Project Grant 2420528

Award Date 9/1/24
Completion Date 8/31/28
Dollars Obligated $567K
Federal Grant Program
47.041
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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  1. Advancing the discovery and design of selective photocapacitive systems to capture and concentrate nitrate from contaminated waters.
  2. Developing and testing electrocatalysts made from inexpensive, earth-abundant elements that can efficiently convert the captured nitrate into useful products like ammonia or nitrogen.
  3. Modeling and testing the transport processes needed to optimize the integrated photocapacitive capture and electrocatalytic conversion system.
  4. Assessing the overall process sustainability through technoeconomic and life cycle analyses to promote technology adoption.

This convergent research aims to create a sustainable technology platform that can address the pressing global challenge of nitrate pollution in water systems by simultaneously considering capture and conversion. No subawards are planned under this award.

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