Advancing titanium dioxide coated photocatalytic depolluting surfaces: leveraging ASINA's roadmap for safer and sustainable solutions

Furxhi, Irini; Perucca, Massimo; Baldi, Giovanni; Dami, Valentina; Cioni, Andrea; Koivisto, Antti Joonas; Bengalli, Rossella; Mantecca, Paride; Motta, Giulia; Carriere, Marie; Nicosia, Alessia; Ravegnani, Fabrizio; Burrueco-Subirà, David; Vázquez-Campos, Socorro; Lahive, Elma; de Ipiña, Jesús Lopez; Oliveira, Juliana; Conin, Patrick; Blosi, Magda; Costa, Anna. 2024 Advancing titanium dioxide coated photocatalytic depolluting surfaces: leveraging ASINA's roadmap for safer and sustainable solutions. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 25. 269-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2024.10.001

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2024.10.001

Abstract/Summary

This report, the second of its kind from ASINA project, aims at providing a roadmap with quantitative metrics for Safe(r) and (more) Sustainable by Design (SSbD) solutions for titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanomaterials (NMs). We begin with a brief description of ASINA’s methodology across the product lifecycle, highlighting the quantitative elements, such as the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). We then propose a decision support tool for implementing SSbD objectives across various dimensions—functionality, cost, environment, and human health safety. This is followed by the main innovative findings, a consolidation of the technical processes involved, design rationales, experimental procedures, tools and models, used and developed, to deliver photocatalytic depolluting surfaces by spray- finishing techniques based on TiO2 NMs formulations. The roadmap is thoroughly described to inform similar projects through the integration of KPIs into SSbD methodologies, fostering data-driven decision-making. While specific results are beyond this report's scope, its primary aim is to demonstrate the roadmap (SSbD know-how) and promote SSbD-oriented innovation in nanotechnology. Finally, we provide a comparison of the approaches followed in two case studies that target different industrial sectors. This case-specific SSbD assessments provide a concrete exemplification of the addressed methodology that contributes to the efforts towards attaining a common roadmap for implementing SSbD solutions aligned with the EU’s Green Deal objectives.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2024.10.001
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Pollution (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	2001-0370
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	safe and sustainable by design, titanium dioxide nanomaterials, spray coating, life-cycle, roadmap
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment Chemistry
Date made live:	17 Oct 2024 10:35 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/538258

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2024.10.001

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Pollution (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

2001-0370

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

safe and sustainable by design, titanium dioxide nanomaterials, spray coating, life-cycle, roadmap