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Dr Denny Gunawan

Dr Denny Gunawan

Research Associate

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, 2023
B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, The University of Surabaya, 2017

Engineering
School of Chemical Engineering

Denny Gunawan is a Research Associate in the Particles and Catalysis Research Group within the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales. He is also affiliated with the Australian Research Council Training Centre for the Global Hydrogen Economy and Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation. His research focuses on improving photocatalytic solar fuels and chemicals production through material design and reactor engineering. Furthermore, he has actively participated in several decarbonisation projects led by the government and industry stakeholders, conducting techno-economic studies for sustainable fuels and chemicals technologies.
E-mail
denny.gunawan@unsw.edu.au
Location
Tyree Energy Technologies Building Level 3, Room 302
  • Books | 2024
    Gunawan D; Gunawan M; Blakers A; Silalahi D; Gani PHA; Rusydy I, 2024, Meniti keberlanjutan: 13 Analisis Pakar untuk Pembangunan Indonesia yang Berwawasan Lingkungan, Lubis A; Maqoma R, (ed.), The Conversation Indonesia, Jakarta, https://cdn.theconversation.com/static_files/files/3071/Meniti_keberlanjutan_13_analisis_pakar_untuk_pembangunan_Indonesia_yang_berwawasan_lingkungan.pdf
  • Book Chapters | 2022
    Gunawan D, 2022, 'Unlocking the Potential of Hydrogen in Indonesia', in Ardiansyah H; Ekadewi P (ed.), Indonesia Post-Pandemic Outlook: Strategy towards Net-Zero Emissions by 2060 from the Renewables and Carbon-Neutral Energy Perspectives, BRIN Publishing, pp. 209 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.55981/brin.562.c11
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Silalahi D; Gunawan D, 2022, 'Solar Energy Potentials and Opportunity of Floating Solar PV in Indonesia', in Ardiansyah H; Ekadewi P (ed.), Indonesia Post-Pandemic Outlook: Strategy towards Net-Zero Emissions by 2060 from the Renewables and Carbon-Neutral Energy Perspectives, BRIN Publishing, pp. 63 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.55981/brin.562.c5
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Arkhurst B; Gunawan D; Oppong-Antwi L; Guo R; Ashong AN; Fan X; Bahmanrokh G; Ip Chan SL, 2025, 'A novel technique of reducing nanotube clustering for enhanced hydrogen evolution: Two-fold precursor mixing and P-doping synergy of carbon nitride nanotubes', Applied Surface Science, 708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.163664
    Journal articles | 2025
    Arkhurst B; Guo R; Fan X; Bahmanrokh G; Oppong-Antwi L; Gunawan D; Ashong AN; Chan SLI, 2025, 'High surface area carbon nitride nanotubes for improved hydrogen storage: A grinding and solution mixing approach', Materials Today Chemistry, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2025.102930
    Journal articles | 2025
    Arkhurst B; Guo R; Fan X; Bahmanrokh G; Oppong-Antwi L; Gunawan D; Ashong AN; Chan SLI, 2025, 'Hybrid fabrication and augmented calcination approach for synergistically enhanced surface area and hydrogen storage performance of g-C3N4 nanotubes', Journal of Energy Storage, 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.117805
    Journal articles | 2025
    Chung HY; Wong RJ; Wu H; Gunawan D; Amal R; Ng YH, 2025, 'Scalable and Integrated Photocatalytic Reactor Systems for Solar-to-Fuel Production: Photoredox and Photoreforming Processes', Advanced Energy Materials, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202404956
    Journal articles | 2025
    Chung HY; Wong RJ; Wu H; Gunawan D; Amal R; Ng YH, 2025, 'Scalable and Integrated Photocatalytic Reactor Systems for Solar‐to‐Fuel Production: Photoredox and Photoreforming Processes (Adv. Energy Mater. 28/2025)', Advanced Energy Materials, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202570122
    Journal articles | 2025
    Eskandari P; Zhou S; Yuwono J; Gunawan D; Webster RF; Ma Z; Xu H; Amal R; Lu X, 2025, 'Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media via Ruthenium–Chromium Atomic Pairs Modified Ruthenium Nanoparticles', Advanced Materials, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202419360
    Journal articles | 2025
    Gunawan D; Stern T; Zhang J; Yuwono JA; Pan J; Li Q; Yu H; Gunawan M; Hocking RK; Toe CY; Scott J; Amal R, 2025, 'Corrigendum to “Scalable solar-driven reforming of alcohol feedstock to H2 using Ni/Zn3In2S6 photocatalyst” [Chem. Eng. J. 513 (2025) 162965] (Chemical Engineering Journal (2025) 513, (S1385894725037994), (10.1016/j.cej.2025.162965))', Chemical Engineering Journal, 515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.163701
    Journal articles | 2025
    Gunawan D; Stern T; Zhang J; Yuwono JA; Pan J; Li Q; Yu H; Gunawan M; Hocking RK; Toe CY; Scott J; Amal R, 2025, 'Scalable solar-driven reforming of alcohol feedstock to H2 using Ni/Zn3In2S6 photocatalyst', Chemical Engineering Journal, 513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.162965
    Journal articles | 2025
    Gunawan M; Bowdler O; Zhou S; Fang X; Zhang Q; Sakamoto Y; Sun K; Gunawan D; Chang SLY; Amal R; Valanoor N; Scott J; Hart JN; Toe CY, 2025, 'Ferroelectric Polarization-Induced Performance Enhancements in BiFeO3/BiVO4 Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting', Advanced Functional Materials, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202417651
    Journal articles | 2025
    Gunawan M; Jin Y; Leung TC; Bowdler O; Zhou S; Gunawan D; Zhang M; Fang X; Zhang Q; Valanoor N; Amal R; Hart JN; Scott J; Toe CY, 2025, 'Inducing n-type photoanodic behavior in p-type bismuth ferrite via ferroelectric polarization', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5ta04859a
    Journal articles | 2025
    Gunawan M; Priest M; Gunawan D; Nie S; Satriyatama A; Vongsvivut J; Hameiri Z; Zhang Q; Zhou S; Amal R, 2025, 'Differentiating the role of Ni and Fe in NiFeOx co-catalyzed BiVO4 photoanode for water oxidation', Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 1, pp. 100019 - 100019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eesus.2025.100019
    Journal articles | 2025
    Li Q; Gunawan D; Jiang L; Gunawan R; Gunasekara G; Sarmin S; Doyle R; Lai Q; Amal R; Scott J, 2025, 'Recent Advances in Electrochemical Organic Waste Reforming: Highlights on Anodic Chemistry, Materials Design, and System Integration', ACS APPLIED ENGINEERING MATERIALS, 3, pp. 21 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.4c00705
    Journal articles | 2025
    Xia Z; Jin H; Zheng Y; Jiao Y; Qiao S; Gunawan D; Daiyan R; Amal R; Lawson T; Dai L, 2025, 'Carbon catalysts for CO2 conversion: From carbon emissions to zero-carbon solutions', Science Advances, 11, pp. eady9164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ady9164
    Journal articles | 2025
    Zhou S; Liu X; Gunawan M; Shan Y; Zhang M; Lucas S; Satriyatama A; Gunawan D; Wang A; Yuan X; Sun K; Amal R; Hao X, 2025, 'Unassisted Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production Coupled with Selective Glucose Oxidation Using Metal Halide Perovskite Photoanodes', Advanced Functional Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202505281
    Journal articles | 2024
    Arkhurst B; Guo R; Gunawan D; Oppong-Antwi L; Ashong AN; Fan X; Rokh GB; Chan SLI, 2024, 'Scalable fabrication of high surface area g-C3N4 nanotubes for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 87, pp. 321 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.09.006
    Journal articles | 2024
    Gunawan D; Lau LY; Yuwono JA; Kumar PV; Oppong-Antwi L; Kuschnerus I; Chang SLY; Hocking RK; Amal R; Scott J; Toe CY, 2024, 'Revealing the activity and selectivity of atomically dispersed Ni in Zn3In2S6 for benzyl alcohol photoreforming', Chemical Engineering Journal, 486, pp. 150215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.150215
    Journal articles | 2024
    Gunawan D; Zhang J; Li Q; Toe CY; Scott J; Antonietti M; Guo J; Amal R, 2024, 'Materials Advances in Photocatalytic Solar Hydrogen Production: Integrating Systems and Economics for a Sustainable Future', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202404618
    Journal articles | 2024
    Gunawan M; Zhou S; Gunawan D; Zhang Q; Hart JN; Amal R; Scott J; Valanoor N; Toe CY, 2024, 'Ferroelectric materials as photoelectrocatalysts: photoelectrode design rationale and strategies', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 13, pp. 1612 - 1640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4ta07812h
    Journal articles | 2024
    Haghshenas Y; Wong WP; Gunawan D; Khataee A; Keyikoğlu R; Razmjou A; Kumar PV; Toe CY; Masood H; Amal R; Sethu V; Teoh WY, 2024, 'Predicting the rates of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over cocatalyst-deposited TiO2 using machine learning with active photon flux as a unifying feature', Ees Catalysis, 2, pp. 612 - 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ey00246b
    Journal articles | 2024
    Oppong-Antwi L; Gunawan D; Toe CY; Yao Y; Valanoor N; Hart JN, 2024, 'CuxS films as photoelectrodes for visible-light water splitting', Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2024.108833
    Journal articles | 2023
    Gunawan D; Yuwono JA; Kumar PV; Kaleem A; Nielsen MP; Tayebjee MJY; Oppong-Antwi L; Wen H; Kuschnerus I; Chang SLY; Wang Y; Hocking RK; Chan TS; Toe CY; Scott J; Amal R, 2023, 'Unraveling the structure-activity-selectivity relationships in furfuryl alcohol photoreforming to H2 and hydrofuroin over ZnxIn2S3+x photocatalysts', Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122880
    Journal articles | 2022
    Gunawan D; Toe CY; Sun K; Scott J; Amal R, 2022, 'Improved carrier dynamics in nickel/urea-functionalized carbon nitride for ethanol photoreforming', Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 21, pp. 2115 - 2126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43630-022-00282-4
    Journal articles | 2022
    Silalahi DF; Gunawan D; Wahyuni E; Dipayana GF; Hardhi M; Winofa NC; Ramadhan RA; Hidayat T, 2022, 'Indonesia Post-Pandemic Outlook: Strategy towards Net-Zero Emissions by 2060 from the Renewables and Carbon-Neutral Energy Perspectives', , http://dx.doi.org/10.55981/brin.562
    Journal articles | 2021
    Gunawan D; Toe CY; Kumar P; Scott J; Amal R, 2021, 'Synergistic Cyanamide Functionalization and Charge-Induced Activation of Nickel/Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Selective Photoreforming of Ethanol', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13, pp. 49916 - 49926, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c14195
    Journal articles | 2021
    Toe CY; Tsounis C; Zhang J; Masood H; Gunawan D; Scott J; Amal R, 2021, 'Advancing photoreforming of organics: Highlights on photocatalyst and system designs for selective oxidation reactions', Energy and Environmental Science, 14, pp. 1140 - 1175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ee03116j
    Journal articles | 2018
    Gunawan D; Kuswadi VB; Sapei L; Riadi L, 2018, 'Yarn dyed wastewater treatment using hybrid electrocoagulation- Fenton method in a continuous system: Technical and economical viewpoint', Environmental Engineering Research, 23, pp. 114 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/eer.2017.108
  • Reports | 2025
    Gunawan D; Daiyan R; Gao T; Amal R; Holley C, 2025, A Critical Study on Waste to Low Carbon (CCS-abated) Hydrogen, IEAGHG, http://dx.doi.org/10.62849/2025-02
    Reports | 2025
    Gunawan D; Gao T; Christian J; Samsudeen A; Amal R; Daiyan R, 2025, Opportunity for Developing an e-SAF Value Chain in NSW, https://www.decarbhub.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/NSW-SAF-Industry-Pre-Feasibility-Study_WEB.pdf
    Reports | 2024
    Daiyan R; Amal R; Gao T; Macgill I; Gunawan D, 2024, NSW Power-to-X Industry Feasibility Study, https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/news/nsw-power-to-x-industry-feasibility-study-released
    Preprints | 2024
    Gunawan M; Bowdler O; Zhou S; Fang X; Zhang Q; Sakamoto Y; Sun K; Gunawan D; Chang S; Amal R; Valanoor N; Scott J; Hart JN; Toe CY, 2024, Ferroelectric Polarization-Induced Performance Enhancements in BiFeO3-Based Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-lh925
    Preprints | 2024
    Gunawan M; Bowdler O; Zhou S; Fang X; Zhang Q; Sakamoto Y; Sun K; Gunawan D; Chang S; Amal R; Valanoor N; Scott J; Hart JN; Toe CY, 2024, Ferroelectric Polarization-Induced Performance Enhancements in BiFeO3-Based Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-lh925-v2
    Reports | 2021
    Daiyan R; Macgill I; Amal R; Pollepalle K; Khan MH; Gao T; Hermawan M; Gunawan D, 2021, NSW Power-to-X (P2X) Industry Pre-Feasibility Study, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/wnd0-c020, https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/rdnsw/future-industries-reports/nsw-power-to-x-industry-pre-feasibility-study#:~:text=NSW%20Power%20to%20X%20Industry%20Pre-Feasibility%20Study%3A%20A%20Roadmap,power%20fuels%20and%20clean%20chemicals.

  • Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project, Multiscale Design Approach to Photocatalytic Selective Methane Oxidation (DP260101375), Chief Investigator, AU$739K, 2026-2028
  • Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT) Australia-Indonesia Institute Grant, Australia-Indonesia Sustainable Fuels Workshop (AII00009), Lead Chief Investigator, AU$30K, 2025-2026
  • Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering (ATSE) / Department of Industry, Science & Resources (DISR) Global Science & Technology Diplomacy Fund – Strategic Element, Advancing Sunlight-to-Hydrogen Conversion for a Sustainable Future (GSTDS000001), Chief Investigator, AU$749K, 2025-2027
  • Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) International Research Program, Solar-Driven Reforming of Glycerol for the Coproduction of Green Hydrogen and High-Value Chemicals (8404/IT1.B07.1/TA.00/2024), Co-Lead Chief Investigator, AU$25K, 2024-2025
  • International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas (IEAGHG) R&D Program, A Critical Study on Waste to Low Carbon (CCS-abated) Hydrogen (IEA/CON/23/299), Chief Investigator, AU$120K, 2023-2024