SubsidieMeestersSingle-Atom Photocatalysts Enhanced by a Self-Powered Photonic Glass Reactor to Produce Advanced Biofuels
GlaS-A-Fuels aims to develop efficient advanced biofuels from bio-ethanol using innovative photonic reactors and cooperative catalysts to enhance solar energy conversion and yield.
Projectdetails
Introduction
The increasing energy demand and the depletion of fossil-fuel reserves, threatening our energy security and the environment, have aroused intense global concern. To mitigate this, the EU aims to become climate-neutral by 2050, by targeting the next generation of biofuels from non-land and non-food competing bio-wastes.
Advanced Biofuels
Butanol (BuOH), heavier alcohols, and hydrogen (H2), if produced from bio-ethanol, are promising advanced biofuels due to their:
- High energy content
- Long shelf-life
- Compatibility with current engines and fuel distribution infrastructure
However, their production faces challenges due to the low yields and selectivities during ethanol reforming.
GlaS-A-Fuels Approach
GlaS-A-Fuels envisions a holistic approach to transform bio-ethanol to advanced biofuels employing recyclable and cooperative catalysts from earth-abundant elements.
Reactor Engineering
The concept is based on the engineering of a light-trapping and light-tuning photonic glass reactor, self-powered by a thermoelectric module, and tailored to amplify the effectiveness of photo-amplified single-atom catalysts.
Energy Harnessing
GlaS-A-Fuels aims to harness the full power of the light-activated carriers of photoactive supports by channeling this energy to the surface-exposed transition metal-cation single atom sites.
Maximizing Conversion
There, via the effective coordination with the reactants and energy matching with their frontier orbitals, solar energy to fuel conversion can be maximized.
Catalytic Performance
Metal-metal and metal-support cooperativity, charge transfer phenomena, and strongly polarized oxidation states can further contribute to the required enhanced catalytic performances and difficult-to-achieve key reaction intermediates.
Collaborative Expertise
To develop efficient processes for the production of advanced biofuels, GlaS-A-Fuels will leverage, in a concerted way, the key expertise of five partners in:
- Materials science for solar and thermal energy harvesting
- Catalysis
- Laser technologies for tuning light-matter interactions
- Intelligent process-control systems
Financiële details & Tijdlijn
Financiële details
| Subsidiebedrag | € 2.995.840 |
| Totale projectbegroting | € 2.995.840 |
Tijdlijn
| Startdatum | 1-3-2024 |
| Einddatum | 31-8-2027 |
| Subsidiejaar | 2024 |
Partners & Locaties
Projectpartners
- IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNASpenvoerder
- VSB - TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA
- LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR POLYMERFORSCHUNG DRESDEN EV
- CORE KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS AMKE
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE
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