| Funding period: | Oct. 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 2026 |
| Agency: | ERA NET |
| Funding scheme: | M-ERA.NET Call 2022 |
We acknowledge funding by the ERA NET project "p-n Heterojunctions of emergent wide band gap oxides for self powered UVC sensing" (HEWOX, grant agreement ID: 01XX21006).
Uncontrolled fires are estimated to contribute as much to carbon gas emissions as all of commercial transport and must thus be a critical challenge for the EU Green Deal objective of no carbon gas emissions by 2050. A key problem is that these fires are often not detected in time to limit the damage because most commercial fire/smoke detectors usually do not go off until it is too late to intervene and quell the conflagration before it takes hold. Remote optical sensing should be a big part of the solution. Although infrared (IR) sensors are the conventional solution for heat detection, they are not ideal for remote optical fire detection because they are subject to multiple confounding signals.
For this reason, there is a need for ultraviolet C band (UVC) flame sensors, which are not subject to such false positives because their photoresponse is solar blind. HEWOX project will explore and contrast the advantages of developing of Ga2O3/NiO heterojunctions (in both thin film and nanomaterial form) for use as self-powered remote fire/flame sensors. This approach reinforces the innovative character of the project due to merging of UVC sensing and autonomous operation into a functional materials platform, by employing emerging ultra-wide band gap oxides.
Consortium:
Coordinator (P1) Universidad Complutense Madrid
Partner 2: Nanovation
Partner 3: Technical University Dresden
| Funding period: | Oct. 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 2026 |
| Agency: | ERA NET |
| Funding scheme: | M-ERA.NET Call 2022 |
We acknowledge funding by the ERA NET project "p-n Heterojunctions of emergent wide band gap oxides for self powered UVC sensing" (HEWOX, grant agreement ID: 01XX21006).
Uncontrolled fires are estimated to contribute as much to carbon gas emissions as all of commercial transport and must thus be a critical challenge for the EU Green Deal objective of no carbon gas emissions by 2050. A key problem is that these fires are often not detected in time to limit the damage because most commercial fire/smoke detectors usually do not go off until it is too late to intervene and quell the conflagration before it takes hold. Remote optical sensing should be a big part of the solution. Although infrared (IR) sensors are the conventional solution for heat detection, they are not ideal for remote optical fire detection because they are subject to multiple confounding signals.
For this reason, there is a need for ultraviolet C band (UVC) flame sensors, which are not subject to such false positives because their photoresponse is solar blind. HEWOX project will explore and contrast the advantages of developing of Ga2O3/NiO heterojunctions (in both thin film and nanomaterial form) for use as self-powered remote fire/flame sensors. This approach reinforces the innovative character of the project due to merging of UVC sensing and autonomous operation into a functional materials platform, by employing emerging ultra-wide band gap oxides.
Consortium:
Coordinator (P1) Universidad Complutense Madrid
Partner 2: Nanovation
Partner 3: Technical University Dresden
