Converting Biomass Waste into Energy Storage Materials

将生物质废物转化为储能材料

• 批准号: 580587-2022
• 负责人: Higgins, DrewDC
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=747027
• 关键词: Converting; Biomass; Waste; into; Energy

A sustainable circular economy relies on the development of new processes and technologies to convert waste into valuable products. This collaborative project between McMaster University (Canada) and the Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech, Estonia) will develop high-surface area carbon materials with controlled nanostructures using biomass waste that is produced in large quantities from industrial pulp and paper processes. The produced carbon nanomaterials will be tailored and optimized to have high performance for application in supercapacitors, which are high power density sustainable energy storage devices that find application in consumer electronics and electric vehicles. The challenge currently plaguing supercapacitors is the lack of inexpensive and high-performance electrode materials that must be prepared from low-cost and environmentally abundant precursors, which will be addressed by this research effort. The proposed project combines Dr. Kruusenberg's (TalTech) expertise in the preparation and characterization of bio-mass derived products, along with his established partnerships with European Union based pulp and paper companies; with Dr. Higgins (McMaster) expertise in the evaluation, characterization and integration of nanostructured carbon materials into electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies. The results from this project will be a crucial step towards the development of bio-waste derived electrode materials for sustainable energy conversion technologies, and it is expected the results from this one-year materials development project will be leveraged to secure a larger, multi-year collaborative project between the two teams. In light of urgent sustainability and climate challenges facing the world, there is a global emphasis being placed on biomass utilization and establishment of a circular economy. This project will provide meaningful contributions to this area by developing routes to valorize wastes produced by the ubiquitous pulp and paper sector for use in supercapacitors that have a global market size expected to exceed $2.6 billion USD by 2025.

可持续的循环经济依赖于新工艺和新技术的发展，将废物转化为有价值的产品。加拿大麦克马斯特大学（McMaster University）和爱沙尼亚塔林理工大学（Tallinn University of Technology）之间的这个合作项目将利用工业纸浆和造纸过程中大量产生的生物质废物，开发具有可控纳米结构的高表面积碳材料。生产的碳纳米材料将被定制和优化，以具有高性能的超级电容器应用，超级电容器是一种高功率密度的可持续能源存储设备，可用于消费电子产品和电动汽车。目前困扰超级电容器的挑战是缺乏廉价和高性能的电极材料，必须从低成本和环境丰富的前体中制备，这将通过本研究努力解决。拟议的项目结合了Kruusenberg博士（TalTech）在生物质衍生产品制备和表征方面的专业知识，以及他与欧盟纸浆和造纸公司建立的合作伙伴关系；与Higgins博士（McMaster）在纳米结构碳材料的评估、表征和集成到电化学能量转换和存储技术方面的专业知识。该项目的成果将是开发用于可持续能源转换技术的生物废物衍生电极材料的关键一步，预计这项为期一年的材料开发项目的成果将用于确保两个团队之间更大规模的多年合作项目。鉴于世界面临的紧迫的可持续性和气候挑战，全球正在强调生物质利用和建立循环经济。该项目将为这一领域做出有意义的贡献，通过开发路线，使无处不在的纸浆和造纸行业产生的废物增值，用于超级电容器，预计到2025年，超级电容器的全球市场规模将超过26亿美元。