Development of innovative materials for environmental applications, resources recovery and reuse
WP2 is coordinated by the “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (P2), and it develops innovative materials with tailored structures and properties for environmental applications, resource recovery and reuse. Research covers organic, polymeric, inorganic, carbon-based and hybrid materials, including materials derived from biomass and waste and designed for aquaculture applications. Advanced synthesis, characterisation and computational chemistry support the development of functional materials for testing and integration in other CERSUS work packages.
WP2 Objectives
O2.1. Design of new materials with on-demand structures and functional groups, using specific innovative functionalization reactions.
These materials refer to organic / polymeric /i norganic / carbon-based compounds / hybrids / composites with catalytic / electrocatalytic / photolytic / photocatalytic properties.
O2.2. Develop new methods to obtain innovative compounds / hybrids / composites / materials, with controlled features, from various (bio)waste sources and/or for aquaculture applications;
O2.3. Explore the interest molecular structures and elucidate the hypothetical mechanisms of intermolecular interactions by computational chemistry methods
WP2 Tasks and Activities
Task 2.1. Synthesis and characterization of new organic/macromolecular materials and composites with on-demand structures and functional groups
Task 2.2. Synthesis and characterization of new materials with catalytic/electrocatalytic/ photolytic/ photocatalytic properties
Task 2.3. Development of carbon-based nanomaterials and porous hybrid organic-inorganic platforms
Task 2.4. Development of innovative natural polymers/compounds-based materials with controlled features
Task 2.5. New methods for lignin derivatives obtainment and sustainable valorisation of lignocellulose from various waste sources
Task 2.6. Computational chemistry methods for exploring molecular systems and data-driven models for process optimization
WP2 Expected Results
- At least fourteen new materials with tailored structures and functionalities for environmental applications and resource recovery.
- A library of at least one hundred compounds and materials, supported by a database available to the CERSUS consortium.
- Innovative organic, polymeric, inorganic, carbon-based and hybrid materials with catalytic, electrocatalytic and photocatalytic properties.
- Natural polymer-based materials and customised biological filter media for recirculating aquaculture systems.
- New methods for lignin derivatisation and the valorisation of lignocellulosic and other waste streams into functional materials.
- Computational chemistry models describing molecular structures and intermolecular interactions, alongside models supporting process optimisation.
- Preparation and characterisation protocols and ten technical reports on synthetic and natural polymer-based materials.
- At least twenty Q1/Q2 journal articles, including ten open-access publications, and at least twenty-seven international conference presentations.
- Two patent applications and two workshops at international conferences.