Designing carbon supported metal oxide based chemical gardens for the electrocatalytic decomposition of dyes in waste water.

纺织工业每年产生大量的染料废物，因此污染了全球的供水。这对印度等发展中国家来说是一个大问题，因为它们在经济上严重依赖纺织业，但没有办法抵消随后的染料污染。分解水中有机物质的一种方法是使用高级氧化工艺（AOP）。这个过程依赖于羟基自由基（OH）的产生，它可以将水中的有机分子氧化成无害的产品。该项目将联合收割机结合新型3D纳米碳结构和金属氧化物纳米颗粒的混合物，以创建定制的催化系统，该系统可以调节以产生然后使用羟基自由基来分解废水中的染料。这些催化剂将被设计为在电催化、流动反应器系统中起作用，从而实现催化剂操作的高通量和反馈驱动优化。使用低成本、丰富的元素，即碳和第一行过渡金属基氧化物，以及用于氧化的无试剂电子将为废水处理提供环境可持续的解决方案。

The textile industry creates a massive amount of dye waste every year, which as a result, contaminates worldwide water supplies. This is a big problem for developing countries such as India, as they rely enormously on their textile industry economically, but do not have the means to counteract the subsequent dye pollution. One method to decompose organic materials within water is to use an advanced oxidation process (AOP). This process relies on the production of hydroxyl radicals (OH) which can oxidise organic molecules within the water into non-hazardous products. This project will combine novel 3D nanocarbon structures and mixtures of metal oxide nanoparticles to create bespoke catalytic systems which can be tuned to both generate and then use hydroxyl radicals to decompose dyes in waste water. These catalysts will be designed to function in electrocatalytic, flow reactor systems enabling both high though put and feedback driven optimisation of catalyst operation. Using low cost, abundant elements, i.e. carbon and first row transition metal based oxides, and reagent free electrons for oxidation will provide an environmentally sustainable solution to waste water treatment.