PhotoCatBead

The team at the coordinator (CO): 4 experienced researchers, 2 young researchers

Lect. dr. eng. Maria Covei

project coordinator (young researcher) is Ph.D. in Chemistry (2015). She has published 22 papers in ISI journals (hWoS=9, around 140 citations), was/is part of 10 grants (2 as coordinator) and co-authored 4 pending patents. Her expertise covers advanced materials with controlled opto-electronic properties (obtained by sol-gel and SPD) for photocatalytic and self-cleaning applications along with the photocatalytic process optimization. In this project she will integrate the activities and her expertise will support materials development and process modelling

Prof. dr. eng. Anca Duta

(experienced researcher) is Ph.D. supervisor in Materials Engineering. She authored over 180 papers in ISI journals (hWoS=28, over 2700 citations without self-citations) on advanced materials for solar energy conversion and environment, 14 books/chapters, and 24 patents. She coordinated (CO or scientific responsible) 20 national/international grants, is member in the board of the Green Energy cluster and acts as external expert for D.G. Research. In this project her specific role will be to coordinate the design, development and validation of the demonstration technology and the PC photoreactor.

Prof. dr. Dana Perniu

(experienced researcher) has experience is on optoelectronic materials and advanced photocatalytic systems. She authored over 100 papers, 37 papers in ISI journals (hWoS=8, about 200 citations), was involved in 24 grants (among which 5 as coordinator or scientific responsible) and co-authored 1 patent and 3 pending patents. In this project she will be responsible for the design, development and testing of the PC beads for integration in the demonstrator photoreactor.

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Macedon Moldovan

(experienced researcher), authored 43 papers in mainstream journals (25 WoS, hWoS=8, over 150 citations), 20 books/chapters and was involved in 13 grants (in 2 as grant director) and co-authored 14 patents and patent proposals. In this project he will be responsible for the design and development of the laboratory demonstrator photo-reactor with PC beads.

Assoc prof. dr. Cristina Bogatu

(experienced researcher), authored over 80 papers, 34 papers in ISI journals (hWoS=9; over 300 citations), 8 books/chapters on multifunctional materials for efficient solar energy conversion and for WWT and co-authored 3 pending patents. She was involved in 25 national and international grants (1 as coordinator and 7 as team responsible for the development of advanced photocatalytic materials). Her tasks in this project are related to testing the demonstration technology and to the development and advanced characterisation (XRD, surface energy, BET) of the PC beads.

Lect. dr. eng. Ioana Tismanar

was member in 2 national grants and co-authored 18 papers (12 as first author). She will be involved in the thin film deposition on the bead substrates, in testing the photocatalytic efficiency and stability of the PC beads at laboratory scale, mainly before integration in the demonstrator photoreactor. She is co-responsible for the PC beads’ advanced characterisation (SEM, AFM, XRD, contact angle).

The Partner team (Institute of Physical-Chemistry, ICF Bucharest): 4 experienced researchers, 1 technician

Dr. Mariuca Gartner

(scientific responsible, experienced researcher, CS I) is the head of the department Surface Chemistry and Catalysis; she is a Ph.D. supervisor, has extensive experience as manager of (inter)national projects and has worked for many years on semiconductor characterization. Her activity is reflected by over 140 papers published in ISI journals (hWoS=21, over 1000 citations in ISI journals), 1 book and 12 book chapters, 2 patent proposals and 71 scientific reports for industry (unpublished). In this project her specific role will be to coordinate the ICF team responsible with the (partial) characterization of the thin films.

Dr. José María Calderón Moreno

(experienced researcher, CS I) has broad experience in evaluating the structure, texture, composition and properties at micro- and nanoscale of advanced materials and surfaces. He published over 250 papers in international journals on the synthesis and complex physico-chemical characterization of material structures (hWoS=40, over 4500 citations), authored 5 patents and acts as evaluator of grant proposals for several countries (Spain, Israel, UK, Argentina, Mexico, Romania). He coordinated 9 international grants and participated as team member in over 50 grants and projects. In this project his main activity will be the thin films characterisation using Raman micro-spectroscopy as e.g.1st and 2ndorder Raman scattering mechanisms of the films’ components: the carbon lattice of GO and gC3N4 and the oxide component.

Dr. Irina Atkinson

(experienced researcher, CS II) has experience in materials characterization (X-ray diffraction, XRD, X-ray fluorescence, XRF, IR spectroscopy, MAS-NMR) and synthesis (sol-gel, hydrothermal). She published over 70 papers out of which 23 as the main author (hWoS=13, over 500 citations), and has authored 1patent. She coordinated 1 national and 1 international grant and participated as a team member in another 25. In this project she will be responsible for the advanced characterisation of the PC beads through X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy to accurately check the nominal composition of the thin films.

Dr. Madalina Nicolescu

(experienced researcher, CS III) has experience in the ellipsometric analysis of thin films. She published 27 papers in international journals (hWoS=10, over 200 citations). She participated as team member in 11 research projects. Her main activity in this project will focus on the advanced characterisation of the PC beads by Infrared Spectrocopic ellipsometry (IRSE).

Dr. Hermine Stroescu

(experienced researcher CS III) has over 10 years of experience in optical, electrical and piezoelectric characterization of a wide variety of surfaces, interfaces and thin films. She co-authored over 20 papers (hWoS=9, over 200 citations) and 1 book chapter. Her main activity in this project will focus on the advanced characterisation of the PC beads by UV-VIS Spectrocopic ellipsometry (VASE).

Technician Cornelia Penea

will be responsible for the technical maintenance at ICF.