Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

NMP Partner Day - Poland 1

Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

Dr Jimmie ParkesManaging Director /founder Inter-Euro Technology Ltd.

• (IET) supplies cost effective & innovative solutions to environmental problems – SME Carlow Ireland

• Technology Transfer/ Exploitation of developed technologies

• PhD in electrochemistry.

• Research in industry

• Principal scientist on nine EU RTD contracts on the application of electrochemistry as a clean technology and technique for environmental improvement.

• Chair of Governing Body for Integrated Project on Ionic Liquids for metal finishing applications.



Our mission:• Contribute to Irish and European metal finishing and chemical processing companies, short term and also longer term partnerships. • Work to implement innovative processes - more competitive - cost effective - improve environmental impact.• Build on our RTD expertise in EU projects - better fulfil the above aims - develop technologies suitable for licensing and exploitation.



Topic 3.4.2.2-3

Multifunctional ceramic thin films with radically new properties - STREP

Applications • electronics,• optical and magnetic devices, • protection coatings, • electrochemistry or catalysis.



Topic

Multifunctional ceramic thin films with radically new properties - STREP

• Functionally-graded or multi-component, nano- structured films allow further flexibility in the tailoring of properties.

• Focus on new multi-functional ceramic thin films (nitrides, carbides, oxides, etc)

• Provide components with radically new electronic, optical or magnetic properties for novel industrial applications.



Proposal

Smart ceramic anodes

Scientific and technological objectives:

Develop

highly specific smart anodes

based on multifunctional ceramic thin films.




Innovative applications in electrochemistry and photo-electrochemistry for

• electro-synthesis,

• electro-destruction of toxic chemicals

• production of clean water.




Electrochemistry

• Synthesis of complex organic compounds for pharmaceutical and other applications without use of toxic reagents.

• The electron is the ultimate green reagent.

• Destroying toxic organic compounds by complete oxidative destruction, electro-incineration, without any risk of producing toxic by-products such as dioxins

• This technique can be applied to water to remove persistent organic compounds which can build up and accumulate in the food chain.




Major obstacle to progress - lack of suitable anode materials.

Available anodes offer

• Restricted choice of catalytic properties.

• Lack of reaction specificity

• High cost because based on platinum group metals

• Poor control in the preparative methods

• Little fundamental understanding of the mechanisms.




By applying a fundamental understanding of the processes involved

highly selective smart anodes

can be designed to achieve specific reactions as well as producing

wide spectrum anodes

for more general applications.



Partner 1:

Expertise in production of mixed ceramic coatings by PVD or CVD or by other means.

Work: Production of electrodes coated with electro-conducting ceramic coatings.

Partner 2:

Expertise in characterization of mixed ceramic coatings

Work: Characterization of mixed ceramic coatings with regard to surface morphology and electrochemical and conducting properties and wear properties.



Partner 3:

Expertise in industrial electrochemistry, including electro-synthesis, electro-destruction of toxic organics and photo-electrochemistry.

Work: Trials of the ceramic coatings in the above applications.

Partner 4:

Expertise in industrial applications of electrochemistry or of special anodes.

Work: Developing and testing anodes based on ceramic coatings for suitable industrial applications.



Partner 5:

Expertise in fundamental mechanisms of electro-conductivity, electrochemistry and electrocatalysis in ceramic coatings.

Work: Modelling and design of suitable ceramic coatings to achieve target reactions.



Contact:

Dr Jimmie ParkesInter-Euro Technology LtdChapelstown, Carlow, IrelandTel: +353 59 9142795Mobile: +353 86 2467 343Email: [email protected]: www.faraday-centre.com

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