FOCUS4PFAS

PFAS have been used since the 1940s and are known as “forever chemicals” due to their extreme persistency to advanced water and wastewater treatment strategies. Due to the strength of the C-F bond, each released molecule of PFAS remains in the environment. This project aims at developing graphene sponge anodes tailored for electrochemical degradation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including long- (>C6) and highly polar shorter-chain (C2-C6) homologues, and newly introduced PFAS, and their complete defluorination and removal from the contaminated water of different origin.