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Biphasic Plasmonic Photoelectrocatalytic CO2 Reduction: electrochemically controlling plasmonic photo-charging of metallic nanofilms at immiscible liquid|liquid interfaces towards CO2 reduction (CO2PhotoElcat)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Ireland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-08-01
End date: 2024-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 184590.72
EU funding (EUR): 184590.72
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Conversion of CO2 to synthetic fuels is essential for climate-change mitigation and renewable energy production. This project will develop a novel, disruptive and sustainable approach to the photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). The interdisciplinary methodology will combine breakthrough approaches to self-assemble nanoparticles into metallic nanofilms at fluidic interfaces, with electrochemical control of ion and electron transfer at an immiscible liquid|liquid (L|L) interface, and custom in situ UV/vis and Raman setups to probe the electrified L|L interface. The major innovation will be unprecedented electrochemical-control of the degree of plasmonic photo-charging of the interfacial metallic nanofilms to overcome the kinetic bottleneck of the multielectron, multiproton CO2RR towards more energy-dense C2 or C3 hydrocarbons. This MSCA-IF will significantly support the EU’s goal to decarbonise the energy sector, detailed in the European Green Deal, via high-impact scientific research and intellectual property generation for environmentally-friendly technologies. The Experienced Researcher (ER) will be supervised by Dr Micheál D. Scanlon at the University of Limerick (UL), Ireland, and undertake a secondment with Prof. Steven Bell at Queens University Belfast (QUB), U.K. The ER will engage in well-structured dissemination activities of the project results both to expert scientists and the general public using a multitude of engagement and outreach platforms. While the ER is accomplished in spectroelectrochemistry and nanomaterials synthesis, this fellowship will greatly expand his core scientific experimental and communication skills, international outlook, and broaden his professional network and inter-sectoral employability. Ultimately, this enhanced research capacity will allow the ER is to establish his own world-class research laboratory focusing on electrocatalysis through competitive grant acquisition, e.g., an ERC Starting grant.

Keywords: electrochemistry at the interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions,nanoparticle self assembly at immiscible liquid liquid interfaces,metallic nanoparticle fermi level equilibration
Five Volt Lithium Ion Batteries with Silicon Anodes produced for Next Generation Electric Vehicles (FIVEVB)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: EGVI (cPPP)
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,Austria,Belgium,France
Call: Next generation of competitive Li-ion batteries to meet customer expectations (H2020-GV-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-05-01
End date: 2018-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5927428.75
EU funding (EUR): 5673272.5
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The FiveVB project will develop a new cell technology based on innovative materials such as high capacity anodes, high voltage cathodes and stable, safe and environmentally friendly electrolytes. Since main European industry partners representing the value chain from materials supplier to car manufacturer are involved, this program will support and enable the development of a strong and competitive European battery industry. The multidisciplinary project team will also assure not only early technology integration between materials, cells, batteries and application requirements, but also a subsequent industrialization of the developed technology. With an integrated trans-disciplinary cell development approach we will also realize an early feedback loop from battery and vehicle level to material suppliers and a feed-forward of relevant information to industrial scale cell production. Through an iterative and holistic approach two generations of cell chemistries (anode, cathode, binder and electrolyte) will be evaluated and optimized to improve electrochemical performance of active materials and related new cell technology in terms of energy density, lifetime, safety and costs. Furthermore, we will address early development and validation of test procedures for the reduction of development time from material to cell by e.g. accelerated test procedures. Among other objectives, in particular the lifetime and aging aspects will be addressed in depth in FiveVB, but also input for future European and International standardization will be provided. Thus, one major result of FiveVB is a hard case prismatic cell in PHEV1 format, developed according to automotive requirements and produced on a representative prototype facility.

Keywords: materials for higher li ion battery cell voltage,value chain advanced li ion cell
Trust, Global Traders, and Commodities in a Chinese International City (TRODITIES)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Denmark,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2014-ADG, 2014)
Start date: 2015-10-01
End date: 2020-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2442399.99
EU funding (EUR): 1834588.01
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

Trust, Global Traders, and Commodities in a Chinese International City Yiwu, a city of 2 million in China’s commercially vibrant Zheijang province, is known by traders from countries including Afghanistan and Syria, the Ukraine and Mexico, and the UK and Russia, as being the world’s hub for wholesale of ‘small commodities’. Journalists have recently been struck both by Yiwu’s significance to consumption practices across the world and by the diverse mix of merchants that assemble in the city. Yet despite the clear insights into globalization and the significance of trade for forging relations between cultures offered by a study of a modern trading node such as Yiwu, the city has yet to be the focus of sustained research. The proposed project, Trust, Global Traders, and Commodities is an integrated comparative programme of research that will provide new empirical data and comparative analysis on the global trade in low-grade Chinese-made commodities. Its focus will be on the ways in which transnational trading activities are conducted in the cosmopolitan and dynamic city of Yiwu. This project’s in-depth investigation of Yiwu, and its connections to the wider world through networks and flows of people, commodities, and knowledge, will yield ground-breaking perspectives on the precise ways in which trade facilitates the simultaneous exchange of commodities, practices, ideas, and identities. The project is necessarily multi-sited and an inter-disciplinary engaging researchers and theoretical approaches in in anthropology, area studies, business studies, and history; it will also draw on expertise from law, commercial shipping, and international trade policy. (1335 characters)

Keywords: cities,capitalism,china,commodities,ethnography,globalization,islam,informal money transfers,markets,online trading,small and medium enterprises smes,trade,trading networks,trust,yiwu
Randomness and pseudorandomness in discrete mathematics (RanDM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Mathematics
Panel description: All areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2015-STG, 2015)
Start date: 2016-07-01
End date: 2021-06-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1106719.0
EU funding (EUR): 1106719.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Discrete mathematics has seen enormous advances in the last few years, with solutions being found to a number of famous and long-standing questions, such as the Erdos distinct distance problem and the existence conjecture for combinatorial designs. Much of this progress owes to an increased understanding of random and pseudorandom objects. An entire framework, known as the probabilistic method, has grown around the application of randomness to combinatorial problems, while pseudorandomness is playing an increasingly important role. In this proposal, we will consider a range of problems, some stemming from the direct study of random and pseudorandom objects and others arising in areas where randomness and pseudorandomness have proved to be of particular importance. We will be particularly concerned with extensions of the regularity method to sparse graphs and improving bounds for a number of classical problems in graph Ramsey theory. These problems are of a fundamental nature and any progress is likely to lead to new techniques with broader scope for application.
ERA Chair at J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical chemistry AS CR – The institutional approach towards ERA (J. Heyrovsky Chair)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Spreading excellence and widening participation
Programme: ERA chairs
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Czechia
Call: ERA Chairs (H2020-WIDESPREAD-03-2017-ERAChairs, 2017)
Start date: 2018-07-01
End date: 2023-12-31
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2485937.5
EU funding (EUR): 2483750.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The ERA Chair position will help to better integrate the J. Heyrovsky institute of the Academy of Sciences into the European research landscape. Though in general the research results of the institute are already of high quality and the institute belongs to the forefront of European research in physical chemistry, the international peer review performed in 2015 concludes that, the institute has not yet enfolded its full capacities, and that, in particular, the two departments of catalysis would benefit from better harmonization and alignment. In addition, the recent SWOT indicated some weaknesses in some ERA priority areas. In order to increase its international visibility and performance, the management decided, to introduce several structural changes in the institute. In particular, the institute shall better utilize its capacities in both, the research infrastructure and human resources. It shall increase its international activities and attract the most prestigious EU funding including ERC grants. The role of the institute as research leader in Czech Republic shall be enhanced by entering European networks like ITN and by coordination of international projects. The capacities of the institute shall be enhanced by a proactive HR policy and internationalization of its staff. This ERA Chair project aims to induce changes in the institutional culture by hiring and internationally recognized personality, and by establishing an international research team in nanocatalysis. These changes, with massive political and financial support of the management, shall help, together with other synergetic actions and projects, to develop towards more openness and internationalization, and finally, to increase the scientific performance and attractiveness of the JH-institute.

Keywords: catalysis,nanocatalysis,human resources,institucional changes
The Nuclear Pore Basket – Functional Architecture of a Membrane Remodeling Machine (NPC-BUILD)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Molecules of Life: Biological Mechanisms, Structures and Functions
Panel description: Molecular biology, biochemistry, structural biology, molecular biophysics, synthetic and chemical biology, drug design, innovative methods and modelling
Countries involved: Austria
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2017-COG, 2017)
Start date: 2018-02-01
End date: 2024-01-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2178488.0
EU funding (EUR): 2178488.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are gatekeepers at the nuclear envelope, mediating traffic between the nucleus and cytoplasm. Unlike simpler protein channels that insert into a single lipid bilayer, NPCs can remodel the outer and inner nuclear membranes to form a specialized pore in the nuclear envelope. High-resolution models of the symmetric NPC core have transformed our understanding of NPC architecture. In contrast, we know little about the NPC basket, a prominent structure on the nucleoplasmic side of NPCs. This lack of knowledge is salient, because the basket impacts on transport, DNA repair, and chromatin activity. Notably, the basket was recently found to play a key role in shaping the nuclear membrane, which is critical for NPC biogenesis. Studying the NPC basket is challenging because of its size, intricate architecture, structural flexibility and embedding in a membrane. Yet, knowledge of the architecture of the NPC basket is central to understanding how it influences gene expression, and operates in membrane remodeling in synergy with the NPC core. I propose to develop new experimental tools that will enable a structural analysis of the basket in its membrane environment. This will provide unprecedented insight into the function of this enigmatic part of the NPC.

Keywords: nuclear pore complex,nuclear envelope,biochemical reconstitution,membrane biology
Tackling Multi-Host Pathogenicity of Xylella by Assisted Immunity (MultiX)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Biotechnology and Biosystems Engineering
Panel description: Biotechnology using all organisms, biotechnology for environment and food applications, applied plant and animal sciences, bioengineering and synthetic biology, biomass and biofuels, biohazards
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2019-ADG, 2019)
Start date: 2021-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499260.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499260.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

This project addresses a complex problem in agriculture and will identify the process of multi-host pathogenicity. Emerging and re-emerging disease epidemics represent ongoing challenges to cultivation of crop plants, a global threat to food security and social stability. One of the recent disease epidemics is caused by Xylella fastidiosa, a generalist bacterium that infects a broad range of hosts, now spreading in Europe and threatening olive production. How pathogens colonize in multiple, genetically diverse species across families is poorly understood. X. fastidiosa colonizes xylem vessels, dead cells of the vasculature. I hypothesize that the more complex nature of multi-host pathogen interactions could be explained by a common virulence strategy that depends on environmental circumstances, in terms of resources and immune defences to be overcome. We will use a multi-host approach combined with dual transcriptomics for the systematic analysis of bacterial and plant signatures associated with disease caused by X. fastidiosa. Identifying virulence factors and plant immunity determinants will drive our understanding of host susceptibility. Of translational scientific interest, we will reveal immune receptors that control X. fastidiosa infection. Using this knowledge, we will assist the immune system at different levels of organization of plant tissues by targeted expression of immune receptors. This is high risk/high gain but of strategic relevance for my long-term goal to reduce disease in crops without yield penalties. At its completion, this project will deliver molecular determinants to disease control and an approach to assist immunity in the vasculature, and thus will pave the way for applying similar strategies to other important vascular pathogens. It will also advance our understanding of the more complex nature of multi-host pathogen interactions and our conceptual views of host range determinants.

Keywords: plant pathogen interaction,plant immunity,bacterial virulence,transcriptome profiling,extracellular vesicles
INdustrial LEvitation Technology (INLET)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Finland
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2020-01-31
Duration (months): 5.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

About 40% of the electricity worldwide is consumed by rotating electrical machines. However most of the electrical machines are not working at the optimum point from a process efficiency perspective. The electricity demand is growing and simultaneously greenhouse gas emissions must be significantly cut every year according to global agreements and regional terms of legislation. Cost-effective high efficiency motor development is highly required. SpinDrive provides highly efficient turn-key drivetrains (INLET), supported by frictionless magnetic bearings, for Original Equipment Manufacturers. INLET increases OEMs solutions’ system efficiency by at least 10%, reduce material consumption and simplify an equipment installation process. INLET lowers the customer’s lifecycle costs by 35%. INLET reduces energy losses in the machine by half. For a 500-kW unit, this solution mitigates 200 tons of CO2 emissions annually and enables 4-year payback time. INLET enables 20 years of maintenance-free operations and saves on average more than 500 000 EUR on the maintenance costs during the product lifetime. INLET is completely oil-free, which allows OEM customers to enter rapidly growing markets and ensure an alignment with a contaminant-free environmental strategy. Compared with the other magnetic bearing providers, SpinDrive can design the entire drivetrain and make it more cost efficient. Our sensor and controller technology enable 70% lower cost level and competitive pricing of delivered products. SpinDrive is a spin-off of Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, founded in 2015. Our INLET innovation builds upon the high-speed technology research at the university during the past 35 years. INLET has already reached TRL7 and a solid SMEI-1 feasibility study will guide our future growth as it will be used to acquire deep understanding of the market, competitors, customer segments, end-users and stakeholders and enable us to reach TRL 9 through the SMEI-2 by 2021.

Keywords: oil free operation,efficiency,low maintenance,predictive maintenance,electrical machines,active,magnetic bearings,magnetic levitation,control systems,cleantech,electromagnetism,noise r
Fundamental and Applied Science on Molecular Redox-Catalysts of Energy Relevance in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFcat)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
Panel description: New materials and new synthetic approaches, structure-properties relations, solid state chemistry, molecular architecture, organic chemistry
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2015-CoG, 2015)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2021-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1968750.0
EU funding (EUR): 1968750.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Organometallic redox-catalysts of energy relevance, i.e. water and hydrogen oxidation, and proton and carbon dioxide reduction catalysts, will be incorporated into metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Immobilization and spatial organization of the molecular catalysts will stabilize their molecular integrity and ensure longevity and recyclability of the resulting MOFcats. The organized environment provided by the MOF will enable the control of conformational flexibility, diffusion, charge transport, and higher coordination sphere effects that play crucial roles in enzymes, but cannot be addressed in homogenous solution and are thus largely unexplored. The effect that the MOF environment has on catalysis will be directly probed electrochemically in MOFcats that are immobilized or grown on electrode surfaces. In combination with spectroscopic techniques in spectroelectrochemical cells, intermediates in the catalytic cycles will be detected and characterized. Kinetic information of the individual steps in the catalytic cycles will be obtained in MOFs that contain both a molecular photosensitizer (PS) and a molecular catalyst (PS-MOFcats). The envisaged systems will allow light-induced electron transfer processes to generate reduced or oxidized catalyst states the reactivity of which will be studied with high time resolution by transient UV/Vis and IR spectroscopy. The acquired fundamental mechanistic knowledge is far beyond the current state-of-the-art in MOF chemistry and catalysis, and will be used to prepare MOFcat-based electrodes that function at highest possible rates and lowest overpotentials. PS-MOFcats will be grown on flat semiconductor surfaces, and explored as a novel concept to photoanode and -cathode designs for dye-sensitized solar fuel devices (DSSFDs). The design is particularly appealing as it accommodates high PS concentrations for efficient light-harvesting, while providing potent catalysts close to the solvent interface.