In quest of a more efficient quantum solar energy exploitation in energy downhill and uphill photocatalytic processes (Ingenious)

Operation co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) under the programme Smart growth - PL - ERDF (2014PL16RFOP001), managing authority: Ministerstwo obsługujące ministra właściwego ds. rozwoju regionalnego. The source names no beneficiary for this operation. Location: Trójmiejski (NUTS PL633); Poland. Budget: total eligible expenditure EUR 777,962.19; EU co-financing EUR 777,962.19 (co-financing rate 100%), as stated by the source. Runs 2017-09-01 to 2021-05-29. Source: Kohesio, EU cohesion policy projects managed by national and regional authorities (not CORDIS); selected because its title uses a quantum word. Summary from Kohesio (English machine translation by the source): The goal of this project is to Elaborate various photocatalytic and hybrid photocatalytic/catalytic materials with significantly improved efficiencies of quantum solar energy utilisation. The project assumes design and synthesis of new photocatalysts in various forms offering high efficiencies of oxidation of organic pollutants or high quantum yield of photon to chemical energy conversion. Targeted quantum yields for energy downhill reactions should exceed the value of one due to combination of photocatalytic and catalytic reactions. A variety of photoactive Catalysts, including hierarchical photocatalytic/catalytic materials, photonic/photocatalytic hybrid materials, and defected materials with fine-tuned electronic properties will be designed and studied. The photocatalysts will be optimised towards their application in photocatalytic removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (antibiotics, hormones, anti-inflammatory drugs) from waters.

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Source: Kohesio (EU cohesion policy projects), European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). Retrieved 2026-10-21. Licence: CC0 1.0 (Cohesion Open Data Platform, dataset 2014-2020 Kohesio projects). Selected metadata, adapted presentation; the publisher's record is authoritative. No endorsement by the source is implied. Licence: public domain dedication (CC0 1.0).

AI-assisted summary: The project, co-funded by the EU, aims to develop efficient photocatalytic materials for quantum solar energy utilization in Poland from September 2017 to May 2021, with a total budget of EUR 777,962.19. It focuses on improving the efficiency of photon to chemical energy conversion. Suggested technology pillar: enabling. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.