Renewable Hydrogen: Simultaneous Storage of Biorenewable Energy and Carbon Dioxide

越来越多的低成本和相对纯净的二氧化碳可以作为几乎为零（甚至负）成本的原料转化为燃料。另一方面，绿色发电的替代能源（风能、水力发电和光伏发电）的发展有可能使电化学本身对环境友好，因为电子可以取代污染更大的传统还原剂。这项建议的目的是开发有效的电催化燃料生产，从二氧化碳（残余排放）和氢（能源载体产生的间歇性可再生资源）。这种燃料生产可以通过利用非化石燃料碳作为基石来减少对石化资源的依赖。设想使用能够改善电化学反应动力学的新型电解系统，确保在电极附近有非常高浓度的试剂，足够的电解强度和增强的传输特性。在项目的最后阶段，生成的实验数据将用于可行性研究，以评估可扩展性，并估计运营和投资成本。

Increasing amounts of low-cost and relatively pure carbon dioxide is available as a feedstock of nearly zero (or even negative) cost for conversion to fuels. On the other hand, the development of alternative sources for greener electricity generation (wind, hydro and photovoltaic) has a potential of making electrochemistry an inherently environmentally friendly, as electrons can replace more polluting conventional reducing agents. The aim of this proposal is to develop efficient electrocatalytic fuel production from carbon dioxide (residual emissions) and hydrogen (energy vector produced by intermittent renewable resources). Such fuel production can reduce the dependence on petrochemical resources through utilization of non-fossil fuel carbon as a building block.It is envisaged to use novel electrolytic systems capable to improve electrochemical reaction kinetics, assuring very high concentration of reagents in vicinity of electrodes, sufficient electrolytic strength and enhanced transport properties. In the last stage of this project, generated experimental data will be used for feasibility study to evaluate scalability and to estimate of the operational and investment costs.