GOALI Program on Advanced Separation Systems for Adsorption and Filtration of Environmental Contaminants

9712489经济这个GALI项目的广泛目标(由材料研究司和MPS多学科活动办公室共同资助)主要是为了寻找新的和改进的活性碳来去除环境污染物，其次是探索以活性碳为基础的新型催化系统的设计。这将是伊利诺伊大学和3M公司之间的合作努力，最终目标是扩大这些材料的规模并将其商业化。它将包括一名3M研究员在经济教授的实验室逗留3个月的休假。其他几家公司也表达了兴趣，并可能参与其中。我们的目标集中在以下三个主题上：1)继续研究和开发玻璃纤维基板上的活性碳，重点是定制孔大小和形状以及孔表面化学，以选择性地去除空气和水中的杂质；2)基于我们实验室最近的一些观察，将活性碳纤维用作催化剂和催化剂基板；以及3)提供这些纤维的开发数量，供我们的工业合作伙伴评估。%这项工作是在适用于环境溶液的活性催化体系的聚合物基炭材料领域。***

9712489 Economy The broad based objectives of this GOALI project ( co-funded by the Division of Materials Research and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities of MPS) are primarily to pursue new and improved activated carbons for removal of environmental contaminants and second to explore the design of novel catalytic systems which are based on activated carbons. This will be a collaborative effort between the University of Illinois and 3M Corporation with the end goal being the scale-up and commercialization of these materials. It will include a 3-month sabbatical stay by a 3M researcher in Professor Economy's laboratory. Several other companies have also expressed interest and may participate. The objectives are focused on the following three themes: 1) continued research and development of the activated carbon on a glass fiber substrate with emphasis on tailoring the pore size and shape and pore surface chemistry for selective removal of impurities from both air and water, 2) use of activated carbon fibers as catalysts and catalyst substrates based on some very recent observations in our laboratory and 3) to provide developmental quantities of these fibers for evaluation by our industrial partners. %%% This work is in the area of polymer-based carbonaceous materials for activated catalytic systems of applicability to environmental solutions. ***