Advanced environmental and energy material processing

先进环保与能源材料加工

• 批准号: RGPIN-2022-03978
• 负责人: Demopoulos, George
• 金额: $ 3.35万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 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=761082
• 关键词: Advanced; environmental; energy; material; processing

The proposed research program aims to accelerate discovery in the area of "advanced environmental and energy material processing" with the goal of making significant contributions towards the development of advanced water decontamination technology and new sustainable materials for Li-ion battery storage technologies. This is approached via the innovative integration of aqueous solution process engineering and advanced materials. Clean water as well as affordable and clean energy, that constitute the focus of our research, are among the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Additionally, our work aims to contribute towards industrial innovation and climate protection-two other important global and national priority goals. Our environmental work has as focus the engineering of full-spectrum photocatalytic materials and their application to waste water cleaning of low-level toxic elements like As, Se, Sb etc. Our energy material research is focusing on developing new materials for the burgeoning electric vehicle (EV) Li-ion (LIB) battery sector via sustainable processing. The research aims to contribute to the next generation LIBs characterized by enhanced energy density for longer-range drive, long cycling life, and safety (using no flammable chemicals) made at lower cost and from abundant elements that are amenable to direct recycling. The proposed program will provide a fertile ground for training more than 15 research students and fellows at all levels from u/grad research stages to post-graduate degrees (MSc and PhD) as well as at the post-doctoral level. Training in advanced green energy material processing is among the priority areas as we are transitioning to low-carbon economy. Our research trainees are expected to become tomorrow's cleantech innovators contributing to Canada's innovation-based manufacturing sector. The fast-growing new industry of electric vehicle (EV) transportation creates new economic opportunities that research like the one proposed here is vital to support. For example, the value of the LIB market is expected to exceed $70 billion next year already and the annual EV sales to rise 10fold (to ~ 30 million units/y) by the end of the decade. Equally critical to this direction is the research proposed to be undertaken in the area of direct recycling of spent EV batteries-an industry that is expected to grow to 2 million tonnes/y of used LIBs by 2030. Recycling of LIBs in 2019 was less than 5%. This must change, if the EV battery industry is to become sustainable and true to the circular economy paradigm. But this must be done in a smart and sustainable way targeting minimum environmental footprint and not just recovery of the valuable metals. In conclusion the proposed research program is very well aligned with national and global environmental and energy R&D priorities offering an excellent HQP training platform.

拟议的研究计划旨在加快“先进的环境和能源物质处理”领域的发现，目的是为开发先进的水去污染技术和新的可持续材料做出重大贡献。这是通过水溶液工艺工程和高级材料的创新整合来实现的。构成我们研究重点的清洁水以及负担得起的清洁能源是联合国2030年的可持续发展目标之一。此外，我们的工作旨在为工业创新和气候保护做出贡献，两个其他重要的全球和国家优先目标。我们的环境工作将全光谱光催化材料的工程重点放在浪费水清洗低水平有毒元素（如AS，SE，SB等）的应用。我们的能源材料研究集中于开发新的材料，以促进迅速发展的电动汽车（EV）通过可持续处理的锂离子（LIB）电池部门。该研究的目的是为下一代LIB做出贡献，其特征是以较低的成本以及可符合直接回收利用的大量元素制造的长期驱动，长期骑自行车寿命和安全性（不使用易燃化学物质）的能量密度增强。拟议的计划将为从U/GRAD研究阶段到研究生学位（MSC和PhD）以及博士后一级的各个级别的15多个研究专业的研究员和研究员提供肥沃的基础。高级绿色能源材料加工的培训是我们正在过渡到低碳经济的优先领域之一。预计我们的研究受训者将成为明天的清洁技术创新者，为加拿大基于创新的制造业做出了贡献。快速增长的电动汽车（EV）运输行业创造了新的经济机会，像这里提出的那样研究对支持至关重要。例如，预计明年LIB市场的价值预计将超过700亿美元，到本十年末，年度EV销售额将增长10倍（约3000万单位/Y）。这项方向同样至关重要的是，提议在直接回收的电动电动电动电池行业的直接回收领域进行的研究，预计到2030年将增长到200万吨/y的二手液体。 5％。如果电动汽车电池行业要变得可持续并忠实于循环经济范式，则必须改变这一点。但这必须以一种智能且可持续的方式来实现最低限度的环境足迹，而不仅仅是恢复有价值的金属。总之，拟议的研究计划与国家和全球环境和能源研发的优先事项非常一致，提供出色的HQP培训平台。