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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 765860

AQUALITYCOURSEFORPhDs

ReactiveSpeciesinthePhotochemicalTreatmentofWater(16hours,4CFU)

Prof.DanielMártire(LaPlataUniversity,Argentina)

Prof.MarcoMinella(ChemistryDepartment,TorinoUniversity)

2-9July2018,AulettaII,viaP.Giuria7,ChemistryDepartment

Timetable:

Monday2July:11-13;14-16

Tuesday3July:11-13;16-18

Wednesday4July:16-18

Thursday5July:11-13

Friday6July:14-16

Monday9July:14-16

Organised by:

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 765860

Module I (Prof. Daniel Mártire). Basic concepts of Photochemistry of organiccompounds. Reactive oxygen species (singlet molecular oxygen, superoxide radicalanion,hydrogenperoxide,peroxylradicals). InorganicfreeradicalsofEnvironmentalinterest(sulfate,carbonate,phosphate,chlorineradicals).Resolutionofproblems.

Module II (Prof. Daniel Mártire). Advanced Oxidation Technologies (AOTs): Photo-Fenton,UV/H2O2,Photocatalysis.

Resolutionofproblems.

ModuleIII(Prof.DanielMártire).Humicsubstancesandderivatives.Characterization.Determinationofquantumyields

and steady-state concentrationsof reactive species.Relevance innaturalwaters andposibletechnologicalapplication.

Immobilizationonmagneticnanoparticles.Resolutionofproblems.

Module IV (Prof. Marco Minella). A focus on heterogeneous photocatalysis: thesemiconductormaterials(theenergybandmodel,densityofelectronsandholes, theFermi level); thesolid liquid– interface(structureof thedouble layer,adsorptionofions,thesurfacechargelayerinsemiconductors,differentialcapacityoftheinterfacestates, Mott–Schottky equation, methods to determine the flat band potential);ElectrochemicalImpedanceSpectroscopyasatooltocharacterizethesemicnductor–electrolyteinterface(twoexamplesfromtheliterature);thephotocatalyticmechanism(basicsteps,roleofthephotocatalystsproperties,intrinsicvsextrinsicfeatures,directvs indirectelectrontransfer,someexamples fromthe literature);correctprocedurestotestphotocatalyticmaterialswithsomehighlightsontheactualinternationalnormsinthefieldofphotocatalysis.