheme
Lectureship in Applied Chemistry.
Total Amount	Role
$30,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2005
GNo:G0181827

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