Scientific Objectives

Main goal of the project:

The proposal objectives are focused on the promotion of clean energetic technology with positive impact on environment pollution which can solve some complex aspects from economy, development of new advanced materials with high added value and improvement of the visibility of research activities. The major scientific and technical challenges that will be addressed within this proposal refer to optimization and developing of new efficient materials for MEC processes which will be further applied to energy recovery from wastewater, wastewater treatment and heavy metal removal.

The scientific objectives of the proposal are:

1. Developing of nitrogen-doped carbon materials through "free templates" method

2. Developing of nitrogen-doped carbon materials using the "hard template" method

3. Investigation of electrochemical properties of nitrogen doped carbon materials

4. Evaluation of MEC for energy production and wastewater treatment

5. Evaluation of MEC for wastewater treatment and heavy metal removal

6. Proposal of synthesis technology for nitrogen doped carbon materials and electrocatalytic system for oxygen reduction

7. Impact of the new material in MEC technology