Doctoral Themes - Proposals

Advanced Nanocatalysts for Sustainable Industrial Processes

Supervisors

Ana Paula Ribeiro, apribeiro@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Luísa Margarida Martins, luisamargaridamartins@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Registration Institution

Instituto Superior Técnico (Universidade de Lisboa)

Project description

The development of sustainable catalytic processes to produce high added-value products from inexpensive substrates remains a great challenge. Recently, there is a growing research interest in producing advanced nanomaterials with tailored chemical compositions from metal-organic-framework (MOF) precursors for energy storage, catalysis and electrochemistry. The main goal of this project is the design of MOF derived nanostructures using microwave, mechano- and sonochemical based techniques and apply them as catalysts for reactions integrating synthetic processes of industrial significance. The life cycle assessment of the produced materials will be another objective of this project. The studies will be performed in collaboration with Prof. Marta Piñeiro (FCT-UCoimbra)

Keywords

nanocatalyst; unconventional synthesis; industrial commodities

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