Self-powered disinfection of Viruses and Bacteria in water using Oxidation-assisted electroporation and Tribo-Electric Nanogenerators (VIBO-TENG)

使用氧化辅助电穿孔和摩擦纳米发电机 (VIBO-TENG) 对水中的病毒和细菌进行自供电消毒

• 批准号: EP/X022730/1
• 负责人: Zheng-Yang Huo
• 金额: $ 26万
• 依托单位: University of Bath
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FX022730%2F1
• 关键词: Self; powered; disinfection; Viruses; Bacteria

This proposal will enable an experienced applicant to undertake world-leading research at the University of Bath, merging knowledge from materials, environmental science, microbiology, electrochemistry, nanotechnology, and system modeling. Worldwide, one in three people do not have reliable access to clean water. Disinfection is a key step to remove waterborne pathogens and ensure drinking safety. However, current water disinfection methods have drawbacks, such as harmful disinfection byproducts and intensive energy/chemical consumption. In addition, when there is a severe epidemic (e.g., COVID-19), existing disinfection methods need to meet a large increase in treatment load and may fail to provide safe drinking water. Nanowire-assisted electroporation is an effective microbial disinfection method that utilizes a strong local electric field that is enhanced by a nano-scale tip structure to damage the outer structure of microbes and has been developed by the applicant water disinfection. Since the application of electroporation disinfection is strongly reliant on an available power supply, the applicant will work with the UBAH host (Prof. Bowen) to develop the first self-powered water disinfection system using energy harvesting devices to drive a new oxidation-assisted electroporation disinfection mechanism. This project will transfer the applicant's knowledge to the EU host, in particular his experience in environmental biotechnology, electrochemistry, and nanotechnology. The applicant will gain new expertise in energy harvesting, device design, and system modeling for developing integrated self-powered disinfection devices. This fellowship will be a key step in the applicant's career development, by expanding his research and academic training. This will be facilitated by a focused training plan and establishment of new long-term collaborations across the EU by secondments, and links with other leading energy harvesting and water science institutes/industries.

该提案将使经验丰富的申请人能够在浴场大学进行世界领先的研究，从而合并材料，环境科学，微生物学，电化学，纳米技术和系统建模的知识。在全球范围内，三分之一的人无法获得可靠的清洁水。消毒是去除水传播病原体并确保饮酒安全的关键步骤。但是，当前的水消毒方法具有缺点，例如有害消毒副产品和强化能源/化学消耗。此外，如果有严重的流行病（例如，Covid-19），现有的消毒方法需要大大增加治疗负荷，并且可能无法提供安全的饮用水。纳米线辅助电穿孔是一种有效的微生物消毒方法，它利用了强大的局部电场，通过纳米尺度的尖端结构增强了局部电场，以损害微生物的外部结构，并通过申请人的水消毒而开发。由于电穿孔消毒的应用非常依赖于可用的电源，因此申请人将使用能量收集设备与UBAH主机（Bowen教授）一起开发第一个自动的自消毒系统，以驱动新的氧化电辅助电穿孔消毒机制。该项目将把申请人的知识转移到欧盟主持人，特别是他在环境生物技术，电化学和纳米技术方面的经验。申请人将在能源收集，设备设计和系统建模方面获得新的专业知识，以开发集成的自动消毒设备。通过扩大他的研究和学术培训，该奖学金将是申请人职业发展的关键步骤。这将通过一项重点培训计划和通过借调建立新的长期合作，并与其他领先的能源收获和水科学研究所/行业建立新的长期合作。