Busan National University Selected as Partner Institution for Australian National Clean Energy Project

International Joint Research on Extracting Critical Metals from Waste Batteries and Electrolyzers
Developing Decarbonization Technologies with Australia, India, and Thailand

Busan National University has been selected as a partner institution for the Australian government's national clean energy project and will participate in an international joint research initiative to extract critical metals from waste batteries and electrolyzers.

On October 2, Busan National University (President Choi Jaewon) announced that the Clean Thermal Power Energy Research Institute (Director Jeon Chunghwan, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering) has been chosen as a partner institution for the "Extraction of Critical Metals from Battery Waste and Electrolyzers" project, conducted by Monash University as part of the "Quad Clean Energy Supply Chain Diversification Program" under the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW).

The Quad refers to the "Quadrilateral Security Dialogue," a security consultative body involving the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, which aims to achieve decarbonization in the Indo-Pacific region through investment in research and development and diversification of supply chains.

This project will run for more than two years, from October 2025 to March 2028, and will involve research teams from Monash University in Australia, Busan National University, as well as India and Thailand. The research team plans to develop next-generation metal recovery technologies, including: ▲ reduction technologies for waste batteries and tailings using biomass gas, ▲ next-generation leaching technologies, and ▲ electrochemical recovery technologies.

The Clean Thermal Power Energy Research Institute at Busan National University is a leading domestic and international research institution in the fields of clean thermal power and ammonia-based carbon-free power generation. Through this collaboration, the institute aims to strengthen global decarbonization and resource circulation research. Monash University is a research-focused institution and a member of Australia's Group of Eight (G8), currently ranked 37th in the QS World University Rankings 2025.

Busan National University and Monash University have already jointly hosted international symposia (CEAM·Clean Energy and Advanced Materials) in 2019, 2023, and 2024, continuing their exchange in eco-friendly technologies and next-generation fuel research.

Busan National University Australia Clean Energy Project Overview Diagram.

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