Objective
The energy crisis, environmental pollution and global warming are serious problems that are of great concern throughout the world. Around 40% of the world’s energy consumption is dedicated to the production of materials and chemicals. Thus, there is a need to develop high-performance materials based on renewable resources, simpler to synthesise and cost effective. Carbon materials derived from renewable resources (e.g. biomass) are ideal candidates to meet these needs. The main objective of our proposed Innovative Training Network is to develop new scientific knowledge, capability, technology, and commercial products for biomass-derived carbons (BCs); thus impacting the way that Europe uses and innovates with sustainable carbon materials. This will be accomplished through outstanding research and training programmes for fourteen early-stage researchers (ESRs). Our proposed research programme is feasible given the varied expertise and knowledge of the academic and industrial participants. We expect that GreenCarbon will improve our ability to rationally design a range of functionalised BC-derived materials using different individual and synergistically coupled processes and expand their practical applications. Our research programme comprehensively covers all aspects from precursors (the nature of biomass) to processing (thermochemical conversion, porosity development, chemical functionalisation) and application (e.g. CO2 capture, heterogeneous catalysis and chemicals from biomass) enabling a unique design of engineered sustainable BC materials. At the same time, our training programme is designed with the aim to empower the ESRs through the provision of a comprehensive and coherent training package, which includes complementary competencies and knowledge in all the science, engineering and business skills so as to be capable of deploying new technologies within different environments both inside and outside of academia.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialstwo-dimensional nanostructuresgraphene
- natural scienceschemical sciencesphysical chemistrythermochemistry
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
MSCA-ITN-ETN - European Training NetworksCoordinator
50009 Zaragoza
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Participants (9)
9000 Gent
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B4 7ET Birmingham
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70599 Stuttgart
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10691 Stockholm
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E1 4NS London
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EH8 9YL Edinburgh
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80686 Munchen
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CV47EZ Coventry
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17390 MURCHIN OT RELZOW
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Partners (5)
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04347 Leipzig
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EX2 7HR Exeter
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SE11443 Stockholm
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HA0 4PE Alperton
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56281 DORTH
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