Objectives
The NANOCARBON + project proposes the exploration, optimization and demonstration of the potential for industrial use of materials based on nanostructured graphene, used in various morphologies and compositional categories.
The innovative technologies that will be developed target various eco-industrial applications: structural integrity monitoring, photovoltaic systems, pollutant detection, water decontamination, self-cleaning surfaces, laser systems.
By collaborating in the 4 component projects, the 6 partners - four research institutes and two universities - propose the development of institutional capacities by generating new technologies and services, creating / expanding links with the industrial environment, opening new fields of collaborative research, development human resources.
Project P1: Pieoresistive effects in nanocrystalline carbon films and applications in mechanical stress sensors
• Development of innovative materials and technologies, optimized to maximize piezoresistive sensitivity (OCDI-1)
• Development of innovative technologies and structures for the realization of high sensitivity tensometric piezoresistive sensors (OCDI-2)
Project P2 - Oxide nanocomposites with nanocarbon materials with applications in photonics
The project aims for the development of oxide nanocomposite systems with nanocarbon materials
for new applications. The new materials prepared by three different methods: (i) Sol-gel synthesis of oxide films composites with nanocarbon materials, for transparent conductors in photovoltaic systems;
(ii) Synthesis by melting / casting / sintering technique of borophosphate block materials with materials
nanocarbons, optimization of optical, thermal and electrical transmission for applications in laser systems;
(iii) Synthesis of thin films using Magnetron Sputtering / MAPLE technologies for applications in
laser systems.
Project P3: Carbon-based nanostructured materials for the development of sensors for monitoring polycyclic aromatic gases and hydrocarbons
• Development of materials through "green" synthesis technologies, for transparent electrodes with applications in photovoltaic systems. Investigated systems: ZnO-GO / rGO and ZnO-P2O5-GO / rGO (OCDI-1)
• Development of new materials, through innovative technologies for laser active environments with improved thermal, electrical and mechanical properties. Investigated systems: new boron-phosphate composites doped with nanocarbon compounds (OCDI-2)
Project P4: Composite photocatalytic coatings: metal oxide-nanocarbon materials with applications in environmental technologies: self-cleaning properties and advanced treatment of organic pollutants
• The development and optimization of the components of photocatalytic composites aims at: a) development of carbon nanostructured (n-C) compounds with dimensional control and surface loading of each type (G, GO, r-GO); b) sol-gel of TiO2 and ZnO films with the control of crystallinity, morphology and surface charge; c) obtaining TiO2 and ZnO SPD films with the control of crystallinity, morphology and surface loading; c) testing the photocatalytic and superhydrophilic properties of ZnO and TiO2 films
• Obtaining thin layers composed of carbon nanostructures in the matrix of TiO2 and ZnO respectively aims to obtain thin composites of TiO2 - G, GO or r-GO and ZnO - G, GO or r-GO through sol-gel techniques and SPD. The aim is to obtain stable composites with continuous interfaces that allow the rapid circulation of charge carriers (electrons or gaps), reducing recombination.
• The development, characterization and testing of composite solar-active photocatalytic structures for advanced water purification and for self-cleaning surfaces
- P1 – Piezoresistive effects in nanocrystalline carbonic thin films; development of mechanical strain gauges.
- P2 – Oxidic nanocomposites using nanocarbon based materials for the development of lasers and photovoltaic systems.
- P3 – Carbon based nanostructured materials for the development of sensors for gas and polycycle aromatic hydrocarbons monitoring
- P4 – Photocatalytic composite coatings based on metallic oxides and nanocarbon based materials for the development of environmental technologies (self-cleaning and organic pollutants treatment)
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