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: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=746786
• 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 .

“清洁技术行业”预计到 2020 年将成为全球第三大工业行业，全球市场规模将超过 3 万亿美元，具有增加加拿大收入和就业的巨大潜力。该提案建立在威尔金森计划的研究基础上。迄今为止，该研究成果丰硕且成功，在不列颠哥伦比亚大学创建了一个重要的重点研究集群，促成了国内和国际合作，并帮助 UBC 成为该领域的领先学术研究机构。该提案主要涉及致力于研究和开发电化学能量转换和电化学过程，以创造更清洁、更可持续的能源，以及更可持续的环境。该项目的研究重点是低温聚合物电解质膜技术，对于先进的电解和电化学水和废物处理应用具有重要意义。包括电网管理（电力到天然气）、交通电气化、可再生能源、废物处理和转化以及石油和天然气在内的许多工业部门。哪个该技术基于电解和电渗析，将海水淡化与气态二氧化碳减排/转化相结合，为石油和天然气行业生产有用的现场化学品。膜电解的灵活性主要集中在氢气生产和化学电合成方面，与电解相关的另一个重要目标是能够增加水分解的潜力并提高电合成的选择性，因此水可以发生其他重要的氧化反应。该提案分为两个关键领域：i）用于制氢和水处理的低温电解的进步，以及ii）用于废水和饮用水处理的高氧化电位（HOP）电极。