Analysis of Catrode process for mass production of catalysts

Latent Drive Ltd正在与国家物理实验室（NPL）合作，扩大 **Catrodes** 的生产规模，该产品将联合收割机催化剂和电极结合起来，通过电解水制造绿色氢气。Catrodes是稀有铂族金属催化剂的替代品，易于大规模生产，使绿色氢气生产能够大规模扩大。Latent Drive Ltd是一家处于早期阶段的深度技术初创公司。我们最初开发Catrodes作为我们氧气电池项目的一部分，为治疗新冠肺炎患者提供便携式医用氧气发生器，在英国大流行应对期间得到了Innovate UK的支持。现在，我们正在扩大Catrodes的规模，以适应需要更大尺寸和更大产量的新市场。催化过程在更大的尺寸下变得更难控制，因此我们与NPL合作，他们将利用他们在电化学测量方面的专业知识来分析和改进我们的过程控制。世界经济依赖化石燃料，这反过来又加速了全球变暖。随着我们转向可再生能源供应，这是一个巨大的变化过程。俄罗斯的入侵使人们认识到这一变化的紧迫性和规模，揭示了欧洲对进口化石燃料的依赖。绿色氢是即将到来的绿色经济的重要组成部分，它是通过电解水将水分离成氢和氧来制造的。但是，目前由近海风力驱动的电解槽依赖于稀有而昂贵的材料。最先进的电解槽技术适合海上风力发电，但酸性化学需要包括铱和铂催化剂在内的外来材料。我们需要将规模扩大一千倍，但世界上根本没有足够的铱和铂来生产绿色氢气，以避免气候变化。因此，潜在驱动开发了Catrode工艺，以大量生产来自普通金属的催化剂，这些金属丰富而廉价。这个A4 I项目将使我们能够获得NPL世界领先的专业知识和设施，并帮助我们大规模扩大我们的流程，以应对气候变化的挑战。Catrode --催化剂就是电极;电极就是催化剂！**

Latent Drive Ltd are working together with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to scale up manufacture of **Catrodes**, which combine catalyst and electrode for making Green Hydrogen by electrolysis of water. Catrodes are an alternative to rare platinum group metal catalysts, and are simple to mass produce, enabling Green Hydrogen production to be scaled up massively.Latent Drive Ltd is an early stage deep-tech start-up. We originally developed Catrodes as part of our Oxygen Cell project to provide a portable generator of medical oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients, supported by Innovate UK during the UK's pandemic response. Now we are scaling up Catrodes for a new market which needs larger sizes and larger production volumes. The catalysing process becomes more difficult to control at larger sizes, so we have partnered with NPL who will use their specialist expertise in electro-chemical measurements to analyse and improve our process control.The worlds economies are dependent on fossil fuels which in turn accelerate global warming. There is a process of huge change as we transition to renewable energy supplies instead. The Russian invasion has driven home the urgency and scale of this change, revealing Europe's dependency on imported fossil fuels.Green Hydrogen is an essential part of the coming Green Economy, and is made by electrolysis of water separating H2O into hydrogen and oxygen. But electrolysers powered by off-shore wind are currently dependent on rare and expensive materials. State-of-the-art electrolyser technology suits off-shore wind power, but the acidic chemistry demands exotic materials including Iridium and platinum catalysts. We need to scale up a thousand-fold, but there is simply not enough Iridium and platinum available for the world to produce Green Hydrogen at the scale needed to avert climate change.So Latent Drive have developed the Catrode process to mass produce catalysts from ordinary metals which are abundant and cheap. This A4I project will give us access to the world leading expertise and facilities of NPL, and help us to massively scale our process to tackle the challenges of climate change.**Catrode -- the catalyst is the electrode; the electrode is the catalyst!**