About FOTOCATGRAF

FOTOCATGRAF – Graphene-based semiconductor photocatalysis for a safe and sustainable water supply: an advanced technology for emerging pollutants removal - UTAP-ICDT/CTM-NAN/0025/2014

FOTOCATGRAF is an R&D&I project funded by FCT in the framework of the UT Austin|Portugal Program in the area of Emerging Technologies. It involves a multidisciplinary team composed by three Portuguese Associated Laboratories REQUIMTE, CICECO and INESC-TEC, one USA partner, the UT Austin, and the portuguese company Águas do Centro Litoral (AdCL), S.A., Grupo Águas de Portugal. The team has recognized skills and expertise as well as cutting-edge facilities in the fields of (Nano)materials, Eco-sustainable (Photo)Catalysis, Analytical Chemistry, Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Wireless Sensor Networks and Data Mining. The project aims at developing a new advanced graphene-based technology for the removal of emerging pollutants from wastewater to ensure a safer and sustainable water supply.

Scientific Domain: Exact Sciences and Engineering

Main Research Area: Materials Science and Engineering – Nanomaterials and Devices

Secondary Research Area: Environment and Global Changes – Environmental Technologies

Keywords: semiconductors graphene nanocomposites, nanophotocatalysis, semiconductor band gap tuning, emerging pollutants

Starting Date: 1st June, 2015

Duration: 36 months

Context

New emerging pollutants such as pharmaceuticals, hormones and their metabolites are being detected in water/wastewater, which can have a tremendous impact on the environment and human health. In this sense, the quest for new advanced technologies for a safe and sustainable water supply is one of the grand global challenges of the 21st century. Nanotechnology-enabled photocatalytic water treatment processes emerge as new opportunities to develop the next-generation of water supply and wastewater treatments to produce higher quality water.

Goals

  1. Novel graphene-based nanophotocatalysts with excellent performance in solar-driven degradation of emerging pollutants at laboratorial scale.

  2. Optimized analytical tools to detect and quantify emerging pollutants and metabolites in wastewaters.

  3. Data mining system for monitoring pollutants, including the ability to: (i) early warning of unusual events; and (ii) forecasting models that can anticipate unwanted situations allowing preventive actions to be carried out in advance.

  4. Microcontroller device with electrochemical sensor and a wireless sensor network that monitors the concentrations of the pollutants in WWTP and automatically forwards the data to a repository.

  5. Transferability of solar-driven graphene-based photocatalysts with the best performance in the removal of emerging pollutants to pilot WWTP in AdCL.

The Team

REQUIMTE - LAQV

Cristina Freire

Main team
(PhD)

Clara Pereira

Main team
(PhD)

Diana Fernandes

Main team
(PhD)

Iwona Kuzniarska-Biernacka

Main team (PhD)

Marta Nunes

Main team
(PhD)

Mariana Rocha

Main team
(PhD)

Renata Matos

Collaborator
(MSc Student)

Mariana Araújo

Past Collaborator
(PhD)

Hugo Teixeira

Past Collaborator
(MSc)

Cristina Queirós

Past Collaborator
(MSc Student)

Alexandre Viana

Past Collaborator
(MSc Student)

Aires João Ribeiro

Past Collaborator
(MSc)

Marta Costa

Past Collaborator
(MSc Student)

Ricardo Carvalho

Past Collaborator
(MSc Student)

Rui Marques

Past Collaborator
(BSc Student)

CICECO - Univ. Aveiro

Tito Trindade

Main team
(PhD)

Helena Nogueira

Main team
(PhD)

Ana Estrada

Main team
(PhD)

Sara Moreira

Collaborator
(Student)

Maria João Martins

Collaborator

Joana Lopes

Past Collaborator
(MSc)

ISEP

Cristina Matos

Main team
(PhD)

Sónia Figueiredo

Main team
(PhD)

Manuela Correia

Main team
(PhD)

Madalena Pinheiro Morais

Collaborator
(MSc Student)

Sílvia Bastos

Past Collaborator
(MSc)

Sílvia Martinho

Past Collaborator
(MSc)

Tiago Veloso

Past Collaborator
(MSc)

INESC-TEC

Luís Lopes

Main team
(PhD)

Luís Torgo

Main team
(PhD)

Rita Ribeiro

Main team
(PhD)

António Pinheiro

Collaborator
(MSc)

Gil Ferro

Past Collaborator
(MSc)

UT Austin

Brian Korgel

Main team
(PhD)

Cherrelle Thomas

Main team
(PhD student)

Dan Houck

Main team
(PhD student)

Douglas Pernik

Main team
(PhD student)

Águas Centro Litoral

Sandra Jorge

Main team
(Eng.)

Gabriel Silva

Main team
(Eng.)

Dissemination

Publications

An ionic liquid route to prepare copper sulphide nanocrystals aiming at photocatalytic applications
Ana C. Estrada, Fábio M. Silva, Sofia F. Soares, João A. P. Coutinho, Tito Trindade
RSC Advances 2016, 6, 34521-34528;
DOI: 10.1039/C5RA27569E

Presence of pharmaceuticals in the Lis river (Portugal): Sources, fate and seasonal variation
Paula Paíga, Lúcia H.M.L.M. Santos, Sandra Ramos, Sandra Jorge, Jaime G. Silva, Cristina Delerue-Matos
Sci. Total Environ. 2016, 573, 164-177;
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.089

Optimization of the ion source-Mass Spectrometry parameters in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic pharmaceuticals analysis by a design of experiments approach
Paula Paíga, Luís M. S. Silva, Cristina Delerue-Matos
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2016, 27, 1703-1714;
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1459-0

PMo11V@N-CNT electrochemical properties and its application as electrochemical sensor for determination of acetaminophen
Diana M. Fernandes, Marta Nunes, Belén Bachiller-Baeza, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Ramos, Antonio Guerrero-Ruiz, Cristina Delerue-Matos, Cristina Freire
J. Solid State Electrochem. 2017, 21 1059–1068;
DOI: 10.1007/s10008-016-3463-5

Tuning the surface chemistry of graphene flakes: new strategies for selective oxidation
M. P. Araújo, O. S. G. P. Soares, A. J. S. Fernandes, M. F. R. Pereira, C. Freire
RSC Adv. 2017, 7, 14290-14301;
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA28868E

Development of a multi-residue method for the analysis of pharmaceuticals and some of their metabolites in aqueous environmental matrices by SPE-UHPLC-MS/MS
P. Paíga, L.H.M.L.M. Santos, C. Delerue-Matos
J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 2017, 135, 75-86;
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2016.12.013

A general route for growing metal sulfides onto graphene oxide and exfoliated graphite oxide
J.L. Lopes, A.C. Estrada, S. Fateixa, M. Ferro, T. Trindade
Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 245,
DOI: 10.3390/nano7090245

Evaluation of ecotoxicity of carbon nanomaterials with polyoxometalates
S.G.G. Bastos, L.H.M.L.M. Santos, D.M. Fernandes, C. Freire, C.M. Delerue-Matos, S.A. Figueiredo
Available: https://cest.gnest.org/sites/default/files/presentation_file_list/cest2017_01032_poster_paper.pdf

Impact of venlafaxine in the growth of the microalga Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata
S.G.G. Bastos, S.A. Figueiredo, C.M. Delerue-Matos, L.H.M.L.M. Santos
Available: https://cest.gnest.org/sites/default/files/presentation_file_list/cest2017_01033_poster_paper.pdf

Heteroatom-doped carbon nanomaterials as metal-free catalysts for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol
B. Jarrais, A. Guedes, C. Freire
ChemistrySelct 2018, 3, 1737-1748;
DOI: 10.1002/slct.201702706

Selectively oxidized carbon nanocatalysts for the oxidation of cis-cyclooctene
B. Jarrais, A. Guedes, C. Freire
NewJ.Chem. 2018, 42, 2306-2319;
DOI: 10.1039/C7NJ03706F

Assessment of 83 pharmaceuticals in WWTP influent and effluent samples by UHPLC-MS/MS: Hourly variation
P. Paíga, M. Correia, M.J. Fernandes, A. Silva, M. Carvalho, J. Vieira, S. Jorge, J.G. Silva, C. Freire, C. Delerue-Matos
Sci. Total Environ. 2019, 648, 582-600;
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.129

Sustainable adsorbents formed from by-product of acid activation of vermiculite and leached-vermiculite-LDH hybrids for removal of industrial dyes and metal cations
W. Stawinski, A. Wegrzyn, G. Mordarski, M. Skiba, O. Freitas, S. Figueiredo
Appl. Clay Sci. 2018, 161, 6-14;
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2018.04.007

Adsorption of Fluoxetine and Venlafaxine onto the Marine Seaweed Bifurcaria bifurcata
A. Silva, W. Stawinski, J. Romacho, L.H.M.L.M. Santos, S.A. Figueiredo, O.M. Freitas, C. Delerue-Matos
Environ. Eng. Sci. 2019, in press;
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2018.0332

National & International Conferences

Hybrid POM-Nanomaterials & Nanostructured Films
Diana M. Fernandes
XX SPE Meeting (Invited lecture), Braga, Portugal, October 21st - 23rd, 2015.

An Advanced Technology for a Safe and Sustainable Water Supply
Clara Pereira
Green Business Week – National Week for Green Growth (Oral Communication), Lisbon, Portugal, March 1st - 3rd, 2016.

Graphene-based Semiconductor Photocatalysis For a Safe and Sustainable Water Supply: An Advanced Technology for Emerging Pollutants Removal
Emerging Technology, Annual Conference of the UT Austin –Portugal Program, (Poster), Lisbon, Portugal, May, 2016.

Liquid-Phase Exfoliation of Graphite into Graphene Flakes
I. Kuźniarska-Biernacka, A. C. Alves, R. Matos, M. P. Araújo, A. J. S. Fernandes, C. Pereira, C. Freire
XENCMP – 10º Encontro Nacional de Catálise e Materiais (Poster), Lisbon, Portugal, May 19th – 20th, 2016.

Nanomaterials for Water Purification Technologies
Tito Trindade
Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil, May 6th, 2016.

Copper Sulfide Nanocrystals: Synthesis and Photocatalytic Studies
A.C. Estrada, F. M. Silva, S. F. Soares, J. A. P. Coutinho, T. Trindade,
Jornadas CICECO, Aveiro, Portugal, June 8th - 9th, 2016.

Impactes expectáveis de micropoluentes emergentes nas águas, solos e saúde pública
Cristina Delerue-Matos
Desafios da Gestão Integrada dos Micropoluentes Emergentes no Ciclo Urbano da Água, Encontro organizado pela Associação Portuguesa de Distribuição e Drenagem de Águas, Agência Portuguesa de Ambiente, Amadora, Portugal, June 8th, 2016.

Micropoluentes e poluentes emergentes em sistemas de abastecimento e saneamento
Jaime Gabriel Silva
Desafios da Gestão Integrada dos Micropoluentes Emergentes no Ciclo Urbano da Água, Encontro organizado pela Associação Portuguesa de Distribuição e Drenagem de Águas, Agência Portuguesa de Ambiente, Amadora, Portugal, June 8th, 2016.

Nanomaterials for water purification technologies
Tito Trindade
ECIS – 30th Conference of The European Colloid and Interface Society (Oral Communication), Rome, Italy, September 4th – 9th, 2016.

Surface modification of graphene oxide flakes with copper sulfide nanophases aiming at applications in photocatalysis
Ana C. Estrada, Joana L. Lopes, Sofia F. Soares, Helena I. S. Nogueira, Tito Trindade
ECIS – 30th Conference of The European Colloid and Interface Society (Poster), Rome, Italy, September 4th – 9th, 2016.

In situ growth of silver sulfide nanocrystals onto graphene oxide flakes: synthetic, spectroscopic and photocatalytic studies
Joana L. Lopes, Ana C. Estrada, S. Fateixa, Helena I. S. Nogueira, Tito Trindade
ECIS – 30th Conference of The European Colloid and Interface Society (Poster), Rome, Italy, September 4th – 9th, 2016.

Synthesis and characterisation of graphene doped with nitrogen and sulphur heteroatoms
Iwona Kuźniarska-Biernacka, Renata Matos, Catarina Alves, Mariana Araújo, João H. Belo, João P. Araujo, Clara Pereira, Cristina Freire
ICC – 11th Inorganic Chemistry Conference (Poster), Sintra, Portugal, October 7th – 8th, 2016.

Metal sulfide nanocrystals as photocatalysts in degradation of organic dyes
Ana C. Estrada, Joana L. Lopes, Tito Trindade,
ICC – 11th Inorganic Chemistry Conference (Poster), Sintra, Portugal, October 7th – 8th, 2016.

Hybrid nanostructures composed of carbon and metal sulfides
Joana L. Lopes, Ana C. Estrada, Tito Trindade
ICC – 11th Inorganic Chemistry Conference (Poster), Sintra, Portugal, October 7th – 8th, 2016.

Application of treated vermiculite for sorption of venlafaxine from wastewaters
A. Silva, S. Martinho, W. Stawiński, S. A. Figueiredo, O. M. Freitas, L. H. M. L. M. Santos, A. Węgrzyn
International Workshop on Functional Nanoporous Materials (FuNaM) (Poster), Kraków, Poland, October 13th – 14th, 2016.

Facile solvent-free synthesis of S-doped graphene by ball milling
Iwona Kuźniarska-Biernacka, Renata Matos, Catarina Alves, Mariana Araújo, João H. Belo, João P. Araujo, Clara Pereira, Cristina Freire
XXII Encontro Luso-Galego de Química (Poster), Bragança, Portugal, November 9th – 11th, 2016.

Decoration of carbon nanostructures using silver sulfide nanocrystals
Joana L. Lopes, Ana C. Estrada, Tito Trindade
MATERIAIS 2017, XVIII Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais and VIII International Symposium on Materials (Poster), Aveiro, Portugal, April 9th – 12th, 2017.

S-doped graphene flakes@semiconductors hybrid for the photocatalytic degradation of organic dye
Iwona Kuźniarska-Biernacka, Mariana Rocha, Ana C. Estrada, Clara Pereira, Tito Trindade, Cristina Freire
I Reunião do Grupo do Carbono (Poster), Porto, Portugal, June 12th – 13th, 2017.

PMo11V@N-CNT as electrochemical nanosensor for determination of acetaminophen
C. Delerue-Matos, D. M. Fernandes, B. Bachiller-Baeza, I. Rodríguez-Ramos, A. Guerrero-Ruiz, C. Freire
I Reunião do Grupo do Carbono (Poster), Porto, Portugal, June 12th – 13th, 2017.

MnFe2O4@CNT-N as a carbon-based material for the construction of electrochemical nanosensor with application in pharmaceutical determination
D. M. Fernandes, N. Silva, C. Pereira, C. Moura, J. M. C. S. Magalhães, B. Bachiller-Baeza, I. Rodríguez-Ramos, A. Guerrero-Ruiz, C. Delerue-Matos, C. Freire
I Reunião do Grupo do Carbono (Poster), Porto, Portugal, June 12th – 13th, 2017.

Copper sulfide nanocrystals@graphene: synthesis and photocatalytic activity
A. C. Estrada, J. L. Lopes, T. Trindade
VII Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces (Oral), Madrid, Spain, July 4th – 7th, 2017.

Raman studies on graphene-based materials doped with metal sulfides
J. L. Lopes, A. C. Estrada, T. Trindade
VII Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces (Poster), Madrid, Spain, July 4th – 7th, 2017.

Photocatalytic activity of N,S-doped graphene-based multi-composite for the degradation of organic molecules
Iwona Kuźniarska-Biernacka, Marina Rocha, Renata Matos, Catarina Alves, Ana C. Estrada, Clara Pereira, Tito Trindade, Cristina Freire
XXV Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Poster), Lisbon, Portugal, July 16th – 19th, 2017.

Assessment of pharmaceuticals in the Lis River (Leiria, Portugal)
P. Paíga, L. H. M. L. M. Santos, S. Ramos, S. Jorge, J. G. Silva, C. Delerue-Matos
XXV Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Poster), Lisbon, Portugal, July 16th – 19th, 2017.

Carbon-based nanomaterials for electrocatalysis
Diana M Fernandes
Advanced Nano Materials (Invited lecture), Aveiro, Portugal, July 19th – 21th, 2017.

Evaluation of ecotoxicity of carbon nanomaterials with polyoxometalates
S. G. G. Bastos, L. H. M. L. M. Santos, D. M. Fernandes, C. Freire, C. M. Delerue-Matos, S. A. Figueiredo
15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology – CEST2017 (Poster), Rhodes, Greece, 31st August – 2nd September 2017.

Impact of venlafaxine in the growth of the microalga Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata
S. G. G. Bastos, S. A. Figueiredo, C. Delerue-Matos, L. H. M. L. M. Santos
15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology – CEST2017 (Poster), Rhodes, Greece, 31st August – 2nd September 2017.

Polyoxometalate@Graphene nanocomposites as photo and electrocatalysts
M. Correia, T. Veloso, D. Fernandes, C. Freire, C. Delerue-Matos
EMEC - 18th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, (Poster), Porto, Portugal, 26th - 29th November 2017.

Hybrid Bifunctional Graphene Materials as New Nanocatalysts for the Removal of Emerging Pollutants
A. Viana, M. Rocha, C. Pereira, C. Freire
IJUP 2018 – 11th Meeting of Young Researchers of Porto University (Oral communication), Porto, Portugal, February 7 th–9th 2018.

Evaluation of Chronic Toxicity Effects of Fluoxetine Towards the Microalga Raphidocelis subcapitata
M.S. Morais, U.S. Oliveira, P. Paíga, C. Delerue-Matos, L. Guimarães, S.A. Figueiredo
ICEER 2018 - 5th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, Prague, Czech Republic, July 23rd-27th, 2018.

Thesis and Project Reports

PhD Thesis


Mariana Paredinha Araújo
Energy conversion and storage: graphene-based electrocatalysts for oxygen reactions. Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Supervisor: Prof. Ana Cristina Freire
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, July 2017


Bruno Miguel Magalhães Jarrais
Carbon materials for catalysis and perovskite-based Solar Cells. Chapters 1, 2 and 3.
Supervisor: Prof. Ana Cristina Freire
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, September 2017


Mariana Raquel Maia da Rocha
Nanocatalysis as advanced technology for wastewater valorization.
Supervisor: Prof. Ana Cristina Freire and Dr. Clara Pereira
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, September 2018

MSc. Thesis


Tiago André Santos Veloso
Degradation of Pharmaceutical Compounds using Nanophotocatalysts of POM and Graphene.
Supervisor: Manuela Correia
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, 2016


Sílvia Daniela Pinto Martinho
Removal of Pharmaceuticals by Sorption.
Supervisors: Olga Freitas and Sónia Figueiredo
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, 2016


Sílvia Gonçalves Grund Bastos
Evaluation of Ecotoxicity using Microalgae as Complement of Studies for the Removal of Psychopharmaceuticals in WWTPs.
Supervisors: Sónia Figueiredo and Lúcia Santos
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, 2016


Hugo Duarte Capela Novais Teixeira
Nanomateriais Híbridos Baseados em Carbono para Aplicação como Eletrocatalisadores para Deteção de Poluentes Emergentes.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Diana Fernandes
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2017


Aires João da Costa Ribeiro
Novel multifunctional graphene-based photocatalysts for the degradation of emerging pollutants.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Clara Pereira
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2017


António Gonçalo Fontes Pinheiro
Forecasting water pollutants.
Supervisor: Rita Ribeiro
Departamento de Ciência de Computadores , Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2018


Renata Matos
Desenvolvimento de nanocompósitos de grafeno para reações de degradação de poluentes orgânicos por processos de foto/electro-Fenton.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Marta Nunes
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, (in course) 2018

ERASMUS Internship Master Degree


Sarah Azevedo
Nanohybrids for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic applications.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Marta Nunes
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto,2017


Emilia Kolińska
Preparation of graphene -based composites for photocatalytic application.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Iwona Kuzniarska-Biernacka
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto,2017/8


Joanna Kamińska
Preparation of graphene -based composites for photocatalytic application.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Iwona Kuzniarska-Biernacka
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2017/8


Martina Kocijan
C3N4-based nanohybrids for photocatalytic applications.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Marta Nunes
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2018

BSc. Thesis


Hugo Duarte Capela Novais Teixeira
Carbon-POMs hybrid nanomaterials: synthesis, characterization and electrocatalytic application.
Supervisors: Diana Fernandes and Cristina Freire
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2015


Cristina Isabel Queirós da Silva
Hybrid nanomaterials: synthesis, characterization and electrocatalytic application.
Supervisors: Diana Fernandes and Cristina Freire
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2016


Rui Miguel Campos de Oliveira Marques
Hybrid nanomaterials: synthesis, characterization and electrocatalytic application.
Supervisors: Diana Fernandes and Cristina Freire
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2016


Renata Teixeira Correia de Matos
Fotocatalisadores baseados em nano-folhas de grafeno para a remoção de poluentes emergentes.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Iwona Kuzniarska-Biernacka
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2017

Undergraduate Extra-curricular training program Reports


Hugo Duarte Capela Novais Teixeira
Nanomateriais de carbono multifuncionais para aplicação em electrocatálise (Multifunctional carbon-based nanomaterials for application in electrocatalysis).
Supervisors: Diana Fernandes and Cristina Freire
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2015


Alexandre Manuel Rodrigues Viana
Novel Carbon-based Nanocatalysts with Magnetic Properties for Pollutants Degradation.
Supervisors: Clara Pereira and Cristina Freire
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2016


Renata Teixeira Correia de Matos
Preparation of doped graphene flakes with heteroatoms.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Iwona Kuzniarska-Biernacka
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2016


Cristina Isabel Queirós da Silva
Nanomateriais de carbono multifuncionais para aplicação em electrocatálise (Multifunctional carbon-based nanomaterials for application in electrocatalysis).
Supervisors: Diana Fernandes and Cristina Freire
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2016


Marta Lisete Santos da Silva
Nanomateriais de carbono multifuncionais para aplicação em electrocatálise (Multifunctional carbon-based nanomaterials for application in electrocatalysis).
Supervisors: Diana Fernandes and Cristina Freire
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2016


Rui Miguel Campos de Oliveira Marques
Nanomateriais de carbono multifuncionais para aplicação em electrocatálise (Multifunctional carbon-based nanomaterials for application in electrocatalysis).
Supervisors: Diana Fernandes and Cristina Freire
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2016


Ana Catarina Gomes Moreira Alves
Preparation of doped graphene flakes with heteroatoms.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Iwona Kuzniarska-Biernacka
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2016


Miguel Chaves de Sousa
Dopagem de materiais de carbono para aplicação em reacções de conversão de energia.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Marta Nunes
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2017


Renata Teixeira Correia de Matos
Graphene composites for photocatalytic application.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Iwona Kuzniarska-Biernacka
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2017


Ana Catarina Gomes Moreira Alves
Graphene composites for photocatalytic application.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Iwona Kuzniarska-Biernacka
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2017


Alexandre Manuel Rodrigues Viana
Novel Graphene-based Magnetic Photocatalysts for Emerging Pollutants Removal.
Supervisors: Clara Pereira and Cristina Freire
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2017


Ricardo Gil Santos Mota
Novos nanomateriais baseados em análogos de grafeno e óxidos metálicos para aplicação na degradação de fármacos por fotocatálise.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and and Marta Nunes
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2018


Renata Teixeira Correia de Matos
Treatment of liquid effluents through photocatalytic oxidation using graphene composites.
Supervisors: Cristina Freire and Iwona Kuzniarska-Biernacka
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 2018

Wokshops, Trade Fairs and other Events

  1. Graphene-based Semiconductor Photocatalysis For a Safe and Sustainable Water Supply: An Advanced Technology for Emerging Pollutants Removal, Cristina Freire, Emerging Technology- Encontro de Ciência, Lisboa, 2016.

    1st US Workshop on Nanosciences / Nanotechnologies, University of Texas at Austin, USA, September 14th - 15th, 2016.

    FOTOCATGRAF booth at AcquaLiveExpo – Water, Waste and Environment, Green Business Week – National Week for Green Growth, Lisbon, Portugal, March 1st – 3rd, 2016.

    Techdays (http://www.techdays.pt/), a National Technology Forum, Parque de Exposições de Aveiro, Portugal, September 15th - 17th, 2016.

    Emerging Technology, Annual Conference of the UT Austin –Portugal Program, Lisbon, Portugal, May, 2016.

    Techdays, a National Technology Forum, Parque de Exposições de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, September 15th - 17th, 2016.

    European Researchers' Night (Noite Europeia dos Investigadores), Fábrica Ciência Viva de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, September 30, 2016.

    UA Open Campus, Aveiro, Portugal, May 10th - 12th, 2017.

    Techdays (http://www.techdays.pt/), a National Technology Forum, Parque de Exposições de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, October 12th - 14th, 2017.

Participation of Prof. Cristina Freire in the 1st US Workshop on Nanosciences / Nanotechnologies @ UT Austin (USA)

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Participation of FOTOCATGRAF in the Green Business Week @ Lisbon (PT)

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Participation of FOTOCATGRAF in UT Austin|Portugal Annual Conference 2016 @ Lisbon (PT)

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Participation of FOTOCATGRAF in TechDays AVEIRO 2016 - Fórum Nacional de Tecnologia @ Aveiro (PT)

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Participation of FOTOCATGRAF in European Researchers' Night 2016 @ Aveiro (PT)

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Participation of FOTOCATGRAF in TechDays AVEIRO 2017 - Fórum Nacional de Tecnologia @ Aveiro (PT)

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Participation of FOTOCATGRAF in UA Open Campus

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Events

Green Business Week – National Week for Green Growth

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UT Austin|Portugal Annual Conference 2016

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General

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    Dep. Química e Bioquímica,
    Faculdade de Ciências,
    Universidade do Porto

    Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n
    4169-007 Porto

REQUIMTE - LAQV

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    Apartado 55141,
    EC Galiza
    4050-994 Porto
    Portugal

INESC - TEC

CICECO

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    CICECO, Department of Chemistry,
    Aveiro Institute of Materials,
    University of Aveiro

    Campus Universitário de Santiago
    3810-193 Aveiro
    Portugal

UT Austin

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    McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering

    200 E Dean Keeton St Stop C0400
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Austin, TX 78712-1589