Sustainable autonomous system for nitrites/nitrates and heavy metals monitoring of natural water sources - WaterSafe
Project summary
The project sets to develop a new energy autonomous system based on (photo)electrochemical sensors for detection of different ionic species in natural water sources and ultra-thin solar cells (UTSC). It focuses on three directions: high efficiency, new materials in solar energy harvesting and fabrication of small UTSC and the power stabilizing device able to supply the needed voltage to the sensors and electronic module; new microsensors for detection of nitrites/nitrates and heavy metals in water; low cost autonomous energy system integration and fabrication. The harvester will include a UTSC, a dedicated storage and a power stabilizing device. SnO2, TiO2, ZnO materials will be optimised for sensors and (TiO2, ZnO, CuxS) or (CZTS, CuxS, TiO2) for the solar cells. Bacterial flagellar filaments will be investigated and engineered as sensitive biolayer for heavy metal detection. The project will provide a technology demonstrator and water monitoring system prototype.Project Details
Call
Call 2014
Call Topic
Materials for Sustainable and Affordable Low Carbon Energy Technologies
Project start
04.01.2016
Project end
31.12.2018
Total project costs
459.950 €
Total project funding
443.700 €
TRL
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Coordinator
Dr. Mariuca Gartner
mfgartner@yahoo.com
“Ilie Murgulescu” Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy, 202 Splaiul Independentei, 060021 Bucharest, Romania
Partners and Funders Details
Consortium Partner | Country | Funder | |
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“Ilie Murgulescu” Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy https://www.icf.ro |
Research org. | Romania | RO-UEFISCDI |
NANOM MEMS SRL https://www.nanom-mems.com |
SME | Romania | RO-UEFISCDI |
National Institute for R&D in Microtechnology https://www.imt.ro |
Research org. | Romania | RO-UEFISCDI |
Transilvania University of Brasov https://www.unitbv.ro |
University | Romania | RO-UEFISCDI |
Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences http://www.mfa.kfki.hu/ |
Research org. | Hungary | HU-NKFIH |
University of Pannonia https://www.uni-pannon.hu |
University | Hungary | HU-NKFIH |