Electrolysis for Electrochemical Fuels and Electrochemical Water Treatment

*到2020年，清洁技术行业预计将成为全球第三大工业部门，全球市场规模将超过3万亿美元，这将极大地增加加拿大的收入和就业。这项建议建立在威尔金森计划的研究基础上，到目前为止，该计划一直是非常富有成效和成功的。这项研究在不列颠哥伦比亚省大学建立了一个重要的重点研究集群，导致了国家和国际合作，并帮助将不列颠哥伦比亚大学确立为该领域的领先学术研究机构。这项提议的研究目标主要涉及研究和开发电化学能量转换和电化学过程，以创造更清洁和更可持续的能源，以及更可持续的环境。本项目主要研究低温聚合物电解质膜技术在高级电解和电化学水及废水处理中的应用。这项研究对许多工业部门都很重要，包括电网管理(电改气)、交通电气化、可再生能源、废物处理和转化以及石油和天然气。威尔金森集团最近成立的红树林水务技术公司就是一个例子，该公司以电解和电渗析为基础。这项技术将海水淡化与气态二氧化碳缓解/转化结合在一起，为石油和天然气部门生产有用的现场化学品。总的来说，研究的目标是减少膜电解的性能损失和成本，提高膜电解的耐久性和操作灵活性，主要集中在制氢和化学电合成上。与电解有关的另一个重要目标是提高分解水的潜力和提高电合成的选择性，因此可以在水处理和化学品生产中发生其他重要的氧化反应。该建议分为两个关键领域：i)发展用于制氢和水处理的低温电解；ii)用于废水和饮用水处理的高氧化电位(HOP)电极。**

***The "cleantech sector" is expected to be the third largest global industrial sector by 2020 with a global market size of over 3 trillion dollars, with a significant potential to increase Canadian revenues and employment. This proposal builds upon the research in the Wilkinson program that has been highly productive and successful to date. The research has created an important focused research cluster at the University of British Columbia which has resulted in national and international collaboration, and helped to establish UBC as a leading academic research institute in this area. The research objectives for this proposal are primarily related to the research and development of electrochemical energy conversion and electrochemical processes to create cleaner and more sustainable energy, and a more sustainable environment. This project research focuses on low temperature polymer electrolyte membrane technology for advanced electrolysis and electrochemical water and waste treatment applications. This research is important for a number of industrial sectors including electric grid management (power to gas), electrification of transportation, renewables, waste treatment and conversion, and oil and gas. An example, would be the recently formed company from the Wilkinson group, Mangrove Water Technologies, which is based on electrolysis and electrodialysis. This technology couples desalination with gaseous CO2 mitigation / conversion to produce useful on-site chemicals for the oil and gas sector. In general, the research objective is to reduce performance losses and cost, and improve durability and operational flexibility for membrane electrolysis primarily focused on hydrogen production and chemical electrosynthesis. Another important objective related to electrolysis is the ability to increase the potential for water splitting and to improve selectivity for electrosynthesis, so other important oxidation reactions can occur for water treatment and the production of chemicals. The proposal is divided into two key areas: i) advancement of low temperature electrolysis for hydrogen production and for water treatment, and ii) high oxidation potential (HOP) electrodes for waste water and drinking water treatment . **