Project description
Green plant-based synthesis for metal oxides nanoparticles
A novel approach to synthesising metal oxide nanoparticles (MONPs) combines nitrate salts with plant-derived materials such as doum and beetroot, exploiting biomolecules naturally present in plants through a solution combustion synthesis (SCS) route. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the PRIMONPLANTS project aims to elucidate the SCS foaming mechanism that drives MONP formation, with particular emphasis on the role of plant biomolecules, especially polyols. The project will also scale up the production of cerium- and zirconium-based nanoparticles in collaboration with the domestic wood stove manufacturer STÛV. These nanoparticles are intended for use in filtration systems designed to remove volatile organic compounds from wood stove emissions, thereby supporting compliance with European ecodesign requirements.
Objective
"We propose to extend a recently discovered and novel route to the non-aqueous synthesis of Metal Oxide NanoParticles (MONPs; M: Zn, Ce, Zr) that uses as precursors (i) their nitrate salt and (ii) affordable plants, like the doum or beet root, some of their constituents such as glucose and sucrose and even simpler organic compounds such as glycerol and ethylene glycol (iii) which is carried out in a one pot synthesis with foaming at low temperature (< 110°C) in a few minutes compared to those reported that require a higher temperature, several steps and several hours (500°C, 8 h).
We will take advantage of this study to model, on simple compounds, the mechanism of MONP synthesis involving plants described as ""green synthesis"" in the literature, which until now has not yet been properly rationalized. To this end, we have strategically assembled a panel of scientists from different fields ranging from physics and materials science to inorganic and organic chemistry, belonging to both academia and industry.
We will extend our original discovery to a series of strategically selected organic compounds containing different functional groups to find those that behave as described above and eventually produce MONPs by foaming.
Finally, we will apply our findings to the large-scale production of certain MONPs (M: Ce, Zr) through a partnership with ""Stûv"", a leading company specializing in the manufacture of domestic wood stoves, a sustainable resource for household heating. This should give this European industry a competitive advantage at the international level. MNOPs will be inserted into filters to destroy Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) found in smoke generated by household woodstoves. The economic impact should be significant because the emission of toxic fumes is a brake on the use of this mode of heating in Europe. This project is in line with and goes beyond the new European regulations (Ecodesign2022)."
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- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry inorganic compounds
- natural sciences chemical sciences organic chemistry volatile organic compounds
- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules lipids
- natural sciences chemical sciences organic chemistry aliphatic compounds
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries forestry
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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72085 Le Mans
France
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