PHOTOBIO23JC
SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL NANOSTRUCTURED METAL-SUPPORTED PHOTOCATALYSTS: CHARACTERIZATION AND PROMISING APPLICATIONS IN THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH VALUE CHEMICALS FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS
| Coordinatore | INSTYTUT CHEMII FIZYCZNEJ POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK
Organization address
address: KASPRZAKA 44/52 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Poland [PL] |
| Totale costo | 100˙000 € |
| EC contributo | 100˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) |
| Code Call | FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG |
| Funding Scheme | MC-IRG |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-04-01 - 2014-03-31 |
Partecipanti
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INSTYTUT CHEMII FIZYCZNEJ POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK
Organization address
address: KASPRZAKA 44/52 contact info |
PL (WARSZAWA) | coordinator | 100˙000.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Heterogeneous photocatalysis offers a lot of possibilities to find the appropiate environmental friendly solutions for the problems affecting our society among them the energy´s problems. Researchers are still looking for a new routes to synthetize solid photocatalysts which will be able to transform more efficiently solar energy into chemical energy. In many developing countries, biomass is still a major energy source. The Roadmap for Biomass Technologies, authored by 26 leading experts from academia, industry, and government agencies, has predicted a gradual shift back to a carbohydrate-based economy. Biomass and biofuels appear to hold the key for satisfying the basic needs of our societies for the sustainable production of liquid fuels and chemicals without compromising the needs of future generations. In this research, I will work on novel routes of preparation of metal-nanostructured photocatalysts. The novelity of these methods of synthesis are based on the anchoring of metals such as Fe, Cr, Ti, Pd, Pt by the application of ultrasonic and photo-ultrasonic irradiation to obtain metal-nanostructured materials with specific properties. USY-Zeolite with high Si/Al molar ratio and Fumed-SiO2 will be used as carriers. Those carriers have interesting textural properties which are very helpful in hetero-photocatalysis and have not been yet broadly investigated. I will provide a complete characterization of all synthesized photocatalysts using a wide range of physico-chemical techniques (XRD, XPS, UV-vis, chemisorption, among others) and explore the potencial application in the specific example of selective conversion of glucose/xylose (model compounds of lignocellulosic biomass structure) to high value chemicals.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Scientists have developed and tested a number of new catalysts that use ultraviolet (UV) or visible light to break down common environmental pollutants.