Electrolysis for Electrochemical Fuels and Electrochemical Water Treatment

电化学燃料电解和电化学水处理

• 批准号: RGPIN-2019-04014
• 负责人: Wilkinson, David
• 金额: $ 4.01万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=737344
• 关键词: Electrolysis; Electrochemical; Fuels; Water; Treatment

The "cleantech sector" is expected to be the third largest global industrial sector by 2020 with a global market size of over 3 trillion dollars, with a significant potential to increase Canadian revenues and employment. This proposal builds upon the research in the Wilkinson program that has been highly productive and successful to date. The research has created an important focused research cluster at the University of British Columbia which has resulted in national and international collaboration, and helped to establish UBC as a leading academic research institute in this area. The research objectives for this proposal are primarily related to the research and development of electrochemical energy conversion and electrochemical processes to create cleaner and more sustainable energy, and a more sustainable environment. This project research focuses on low temperature polymer electrolyte membrane technology for advanced electrolysis and electrochemical water and waste treatment applications. This research is important for a number of industrial sectors including electric grid management (power to gas), electrification of transportation, renewables, waste treatment and conversion,  and oil and gas. An example, would be the recently formed company from the Wilkinson group,  Mangrove Water Technologies, which is based on electrolysis and electrodialysis. This technology couples desalination with gaseous CO2 mitigation / conversion to produce useful on-site chemicals for the oil and gas sector. In general, the research objective is to reduce performance losses and cost, and improve durability and operational flexibility for membrane electrolysis primarily focused on hydrogen production and chemical electrosynthesis. Another important objective related to electrolysis is the ability to increase the potential for water splitting and to improve selectivity for electrosynthesis, so other important oxidation reactions can occur for water treatment  and the production of chemicals. The proposal is divided into two key areas: i) advancement of low temperature electrolysis for hydrogen production and for water treatment, and ii) high oxidation potential (HOP) electrodes for waste water and drinking water treatment .

预计到2020年，“清洁技术领域”将成为全球第三大工业部门，全球市场规模超过3万亿美元，并具有增加加拿大揭露和就业的巨大潜力。该提案建立在威尔金森计划的研究基础上，该计划迄今为止一直很生产和成功。这项研究在不列颠哥伦比亚大学建立了一个重要的研究集群，这导致了国家和国际合作，并帮助建立了UBC作为该领域的主要学术研究所。该提案的研究目标主要与电化学转化和电化学过程的研究和开发有关，以创造更清洁，更可持续的能源以及更可持续的环境。该项目研究的重点是用于晚期电解和电化学水和废物处理应用的低温聚合物电解质膜技术。这项研究对于包括电网管理（电力电力），运输电力，可再生能源，废物处理和转换以及石油和天然气在内的许多工业部门很重要。一个例子是来自威尔金森集团（Wilkinson Group）Mangrove Water Technologies的最近成立的公司，该公司基于电解和电透析。这项技术与气态二氧化碳缓解 /转化融合在一起，为石油和天然气部门提供有用的现场化学品。通常，研究目标是降低性能损失和成本，并提高膜电解的耐久性和操作灵活性，主要集中在氢生产和化学电解上。与电解相关的另一个重要目标是增加水分分裂的潜力并提高电解的选择性，因此水处理和化学物质的产生可能会发生其他重要的氧化反应。该提案分为两个关键领域：i）低温电解的氢生产和水处理的进步，以及ii）用于废水和饮用水处理的高氧化潜力（HOP）电极。