Polysaccharide beads as catalyst support material

• Grant number: 19/25257-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: January 01, 2020
• End date: March 15, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Liana Alvares Rodrigues
• Grantee: Clarice Moreira Goes
• Supervisor: Pedro Edson Fardim
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Lorena , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Leuven, Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium
• Associated to the scholarship: 19/03641-3 - Photodegradation of 4-chlorophenol using ZnO/SnO2/carbon xerogel composite as catalyst, BP.IC

Abstract

This project consists in the production of polysaccharide beads (cellulose and alginate) as ternary photocatalyst (formed by two semiconduters and a carbonaceous matrix) support materials for application in continuous reactors. (AU)