NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Advanced Material Development for Generation, Storage and Integration of Renewable Energy

能源成本飙升、新技术的出现以及对有害排放的认识不断提高 从燃烧化石燃料用于发电已经迫切需要更丰富的， 污染较少的能源。可再生能源技术提供了传统能源的替代品 技术;然而，它们的间歇性限制了它们对电力的广泛渗透 市场电化学能量存储装置，例如可再充电电池和超级电容器，已经被广泛地应用。 被确定为先进、可靠和具有成本效益的能源储存的关键技术。 纳米工程材料和涂层已经引起了工业界和科学界的关注 由于其独特的物理、化学和催化性能， 比在能量转换和储存领域更明显。拟议的工业 兰顿学院高级纳米工程材料研究主席（IRCC）计划 可再生能源转换、储存和整合的发展“将继续并扩大 为能源部门开发先进的、负担得起的材料的应用研究计划，以及 在能源系统设计、优化和集成方面开展面向商业的研究。 目前，有六（6）个确认的地方和区域中小企业合作伙伴致力于在多个领域开展合作， 行业驱动的研究项目，并预计将通过启动新的合作伙伴关系， 在IRCC计划的过程中扩大与现有合作伙伴的合作。拟议 该计划将创造一个有利的教学环境，培养高素质的人才，至少支付， 50名无薪学生和5名未来5年的应届毕业生。 IRCC计划及其项目成果可以对当地经济产生重大的积极影响， 通过创造熟练的就业机会，以新产品的形式开发高价值商品， 和工艺，并大幅减少温室气体（GHG）排放和其他有害污染物。

Soaring energy costs, emergence of new technologies, and an ever-increasing awareness of harmful emissions from burning of fossil fuels for electricity generation have necessitated an urgent need for more abundant and less polluting sources of energy. Renewable energy technologies offer alternatives to conventional technologies; however, their intermittent nature has limited their widespread penetration into the electricity market. Electrochemical energy storage devices such as rechargeable batteries and ultra-capacitors have been identified as critical enabling technologies for advanced, reliable and cost-effective energy storage. Nano-engineered materials and coatings have attracted the attention of industrial and scientific communities because of their unique physical, chemical and catalytic properties and their impact has nowhere been more pronounced than in the field of energy conversion and storage. The proposed continuation of the Industrial Research Chair for Colleges (IRCC) program at Lambton College in 'Advanced Nano-Engineered Material Development for Conversion, Storage and Integration of Renewable Energy' will continue and expand the applied research program on development of advanced, affordable materials for the energy sector as well as conducting business-oriented research in energy system design, optimization and integration. Currently, there are six (6) confirmed local and regional SME partners committed to collaborate on multiple industry-driven research projects and is anticipated to grow the program by initiating new partnerships and by expanding the collaborative work with the current partners in the course of the IRCC program. The proposed program will create a conducive teaching environment to train highly qualified personnel, at least paid and unpaid fifty students, and five recent graduates in the next five years. The IRCC program and its project outcomes can have significant positive impacts on local economy and the environment through skilled job creation, development of high-value commodities in the form of new products and processes, and substantial reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other harmful pollutants.