Electrolysis for Electrochemical Fuels and Electrochemical Water Treatment

电化学燃料电解和电化学水处理

• 批准号: RGPIN-2019-04014
• 负责人: Wilkinson, David
• 金额: $ 4.01万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=737344
• 关键词: Electrolysis; Electrochemical; Fuels; Water; Treatment

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 .

“清洁技术行业”预计到2020年将成为全球第三大工业部门，全球市场规模超过3万亿美元，具有增加加拿大收入和就业的巨大潜力。该提案建立在威尔金森计划的研究基础上，该计划迄今为止已取得了丰硕的成果和成功。该研究在不列颠哥伦比亚大学创建了一个重要的重点研究集群，促成了国内和国际合作，并帮助将 UBC 打造为该领域领先的学术研究机构。该提案的研究目标主要涉及电化学能量转换和电化学过程的研究和开发，以创造更清洁、更可持续的能源和更可持续的环境。该项目研究重点是用于先进电解和电化学水和废物处理应用的低温聚合物电解质膜技术。这项研究对于许多工业部门都很重要，包括电网管理（电力到天然气）、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。一个例子是 Wilkinson 集团最近成立的公司 Mangrove Water Technologies，该公司以电解和电渗析为基础。该技术将海水淡化与气态二氧化碳减排/转化相结合，为石油和天然气行业生产有用的现场化学品。总的来说，研究目标是降低性能损失和成本，并提高主要集中于制氢和化学电合成的膜电解的耐用性和操作灵活性。与电解相关的另一个重要目标是能够提高水分解的潜力并提高电合成的选择性，因此可以发生其他重要的氧化反应，用于水处理和化学品的生产。该提案分为两个关键领域：i）用于制氢和水处理的低温电解的进展，以及ii）用于废水和饮用水处理的高氧化电位（HOP）电极。