Development of structured electrodes for use in alkaline zinc-air regeneration systems

能源储存预计将在未来十年内成为一个价值数十亿美元的行业。多元能源 人们正在寻求存储解决方案，其中之一就是燃料电池。燃料电池将化学能转化为 以相对较高的效率利用电能。其中一个这样的系统是锌空气燃料电池，它不需要 使用贵金属，并使用空气中的氧气作为其反应物之一。这些相对便宜的解决方案 ZincNyx Energy Solutions(ZES)正在寻求一种具有以下特点的固定电力解决方案 应用于工业储能需求。ZES技术基于蓄热式碱性锌空气。 需要在计数器产生氧气的同时通过电镀再生锌的燃料电池 电极。ZES正在与西蒙·弗雷泽大学的拜伦·盖茨博士的研究团队合作，以推动他们的 纳米和微结构电极的制备及系统评价 他们在这个电化学过程中的放氧反应。

Energy storage is predicted to become a multi-billion dollar industry within the next decade. Multiple energy storage solutions are being pursued and one of those is fuel cells. Fuel cells convert chemical energy into electrical energy at relatively high efficiencies. One such system is the zinc air fuel cell that does not require the use of noble metals and uses oxygen from air as one of its reactants. These relatively inexpensive solutions for energy storage are being pursued by ZincNyx Energy Solutions (ZES) for a stationary power solution with application to industrial energy storage needs. The ZES technology is based on regenerative alkaline zinc air fuel cells that require the regeneration of zinc by electroplating while oxygen gas is generated at a counter electrode. ZES is engaging the research team of Dr. Byron Gates at Simon Fraser University to further their preparation and systematic evaluation of nano- and micro-structured electrodes to improve the efficiency of their oxygen evolution reaction during this electrochemical process.