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POLITECNICO DI TORINO

CARBON GROUP PRESENTATION

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POLITECNICO DI TORINO

11 departments

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CARBON GROUP @ DISAT

www.polito.it/carbongroup

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CARBON GROUP MATERIALS

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Synthesis of CNTs/CNMs/CFs from

Camphor

Waste Polyethylene

Waste cellulose/cotton

Kevlar wasted fiber

Plant derived material

Bamboo

Coconut

Sugarcane

Hazelnut

Pistachio

Biochar from wood

Bismuth based nano particles Bismuth Oxy chloride

Bismuth Oxide

Bismuth ferrite

Bismuth oxynitride

Oxode-oxide heterojunctions

Materials from partners

Biochar

Carbon soot

Carbon black

Carbon fibers

Carbon nanowalls

Graphene

CARBON GROUP ACTIVITY

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Composites (cement, polymers) with Carbon (CNT, biochar, waste) filler

Cement Epoxy resin PDMS PK

PP PEEK PAI Nylon

Composites Applications Mechanical (Tribological, Elastic, Plastic) Fire retardancy Thermal

Electrical Piezoresistive Microwave absorption

Applications of bare materials Sensors (Bio, Gas, humidity) Li-ion Batteries Supercapacitors

Photo catalysis and Water splitting Antibacterial and Antifouling

X-ray absorption As and heavy metal sequestration

MATLAB homemade software Simulation of electrical and piezoresistive properties of composites

Raman spectra (automated) fit

ESR, IR, XPS spectra fit

CARBON GROUP PROJECTS

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TITLE Subject Funding Role PARTNERS

MAT4TREAT Photocatalysis EU growth, characterization, testing UNITO, HW

Metal Sequestration,Phenole degradation

own growth, testing of sequestration properties UNITO

FIBRALSPEC Carbon fibers EU functionalization, characterization (Raman, FESEM, XPS) NTUA, UoB

MODCOMP Polymer Composites EU functionalization, characterization, electrical modeling NTUA, NCC

Sensing (humidity, ...)Biosensing

own material preparation (biochar, CNT - screen printing)EPFL

Cement composites own material preparation (biochar)

Raman of carbon mat. own measurement, analysis, modeling Ed Un

Li-ion batteries own material preparation (biochar) & characterization Texas Un

Supercapacitors own material preparation (biochar) UofT

LOW COST ... Improving propertiesof Polymer composites with biochar

FCA biochar selection, composite preparation, mechanicaltesting

CARBON RELATED ACTIVITIES

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Carbon – Carbon fibers (cellulose and cotton fabric)• CF and biochar pyrolysis• Carbon surface decoration with CNTs.• Li-ion batteries • Supercapacitor [self-standing Flexible devices] • Gas and humidity sensors, biosensors

Cement composites with carbon based materials• Mechanical properties • X-ray attenuation for bio-medical applications

Epoxy-Carbon composites• Epoxy based composite with wood based biochar as a filler. • Epoxy based composite improvement with carbon from waste

CARBON RELATED ACTIVITIES

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Improving Biosensors Sensitivity using Low Cost Nanostructured Carbons

M Noman, A Sanginario, P Jagdale, D Demarchi, A Tagliaferro - Electrochimica Acta133 (2014) 169-173

Peak envelopes

for Bamboo

and Glassy Carbon

electrodes

CARBON RELATED ACTIVITIES

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Improving Composite Properties using Low Cost Nanostructured Carbons

A.O. Okonkwo, P. Jagadale, J.E. García Herrera, V.G. Hadjiev, J. Muñoz Saldaña, A. Tagliaferro,

F.C. Robles HernandezPolymer Testing 47 (2015) 113-119

Carbon SOOT

CARBON RELATED ACTIVITIES

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A.A.Khan, P. Jagdale, ..., A. Tagliaferro - Composites Part B 132 (2018) 87-96

Improving Composite Properties using

Waste plastic bags as a source for Nanostructured Carbons

GAS SENSORS

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Humidity sensors

based on biochar

REINFORCEMETS AND MICROWAVE ADSORBER

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MWCNTs

VS

BioChar

BIOSENSORS13

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Antenna device

MAIN COLLABORATIONS14

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http://modcomp-project.eu/

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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Prof. Alberto Tagliaferro, Head

Massimo Rovere, Raman specialistMauro Giorcelli, Researcher

Pravin Jagadale, Researcher

Prof. Carlo Rosso, Mechanical dept

Prof. Patrizia Savi, Electronical dept

Abdul Samad Memon, Phd student