BioFire

Traditional flame retardants (FRs) are being phased out due to toxicity, high loading requirements (sometimes up to 70% wt), and high production costs. Green alternatives exist but often underperform, are expensive, or lack scalability. Meanwhile, the Netherlands produces over 1 million tons of wastewater sludge annually, costing up to €250 million, mostly incinerated in an […]

FunBluez

Within the FunBLueZ project we want to explore the commercial potential of fungal colourant for application in solar cells. In recent years, research has increasingly focused on sustainable, natural product-derived materials for organic electronics. At MNEXT Avans we have obtained a fungal colourant that demonstrates promising properties as an organic semiconductor, with notable charge carrier […]