Meet the Scientist - Energy Materials

该项目涉及在曼彻斯特科学与工业博物馆举行的会见科学家活动的开发和交付。此次活动的焦点将是能源材料，即新材料的发展在实现可持续能源未来方面所起的关键作用。更具体地说，氢在未来能源情景中可能发挥的作用将通过讨论未来的氢气生产(使用可再生能源、核能)、氢气储存(在移动应用和固定应用中)以及使用燃料电池转换为电力来介绍。该活动将围绕发展若干互动示范设施，展示氢经济的所有三个方面(生产、储存和转化)。将开发一个电解设备，以证明该过程的效率作为Eg的函数。温度和电极材料。将开发与通过观察到氢的吸收和解吸过程中观察到的材料的可视变化来实现氢的固态存储相关的示范设施。最后，将使用标准的燃料电池组件来演示如何将其转换为电能。这次活动的一个主题是，科学家需要开发新的和改进的材料，以促进这三个领域的技术突破。活动将围绕这些示范设施与博物馆合作开发，以供普通家庭观众使用。示范设施的设计也将使其可用于博物馆教育人员的科学街头表演和学校参观。将调查最终将示范设施纳入博物馆永久陈列的可能性。

The project is concerned with the development and delivery of a Meet the Scientist event at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. The focus of the event will be Energy Materials, i.e. the critical role developments in mew materials have in delivering a sustainable energy future. More specifically the role hydrogen could play in a future energy scenario will be presented with discussion of future hydrogen generation (using renewable energy, nuclear), hydrogen storage (both in mobile applications and stationary applications) and conversion to electricity using fuel cells. The event will be centred around the development of a number of interactive demonstration facilities to demonstrate all three facets of a hydrogen economy (generation, storage and conversion). An electrolysis facility will be developed to demonstrate efficiency of the process as a function of eg. temperature and electrode materials. Demonstration facilities associated with the solid state storage of hydrogen through visual changes to materials observed in the absorption and desorption of hydrogen will be developed. Finally, standard, fuel cell components will be used to demonstrate conversion back to electricity. A theme to the event will be that scientists need to develop new and improved materials in order facilitate technological breakthroughs in all three areas. The event will be developed around these demonstration facilities , in collaboration with the museum, to be accessible to a general family audience.The demonstration facilities will also be designed in such a way that they can be used in science busking and school visits by museum education staff. The possibility of finally incorporating the demonstration facilities into a permanent display at the museum will be investigated.