Investigation of metal-organic frameworks for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

该项目旨在研究电化学将二氧化碳还原为燃料的催化剂。正如加拿大氢战略所概述的那样，从工厂排放或通过直接空气捕获捕获二氧化碳，并随后通过电合成将其转化为可再生燃料，预计将在加拿大的可再生能源和可持续性努力中发挥越来越重要的作用。为此，拟议的工作结合了林肯大学Roy博士实验室的合成专业知识和蒙特利尔大学Kornienko教授实验室的光谱能力，研究了一种金属-有机框架（MOF）电催化剂，这种电催化剂可以在分子水平上合理调整，以最大化其活性。重要的是，该项目将基础化学见解与工业适用性相结合，预计将导致加拿大和英国的学术和工业领域的大幅增长，因为两国的可再生能源投资不断增长，并在全球推动可持续发展方面处于领先地位。此次合作至关重要，因为Roy实验室在合成电活性MOF材料方面的独特合成专业知识与Kornienko实验室独一无二的原位光谱工具相结合，可以对MOF进行机理研究。负责该项目的两位pi在各自的子领域都有深厚的专业知识基础，并且刚刚开始独立的职业生涯，这表明在初始项目完成后，合作还有很大的发展空间。参与的hqp将接受广泛的科学培训，并使他们为学术界和许多行业（例如电池，制药，分析化学……）的下一步做好准备。总而言之，这个拟议的项目利用了UdeM和UNL的独特科学能力，启动了一项合作，将在P2X技术中实施新的范例，以帮助推动加拿大和英国成为可再生能源的领导者。

This project aims to investigate catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to fuels. CO2 capture from factory emissions or via direct air capture and its subsequent conversion to renewable fuels via electrosynthesis is expected to play an increasingly significant role in Canada's renewable energy and sustainability efforts, as outlined in the Hydrogen Strategy for Canada. To this end, the proposed work combines the synthetic expertise from Dr. Roy's lab in the University of Lincoln (UNL) with the spectroscopic capacity at Prof. Kornienko's lab at the University of Montreal (UdeM) to investigate a metal-organic-framework (MOF) electrocatalyst that can be rationally tuned at a molecular level to maximize its activity.Importantly, this project combines fundamental chemical insights with industrially applicability that is expected to lead to substantial growth on the academic and industrial fronts in Canada and the United Kingdom as both countries' renewable energy investment grows and they take positions of leadership in the global push for sustainability. The collaboration here is critical because the takes advantage of the Roy lab's unique synthetic expertise in synthesizing electroactive MOF materials with the Kornienko Lab's one-of-a-kind in situ spectroscopic tools that would enable a mechanistic investigation of the MOFs. Both PIs leading this project have a deep base of expertise in their respective sub-fields and are at the beginning of their independent careers, indicating that there is much room to grow the collaboration upon the completion of the initial project. HQPs involved will receive a broad scientific training and to render them ready for a next step in both academia and in a host of industries (ex. Battery, pharma, analytical chemistry...).In sum, this proposed project draws from unique scientific capacities from UdeM and UNL to launch a collaboration that will implement a new paradigm in P2X technologies to help propel Canada and UK as leaders in renewable energy.