4G-PHOTOCAT

Fourth generation photocatalysts: nano-engineered composites for water decontamination in low-cost paintable photoreactors

Coordinatore	RUHR-UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM    more  Organization address address: Universitaetstrasse 150 city: BOCHUM postcode: 44780 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Radim Cognome: Beranek Email: send email Telefono: +49 234 32 29431 Fax: +49 234 32 14174
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	4˙884˙982 €
EC contributo	3˙727˙767 €
Programma	FP7-NMP Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies
Code Call	FP7-NMP-2012-SMALL-6
Funding Scheme	CP-SICA
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-01-01   -   2015-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	RUHR-UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM  Organization address address: Universitaetstrasse 150 city: BOCHUM postcode: 44780 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Radim Cognome: Beranek Email: send email Telefono: +49 234 32 29431 Fax: +49 234 32 14174	DE (BOCHUM)	coordinator	1˙261˙200.00
2	UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON  Organization address address: GOWER STREET city: LONDON postcode: WC1E 6BT contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Giles Cognome: Machell Email: send email Telefono: +44 20 3108 3020 Fax: +44 20 7813 2849	UK (LONDON)	participant	568˙014.00
3	HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO  Organization address address: YLIOPISTONKATU 4 city: HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO postcode: 14 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Satu Cognome: Väisänen Email: send email Telefono: +358 9 19150613	FI (HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO)	participant	499˙234.00
4	PICOSUN OY  Organization address address: Tietotie 3 city: ESPOO postcode: 2150 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Satu Cognome: Ek Email: send email Telefono: +358 50 4364899 Fax: +358 20 722 7012	FI (ESPOO)	participant	404˙500.00
5	UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA  Organization address address: "SULTAN IBRAHIM CHANCELLERY BUILDING, OFFICE OF DEPUTY VICE CHANCELLOR (RESEARCH & INNOVATION)" city: JOHOR BAHRU postcode: 81310 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Leny Cognome: Yuliati Email: send email Telefono: +60 7 5536272 Fax: +60 7 5536080	MY (JOHOR BAHRU)	participant	285˙516.00
6	"USTAV FYZIKALNI CHEMIE J. HEYROVSKEHO AV CR, v. v. i."  Organization address address: Dolejskova 2155/3 city: PRAHA 8 postcode: 182 23 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Jaromir Cognome: Jirkovsky Email: send email Telefono: +420 26605 3185	CZ (PRAHA 8)	participant	257˙353.00
7	UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI  Organization address address: Ul. Golebia 24 city: KRAKOW postcode: 31007 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Wojciech Cognome: Macyk Email: send email Telefono: +48 12 6632222 Fax: +48 12 6340515	PL (KRAKOW)	participant	169˙200.00
8	DAI HOC NONG NGHIEP HA NOI  Organization address address: TRAU QUI GIA LAM city: HANOI postcode: 84 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Son Cognome: Nguyen Truong Email: send email Telefono: 84462617543	VN (HANOI)	participant	139˙200.00
9	ADVANCED MATERIALS - JTJ SRO  Organization address address: KAMENNE ZEHROVICE 23 city: KAMENNE ZEHROVICE postcode: 27301 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Jan Cognome: Prochazka Email: send email Telefono: +420 266 312 323	CZ (KAMENNE ZEHROVICE)	participant	93˙750.00
10	Q&A HA NOI CONG TY TNHH  Organization address address: QUYNH MAI STREET 119 / E7 HAI BA TRUNG DICT city: HANOI contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Hung Cognome: Nguyen Manh Email: send email Telefono: +84 4 36 36 95 80	VN (HANOI)	participant	49˙800.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The project 4G-PHOTOCAT allies the expertise of 7 academic and 3 industrial partners from 5 EU countries (Germany, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Poland, and Finland) and 2 ASEAN countries (Malaysia and Vietnam) for the development of a novel generation of low-cost nano-engineered photocatalysts for sunlight-driven water depollution. Through rational design of composites in which the solar light-absorbing semiconductors are coupled to nanostructured redox co-catalysts based on abundant elements, the recombination of photogenerated charges will be suppressed and the rate of photocatalytic reactions will be maximized. In order to achieve fabrication of optimal architectures, advanced chemical deposition techniques with a high degree of control over composition and morphology will be employed and further developed. Furthermore, novel protocols will be developed for the implementation of the photocatalysts into a liquid paint, allowing for the deposition of robust photoactive layers onto flat surfaces, without compromising the photoactivity of immobilized photocatalysts. Such paintable photoreactors are envisaged particularly as low-cost devices for detoxification of water from highly toxic persistent organic pollutants which represent a serious health issue in many remote rural areas of Vietnam and other countries. The 4G-PHOTOCAT project will provide novel scientific insights into the correlation between compositional/structural properties and photocatalytic reaction rates under sunlight irradiation, as well as improved fabrication methods and enhanced product portfolio for the industrial partners. Finally, 4G-PHOTOCAT will lead to intensified collaboration between scientists working at the cutting edge of synthetic chemistry, materials science, heterogeneous photocatalysis, theoretical modelling, and environmental analytics, as well as to unique reinforcement of cooperation between scientists and industry partners from EU and ASEAN countries.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Pesticides are used around the world but can persist in the environment, contaminating drinking and irrigation water with toxic organic compounds. One example is Vietnam where herbicides and dioxins applied during the Vietnam war entered the water cycle, possibly leading to cancers and abnormalities in newborn babies.