Present & futur research projects
Materials for Energy and (Photo)Catalysis
- Coupling of different technonologies for the degradation of VOCs : New way to improve the air quality (FEDER project).
- Design and Synthesis of highly efficient catalysts based on hierarchically structured meso-macroporous materials for catalytic removal of pollutants from the wood combusion in residential boilers (European commission – Wallonia co-funded project).
- Place Pt atoms in different porosity of highly ordered hierarchically micro-meso-macroporous zeolite single crystals for highly effecicient catalytic degradation of VOCs
- Solw photons in inverse opal photonic crystals for high enhanced Photocatalysis
- Hierarchically structured porous materials for Li-Se batteries (CSC Project)
Bioencapsuation for energy, environment and health care
- Encapsulation of photosynthetic cyanobacteria in hybrid transperant porous matrice for environmental remediation (FRIA Project).
- Algae Factory : Massive culture of microalgae and their valorisation for the production of highly added value molecules (Coordinator of the project financed by FEDER).
- Design and synthesis of photosynthetic hybrid materials by encapsulation of plant cells in Alginate@Silica microcapsules for production of molecules of interest (FRIA Project).
- Encapsulation of photosynthetic cyanobacteria single cell (CSC project).
- Design of artificial organs by encapsulation of animal cells (Beta) in Alginate @SiO2@TiO2 for the cell therapy of diabets of type I
Design of photosynthetic solar cells for the production of chemicals and electricity
