Piezocatalysts
Development and Application of Piezocatalytic Nanoheterostructures to Reduce the Chemical Demand and Energy in Water Treatment (Funded by NSF Environmental Engineering Program, 2014-2018)
This work aims to convert abundant yet under utilized waste mechanical vibration in water treatment into usable chemical energy for contaminant degradation. Our work centers on two main tasks: (1) design, fabricate, and optimize the performance of piezocatalytic nanoheterostructures; and (2) demonstration their versatile application in pollutant oxidation, disinfection, biofouling control, and chemically reactive filtration.
This work aims to convert abundant yet under utilized waste mechanical vibration in water treatment into usable chemical energy for contaminant degradation. Our work centers on two main tasks: (1) design, fabricate, and optimize the performance of piezocatalytic nanoheterostructures; and (2) demonstration their versatile application in pollutant oxidation, disinfection, biofouling control, and chemically reactive filtration.
Piezocatalytic nanofibers will be produced as mats either with or without nanobrush structures, with application as pipe or membrane coatings.
BaTiO3 nanowires