Membrane and Alcohol Fuel Cell INTERACT with China

英国膜燃料电池和酒精燃料电池研究人员访问中国主要机构的目的是建立有效的新合作，以促进世界一流的清洁和高效能源发电技术的发展。这些技术包括：(a)使用高能量密度燃料的直接酒精燃料电池，为便携式设备提供持久的动力；(b)碳中性高能量密度液体燃料直接生物乙醇燃料电池，作为未来无碳氢经济的桥梁；(c)用于在零下温度下发电的直接乙二醇燃料电池；(d)生物燃料电池，包括用于从废水和其他天然原料中发电的微生物燃料电池，以及高性能和耐用的生物催化剂，包括用于混合反应物燃料电池的高选择性酶电极，具有内在简单的植物特性平衡。这次访问还将包括全面推广英国科学的质量和能力，以造福英国科学基地。有关中国科学能力现状的调查结果和已建立合作的新闻将通过研讨会、网站、专业出版物和在线论坛向更广泛的英国科学受众传播。

The aim of this INTERACT visit to leading Chinese Institutions by the UK's leading membrane and alcohol fuel cell researchers is to establish effective new collaborations to facilitate the development of world class clean and efficient energy generation technologies. Such technologies include: (a) direct alcohol fuel cells with high energy density fuels for long lasting powering of portable devices; (b) carbon-neutral high energy density liquid fuelled direct bioethanol fuel cells to act as a bridge a future carbon-free hydrogen economy; (c) direct ethylene glycol fuel cells for power production in sub-zero temperatures; and (d) biofuel cells including microbial fuel cells for power generation from wastewater and other natural feed-stocks and high performance and durable biocatalysts including highly selective enzymatic electrodes for mixed-reactant fuel cells with inherently simple balance of plant characteristics. The trip will also involve the exhaustive promotion of the quality and capabilities of UK science to the benefit of the UK science base. Findings relating to the state-of-play of Chinese scientific capabilities and news on established collaborations will be disseminated to the wider UK scientific audience via a seminar, websites, specialist publications and online forums.