Development of highly active nanostructured titaniabased photocatalysts for wastewater remediation and CO2 conversion into valuable chemicals.

The present FWO-Vito project aims the development of regenerable sorbent materials for aqueous waste streams. The increasing pressure on critical raw materials is the driver for the need of new materials which allow the recovery and replacement of the pristine materials source. This project aims at the recovery of phosphate ions from several waste streams.The goal of the research is on both materials development as well as on materials structuring into an optimum architecture, which can be successfully used for sorption of valuable elements from aqueous wastes as well as other side streams. Therefore, novel structured LDH-type materials with high sorption capacity and selectivity for phosphate anions will be developed.

Keywords:NANOPOROUS MATERIALS, CATALYSIS, MATERIAL SCIENCES

Disciplines:Inorganic chemistry, Sustainable chemistry, Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution, Environmental science and management

Project type:Collaboration project