funding type |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
programme |
FCT/PTDC/2014 |
acronym/
reference |
H2CORK |
alternative reference |
PTDC/CTM-ENE/6762/2014 |
research group(s) |
5 - biomedical and biomimetic materials; 4 - biorefineries, biobased materials and recycling; |
department |
Materials and Ceramic Engineering (DEMaC) |
execution dates |
2016-05-01 - 2019-04-30 (
36 Months )
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project extension date |
2019-10-31 (
6 Extra months )
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abstract/
keywords |
Goal: H2CORK will develop novel CeO2-based Ecoceramics, exploiting the regular, highly porous microstructure of sustainable cork templates, for the innovative renewable production of hydrogen via direct solar thermochemical fuel production (TCFP). Sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels, such as H2, are urgently needed, and must be produced using renewable energy to be truly sustainable. Concentrated solar energy (a focused beam of sunlight) can be used to produce electricity, split water or create synthetic fuels without CO2 emissions. H2 production via direct solar TCFP should be more efficient than electrolysis using solar electricity, and so is an innovative solution to H2 production. What is required is a suitable material for a TCFP catalyst. It is known that CeO2-based materials can be used to split water and produce H2 for TCFP, via a redox cycle that requires heating up to 1400 ºC. What is required is further development and optimisation of such materials to improve efficiency and redox reaction rates, and to enhance their microstructure/surface area. Any materials solutions should also be based on renewable/sustainable resources and methods. This will be achieved by developing innovative CeO2-based catalysts with enhanced regular 3DOM microstructures using naturally occurring cork templates to create Ecoceramics (Environmentally conscious ceramics). These will be a novel form of biomimetic material using a cork template, to make a ceramic with the unique, highly porous cellular microstructure of cork.Cork is a totally sustainable Portuguese resource, the bark being harvested without damaging the tree, which lives on to sequester CO2 for centuries. Methods: Solar Energy Materials, Solar Energy, Biomimetics, Biomimetic Materials, Concentrated Solar Power, Water Splitting, Hydrogen Production, Sustainable Energy, Materials for Sustainable Energy, cork, ceria, biomimetic ceramics, sustainable materials, thermochemical fuels production, ecoceramics, CeO2, hydrogen production |
coordinator
/local pi |
Rob Pullar |
ciceco status |
Coordinator |
proponent institution |
Universidade de Aveiro (UA) |
partner institution(s) |
LNEG
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industrial partner(s) |
no |
international partner(s) |
no |
total budget |
199.228€
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ciceco budget |
119.400€
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project code |
3.50.196 |
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Cork-derived hierarchically porous hydroxyapatite with different stoichiometries for biomedical and environmental applicationsScalera, F; Quarta, A; Tobaldi, DM; Pullar, RC; Piccirillo, C 2021, MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS, 5, 13, 5071-5081.
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Biomimetic calcium carbonate with hierarchical porosity produced using cork as a sustainable template agentScalera, F; Carbone, L; Bettini, S; Pullar, RC; Piccirillo, C 2020, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 8, 1,
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High performance cork-templated ceria for solar thermochemical hydrogen production via two-step water-splitting cyclesOliveira, FAC; Barreiros, MA; Haeussler, A; Caetano, APF; Mouquinho, AI; Silva, PMOE; Nova, RM; Pullar, RC; Abanades, S 2020, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS, 4, 6, 3077-3089.
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Solar Redox Cycling of Ceria Structures Based on Fiber Boards, Foams, and Biomimetic Cork-Derived Ecoceramics for Two-Step Thermochemical H2O and CO2 SplittingHaeussler, A; Abanades, S; Oliveira, FAC; Barreiros, MA; Caetano, APF; Novais, RM; Pullar, RC 2020, ENERGY & FUELS, 34, 7, 9037-9049.
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Comparison of low and high pressure infiltration regimes on the density and highly porous microstructure of ceria ecoceramics made from sustainable cork templatesNovais, RM; Pullar, RC 2019, JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 39, 4, 1287-1296.
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Sustainable and efficient cork - inorganic polymer composites: An innovative and eco-friendly approach to produce ultra-lightweight and low thermal conductivity materialsNovais, RM; Senff, L; Carvalheiras, J; Seabra, MP; Pullar, RC; Labrincha, JA 2019, CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES, 97, 107-117.
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Pyrolysed cork-geopolymer composites: A novel and sustainable EMI shielding building materialNovais, RM; Saeli, M; Caetano, APF; Seabra, MP; Labrincha, JA; Surendran, KP; Pullar, RC 2019, CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 229,
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A Review of Solar Thermochemical CO2 Splitting Using Ceria-Based Ceramics With Designed Morphologies and MicrostructuresPullar, RC; Novais, RM; Caetano, ARF; Barreiros, MA; Abanades, S; Oliveira, FAC 2019, FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY, 7,
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A sustainable multi-function biomorphic material for pollution remediation or UV absorption: Aerosol assisted preparation of highly porous ZnO-based materials from cork templatesQuarta, A; Novais, RM; Bettini, S; Iafisco, M; Pullar, RC; Piccirillo, C 2019, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 7, 2,
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Solar thermochemical CO2 splitting using cork-templated ceria ecoceramicsOliveira, FAC; Barreiros, MA; Abanades, S; Caetano, APF; Novais, RM; Pullar, RC 2018, JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION, 26, 552-563.
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Extremely fast and efficient methylene blue adsorption using eco-friendly cork and paper waste-based activated carbon adsorbentsNovais, RM; Caetano, APF; Seabra, MP; Labrincha, JA; Pullar, RC 2018, JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 197, 1137-1147.
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Uncovered: EcoceramicsPullar, RC; Novais, RM 2017, MATERIALS TODAY, 20, 1, 45-46.
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